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power,<00:21:18.029><c> the</c><00:21:18.289><c> direct</c><00:21:18.529><c> power</c><00:21:18.849><c> of</c><00:21:19.069><c> the</c><00:21:19.269><c> Holy</c><00:21:19.529><c> Spirit</c>

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and<00:21:22.470><c> the</c><00:21:22.930><c> angel</c><00:21:23.269><c> says</c><00:21:23.529><c> in</c><00:21:23.690><c> verse</c><00:21:23.910><c> 35,</c><00:21:24.930><c> the</c><00:21:25.029><c> Holy</c><00:21:25.470><c> Spirit</c><00:21:25.769><c> shall</c>

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impossible<00:21:44.910><c> and</c><00:21:46.549><c> that</c><00:21:46.730><c> was</c><00:21:49.630><c> a</c>

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mind,<00:21:51.170><c> the</c><00:21:51.549><c> practicalities</c><00:21:52.230><c> of</c><00:21:52.390><c> the</c><00:21:52.490><c> whole</c><00:21:52.670><c> situation,</c><00:21:53.490><c> how</c>

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don't<00:21:56.309><c> worry</c><00:21:56.630><c> about</c><00:21:56.890><c> it,</c><00:21:56.970><c> the</c><00:21:57.130><c> power</c><00:21:57.410><c> of</c><00:21:57.650><c> God</c><00:21:57.829><c> is</c><00:21:57.990><c> going</c><00:21:58.150><c> to</c><00:21:58.390><c> solve</c><00:21:58.589><c> it</c>

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be<00:22:02.329><c> impossible,</c><00:22:02.769><c> now</c><00:22:03.029><c> Mary</c><00:22:03.289><c> found</c><00:22:03.630><c> that</c><00:22:04.009><c> intensely</c><00:22:04.589><c> encouraging,</c><00:22:05.710><c> you're</c><00:22:05.930><c> a</c>

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behaves,<00:22:36.450><c> just</c><00:22:36.509><c> imagine</c><00:22:36.730><c> when</c><00:22:36.849><c> he's</c><00:22:36.990><c> going</c><00:22:37.150><c> to</c><00:22:37.269><c> be</c><00:22:37.430><c> a</c>

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what<00:23:03.650><c> his</c><00:23:03.849><c> mum</c><00:23:03.990><c> taught</c><00:23:04.289><c> him,</c>

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intensity<00:23:13.789><c> for</c><00:23:14.029><c> the</c><00:23:14.210><c> Lord,</c><00:23:16.349><c> he's</c><00:23:16.670><c> approaching</c><00:23:17.170><c> the</c><00:23:18.329><c> trauma</c>

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Gethsemane,<00:23:23.150><c> there</c><00:23:23.269><c> are</c><00:23:23.490><c> beads</c><00:23:23.829><c> of</c><00:23:24.210><c> perspiration</c><00:23:24.970><c> and</c><00:23:25.349><c> blood</c>

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breaking<00:23:26.029><c> out</c><00:23:26.309><c> on</c><00:23:26.490><c> his</c><00:23:26.829><c> forehead</c><00:23:27.150><c> and</c><00:23:28.589><c> in</c><00:23:28.829><c> verse</c>

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father<00:23:54.509><c> and</c><00:23:55.130><c> then</c><00:23:55.430><c> he</c><00:23:55.769><c> reflects</c><00:23:56.069><c> on</c><00:23:56.390><c> the</c><00:23:56.609><c> statement</c><00:23:56.849><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:57.210><c> mother</c><00:23:57.410><c> he</c><00:23:57.650><c> says</c><00:23:58.250><c> all</c><00:24:00.029><c> things</c><00:24:00.349><c> are</c><00:24:00.609><c> possible,</c><00:24:00.970><c> so</c><00:24:01.130><c> there</c>

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note<00:24:20.289><c> her</c><00:24:20.589><c> statement</c><00:24:20.849><c> again</c>

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was<00:24:57.230><c> espoused</c><00:24:57.789><c> to</c><00:24:58.130><c> a</c><00:24:58.309><c> man.</c>

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She<00:25:00.950><c> received</c><00:25:01.450><c> favour</c><00:25:01.849><c> from</c><00:25:02.130><c> God,</c><00:25:03.970><c> in</c><00:25:04.089><c> her</c><00:25:04.349><c> teenage</c><00:25:04.710><c> years</c>

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she<00:25:05.250><c> had</c><00:25:05.549><c> conducted</c><00:25:05.990><c> herself</c><00:25:06.849><c> properly.</c>

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this<00:25:14.349><c> situation.</c><00:25:15.210><c> She</c><00:25:15.349><c> didn't</c><00:25:15.589><c> overreact</c><00:25:17.089><c> and</c><00:25:18.549><c> there</c><00:25:18.730><c> had</c>

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spiritual<00:25:50.650><c> knowledge.</c><00:25:52.490><c> So</c><00:25:52.650><c> we</c><00:25:52.750><c> want</c><00:25:52.910><c> to</c><00:25:53.089><c> tie</c><00:25:53.210><c> together</c>

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mostly<00:25:55.029><c> the</c><00:25:55.650><c> prime</c><00:25:56.009><c> characteristic</c><00:25:56.650><c> that</c><00:25:57.130><c> emerges</c><00:25:57.529><c> of</c><00:25:58.009><c> Mary.</c>

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cast<00:26:03.210><c> in</c><00:26:03.470><c> her</c><00:26:03.690><c> mind,</c><00:26:03.890><c> she</c><00:26:04.089><c> thought</c><00:26:04.390><c> about</c><00:26:04.710><c> this.</c>

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says<00:26:20.549><c> but</c><00:26:20.769><c> Mary</c><00:26:21.150><c> kept</c><00:26:21.470><c> all</c><00:26:21.769><c> these</c><00:26:22.109><c> things</c>

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and<00:26:23.609><c> pondered</c><00:26:24.190><c> them</c><00:26:24.630><c> in</c><00:26:25.130><c> her</c><00:26:25.470><c> heart.</c><00:26:25.710><c> So</c><00:26:25.869><c> we</c><00:26:26.049><c> see</c><00:26:26.250><c> the</c><00:26:26.950><c> emerging</c><00:26:27.890><c> characteristic</c><00:26:28.750><c> of</c><00:26:29.470><c> Mary</c>

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see<00:26:45.990><c> the</c><00:26:46.289><c> similarities</c><00:26:46.750><c> in</c><00:26:46.990><c> these</c><00:26:47.250><c> three</c><00:26:47.549><c> quotations.</c><00:26:48.369><c> She</c>

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his<00:26:57.049><c> mother</c><00:26:57.470><c> kept</c><00:26:57.990><c> all</c><00:26:58.309><c> these</c><00:26:58.690><c> sayings</c><00:26:59.210><c> in</c><00:26:59.690><c> her</c><00:27:00.170><c> heart.</c><00:27:01.569><c> Now</c><00:27:01.730><c> when</c><00:27:01.829><c> we</c><00:27:01.910><c> have</c><00:27:02.009><c> a</c>

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look<00:27:02.130><c> at</c><00:27:02.250><c> the</c><00:27:02.450><c> context</c><00:27:03.089><c> of</c><00:27:03.690><c> chapter</c>

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the<00:27:11.190><c> thing</c><00:27:11.289><c> was</c><00:27:11.529><c> made</c><00:27:11.869><c> known</c><00:27:12.430><c> all</c><00:27:13.650><c> they</c><00:27:13.829><c> that</c><00:27:14.049><c> heard</c><00:27:14.210><c> it</c><00:27:14.549><c> wondered</c><00:27:15.089><c> at</c><00:27:15.829><c> the</c><00:27:16.069><c> things</c><00:27:16.329><c> that</c><00:27:16.470><c> were</c><00:27:16.730><c> told</c><00:27:17.009><c> them</c><00:27:17.170><c> by</c>

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shepherds.<00:27:17.990><c> They</c><00:27:18.009><c> wondered</c><00:27:18.329><c> about</c><00:27:18.650><c> them</c><00:27:19.150><c> but</c><00:27:19.829><c> Mary</c><00:27:20.549><c> kept</c><00:27:21.309><c> them.</c><00:27:23.130><c> Now</c>

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there's<00:27:23.529><c> a</c><00:27:23.690><c> difference</c><00:27:23.950><c> there.</c><00:27:24.210><c> They</c>

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were<00:27:24.549><c> all</c><00:27:24.769><c> amazed</c><00:27:25.289><c> and</c><00:27:25.769><c> they</c><00:27:25.890><c> were</c><00:27:26.190><c> staggered</c><00:27:26.529><c> at</c><00:27:26.670><c> the</c><00:27:26.849><c> exciting</c><00:27:27.250><c> news</c>

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of<00:27:27.750><c> the</c><00:27:27.910><c> appearance</c><00:27:28.170><c> of</c><00:27:28.430><c> Messiah</c><00:27:28.650><c> and</c>

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they<00:27:28.970><c> wondered</c><00:27:29.190><c> about</c><00:27:29.450><c> it.</c><00:27:29.670><c> It</c><00:27:29.829><c> was</c><00:27:30.009><c> probably</c><00:27:30.369><c> just</c><00:27:30.630><c> a</c><00:27:30.789><c> one</c>

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and<00:27:58.569><c> faithfulness</c><00:27:59.289><c> in</c><00:27:59.730><c> all</c><00:27:59.990><c> her</c><00:28:00.269><c> operations.</c>

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Weymouth<00:28:03.009><c> says</c><00:28:03.730><c> Mary</c><00:28:04.450><c> treasured</c><00:28:05.250><c> up</c><00:28:05.450><c> all</c><00:28:05.710><c> these</c><00:28:06.009><c> things</c><00:28:06.369><c> often</c><00:28:07.170><c> dwelling</c><00:28:07.670><c> upon</c>

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them<00:28:08.490><c> in</c><00:28:09.269><c> her</c><00:28:09.849><c> mind</c>

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and<00:28:11.690><c> that</c><00:28:11.869><c> word</c><00:28:12.089><c> kept</c><00:28:12.569><c> as</c><00:28:13.529><c> we</c><00:28:13.670><c> have</c><00:28:13.970><c> possibly</c><00:28:14.329><c> on</c><00:28:14.529><c> the</c><00:28:14.769><c> overhead</c><00:28:15.029><c> here.</c>

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Yes<00:28:16.150><c> we</c><00:28:16.329><c> do.</c><00:28:17.109><c> As</c><00:28:17.230><c> the</c><00:28:17.390><c> Greek</c><00:28:17.589><c> word</c>

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suntereo<00:28:18.750><c> vines</c><00:28:19.150><c> says</c><00:28:19.509><c> it</c><00:28:20.150><c> denotes</c><00:28:20.569><c> to</c><00:28:20.950><c> preserve</c><00:28:21.710><c> or</c><00:28:22.349><c> to</c><00:28:22.569><c> keep</c>

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close<00:28:23.109><c> or</c><00:28:23.269><c> to</c><00:28:23.569><c> keep</c><00:28:24.029><c> safe.</c><00:28:25.009><c> Choose</c><00:28:25.289><c> four</c><00:28:25.650><c> times</c><00:28:26.089><c> and</c>

