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rebellion.

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stolen<00:11:54.470><c> away</c><00:11:54.789><c> from</c><00:11:54.970><c> him.</c>

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and<00:12:31.529><c> spend</c><00:12:31.809><c> it</c><00:12:32.389><c> on</c><00:12:32.809><c> booze</c><00:12:33.169><c> or</c><00:12:33.350><c> on</c><00:12:33.590><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:12:46.330><c> God</c><00:12:46.649><c> knows</c><00:12:47.169><c> that</c><00:12:47.590><c> those</c><00:12:47.889><c> that</c><00:12:48.190><c> consider</c><00:12:48.789><c> the</c><00:12:49.269><c> poor,</c><00:12:50.070><c> that</c>

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take<00:12:50.590><c> action</c><00:12:51.129><c> to</c><00:12:51.610><c> help</c><00:12:51.850><c> the</c><00:12:52.250><c> truly</c><00:12:52.649><c> weak,</c>

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It<00:13:05.710><c> always</c><00:13:06.190><c> seeks</c><00:13:06.570><c> to</c><00:13:06.889><c> gain</c><00:13:07.230><c> for</c><00:13:07.549><c> itself.</c>

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You'll<00:13:08.750><c> do</c><00:13:08.970><c> things</c><00:13:09.269><c> that</c><00:13:09.450><c> look</c><00:13:09.730><c> righteous,</c><00:13:10.289><c> but</c><00:13:10.409><c> really</c><00:13:10.809><c> you're</c><00:13:10.990><c> doing</c><00:13:11.210><c> it</c>

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When<00:13:17.789><c> you</c><00:13:18.029><c> consider</c><00:13:18.690><c> the</c><00:13:19.230><c> poor</c><00:13:19.690><c> and</c><00:13:20.850><c> know</c><00:13:20.990><c> that</c><00:13:21.169><c> you're</c><00:13:21.330><c> getting</c><00:13:21.509><c> nothing</c><00:13:21.950><c> from</c>

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helping<00:13:22.509><c> them,</c><00:13:23.370><c> then</c><00:13:23.549><c> you</c>

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You<00:13:30.110><c> know</c><00:13:30.230><c> I</c><00:13:30.289><c> was</c><00:13:30.529><c> watching</c><00:13:30.789><c> a</c><00:13:30.990><c> political</c><00:13:31.750><c> debate</c><00:13:32.169><c> between</c>

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Gore<00:13:32.870><c> and</c><00:13:33.149><c> Bradley.</c>

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Please<00:13:33.830><c> don't</c><00:13:33.990><c> ask</c><00:13:34.190><c> me</c><00:13:34.370><c> why,</c><00:13:34.570><c> I</c><00:13:34.669><c> don't</c><00:13:34.950><c> know.</c>

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First<00:13:49.610><c> Bradley</c><00:13:50.169><c> said</c><00:13:50.470><c> yes,</c><00:13:50.990><c> yes</c><00:13:51.350><c> I</c><00:13:51.529><c> did.</c>

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Now<00:14:04.669><c> he's</c><00:14:04.909><c> telling</c><00:14:05.110><c> this</c><00:14:05.370><c> story</c><00:14:05.610><c> in</c><00:14:06.250><c> 1999</c><00:14:07.149><c> because</c><00:14:07.509><c> it</c><00:14:07.590><c> was</c><00:14:07.730><c> in</c>

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talks<00:14:10.129><c> about</c><00:14:10.509><c> the</c><00:14:10.850><c> debt.</c>

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You<00:14:15.529><c> know</c><00:14:15.789><c> he</c><00:14:16.350><c> wants</c><00:14:16.590><c> to</c><00:14:16.750><c> say</c><00:14:16.830><c> that</c><00:14:16.970><c> he</c><00:14:17.110><c> did</c><00:14:17.269><c> something</c><00:14:17.549><c> out</c><00:14:17.710><c> of</c>

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moral<00:14:18.029><c> conscience,</c><00:14:18.870><c> yet</c><00:14:18.909><c> he's</c><00:14:19.190><c> telling</c>

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he<00:14:30.269><c> truly</c><00:14:30.470><c> was</c><00:14:30.669><c> a</c><00:14:30.850><c> moral</c><00:14:31.029><c> conscience</c><00:14:31.409><c> and</c><00:14:31.549><c> he</c><00:14:31.730><c> said</c><00:14:31.950><c> yes</c><00:14:32.450><c> I</c><00:14:32.730><c> did.</c>

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He<00:14:33.230><c> said</c><00:14:33.370><c> during</c><00:14:33.950><c> the</c><00:14:34.450><c> war</c><00:14:34.789><c> in</c><00:14:35.129><c> Kuwait</c><00:14:35.610><c> I</c><00:14:36.029><c> was</c><00:14:36.370><c> for</c><00:14:36.669><c> military</c>

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confrontation<00:14:37.950><c> as</c><00:14:38.669><c> opposed</c><00:14:38.889><c> to</c><00:14:39.029><c> the</c><00:14:39.149><c> other</c>

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Democrats<00:14:39.690><c> that</c><00:14:40.009><c> said</c><00:14:40.190><c> you</c><00:14:40.509><c> know</c><00:14:40.570><c> we</c><00:14:40.710><c> shouldn't</c><00:14:40.909><c> go</c><00:14:41.070><c> into</c><00:14:41.250><c> Kuwait.</c>

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Well<00:14:41.750><c> how</c><00:14:41.909><c> much</c><00:14:42.169><c> bigger</c><00:14:42.350><c> victory</c><00:14:42.730><c> do</c><00:14:42.950><c> you</c><00:14:43.049><c> need</c><00:14:43.149><c> than</c><00:14:43.330><c> the</c><00:14:43.490><c> victory</c><00:14:43.710><c> in</c><00:14:43.970><c> Kuwait?</c>

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And<00:14:45.049><c> Al</c><00:14:45.250><c> Gore</c><00:14:45.350><c> standing</c><00:14:45.629><c> up</c><00:14:45.830><c> and</c><00:14:45.950><c> now</c><00:14:46.149><c> saying</c><00:14:46.330><c> I</c><00:14:46.690><c> was</c><00:14:46.850><c> actually</c>

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for<00:14:47.450><c> that.</c>

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Well<00:14:48.289><c> any</c><00:14:49.230><c> politician</c><00:14:50.309><c> in</c><00:14:50.470><c> his</c><00:14:50.570><c> right</c><00:14:50.769><c> mind</c><00:14:50.990><c> is</c><00:14:51.129><c> now</c><00:14:51.250><c> going</c><00:14:51.350><c> to</c>

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say<00:14:51.529><c> he</c><00:14:51.669><c> was</c><00:14:51.789><c> for</c><00:14:52.330><c> the</c><00:14:52.990><c> battle</c><00:14:53.230><c> in</c><00:14:53.450><c> Kuwait.</c>

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We're<00:14:54.350><c> not</c><00:14:54.549><c> for</c><00:14:54.710><c> the</c><00:14:54.889><c> battle</c><00:14:55.049><c> in</c><00:14:55.250><c> Kuwait</c><00:14:55.830><c> but</c><00:14:56.149><c> by</c><00:14:56.429><c> golly</c><00:14:56.690><c> if</c><00:14:56.870><c> I</c>

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was<00:14:57.110><c> a</c><00:14:57.309><c> politician</c><00:14:57.669><c> I'd</c><00:14:57.909><c> be</c><00:14:58.009><c> standing</c>

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serving<00:15:01.330><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:15:02.269><c> this</c><00:15:02.649><c> is</c><00:15:02.769><c> the</c><00:15:02.970><c> things</c><00:15:03.110><c> that</c><00:15:03.289><c> we</c><00:15:03.409><c> do</c><00:15:03.570><c> so</c><00:15:03.909><c> often</c><00:15:04.129><c> where</c><00:15:04.389><c> we</c>

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think<00:15:05.529><c> ourselves</c><00:15:05.970><c> that</c><00:15:06.129><c> we're</c><00:15:06.250><c> doing</c>

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something<00:15:06.789><c> good</c><00:15:07.289><c> but</c><00:15:07.649><c> really</c><00:15:07.929><c> it's</c><00:15:08.129><c> just</c><00:15:08.389><c> serving</c><00:15:08.730><c> ourselves.</c>

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man<00:15:12.509><c> for</c><00:15:12.710><c> you,</c><00:15:12.850><c> I'm</c><00:15:13.090><c> a</c><00:15:13.169><c> man</c><00:15:13.330><c> for</c><00:15:13.889><c> your</c>

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justice.

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I'm<00:15:15.129><c> here</c><00:15:15.250><c> to</c><00:15:15.549><c> serve</c><00:15:15.830><c> you</c><00:15:16.049><c> and</c><00:15:16.129><c> he's</c><00:15:16.350><c> not</c><00:15:16.490><c> there</c><00:15:16.669><c> to</c><00:15:16.870><c> serve</c><00:15:17.070><c> him.</c>

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He<00:15:17.690><c> wants</c><00:15:17.909><c> to</c><00:15:18.029><c> get</c><00:15:18.129><c> those</c><00:15:18.370><c> people</c><00:15:18.610><c> on</c><00:15:18.769><c> his</c><00:15:19.029><c> side</c><00:15:19.289><c> because</c><00:15:19.529><c> he</c>

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wants<00:15:19.909><c> to</c><00:15:20.149><c> take</c><00:15:20.370><c> over</c><00:15:20.889><c> power.</c>

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It<00:15:25.129><c> says</c><00:15:25.350><c> that</c><00:15:25.529><c> he</c><00:15:25.590><c> will</c><00:15:25.769><c> deliver</c><00:15:26.210><c> him</c><00:15:26.929><c> in</c><00:15:27.370><c> time</c><00:15:28.049><c> of</c><00:15:28.970><c> trouble.</c>

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Well<00:15:30.929><c> why</c><00:15:31.450><c> would</c><00:15:31.870><c> the</c><00:15:32.190><c> man</c><00:15:32.330><c> who</c><00:15:32.450><c> is</c><00:15:32.690><c> blessed</c><00:15:32.929><c> by</c><00:15:33.190><c> the</c><00:15:33.389><c> Lord</c>

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have<00:15:35.490><c> trouble?</c>

