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young<00:14:53.340><c> people.</c>

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atmosphere<00:15:20.179><c> builds</c><00:15:20.440><c> up.</c><00:15:22.080><c> It's</c><00:15:22.259><c> lovely</c><00:15:22.539><c> to</c><00:15:22.799><c> see</c><00:15:23.039><c> the</c><00:15:23.279><c> healthy</c>

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with<00:15:25.779><c> one</c><00:15:25.940><c> another</c><00:15:26.340><c> and</c><00:15:27.360><c> there</c><00:15:27.519><c> is</c><00:15:27.720><c> the</c><00:15:28.000><c> build</c><00:15:28.200><c> up</c><00:15:28.360><c> of</c><00:15:28.600><c> boy</c><00:15:28.820><c>-girl</c><00:15:29.039><c> relationships</c><00:15:29.759><c> during</c><00:15:30.480><c> the</c><00:15:30.639><c> week.</c>

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and<00:15:56.580><c> it</c><00:15:56.679><c> is</c><00:15:56.840><c> an</c><00:15:57.139><c> understandable</c><00:15:57.879><c> desire,</c><00:15:59.580><c> that</c><00:15:59.700><c> by</c><00:15:59.980><c> God's</c><00:16:00.519><c> grace</c><00:16:01.100><c> you</c><00:16:02.360><c> marry,</c>

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enhance,<00:17:15.000><c> enrich</c><00:17:15.339><c> your</c><00:17:15.720><c> spiritual</c><00:17:16.160><c> life.</c>

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think<00:17:22.220><c> that</c><00:17:22.799><c> we</c><00:17:22.920><c> can</c><00:17:23.160><c> spend</c>

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then<00:17:34.519><c> sort</c><00:17:34.759><c> out</c><00:17:35.019><c> your</c><00:17:35.240><c> vertical</c><00:17:35.759><c> relationship</c><00:17:36.519><c> first.</c>

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ways,<00:17:46.920><c> then</c><00:17:47.299><c> our</c><00:17:48.059><c> relationship</c><00:17:48.660><c> with</c><00:17:48.900><c> the</c><00:17:49.059><c> opposite</c>

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true.<00:17:59.900><c> And</c><00:18:00.140><c> therefore</c><00:18:00.460><c> young</c><00:18:00.740><c> people,</c><00:18:01.619><c> when</c><00:18:01.799><c> the</c>

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time<00:18:20.880><c> together</c><00:18:21.400><c> praying</c><00:18:22.099><c> that</c><00:18:24.279><c> God</c><00:18:24.579><c> will</c><00:18:24.859><c> enrich</c><00:18:25.460><c> and</c><00:18:27.599><c> make</c>

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decide,<00:18:46.660><c> oh</c><00:18:46.779><c> darling,</c><00:18:47.059><c> it's</c><00:18:47.460><c> about</c><00:18:47.680><c> time</c><00:18:47.920><c> we</c><00:18:48.220><c> prayed,</c>

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we<00:18:48.579><c> haven't</c><00:18:48.799><c> done</c><00:18:49.039><c> so</c><00:18:49.279><c> for</c><00:18:49.480><c> about</c><00:18:49.680><c> the</c><00:18:49.880><c> last</c><00:18:50.079><c> month</c><00:18:50.339><c> or</c><00:18:50.619><c> so.</c><00:18:51.440><c> We</c>

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haven't<00:18:51.960><c> started</c><00:18:52.299><c> the</c><00:18:52.539><c> day</c><00:18:52.720><c> together</c><00:18:53.180><c> on</c><00:18:53.859><c> our</c><00:18:54.059><c> knees</c>

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asking<00:18:55.079><c> for</c><00:18:55.339><c> God's</c><00:18:55.700><c> blessing.</c><00:18:56.220><c> We've</c><00:18:56.480><c> had</c><00:18:56.579><c> our</c><00:18:56.819><c> family</c><00:18:57.099><c> problems</c><00:18:57.539><c> arise.</c><00:18:58.140><c> We</c>

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haven't<00:18:58.799><c> said</c><00:18:58.920><c> our</c><00:18:59.180><c> prayers</c>

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together.<00:19:00.859><c> Because</c><00:19:01.140><c> if</c><00:19:01.319><c> we</c><00:19:01.599><c> start</c><00:19:01.799><c> our</c><00:19:02.059><c> relationship</c><00:19:02.539><c> with</c>

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that<00:19:03.319><c> kind</c><00:19:03.559><c> of</c><00:19:03.819><c> attitude</c><00:19:04.240><c> towards</c><00:19:04.579><c> praying</c>

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at<00:19:05.759><c> all</c><00:19:06.099><c> times,</c><00:19:06.920><c> in</c><00:19:07.119><c> all</c><00:19:07.339><c> seasons,</c><00:19:08.220><c> then</c><00:19:08.579><c> the</c><00:19:08.799><c> words</c><00:19:09.059><c> of</c><00:19:09.380><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:19:10.000><c> Peter</c><00:19:10.380><c> will</c><00:19:10.660><c> become</c><00:19:10.980><c> true</c><00:19:11.220><c> for</c><00:19:11.440><c> us.</c>

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Because<00:19:12.880><c> we</c><00:19:14.359><c> in</c><00:19:14.579><c> our</c><00:19:14.819><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:15.279><c> lives,</c><00:19:17.059><c> when</c><00:19:17.279><c> we</c><00:19:17.700><c> see</c><00:19:18.000><c> that</c><00:19:18.259><c> there</c><00:19:18.519><c> is</c><00:19:18.759><c> the</c><00:19:19.059><c> forming</c><00:19:19.319><c> of</c><00:19:19.559><c> a</c><00:19:19.740><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:19:20.680><c> boy</c><00:19:21.000><c> and</c><00:19:21.200><c> girl</c><00:19:21.619><c> in</c><00:19:22.500><c> the</c><00:19:22.839><c> community,</c><00:19:24.380><c> we</c><00:19:24.559><c> of</c><00:19:24.799><c> course,</c>

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as<00:19:25.200><c> an</c><00:19:25.380><c> ecclesia,</c><00:19:25.799><c> do</c><00:19:26.000><c> we</c><00:19:26.160><c> not</c>

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counsel<00:19:28.660><c> them</c><00:19:29.380><c> about</c><00:19:30.960><c> marriage,</c><00:19:33.900><c> about</c><00:19:34.079><c> the</c><00:19:34.259><c> ways</c><00:19:34.480><c> in</c><00:19:34.819><c> which</c>

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we<00:19:36.279><c> as</c><00:19:36.700><c> an</c><00:19:36.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:37.420><c> can</c><00:19:38.099><c> give</c><00:19:38.619><c> our</c><00:19:39.160><c> prayer</c>

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support<00:19:40.160><c> to</c><00:19:40.640><c> their</c><00:19:40.900><c> relationship?</c><00:19:42.339><c> Is</c><00:19:43.059><c> this,</c><00:19:43.619><c> of</c><00:19:43.880><c> course,</c><00:19:44.099><c> an</c>

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integral<00:19:44.519><c> part</c><00:19:44.799><c> of</c><00:19:44.960><c> our</c><00:19:45.140><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:45.480><c> life?</c>

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If<00:19:48.039><c> it</c><00:19:48.240><c> isn't,</c><00:19:49.819><c> it</c><00:19:49.960><c> seems</c><00:19:50.180><c> to</c><00:19:50.319><c> me</c><00:19:50.460><c> that</c><00:19:50.599><c> we</c><00:19:50.759><c> are</c><00:19:50.839><c> not</c><00:19:51.000><c> praying</c>

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without<00:19:51.559><c> ceasing.</c>

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For<00:19:55.140><c> the</c><00:19:55.839><c> apostle</c><00:19:56.119><c> Peter,</c><00:19:56.660><c> when</c><00:19:56.859><c> talking</c><00:19:57.259><c> about</c><00:19:57.759><c> relationships,</c><00:19:58.740><c> 1</c><00:19:58.880><c> Peter</c><00:19:59.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:59.500><c> 3,</c>

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were<00:20:01.420><c> describing</c><00:20:02.299><c> that</c><00:20:03.480><c> kind</c><00:20:03.859><c> of</c><00:20:04.039><c> attitude</c><00:20:04.359><c> which</c><00:20:04.599><c> should</c>

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exist<00:20:05.099><c> between</c><00:20:05.480><c> husband</c><00:20:05.839><c> and</c><00:20:06.079><c> wife.</c>

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Then<00:20:10.539><c> in</c><00:20:10.720><c> verse</c><00:20:10.900><c> 7</c><00:20:11.200><c> declared,</c>

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Ye<00:20:16.500><c> husbands,</c><00:20:18.960><c> in</c><00:20:19.160><c> like</c><00:20:19.380><c> manner</c><00:20:20.039><c> dwell</c><00:20:21.640><c> with</c><00:20:22.039><c> your</c><00:20:22.339><c> own</c><00:20:22.579><c> wives</c>

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according<00:20:23.359><c> to</c><00:20:23.619><c> knowledge,</c>

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giving<00:20:25.319><c> honor</c><00:20:26.180><c> unto</c><00:20:26.579><c> the</c><00:20:26.759><c> woman</c><00:20:27.539><c> as</c><00:20:27.880><c> unto</c><00:20:28.079><c> the</c><00:20:28.240><c> weaker</c><00:20:28.440><c> vessel,</c><00:20:30.559><c> as</c><00:20:31.279><c> being</c><00:20:31.859><c> also</c><00:20:32.819><c> joint</c><00:20:33.700><c> heirs</c><00:20:34.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:36.180><c> grace</c>

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of<00:20:36.599><c> life.</c><00:20:38.839><c> And</c><00:20:39.380><c> then</c><00:20:39.599><c> the</c><00:20:39.779><c> apostle</c><00:20:40.079><c> Peter</c><00:20:40.359><c> adds</c><00:20:40.680><c> this</c><00:20:40.960><c> point,</c>

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to<00:20:42.119><c> the</c><00:20:42.440><c> end</c><00:20:42.740><c> of</c><00:20:42.940><c> that,</c><00:20:44.660><c> your</c><00:20:44.920><c> prayers</c><00:20:45.599><c> be</c><00:20:47.440><c> not</c>

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hindered.<00:20:50.460><c> See,</c><00:20:50.640><c> the</c><00:20:50.779><c> apostle</c><00:20:51.039><c> Peter</c><00:20:51.279><c> takes</c><00:20:51.519><c> so</c><00:20:51.720><c> much</c><00:20:51.859><c> for</c><00:20:52.059><c> granted</c><00:20:52.519><c> that</c><00:20:54.119><c> the</c><00:20:54.339><c> prayer</c><00:20:54.500><c> life</c><00:20:54.759><c> of</c>

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husband<00:20:55.240><c> and</c><00:20:55.460><c> wife</c>

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is<00:20:55.940><c> an</c><00:20:56.099><c> integral</c><00:20:56.359><c> part</c><00:20:56.640><c> of</c><00:20:56.799><c> their</c><00:20:56.960><c> life.</c><00:20:59.559><c> And</c><00:20:59.920><c> therefore,</c><00:21:00.880><c> if</c>

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we<00:21:01.259><c> work</c><00:21:01.519><c> back</c><00:21:01.960><c> from</c><00:21:02.160><c> that</c><00:21:02.440><c> relationship,</c><00:21:04.099><c> it</c><00:21:04.279><c> perhaps</c>

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asks<00:21:05.160><c> us</c><00:21:05.420><c> husbands</c><00:21:05.859><c> to</c><00:21:06.180><c> see</c><00:21:06.400><c> whether</c><00:21:06.740><c> or</c><00:21:07.099><c> not</c><00:21:07.319><c> we</c><00:21:07.619><c> regard</c><00:21:08.079><c> our</c>