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interestingly<00:28:26.730><c> on</c><00:28:26.990><c> two</c><00:28:27.210><c> occasions</c><00:28:27.890><c> it's</c><00:28:28.589><c> used</c><00:28:28.910><c> of</c><00:28:29.109><c> putting</c>

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wine<00:28:29.990><c> into</c><00:28:30.829><c> skins,</c><00:28:31.410><c> new</c><00:28:31.589><c> skins</c><00:28:31.869><c> so</c><00:28:32.150><c> the</c><00:28:32.390><c> wine</c>

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can<00:28:32.910><c> be</c><00:28:33.170><c> preserved.</c><00:28:35.049><c> So</c><00:28:35.109><c> you</c><00:28:35.230><c> see</c><00:28:35.309><c> it's</c><00:28:35.450><c> more</c><00:28:35.730><c> than</c><00:28:35.990><c> just</c><00:28:36.569><c> thinking</c><00:28:36.890><c> about</c><00:28:37.269><c> them,</c><00:28:37.650><c> reasoning</c><00:28:37.990><c> about</c><00:28:38.390><c> them</c><00:28:38.589><c> and</c>

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forgetting<00:28:39.289><c> them</c><00:28:39.690><c> and</c><00:28:39.910><c> that's</c><00:28:40.109><c> the</c><00:28:40.289><c> contrast</c><00:28:40.650><c> that's</c><00:28:40.910><c> given</c>

00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:45.009
to<00:28:41.589><c> us</c><00:28:41.690><c> in</c><00:28:41.829><c> that</c><00:28:42.009><c> verse</c><00:28:42.230><c> but</c><00:28:42.990><c> Mary</c><00:28:43.549><c> kept</c><00:28:43.930><c> them</c>

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because<00:28:46.150><c> the</c><00:28:46.650><c> essence</c><00:28:46.869><c> of</c><00:28:47.089><c> the</c><00:28:47.230><c> meaning</c><00:28:47.349><c> of</c><00:28:47.490><c> that</c><00:28:47.630><c> word</c><00:28:47.789><c> is</c>

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that<00:28:48.170><c> she</c><00:28:48.549><c> preserved</c><00:28:49.410><c> the</c><00:28:50.329><c> experience.</c>

00:28:52.349 --> 00:28:55.490
She<00:28:52.950><c> protected</c><00:28:53.549><c> that</c><00:28:53.950><c> experience.</c><00:28:54.430><c> She</c><00:28:54.710><c> remembered</c><00:28:55.049><c> it.</c><00:28:55.210><c> She</c>

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placed<00:28:55.809><c> it.</c><00:28:55.990><c> She</c><00:28:56.069><c> did</c><00:28:56.289><c> not</c><00:28:56.549><c> forget</c><00:28:56.890><c> it</c>

00:28:59.529 --> 00:29:04.470
and<00:29:00.130><c> the</c><00:29:00.309><c> exhortation</c><00:29:00.869><c> is</c><00:29:01.450><c> for</c><00:29:01.789><c> ourselves</c><00:29:02.210><c> brothers</c><00:29:02.509><c> and</c><00:29:02.789><c> sisters.</c><00:29:03.869><c> Are</c>

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we<00:29:04.730><c> preserving</c><00:29:05.210><c> the</c><00:29:05.630><c> experiences</c><00:29:06.049><c> of</c><00:29:06.349><c> life</c>

00:29:06.549 --> 00:29:09.970
that<00:29:06.690><c> we</c><00:29:06.890><c> go</c><00:29:07.150><c> through,</c><00:29:07.390><c> the</c><00:29:07.630><c> disappointments,</c><00:29:08.710><c> the</c><00:29:08.890><c> obstacles</c><00:29:09.430><c> that</c><00:29:09.650><c> we</c>

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stumble<00:29:10.289><c> across.</c><00:29:10.970><c> Are</c><00:29:11.190><c> we</c><00:29:11.490><c> preserving</c>

00:29:12.150 --> 00:29:16.589
those<00:29:12.509><c> experiences</c><00:29:12.990><c> and</c><00:29:13.269><c> keeping</c><00:29:13.450><c> them</c><00:29:13.609><c> in</c><00:29:13.750><c> our</c><00:29:14.029><c> heart</c><00:29:14.549><c> or</c><00:29:16.210><c> do</c>

00:29:16.589 --> 00:29:19.069
we<00:29:16.769><c> allow</c><00:29:17.009><c> the</c><00:29:17.329><c> desensitizing</c><00:29:18.150><c> effect</c><00:29:18.549><c> and</c><00:29:18.809><c> influence</c>

00:29:19.069 --> 00:29:24.730
of<00:29:19.269><c> the</c><00:29:19.450><c> world</c><00:29:20.069><c> to</c><00:29:20.450><c> erase</c><00:29:21.069><c> all</c><00:29:21.490><c> those</c><00:29:21.750><c> spiritual</c><00:29:22.690><c> experiences.</c><00:29:24.329><c> Mary</c><00:29:24.470><c> did</c>

00:29:24.730 --> 00:29:26.109
not<00:29:25.009><c> discard</c><00:29:25.450><c> those</c><00:29:25.769><c> events.</c>

00:29:26.250 --> 00:29:29.369
She<00:29:26.410><c> didn't</c><00:29:26.609><c> forget</c><00:29:26.950><c> them.</c><00:29:27.130><c> She</c><00:29:27.390><c> cherished</c><00:29:27.789><c> them</c><00:29:27.970><c> in</c><00:29:28.130><c> her</c><00:29:28.450><c> heart</c><00:29:28.829><c> and</c>

00:29:29.369 --> 00:29:30.930
the<00:29:29.549><c> problem</c><00:29:29.690><c> with</c><00:29:29.930><c> ourselves</c><00:29:30.349><c> is</c><00:29:30.569><c> so</c><00:29:30.769><c> often</c>

00:29:30.930 --> 00:29:34.150
these<00:29:31.269><c> experiences</c><00:29:31.750><c> of</c><00:29:32.009><c> life</c><00:29:32.470><c> or</c><00:29:33.089><c> we</c><00:29:33.349><c> go</c><00:29:33.609><c> through</c><00:29:33.890><c> them</c><00:29:34.009><c> but</c>

00:29:34.150 --> 00:29:36.250
we<00:29:34.349><c> don't</c><00:29:34.589><c> keep</c><00:29:34.869><c> them</c><00:29:35.029><c> and</c><00:29:35.250><c> preserve</c><00:29:35.769><c> them</c>

00:29:36.250 --> 00:29:40.109
and<00:29:36.589><c> we</c><00:29:36.750><c> forget</c><00:29:37.089><c> and</c><00:29:37.250><c> we</c><00:29:37.450><c> make</c><00:29:37.589><c> the</c><00:29:37.930><c> same</c><00:29:38.250><c> mistake</c><00:29:38.890><c> over</c><00:29:39.690><c> and</c>

00:29:40.109 --> 00:29:45.150
over<00:29:40.809><c> again.</c><00:29:43.130><c> So</c><00:29:43.329><c> she</c><00:29:43.509><c> kept</c><00:29:43.750><c> it</c><00:29:44.069><c> in</c><00:29:44.170><c> her</c><00:29:44.390><c> mind.</c>

00:29:52.730 --> 00:29:56.990
It's<00:29:53.170><c> given</c><00:29:53.390><c> to</c><00:29:53.650><c> private</c><00:29:54.049><c> meditation</c><00:29:54.750><c> and</c><00:29:55.450><c> deep</c><00:29:55.750><c> thought.</c><00:29:56.869><c> See</c><00:29:56.970><c> I</c>

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mean<00:29:57.130><c> how</c><00:29:57.349><c> do</c><00:29:57.529><c> you</c><00:29:57.630><c> preserve</c><00:29:57.990><c> these</c><00:29:58.349><c> experiences?</c>

00:29:59.150 --> 00:30:02.569
If<00:29:59.309><c> we</c><00:29:59.549><c> involve</c><00:29:59.890><c> ourselves</c><00:30:00.430><c> in</c><00:30:00.589><c> our</c><00:30:00.769><c> domestic</c><00:30:01.210><c> duties</c><00:30:01.710><c> hour</c>

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after<00:30:02.849><c> hour</c><00:30:03.069><c> after</c><00:30:03.390><c> hour</c><00:30:03.650><c> then</c><00:30:03.809><c> those</c><00:30:04.130><c> experiences</c>

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are<00:30:04.829><c> not</c><00:30:05.009><c> preserved.</c><00:30:05.809><c> Mothers,</c><00:30:06.930><c> do</c><00:30:07.069><c> we</c><00:30:07.289><c> take</c><00:30:07.490><c> the</c><00:30:07.829><c> time</c><00:30:08.190><c> in</c><00:30:08.390><c> our</c><00:30:08.630><c> busy</c><00:30:08.869><c> schedule,</c><00:30:11.650><c> 12</c>

00:30:11.849 --> 00:30:12.750
o<00:30:12.049><c>'clock,</c><00:30:12.190><c> 1</c><00:30:12.369><c> o</c><00:30:12.509><c>'clock</c><00:30:12.630><c> in</c><00:30:12.750><c> the</c>

00:30:12.750 --> 00:30:16.509
middle<00:30:12.890><c> of</c><00:30:13.109><c> the</c><00:30:13.170><c> day</c><00:30:13.309><c> when</c><00:30:13.450><c> there's</c><00:30:13.630><c> a</c><00:30:13.690><c> little</c><00:30:13.789><c> bit</c><00:30:13.970><c> of</c><00:30:14.150><c> quietness</c><00:30:14.450><c> and</c><00:30:14.670><c> peace,</c><00:30:14.849><c> maybe</c><00:30:15.069><c> the</c><00:30:15.250><c> children</c><00:30:15.450><c> are</c><00:30:15.589><c> at</c>

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time<00:30:17.089><c> to</c><00:30:17.690><c> preserve</c><00:30:18.289><c> the</c><00:30:18.630><c> experiences</c><00:30:19.089><c> of</c><00:30:19.369><c> life</c><00:30:19.910><c> by</c><00:30:21.490><c> opening</c>

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up<00:30:22.029><c> the</c><00:30:22.230><c> word</c><00:30:22.410><c> and</c><00:30:22.609><c> sitting</c><00:30:22.829><c> down</c><00:30:23.190><c> and</c><00:30:23.430><c> reflecting</c>

00:30:23.829 --> 00:30:32.230
on<00:30:24.349><c> our</c><00:30:24.589><c> lives,</c><00:30:25.410><c> allowing</c><00:30:25.630><c> the</c><00:30:25.890><c> word</c><00:30:26.089><c> to</c><00:30:26.329><c> be</c><00:30:26.490><c> absorbed</c><00:30:26.829><c> into</c><00:30:27.109><c> our</c><00:30:27.369><c> minds</c><00:30:27.690><c> or</c><00:30:28.289><c> are</c><00:30:28.589><c> we</c><00:30:28.829><c> too</c><00:30:29.130><c> busy</c><00:30:29.869><c> like</c><00:30:30.769><c> a</c><00:30:31.049><c> Martha</c>

00:30:32.410 --> 00:30:34.710
involved<00:30:32.849><c> in</c><00:30:33.049><c> all</c><00:30:33.190><c> the</c><00:30:33.309><c> domestic</c><00:30:33.670><c> duties</c><00:30:33.869><c> and</c><00:30:34.049><c> before</c><00:30:34.309><c> we</c><00:30:34.490><c> know</c><00:30:34.569><c> it,</c>