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Blessed<00:15:37.950><c> is</c><00:15:38.110><c> he</c><00:15:38.309><c> who</c><00:15:38.490><c> considereth</c><00:15:38.889><c> the</c><00:15:39.090><c> poor</c><00:15:39.470><c> and</c><00:15:40.149><c> then</c><00:15:40.330><c> immediately</c><00:15:40.669><c> I</c><00:15:40.909><c> will</c><00:15:41.090><c> deliver</c><00:15:41.389><c> him</c>

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from<00:15:41.870><c> trouble.</c>

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Well<00:15:43.250><c> I</c><00:15:43.309><c> think</c><00:15:43.490><c> there's</c><00:15:43.730><c> three</c><00:15:43.990><c> important</c><00:15:44.370><c> reasons.</c>

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The<00:15:44.950><c> first</c><00:15:45.169><c> one</c><00:15:45.350><c> is</c><00:15:46.350><c> a</c><00:15:46.769><c> life</c><00:15:46.950><c> of</c><00:15:47.210><c> faith</c><00:15:47.370><c> is</c><00:15:47.690><c> always</c><00:15:48.110><c> going</c><00:15:48.309><c> to</c>

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find<00:15:48.669><c> you</c><00:15:49.210><c> in</c><00:15:49.690><c> conflict</c><00:15:50.049><c> with</c><00:15:50.230><c> the</c><00:15:50.490><c> world.</c>

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There's<00:15:52.389><c> David</c><00:15:52.649><c> a</c><00:15:52.769><c> man</c><00:15:53.110><c> of</c><00:15:53.289><c> the</c><00:15:53.570><c> poor,</c><00:15:54.629><c> a</c><00:15:54.789><c> man</c><00:15:54.990><c> who</c><00:15:55.129><c> is</c><00:15:55.309><c> going</c>

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to<00:15:55.549><c> give</c><00:15:55.710><c> justice</c><00:15:56.149><c> to</c><00:15:56.389><c> the</c><00:15:56.590><c> weakest</c><00:15:56.850><c> of</c>

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individuals<00:15:57.610><c> even</c><00:15:58.450><c> if</c><00:15:58.730><c> it</c><00:15:59.029><c> doesn't</c><00:15:59.309><c> serve</c><00:15:59.669><c> himself.</c>

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You<00:16:01.929><c> know</c><00:16:02.090><c> he</c><00:16:02.230><c> gets</c><00:16:02.809><c> nothing</c><00:16:03.389><c> out</c><00:16:03.690><c> of</c><00:16:03.870><c> that.</c>

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You're<00:16:04.529><c> guaranteed</c><00:16:05.149><c> to</c><00:16:05.470><c> have</c><00:16:05.710><c> trouble</c><00:16:06.230><c> in</c><00:16:06.769><c> a</c><00:16:06.909><c> life</c><00:16:07.049><c> of</c><00:16:07.389><c> faith</c>

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if<00:16:08.789><c> you're</c><00:16:08.970><c> doing</c><00:16:09.169><c> it</c><00:16:09.450><c> right.</c>

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You're<00:16:10.529><c> guaranteed</c><00:16:10.909><c> to</c><00:16:11.169><c> find</c><00:16:11.389><c> conflict</c><00:16:11.830><c> in</c><00:16:12.009><c> your</c><00:16:12.269><c> life</c><00:16:12.690><c> between</c><00:16:13.309><c> what</c>

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the<00:16:13.950><c> world</c><00:16:14.210><c> espouses</c><00:16:14.970><c> and</c><00:16:15.429><c> what</c>

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you<00:16:16.470><c> want</c><00:16:16.730><c> to</c><00:16:16.950><c> acquire</c><00:16:17.730><c> to</c><00:16:17.990><c> it,</c><00:16:18.029><c> what</c><00:16:18.129><c> you</c><00:16:18.269><c> want</c><00:16:18.450><c> to</c><00:16:18.730><c> strive</c><00:16:19.110><c> toward.</c>

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The<00:16:20.230><c> conflict</c><00:16:20.590><c> is</c><00:16:20.889><c> always</c><00:16:21.169><c> there</c><00:16:21.370><c> so</c><00:16:21.529><c> you're</c><00:16:21.970><c> bound</c><00:16:22.309><c> to</c><00:16:22.809><c> have</c>

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that<00:16:23.409><c> struggle</c><00:16:23.809><c> with</c><00:16:24.450><c> the</c><00:16:24.690><c> world</c><00:16:24.929><c> whether</c>

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you're<00:16:25.750><c> a</c><00:16:25.909><c> man</c><00:16:26.169><c> of</c><00:16:26.370><c> righteousness</c><00:16:26.710><c> like</c><00:16:27.330><c> David</c><00:16:27.809><c> or</c><00:16:28.250><c> a</c><00:16:28.389><c> man</c><00:16:28.549><c> who</c>

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struggles<00:16:29.129><c> with</c><00:16:29.429><c> sin</c><00:16:29.610><c> like</c><00:16:29.909><c> me.</c>

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You're<00:16:30.750><c> always</c><00:16:31.029><c> going</c><00:16:31.149><c> to</c><00:16:31.210><c> be</c><00:16:31.350><c> in</c><00:16:31.610><c> conflict</c><00:16:31.889><c> with</c><00:16:32.070><c> the</c><00:16:32.210><c> world</c>

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and<00:16:32.509><c> you're</c><00:16:32.690><c> always</c><00:16:32.970><c> going</c><00:16:33.129><c> to</c><00:16:33.269><c> have</c>

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trouble.

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So<00:16:34.289><c> the</c><00:16:34.429><c> man</c><00:16:34.610><c> who</c><00:16:34.850><c> considers</c><00:16:35.309><c> the</c><00:16:35.649><c> poor,</c><00:16:36.330><c> the</c><00:16:36.429><c> man</c><00:16:36.629><c> who</c><00:16:36.870><c> considers</c><00:16:37.330><c> his</c>

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actions<00:16:38.049><c> not</c><00:16:38.529><c> based</c><00:16:38.789><c> upon</c><00:16:39.029><c> what</c>

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he's<00:16:39.470><c> going</c><00:16:39.669><c> to</c><00:16:39.710><c> get</c><00:16:39.909><c> out</c><00:16:40.129><c> of</c><00:16:40.169><c> it</c><00:16:40.590><c> but</c><00:16:40.750><c> based</c><00:16:41.009><c> upon</c><00:16:41.289><c> the</c><00:16:41.490><c> needs</c>

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of<00:16:42.029><c> others</c><00:16:42.370><c> and</c><00:16:42.870><c> based</c><00:16:43.090><c> upon</c><00:16:43.350><c> the</c><00:16:43.549><c> will</c>

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of<00:16:43.870><c> the</c><00:16:44.029><c> Lord</c><00:16:44.289><c> is</c><00:16:44.669><c> always</c><00:16:45.009><c> going</c><00:16:45.190><c> to</c><00:16:45.370><c> find</c><00:16:45.549><c> trouble</c><00:16:45.889><c> in</c><00:16:46.049><c> his</c><00:16:46.289><c> life.</c>

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He's<00:16:47.009><c> always</c><00:16:47.230><c> going</c><00:16:47.389><c> to</c><00:16:47.590><c> struggle</c><00:16:48.110><c> with</c><00:16:48.610><c> the</c><00:16:48.789><c> ways</c><00:16:48.950><c> of</c><00:16:49.149><c> the</c><00:16:49.370><c> world.</c>

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The<00:16:50.509><c> second</c><00:16:50.730><c> reason</c><00:16:50.950><c> is</c><00:16:51.129><c> because</c><00:16:51.370><c> we</c><00:16:51.549><c> know</c><00:16:52.289><c> that</c><00:16:52.570><c> in</c><00:16:52.750><c> this</c><00:16:52.970><c> life</c><00:16:53.190><c> you</c>

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have<00:16:53.769><c> trouble.</c>

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You<00:16:54.750><c> know</c><00:16:55.250><c> the</c><00:16:55.490><c> Lord</c><00:16:55.710><c> says</c><00:16:55.970><c> it</c><00:16:56.169><c> rains</c><00:16:56.490><c> on</c><00:16:56.789><c> the</c><00:16:56.970><c> just</c><00:16:57.269><c> in</c><00:16:57.750><c> the</c><00:16:57.950><c> unjust.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.110><c> not</c><00:16:59.250><c> a</c><00:16:59.409><c> matter</c><00:16:59.629><c> a</c><00:16:59.750><c> life</c><00:16:59.970><c> of</c><00:17:00.149><c> faith</c><00:17:00.250><c> does</c><00:17:00.450><c> not</c><00:17:00.570><c> matter</c><00:17:00.889><c> of</c>

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not<00:17:01.370><c> having</c><00:17:01.850><c> problems.</c>

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It's<00:17:03.830><c> how</c><00:17:04.049><c> you</c><00:17:04.329><c> face</c><00:17:04.609><c> those</c><00:17:04.990><c> problems</c><00:17:05.710><c> that</c><00:17:06.410><c> matters.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:07.930><c> said</c><00:17:08.289><c> in</c><00:17:08.750><c> this</c><00:17:09.049><c> life</c><00:17:09.230><c> you</c><00:17:09.390><c> will</c><00:17:09.630><c> have</c><00:17:09.869><c> trouble</c><00:17:10.210><c> but</c><00:17:10.430><c> be</c>

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of<00:17:10.829><c> good</c><00:17:11.089><c> cheer.</c>

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I<00:17:12.869><c> have</c><00:17:13.089><c> overcome</c><00:17:13.450><c> the</c><00:17:13.730><c> world.</c>

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Well<00:17:14.609><c> what's</c><00:17:14.789><c> he</c><00:17:14.970><c> really</c><00:17:15.269><c> saying?</c>

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He's<00:17:16.549><c> saying</c><00:17:16.630><c> I</c><00:17:16.950><c> am</c><00:17:17.269><c> your</c><00:17:17.569><c> savior.</c>

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Put<00:17:19.089><c> your</c><00:17:19.490><c> faith</c><00:17:19.950><c> in</c><00:17:20.549><c> me</c><00:17:20.970><c> and</c><00:17:21.329><c> you'll</c><00:17:21.630><c> have</c><00:17:21.869><c> trouble</c><00:17:22.349><c> but</c><00:17:23.289><c> you'll</c><00:17:23.609><c> have</c>