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relationship<00:21:08.940><c> with</c><00:21:09.299><c> our</c><00:21:09.539><c> wives</c><00:21:09.900><c> in</c><00:21:10.460><c> the</c><00:21:10.640><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:21:11.660><c> be</c><00:21:11.839><c> one</c><00:21:11.980><c> where</c><00:21:12.200><c> we</c><00:21:12.400><c> are</c><00:21:12.640><c> joint</c><00:21:13.079><c> heirs</c><00:21:13.900><c> of</c><00:21:14.839><c> the</c><00:21:14.980><c> grace</c><00:21:15.160><c> of</c><00:21:15.380><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:18.380><c> so</c><00:21:18.519><c> we've</c><00:21:19.059><c> spoken</c><00:21:19.400><c> frankly</c><00:21:20.259><c> about</c><00:21:22.259><c> that</c><00:21:22.720><c> fundamental</c><00:21:23.200><c> issue</c><00:21:23.799><c> of</c><00:21:25.339><c> relationships.</c>

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And<00:21:26.839><c> if</c><00:21:26.940><c> we</c><00:21:27.099><c> are</c><00:21:27.259><c> not</c><00:21:27.480><c> committing</c><00:21:27.900><c> these</c><00:21:28.299><c> things</c><00:21:28.579><c> to</c><00:21:28.819><c> the</c><00:21:29.039><c> Lord,</c><00:21:29.380><c> then</c>

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we<00:21:30.599><c> will</c><00:21:30.880><c> simply</c><00:21:31.220><c> become</c><00:21:31.700><c> another</c><00:21:32.099><c> statistic</c>

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in<00:21:36.079><c> the</c><00:21:36.279><c> marriage</c><00:21:36.579><c> relationships.</c>

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That<00:21:40.319><c> if</c><00:21:40.460><c> we</c><00:21:40.599><c> are</c><00:21:40.720><c> not</c><00:21:41.000><c> engaged</c><00:21:41.519><c> in</c><00:21:41.680><c> this</c><00:21:41.880><c> kind</c><00:21:42.079><c> of</c><00:21:42.299><c> prayer,</c><00:21:42.559><c> the</c><00:21:42.660><c> implication</c><00:21:43.160><c> seems</c><00:21:43.519><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:43.940><c> that</c><00:21:44.119><c> we</c><00:21:44.500><c> will</c><00:21:44.500><c> be</c>

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spending<00:21:45.200><c> a</c><00:21:45.440><c> lot</c><00:21:45.640><c> of</c><00:21:45.900><c> time</c><00:21:46.039><c> and</c><00:21:46.259><c> energy</c><00:21:46.500><c> in</c><00:21:46.700><c> our</c><00:21:46.880><c> own</c><00:21:47.140><c> strength,</c><00:21:47.940><c> trying</c>

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to<00:21:48.579><c> restore</c><00:21:49.200><c> or</c><00:21:49.859><c> maintain</c>

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relationships<00:21:51.039><c> when</c><00:21:51.819><c> it</c><00:21:51.960><c> is</c><00:21:52.339><c> abundantly</c><00:21:52.980><c> clear</c><00:21:53.480><c> from</c><00:21:54.019><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:21:54.579><c> Paul</c><00:21:55.160><c> that</c><00:21:55.660><c> our</c><00:21:56.099><c> vertical</c><00:21:56.500><c> relationship</c>

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is<00:21:57.940><c> that</c><00:21:58.339><c> which</c><00:21:58.599><c> will</c><00:21:59.220><c> beautify</c><00:22:00.059><c> and</c><00:22:00.599><c> sanctify</c><00:22:01.480><c> and</c><00:22:01.960><c> make</c><00:22:02.279><c> holy</c><00:22:02.900><c> our</c>

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relationships<00:22:04.119><c> with</c><00:22:04.339><c> one</c><00:22:04.559><c> another.</c>

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And<00:22:06.339><c> so</c><00:22:06.420><c> what</c><00:22:06.559><c> I</c><00:22:06.779><c> decided,</c><00:22:07.500><c> having</c><00:22:07.759><c> thought</c><00:22:08.039><c> about</c><00:22:08.460><c> that</c><00:22:08.900><c> insight</c><00:22:09.319><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:09.920><c> mind</c><00:22:10.119><c> of</c><00:22:10.279><c> the</c><00:22:10.420><c> apostle</c><00:22:10.779><c> Paul,</c>

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to<00:22:11.500><c> take</c><00:22:11.759><c> it</c><00:22:12.000><c> from</c><00:22:12.259><c> there</c><00:22:12.559><c> and</c><00:22:12.740><c> see</c><00:22:13.019><c> the</c><00:22:13.319><c> way,</c><00:22:14.000><c> from</c><00:22:14.220><c> just</c><00:22:14.480><c> a</c><00:22:14.619><c> couple</c><00:22:14.759><c> of</c>

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examples,<00:22:16.599><c> the</c><00:22:16.799><c> way</c><00:22:17.119><c> in</c><00:22:17.380><c> which</c><00:22:17.579><c> the</c><00:22:17.799><c> apostle</c>

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Paul<00:22:18.519><c> prayed.</c><00:22:20.759><c> I</c><00:22:21.119><c> know</c><00:22:21.259><c> it</c><00:22:21.400><c> came</c><00:22:21.539><c> as</c><00:22:21.720><c> a</c><00:22:21.900><c> surprise</c><00:22:22.200><c> to</c><00:22:22.460><c> me,</c><00:22:23.380><c> but</c>

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I'm<00:22:24.500><c> grateful</c><00:22:25.019><c> for</c><00:22:25.240><c> when</c><00:22:25.400><c> it</c><00:22:25.980><c> was</c><00:22:26.240><c> first</c><00:22:26.579><c> drawn</c><00:22:26.859><c> to</c>

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my<00:22:27.200><c> attention,</c><00:22:28.319><c> the</c><00:22:28.519><c> number</c><00:22:28.859><c> of</c><00:22:29.279><c> prayers</c><00:22:29.599><c> that</c><00:22:29.819><c> we</c><00:22:30.019><c> have</c><00:22:30.240><c> written</c><00:22:30.640><c> from</c>

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Just<00:22:33.900><c> let's</c><00:22:34.160><c> look</c><00:22:34.359><c> at</c><00:22:34.480><c> one</c><00:22:34.619><c> of</c><00:22:34.740><c> them.</c><00:22:34.980><c> It's</c><00:22:35.240><c> in</c><00:22:35.440><c> the</c><00:22:35.740><c> letter</c><00:22:35.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:37.000><c> church</c><00:22:37.220><c> at</c><00:22:37.500><c> Colossae,</c>

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Paul's<00:22:39.200><c> letter</c><00:22:39.420><c> to</c><00:22:39.599><c> the</c><00:22:39.759><c> Colossians.</c>

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Chapter<00:22:48.200><c> one.</c>

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Verse<00:22:57.319><c> nine.</c>

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For<00:23:03.259><c> this</c><00:23:03.599><c> cause,</c><00:23:04.220><c> we</c><00:23:04.460><c> also,</c><00:23:05.500><c> since</c><00:23:05.920><c> the</c><00:23:06.220><c> day</c><00:23:06.500><c> we</c><00:23:06.759><c> heard</c><00:23:06.940><c> it,</c>

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do<00:23:08.500><c> not</c><00:23:09.019><c> cease</c><00:23:09.339><c> to</c><00:23:09.700><c> pray</c>

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and<00:23:11.319><c> make</c><00:23:11.740><c> requests</c><00:23:12.400><c> for</c><00:23:12.859><c> you.</c><00:23:14.000><c> What</c><00:23:14.200><c> a</c><00:23:14.319><c> lovely</c><00:23:14.579><c> thought.</c><00:23:16.039><c> The</c>

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apostle<00:23:16.539><c> Paul</c><00:23:17.099><c> not</c><00:23:18.099><c> ceasing</c><00:23:18.599><c> to</c><00:23:18.980><c> pray</c>

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thoughts<00:23:26.339><c> of</c><00:23:26.539><c> his</c><00:23:26.819><c> prayer</c><00:23:27.240><c> listed.</c>

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What<00:23:28.859><c> does</c><00:23:29.019><c> he</c><00:23:29.299><c> pray</c><00:23:29.579><c> when</c><00:23:29.799><c> he</c><00:23:30.039><c> thinks</c><00:23:30.279><c> of</c><00:23:30.559><c> the</c><00:23:30.839><c> church</c><00:23:31.140><c> at</c><00:23:31.380><c> Colossae?</c>

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Well,<00:23:33.839><c> this</c><00:23:34.000><c> is</c><00:23:34.119><c> what</c><00:23:34.200><c> he</c><00:23:34.440><c> prays</c><00:23:34.740><c> for.</c><00:23:35.440><c> Point</c><00:23:35.640><c> number</c><00:23:35.980><c> one.</c>

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in<00:23:42.859><c> all</c><00:23:43.400><c> spiritual</c><00:23:44.200><c> wisdom</c><00:23:44.680><c> and</c><00:23:45.039><c> understanding</c>

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to<00:23:47.519><c> walk</c><00:23:48.259><c> worthily</c><00:23:49.119><c> of</c><00:23:49.559><c> the</c><00:23:49.839><c> Lord</c><00:23:50.140><c> unto</c><00:23:50.539><c> all</c><00:23:51.039><c> pleasing,</c><00:23:52.599><c> bearing</c><00:23:52.980><c> fruit</c>

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in<00:23:54.519><c> every</c><00:23:54.779><c> good</c><00:23:55.119><c> work,</c>

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and<00:23:56.640><c> increasing</c><00:23:57.240><c> in</c><00:23:57.779><c> the</c><00:23:57.980><c> knowledge</c><00:23:58.180><c> of</c><00:23:58.559><c> God.</c><00:23:59.400><c> I</c><00:23:59.700><c> don't</c><00:23:59.859><c> know</c>

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how<00:24:00.180><c> you</c><00:24:00.480><c> respond</c><00:24:00.859><c> to</c><00:24:01.079><c> that</c><00:24:01.339><c> kind</c><00:24:01.579><c> of</c>

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thought,<00:24:02.559><c> but</c><00:24:02.920><c> imagine</c><00:24:03.619><c> that</c><00:24:03.859><c> you</c><00:24:03.980><c> received</c><00:24:04.420><c> that</c><00:24:04.940><c> letter</c>

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from<00:24:05.400><c> the</c><00:24:05.579><c> apostle</c><00:24:05.900><c> Paul</c><00:24:06.299><c> and</c><00:24:06.680><c> you</c><00:24:07.099><c> knew</c>

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at<00:24:07.720><c> that</c><00:24:08.019><c> moment</c><00:24:08.299><c> he</c><00:24:08.500><c> was</c><00:24:08.759><c> praying</c><00:24:09.079><c> for</c><00:24:09.460><c> your</c><00:24:09.720><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:10.039><c> in</c><00:24:10.480><c> those</c><00:24:10.819><c> terms.</c><00:24:11.400><c> It</c>

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would<00:24:11.759><c> give</c><00:24:11.859><c> you</c><00:24:12.019><c> that</c><00:24:12.339><c> heartwarming</c>

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thought.<00:24:14.259><c> We</c><00:24:14.440><c> are</c><00:24:14.680><c> being</c><00:24:15.059><c> supported</c><00:24:15.740><c> in</c><00:24:16.359><c> prayer.</c><00:24:20.400><c> Well,</c><00:24:20.539><c> if</c>