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3<00:30:34.890><c> o</c><00:30:34.970><c>'clock,</c><00:30:35.130><c> half</c><00:30:35.289><c> past</c><00:30:35.390><c> three</c><00:30:35.569><c> has</c><00:30:35.690><c> come,</c>

00:30:35.930 --> 00:30:37.950
the<00:30:36.089><c> family</c><00:30:36.309><c> is</c><00:30:36.509><c> home,</c><00:30:36.710><c> the</c><00:30:36.829><c> kids</c><00:30:36.930><c> are</c><00:30:37.089><c> running</c><00:30:37.269><c> around,</c><00:30:37.849><c> the</c>

00:30:37.950 --> 00:30:39.369
husband<00:30:38.130><c> comes</c><00:30:38.430><c> home,</c><00:30:38.630><c> we've</c><00:30:38.809><c> got</c><00:30:38.849><c> to</c><00:30:38.990><c> get</c><00:30:38.990><c> the</c><00:30:39.170><c> tea,</c>

00:30:39.589 --> 00:30:44.930
the<00:30:39.769><c> day's</c><00:30:40.109><c> gone</c><00:30:40.369><c> and</c><00:30:40.710><c> those</c><00:30:41.009><c> experiences</c><00:30:41.569><c> and</c><00:30:42.250><c> our</c><00:30:42.410><c> relationship</c><00:30:42.930><c> is</c><00:30:43.170><c> not</c><00:30:43.329><c> developed</c><00:30:43.789><c> as</c><00:30:44.769><c> a</c>

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sister<00:30:45.130><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:30:45.910><c> with</c><00:30:46.710><c> the</c><00:30:47.009><c> father.</c><00:30:48.490><c> Mary</c><00:30:48.630><c> was</c><00:30:49.029><c> a</c><00:30:49.190><c> person</c><00:30:49.549><c> who</c><00:30:49.990><c> took</c><00:30:50.269><c> moments,</c><00:30:51.109><c> she</c><00:30:51.349><c> took</c><00:30:51.589><c> time</c><00:30:51.950><c> out</c><00:30:52.250><c> in</c><00:30:52.470><c> life</c>

00:30:52.829 --> 00:31:00.089
to<00:30:53.670><c> meditate</c><00:30:54.150><c> and</c><00:30:54.589><c> to</c><00:30:54.849><c> preserve</c><00:30:55.730><c> these</c><00:30:56.250><c> experiences.</c><00:30:59.849><c> The</c>

00:31:00.089 --> 00:31:02.089
verse<00:31:00.309><c> says</c><00:31:00.430><c> Mary</c><00:31:00.710><c> kept</c><00:31:00.970><c> all</c><00:31:01.190><c> these</c><00:31:01.369><c> things</c><00:31:01.650><c> and</c>

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pondered<00:31:02.769><c> them</c><00:31:03.130><c> in</c><00:31:03.309><c> her</c><00:31:03.589><c> heart</c><00:31:03.910><c> but</c><00:31:04.309><c> the</c><00:31:04.789><c> Greek</c><00:31:04.970><c> word</c><00:31:05.210><c> is</c><00:31:05.390><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:05.829><c> continuous</c><00:31:06.250><c> and</c><00:31:06.730><c> present</c><00:31:07.009><c> tense.</c><00:31:07.490><c> The</c>

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dialect<00:31:08.009><c> says</c><00:31:08.450><c> she</c><00:31:09.029><c> was</c><00:31:09.589><c> pondering</c><00:31:11.049><c> them</c><00:31:11.450><c> in</c><00:31:11.630><c> her</c><00:31:11.829><c> heart</c><00:31:11.990><c> so</c><00:31:12.410><c> it</c><00:31:12.769><c> was</c><00:31:12.990><c> a</c>

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continual<00:31:13.569><c> process.</c><00:31:13.950><c> It</c><00:31:14.029><c> wasn't</c><00:31:14.289><c> something</c>

00:31:14.589 --> 00:31:18.210
like<00:31:15.130><c> on</c><00:31:15.710><c> a</c><00:31:15.869><c> Sunday</c><00:31:16.089><c> morning</c><00:31:16.390><c> when</c><00:31:16.569><c> we</c><00:31:16.730><c> gather</c><00:31:16.890><c> together</c><00:31:17.309><c> before</c><00:31:17.930><c> the</c>

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memorials<00:31:18.890><c> and</c><00:31:19.089><c> we</c><00:31:19.650><c> ponder</c><00:31:19.990><c> on</c><00:31:20.170><c> the</c><00:31:20.369><c> past</c>

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week<00:31:20.789><c> and</c><00:31:20.930><c> it's</c><00:31:21.509><c> a</c><00:31:21.789><c> one</c><00:31:22.029><c>-off</c><00:31:22.390><c> experience</c><00:31:22.930><c> and</c><00:31:23.029><c> then</c><00:31:23.150><c> we</c><00:31:23.309><c> forget</c>

00:31:23.549 --> 00:31:26.210
about<00:31:23.890><c> it,</c><00:31:24.609><c> it</c><00:31:24.730><c> was</c><00:31:24.869><c> a</c><00:31:25.109><c> continual</c><00:31:25.450><c> process</c><00:31:25.950><c> in</c>

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Mary's<00:31:26.630><c> mind.</c><00:31:28.109><c> It</c><00:31:28.250><c> wasn't</c><00:31:28.410><c> just</c><00:31:28.690><c> a</c><00:31:28.789><c> Sunday</c><00:31:29.230><c> morning</c><00:31:29.690><c> exercise</c>

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for<00:31:30.690><c> her,</c><00:31:31.089><c> it</c><00:31:31.230><c> was</c><00:31:31.410><c> an</c><00:31:31.650><c> exercise</c><00:31:32.049><c> that</c><00:31:32.369><c> carried</c>

00:31:32.609 --> 00:31:37.710
through<00:31:32.990><c> on</c><00:31:33.250><c> Monday</c><00:31:33.769><c> and</c><00:31:34.549><c> Tuesday</c><00:31:35.150><c> and</c><00:31:36.089><c> she</c><00:31:36.289><c> sat</c><00:31:36.470><c> down</c><00:31:36.710><c> on</c><00:31:36.910><c> Wednesday</c><00:31:37.329><c> as</c>

00:31:37.710 --> 00:31:39.950
well<00:31:38.089><c> and</c><00:31:38.430><c> then</c><00:31:38.630><c> on</c><00:31:38.890><c> Thursday</c><00:31:39.289><c> and</c><00:31:39.569><c> Friday</c>

00:31:39.950 --> 00:31:43.849
and<00:31:40.309><c> Saturday.</c><00:31:40.609><c> It</c><00:31:40.690><c> was</c><00:31:40.930><c> a</c><00:31:41.230><c> continual</c><00:31:41.609><c> process.</c><00:31:43.630><c> Paul</c><00:31:43.710><c> when</c>

00:31:43.849 --> 00:31:47.069
he<00:31:43.990><c> wrote</c><00:31:44.170><c> to</c><00:31:44.549><c> Titus</c><00:31:44.809><c> says</c><00:31:45.410><c> that</c><00:31:46.049><c> we</c><00:31:46.230><c> should</c><00:31:46.529><c> live</c>

00:31:47.069 --> 00:31:54.849
soberly<00:31:47.950><c> and</c><00:31:48.529><c> righteously</c><00:31:49.130><c> and</c><00:31:49.529><c> godly</c><00:31:50.450><c> in</c><00:31:51.069><c> this</c><00:31:51.670><c> present</c><00:31:52.190><c> world.</c><00:31:54.309><c> It's</c><00:31:54.470><c> easy</c><00:31:54.670><c> to</c>

00:31:54.849 --> 00:31:55.930
do<00:31:54.990><c> brothers</c><00:31:55.210><c> and</c><00:31:55.430><c> sisters</c><00:31:55.569><c> on</c><00:31:55.789><c> a</c>

00:31:55.930 --> 00:31:58.410
Sunday<00:31:56.150><c> morning</c><00:31:56.490><c> isn't</c><00:31:56.710><c> it?</c><00:31:57.109><c> We</c><00:31:57.289><c> get</c><00:31:57.329><c> dressed</c><00:31:57.470><c> up</c><00:31:57.650><c> in</c><00:31:57.789><c> our</c><00:31:58.009><c> suits</c><00:31:58.210><c> and</c>

00:31:58.410 --> 00:32:00.529
everyone<00:31:58.650><c> thinks</c><00:31:59.250><c> well</c><00:31:59.490><c> there's</c><00:31:59.910><c> a</c><00:32:00.230><c> sober</c>

00:32:00.529 --> 00:32:03.849
and<00:32:01.029><c> a</c><00:32:01.230><c> godly</c><00:32:01.650><c> and</c><00:32:01.849><c> a</c><00:32:02.009><c> righteous</c><00:32:02.329><c> person.</c><00:32:02.730><c> We</c><00:32:02.869><c> can</c><00:32:03.109><c> tell</c><00:32:03.250><c> by</c><00:32:03.430><c> the</c><00:32:03.529><c> way</c><00:32:03.650><c> he</c>

00:32:03.849 --> 00:32:06.569
dresses<00:32:04.069><c> on</c><00:32:04.329><c> Sunday</c><00:32:04.690><c> morning.</c><00:32:05.769><c> Titus</c><00:32:06.190><c> says</c>

00:32:06.569 --> 00:32:10.109
we<00:32:06.930><c> have</c><00:32:07.230><c> to</c><00:32:07.349><c> live</c><00:32:07.529><c> that</c><00:32:07.869><c> way</c><00:32:08.269><c> in</c><00:32:08.910><c> this</c><00:32:09.309><c> present</c><00:32:09.670><c> world.</c><00:32:09.950><c> That</c>

00:32:10.109 --> 00:32:13.049
means<00:32:10.410><c> every</c><00:32:10.750><c> day,</c><00:32:10.990><c> that</c><00:32:11.029><c> means</c><00:32:11.369><c> Monday</c><00:32:11.789><c> to</c><00:32:12.029><c> Saturday</c>

00:32:13.289 --> 00:32:17.930
and<00:32:13.809><c> Sunday</c><00:32:14.289><c> as</c><00:32:14.670><c> well.</c><00:32:16.170><c> So</c><00:32:16.410><c> our</c><00:32:16.769><c> experience</c><00:32:17.230><c> with</c><00:32:17.450><c> the</c><00:32:17.710><c> truth</c>

00:32:17.930 --> 00:32:20.190
is<00:32:18.269><c> not</c><00:32:18.509><c> just</c><00:32:18.750><c> a</c><00:32:18.849><c> Sunday</c><00:32:19.190><c> morning,</c>

00:32:21.150 --> 00:32:23.690
it's<00:32:21.509><c> a</c><00:32:21.650><c> nine</c><00:32:21.829><c> to</c><00:32:22.049><c> five</c><00:32:22.390><c> job.</c><00:32:22.710><c> In</c><00:32:22.829><c> fact</c><00:32:23.009><c> it's</c><00:32:23.190><c> more</c><00:32:23.369><c> than</c><00:32:23.529><c> that,</c>