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joy<00:17:24.329><c> and</c><00:17:24.589><c> good</c><00:17:24.829><c> cheer</c><00:17:25.009><c> because</c>

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I've<00:17:26.009><c> overcome</c><00:17:26.269><c> the</c><00:17:26.529><c> world.</c>

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You<00:17:27.250><c> already</c><00:17:27.750><c> know</c><00:17:28.349><c> that</c><00:17:28.769><c> salvation</c><00:17:29.210><c> is</c><00:17:29.470><c> taken</c><00:17:29.670><c> care</c><00:17:29.950><c> of</c><00:17:30.069><c> for</c><00:17:30.329><c> you.</c>

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You<00:17:31.349><c> already</c><00:17:31.730><c> know</c><00:17:31.950><c> that.</c>

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Be<00:17:33.670><c> of</c><00:17:33.869><c> good</c><00:17:34.109><c> cheer</c><00:17:34.289><c> and</c><00:17:34.549><c> let</c><00:17:34.809><c> that</c><00:17:35.269><c> fact</c><00:17:35.690><c> carry</c><00:17:36.269><c> you</c><00:17:36.609><c> through.</c>

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So<00:17:37.970><c> we</c><00:17:38.190><c> know</c><00:17:38.430><c> that</c><00:17:38.650><c> in</c><00:17:38.789><c> this</c><00:17:39.069><c> life</c><00:17:39.569><c> you</c><00:17:40.069><c> will</c><00:17:40.289><c> have</c><00:17:40.529><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:17:42.450><c> we</c><00:17:42.609><c> also</c><00:17:42.950><c> know</c><00:17:43.390><c> that</c><00:17:43.710><c> it</c><00:17:43.910><c> is</c><00:17:44.109><c> through</c><00:17:44.309><c> our</c><00:17:44.549><c> struggles</c><00:17:45.069><c> that</c><00:17:45.930><c> our</c>

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faith<00:17:46.289><c> is</c><00:17:46.549><c> made</c><00:17:46.809><c> perfect.</c>

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It<00:17:49.369><c> says</c><00:17:49.589><c> in</c><00:17:49.789><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:50.009><c> that</c><00:17:50.210><c> he</c><00:17:50.430><c> learned</c><00:17:50.869><c> obedience</c><00:17:51.730><c> by</c><00:17:52.750><c> the</c>

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things<00:17:53.170><c> that</c><00:17:53.369><c> he</c><00:17:53.589><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:17:55.289><c> being</c><00:17:55.589><c> made</c><00:17:55.970><c> perfect</c><00:17:56.769><c> became</c><00:17:57.509><c> the</c><00:17:57.710><c> author</c><00:17:57.970><c> of</c><00:17:58.190><c> eternal</c><00:17:58.490><c> salvation.</c>

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So<00:17:59.829><c> we</c><00:18:00.049><c> know</c><00:18:00.349><c> that</c><00:18:00.569><c> our</c><00:18:00.829><c> struggles</c><00:18:01.230><c> are</c><00:18:01.809><c> a</c><00:18:01.950><c> part</c><00:18:02.089><c> of</c><00:18:02.230><c> the</c><00:18:02.450><c> development</c><00:18:02.769><c> of</c>

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our<00:18:03.390><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:18:04.630><c> saw</c><00:18:04.829><c> that</c><00:18:05.069><c> this</c><00:18:05.289><c> weekend</c><00:18:05.569><c> very</c><00:18:06.009><c> well.</c>

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We<00:18:06.789><c> know</c><00:18:07.049><c> how</c><00:18:07.289><c> it</c><00:18:07.410><c> works.</c>

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We<00:18:07.890><c> don't</c><00:18:08.170><c> want</c><00:18:08.430><c> the</c><00:18:08.690><c> struggles.</c>

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Nobody<00:18:10.069><c> wants</c><00:18:10.529><c> trouble.</c>

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Nobody<00:18:11.710><c> says</c><00:18:11.990><c> bring</c><00:18:12.309><c> it</c><00:18:12.549><c> on.</c>

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I<00:18:12.869><c> love</c><00:18:13.029><c> it.</c>

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I<00:18:14.029><c> love</c><00:18:14.210><c> to</c><00:18:14.390><c> have</c><00:18:14.529><c> problems</c><00:18:14.849><c> in</c><00:18:15.009><c> my</c><00:18:15.230><c> life.</c>

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I<00:18:15.589><c> love</c><00:18:15.789><c> to</c><00:18:15.950><c> have</c><00:18:16.130><c> struggles</c><00:18:16.430><c> of</c><00:18:16.970><c> my</c><00:18:17.130><c> faith.</c>

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If<00:18:17.809><c> you</c><00:18:17.990><c> do</c><00:18:18.130><c> you're</c><00:18:18.329><c> a</c><00:18:18.490><c> stronger</c><00:18:18.690><c> man</c><00:18:18.849><c> than</c><00:18:19.029><c> me.</c>

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But<00:18:21.009><c> they're</c><00:18:21.289><c> there</c><00:18:21.549><c> and</c><00:18:21.710><c> they're</c><00:18:22.029><c> part</c><00:18:22.309><c> of</c><00:18:22.710><c> the</c><00:18:22.970><c> process</c><00:18:23.450><c> of</c>

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And<00:18:25.349><c> if</c><00:18:25.450><c> we</c><00:18:25.589><c> can</c><00:18:25.769><c> always</c><00:18:26.049><c> remember</c><00:18:26.769><c> that</c><00:18:27.210><c> they're</c><00:18:27.410><c> part</c><00:18:27.670><c> of</c><00:18:27.849><c> the</c><00:18:28.029><c> process</c><00:18:28.430><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:18:29.029><c> development</c>

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then<00:18:29.930><c> in</c><00:18:30.190><c> our</c><00:18:30.410><c> prayers</c><00:18:30.630><c> we</c><00:18:30.809><c> can</c><00:18:31.150><c> thank</c><00:18:31.430><c> the</c><00:18:31.650><c> Lord</c><00:18:31.829><c> for</c><00:18:32.069><c> our</c><00:18:32.269><c> struggles.</c>

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We<00:18:33.589><c> can</c><00:18:33.910><c> thank</c><00:18:34.109><c> him</c><00:18:34.190><c> for</c><00:18:34.349><c> the</c><00:18:34.490><c> fact</c><00:18:34.750><c> that</c><00:18:35.029><c> he</c><00:18:35.190><c> cares</c><00:18:35.509><c> enough</c><00:18:35.730><c> of</c>

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us<00:18:36.130><c> to</c><00:18:36.369><c> give</c><00:18:36.609><c> us</c><00:18:36.890><c> trials</c>

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and<00:18:37.829><c> to</c><00:18:38.069><c> give</c><00:18:38.190><c> us</c><00:18:38.430><c> crisis</c><00:18:38.769><c> that</c><00:18:38.970><c> we</c><00:18:39.369><c> too</c><00:18:39.690><c> can</c><00:18:40.109><c> grow</c><00:18:40.569><c> in</c><00:18:41.009><c> love</c>

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and<00:18:41.490><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:18:45.009><c> yet</c><00:18:45.470><c> he's</c><00:18:46.470><c> promised</c><00:18:46.829><c> deliverance</c><00:18:47.630><c> in</c><00:18:47.930><c> Psalm</c><00:18:48.150><c> 41.</c>

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That<00:18:49.390><c> this</c><00:18:49.970><c> man</c><00:18:50.109><c> of</c><00:18:50.309><c> faith</c><00:18:50.509><c> will</c><00:18:50.829><c> be</c><00:18:51.569><c> delivered.</c>

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How<00:18:52.809><c> can</c><00:18:52.990><c> he</c><00:18:53.210><c> promise</c><00:18:54.089><c> deliverance?</c>

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Because<00:18:57.690><c> the</c><00:18:58.569><c> love</c><00:18:58.690><c> of</c><00:18:58.910><c> God</c><00:18:59.390><c> is</c><00:19:00.650><c> stronger</c><00:19:01.190><c> than</c><00:19:02.890><c> our</c><00:19:03.150><c> weakest</c><00:19:03.589><c> weakness.</c>

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Than<00:19:04.950><c> our</c><00:19:05.230><c> strongest</c><00:19:05.690><c> weakness.</c>

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The<00:19:07.490><c> love</c><00:19:07.650><c> of</c><00:19:07.809><c> God</c><00:19:08.089><c> is</c><00:19:08.390><c> more</c><00:19:08.789><c> powerful</c><00:19:09.730><c> than</c><00:19:11.069><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:19:13.529><c> a</c><00:19:13.710><c> greater</c><00:19:13.970><c> power</c><00:19:14.809><c> than</c><00:19:15.369><c> sin.</c>

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It<00:19:16.750><c> overcomes</c><00:19:17.289><c> sin.</c>

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It<00:19:18.670><c> overcomes</c><00:19:19.170><c> evil.</c>

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It<00:19:20.390><c> overcomes</c><00:19:20.950><c> pain.</c>

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That's<00:19:21.890><c> why</c><00:19:23.230><c> Jesus</c><00:19:23.910><c> Christ</c><00:19:24.430><c> was</c><00:19:25.089><c> crucified.</c>

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He<00:19:27.529><c> was</c><00:19:27.769><c> crucified</c><00:19:28.289><c> so</c><00:19:28.549><c> that</c><00:19:28.750><c> we</c><00:19:28.990><c> would</c><00:19:29.289><c> know</c><00:19:29.930><c> that</c><00:19:30.769><c> even</c><00:19:31.130><c> in</c>

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our<00:19:31.910><c> flesh</c><00:19:32.250><c> we</c><00:19:32.970><c> have</c><00:19:33.309><c> the</c><00:19:33.609><c> choice.</c>

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We<00:19:36.009><c> are</c><00:19:36.349><c> weak</c><00:19:36.650><c> in</c><00:19:37.029><c> flesh</c><00:19:37.309><c> yet</c><00:19:37.730><c> if</c><00:19:38.089><c> we</c><00:19:38.450><c> are</c><00:19:38.630><c> like</c><00:19:38.890><c> Jesus</c><00:19:39.289><c> and</c><00:19:39.650><c> learn</c><00:19:39.869><c> obedience</c><00:19:40.509><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:40.950><c> things</c><00:19:41.109><c> that</c><00:19:41.329><c> we</c><00:19:41.549><c> suffer</c>