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that's<00:24:20.900><c> the</c><00:24:21.039><c> case,</c><00:24:22.299><c> why</c><00:24:22.839><c> is</c><00:24:23.220><c> it</c><00:24:23.839><c> that</c><00:24:24.259><c> we</c>

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as<00:24:25.019><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:25.819><c> are</c><00:24:26.200><c> not</c><00:24:26.539><c> supporting</c><00:24:27.000><c> one</c><00:24:27.240><c> another</c><00:24:27.480><c> in</c><00:24:27.799><c> prayer?</c><00:24:30.440><c> If</c><00:24:30.559><c> your</c><00:24:31.059><c> arranging</c><00:24:31.519><c> brethren,</c><00:24:31.900><c> if</c><00:24:32.160><c> that's</c>

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what<00:24:32.420><c> you</c><00:24:32.640><c> call</c><00:24:32.799><c> them,</c><00:24:34.640><c> the</c><00:24:34.880><c> elders</c><00:24:35.140><c> of</c><00:24:35.359><c> your</c><00:24:35.599><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:36.599><c> if</c>

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they<00:24:37.119><c> meet</c><00:24:37.500><c> on</c><00:24:38.140><c> the</c><00:24:38.460><c> second</c><00:24:38.900><c> Tuesday</c><00:24:39.420><c> of</c><00:24:40.019><c> every</c><00:24:40.619><c> month</c>

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and<00:24:41.420><c> you</c><00:24:41.900><c> know</c><00:24:42.200><c> that,</c><00:24:43.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:43.839><c> it</c><00:24:44.000><c> be</c><00:24:44.200><c> lovely</c><00:24:44.740><c> if</c><00:24:45.619><c> when</c><00:24:45.940><c> that</c>

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was<00:24:46.319><c> announced</c><00:24:46.579><c> from</c><00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:47.000><c> platform</c><00:24:47.279><c> on</c><00:24:47.539><c> the</c><00:24:47.740><c> Sunday,</c>

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you<00:24:48.539><c> said</c><00:24:48.759><c> to</c><00:24:48.960><c> the</c><00:24:49.160><c> arranging</c><00:24:49.680><c> brethren,</c><00:24:50.460><c> we'll</c><00:24:50.619><c> be</c><00:24:50.880><c> praying</c>

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for<00:24:51.559><c> you</c><00:24:51.759><c> on</c><00:24:51.960><c> Tuesday</c><00:24:52.359><c> night?</c>

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And<00:24:55.619><c> the</c><00:24:55.779><c> prayer</c><00:24:56.099><c> that</c><00:24:56.279><c> we</c><00:24:56.480><c> will</c><00:24:56.640><c> be</c><00:24:56.859><c> offering</c><00:24:57.279><c> will</c><00:24:57.640><c> be</c><00:24:57.920><c> that</c>

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ye<00:24:58.359><c> may</c><00:24:58.559><c> be</c><00:24:58.859><c> filled</c><00:24:59.160><c> with</c><00:24:59.440><c> the</c><00:24:59.740><c> knowledge</c><00:25:00.000><c> of</c><00:25:00.200><c> his</c>

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will<00:25:00.920><c> in</c><00:25:02.000><c> all</c><00:25:02.339><c> spiritual</c><00:25:02.839><c> wisdom</c><00:25:03.299><c> and</c><00:25:03.579><c> understanding</c><00:25:04.339><c> that</c>

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we<00:25:06.319><c> all</c><00:25:06.519><c> may</c><00:25:06.759><c> walk</c><00:25:07.180><c> worthily,</c><00:25:09.240><c> worthy</c><00:25:09.460><c> of</c><00:25:09.640><c> the</c><00:25:09.819><c> Lord</c>

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unto<00:25:11.279><c> all</c><00:25:11.539><c> blessing,</c><00:25:12.740><c> bearing</c><00:25:13.059><c> fruit</c><00:25:13.559><c> in</c><00:25:14.279><c> every</c><00:25:14.619><c> good</c><00:25:15.059><c> work,</c>

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and<00:25:15.980><c> increasing</c><00:25:16.519><c> in</c><00:25:16.740><c> the</c><00:25:16.900><c> knowledge</c><00:25:17.079><c> of</c><00:25:17.259><c> God.</c>

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I<00:25:19.059><c> believe</c><00:25:19.660><c> that</c><00:25:19.960><c> that</c><00:25:20.220><c> arranging</c><00:25:20.640><c> meeting,</c><00:25:21.000><c> if</c><00:25:21.220><c> they</c><00:25:21.579><c> all</c><00:25:21.859><c> knew</c><00:25:22.079><c> that</c><00:25:22.299><c> the</c><00:25:22.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:22.819><c> that</c><00:25:23.140><c> night</c><00:25:23.420><c> were</c><00:25:23.579><c> on</c>

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that<00:25:24.779><c> is</c><00:25:24.980><c> the</c><00:25:25.319><c> case,</c><00:25:25.880><c> then</c><00:25:26.180><c> that</c><00:25:26.640><c> arranging</c><00:25:27.059><c> meeting</c><00:25:27.380><c> would</c>

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be<00:25:27.859><c> enriched.</c><00:25:29.839><c> And</c><00:25:30.039><c> so</c><00:25:30.160><c> we</c><00:25:30.259><c> could</c><00:25:30.519><c> take</c><00:25:30.779><c> every</c>

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compartment<00:25:31.980><c> of</c><00:25:32.259><c> our</c><00:25:32.519><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:33.039><c> life</c><00:25:33.519><c> and</c><00:25:34.039><c> we</c><00:25:34.200><c> need</c><00:25:34.400><c> to</c><00:25:34.759><c> ask</c>

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ourselves,<00:25:35.779><c> I</c><00:25:35.779><c> believe,</c><00:25:36.220><c> brothers</c><00:25:36.380><c> and</c><00:25:36.640><c> sisters,</c>

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whether<00:25:37.480><c> or</c><00:25:37.779><c> not</c><00:25:38.019><c> we</c><00:25:38.319><c> have</c><00:25:38.480><c> the</c><00:25:38.819><c> same</c><00:25:39.099><c> mind</c><00:25:39.559><c> that</c><00:25:39.720><c> was</c><00:25:39.900><c> in</c><00:25:40.039><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:25:40.500><c> Paul</c><00:25:40.900><c> and</c><00:25:41.359><c> we</c><00:25:41.619><c> are</c><00:25:41.660><c> supporting</c><00:25:42.279><c> the</c>

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whole<00:25:42.960><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:43.480><c> in</c><00:25:43.980><c> a</c><00:25:44.500><c> prayer</c><00:25:45.279><c> support.</c><00:25:50.079><c> Or</c><00:25:50.279><c> if</c><00:25:50.380><c> I</c><00:25:50.539><c> may</c><00:25:50.779><c> bring</c>

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it<00:25:51.640><c> perhaps</c><00:25:51.819><c> a</c><00:25:51.960><c> bit</c><00:25:52.140><c> closer</c><00:25:52.400><c> to</c><00:25:52.660><c> home,</c>

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we<00:25:54.140><c> in</c><00:25:54.339><c> England</c><00:25:54.720><c> are</c><00:25:55.259><c> looking</c><00:25:55.619><c> with</c><00:25:56.259><c> great</c><00:25:56.599><c> urgency</c><00:25:57.160><c> in</c><00:25:57.460><c> our</c><00:25:57.579><c> hearts</c>

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as<00:25:59.279><c> to</c><00:25:59.460><c> whether</c><00:25:59.619><c> or</c><00:25:59.880><c> not</c><00:26:00.180><c> yet</c><00:26:00.460><c> once</c><00:26:00.880><c> more</c><00:26:01.099><c> the</c><00:26:01.480><c> reunion</c><00:26:01.880><c> effort</c>

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will<00:26:02.559><c> either</c><00:26:02.960><c> succeed</c><00:26:03.539><c> or</c><00:26:04.000><c> fail.</c>

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How<00:26:07.559><c> many</c><00:26:07.740><c> of</c><00:26:07.880><c> us</c><00:26:08.079><c> are</c><00:26:08.359><c> praying</c><00:26:08.759><c> for</c><00:26:11.519><c> the</c><00:26:11.839><c> reunion</c><00:26:12.160><c> committee</c>

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without<00:26:16.619><c> ceasing?</c>

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around<00:26:25.400><c> in</c><00:26:25.579><c> our</c><00:26:25.759><c> minds</c><00:26:25.980><c> and</c><00:26:26.480><c> ask,</c>

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homes,<00:26:31.099><c> or</c><00:26:31.240><c> in</c><00:26:31.359><c> our</c><00:26:31.519><c> Bible</c><00:26:31.819><c> class,</c>

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or<00:26:32.460><c> in</c><00:26:32.559><c> our</c><00:26:32.799><c> ecclesia,</c><00:26:33.460><c> when</c><00:26:33.680><c> was</c><00:26:33.940><c> the</c><00:26:34.279><c> last</c><00:26:34.660><c> time</c><00:26:35.000><c> that</c><00:26:35.200><c> we</c>

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unitedly<00:26:36.740><c> offered</c><00:26:37.099><c> that</c><00:26:37.619><c> urging,</c><00:26:38.140><c> that</c><00:26:38.619><c> prayer,</c>

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praying<00:26:41.740><c> steadfastly</c><00:26:42.339><c> that</c><00:26:43.859><c> your</c><00:26:44.180><c> reunion</c><00:26:44.599><c> should</c><00:26:44.859><c> take</c><00:26:45.160><c> place?</c><00:26:46.500><c> If</c>

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there's<00:26:47.279><c> no</c><00:26:47.279><c> prayer,</c>

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not<00:26:47.579><c> a</c><00:26:47.839><c> volume</c><00:26:48.240><c> of</c><00:26:48.640><c> prayer</c><00:26:48.960><c> rising</c><00:26:49.519><c> up</c><00:26:50.019><c> to</c><00:26:50.220><c> the</c><00:26:50.480><c> Father</c><00:26:50.920><c> concerning</c><00:26:51.579><c> this,</c>

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well<00:26:52.700><c> perhaps</c><00:26:52.980><c> I'll</c><00:26:54.680><c> leave</c><00:26:54.819><c> you</c>

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to<00:26:55.079><c> finish</c><00:26:55.299><c> the</c><00:26:55.539><c> thought.</c><00:27:01.660><c> And</c><00:27:02.240><c> so</c><00:27:02.779><c> when</c><00:27:03.480><c> we</c><00:27:03.779><c> begin</c><00:27:04.220><c> to</c><00:27:04.640><c> look</c>

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at<00:27:06.380><c> our</c><00:27:06.900><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:07.420><c> lives,</c>

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we<00:27:09.859><c> discover</c><00:27:10.359><c> that</c><00:27:10.680><c> the</c><00:27:10.960><c> fellowship</c><00:27:11.420><c> of</c><00:27:11.940><c> prayer</c><00:27:12.500><c> is</c><00:27:14.000><c> something</c><00:27:14.279><c> that</c><00:27:14.460><c> we</c>

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need<00:27:14.799><c> to</c><00:27:15.000><c> give</c><00:27:15.079><c> urgent</c><00:27:15.519><c> attention</c>

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to.<00:27:21.319><c> And</c><00:27:21.920><c> so</c><00:27:22.019><c> if</c><00:27:22.180><c> I</c><00:27:22.299><c> may</c><00:27:22.460><c> take</c><00:27:22.700><c> up</c><00:27:22.960><c> just</c><00:27:23.240><c> another</c><00:27:23.640><c> of</c><00:27:24.160><c> the</c><00:27:24.460><c> prayers</c><00:27:24.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:25.299><c> apostle</c><00:27:25.619><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:27:27.420><c> the</c><00:27:27.539><c> letter</c><00:27:27.700><c> to</c><00:27:27.980><c> the</c><00:27:28.039><c> Philippians,</c><00:27:30.539><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.799><c> one,</c>