00:32:23.690 --> 00:32:26.210
it's<00:32:23.829><c> a</c><00:32:23.930><c> 24</c><00:32:24.289><c>-hour</c><00:32:24.549><c> job</c><00:32:24.950><c> and</c><00:32:25.470><c> that</c><00:32:25.650><c> was</c><00:32:25.769><c> the</c><00:32:26.009><c> approach</c>

00:32:26.210 --> 00:32:29.430
of<00:32:26.450><c> Mary.</c><00:32:26.609><c> She</c><00:32:26.829><c> continually</c><00:32:27.329><c> pondered</c><00:32:27.750><c> these</c><00:32:28.049><c> things</c><00:32:28.430><c> in</c><00:32:29.069><c> her</c>

00:32:29.430 --> 00:32:32.630
heart.<00:32:31.170><c> Again</c><00:32:31.450><c> I</c><00:32:31.509><c> don't</c><00:32:31.809><c> want</c><00:32:31.950><c> to</c><00:32:32.009><c> get</c><00:32:32.089><c> too</c><00:32:32.269><c> involved</c>

00:32:32.630 --> 00:32:34.769
in<00:32:32.750><c> the</c><00:32:32.869><c> Greek</c><00:32:33.029><c> words</c><00:32:33.250><c> but</c><00:32:33.430><c> they're</c><00:32:33.890><c> just</c><00:32:34.069><c> so</c><00:32:34.329><c> beautiful.</c><00:32:34.710><c> The</c>

00:32:34.769 --> 00:32:38.849
word<00:32:35.029><c> pondered</c><00:32:35.470><c> is</c><00:32:35.869><c> sum</c><00:32:36.289><c> ballo.</c><00:32:37.650><c> Son</c><00:32:37.950><c> means</c><00:32:38.450><c> with</c><00:32:38.710><c> and</c>

00:32:38.849 --> 00:32:43.289
ballo<00:32:39.190><c> means</c><00:32:39.410><c> to</c><00:32:39.769><c> throw.</c><00:32:40.490><c> So</c><00:32:40.950><c> when</c><00:32:41.569><c> she's</c><00:32:41.950><c> pondering</c><00:32:42.250><c> it</c><00:32:42.349><c> means</c><00:32:42.609><c> again</c><00:32:42.970><c> to</c>

00:32:43.289 --> 00:32:44.950
throw<00:32:43.650><c> the</c><00:32:44.049><c> thoughts</c><00:32:44.369><c> together,</c>

00:32:45.009 --> 00:32:50.309
to<00:32:45.130><c> get</c><00:32:45.289><c> some</c><00:32:46.069><c> cohesiveness</c><00:32:46.970><c> of</c><00:32:47.630><c> the</c><00:32:47.910><c> thoughts,</c><00:32:49.009><c> to</c><00:32:49.170><c> meet</c><00:32:49.369><c> together,</c><00:32:50.069><c> to</c>

00:32:50.309 --> 00:32:53.990
join,<00:32:51.089><c> to</c><00:32:51.250><c> revolve</c><00:32:52.349><c> in</c><00:32:52.690><c> the</c><00:32:53.009><c> mind.</c>

00:32:54.829 --> 00:32:58.190
So<00:32:55.029><c> it's</c><00:32:55.190><c> the</c><00:32:55.450><c> turning</c><00:32:55.730><c> around</c><00:32:56.150><c> of</c><00:32:56.509><c> thoughts</c><00:32:56.809><c> and</c><00:32:57.269><c> placing</c><00:32:57.609><c> them</c><00:32:57.890><c> in</c>

00:32:58.190 --> 00:33:00.609
a<00:32:58.450><c> proper</c><00:32:58.690><c> order</c><00:32:58.990><c> and</c><00:32:59.069><c> that</c><00:32:59.269><c> seems</c><00:32:59.470><c> to</c><00:32:59.710><c> be</c><00:33:00.089><c> a</c>

00:33:00.609 --> 00:33:05.410
distinctive<00:33:01.049><c> aspect</c><00:33:01.910><c> of</c><00:33:02.630><c> Mary's</c><00:33:03.329><c> character.</c><00:33:04.450><c> We</c><00:33:04.730><c> talk</c><00:33:05.150><c> about</c>

00:33:05.410 --> 00:33:07.250
the<00:33:05.630><c> law,</c><00:33:06.069><c> it's</c><00:33:06.250><c> the</c><00:33:06.529><c> chewing</c><00:33:06.730><c> of</c><00:33:06.970><c> the</c>

00:33:07.250 --> 00:33:13.130
cud<00:33:07.410><c> under</c><00:33:08.190><c> the</c><00:33:08.410><c> law</c><00:33:08.569><c> isn't</c><00:33:08.769><c> it?</c><00:33:09.730><c> When</c><00:33:09.730><c> that</c><00:33:10.170><c> food</c><00:33:10.289><c> is</c><00:33:10.650><c> regurgitated</c><00:33:11.390><c> again</c><00:33:11.670><c> and</c><00:33:11.890><c> there</c><00:33:12.049><c> is</c><00:33:12.450><c> a</c><00:33:12.589><c> dissolving</c>

00:33:13.130 --> 00:33:16.269
process<00:33:13.670><c> that</c><00:33:13.970><c> happens.</c><00:33:14.930><c> On</c><00:33:15.269><c> a</c><00:33:15.390><c> Sunday</c><00:33:15.670><c> morning</c><00:33:15.950><c> we</c><00:33:16.089><c> all</c><00:33:16.170><c> say</c>

00:33:16.269 --> 00:33:18.329
wonderful<00:33:16.609><c> word</c><00:33:16.809><c> of</c><00:33:17.029><c> exhortation</c><00:33:17.650><c> and</c><00:33:18.029><c> zip</c>

00:33:18.329 --> 00:33:22.029
gone<00:33:19.069><c> and</c><00:33:19.990><c> then</c><00:33:20.230><c> someone</c><00:33:20.430><c> asks</c><00:33:20.769><c> us</c><00:33:21.349><c> later</c><00:33:21.630><c> in</c><00:33:21.809><c> the</c><00:33:21.869><c> evening,</c>

00:33:22.130 --> 00:33:23.430
oh<00:33:22.190><c> what</c><00:33:22.269><c> was</c><00:33:22.430><c> the</c><00:33:22.609><c> exhort</c><00:33:22.809><c> like</c><00:33:23.009><c> at</c><00:33:23.210><c> your</c>

00:33:23.430 --> 00:33:27.150
Ecclesiastical?<00:33:23.730><c> We</c><00:33:23.869><c> can't</c><00:33:24.150><c> even</c><00:33:24.349><c> remember</c><00:33:24.529><c> what</c><00:33:24.690><c> it's</c><00:33:24.950><c> about.</c><00:33:26.690><c> Where's</c><00:33:26.950><c> the</c>

00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:28.849
process<00:33:27.630><c> of</c><00:33:27.950><c> regurgitation,</c>

00:33:28.849 --> 00:33:32.970
reflection<00:33:29.490><c> and</c><00:33:29.809><c> conversation?</c><00:33:31.750><c> Mary</c><00:33:31.990><c> turned</c><00:33:32.390><c> these</c><00:33:32.710><c> things</c>

00:33:32.970 --> 00:33:35.789
over<00:33:33.369><c> in</c><00:33:33.569><c> her</c><00:33:33.930><c> mind</c><00:33:34.430><c> and</c><00:33:34.950><c> she</c><00:33:35.150><c> did</c><00:33:35.369><c> that</c><00:33:35.569><c> because</c>

00:33:35.789 --> 00:33:39.109
she<00:33:35.990><c> wanted</c><00:33:36.230><c> to</c><00:33:36.470><c> see</c><00:33:36.630><c> it</c><00:33:36.809><c> from</c><00:33:36.990><c> the</c><00:33:37.190><c> perspective</c><00:33:37.650><c> of</c><00:33:37.950><c> God</c><00:33:38.390><c> and</c>

00:33:39.109 --> 00:33:42.329
that<00:33:39.269><c> was</c><00:33:39.430><c> the</c><00:33:39.650><c> process.</c><00:33:41.750><c> An</c><00:33:41.869><c> extra</c><00:33:42.109><c> point,</c>

00:33:42.430 --> 00:33:45.910
you<00:33:42.509><c> notice</c><00:33:42.750><c> that</c><00:33:42.910><c> not</c><00:33:43.029><c> only</c><00:33:43.210><c> did</c><00:33:43.289><c> she</c><00:33:43.470><c> keep</c><00:33:43.690><c> these</c><00:33:43.970><c> things</c><00:33:44.170><c> and</c><00:33:44.450><c> ponder</c><00:33:44.589><c> them</c><00:33:44.750><c> but</c><00:33:44.910><c> she</c><00:33:45.109><c> did</c><00:33:45.309><c> so</c>

00:33:45.910 --> 00:33:48.950
in<00:33:47.049><c> her</c><00:33:47.869><c> heart.</c>

00:33:50.589 --> 00:33:54.789
When<00:33:50.769><c> we</c><00:33:50.990><c> have</c><00:33:51.390><c> valuables,</c><00:33:51.990><c> we</c><00:33:52.190><c> might</c><00:33:52.410><c> have</c><00:33:52.750><c> a</c><00:33:52.930><c> necklace</c><00:33:53.369><c> or</c><00:33:54.589><c> a</c>

00:33:54.789 --> 00:33:57.910
diamond<00:33:55.109><c> ring,</c><00:33:56.710><c> if</c><00:33:56.890><c> it's</c><00:33:57.230><c> extremely</c><00:33:57.589><c> valuable</c>

00:33:57.910 --> 00:34:00.930
we<00:33:58.049><c> put</c><00:33:58.210><c> it</c><00:33:58.369><c> in</c><00:33:58.470><c> a</c><00:33:58.650><c> bank</c><00:33:58.869><c> vault</c><00:33:59.130><c> or</c><00:33:59.910><c> if</c><00:34:00.049><c> it's</c><00:34:00.190><c> in</c><00:34:00.349><c> the</c><00:34:00.509><c> home</c><00:34:00.710><c> area</c>

00:34:00.930 --> 00:34:03.710
we<00:34:01.930><c> perhaps</c><00:34:02.230><c> have</c><00:34:02.509><c> a</c><00:34:02.710><c> little</c><00:34:02.910><c> box</c><00:34:03.170><c> or</c><00:34:03.369><c> a</c><00:34:03.509><c> section</c>

00:34:03.710 --> 00:34:07.170
where<00:34:03.890><c> we</c><00:34:04.049><c> put</c><00:34:04.250><c> our</c><00:34:04.529><c> jewellery</c><00:34:04.849><c> so</c><00:34:05.049><c> we</c><00:34:05.150><c> can</c><00:34:05.349><c> locate</c><00:34:05.789><c> them</c><00:34:06.430><c> so</c>

00:34:07.170 --> 00:34:09.070
we<00:34:07.329><c> know</c><00:34:07.529><c> where</c><00:34:07.690><c> they</c><00:34:07.910><c> are</c><00:34:08.130><c> because</c><00:34:08.489><c> if</c><00:34:08.769><c> you've</c><00:34:08.949><c> got</c>