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that<00:19:42.329><c> we</c><00:19:42.670><c> have</c><00:19:42.990><c> the</c><00:19:43.250><c> opportunity</c><00:19:43.930><c> to</c><00:19:44.549><c> be</c><00:19:44.710><c> like</c><00:19:45.009><c> him.</c>

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The<00:19:46.670><c> spirit</c><00:19:47.150><c> that</c><00:19:47.529><c> the</c><00:19:47.710><c> Lord</c><00:19:47.910><c> gave</c><00:19:48.309><c> Jesus</c><00:19:48.789><c> Christ</c><00:19:49.230><c> to</c><00:19:49.630><c> overcome</c><00:19:50.190><c> sin.</c>

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Is<00:19:51.890><c> the</c><00:19:52.190><c> same</c><00:19:52.529><c> spirit</c><00:19:52.990><c> that</c><00:19:53.549><c> he</c><00:19:53.789><c> offers</c><00:19:54.210><c> you</c><00:19:54.730><c> and</c><00:19:54.950><c> me.</c>

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It<00:19:56.130><c> was</c><00:19:56.369><c> greater</c><00:19:56.750><c> in</c><00:19:56.990><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:19:58.230><c> had</c><00:19:58.470><c> a</c><00:19:58.869><c> marvelous</c><00:19:59.349><c> connection</c><00:19:59.890><c> to</c><00:20:00.109><c> his</c><00:20:00.369><c> father's</c><00:20:00.950><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:20:02.470><c> that</c><00:20:02.890><c> spirit</c><00:20:03.529><c> can</c><00:20:03.970><c> dwell</c><00:20:04.170><c> in</c><00:20:04.410><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:20:06.230><c> no</c><00:20:06.430><c> different.</c>

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And<00:20:07.809><c> he</c><00:20:08.029><c> says</c><00:20:08.230><c> you</c><00:20:08.950><c> will</c><00:20:09.289><c> be</c><00:20:09.630><c> delivered</c><00:20:10.049><c> from</c><00:20:10.970><c> trouble.</c>

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But<00:20:11.450><c> he</c><00:20:11.690><c> offers</c><00:20:12.130><c> more</c><00:20:13.029><c> than</c><00:20:14.069><c> deliverance.</c>

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He<00:20:16.349><c> says</c><00:20:16.509><c> the</c><00:20:16.710><c> Lord</c><00:20:17.150><c> will</c><00:20:17.869><c> strengthen</c><00:20:18.309><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:20:23.349><c> and</c><00:20:23.509><c> preserve</c><00:20:23.950><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:20:24.509><c> what's</c><00:20:24.690><c> the</c><00:20:24.809><c> difference</c><00:20:25.009><c> between</c><00:20:25.990><c> deliverance</c><00:20:27.089><c> and</c><00:20:27.670><c> preservation?</c>

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Well,<00:20:32.009><c> preservation</c><00:20:32.309><c> is,</c><00:20:33.430><c> deliverance</c><00:20:33.789><c> is</c><00:20:34.130><c> coming</c><00:20:34.390><c> out</c><00:20:34.609><c> the</c>

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other<00:20:35.009><c> end.</c>

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You<00:20:36.109><c> know,</c><00:20:36.109><c> you</c><00:20:36.190><c> go</c><00:20:36.329><c> into</c><00:20:36.490><c> a</c><00:20:36.690><c> problem</c><00:20:36.950><c> and</c><00:20:37.089><c> he</c><00:20:37.289><c> promises</c><00:20:37.549><c> that</c>

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you'll<00:20:37.869><c> come</c><00:20:37.990><c> out</c><00:20:38.150><c> the</c><00:20:38.250><c> other</c><00:20:38.490><c> end.</c>

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Preservation<00:20:40.230><c> is</c><00:20:40.710><c> that</c><00:20:41.049><c> he</c><00:20:41.250><c> promises</c><00:20:41.750><c> that</c><00:20:42.230><c> you'll</c><00:20:42.410><c> go</c><00:20:42.549><c> in</c><00:20:42.630><c> on</c>

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one<00:20:42.950><c> side</c>

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and<00:20:44.049><c> that</c><00:20:44.130><c> you'll</c><00:20:44.329><c> come</c><00:20:44.430><c> out</c><00:20:44.630><c> better</c><00:20:45.170><c> on</c><00:20:45.650><c> the</c><00:20:45.789><c> other</c><00:20:46.009><c> end.</c>

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Or<00:20:46.849><c> more</c><00:20:47.069><c> faithful</c><00:20:47.470><c> on</c><00:20:48.130><c> the</c><00:20:48.250><c> other</c><00:20:48.450><c> end.</c>

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And<00:20:48.890><c> sometimes</c><00:20:49.309><c> I</c><00:20:49.470><c> don't</c><00:20:49.710><c> think</c><00:20:49.809><c> we</c><00:20:50.049><c> really</c><00:20:50.630><c> give</c><00:20:51.329><c> full</c><00:20:51.569><c> credit</c><00:20:51.910><c> to</c>

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that<00:20:52.349><c> fact.</c>

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I'll<00:20:53.109><c> give</c><00:20:53.210><c> you</c><00:20:53.309><c> an</c><00:20:53.430><c> example.</c>

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Consider<00:20:54.069><c> Moses.</c>

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Moses<00:20:55.930><c> was</c><00:20:56.369><c> the</c><00:20:56.869><c> deliverer.</c>

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And,<00:20:58.410><c> you</c><00:20:58.490><c> know,</c><00:20:58.549><c> we</c><00:20:58.710><c> look</c><00:20:58.890><c> at</c><00:20:59.009><c> Moses'</c><00:20:59.509><c> life</c><00:20:59.630><c> and</c><00:20:59.769><c> we</c><00:20:59.869><c> say</c><00:20:59.990><c> Moses</c><00:21:00.390><c> lived</c><00:21:00.690><c> a</c>

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great<00:21:01.289><c> life.</c>

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Except<00:21:02.950><c> all</c><00:21:03.349><c> the</c><00:21:03.430><c> way</c><00:21:03.569><c> up</c><00:21:03.690><c> until</c><00:21:03.869><c> the</c><00:21:04.009><c> point</c><00:21:04.109><c> where</c><00:21:04.269><c> he</c><00:21:04.390><c> hit</c><00:21:04.549><c> Meribah.</c>

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You<00:21:05.710><c> know,</c><00:21:05.829><c> when</c><00:21:05.990><c> he</c><00:21:06.309><c> smashed</c><00:21:06.630><c> the</c><00:21:06.869><c> rock</c><00:21:07.109><c> and</c><00:21:07.230><c> then</c><00:21:07.390><c> the</c><00:21:07.509><c> Lord</c><00:21:07.650><c> said,</c>

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you<00:21:07.970><c> won't</c><00:21:08.190><c> go</c><00:21:08.390><c> into</c><00:21:08.569><c> the</c><00:21:08.690><c> kingdom</c><00:21:09.009><c> of</c><00:21:09.930><c> heaven.</c>

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You<00:21:10.210><c> won't</c><00:21:10.349><c> go</c><00:21:10.509><c> into</c><00:21:11.150><c> the</c><00:21:11.369><c> promised</c><00:21:11.710><c> land</c><00:21:12.109><c> because</c><00:21:12.710><c> of</c><00:21:12.930><c> your</c><00:21:13.150><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:21:14.009><c> we</c><00:21:14.150><c> other</c><00:21:14.309><c> times</c><00:21:14.529><c> look</c><00:21:14.769><c> at</c><00:21:14.950><c> it</c><00:21:15.089><c> as,</c><00:21:15.569><c> well,</c><00:21:15.609><c> that</c><00:21:15.769><c> was</c><00:21:15.950><c> Moses'</c><00:21:16.930><c> great</c><00:21:17.190><c> sin.</c>

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That<00:21:17.650><c> was</c><00:21:17.890><c> the</c><00:21:18.109><c> one</c><00:21:18.349><c> time</c><00:21:18.549><c> Moses</c><00:21:19.009><c> fell</c><00:21:19.609><c> down.</c>

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And<00:21:20.029><c> if</c><00:21:20.130><c> it</c><00:21:20.410><c> just</c><00:21:20.730><c> hadn't</c><00:21:21.029><c> been</c><00:21:21.450><c> for</c><00:21:21.950><c> that,</c><00:21:22.569><c> you</c><00:21:22.650><c> know,</c><00:21:22.809><c> he</c><00:21:22.950><c> would</c><00:21:23.109><c> have</c><00:21:23.289><c> got</c>

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and<00:21:23.589><c> he</c><00:21:23.710><c> would</c><00:21:23.849><c> have</c><00:21:24.009><c> been</c><00:21:24.289><c> the</c><00:21:24.670><c> great</c><00:21:24.829><c> deliverer.</c>

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Well,<00:21:25.230><c> you</c><00:21:25.369><c> know</c><00:21:25.490><c> what?</c>

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That<00:21:25.869><c> wasn't</c><00:21:26.410><c> Moses'</c><00:21:27.109><c> role.</c>

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And<00:21:28.529><c> we</c><00:21:28.750><c> look</c><00:21:28.869><c> at</c><00:21:29.069><c> Moses</c><00:21:29.589><c> as</c><00:21:30.150><c> he</c><00:21:30.690><c> rises</c><00:21:31.029><c> Mount</c><00:21:31.349><c> Nebo</c><00:21:31.710><c> and</c><00:21:31.890><c> we</c>

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say,<00:21:32.609><c> what</c><00:21:32.769><c> if?</c>

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And<00:21:33.930><c> the</c><00:21:34.109><c> fact</c><00:21:34.269><c> was</c><00:21:34.569><c> that</c><00:21:34.750><c> the</c><00:21:34.950><c> man</c><00:21:35.150><c> that</c><00:21:35.450><c> walked</c><00:21:36.369><c> up</c><00:21:36.829><c> that</c><00:21:37.069><c> mountain</c>

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and<00:21:38.069><c> looked</c><00:21:38.269><c> at</c><00:21:38.470><c> that</c><00:21:38.710><c> land</c><00:21:39.069><c> and</c><00:21:39.529><c> died</c><00:21:39.710><c> on</c><00:21:39.890><c> that</c><00:21:40.049><c> mountain</c>