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where<00:27:42.059><c> we</c><00:27:42.220><c> have</c><00:27:42.359><c> another</c><00:27:42.680><c> insight</c><00:27:43.099><c> into</c><00:27:43.700><c> the</c><00:27:44.180><c> kind</c><00:27:44.440><c> of</c><00:27:44.660><c> language</c><00:27:44.960><c> which</c>

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the<00:27:45.440><c> apostle</c><00:27:45.759><c> Paul</c>

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used<00:27:46.660><c> for</c><00:27:46.980><c> this</c><00:27:47.279><c> church.</c><00:27:48.680><c> It's</c><00:27:48.819><c> Philippi,</c><00:27:51.039><c> Philippians</c><00:27:51.420><c> 1</c><00:27:51.700><c> verse</c><00:27:51.920><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:27:54.180><c> this</c><00:27:54.660><c> I</c><00:27:55.079><c> pray,</c>

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that<00:27:58.279><c> your</c><00:27:58.599><c> love</c><00:27:58.940><c> may</c><00:27:59.339><c> abound</c><00:27:59.859><c> yet</c><00:28:00.160><c> more</c><00:28:00.519><c> and</c><00:28:00.779><c> more</c><00:28:01.160><c> in</c><00:28:01.460><c> knowledge,</c><00:28:03.480><c> and</c><00:28:03.599><c> in</c>

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all<00:28:04.660><c> discernment,</c>

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so<00:28:07.039><c> that</c><00:28:07.180><c> ye</c><00:28:07.380><c> may</c><00:28:07.680><c> approve</c><00:28:08.359><c> the</c><00:28:08.779><c> things</c><00:28:09.339><c> that</c><00:28:09.720><c> are</c><00:28:10.079><c> excellent,</c>

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that<00:28:12.319><c> ye</c><00:28:12.539><c> may</c><00:28:12.759><c> be</c><00:28:13.059><c> sincere</c><00:28:13.660><c> and</c><00:28:14.779><c> void</c><00:28:15.039><c> of</c>

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offense<00:28:15.859><c> unto</c><00:28:16.700><c> the</c><00:28:16.839><c> day</c><00:28:16.980><c> of</c><00:28:17.180><c> Christ,</c><00:28:18.920><c> being</c><00:28:19.160><c> filled</c><00:28:19.799><c> with</c><00:28:20.079><c> the</c>

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fruits<00:28:20.700><c> of</c><00:28:21.119><c> righteousness</c><00:28:21.660><c> which</c><00:28:22.359><c> are</c>

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Jesus<00:28:23.099><c> Christ</c><00:28:24.339><c> unto</c><00:28:24.839><c> the</c><00:28:25.140><c> glory</c><00:28:25.380><c> and</c><00:28:25.700><c> praise</c><00:28:25.940><c> of</c><00:28:26.259><c> God.</c><00:28:26.619><c> Oh</c><00:28:26.799><c> what</c><00:28:26.940><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:28:27.579><c> prayer</c><00:28:27.920><c> that</c><00:28:28.180><c> is,</c>

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and<00:28:29.559><c> how</c><00:28:30.039><c> heartening</c><00:28:30.440><c> it</c><00:28:30.599><c> must</c><00:28:30.819><c> have</c><00:28:31.039><c> been</c><00:28:31.180><c> for</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.579><c> church</c>

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at<00:28:31.920><c> Philippi</c><00:28:32.240><c> to</c><00:28:32.480><c> recognize</c>

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that<00:28:33.480><c> is</c><00:28:33.779><c> the</c><00:28:34.079><c> kind</c><00:28:34.420><c> of</c><00:28:34.680><c> thing</c><00:28:34.859><c> the</c><00:28:35.079><c> apostle</c><00:28:35.400><c> Paul</c><00:28:35.660><c> is</c><00:28:35.799><c> praying</c><00:28:36.099><c> for.</c>

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that<00:28:43.799><c> we</c><00:28:44.019><c> could</c><00:28:44.200><c> have</c><00:28:44.440><c> this</c><00:28:44.700><c> kind</c><00:28:45.079><c> of</c>

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experience,<00:28:47.359><c> that</c><00:28:47.440><c> we</c><00:28:47.640><c> wake</c><00:28:47.779><c> on</c><00:28:48.019><c> Sunday</c><00:28:48.299><c> morning</c><00:28:48.680><c> with</c><00:28:48.940><c> the</c>

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burden<00:28:49.400><c> of</c><00:28:49.640><c> our</c><00:28:49.799><c> lives,</c><00:28:51.000><c> with</c><00:28:51.099><c> the</c><00:28:51.279><c> problems</c><00:28:51.579><c> of</c>

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domestic<00:28:52.420><c> scene,</c><00:28:53.099><c> say,</c><00:28:54.000><c> the</c><00:28:54.200><c> problem</c><00:28:54.400><c> of</c><00:28:54.599><c> our</c><00:28:54.759><c> work,</c><00:28:56.180><c> and</c><00:28:56.500><c> we</c>

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go<00:28:56.880><c> to</c><00:28:57.400><c> the</c><00:28:57.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:57.960><c> hall</c><00:28:58.160><c> with</c><00:28:58.339><c> a</c><00:28:58.480><c> burden</c><00:28:58.640><c> on</c><00:28:58.819><c> our</c>

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hearts,<00:29:00.220><c> and</c><00:29:00.380><c> when</c><00:29:00.519><c> we're</c><00:29:00.779><c> greeted</c><00:29:00.920><c> at</c><00:29:01.099><c> the</c><00:29:01.299><c> door,</c><00:29:01.900><c> how</c><00:29:02.119><c> are</c>

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you<00:29:02.420><c> brother?</c><00:29:04.220><c> Very</c><00:29:04.460><c> well,</c><00:29:04.559><c> thank</c><00:29:04.779><c> you,</c>

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and<00:29:07.599><c> having</c><00:29:07.779><c> shaken</c><00:29:07.980><c> his</c><00:29:08.180><c> hand,</c><00:29:08.420><c> said</c><00:29:08.480><c> how</c><00:29:08.660><c> are</c><00:29:08.799><c> you,</c><00:29:10.160><c> and</c><00:29:10.299><c> his</c>

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response,<00:29:11.599><c> fine,</c><00:29:12.200><c> thank</c><00:29:12.420><c> you.</c>

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We<00:29:14.519><c> then,</c><00:29:14.759><c> having</c><00:29:15.160><c> communicated</c><00:29:15.680><c> to</c><00:29:15.880><c> one</c><00:29:16.019><c> another,</c><00:29:17.859><c> we</c><00:29:18.019><c> go</c><00:29:18.119><c> and</c><00:29:18.259><c> sit</c><00:29:18.400><c> down</c><00:29:18.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:18.819><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:19.160><c> hall,</c>

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where<00:29:22.440><c> because</c><00:29:22.960><c> it</c><00:29:23.259><c> is</c><00:29:23.859><c> the</c><00:29:24.140><c> congregation</c><00:29:24.759><c> and</c><00:29:25.299><c> one</c><00:29:25.539><c> person</c><00:29:25.859><c> at</c><00:29:26.039><c> the</c><00:29:26.279><c> front</c><00:29:26.539><c> presenting</c><00:29:27.059><c> a</c><00:29:27.299><c> message,</c>

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then<00:29:28.319><c> the</c><00:29:28.619><c> communication</c><00:29:29.380><c> could</c><00:29:29.859><c> be,</c><00:29:30.720><c> and</c><00:29:30.940><c> I'm</c><00:29:31.019><c> not</c><00:29:31.299><c> in</c><00:29:31.559><c> any</c><00:29:31.759><c> sense</c><00:29:32.059><c> caricaturing</c><00:29:32.759><c> it,</c><00:29:33.440><c> it</c><00:29:33.619><c> could</c><00:29:33.759><c> be</c><00:29:33.980><c> a</c>

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case<00:29:34.299><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:39.640><c> spiritual</c><00:29:39.980><c> mouths</c><00:29:40.279><c> happen</c><00:29:40.500><c> to</c>

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be<00:29:40.880><c> open</c><00:29:41.039><c> then</c><00:29:41.180><c> we</c><00:29:41.420><c> receive</c><00:29:41.660><c> it,</c><00:29:42.299><c> but</c><00:29:42.460><c> if</c><00:29:42.619><c> they're</c><00:29:42.900><c> shut</c><00:29:43.059><c> we</c><00:29:43.240><c> don't,</c><00:29:45.500><c> and</c><00:29:45.640><c> having</c><00:29:45.859><c> sung</c><00:29:46.079><c> our</c><00:29:46.279><c> hymns</c><00:29:47.339><c> and</c><00:29:47.619><c> listened</c><00:29:47.799><c> to</c>

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prayers,<00:29:48.980><c> we</c><00:29:49.380><c> then</c><00:29:49.640><c> make</c><00:29:49.839><c> our</c><00:29:50.079><c> way</c><00:29:50.279><c> out</c><00:29:50.519><c> of</c><00:29:50.680><c> the</c><00:29:50.880><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:51.200><c> hall,</c><00:29:52.019><c> lovely</c><00:29:52.259><c> service,</c><00:29:53.319><c> enjoyed</c><00:29:53.539><c> it</c>

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very<00:29:53.900><c> much,</c><00:29:55.000><c> and</c><00:29:55.059><c> we</c>

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go<00:29:55.359><c> home.</c><00:30:01.720><c> Spiritually</c><00:30:02.200><c> fed,</c><00:30:05.180><c> problems</c><00:30:05.619><c> shared,</c><00:30:08.839><c> receiving</c>

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prayer<00:30:09.519><c> support</c><00:30:10.019><c> because</c><00:30:10.619><c> somebody</c><00:30:11.420><c> has</c><00:30:12.299><c> listened,</c>

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and<00:30:15.400><c> we've</c><00:30:15.799><c> felt</c><00:30:16.019><c> in</c><00:30:16.559><c> that</c><00:30:16.799><c> attitude</c><00:30:17.079><c> of</c><00:30:17.319><c> mind</c><00:30:17.480><c> where</c><00:30:17.640><c> we</c><00:30:17.759><c> can</c>

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really<00:30:18.200><c> share.</c>

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Brothers<00:30:21.599><c> and</c><00:30:21.880><c> sisters,</c><00:30:23.380><c> I</c><00:30:24.859><c> believe</c><00:30:25.559><c> that</c><00:30:26.599><c> as</c><00:30:26.859><c> the</c><00:30:27.059><c> day</c><00:30:27.240><c> of</c><00:30:27.420><c> the</c><00:30:27.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:27.839><c> draws</c><00:30:28.259><c> nigh,</c><00:30:29.339><c> there</c><00:30:29.539><c> is</c>

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going<00:30:29.880><c> to</c><00:30:30.079><c> be</c><00:30:30.279><c> a</c>

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greater<00:30:31.019><c> need</c><00:30:31.700><c> and</c><00:30:32.240><c> urgency</c><00:30:32.960><c> for</c><00:30:33.980><c> our</c><00:30:34.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:35.000><c> structure</c>

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to<00:30:35.859><c> be</c><00:30:36.180><c> such</c><00:30:36.500><c> that</c><00:30:36.700><c> we</c><00:30:36.819><c> are</c><00:30:37.079><c> really</c>

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communicating<00:30:37.920><c> with</c><00:30:38.140><c> one</c><00:30:38.299><c> another,</c><00:30:38.900><c> and</c><00:30:39.200><c> really</c><00:30:39.519><c> providing</c>