00:34:09.070 --> 00:34:12.329
something<00:34:09.389><c> precious</c><00:34:09.690><c> you</c><00:34:09.869><c> don't</c><00:34:10.050><c> just</c><00:34:10.289><c> throw</c><00:34:10.369><c> it</c><00:34:10.530><c> in</c><00:34:10.630><c> a</c><00:34:10.710><c> drawer</c><00:34:10.889><c> in</c><00:34:11.050><c> your</c><00:34:11.210><c> sock</c><00:34:11.409><c> drawer</c><00:34:11.610><c> and</c><00:34:11.710><c> think</c><00:34:11.849><c> well</c><00:34:12.130><c> I</c><00:34:12.230><c> wonder</c>

00:34:12.329 --> 00:34:21.610
where<00:34:12.489><c> I</c><00:34:12.550><c> put</c><00:34:12.670><c> that</c><00:34:12.929><c> diamond</c><00:34:13.210><c> ring.</c><00:34:16.210><c> So</c><00:34:16.489><c> where</c><00:34:16.750><c> do</c><00:34:16.949><c> we</c><00:34:17.349><c> put</c><00:34:18.269><c> divine</c><00:34:18.949><c> thoughts?</c><00:34:21.429><c> It</c>

00:34:21.610 --> 00:34:24.329
says<00:34:22.070><c> Mary</c><00:34:22.489><c> put</c><00:34:22.710><c> them</c><00:34:22.989><c> in</c><00:34:23.210><c> her</c><00:34:23.570><c> heart,</c>

00:34:24.190 --> 00:34:28.369
she<00:34:24.449><c> put</c><00:34:24.889><c> them</c><00:34:25.090><c> in</c><00:34:25.329><c> a</c><00:34:26.230><c> treasured</c><00:34:26.769><c> position,</c><00:34:27.730><c> she</c><00:34:27.969><c> put</c><00:34:28.110><c> them</c><00:34:28.230><c> in</c>

00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:30.170
a<00:34:28.510><c> position</c><00:34:28.730><c> that</c><00:34:28.929><c> she</c><00:34:29.110><c> knew</c><00:34:29.289><c> they</c><00:34:29.530><c> would</c><00:34:29.670><c> be</c><00:34:29.949><c> there</c>

00:34:30.170 --> 00:34:33.269
when<00:34:30.329><c> she</c><00:34:30.489><c> wanted</c><00:34:30.670><c> to</c><00:34:30.929><c> access</c><00:34:31.250><c> them,</c><00:34:31.429><c> she</c><00:34:31.590><c> put</c><00:34:31.809><c> them</c><00:34:32.269><c> in</c><00:34:32.769><c> her</c>

00:34:33.269 --> 00:34:37.530
heart<00:34:33.789><c> and</c><00:34:35.230><c> it</c><00:34:35.510><c> affected</c><00:34:35.769><c> her</c><00:34:36.090><c> very</c><00:34:36.570><c> being,</c>

00:34:38.510 --> 00:34:45.429
her<00:34:38.789><c> soul.</c><00:34:40.489><c> She</c><00:34:40.710><c> couldn't</c><00:34:40.949><c> lose</c><00:34:41.230><c> them</c><00:34:41.349><c> because</c><00:34:41.570><c> they</c><00:34:41.789><c> were</c><00:34:41.929><c> placed</c><00:34:42.130><c> firmly</c><00:34:42.489><c> inside</c><00:34:43.230><c> her</c><00:34:43.969><c> heart</c><00:34:44.349><c> and</c><00:34:44.849><c> that</c><00:34:45.110><c> really</c><00:34:45.269><c> is</c>

00:34:45.429 --> 00:34:49.710
the<00:34:45.650><c> power</c><00:34:45.869><c> of</c><00:34:46.250><c> continuous</c><00:34:46.590><c> meditation,</c><00:34:47.289><c> it's</c><00:34:47.409><c> a</c><00:34:47.510><c> great</c><00:34:47.670><c> facility</c><00:34:48.170><c> isn't</c><00:34:48.429><c> it?</c>

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dwell<00:34:53.010><c> upon</c><00:34:53.710><c> and</c><00:34:54.570><c> what</c><00:34:54.730><c> we</c><00:34:54.969><c> think</c><00:34:55.210><c> about</c><00:34:55.869><c> is</c><00:34:56.829><c> what</c><00:34:56.969><c> we</c><00:34:57.230><c> eventually</c><00:34:57.550><c> become</c>

00:34:58.389 --> 00:35:02.090
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00:35:02.090 --> 00:35:04.389
development<00:35:02.429><c> of</c><00:35:02.630><c> our</c><00:35:02.889><c> characters</c><00:35:03.130><c> and</c><00:35:03.349><c> our</c><00:35:03.570><c> personality.</c><00:35:03.969><c> What</c><00:35:04.090><c> we</c>

00:35:04.389 --> 00:35:07.050
treasure<00:35:04.690><c> in</c><00:35:04.889><c> our</c><00:35:05.170><c> heart,</c><00:35:06.130><c> what</c><00:35:06.269><c> we</c><00:35:06.489><c> put</c><00:35:06.610><c> in</c><00:35:06.769><c> our</c>

00:35:07.050 --> 00:35:12.710
heart<00:35:07.210><c> is</c><00:35:07.349><c> what</c><00:35:07.510><c> we</c><00:35:07.730><c> think</c><00:35:07.949><c> about</c><00:35:08.250><c> and</c><00:35:08.409><c> that</c><00:35:08.610><c> is</c><00:35:08.789><c> what</c><00:35:09.050><c> we</c><00:35:09.329><c> become.</c><00:35:12.550><c> So</c>

00:35:12.710 --> 00:35:13.929
that<00:35:12.869><c> links</c><00:35:13.070><c> us,</c><00:35:13.230><c> that</c><00:35:13.389><c> little</c><00:35:13.570><c> expression</c>

00:35:13.929 --> 00:35:17.309
links<00:35:14.170><c> us</c><00:35:14.369><c> with</c><00:35:14.489><c> the</c><00:35:14.710><c> previous</c><00:35:15.289><c> quote</c><00:35:15.730><c> and</c><00:35:15.929><c> it</c><00:35:16.150><c> shows</c><00:35:16.409><c> us</c><00:35:17.010><c> that</c>

00:35:17.309 --> 00:35:19.630
from<00:35:17.489><c> the</c><00:35:17.750><c> time</c><00:35:18.030><c> Gabriel</c><00:35:18.510><c> gave</c><00:35:18.889><c> that</c><00:35:19.210><c> initial</c>

00:35:19.630 --> 00:35:24.449
message<00:35:20.369><c> until</c><00:35:21.449><c> this</c><00:35:21.809><c> time</c><00:35:22.050><c> here</c><00:35:22.329><c> which</c><00:35:22.489><c> was</c><00:35:22.730><c> nine</c><00:35:23.050><c> months</c><00:35:23.690><c> here</c><00:35:24.110><c> at</c>

00:35:24.449 --> 00:35:26.750
the<00:35:24.630><c> birth</c><00:35:24.789><c> of</c><00:35:25.010><c> the</c><00:35:25.190><c> child,</c><00:35:26.489><c> those</c>

00:35:26.750 --> 00:35:30.269
thoughts<00:35:26.969><c> had</c><00:35:27.190><c> not</c><00:35:27.329><c> been</c><00:35:27.670><c> dismissed</c><00:35:28.010><c> or</c><00:35:28.309><c> forgotten</c><00:35:28.630><c> but</c><00:35:28.969><c> constantly</c><00:35:29.610><c> thought</c><00:35:29.929><c> upon</c>

00:35:30.269 --> 00:35:32.250
and<00:35:30.530><c> regurgitated</c><00:35:31.289><c> in</c><00:35:31.849><c> her</c>

00:35:32.250 --> 00:35:36.550
heart.<00:35:33.489><c> So</c><00:35:33.750><c> her</c><00:35:33.969><c> mind</c><00:35:34.210><c> was</c><00:35:34.469><c> not</c><00:35:34.750><c> frivolous,</c><00:35:35.570><c> it</c><00:35:35.730><c> didn't</c><00:35:36.050><c> fiddle</c><00:35:36.349><c> away</c>

00:35:36.550 --> 00:35:38.809
on<00:35:36.730><c> the</c><00:35:36.909><c> unimportant</c><00:35:37.469><c> things</c><00:35:37.909><c> of</c><00:35:38.429><c> daily</c>

00:35:38.809 --> 00:35:43.090
distraction<00:35:39.650><c> but</c><00:35:40.469><c> she</c><00:35:40.789><c> gave</c><00:35:41.230><c> a</c><00:35:41.670><c> certain</c><00:35:41.969><c> portion</c><00:35:42.409><c> of</c><00:35:42.630><c> her</c><00:35:42.849><c> day</c>

00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:49.409
to<00:35:43.389><c> reflect</c><00:35:43.929><c> on</c><00:35:45.409><c> her</c><00:35:45.809><c> work</c><00:35:46.429><c> and</c><00:35:47.929><c> her</c><00:35:48.170><c> relationship</c>

00:35:50.050 --> 00:35:54.610
to<00:35:50.690><c> the</c><00:35:50.949><c> mission</c><00:35:51.349><c> of</c><00:35:51.690><c> Messiah.</c><00:35:52.929><c> Proverbs</c><00:35:53.190><c> 4</c><00:35:53.469><c> verse</c><00:35:53.730><c> 23</c><00:35:54.289><c> says,</c>

00:35:54.829 --> 00:35:58.530
keep<00:35:54.909><c> thy</c><00:35:55.250><c> heart</c><00:35:55.949><c> with</c><00:35:56.670><c> all</c><00:35:57.010><c> diligence</c><00:35:57.510><c> for</c><00:35:57.769><c> out</c><00:35:57.969><c> of</c><00:35:58.090><c> it</c>

00:35:58.530 --> 00:36:02.349
are<00:35:58.869><c> the</c><00:35:59.050><c> issues</c><00:35:59.289><c> of</c><00:35:59.570><c> life.</c><00:36:01.190><c> The</c><00:36:01.429><c> amplified</c><00:36:01.789><c> version</c><00:36:02.150><c> says,</c>

00:36:02.510 --> 00:36:06.030
keep<00:36:02.690><c> your</c><00:36:03.030><c> heart</c><00:36:03.269><c> with</c><00:36:03.769><c> all</c><00:36:04.170><c> vigilance</c><00:36:04.929><c> and</c><00:36:05.409><c> above</c><00:36:05.710><c> all</c>

00:36:06.030 --> 00:36:10.730
that<00:36:06.210><c> you</c><00:36:06.510><c> guard</c><00:36:06.869><c> for</c><00:36:07.389><c> out</c><00:36:07.670><c> of</c><00:36:07.809><c> it</c><00:36:08.010><c> flows</c><00:36:08.309><c> the</c><00:36:08.690><c> springs</c><00:36:09.030><c> of</c><00:36:09.329><c> life</c><00:36:09.690><c> and</c>

00:36:10.730 --> 00:36:13.650
Mary<00:36:11.190><c> understood</c><00:36:11.730><c> that,</c><00:36:12.230><c> hence</c><00:36:12.590><c> she</c><00:36:13.190><c> treasured</c>

00:36:13.650 --> 00:36:16.369
these<00:36:13.869><c> thoughts</c><00:36:14.130><c> and</c><00:36:14.469><c> placed</c><00:36:14.670><c> them</c><00:36:15.170><c> deep</c><00:36:15.469><c> within</c><00:36:15.730><c> her</c><00:36:16.090><c> heart.</c>