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was<00:21:40.490><c> a</c><00:21:40.710><c> more</c><00:21:40.930><c> faithful</c><00:21:41.309><c> man</c><00:21:41.910><c> than</c><00:21:42.990><c> the</c><00:21:43.190><c> man</c><00:21:43.309><c> that</c><00:21:43.609><c> smashed</c><00:21:43.829><c> the</c>

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rock<00:21:44.230><c> in</c><00:21:44.430><c> Meribah.</c>

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You<00:21:45.609><c> think</c><00:21:45.869><c> of</c><00:21:45.990><c> all</c><00:21:46.210><c> the</c><00:21:46.369><c> great</c><00:21:46.549><c> things</c><00:21:46.849><c> he</c><00:21:46.990><c> did</c><00:21:47.549><c> to</c><00:21:47.910><c> get</c><00:21:48.109><c> to</c>

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that<00:21:48.549><c> point.</c>

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And<00:21:50.190><c> you</c><00:21:50.410><c> think,</c><00:21:50.890><c> well,</c><00:21:51.029><c> what</c><00:21:51.289><c> happened?</c>

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Well,<00:21:52.230><c> what</c><00:21:52.450><c> happened</c><00:21:52.650><c> was</c><00:21:52.829><c> he's</c><00:21:53.069><c> just</c><00:21:53.309><c> like</c><00:21:53.490><c> you</c><00:21:53.690><c> and</c><00:21:53.849><c> me.</c>

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Moses<00:21:55.430><c> was</c><00:21:55.890><c> a</c><00:21:56.490><c> great</c><00:21:56.750><c> servant,</c><00:21:57.250><c> but</c><00:21:57.630><c> he</c><00:21:57.769><c> had</c><00:21:57.970><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:21:58.730><c> yes,</c><00:21:58.990><c> in</c><00:21:59.170><c> one</c><00:21:59.450><c> time</c><00:21:59.829><c> that</c><00:22:00.369><c> weakness</c><00:22:00.809><c> overcame</c><00:22:01.430><c> him.</c>

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But<00:22:02.390><c> at</c><00:22:02.589><c> the</c><00:22:02.750><c> same</c><00:22:03.009><c> time,</c><00:22:03.750><c> he</c><00:22:03.769><c> was</c><00:22:04.029><c> a</c><00:22:04.289><c> better</c><00:22:04.569><c> and</c><00:22:04.769><c> more</c><00:22:05.009><c> faithful</c><00:22:05.410><c> person</c>

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after<00:22:06.609><c> that</c><00:22:06.970><c> fact.</c>

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And<00:22:07.970><c> in</c><00:22:08.170><c> our</c><00:22:08.369><c> own</c><00:22:08.589><c> struggles,</c><00:22:09.309><c> when</c><00:22:09.549><c> we</c><00:22:09.910><c> fall,</c>

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if<00:22:10.630><c> we</c><00:22:10.910><c> learn</c><00:22:11.069><c> the</c><00:22:11.329><c> lessons</c><00:22:11.690><c> of</c><00:22:12.289><c> humility</c><00:22:12.789><c> that</c><00:22:13.130><c> come</c><00:22:13.289><c> from</c><00:22:13.490><c> it,</c>

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we<00:22:14.230><c> are</c><00:22:14.789><c> a</c><00:22:15.210><c> more</c><00:22:15.430><c> humble</c><00:22:15.769><c> and</c><00:22:16.029><c> a</c><00:22:16.130><c> more</c><00:22:16.450><c> faithful</c><00:22:16.789><c> person.</c>

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That<00:22:17.349><c> was</c><00:22:17.670><c> just</c><00:22:17.990><c> as</c><00:22:18.230><c> true</c><00:22:18.630><c> for</c><00:22:19.490><c> Moses,</c><00:22:19.849><c> who</c><00:22:19.990><c> was</c><00:22:20.230><c> considered</c>

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the<00:22:20.750><c> humblest</c><00:22:21.230><c> of</c><00:22:21.650><c> men.</c>

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He<00:22:22.750><c> still</c><00:22:23.009><c> had</c><00:22:23.210><c> a</c><00:22:23.349><c> process</c><00:22:23.829><c> of</c><00:22:24.450><c> humiliation</c><00:22:25.049><c> to</c><00:22:25.309><c> go</c><00:22:25.549><c> through.</c>

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And<00:22:26.470><c> the</c><00:22:26.589><c> man</c><00:22:26.769><c> that</c><00:22:27.029><c> walked</c><00:22:27.190><c> up</c><00:22:27.430><c> that</c><00:22:27.650><c> mountain</c><00:22:28.069><c> was</c><00:22:28.690><c> a</c><00:22:28.970><c> great</c>

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and<00:22:29.450><c> faithful</c><00:22:29.829><c> man,</c>

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even<00:22:31.269><c> though</c><00:22:31.509><c> he</c><00:22:31.690><c> couldn't</c><00:22:31.869><c> go</c><00:22:32.049><c> into</c><00:22:32.230><c> the</c><00:22:32.430><c> promised</c><00:22:32.730><c> land.</c>

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He<00:22:33.589><c> wasn't</c><00:22:34.250><c> less</c><00:22:34.650><c> of</c><00:22:34.829><c> a</c><00:22:35.009><c> man</c><00:22:35.470><c> because</c><00:22:36.089><c> of</c><00:22:36.390><c> Meribah.</c>

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He<00:22:37.269><c> was</c><00:22:37.609><c> more</c><00:22:38.150><c> of</c><00:22:38.670><c> a</c><00:22:38.789><c> man</c><00:22:38.910><c> of</c><00:22:39.150><c> faith</c><00:22:39.549><c> because</c><00:22:40.150><c> of</c><00:22:40.390><c> Meribah.</c>

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And<00:22:41.329><c> it</c><00:22:41.410><c> was</c><00:22:41.630><c> true</c><00:22:41.769><c> with</c><00:22:42.069><c> David.</c>

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David<00:22:42.990><c> certainly</c><00:22:43.450><c> had</c><00:22:43.730><c> struggles,</c><00:22:44.190><c> and</c><00:22:44.329><c> he</c><00:22:44.430><c> had</c><00:22:44.589><c> that</c><00:22:44.890><c> terrible</c><00:22:45.630><c> situation</c><00:22:46.369><c> with</c><00:22:46.710><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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And<00:22:47.869><c> we</c><00:22:47.970><c> always</c><00:22:48.230><c> look</c><00:22:48.410><c> at</c><00:22:48.549><c> it</c><00:22:48.650><c> and</c><00:22:48.710><c> say,</c><00:22:48.829><c> well,</c><00:22:49.069><c> after</c><00:22:50.109><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:22:51.089><c> he</c><00:22:51.190><c> was</c>

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a<00:22:51.609><c> weaker</c><00:22:51.829><c> king.</c>

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And<00:22:52.930><c> that</c><00:22:53.029><c> is</c><00:22:53.309><c> absolutely</c><00:22:53.730><c> true.</c>

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He<00:22:54.269><c> was</c><00:22:54.630><c> a</c><00:22:54.869><c> weaker</c><00:22:55.049><c> king.</c>

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And<00:22:56.049><c> yet</c><00:22:56.250><c> so</c><00:22:56.509><c> many</c><00:22:56.730><c> of</c><00:22:56.869><c> his</c><00:22:57.130><c> Psalms</c><00:22:57.390><c> are</c><00:22:57.670><c> written</c><00:22:58.029><c> after</c><00:22:58.769><c> that</c><00:22:59.190><c> event</c>

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because<00:23:00.410><c> he</c><00:23:00.549><c> was</c><00:23:00.730><c> a</c><00:23:00.930><c> more</c><00:23:01.210><c> faithful</c><00:23:01.630><c> man,</c><00:23:02.089><c> because</c><00:23:02.470><c> he</c><00:23:02.769><c> trusted</c><00:23:03.250><c> less</c>

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in<00:23:04.630><c> his</c><00:23:04.849><c> own</c><00:23:05.170><c> flesh.</c>

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He<00:23:05.970><c> saw</c><00:23:06.569><c> the</c><00:23:06.990><c> depth</c><00:23:07.369><c> of</c><00:23:07.849><c> his</c><00:23:08.109><c> own</c><00:23:08.549><c> weakness.</c>

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It<00:23:11.549><c> says</c><00:23:11.890><c> here,</c><00:23:12.549><c> the</c><00:23:12.549><c> Lord</c><00:23:12.769><c> will</c><00:23:12.990><c> preserve</c><00:23:13.369><c> him</c><00:23:13.650><c> and</c><00:23:13.930><c> keep</c><00:23:14.109><c> him</c><00:23:14.430><c> alive.</c>

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Why<00:23:15.650><c> keep</c><00:23:15.890><c> him</c><00:23:16.150><c> alive?</c>

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Why<00:23:18.549><c> is</c><00:23:18.690><c> it</c><00:23:18.849><c> so</c><00:23:19.009><c> specific</c><00:23:19.470><c> that</c><00:23:19.710><c> this</c><00:23:20.049><c> man</c><00:23:20.250><c> of</c><00:23:20.549><c> faith</c><00:23:20.930><c> will</c><00:23:21.410><c> be</c><00:23:21.650><c> delivered,</c>

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will<00:23:23.349><c> be</c><00:23:23.609><c> preserved,</c><00:23:25.109><c> will</c><00:23:25.289><c> be</c><00:23:25.509><c> kept</c><00:23:25.730><c> alive?</c>

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The<00:23:27.349><c> reason</c><00:23:27.589><c> that</c><00:23:27.789><c> he</c><00:23:27.910><c> is</c><00:23:28.109><c> kept</c><00:23:28.349><c> alive</c><00:23:28.950><c> and</c><00:23:29.329><c> the</c><00:23:29.569><c> distance</c><00:23:29.789><c> that</c><00:23:29.970><c> he's</c><00:23:30.190><c> kept</c><00:23:30.349><c> alive</c><00:23:30.670><c> for</c>

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is<00:23:31.630><c> so</c><00:23:31.829><c> that</c><00:23:32.009><c> the</c><00:23:32.210><c> lesson</c><00:23:32.509><c> of</c><00:23:32.769><c> his</c><00:23:33.150><c> faith</c><00:23:33.549><c> can</c><00:23:34.170><c> be</c><00:23:34.470><c> learned.</c>