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that<00:30:40.119><c> opportunity</c><00:30:40.880><c> whereby</c><00:30:42.039><c> we</c><00:30:42.539><c> can</c>

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get<00:30:43.299><c> together</c><00:30:43.779><c> informally,</c><00:30:45.180><c> whereby</c><00:30:45.440><c> we</c><00:30:45.700><c> can</c><00:30:46.039><c> perhaps</c><00:30:46.539><c> in</c><00:30:46.680><c> the</c><00:30:46.920><c> spirit</c><00:30:47.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:47.480><c> first</c><00:30:47.619><c> century</c><00:30:47.940><c> church,</c>

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in<00:30:48.960><c> house</c><00:30:49.220><c>-to</c><00:30:49.460><c>-house</c><00:30:49.660><c> fellowship,</c><00:30:50.720><c> not</c><00:30:51.259><c> separate</c><00:30:51.700><c> from</c><00:30:52.039><c> but</c>

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as<00:30:52.420><c> an</c><00:30:52.680><c> integral</c><00:30:53.000><c> part</c><00:30:53.480><c> of</c><00:30:54.079><c> the</c><00:30:54.299><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:54.720><c> life,</c>

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that<00:30:55.720><c> we</c><00:30:56.039><c> there</c><00:30:56.440><c> sit</c><00:30:56.839><c> down</c><00:30:57.099><c> with</c><00:30:57.380><c> Bibles</c><00:30:57.799><c> open,</c><00:30:58.700><c> discover</c><00:30:59.539><c> how</c>

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we<00:31:01.319><c> can</c><00:31:01.619><c> make</c><00:31:02.160><c> our</c><00:31:02.539><c> love</c><00:31:02.819><c> abound</c><00:31:03.579><c> yet</c><00:31:03.920><c> more</c><00:31:04.240><c> and</c><00:31:04.480><c> more</c>

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in<00:31:04.980><c> knowledge</c><00:31:05.339><c> and</c><00:31:05.839><c> in</c><00:31:06.200><c> discernment,</c><00:31:07.099><c> how</c><00:31:07.579><c> we</c><00:31:07.900><c> can</c><00:31:08.339><c> make</c><00:31:08.779><c> sure</c>

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that<00:31:09.400><c> we</c><00:31:09.680><c> approve</c><00:31:10.180><c> the</c><00:31:10.519><c> things</c><00:31:10.740><c> that</c><00:31:10.920><c> are</c><00:31:11.259><c> excellent,</c>

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how<00:31:12.319><c> we</c><00:31:12.740><c> can</c><00:31:12.960><c> as</c><00:31:13.200><c> parents</c><00:31:13.660><c> with</c><00:31:14.200><c> children</c><00:31:14.579><c> that</c><00:31:14.799><c> have</c><00:31:14.920><c> their</c>

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problems<00:31:15.519><c> in</c><00:31:15.680><c> this</c><00:31:15.900><c> big</c><00:31:16.119><c> wide</c><00:31:16.319><c> world</c><00:31:16.559><c> in</c><00:31:16.680><c> which</c>

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we<00:31:17.059><c> live,</c><00:31:17.420><c> how</c><00:31:17.660><c> we</c><00:31:17.960><c> can</c><00:31:18.140><c> together</c><00:31:18.559><c> as</c><00:31:18.940><c> brothers</c><00:31:19.160><c> and</c><00:31:19.380><c> sisters</c>

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with<00:31:19.900><c> our</c><00:31:20.160><c> Bibles</c><00:31:20.480><c> open</c><00:31:20.940><c> discover</c><00:31:21.559><c> the</c><00:31:21.799><c> ways</c>

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in<00:31:22.180><c> which</c><00:31:22.359><c> our</c><00:31:22.579><c> Lord</c><00:31:22.759><c> can</c><00:31:23.000><c> help</c><00:31:23.359><c> us</c><00:31:23.619><c> in</c><00:31:23.799><c> our</c><00:31:23.940><c> domestic</c><00:31:24.359><c> lives,</c>

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and<00:31:25.259><c> having</c><00:31:25.539><c> shared</c><00:31:25.880><c> our</c><00:31:26.140><c> problems</c><00:31:26.400><c> we</c><00:31:26.599><c> then</c>

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pray<00:31:27.059><c> about</c><00:31:27.279><c> them,</c><00:31:29.200><c> and</c><00:31:29.900><c> we</c><00:31:30.200><c> know</c><00:31:30.599><c> that</c><00:31:31.779><c> we've</c><00:31:32.019><c> got</c><00:31:32.140><c> prayer</c><00:31:32.380><c> support</c><00:31:32.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:34.299><c> difficulties</c><00:31:34.640><c> that</c><00:31:34.799><c> we've</c><00:31:34.920><c> got</c><00:31:35.000><c> in</c><00:31:41.660><c> our</c>

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is<00:31:41.819><c> asking</c><00:31:42.220><c> us</c><00:31:42.500><c> that</c><00:31:42.779><c> we</c><00:31:43.099><c> pray</c><00:31:43.420><c> without</c><00:31:43.779><c> ceasing,</c>

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and<00:31:47.319><c> we</c><00:31:47.440><c> need</c><00:31:47.640><c> to</c><00:31:47.859><c> prayerfully,</c><00:31:48.200><c> I</c><00:31:48.460><c> believe,</c><00:31:48.940><c> look</c><00:31:49.220><c> at</c><00:31:49.500><c> the</c><00:31:49.779><c> kind</c><00:31:50.079><c> of</c>

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fellowship<00:31:50.599><c> that</c><00:31:50.839><c> we</c><00:31:51.059><c> have</c><00:31:51.279><c> got,</c>

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so<00:31:52.180><c> that</c><00:31:52.359><c> at</c><00:31:52.700><c> no</c><00:31:52.980><c> time</c><00:31:53.180><c> would</c><00:31:53.319><c> it</c><00:31:53.420><c> be</c><00:31:53.640><c> possible</c><00:31:53.940><c> for</c><00:31:54.259><c> anybody</c>

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:56.259
that<00:31:55.019><c> I've</c><00:31:55.299><c> caricatured</c><00:31:55.819><c> as</c><00:31:55.940><c> somebody</c>

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:58.920
coming<00:31:56.519><c> into</c><00:31:56.819><c> our</c><00:31:57.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:57.339><c> hall</c><00:31:57.579><c> and</c><00:31:57.920><c> all</c><00:31:58.079><c> they're</c><00:31:58.259><c> receiving</c><00:31:58.579><c> is</c><00:31:58.799><c> a</c>

00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:00.900
bucket<00:31:59.079><c> of</c><00:31:59.299><c> milk</c><00:31:59.480><c> and</c><00:31:59.839><c> going</c><00:32:00.099><c> away</c><00:32:00.619><c> with</c>

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:08.380
no<00:32:01.140><c> consolation,</c><00:32:06.940><c> and</c><00:32:07.039><c> so</c><00:32:07.140><c> I</c><00:32:07.359><c> believe</c><00:32:07.640><c> that</c><00:32:07.880><c> our</c><00:32:08.039><c> ecclesial</c>

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:11.019
life<00:32:08.680><c> will</c><00:32:08.920><c> be</c><00:32:09.099><c> enhanced</c><00:32:09.700><c> and</c><00:32:10.059><c> enriched</c>

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:17.539
if<00:32:12.380><c> we</c><00:32:12.579><c> learn</c><00:32:12.799><c> how</c><00:32:13.019><c> to</c><00:32:13.380><c> pray</c><00:32:14.240><c> one</c><00:32:16.460><c> with</c><00:32:16.660><c> the</c><00:32:16.799><c> other.</c>

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:27.400
The<00:32:21.819><c> Apostle</c><00:32:22.140><c> James</c><00:32:23.400><c> has</c><00:32:24.740><c> something</c><00:32:25.000><c> to</c><00:32:25.240><c> declare</c><00:32:25.420><c> about</c><00:32:25.660><c> prayer,</c><00:32:27.319><c> and</c>

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.779
perhaps<00:32:27.640><c> it's</c><00:32:27.799><c> a</c><00:32:28.000><c> territory</c><00:32:28.259><c> that</c><00:32:28.420><c> we</c><00:32:28.539><c> just</c>

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:34.000
need<00:32:28.920><c> to</c><00:32:29.099><c> be</c><00:32:30.500><c> more</c><00:32:31.380><c> honest</c><00:32:31.599><c> with</c><00:32:31.740><c> one</c><00:32:31.900><c> another</c><00:32:32.160><c> about,</c><00:32:32.759><c> James</c><00:32:32.980><c> 5,</c>

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.059
for<00:32:42.599><c> there</c><00:32:42.799><c> are</c><00:32:42.859><c> two</c><00:32:43.099><c> aspects</c><00:32:43.579><c> of</c><00:32:44.000><c> what</c><00:32:44.220><c> the</c><00:32:44.380><c> Apostle</c><00:32:44.740><c> James</c>

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:47.720
has<00:32:45.500><c> indicated</c><00:32:45.880><c> concerning</c><00:32:46.539><c> prayer.</c>

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:53.759
One<00:32:49.880><c> we</c><00:32:50.099><c> can</c><00:32:50.299><c> refer</c><00:32:50.579><c> to</c><00:32:51.240><c> is</c><00:32:52.259><c> in</c><00:32:52.460><c> verse</c><00:32:52.599><c> 16,</c>

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:05.740
Confess<00:32:59.819><c> therefore</c><00:33:00.339><c> your</c><00:33:00.839><c> sins</c><00:33:01.599><c> one</c><00:33:03.000><c> to</c><00:33:03.200><c> another,</c><00:33:04.880><c> and</c><00:33:05.000><c> pray</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:09.480
one<00:33:06.200><c> for</c><00:33:06.500><c> another,</c><00:33:08.000><c> that</c><00:33:08.140><c> ye</c><00:33:08.259><c> may</c><00:33:08.440><c> be</c><00:33:08.640><c> healed.</c>

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:14.279
I've<00:33:11.160><c> already</c><00:33:11.440><c> from</c><00:33:11.680><c> the</c><00:33:12.000><c> comments</c><00:33:12.180><c> I've</c><00:33:12.359><c> just</c><00:33:12.599><c> made</c><00:33:13.000><c> suggested</c><00:33:13.619><c> the</c><00:33:13.859><c> ways</c><00:33:14.039><c> in</c>

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.440
which<00:33:14.440><c> this</c><00:33:14.680><c> could</c><00:33:14.839><c> be</c><00:33:15.220><c> true</c>

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:19.400
for<00:33:15.680><c> us,</c><00:33:16.880><c> but</c><00:33:17.140><c> there</c><00:33:17.319><c> are</c><00:33:17.440><c> some</c><00:33:17.579><c> of</c><00:33:17.700><c> us</c><00:33:17.839><c> who</c><00:33:17.980><c> would</c><00:33:18.119><c> say,</c><00:33:18.759><c> now</c><00:33:18.980><c> just</c><00:33:19.180><c> a</c>

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.880
moment,<00:33:20.759><c> confess</c><00:33:21.160><c> therefore</c><00:33:22.039><c> your</c><00:33:22.539><c> sins</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.500
one<00:33:23.079><c> to</c><00:33:23.259><c> another.</c><00:33:26.000><c> Are</c><00:33:26.160><c> we</c><00:33:26.299><c> suggesting</c><00:33:26.660><c> here,</c><00:33:27.140><c> or</c><00:33:27.240><c> is</c><00:33:27.339><c> the</c>

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.839
Apostle<00:33:27.819><c> James</c><00:33:28.099><c> suggesting</c><00:33:28.519><c> here,</c>