00:36:16.750 --> 00:36:19.090
We<00:36:16.949><c> come</c><00:36:17.110><c> across</c><00:36:17.389><c> the</c><00:36:17.650><c> parable</c><00:36:17.809><c> to</c><00:36:18.010><c> Luke</c><00:36:18.210><c> 2</c><00:36:18.750><c> and</c>

00:36:19.090 --> 00:36:24.789
verse<00:36:19.489><c> 51</c><00:36:20.250><c> because</c><00:36:20.610><c> here's</c><00:36:20.889><c> the</c><00:36:21.110><c> third</c><00:36:21.409><c> comment</c><00:36:22.050><c> about</c><00:36:23.289><c> Mary's</c><00:36:24.150><c> character</c><00:36:24.429><c> and</c>

00:36:24.789 --> 00:36:26.969
her<00:36:25.050><c> feelings.</c><00:36:25.989><c> 12</c><00:36:26.349><c> years</c><00:36:26.710><c> now</c>

00:36:26.969 --> 00:36:30.150
have<00:36:27.190><c> passed</c><00:36:27.610><c> by</c><00:36:27.989><c> and</c><00:36:28.449><c> we</c><00:36:28.650><c> see</c><00:36:28.809><c> the</c><00:36:29.010><c> statement</c><00:36:29.230><c> in</c><00:36:29.449><c> verse</c><00:36:29.730><c> 51</c>

00:36:30.150 --> 00:36:32.369
where<00:36:30.329><c> it</c><00:36:30.429><c> says</c><00:36:30.630><c> Christ</c><00:36:30.969><c> came</c><00:36:31.269><c> down</c><00:36:31.489><c> to</c><00:36:31.989><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:36:32.449 --> 00:36:39.769
he<00:36:32.469><c> was</c><00:36:32.730><c> subject</c><00:36:33.070><c> unto</c><00:36:33.349><c> them</c><00:36:34.050><c> but</c><00:36:35.949><c> Mary</c><00:36:36.469><c> kept</c><00:36:37.070><c> all</c><00:36:37.989><c> these</c><00:36:38.409><c> sayings</c><00:36:39.190><c> in</c>

00:36:39.769 --> 00:36:42.630
her<00:36:40.070><c> heart.</c><00:36:40.230><c> 12</c><00:36:40.710><c> years</c><00:36:41.150><c> have</c><00:36:41.409><c> gone</c><00:36:41.769><c> by</c>

00:36:43.909 --> 00:36:51.869
and<00:36:44.550><c> we</c><00:36:45.190><c> still</c><00:36:45.610><c> see</c><00:36:46.550><c> that</c><00:36:47.030><c> same</c><00:36:48.550><c> particular</c><00:36:50.030><c> characteristic</c>

00:36:53.210 --> 00:36:55.989
but<00:36:53.849><c> there's</c><00:36:54.110><c> an</c><00:36:54.230><c> added</c><00:36:54.369><c> emphasis</c><00:36:54.750><c> here</c><00:36:55.090><c> I</c><00:36:55.230><c> believe</c><00:36:55.610><c> in</c><00:36:55.849><c> that</c>

00:36:55.989 --> 00:36:59.829
it<00:36:56.250><c> says</c><00:36:56.570><c> she</c><00:36:57.090><c> kept</c><00:36:57.650><c> all</c><00:36:58.610><c> these</c><00:36:59.090><c> sayings</c><00:36:59.530><c> in</c>

00:36:59.829 --> 00:37:02.989
her<00:37:00.269><c> heart</c><00:37:00.550><c> and</c><00:37:00.690><c> we</c><00:37:00.849><c> say</c><00:37:00.949><c> well</c><00:37:01.170><c> what</c><00:37:01.429><c> sayings</c><00:37:01.789><c> were</c><00:37:02.030><c> they?</c><00:37:02.349><c> Well</c><00:37:02.510><c> they</c><00:37:02.650><c> were</c><00:37:02.809><c> the</c>

00:37:02.989 --> 00:37:05.329
sayings<00:37:03.230><c> of</c><00:37:03.389><c> verse</c><00:37:03.929><c> 50</c><00:37:04.389><c> which</c><00:37:04.730><c> says</c>

00:37:05.329 --> 00:37:11.769
they<00:37:06.170><c> understood</c><00:37:07.110><c> not</c><00:37:07.769><c> the</c><00:37:08.289><c> sayings</c><00:37:09.090><c> that</c><00:37:09.630><c> he</c><00:37:09.869><c> spake</c><00:37:10.210><c> unto</c><00:37:10.449><c> them.</c><00:37:11.650><c> It</c>

00:37:11.769 --> 00:37:12.889
was<00:37:11.929><c> the</c><00:37:12.130><c> comments</c><00:37:12.349><c> of</c><00:37:12.550><c> her</c><00:37:12.750><c> son,</c>

00:37:12.929 --> 00:37:16.130
a<00:37:13.070><c> young</c><00:37:13.269><c> boy</c><00:37:13.510><c> of</c><00:37:13.849><c> 12</c><00:37:14.389><c> and</c><00:37:14.750><c> think</c><00:37:14.989><c> about</c><00:37:15.230><c> the</c><00:37:15.429><c> humility</c><00:37:15.769><c> of</c><00:37:15.969><c> the</c>

00:37:16.130 --> 00:37:20.289
mother<00:37:16.349><c> here.</c><00:37:17.250><c> She</c><00:37:17.449><c> found</c><00:37:17.809><c> wisdom</c><00:37:18.469><c> in</c><00:37:19.809><c> the</c><00:37:20.050><c> words</c>

00:37:20.289 --> 00:37:23.650
of<00:37:20.550><c> a</c><00:37:20.829><c> unique</c><00:37:21.130><c> boy</c><00:37:21.409><c> who</c><00:37:21.630><c> was</c><00:37:21.869><c> aged</c><00:37:22.210><c> 12.</c><00:37:22.789><c> She</c><00:37:22.929><c> had</c><00:37:23.110><c> the</c><00:37:23.329><c> humility</c>

00:37:23.650 --> 00:37:25.269
to<00:37:23.809><c> be</c><00:37:23.929><c> able</c><00:37:24.070><c> to</c><00:37:24.250><c> take</c><00:37:24.389><c> those</c><00:37:24.670><c> on</c><00:37:25.010><c> board</c>

00:37:25.269 --> 00:37:28.909
and<00:37:25.829><c> she</c><00:37:26.110><c> kept</c><00:37:26.309><c> all</c><00:37:26.750><c> the</c><00:37:26.989><c> sayings,</c><00:37:27.250><c> not</c><00:37:27.469><c> just</c><00:37:27.730><c> some</c><00:37:27.969><c> of</c><00:37:28.090><c> them,</c>

00:37:29.369 --> 00:37:30.909
not<00:37:29.570><c> just</c><00:37:29.789><c> the</c><00:37:29.949><c> ones</c><00:37:30.130><c> that</c><00:37:30.269><c> she</c><00:37:30.469><c> wanted</c><00:37:30.710><c> to,</c>

00:37:30.909 --> 00:37:34.550
she<00:37:31.090><c> kept</c><00:37:31.309><c> all</c><00:37:31.650><c> the</c><00:37:32.010><c> sayings.</c><00:37:32.750><c> How</c><00:37:33.090><c> well</c><00:37:33.389><c> mothers</c><00:37:33.690><c> do</c><00:37:33.909><c> we</c><00:37:34.050><c> listen</c><00:37:34.369><c> to</c>

00:37:34.550 --> 00:37:36.349
what<00:37:34.730><c> our</c><00:37:34.969><c> children</c><00:37:35.250><c> are</c><00:37:35.469><c> sometimes</c><00:37:36.010><c> telling</c>

00:37:36.349 --> 00:37:39.969
us?<00:37:37.110><c> How</c><00:37:37.429><c> well</c><00:37:37.650><c> do</c><00:37:37.829><c> we</c><00:37:38.030><c> remember</c><00:37:38.349><c> them?</c><00:37:38.809><c> Are</c><00:37:39.110><c> we</c><00:37:39.349><c> in</c><00:37:39.530><c> tune</c><00:37:39.730><c> with</c>

00:37:39.969 --> 00:37:41.829
their<00:37:40.190><c> expressions?</c><00:37:40.849><c> Can</c><00:37:40.949><c> we</c><00:37:41.150><c> give</c><00:37:41.309><c> appropriate</c>

00:37:41.829 --> 00:37:49.949
guidance?<00:37:46.690><c> You</c><00:37:46.929><c> see</c><00:37:47.030><c> it</c><00:37:47.150><c> says</c><00:37:47.349><c> they</c><00:37:47.590><c> understood</c><00:37:48.050><c> not</c><00:37:48.349><c> the</c><00:37:48.630><c> sayings</c><00:37:48.909><c> that</c><00:37:49.250><c> spake</c><00:37:49.530><c> that</c><00:37:49.670><c> he</c>

00:37:49.949 --> 00:37:50.570
spake<00:37:50.170><c> unto</c><00:37:50.369><c> them</c>

00:37:50.570 --> 00:37:56.050
so<00:37:50.989><c> Mary</c><00:37:51.329><c> didn't</c><00:37:51.969><c> completely</c><00:37:52.889><c> absorb</c><00:37:53.949><c> what</c><00:37:54.250><c> Christ</c><00:37:54.590><c> was</c><00:37:54.989><c> saying</c><00:37:55.369><c> but</c>

00:37:56.050 --> 00:37:57.489
she<00:37:56.250><c> put</c><00:37:56.369><c> them</c><00:37:56.530><c> in</c><00:37:56.630><c> her</c><00:37:56.949><c> heart</c><00:37:57.090><c> and</c><00:37:57.230><c> she</c><00:37:57.369><c> was</c>

00:37:57.489 --> 00:38:01.329
going<00:37:57.769><c> to</c><00:37:57.769><c> think</c><00:37:57.909><c> about</c><00:37:58.250><c> them</c><00:37:58.650><c> and</c><00:37:58.869><c> see</c><00:37:59.070><c> if</c><00:37:59.130><c> she</c><00:37:59.289><c> can</c><00:37:59.570><c> find</c><00:38:00.010><c> a</c><00:38:00.610><c> solution</c><00:38:00.909><c> and</c><00:38:01.130><c> a</c>

00:38:01.329 --> 00:38:03.190
pattern<00:38:01.530><c> to</c><00:38:01.730><c> those</c><00:38:02.829><c> thoughts</c>

00:38:03.190 --> 00:38:06.329
and<00:38:03.469><c> expressions</c><00:38:03.829><c> of</c><00:38:04.030><c> the</c><00:38:04.170><c> Lord.</c><00:38:05.329><c> We</c><00:38:05.550><c> notice</c><00:38:05.789><c> that</c><00:38:05.989><c> in</c><00:38:06.130><c> verse</c>

00:38:06.329 --> 00:38:09.710
48<00:38:07.070><c> that</c><00:38:07.829><c> Mary</c><00:38:08.130><c> had</c><00:38:08.570><c> addressed</c><00:38:08.929><c> her</c><00:38:09.309><c> son</c>