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So<00:23:35.990><c> that</c><00:23:36.150><c> the</c><00:23:36.369><c> people</c><00:23:36.609><c> that</c><00:23:36.910><c> see</c><00:23:37.130><c> that</c><00:23:37.490><c> man,</c><00:23:37.930><c> like</c><00:23:38.069><c> David,</c>

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can't<00:23:39.329><c> say,</c><00:23:40.109><c> yeah,</c><00:23:40.210><c> he</c><00:23:40.349><c> was</c><00:23:40.569><c> a</c><00:23:40.730><c> righteous</c><00:23:41.049><c> man,</c><00:23:41.549><c> but</c><00:23:41.710><c> then</c><00:23:42.470><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:42.849><c> troubles</c><00:23:43.349><c> and</c><00:23:43.789><c> he</c><00:23:43.930><c> was</c><00:23:44.109><c> all</c><00:23:44.309><c> done.</c>

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So<00:23:46.130><c> really,</c><00:23:47.150><c> why</c><00:23:47.650><c> bother?</c>

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He's<00:23:49.369><c> kept</c><00:23:49.589><c> alive</c><00:23:50.089><c> so</c><00:23:50.529><c> that</c><00:23:50.690><c> the</c><00:23:50.869><c> lesson</c><00:23:51.130><c> can</c><00:23:51.369><c> be</c><00:23:51.650><c> learned</c><00:23:51.869><c> by</c><00:23:52.170><c> others,</c>

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that<00:23:52.910><c> the</c><00:23:53.170><c> faithful</c><00:23:53.490><c> man</c><00:23:53.990><c> perseveres.</c>

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And<00:23:56.109><c> that</c><00:23:56.309><c> in</c><00:23:56.490><c> that</c><00:23:56.750><c> perseverance</c><00:23:57.430><c> is</c><00:23:58.450><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:59.769><c> so</c><00:24:00.430><c> David</c><00:24:00.670><c> says,</c><00:24:01.349><c> the</c><00:24:01.450><c> man</c><00:24:01.789><c> who</c><00:24:02.250><c> struggles</c><00:24:02.829><c> in</c><00:24:03.529><c> faith</c><00:24:04.049><c> will</c><00:24:04.710><c> be</c>

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kept<00:24:05.190><c> alive</c>

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so<00:24:05.829><c> that</c><00:24:06.069><c> others</c><00:24:06.289><c> can</c><00:24:06.690><c> see</c><00:24:07.230><c> that</c><00:24:07.710><c> that</c><00:24:07.990><c> struggle</c><00:24:08.269><c> is</c><00:24:08.630><c> worth</c><00:24:08.829><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:09.069><c> he</c><00:24:09.130><c> goes</c><00:24:09.309><c> on</c><00:24:09.690><c> and</c><00:24:09.890><c> calls</c><00:24:10.009><c> him,</c><00:24:11.089><c> he</c><00:24:11.269><c> says,</c><00:24:11.470><c> and</c><00:24:11.609><c> he</c><00:24:11.809><c> shall</c>

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be<00:24:12.450><c> blessed</c><00:24:13.529><c> upon</c><00:24:14.210><c> the</c><00:24:14.470><c> earth</c>

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so<00:24:15.769><c> that</c><00:24:15.970><c> the</c><00:24:16.170><c> people</c><00:24:16.390><c> on</c><00:24:16.769><c> the</c><00:24:16.970><c> earth</c><00:24:17.329><c> can</c><00:24:17.829><c> see</c><00:24:18.369><c> that</c><00:24:18.890><c> this</c><00:24:19.150><c> man</c>

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is<00:24:19.690><c> blessed.</c>

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Not<00:24:20.490><c> blessed</c><00:24:20.750><c> upon</c><00:24:20.990><c> the</c><00:24:21.190><c> earth</c><00:24:21.369><c> with</c><00:24:21.650><c> great</c><00:24:22.009><c> wealth</c><00:24:22.430><c> or</c><00:24:22.769><c> with</c>

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great<00:24:23.230><c> worldly</c><00:24:23.549><c> possessions,</c>

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but<00:24:24.569><c> with</c><00:24:24.750><c> the</c><00:24:25.029><c> peace</c><00:24:25.210><c> that</c><00:24:25.369><c> we</c><00:24:25.529><c> all</c><00:24:25.730><c> struggle</c><00:24:26.049><c> to</c><00:24:26.349><c> find.</c>

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He<00:24:27.609><c> will</c><00:24:27.789><c> be</c><00:24:28.049><c> blessed</c><00:24:28.230><c> upon</c><00:24:28.529><c> the</c><00:24:28.730><c> earth</c><00:24:28.869><c> and</c><00:24:28.990><c> people</c><00:24:29.210><c> will</c><00:24:29.430><c> look</c><00:24:29.609><c> at</c>

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that<00:24:29.950><c> individual's</c><00:24:30.569><c> life</c>

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and<00:24:31.230><c> say,</c><00:24:31.410><c> you</c><00:24:31.509><c> know,</c><00:24:31.670><c> he</c><00:24:31.890><c> considered</c><00:24:32.250><c> the</c><00:24:32.589><c> poor.</c>

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And<00:24:34.130><c> I</c><00:24:34.269><c> thought</c><00:24:34.430><c> he</c><00:24:34.549><c> was</c><00:24:34.750><c> a</c><00:24:35.069><c> fool</c><00:24:35.569><c> for</c><00:24:36.049><c> considering</c><00:24:36.450><c> the</c><00:24:36.730><c> poor,</c>

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or<00:24:37.609><c> he</c><00:24:37.769><c> gave</c><00:24:38.049><c> of</c><00:24:38.210><c> himself</c><00:24:38.849><c> selflessly.</c>

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And<00:24:40.609><c> it</c><00:24:40.769><c> seemed</c><00:24:40.930><c> like</c><00:24:41.130><c> a</c><00:24:41.210><c> waste</c><00:24:41.369><c> of</c><00:24:41.609><c> time.</c>

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And<00:24:42.170><c> yet,</c><00:24:43.769><c> in</c><00:24:43.970><c> the</c><00:24:44.109><c> long</c><00:24:44.329><c> run,</c><00:24:44.470><c> he</c><00:24:44.609><c> seems</c><00:24:44.869><c> to</c><00:24:45.130><c> prosper.</c>

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He<00:24:46.309><c> seems</c><00:24:46.569><c> to</c><00:24:46.869><c> grow</c><00:24:47.029><c> in</c><00:24:47.269><c> strength</c><00:24:47.650><c> and</c><00:24:47.910><c> love</c><00:24:48.250><c> from</c><00:24:48.769><c> the</c><00:24:49.029><c> sacrifice.</c>

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It<00:24:49.730><c> doesn't,</c><00:24:50.470><c> you</c><00:24:50.630><c> know,</c><00:24:50.869><c> that's</c><00:24:51.190><c> not</c><00:24:51.849><c> the</c><00:24:51.950><c> way</c><00:24:52.109><c> of</c><00:24:52.250><c> the</c><00:24:52.390><c> world.</c>

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The<00:24:53.369><c> way</c><00:24:53.490><c> of</c><00:24:53.609><c> the</c><00:24:53.750><c> world</c><00:24:53.950><c> is</c><00:24:54.269><c> you</c><00:24:54.630><c> take</c><00:24:55.089><c> your</c><00:24:55.509><c> own</c><00:24:55.789><c> prosperity</c>

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and<00:24:56.549><c> you</c><00:24:56.750><c> develop</c><00:24:56.990><c> your</c><00:24:57.210><c> own</c><00:24:57.430><c> self.</c>

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We<00:24:57.990><c> put</c><00:24:58.329><c> these</c><00:24:58.809><c> people</c><00:24:59.069><c> who</c><00:24:59.269><c> have</c><00:24:59.450><c> great</c><00:24:59.789><c> wealth</c><00:25:00.309><c> on</c><00:25:01.309><c> a</c><00:25:01.490><c> pedestal.</c>

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And<00:25:02.650><c> yet</c><00:25:02.809><c> we</c><00:25:02.930><c> keep</c><00:25:03.150><c> seeing</c><00:25:03.450><c> them</c><00:25:03.690><c> falling</c><00:25:04.029><c> because</c><00:25:04.369><c> the</c><00:25:04.589><c> great</c>

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wealth<00:25:04.890><c> is</c><00:25:05.089><c> so</c><00:25:05.309><c> transitory.</c>

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And<00:25:06.529><c> yet</c><00:25:06.650><c> we</c><00:25:06.829><c> look</c><00:25:07.009><c> at</c><00:25:07.390><c> the</c><00:25:07.789><c> few</c><00:25:07.990><c> people</c><00:25:08.329><c> we</c><00:25:08.609><c> know</c><00:25:09.150><c> that</c><00:25:09.549><c> are</c>

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truly<00:25:10.109><c> selfless</c>

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and<00:25:10.789><c> they</c><00:25:10.930><c> don't</c><00:25:11.109><c> have</c><00:25:11.349><c> great</c><00:25:11.670><c> wealth.</c>

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They<00:25:12.670><c> don't</c><00:25:12.829><c> have</c><00:25:13.009><c> great</c><00:25:13.250><c> possessions.</c>

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Yet<00:25:14.509><c> they</c><00:25:14.789><c> seem</c><00:25:14.950><c> to</c><00:25:15.190><c> have</c><00:25:15.349><c> a</c><00:25:15.569><c> vitality</c><00:25:16.190><c> of</c><00:25:16.410><c> life</c><00:25:16.769><c> that</c><00:25:17.230><c> we</c><00:25:17.490><c> want</c>

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to<00:25:17.890><c> have</c><00:25:18.049><c> but</c><00:25:18.210><c> can't</c><00:25:18.569><c> recognize.</c>

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And<00:25:20.230><c> that's</c><00:25:20.529><c> the</c><00:25:20.710><c> blessing</c><00:25:21.049><c> upon</c><00:25:21.450><c> the</c><00:25:21.630><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:25:22.869><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.089><c> puts</c><00:25:23.650><c> life</c><00:25:24.349><c> into</c><00:25:24.970><c> your</c><00:25:25.309><c> heart</c><00:25:25.630><c> in</c><00:25:26.210><c> a</c><00:25:26.390><c> life</c><00:25:26.529><c> of</c><00:25:26.849><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:25:27.490><c> puts</c><00:25:27.809><c> action</c><00:25:28.329><c> in</c><00:25:28.890><c> where</c><00:25:29.210><c> other</c><00:25:29.490><c> people</c><00:25:29.769><c> struggle</c><00:25:30.390><c> to</c><00:25:30.789><c> keep</c>