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:32.660
that<00:33:28.980><c> what</c><00:33:29.160><c> I've</c><00:33:29.400><c> got</c><00:33:29.480><c> to</c><00:33:29.680><c> do</c><00:33:29.799><c> is</c><00:33:30.000><c> lay</c><00:33:30.200><c> bare</c><00:33:30.400><c> all</c><00:33:30.640><c> my</c><00:33:30.880><c> life</c><00:33:31.359><c> and</c>

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:35.420
confess<00:33:32.920><c> everything,</c><00:33:34.220><c> because</c><00:33:34.579><c> if</c><00:33:34.779><c> I</c><00:33:34.940><c> confess</c><00:33:35.220><c> to</c>

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:38.079
you<00:33:35.519><c> that</c><00:33:35.660><c> I</c><00:33:35.839><c> beat</c><00:33:35.980><c> my</c><00:33:36.240><c> wife,</c><00:33:36.579><c> then</c><00:33:36.859><c> I'm</c><00:33:37.339><c> under</c><00:33:37.619><c> the</c><00:33:37.779><c> suspicion</c>

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:40.440
that<00:33:38.279><c> you'll</c><00:33:38.599><c> then,</c><00:33:39.380><c> rather</c><00:33:39.940><c> than</c><00:33:40.200><c> praying</c>

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:43.000
for<00:33:40.660><c> me,</c><00:33:40.960><c> you'll</c><00:33:41.220><c> then</c><00:33:41.400><c> get</c><00:33:41.579><c> onto</c><00:33:41.839><c> the</c><00:33:42.119><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:42.519><c> grapevine</c>

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.339
and<00:33:43.160><c> on</c><00:33:43.240><c> your</c><00:33:43.500><c> telephones</c><00:33:43.880><c> and</c><00:33:44.059><c> say,</c>

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:47.420
no,<00:33:45.460><c> that</c><00:33:45.599><c> Brother</c><00:33:45.859><c> Phil</c><00:33:46.019><c> beats</c><00:33:46.220><c> his</c><00:33:46.420><c> wife.</c>

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:53.839
We<00:33:50.880><c> don't</c><00:33:51.220><c> trust</c><00:33:51.539><c> one</c><00:33:51.740><c> another?</c><00:33:53.140><c> Is</c><00:33:53.220><c> this</c><00:33:53.339><c> what</c><00:33:53.440><c> we're</c><00:33:53.640><c> trying</c>

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:57.140
to<00:33:54.039><c> say,</c><00:33:54.619><c> or</c><00:33:54.740><c> have</c><00:33:54.920><c> we</c><00:33:55.240><c> perhaps</c><00:33:56.119><c> put</c><00:33:56.579><c> a</c><00:33:56.720><c> construction</c>

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:59.579
on<00:33:57.440><c> those</c><00:33:57.740><c> words</c><00:33:57.900><c> which</c><00:33:58.200><c> the</c><00:33:58.420><c> Apostle</c><00:33:58.759><c> James</c><00:33:58.980><c> never</c><00:33:59.220><c> intended</c>

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:02.059
us?<00:34:00.299><c> There's</c><00:34:00.559><c> no</c><00:34:00.900><c> need</c><00:34:01.099><c> for</c><00:34:01.380><c> us</c><00:34:01.500><c> to</c><00:34:01.660><c> go</c><00:34:01.759><c> into</c>

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:07.220
details<00:34:02.839><c> concerning</c><00:34:03.579><c> those</c><00:34:03.920><c> problems</c><00:34:04.259><c> in</c><00:34:04.559><c> our</c><00:34:04.799><c> lives.</c><00:34:05.900><c> For</c><00:34:06.119><c> example,</c><00:34:06.559><c> and</c><00:34:06.759><c> I</c>

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.139
often<00:34:07.420><c> quote</c><00:34:07.619><c> this</c><00:34:07.819><c> one</c><00:34:07.940><c> to</c>

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:14.000
it,<00:34:08.639><c> that</c><00:34:09.059><c> if</c><00:34:09.219><c> I</c><00:34:09.480><c> said</c><00:34:09.639><c> that</c><00:34:09.860><c> I've</c><00:34:10.059><c> got</c><00:34:10.300><c> problems</c><00:34:10.699><c> with</c><00:34:10.980><c> my</c><00:34:11.460><c> thought</c><00:34:11.800><c> life,</c><00:34:13.800><c> that</c><00:34:13.900><c> I</c>

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.360
have<00:34:14.199><c> unhelpful</c><00:34:14.960><c> thoughts</c>

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:19.619
come<00:34:15.659><c> into</c><00:34:15.840><c> my</c><00:34:16.099><c> mind</c><00:34:16.500><c> in</c><00:34:17.099><c> my</c><00:34:17.539><c> relaxed</c><00:34:17.920><c> moments,</c><00:34:19.280><c> then</c><00:34:19.440><c> there's</c>

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.260
no<00:34:19.860><c> need</c><00:34:20.019><c> for</c><00:34:20.179><c> me</c><00:34:20.320><c> to</c><00:34:20.500><c> tell</c><00:34:20.619><c> you</c><00:34:20.760><c> what</c><00:34:20.920><c> those</c>

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:24.139
thoughts<00:34:21.539><c> are,</c><00:34:21.780><c> because</c><00:34:22.119><c> you</c><00:34:22.500><c> will</c><00:34:22.739><c> know</c><00:34:22.920><c> from</c><00:34:23.219><c> your</c><00:34:23.519><c> experience</c><00:34:23.940><c> you've</c>

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.599
had<00:34:24.239><c> that</c><00:34:24.480><c> kind</c><00:34:24.619><c> of</c><00:34:24.800><c> problem.</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:29.960
But<00:34:27.280><c> having</c><00:34:27.480><c> shared</c><00:34:27.699><c> it</c><00:34:27.820><c> with</c><00:34:27.980><c> you,</c><00:34:29.219><c> we</c><00:34:29.340><c> could</c><00:34:29.500><c> in</c><00:34:29.679><c> fellowship</c>

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.960
with<00:34:30.159><c> scriptures</c><00:34:30.519><c> open,</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:33.559
see<00:34:31.320><c> the</c><00:34:31.500><c> way</c><00:34:31.719><c> in</c><00:34:32.000><c> which</c><00:34:32.159><c> we</c><00:34:32.320><c> could</c><00:34:32.420><c> help</c><00:34:32.619><c> one</c><00:34:32.800><c> another</c><00:34:33.019><c> overcome</c><00:34:33.360><c> this</c>

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.940
particular<00:34:33.980><c> problem,</c>

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:41.380
and<00:34:35.699><c> pray</c><00:34:35.900><c> about</c><00:34:36.139><c> it.</c><00:34:37.820><c> And</c><00:34:38.139><c> it</c><00:34:38.260><c> does</c><00:34:38.480><c> work,</c><00:34:39.500><c> because</c><00:34:39.780><c> I</c><00:34:39.860><c> had</c><00:34:40.039><c> the</c><00:34:40.219><c> privilege,</c><00:34:41.039><c> Joe</c><00:34:41.099><c> and</c><00:34:41.280><c> I</c>

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.960
had<00:34:41.539><c> the</c><00:34:41.699><c> privilege</c>

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.760
to<00:34:42.179><c> be</c><00:34:42.340><c> together</c><00:34:42.659><c> with</c><00:34:42.940><c> a</c><00:34:43.420><c> young</c><00:34:43.579><c> people's</c><00:34:44.039><c> group,</c><00:34:45.239><c> where</c><00:34:45.380><c> we</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:47.400
were<00:34:45.980><c> spending</c><00:34:46.300><c> some</c><00:34:46.599><c> time</c><00:34:46.800><c> together,</c>

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:49.960
and<00:34:47.940><c> we</c><00:34:48.079><c> were</c><00:34:48.320><c> considering</c><00:34:48.800><c> this</c><00:34:49.079><c> matter</c><00:34:49.300><c> of</c><00:34:49.579><c> prayer,</c><00:34:49.699><c> and</c><00:34:49.840><c> we</c>

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.719
thought,<00:34:50.119><c> well,</c><00:34:50.239><c> it's</c><00:34:50.519><c> about</c><00:34:50.760><c> time</c><00:34:51.039><c> we</c><00:34:51.360><c> tried</c>

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:56.079
to<00:34:52.000><c> put</c><00:34:52.139><c> what</c><00:34:52.320><c> the</c><00:34:52.519><c> Apostle</c><00:34:52.840><c> James</c><00:34:53.139><c> was</c><00:34:53.400><c> declaring</c><00:34:53.840><c> into</c><00:34:54.139><c> practice.</c><00:34:55.719><c> And</c>

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:58.480
so<00:34:56.360><c> with</c><00:34:56.659><c> the</c><00:34:56.840><c> assembly</c><00:34:57.380><c> of</c><00:34:57.820><c> about</c><00:34:58.179><c> 20</c>

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:03.619
people,<00:34:59.260><c> the</c><00:34:59.719><c> suggestion</c><00:35:00.179><c> was,</c><00:35:02.400><c> with</c><00:35:02.579><c> people</c><00:35:02.900><c> of</c><00:35:03.179><c> the</c><00:35:03.360><c> same</c>

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:10.519
sex,<00:35:06.579><c> if</c><00:35:07.139><c> we</c><00:35:07.719><c> are</c><00:35:07.920><c> moved</c><00:35:08.239><c> to</c><00:35:08.659><c> go</c><00:35:08.880><c> in</c><00:35:09.159><c> twos</c><00:35:09.360><c> or</c><00:35:09.559><c> threes,</c>

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:14.500
then<00:35:11.599><c> let</c><00:35:11.719><c> us</c><00:35:11.960><c> talk</c><00:35:12.239><c> together</c><00:35:12.719><c> about</c><00:35:13.440><c> the</c><00:35:13.739><c> challenges</c><00:35:14.159><c> that</c>

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.219
are<00:35:14.619><c> taking</c><00:35:14.840><c> place</c><00:35:15.099><c> in</c><00:35:15.260><c> our</c><00:35:15.420><c> lives.</c>

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:21.460
And<00:35:17.460><c> so</c><00:35:17.559><c> we</c><00:35:17.679><c> did</c><00:35:17.940><c> just</c><00:35:18.340><c> that,</c><00:35:20.000><c> somewhat</c><00:35:20.179><c> nervously</c><00:35:20.780><c> at</c><00:35:21.079><c> first,</c>

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:25.219
but<00:35:22.460><c> the</c><00:35:22.820><c> results</c><00:35:23.219><c> were</c><00:35:23.719><c> absolutely</c>

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:28.980
beautiful.<00:35:26.639><c> Do</c><00:35:26.880><c> you</c><00:35:27.059><c> know,</c><00:35:27.400><c> in</c><00:35:27.599><c> that</c><00:35:27.940><c> company</c><00:35:28.400><c> were</c><00:35:28.679><c> some</c>

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.239
young<00:35:29.260><c> people,</c><00:35:29.920><c> teenagers,</c>

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:34.820
who<00:35:30.780><c> had</c><00:35:31.099><c> had</c><00:35:31.239><c> on</c><00:35:31.360><c> their</c><00:35:31.679><c> hearts</c><00:35:31.920><c> for</c><00:35:32.400><c> ages,</c><00:35:33.260><c> a</c><00:35:33.440><c> particular</c><00:35:33.900><c> problem,</c><00:35:34.480><c> and</c><00:35:34.639><c> in</c>

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.420
their<00:35:34.980><c> experience</c>

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:38.400
that<00:35:35.639><c> had</c><00:35:35.960><c> no</c><00:35:36.260><c> one</c><00:35:36.400><c> that</c><00:35:36.539><c> they</c><00:35:36.780><c> felt</c><00:35:37.059><c> confident</c><00:35:37.500><c> enough</c><00:35:37.820><c> to</c><00:35:38.039><c> talk</c><00:35:38.239><c> to</c>