00:38:09.710 --> 00:38:15.349
and<00:38:10.349><c> said</c><00:38:10.590><c> son</c><00:38:11.150><c> why</c><00:38:11.789><c> hast</c><00:38:12.150><c> thou</c><00:38:12.369><c> dealt</c><00:38:12.750><c> with</c><00:38:13.030><c> us</c><00:38:13.869><c> thus?</c><00:38:14.869><c> Behold</c>

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thy<00:38:15.630><c> father</c><00:38:16.010><c> and</c><00:38:16.170><c> I</c><00:38:16.349><c> have</c><00:38:16.650><c> sought</c><00:38:16.869><c> thee</c>

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sorrowing.<00:38:18.050><c> This</c><00:38:18.210><c> was</c><00:38:18.429><c> no</c><00:38:18.630><c> easy</c><00:38:18.929><c> childhood</c><00:38:19.389><c> for</c><00:38:19.630><c> Mary</c><00:38:20.170><c> and</c><00:38:21.610><c> we</c>

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can<00:38:22.250><c> understand</c><00:38:22.769><c> that</c><00:38:22.949><c> the</c><00:38:23.090><c> Lord</c><00:38:23.230><c> was</c><00:38:23.469><c> very</c>

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advanced<00:38:24.380><c> and</c><00:38:24.599><c> very</c><00:38:24.840><c> mature</c><00:38:25.199><c> but</c><00:38:25.420><c> no</c><00:38:26.599><c> easy</c><00:38:26.860><c> task</c><00:38:27.280><c> of</c><00:38:27.579><c> motherhood</c><00:38:28.039><c> for</c><00:38:28.860><c> Mary</c>

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particularly<00:38:29.820><c> as</c><00:38:30.579><c> the</c><00:38:30.739><c> Lord</c>

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advanced<00:38:31.380><c> in</c><00:38:31.699><c> spiritual</c><00:38:32.320><c> matters</c><00:38:32.880><c> and</c><00:38:34.340><c> especially</c><00:38:34.659><c> when</c><00:38:34.800><c> it</c>

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came<00:38:35.300><c> to</c><00:38:35.559><c> performing</c><00:38:35.940><c> his</c><00:38:36.699><c> father's</c><00:38:37.159><c> business.</c><00:38:37.519><c> Now</c>

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Mary<00:38:37.860><c> was</c><00:38:38.059><c> not</c><00:38:38.260><c> an</c><00:38:38.500><c> experienced</c><00:38:38.960><c> mother.</c><00:38:39.579><c> This</c><00:38:39.760><c> was</c><00:38:39.960><c> her</c><00:38:40.260><c> first</c><00:38:40.639><c> son</c>

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and<00:38:41.780><c> it's</c><00:38:41.900><c> the</c><00:38:42.039><c> same</c><00:38:42.199><c> with</c><00:38:42.440><c> ourselves.</c><00:38:42.820><c> We</c>

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don't<00:38:43.119><c> always</c><00:38:43.480><c> know</c><00:38:43.760><c> do</c><00:38:43.920><c> we</c><00:38:44.000><c> how</c><00:38:44.179><c> we</c><00:38:44.400><c> should</c><00:38:44.559><c> discipline</c><00:38:44.940><c> our</c>

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child<00:38:45.579><c> and</c><00:38:45.980><c> sometimes</c><00:38:46.380><c> we</c><00:38:46.599><c> make</c><00:38:46.780><c> the</c><00:38:47.000><c> wrong</c><00:38:47.199><c> decision</c>

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and<00:38:48.119><c> we</c><00:38:48.320><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:48.679><c> that.</c><00:38:49.519><c> It</c><00:38:49.800><c> might</c><00:38:50.019><c> not</c><00:38:50.260><c> be</c><00:38:50.679><c> the</c><00:38:50.920><c> most</c><00:38:51.320><c> appropriate</c><00:38:51.860><c> method</c><00:38:52.400><c> and</c>

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we're<00:38:52.739><c> the</c><00:38:52.960><c> same</c><00:38:53.179><c> as</c><00:38:53.400><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:38:56.139><c> there</c><00:38:56.260><c> was</c><00:38:56.420><c> the</c><00:38:56.639><c> realization</c><00:38:57.219><c> on</c><00:38:57.639><c> Mary's</c><00:38:58.119><c> part</c><00:38:58.340><c> here</c><00:38:58.579><c> that</c><00:38:58.719><c> she</c>

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didn't<00:38:59.119><c> fully</c><00:38:59.420><c> appreciate</c><00:38:59.980><c> the</c><00:39:00.320><c> intensity</c>

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that<00:39:01.320><c> Christ</c><00:39:01.659><c> had</c><00:39:02.019><c> at</c><00:39:02.440><c> the</c><00:39:02.619><c> age</c><00:39:02.840><c> of</c><00:39:03.139><c> 12</c><00:39:03.780><c> for</c><00:39:04.300><c> his</c><00:39:04.619><c> father's</c><00:39:05.260><c> courts.</c><00:39:08.719><c> But</c>

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it<00:39:09.119><c> shows</c><00:39:09.300><c> the</c><00:39:09.579><c> absolute</c><00:39:09.980><c> humility</c><00:39:11.059><c> of</c><00:39:11.260><c> a</c>

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godly<00:39:11.719><c> woman</c><00:39:11.960><c> who</c><00:39:12.139><c> was</c><00:39:12.300><c> prepared</c><00:39:12.539><c> to</c><00:39:12.820><c> accept</c><00:39:13.199><c> a</c><00:39:13.760><c> comment</c><00:39:14.019><c> from</c>

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her<00:39:14.579><c> child.</c><00:39:14.840><c> She</c><00:39:14.960><c> didn't</c><00:39:15.199><c> discard</c><00:39:15.619><c> it,</c><00:39:15.719><c> she</c><00:39:15.800><c> didn't</c>

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wipe<00:39:16.320><c> it</c><00:39:16.579><c> out.</c><00:39:18.099><c> She</c><00:39:18.360><c> pondered</c><00:39:18.860><c> and</c><00:39:19.159><c> meditated</c><00:39:19.599><c> and</c><00:39:19.920><c> joined</c><00:39:20.139><c> it</c>

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together<00:39:20.619><c> and</c><00:39:20.880><c> later</c><00:39:21.139><c> on</c><00:39:21.360><c> in</c><00:39:21.559><c> life</c><00:39:21.699><c> she</c><00:39:21.920><c> understood</c>

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the<00:39:23.719><c> intensity</c><00:39:24.199><c> that</c><00:39:24.480><c> the</c><00:39:24.659><c> Lord</c><00:39:24.800><c> was</c><00:39:25.139><c> saying</c><00:39:25.340><c> that</c><00:39:25.500><c> he</c><00:39:25.679><c> had</c><00:39:25.880><c> for</c><00:39:26.059><c> his</c><00:39:26.340><c> father's</c><00:39:27.059><c> business.</c><00:39:27.920><c> She</c><00:39:28.099><c> did</c><00:39:28.239><c> it</c><00:39:28.420><c> without</c>

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overreacting.<00:39:29.360><c> You</c><00:39:29.460><c> see</c><00:39:29.619><c> that</c><00:39:29.780><c> in</c><00:39:30.179><c> mothers.</c><00:39:30.619><c> How</c><00:39:30.860><c> often</c><00:39:31.179><c> do</c>

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our<00:39:32.059><c> children</c><00:39:32.440><c> say</c><00:39:32.619><c> something</c><00:39:32.920><c> to</c><00:39:33.139><c> us</c><00:39:33.639><c> and</c><00:39:34.000><c> we</c><00:39:34.159><c> say</c>

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well<00:39:34.400><c> I</c><00:39:34.460><c> don't</c><00:39:34.739><c> care</c><00:39:34.920><c> what</c><00:39:35.119><c> you</c><00:39:35.539><c> think</c><00:39:35.699><c> I'm</c><00:39:36.119><c> your</c><00:39:36.280><c> mother</c><00:39:36.480><c> and</c>

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you'll<00:39:36.860><c> do</c><00:39:37.000><c> it</c><00:39:37.119><c> this</c><00:39:37.380><c> way</c><00:39:37.820><c> and</c><00:39:38.599><c> we</c><00:39:38.780><c> tend</c><00:39:38.940><c> to</c><00:39:39.239><c> overact</c>

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a<00:39:39.800><c> little</c><00:39:39.980><c> bit</c><00:39:40.079><c> and</c><00:39:40.179><c> we</c><00:39:40.300><c> haven't</c><00:39:40.460><c> really</c><00:39:40.719><c> heard</c><00:39:40.920><c> the</c><00:39:41.119><c> message</c>

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of<00:39:41.539><c> the</c><00:39:41.780><c> child.</c><00:39:43.880><c> So</c><00:39:44.059><c> you</c><00:39:44.159><c> see</c><00:39:44.239><c> these</c><00:39:44.539><c> links</c>

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:48.559
quote<00:39:45.159><c> together</c><00:39:45.760><c> the</c><00:39:46.380><c> dominant</c><00:39:46.860><c> characteristic</c><00:39:47.480><c> of</c><00:39:47.840><c> Mary</c><00:39:48.199><c> in</c>

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pondering<00:39:49.000><c> and</c><00:39:49.300><c> preserving</c><00:39:49.699><c> and</c><00:39:50.539><c> keeping</c><00:39:50.820><c> all</c><00:39:51.179><c> these</c>

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in<00:39:51.980><c> her</c><00:39:52.380><c> heart</c><00:39:52.780><c> and</c><00:39:53.699><c> later</c><00:39:53.960><c> on</c><00:39:54.159><c> in</c><00:39:54.360><c> life</c><00:39:54.719><c> she</c><00:39:55.019><c> came</c><00:39:55.239><c> to</c><00:39:55.519><c> understand</c><00:39:56.099><c> the</c><00:39:56.500><c> intensity</c><00:39:56.880><c> of</c>

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Christ's<00:39:57.679><c> feelings</c>

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that<00:39:58.340><c> stemmed</c><00:39:59.019><c> from</c><00:39:59.320><c> his</c><00:39:59.699><c> heart</c><00:39:59.920><c> when</c><00:40:00.079><c> he</c><00:40:00.239><c> found</c><00:40:00.440><c> himself</c><00:40:00.780><c> in</c>

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the<00:40:01.119><c> courts</c><00:40:01.260><c> of</c><00:40:01.460><c> his</c><00:40:01.619><c> father.</c>

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You<00:40:04.280><c> know</c><00:40:04.480><c> it's</c><00:40:04.739><c> a</c><00:40:04.860><c> wonderful</c><00:40:05.099><c> thing</c><00:40:05.420><c> that</c><00:40:05.699><c> there</c><00:40:05.960><c> was</c><00:40:06.320><c> a</c><00:40:06.659><c> particular</c><00:40:06.980><c> quality</c><00:40:07.420><c> that</c>

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was<00:40:07.920><c> emphasized</c><00:40:08.579><c> and</c>

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intensified<00:40:09.500><c> in</c><00:40:09.699><c> our</c><00:40:09.920><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.219><c> that</c><00:40:11.219><c> came</c><00:40:11.460><c> both</c><00:40:11.760><c> from</c><00:40:12.019><c> his</c><00:40:12.300><c> father</c><00:40:12.659><c> and</c>

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:16.380
his<00:40:13.260><c> mother</c><00:40:13.760><c> is</c><00:40:14.579><c> the</c><00:40:14.739><c> aspect</c><00:40:15.059><c> of</c><00:40:15.280><c> the</c><00:40:15.579><c> heart.</c>