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themselves<00:25:31.450><c> up</c>

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and<00:25:32.130><c> to</c><00:25:32.250><c> keep</c><00:25:32.430><c> themselves</c><00:25:33.130><c> going.</c>

00:25:36.269 --> 00:25:41.109
And<00:25:36.450><c> it</c><00:25:36.549><c> says,</c><00:25:36.849><c> the</c><00:25:36.849><c> Lord</c><00:25:37.029><c> will</c><00:25:37.349><c> strengthen</c><00:25:37.750><c> him</c><00:25:38.170><c> upon</c><00:25:38.670><c> the</c><00:25:38.930><c> bed</c><00:25:39.430><c> of</c><00:25:40.049><c> languishing.</c>

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And<00:25:41.789><c> then</c><00:25:41.930><c> it</c><00:25:42.069><c> says,</c><00:25:42.390><c> thou</c><00:25:42.549><c> wilt</c><00:25:42.769><c> make</c><00:25:43.029><c> all</c><00:25:43.349><c> his</c><00:25:43.670><c> bed</c><00:25:44.089><c> in</c><00:25:44.569><c> his</c><00:25:44.829><c> sickness.</c>

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And<00:25:46.329><c> you</c><00:25:46.450><c> know,</c><00:25:47.150><c> it's</c><00:25:47.549><c> interesting</c><00:25:47.930><c> because</c><00:25:48.250><c> it</c><00:25:48.890><c> sounds</c><00:25:49.230><c> kind</c>

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of<00:25:49.690><c> funny</c>

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that<00:25:51.130><c> he's</c><00:25:51.529><c> saying</c><00:25:51.630><c> what</c><00:25:51.789><c> the</c><00:25:51.970><c> Lord</c><00:25:52.130><c> will</c><00:25:52.329><c> do,</c><00:25:52.470><c> the</c><00:25:52.569><c> Lord</c><00:25:52.769><c> will</c>

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do,<00:25:53.130><c> the</c><00:25:53.250><c> Lord</c><00:25:53.269><c> will</c><00:25:53.390><c> do.</c>

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And<00:25:53.549><c> then</c><00:25:53.670><c> he</c><00:25:53.789><c> says</c><00:25:53.930><c> thou.</c>

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And<00:25:54.910><c> the</c><00:25:55.009><c> reading</c><00:25:55.130><c> this</c><00:25:55.349><c> morning</c><00:25:55.569><c> in</c><00:25:55.750><c> the</c><00:25:55.869><c> New</c><00:25:56.009><c> King</c><00:25:56.230><c> James,</c>

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it<00:25:56.609><c> says</c><00:25:56.750><c> you.</c>

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And<00:25:58.150><c> the</c><00:25:58.269><c> general</c><00:25:58.470><c> understanding</c><00:25:58.970><c> is</c><00:25:59.410><c> that</c><00:25:59.630><c> David</c><00:25:59.789><c> is</c><00:26:00.069><c> saying,</c>

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the<00:26:00.829><c> Lord</c><00:26:01.089><c> will</c><00:26:01.309><c> strengthen</c><00:26:01.670><c> him</c><00:26:01.990><c> on</c><00:26:02.210><c> his</c><00:26:02.390><c> bed</c><00:26:02.509><c> of</c><00:26:02.710><c> languishing.</c>

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And<00:26:03.529><c> then</c><00:26:03.670><c> he</c><00:26:03.690><c> goes</c><00:26:03.849><c> from</c><00:26:04.049><c> the</c><00:26:04.230><c> third</c><00:26:04.430><c> person</c><00:26:05.009><c> speaking</c><00:26:05.490><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:05.869><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:26:06.509><c> the</c><00:26:06.769><c> second</c><00:26:06.990><c> person</c><00:26:07.410><c> speaking</c><00:26:07.750><c> to</c><00:26:08.049><c> the</c><00:26:08.250><c> Lord</c><00:26:08.589><c> and</c><00:26:09.170><c> saying,</c>

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you<00:26:10.410><c> will</c><00:26:10.630><c> make</c><00:26:10.890><c> all</c><00:26:11.190><c> his</c><00:26:11.710><c> bed.</c>

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You<00:26:12.250><c> Lord</c><00:26:12.450><c> will</c><00:26:12.650><c> make</c><00:26:12.769><c> all</c><00:26:12.970><c> his</c><00:26:13.109><c> bed</c><00:26:13.269><c> in</c><00:26:13.509><c> sickness.</c>

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And<00:26:14.089><c> even</c><00:26:14.289><c> in</c><00:26:14.450><c> the</c><00:26:14.569><c> next</c><00:26:14.750><c> verse</c><00:26:14.910><c> it</c><00:26:15.009><c> says,</c>

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I<00:26:15.670><c> said</c><00:26:15.910><c> the</c><00:26:16.049><c> Lord</c><00:26:16.250><c> be</c><00:26:16.430><c> merciful</c><00:26:16.769><c> on</c><00:26:16.990><c> to</c><00:26:17.130><c> me,</c><00:26:17.349><c> heal</c><00:26:17.470><c> my</c><00:26:17.789><c> soul</c><00:26:18.069><c> for</c><00:26:18.250><c> I</c>

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have<00:26:18.609><c> sinned</c><00:26:19.309><c> against</c><00:26:19.630><c> thee.</c>

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I'm<00:26:21.930><c> sorry,</c><00:26:22.230><c> it's</c><00:26:22.529><c> in</c><00:26:22.750><c> verse</c><00:26:22.930><c> two.</c>

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He<00:26:23.289><c> says,</c><00:26:23.809><c> he</c><00:26:24.029><c> shall</c><00:26:24.190><c> be</c><00:26:24.390><c> blessed</c><00:26:24.609><c> upon</c><00:26:24.869><c> the</c><00:26:25.130><c> earth</c>

00:26:25.349 --> 00:26:28.529
and<00:26:25.769><c> you</c><00:26:26.049><c> will</c><00:26:26.289><c> not</c><00:26:26.490><c> deliver</c><00:26:26.769><c> him</c><00:26:27.349><c> onto</c><00:26:27.670><c> the</c><00:26:27.869><c> will</c><00:26:27.970><c> of</c><00:26:28.109><c> his</c><00:26:28.289><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:26:28.710><c> then</c><00:26:28.890><c> in</c><00:26:29.069><c> the</c><00:26:29.150><c> third</c><00:26:29.349><c> verse,</c><00:26:29.730><c> he</c><00:26:29.730><c> repeats</c><00:26:30.009><c> it</c><00:26:30.890><c> again.</c>

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He<00:26:32.049><c> will</c><00:26:32.430><c> bless</c><00:26:32.970><c> him</c><00:26:33.150><c> upon</c><00:26:33.390><c> the</c><00:26:33.609><c> earth</c><00:26:33.930><c> and</c><00:26:34.470><c> the</c><00:26:34.650><c> Lord,</c>

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you<00:26:35.269><c> will</c><00:26:35.549><c> not</c><00:26:35.750><c> deliver</c><00:26:36.069><c> him</c><00:26:36.309><c> into</c><00:26:36.509><c> the</c><00:26:36.670><c> hands</c><00:26:36.789><c> of</c><00:26:36.910><c> his</c><00:26:37.049><c> enemies.</c>

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I<00:26:37.650><c> don't</c><00:26:37.809><c> think</c><00:26:37.910><c> that's</c><00:26:38.109><c> what</c><00:26:38.230><c> it's</c><00:26:38.450><c> saying,</c><00:26:38.750><c> actually.</c>

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It<00:26:39.630><c> doesn't</c><00:26:39.829><c> really</c><00:26:40.029><c> make</c><00:26:40.190><c> sense</c><00:26:40.390><c> that</c><00:26:40.509><c> he</c><00:26:40.650><c> would</c><00:26:40.769><c> be</c><00:26:40.950><c> saying</c>

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that<00:26:41.509><c> the</c><00:26:41.670><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.829><c> won't</c><00:26:42.029><c> deliver</c><00:26:42.349><c> him</c><00:26:42.569><c> into</c><00:26:42.750><c> the</c><00:26:42.930><c> hands</c><00:26:43.029><c> of</c><00:26:43.170><c> his</c><00:26:43.329><c> enemies.</c>

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Because<00:26:44.849><c> he</c><00:26:45.049><c> says</c><00:26:45.150><c> up</c><00:26:45.289><c> in</c><00:26:45.430><c> the</c><00:26:45.549><c> first</c><00:26:45.710><c> verse</c>

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that<00:26:47.109><c> he</c><00:26:47.490><c> will</c><00:26:47.670><c> deliver</c><00:26:47.950><c> him</c><00:26:48.109><c> from</c><00:26:48.349><c> time</c><00:26:48.490><c> of</c><00:26:48.690><c> trouble.</c>

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So<00:26:49.529><c> he'd</c><00:26:49.730><c> be</c><00:26:49.930><c> saying,</c><00:26:50.549><c> the</c><00:26:50.589><c> Lord</c><00:26:50.869><c> says,</c>

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the<00:26:52.289><c> Lord</c><00:26:52.509><c> will</c><00:26:52.769><c> deliver</c><00:26:53.029><c> him</c><00:26:53.190><c> from</c><00:26:53.410><c> times</c><00:26:53.609><c> of</c><00:26:53.849><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:26:54.609><c> then</c><00:26:54.730><c> in</c><00:26:54.849><c> this</c><00:26:55.069><c> verse,</c><00:26:55.710><c> you</c><00:26:55.809><c> won't</c><00:26:56.130><c> deliver</c>

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that<00:26:57.390><c> man</c><00:26:57.650><c> into</c><00:26:57.849><c> the</c><00:26:58.009><c> hands</c><00:26:58.109><c> of</c><00:26:58.250><c> his</c><00:26:58.369><c> enemies.</c>

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Well,<00:26:58.690><c> he's</c><00:26:58.849><c> really</c><00:26:59.029><c> already</c><00:26:59.250><c> said</c><00:26:59.430><c> that.</c>