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.760
about<00:35:38.619><c> them.</c><00:35:39.300><c> And</c><00:35:39.559><c> yet,</c>

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:44.139
in<00:35:40.420><c> that</c><00:35:40.780><c> trusting</c><00:35:41.260><c> atmosphere,</c><00:35:42.260><c> having</c><00:35:42.460><c> built</c><00:35:42.760><c> up</c><00:35:43.219><c> the</c><00:35:43.559><c> attitude</c><00:35:43.900><c> of</c>

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.019
mind<00:35:44.440><c> towards</c><00:35:44.699><c> prayer,</c>

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.699
then<00:35:45.579><c> with</c><00:35:45.920><c> somebody</c><00:35:46.579><c> there</c><00:35:47.719><c> and</c><00:35:48.219><c> then,</c><00:35:48.679><c> they</c><00:35:49.000><c> confessed</c>

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:51.820
what<00:35:50.139><c> their</c><00:35:50.679><c> desperate</c><00:35:51.260><c> need</c><00:35:51.519><c> was,</c>

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:54.940
and<00:35:52.239><c> they</c><00:35:52.500><c> prayed</c><00:35:52.900><c> together,</c><00:35:53.719><c> and</c><00:35:53.719><c> for</c><00:35:53.920><c> the</c><00:35:54.199><c> first</c><00:35:54.420><c> time</c><00:35:54.679><c> in</c>

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:57.019
their<00:35:55.179><c> lives,</c><00:35:55.599><c> they'd</c><00:35:55.900><c> got</c><00:35:55.980><c> up</c><00:35:56.179><c> off</c><00:35:56.380><c> their</c><00:35:56.619><c> knees</c>

00:35:57.019 --> 00:36:04.000
refreshed.<00:36:00.519><c> And</c><00:36:00.820><c> knowing</c><00:36:01.139><c> what</c><00:36:01.380><c> it</c><00:36:01.619><c> meant,</c><00:36:03.420><c> that</c><00:36:03.519><c> the</c><00:36:03.800><c> peace</c>

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.039
of<00:36:04.340><c> God</c><00:36:05.539><c> will</c><00:36:05.920><c> fill</c><00:36:06.019><c> your</c><00:36:06.239><c> hearts,</c>

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:19.179
it<00:36:10.360><c> does</c><00:36:10.980><c> work.</c><00:36:15.480><c> And</c><00:36:15.840><c> there</c><00:36:15.980><c> is</c><00:36:16.340><c> equally</c><00:36:16.699><c> in</c><00:36:16.920><c> the</c><00:36:17.079><c> Apostle</c><00:36:17.440><c> James's</c><00:36:18.300><c> section</c><00:36:18.599><c> on</c><00:36:18.960><c> prayer,</c>

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:23.659
that<00:36:19.420><c> challenging</c><00:36:19.940><c> thought</c><00:36:20.559><c> about</c><00:36:21.880><c> praying</c><00:36:22.300><c> for</c><00:36:23.300><c> those</c><00:36:23.500><c> who</c>

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:28.800
are<00:36:23.800><c> sick.</c><00:36:25.420><c> Is</c><00:36:26.260><c> any</c><00:36:26.860><c> among</c><00:36:27.340><c> you</c><00:36:27.679><c> sick?</c>

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:36.119
Let<00:36:30.119><c> him</c><00:36:30.500><c> call</c><00:36:31.059><c> for</c><00:36:32.460><c> the</c><00:36:32.719><c> elders</c><00:36:33.019><c> of</c><00:36:33.219><c> the</c><00:36:33.440><c> church,</c><00:36:35.739><c> and</c><00:36:35.900><c> let</c>

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:38.260
them<00:36:36.440><c> pray</c><00:36:36.920><c> over</c><00:36:37.340><c> him,</c>

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:45.019
anointing<00:36:39.920><c> him</c><00:36:40.099><c> with</c><00:36:40.460><c> oil</c><00:36:41.019><c> in</c><00:36:42.059><c> the</c><00:36:42.239><c> name</c><00:36:42.659><c> of</c><00:36:42.900><c> the</c><00:36:43.039><c> Lord,</c><00:36:44.739><c> and</c>

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:49.159
the<00:36:45.340><c> prayer</c><00:36:45.800><c> of</c><00:36:46.320><c> faith</c><00:36:47.119><c> shall</c><00:36:48.179><c> save</c><00:36:48.599><c> him</c><00:36:48.940><c> that</c><00:36:49.119><c> is</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:54.579
sick,<00:36:50.420><c> and</c><00:36:51.000><c> the</c><00:36:51.139><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.420><c> shall</c><00:36:51.699><c> raise</c><00:36:51.940><c> him</c><00:36:52.139><c> up,</c><00:36:53.760><c> and</c><00:36:54.059><c> if</c><00:36:54.199><c> he</c><00:36:54.420><c> have</c>

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:57.639
committed<00:36:54.940><c> sin,</c><00:36:55.880><c> it</c><00:36:56.059><c> shall</c><00:36:56.219><c> be</c><00:36:56.420><c> forgiven</c><00:36:56.619><c> him.</c>

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:01.639
The<00:36:59.440><c> implications</c><00:36:59.940><c> of</c><00:37:00.139><c> this</c><00:37:00.340><c> are</c><00:37:00.599><c> so</c><00:37:00.920><c> challenging,</c><00:37:01.579><c> brothers</c>

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:03.940
and<00:37:01.880><c> sisters,</c><00:37:02.300><c> it</c><00:37:02.539><c> seems</c><00:37:02.820><c> that</c><00:37:03.260><c> we</c><00:37:03.559><c> almost</c>

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:06.820
turn<00:37:04.320><c> away</c><00:37:04.619><c> from</c><00:37:04.820><c> that</c><00:37:05.280><c> and</c><00:37:05.639><c> say</c><00:37:05.840><c> that</c><00:37:06.039><c> whatever</c><00:37:06.260><c> it</c><00:37:06.519><c> may</c><00:37:06.679><c> have</c>

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:11.409
meant,<00:37:07.679><c> I</c><00:37:07.760><c> don't</c><00:37:08.019><c> know,</c><00:37:09.920><c> and</c><00:37:10.039><c> so</c><00:37:10.119><c> we</c><00:37:10.219><c> don't</c><00:37:10.400><c> find</c><00:37:10.659><c> out.</c>

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:16.039
There<00:37:13.460><c> is</c><00:37:13.699><c> the</c><00:37:14.440><c> challenging</c><00:37:14.800><c> thought</c><00:37:15.119><c> to</c><00:37:15.300><c> the</c><00:37:15.519><c> elders</c><00:37:15.679><c> of</c><00:37:15.860><c> the</c>

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.599
church<00:37:16.260><c> that</c><00:37:16.440><c> if</c><00:37:16.539><c> they</c><00:37:16.699><c> did</c><00:37:16.880><c> receive</c><00:37:17.179><c> a</c><00:37:17.340><c> message</c>

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:22.019
from<00:37:17.860><c> somebody</c><00:37:18.239><c> who</c><00:37:18.559><c> is</c><00:37:18.619><c> sick</c><00:37:18.780><c> requesting</c><00:37:19.360><c> that</c><00:37:19.579><c> they</c><00:37:19.780><c> did</c><00:37:20.000><c> come</c><00:37:20.320><c> and</c><00:37:20.619><c> pray,</c><00:37:21.380><c> what</c><00:37:21.559><c> they</c><00:37:21.760><c> would</c><00:37:21.860><c> do</c>

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.500
about<00:37:22.260><c> the</c>

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:28.619
anointing<00:37:22.780><c> with</c><00:37:22.940><c> oil.</c><00:37:25.420><c> And</c><00:37:25.639><c> if</c><00:37:25.739><c> I</c><00:37:25.860><c> may</c><00:37:25.980><c> just</c><00:37:26.179><c> make</c><00:37:26.360><c> an</c><00:37:26.559><c> observation,</c><00:37:28.139><c> which</c><00:37:28.380><c> I</c>

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:30.820
found<00:37:28.760><c> helpful,</c><00:37:30.380><c> that</c><00:37:30.519><c> if</c><00:37:30.639><c> we</c>

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:35.460
are<00:37:30.900><c> trying</c><00:37:31.000><c> to</c><00:37:31.199><c> seek</c><00:37:31.360><c> a</c><00:37:31.539><c> spiritual</c><00:37:31.900><c> application</c><00:37:32.440><c> of</c><00:37:32.599><c> this</c><00:37:32.800><c> anointing</c><00:37:33.179><c> with</c><00:37:33.440><c> oil,</c><00:37:34.179><c> then</c><00:37:34.780><c> there</c><00:37:35.280><c> is</c>

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.940
the<00:37:35.619><c> possible</c>

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:38.639
link<00:37:36.159><c> in</c><00:37:36.340><c> the</c><00:37:36.460><c> Old</c><00:37:36.639><c> Testament</c><00:37:37.039><c> with</c><00:37:37.400><c> the</c><00:37:37.639><c> Levitical</c><00:37:38.099><c> rites</c>

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:42.280
whereby<00:37:39.360><c> anointing</c><00:37:40.119><c> with</c><00:37:40.519><c> oil</c><00:37:41.099><c> signified</c><00:37:42.099><c> that</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:48.659
person<00:37:42.900><c> was</c><00:37:43.460><c> prepared</c><00:37:44.159><c> to</c><00:37:44.780><c> commit</c><00:37:45.659><c> all</c><00:37:46.960><c> of</c><00:37:47.119><c> their</c><00:37:47.239><c> lives</c><00:37:47.760><c> to</c>

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:53.059
God.<00:37:50.900><c> So</c><00:37:51.039><c> there</c><00:37:51.219><c> is</c><00:37:51.420><c> laid</c><00:37:51.579><c> upon</c><00:37:51.940><c> the</c><00:37:52.219><c> person</c><00:37:52.559><c> who</c><00:37:52.760><c> is</c>

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:57.199
sick<00:37:53.280><c> in</c><00:37:53.719><c> calling</c><00:37:53.980><c> for</c><00:37:54.219><c> people</c><00:37:54.420><c> to</c><00:37:54.659><c> pray</c><00:37:54.880><c> over</c><00:37:55.099><c> them</c><00:37:55.360><c> the</c><00:37:55.659><c> thought,</c><00:37:57.039><c> what</c>

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.380
are<00:37:57.420><c> you</c><00:37:57.659><c> asking</c><00:37:58.039><c> God</c><00:37:58.280><c> to</c><00:37:58.500><c> do?</c>

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Are<00:38:00.880><c> you</c><00:38:01.559><c> asking</c><00:38:01.920><c> God</c><00:38:02.219><c> just</c><00:38:02.480><c> to</c><00:38:02.659><c> do</c><00:38:02.840><c> a</c><00:38:03.239><c> patch</c><00:38:03.480><c>-up</c><00:38:03.699><c> job</c><00:38:03.960><c> on</c><00:38:04.159><c> your</c>

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:08.239
physical<00:38:04.780><c> body,</c><00:38:05.820><c> or</c><00:38:06.159><c> are</c><00:38:06.420><c> you</c><00:38:06.599><c> wanting</c><00:38:06.980><c> God</c><00:38:07.519><c> to</c><00:38:07.860><c> take</c>

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:13.099
all<00:38:08.639><c> of</c><00:38:08.780><c> you</c><00:38:09.880><c> completely?</c><00:38:11.480><c> That</c><00:38:11.539><c> the</c><00:38:11.699><c> most</c><00:38:12.039><c> fundamental</c><00:38:12.559><c> issue</c><00:38:12.940><c> that</c>