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Truly<00:40:18.380><c> he</c><00:40:18.599><c> was</c><00:40:18.840><c> a</c><00:40:19.039><c> descendant</c><00:40:19.619><c> of</c><00:40:20.420><c> the</c><00:40:20.900><c> man</c><00:40:21.280><c> who</c><00:40:21.579><c> was</c><00:40:21.860><c> after</c><00:40:22.260><c> God's</c><00:40:22.699><c> own</c><00:40:22.920><c> heart</c><00:40:23.159><c> and</c><00:40:23.300><c> he</c>

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says<00:40:23.719><c> in</c><00:40:24.320><c> a</c><00:40:24.440><c> messianic</c>

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way<00:40:25.059><c> in</c><00:40:25.280><c> Psalm</c><00:40:25.460><c> 40</c><00:40:26.079><c> this</c><00:40:26.539><c> is</c><00:40:26.780><c> the</c><00:40:27.000><c> Lord</c><00:40:27.219><c> Jesus</c><00:40:27.539><c> Christ,</c><00:40:28.760><c> Lo</c><00:40:28.940><c> I</c>

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come<00:40:29.559><c> in</c><00:40:29.719><c> the</c><00:40:29.900><c> volume</c><00:40:30.099><c> of</c><00:40:30.280><c> the</c><00:40:30.420><c> book</c><00:40:30.539><c> it</c><00:40:30.659><c> is</c><00:40:30.800><c> written</c>

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of<00:40:31.239><c> me,</c><00:40:31.699><c> I</c><00:40:32.019><c> delight</c><00:40:32.440><c> to</c><00:40:32.699><c> do</c><00:40:32.860><c> thy</c><00:40:33.099><c> will</c><00:40:33.360><c> oh</c><00:40:33.619><c> my</c><00:40:33.860><c> God,</c><00:40:34.239><c> yea</c><00:40:34.400><c> thy</c><00:40:34.880><c> law</c><00:40:35.239><c> is</c>

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within<00:40:36.480><c> my</c><00:40:37.280><c> heart</c><00:40:37.780><c> and</c><00:40:38.239><c> that</c><00:40:38.440><c> was</c><00:40:38.639><c> again</c><00:40:38.980><c> a</c>

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dominant<00:40:39.679><c> characteristic</c><00:40:40.139><c> of</c><00:40:40.320><c> the</c><00:40:40.440><c> Lord</c><00:40:40.599><c> Jesus</c><00:40:40.920><c> Christ</c><00:40:41.119><c> that</c>

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:44.039
he<00:40:41.360><c> got</c><00:40:41.480><c> from</c><00:40:41.619><c> his</c><00:40:41.860><c> father</c><00:40:42.320><c> and</c><00:40:43.380><c> from</c><00:40:43.599><c> his</c><00:40:43.820><c> mother</c>

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:48.380
as<00:40:44.360><c> well.</c><00:40:44.739><c> She</c><00:40:44.900><c> pondered</c><00:40:45.340><c> these</c><00:40:45.659><c> things</c><00:40:45.960><c> in</c><00:40:46.159><c> her</c><00:40:46.500><c> heart</c><00:40:46.940><c> and</c>

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we<00:40:48.539><c> know</c><00:40:48.719><c> that</c><00:40:48.900><c> the</c><00:40:48.980><c> Lord</c><00:40:49.119><c> was</c><00:40:49.340><c> the</c><00:40:49.639><c> express</c><00:40:49.840><c> image</c>

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of<00:40:50.260><c> the</c><00:40:50.460><c> father</c><00:40:50.739><c> but</c><00:40:51.300><c> to</c><00:40:51.599><c> have</c><00:40:51.780><c> this</c><00:40:52.079><c> quality</c><00:40:52.780><c> doubly</c><00:40:53.599><c> expressed</c><00:40:54.219><c> in</c><00:40:54.659><c> him</c>

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shows<00:40:55.679><c> us</c><00:40:56.000><c> the</c><00:40:56.320><c> intensity</c><00:40:56.820><c> that</c><00:40:57.079><c> he</c>

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that<00:41:00.860><c> stemmed</c><00:41:01.519><c> from</c><00:41:01.820><c> his</c><00:41:02.179><c> heart.</c><00:41:03.159><c> What's</c>

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the<00:41:03.579><c> exhortation</c><00:41:04.039><c> to</c><00:41:04.199><c> us</c><00:41:04.340><c> brothers</c><00:41:04.579><c> and</c><00:41:04.820><c> sisters?</c><00:41:05.579><c> Well</c><00:41:05.659><c> I</c><00:41:05.659><c> guess</c><00:41:05.800><c> if</c>

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:08.340
we<00:41:06.039><c> look</c><00:41:06.179><c> at</c><00:41:06.360><c> the</c><00:41:07.099><c> aspect</c><00:41:07.519><c> of</c><00:41:07.719><c> Mary</c><00:41:07.860><c> it</c><00:41:07.940><c> says</c><00:41:08.079><c> he</c>

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:13.559
kept<00:41:08.519><c> all</c><00:41:08.760><c> these</c><00:41:09.139><c> sayings</c><00:41:10.420><c> and</c><00:41:12.579><c> we</c><00:41:12.699><c> could</c><00:41:12.840><c> ask</c><00:41:13.059><c> the</c><00:41:13.219><c> question</c>

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:16.380
well<00:41:14.440><c> as</c><00:41:14.800><c> we</c><00:41:14.900><c> look</c><00:41:15.059><c> back</c><00:41:15.300><c> over</c><00:41:15.539><c> the</c><00:41:15.619><c> past</c><00:41:15.980><c> 12</c>

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months<00:41:16.739><c> since</c><00:41:17.000><c> the</c><00:41:17.179><c> last</c><00:41:17.400><c> Bible</c><00:41:17.780><c> school</c><00:41:17.980><c> could</c><00:41:18.159><c> we</c><00:41:18.460><c> say</c><00:41:19.039><c> yes</c>

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we<00:41:20.599><c> have</c><00:41:20.940><c> kept</c><00:41:21.360><c> the</c><00:41:21.840><c> sayings</c><00:41:22.260><c> of</c><00:41:22.480><c> the</c><00:41:22.579><c> Lord</c><00:41:22.780><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:41:24.139><c> Mary</c><00:41:24.260><c> goes</c><00:41:24.500><c> a</c><00:41:24.599><c> little</c><00:41:24.719><c> bit</c><00:41:24.900><c> further</c><00:41:25.079><c> and</c><00:41:25.239><c> she</c><00:41:25.500><c> says</c>

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do,<00:41:36.679><c> all</c><00:41:37.099><c> of</c><00:41:37.320><c> the</c><00:41:37.599><c> commandments</c><00:41:38.099><c> of</c><00:41:38.360><c> Jesus</c>

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me<00:42:06.139><c> in</c><00:42:06.260><c> the</c><00:42:06.400><c> way</c><00:42:06.579><c> everlasting.</c><00:42:07.099><c> That</c><00:42:07.340><c> surely</c><00:42:07.619><c> is</c><00:42:07.880><c> our</c><00:42:08.059><c> prayer</c>

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brothers<00:42:08.599><c> and</c><00:42:08.860><c> sisters.</c>

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intense<00:42:35.960><c> agony</c>

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him<00:42:44.619><c> he</c><00:42:44.719><c> looks</c><00:42:44.920><c> down</c>

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and<00:42:45.579><c> he</c><00:42:45.860><c> sees</c><00:42:46.940><c> his</c><00:42:48.019><c> mum</c><00:42:48.480><c> standing</c><00:42:49.239><c> there</c><00:42:50.219><c> while</c><00:42:50.900><c> all</c><00:42:51.159><c> his</c><00:42:51.280><c> other</c><00:42:51.599><c> disciples</c><00:42:52.119><c> apart</c><00:42:52.579><c> from</c>

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possibly<00:42:53.239><c> John</c>

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have<00:42:54.619><c> fled</c><00:42:54.980><c> and</c><00:42:56.920><c> in</c><00:42:57.179><c> the</c><00:42:57.440><c> intensity</c><00:42:57.800><c> of</c><00:42:58.260><c> pain</c><00:42:58.559><c> he</c><00:42:58.860><c> has</c><00:42:59.360><c> a</c><00:43:00.380><c> very</c>

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lovely<00:43:00.960><c> thought</c><00:43:01.360><c> for</c><00:43:01.659><c> his</c><00:43:01.920><c> mother,</c><00:43:02.780><c> a</c><00:43:03.079><c> consideration</c>

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thy<00:43:15.059><c> son.</c>

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the<00:43:21.179><c> reflective</c><00:43:21.619><c> mind</c><00:43:22.099><c> of</c><00:43:22.440><c> Mary?</c>

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years<00:43:26.699><c> some</c><00:43:26.900><c> of</c><00:43:27.000><c> the</c><00:43:27.139><c> amazing</c><00:43:27.619><c> events</c>

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00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:13.179
and<00:44:10.719><c> he</c><00:44:10.900><c> was</c><00:44:11.079><c> the</c><00:44:11.320><c> culmination</c><00:44:11.880><c> of</c><00:44:12.000><c> his</c><00:44:12.219><c> father's</c><00:44:12.739><c> business</c>

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he<00:44:13.780><c> said</c><00:44:13.940><c> it's</c><00:44:14.460><c> finished</c>

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00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:46.579
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in<00:45:05.440><c> the</c><00:45:05.619><c> dreadful</c><00:45:06.000><c> last</c><00:45:06.440><c> scene</c><00:45:06.599><c> of</c><00:45:06.800><c> Jesus</c><00:45:07.179><c> life</c><00:45:07.500><c> in</c><00:45:07.639><c> the</c><00:45:07.860><c> flesh</c>

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she<00:46:17.980><c> is</c><00:46:18.239><c> blessed</c><00:46:18.480><c> indeed</c><00:46:18.900><c> above</c><00:46:19.199><c> women</c><00:46:19.539><c> and</c><00:46:20.440><c> happy</c><00:46:20.719><c> will</c><00:46:20.960><c> she</c>

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James,<00:46:45.579><c> John,</c><00:46:45.840><c> Andrew,</c><00:46:46.280><c> Philip,</c><00:46:46.599><c> Thomas,</c>

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Bartholomew,<00:46:47.340><c> Matthew,</c><00:46:47.820><c> James,</c><00:46:48.119><c> son</c><00:46:48.179><c> of</c><00:46:48.300><c> Ephesus,</c><00:46:48.760><c> Simon,</c>

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women<00:46:55.780><c> and</c>

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Mary<00:47:00.300><c> the</c><00:47:00.820><c> mother</c><00:47:01.159><c> of</c><00:47:01.460><c> Jesus</c><00:47:02.300><c> and</c><00:47:03.460><c> and</c><00:47:04.019><c> here's</c><00:47:04.260><c> the</c><00:47:04.420><c> extent</c><00:47:04.639><c> of</c>

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00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:11.559
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Mary<00:47:11.840><c> as</c><00:47:12.079><c> a</c><00:47:12.260><c> mother</c><00:47:12.480><c> embraced</c><00:47:13.119><c> them</c><00:47:13.539><c> and</c><00:47:14.059><c> brought</c>

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Christ.<00:53:06.429><c> Amen.</c>