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:15.139
you<00:38:13.239><c> are</c><00:38:13.420><c> seeking</c><00:38:13.659><c> in</c><00:38:14.000><c> this</c><00:38:14.320><c> prayer</c><00:38:14.639><c> request</c>

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:20.460
is<00:38:15.539><c> that</c><00:38:15.659><c> you</c><00:38:15.840><c> are</c><00:38:15.980><c> made</c><00:38:16.380><c> spiritually</c><00:38:16.960><c> whole</c><00:38:17.440><c> and</c><00:38:18.079><c> if</c><00:38:19.420><c> as</c><00:38:19.800><c> a</c><00:38:20.000><c> result</c><00:38:20.219><c> of</c>

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:23.039
that<00:38:20.900><c> there</c><00:38:21.460><c> is</c><00:38:21.679><c> the</c><00:38:22.019><c> bonus</c>

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of<00:38:23.639><c> the</c><00:38:23.860><c> physical</c><00:38:24.159><c> healing</c><00:38:24.619><c> that</c><00:38:25.500><c> is</c><00:38:25.800><c> gratefully</c><00:38:26.239><c> received.</c>

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For<00:38:28.179><c> when</c><00:38:28.480><c> all</c><00:38:28.920><c> is</c><00:38:29.099><c> said</c><00:38:29.320><c> and</c><00:38:29.539><c> done,</c>

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:35.219
that<00:38:32.340><c> that</c><00:38:32.739><c> we</c><00:38:33.000><c> desire</c><00:38:33.500><c> and</c><00:38:33.860><c> require</c><00:38:34.260><c> with</c><00:38:34.460><c> all</c><00:38:34.679><c> our</c><00:38:34.920><c> hearts</c>

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is<00:38:35.559><c> that</c><00:38:36.099><c> spiritual</c><00:38:36.579><c> wholeness</c>

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:47.000
before<00:38:38.760><c> our</c><00:38:39.039><c> God.</c><00:38:43.579><c> And</c><00:38:43.940><c> so</c><00:38:44.440><c> I</c><00:38:44.940><c> cannot</c><00:38:45.219><c> leave</c><00:38:45.559><c> this</c><00:38:46.400><c> question</c>

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of<00:38:48.940><c> praying</c><00:38:49.260><c> without</c><00:38:49.900><c> ceasing,</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:55.699
without<00:38:52.539><c> mentioning</c><00:38:53.500><c> Jesus.</c>

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Christ<00:38:59.519><c> who</c><00:39:00.480><c> is</c><00:39:00.840><c> described</c><00:39:01.440><c> as</c><00:39:02.079><c> preeminent</c><00:39:02.820><c> above</c><00:39:03.159><c> all,</c><00:39:04.880><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.420><c> who</c>

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:08.000
is<00:39:06.280><c> described</c><00:39:06.780><c> as</c><00:39:07.099><c> superior</c><00:39:07.539><c> to</c><00:39:07.739><c> the</c>

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.679
angels,<00:39:08.659><c> Christ</c><00:39:09.159><c> who</c><00:39:09.400><c> is</c><00:39:09.719><c> superior</c><00:39:10.139><c> to</c><00:39:10.340><c> the</c><00:39:10.500><c> law,</c><00:39:11.059><c> Christ</c><00:39:11.480><c> who</c>

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is<00:39:11.920><c> superior</c><00:39:12.380><c> to</c><00:39:12.619><c> the</c><00:39:12.780><c> sacrifices,</c><00:39:13.780><c> Christ</c><00:39:14.380><c> who</c><00:39:15.360><c> has</c>

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:18.239
a<00:39:15.920><c> name</c><00:39:16.099><c> which</c><00:39:16.280><c> is</c><00:39:16.500><c> above</c><00:39:16.699><c> every</c><00:39:17.039><c> name</c><00:39:17.280><c> that</c><00:39:17.440><c> at</c><00:39:17.619><c> the</c><00:39:17.840><c> name</c><00:39:18.019><c> of</c>

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:23.659
Jesus<00:39:18.760><c> every</c><00:39:19.579><c> knee</c><00:39:19.800><c> should</c><00:39:20.119><c> bow.</c><00:39:22.139><c> For</c><00:39:22.400><c> us</c><00:39:22.719><c> to</c><00:39:23.119><c> dare</c><00:39:23.320><c> to</c>

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:26.920
enter<00:39:23.960><c> into</c><00:39:24.219><c> a</c><00:39:24.519><c> prayer</c><00:39:24.699><c> life</c><00:39:24.980><c> without</c><00:39:25.400><c> bringing</c><00:39:25.900><c> Jesus</c><00:39:26.460><c> into</c>

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:30.440
it<00:39:27.780><c> suggests</c><00:39:28.179><c> that</c><00:39:28.420><c> we</c><00:39:28.559><c> are</c><00:39:28.820><c> missing</c><00:39:29.179><c> a</c><00:39:29.679><c> fundamental</c>

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:34.139
dimension<00:39:31.239><c> and</c><00:39:32.199><c> therefore</c><00:39:32.619><c> we</c><00:39:32.960><c> earn</c><00:39:33.179><c> the</c><00:39:33.420><c> criticism</c><00:39:33.840><c> which</c>

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:35.960
is<00:39:34.340><c> sometimes</c><00:39:34.820><c> levelled</c><00:39:35.159><c> at</c><00:39:35.340><c> us</c><00:39:35.500><c> because</c><00:39:35.780><c> we</c>

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:41.300
are<00:39:36.099><c> described</c><00:39:36.619><c> as</c><00:39:37.260><c> dispensationalists.</c><00:39:40.000><c> Let</c><00:39:40.179><c> me</c><00:39:40.380><c> explain.</c>

00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:46.239
We<00:39:42.920><c> can</c><00:39:43.300><c> be</c><00:39:43.519><c> criticised</c><00:39:44.440><c> because</c><00:39:45.239><c> we</c><00:39:45.860><c> can</c><00:39:46.039><c> talk</c>

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:49.119
about<00:39:46.539><c> the</c><00:39:46.960><c> dispensation</c><00:39:47.559><c> of</c><00:39:47.760><c> Jesus</c><00:39:48.059><c> when</c><00:39:48.239><c> he</c><00:39:48.400><c> was</c><00:39:48.539><c> on</c><00:39:48.780><c> earth</c>

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:52.000
and<00:39:49.619><c> talk</c><00:39:49.880><c> about</c><00:39:50.099><c> what</c><00:39:50.260><c> he</c><00:39:50.460><c> did</c><00:39:50.659><c> 1900</c><00:39:51.300><c> or</c><00:39:51.599><c> so</c><00:39:51.760><c> years</c>

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:56.179
ago.<00:39:53.579><c> And</c><00:39:53.980><c> we</c><00:39:54.079><c> can</c><00:39:54.239><c> talk</c><00:39:54.440><c> about</c><00:39:54.699><c> the</c><00:39:55.099><c> dispensation</c><00:39:55.719><c> of</c><00:39:55.900><c> Jesus</c>

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when<00:39:56.340><c> he</c><00:39:56.519><c> comes</c><00:39:56.719><c> in</c><00:39:56.900><c> his</c><00:39:57.139><c> kingdom.</c><00:39:58.619><c> But</c><00:39:59.019><c> between</c><00:39:59.619><c> the</c>

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two<00:40:00.199><c> is</c><00:40:02.179><c> a</c><00:40:02.420><c> great</c><00:40:02.719><c> void,</c><00:40:05.019><c> unfilled,</c><00:40:07.340><c> empty</c><00:40:07.780><c> of</c><00:40:08.559><c> experience.</c>

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for<00:40:15.579><c> Christ</c><00:40:16.380><c> ever</c><00:40:17.119><c> lives</c><00:40:17.559><c> to</c><00:40:18.619><c> make</c><00:40:19.000><c> intercession</c><00:40:19.519><c> for</c><00:40:19.760><c> us.</c><00:40:21.619><c> The</c><00:40:21.739><c> place</c><00:40:22.019><c> where</c><00:40:22.260><c> Jesus</c><00:40:22.639><c> dwells</c><00:40:23.019><c> by</c>

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faith<00:40:23.539><c> is</c><00:40:23.719><c> in</c><00:40:28.000><c> our</c>

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Paul's<00:40:29.000><c> life.</c><00:40:29.480><c> For</c><00:40:30.139><c> me</c><00:40:30.460><c> to</c><00:40:30.940><c> live</c><00:40:31.179><c> is</c><00:40:31.420><c> Christ.</c><00:40:33.099><c> To</c><00:40:33.239><c> suggest</c><00:40:33.559><c> therefore</c><00:40:34.179><c> that</c><00:40:34.400><c> there</c><00:40:34.579><c> is</c>

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a<00:40:34.980><c> praying</c><00:40:35.179><c> without</c><00:40:35.599><c> ceasing</c>

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without<00:40:36.440><c> Christ</c><00:40:37.159><c> as</c><00:40:37.599><c> an</c><00:40:37.820><c> integral</c><00:40:38.119><c> part</c><00:40:38.559><c> and</c><00:40:38.960><c> dynamic</c><00:40:39.400><c> aspect</c>

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of<00:40:40.079><c> it</c><00:40:40.500><c> seems</c><00:40:40.920><c> to</c><00:40:41.260><c> me</c><00:40:41.519><c> to</c><00:40:41.820><c> miss</c><00:40:42.099><c> what</c><00:40:42.360><c> the</c><00:40:42.599><c> apostle</c>

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Paul<00:40:43.219><c> is</c><00:40:43.559><c> leading</c><00:40:43.840><c> us</c><00:40:44.139><c> to.</c><00:40:48.440><c> And</c><00:40:48.679><c> so</c><00:40:49.119><c> with</c><00:40:49.739><c> Christ</c><00:40:50.300><c> in</c><00:40:51.760><c> our</c><00:40:51.980><c> hearts</c><00:40:52.659><c> having</c><00:40:54.739><c> given</c><00:40:55.139><c> up</c>

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all<00:40:56.280><c> to</c><00:40:58.099><c> gain</c><00:40:58.559><c> the</c><00:40:59.280><c> excellency</c>

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of<00:41:00.079><c> knowing</c><00:41:00.460><c> Jesus.</c><00:41:04.780><c> In</c><00:41:05.539><c> nothing,</c><00:41:07.679><c> my</c><00:41:07.920><c> friends,</c><00:41:09.519><c> be</c><00:41:09.800><c> anxious.</c>

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But<00:41:12.860><c> in</c><00:41:13.219><c> everything,</c><00:41:14.820><c> by</c><00:41:14.980><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:41:17.099><c> supplication</c><00:41:17.820><c> with</c><00:41:18.019><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:41:20.840><c> let</c><00:41:21.139><c> your</c><00:41:21.980><c> requests</c>

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be<00:41:23.739><c> made</c><00:41:24.039><c> known</c><00:41:24.239><c> unto</c><00:41:24.519><c> God</c>

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and<00:41:27.219><c> the</c><00:41:27.539><c> peace</c><00:41:27.960><c> of</c><00:41:28.380><c> God</c><00:41:29.139><c> which</c><00:41:30.179><c> passeth</c><00:41:30.980><c> all</c><00:41:31.360><c> understanding</c>

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shall<00:41:33.860><c> guard</c><00:41:34.519><c> your</c><00:41:34.980><c> hearts</c><00:41:35.659><c> and</c><00:41:37.300><c> your</c><00:41:37.739><c> thoughts</c>

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in<00:41:40.619><c> Christ</c><00:41:40.920><c> Jesus.</c>