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When<00:27:00.289><c> he</c><00:27:00.430><c> said</c><00:27:00.549><c> that</c><00:27:00.730><c> the</c><00:27:00.829><c> Lord</c><00:27:00.990><c> will</c><00:27:01.150><c> deliver</c><00:27:01.349><c> him</c><00:27:01.470><c> into</c><00:27:01.670><c> the</c>

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hands<00:27:01.910><c> of</c><00:27:02.069><c> his</c><00:27:02.230><c> enemies</c>

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and<00:27:03.089><c> deliver</c><00:27:03.549><c> him</c><00:27:03.690><c> from</c><00:27:04.009><c> trouble.</c>

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What<00:27:05.349><c> he's</c><00:27:05.609><c> saying</c><00:27:05.829><c> here</c><00:27:06.150><c> is</c><00:27:06.809><c> that</c><00:27:07.289><c> you</c><00:27:08.150><c> won't</c><00:27:09.009><c> deliver</c><00:27:09.390><c> him</c>

00:27:09.829 --> 00:27:11.529
into<00:27:10.150><c> the</c><00:27:10.329><c> hands</c><00:27:10.430><c> of</c><00:27:10.589><c> his</c><00:27:10.730><c> enemies.</c>

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He's<00:27:12.450><c> speaking</c><00:27:12.710><c> to</c><00:27:12.930><c> the</c><00:27:13.089><c> person</c><00:27:13.329><c> of</c><00:27:13.609><c> faith.</c>

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He's<00:27:15.210><c> speaking</c><00:27:15.589><c> of</c><00:27:15.990><c> the</c><00:27:16.190><c> man</c><00:27:16.349><c> of</c><00:27:16.650><c> faith</c><00:27:16.970><c> who</c><00:27:17.529><c> struggles</c><00:27:17.950><c> with</c>

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his<00:27:18.430><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:27:19.569><c> he's</c><00:27:19.869><c> saying,</c><00:27:20.329><c> you</c><00:27:20.670><c> won't</c><00:27:20.950><c> deliver</c><00:27:21.269><c> him</c><00:27:21.849><c> into</c><00:27:22.130><c> the</c><00:27:22.309><c> hands</c>

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of<00:27:22.589><c> his</c><00:27:22.730><c> enemies.</c>

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Now,<00:27:24.130><c> how</c><00:27:24.509><c> can</c><00:27:24.809><c> David</c><00:27:25.289><c> know</c><00:27:25.990><c> that?</c>

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How<00:27:27.130><c> can</c><00:27:27.390><c> David</c><00:27:27.670><c> speak</c><00:27:27.910><c> to</c><00:27:28.130><c> you</c><00:27:28.329><c> and</c><00:27:28.490><c> me</c><00:27:28.670><c> and</c><00:27:28.829><c> of</c><00:27:28.930><c> himself</c><00:27:29.589><c> and</c><00:27:30.369><c> say,</c>

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I<00:27:30.910><c> see</c><00:27:31.210><c> the</c><00:27:31.450><c> man</c><00:27:32.009><c> who</c><00:27:32.509><c> cares</c><00:27:32.710><c> for</c><00:27:32.869><c> the</c><00:27:33.089><c> poor</c>

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and<00:27:34.490><c> I</c><00:27:34.829><c> won't</c><00:27:35.069><c> deliver</c><00:27:35.470><c> him</c><00:27:36.289><c> into</c><00:27:36.609><c> the</c><00:27:36.809><c> hands</c><00:27:36.910><c> of</c><00:27:37.049><c> his</c><00:27:37.210><c> enemies?</c>

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How<00:27:38.029><c> can</c><00:27:38.210><c> he</c><00:27:38.390><c> say</c><00:27:38.490><c> that</c><00:27:38.670><c> about</c><00:27:38.829><c> you</c><00:27:39.049><c> and</c><00:27:39.170><c> me</c>

00:27:39.269 --> 00:27:42.289
when<00:27:39.410><c> we</c><00:27:39.650><c> already</c><00:27:39.990><c> know</c><00:27:40.430><c> the</c><00:27:40.789><c> depth</c><00:27:41.009><c> of</c><00:27:41.250><c> our</c><00:27:41.430><c> weakness?</c>

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And<00:27:42.730><c> the</c><00:27:42.869><c> reason</c><00:27:43.069><c> is</c><00:27:43.309><c> because</c><00:27:43.849><c> you</c><00:27:44.130><c> and</c><00:27:44.269><c> I</c><00:27:44.470><c> understand</c>

00:27:46.190 --> 00:27:50.470
what<00:27:46.670><c> the</c><00:27:46.910><c> man</c><00:27:47.509><c> who</c><00:27:48.349><c> cares</c><00:27:48.529><c> for</c><00:27:48.710><c> the</c><00:27:48.869><c> poor</c><00:27:49.029><c> is</c><00:27:49.289><c> going</c><00:27:49.509><c> through.</c>

00:27:51.529 --> 00:27:54.769
We<00:27:52.009><c> understand</c><00:27:52.490><c> the</c><00:27:53.349><c> struggle</c><00:27:53.630><c> of</c><00:27:53.930><c> faith.</c>

00:27:55.230 --> 00:27:58.750
We<00:27:55.549><c> understand</c><00:27:56.250><c> the</c><00:27:56.509><c> depth</c><00:27:56.930><c> of</c><00:27:57.509><c> human</c><00:27:57.769><c> weakness.</c>

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That<00:27:58.990><c> is</c><00:27:59.289><c> the</c><00:27:59.630><c> great</c><00:28:00.690><c> benefit</c><00:28:01.230><c> that</c><00:28:02.109><c> we</c><00:28:02.430><c> have</c><00:28:02.849><c> from</c><00:28:03.269><c> the</c><00:28:03.450><c> word</c>

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of<00:28:03.809><c> God.</c>

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It<00:28:05.309><c> teaches</c><00:28:05.630><c> us</c><00:28:06.049><c> the</c><00:28:06.450><c> depth</c><00:28:06.710><c> of</c><00:28:06.950><c> our</c><00:28:07.130><c> weakness</c><00:28:07.630><c> and</c><00:28:08.349><c> our</c><00:28:08.650><c> need</c>

00:28:09.009 --> 00:28:10.390
for<00:28:09.349><c> God.</c>

00:28:10.650 --> 00:28:13.849
And<00:28:10.910><c> as</c><00:28:11.150><c> a</c><00:28:11.369><c> consequence</c><00:28:11.630><c> of</c><00:28:11.849><c> that,</c><00:28:12.390><c> in</c><00:28:12.690><c> our</c><00:28:13.009><c> lives</c><00:28:13.269><c> of</c><00:28:13.589><c> faith,</c>

00:28:14.130 --> 00:28:18.190
we<00:28:14.309><c> struggle</c><00:28:14.670><c> to</c><00:28:14.990><c> understand</c><00:28:15.549><c> God,</c><00:28:16.450><c> to</c><00:28:16.710><c> see</c><00:28:17.009><c> God,</c><00:28:17.750><c> and</c><00:28:17.849><c> to</c><00:28:18.089><c> put</c>

00:28:18.190 --> 00:28:19.410
him<00:28:18.390><c> into</c><00:28:18.650><c> our</c><00:28:18.990><c> lives.</c>

00:28:19.609 --> 00:28:22.009
And<00:28:19.930><c> here</c><00:28:20.109><c> is</c><00:28:20.349><c> the</c><00:28:20.509><c> man</c><00:28:20.670><c> who</c><00:28:20.910><c> considers</c><00:28:21.369><c> the</c><00:28:21.690><c> poor.</c>

00:28:22.289 --> 00:28:24.029
Here<00:28:22.470><c> is</c><00:28:22.690><c> the</c><00:28:23.029><c> selfless</c><00:28:23.569><c> man.</c>

00:28:24.269 --> 00:28:25.609
And<00:28:24.470><c> we</c><00:28:24.690><c> see</c><00:28:25.029><c> that</c><00:28:25.349><c> man.</c>

00:28:25.710 --> 00:28:30.589
How<00:28:26.029><c> can</c><00:28:26.410><c> we</c><00:28:27.430><c> then</c><00:28:27.930><c> turn</c><00:28:28.210><c> around</c><00:28:28.789><c> and</c><00:28:29.369><c> offer</c><00:28:29.670><c> him</c><00:28:29.869><c> up</c><00:28:30.230><c> to</c><00:28:30.410><c> the</c>

00:28:30.589 --> 00:28:31.450
hands<00:28:30.750><c> of</c><00:28:30.910><c> his</c><00:28:31.089><c> enemies?</c>

00:28:31.650 --> 00:28:32.730
You<00:28:31.990><c> can't.</c>

00:28:32.890 --> 00:28:36.990
It<00:28:33.470><c> runs</c><00:28:33.750><c> against</c><00:28:34.250><c> everything</c><00:28:34.809><c> you've</c><00:28:35.269><c> committed</c><00:28:35.569><c> your</c><00:28:35.869><c> life</c><00:28:36.109><c> to.</c>

00:28:37.250 --> 00:28:40.170
And<00:28:37.450><c> sometimes</c><00:28:37.869><c> we</c><00:28:38.089><c> don't</c><00:28:38.450><c> know</c><00:28:39.130><c> that</c><00:28:39.490><c> that's</c><00:28:39.750><c> what</c><00:28:39.890><c> we've</c>

00:28:40.170 --> 00:28:41.089
committed<00:28:40.410><c> our</c><00:28:40.609><c> lives</c><00:28:40.849><c> to.</c>

00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:44.069
We're<00:28:41.490><c> not</c><00:28:41.670><c> even</c><00:28:42.109><c> sure</c><00:28:42.589><c> that</c><00:28:43.009><c> we're</c><00:28:43.230><c> that</c><00:28:43.529><c> committed.</c>

00:28:44.529 --> 00:28:47.529
And<00:28:44.829><c> yet</c><00:28:44.950><c> we</c><00:28:45.210><c> see</c><00:28:45.730><c> the</c><00:28:46.009><c> presence</c><00:28:46.289><c> of</c><00:28:46.589><c> God.</c>

00:28:47.849 --> 00:28:51.849
And<00:28:48.150><c> we</c><00:28:48.410><c> want</c><00:28:48.670><c> the</c><00:28:48.910><c> presence</c><00:28:49.150><c> of</c><00:28:49.410><c> God</c><00:28:49.650><c> in</c><00:28:49.849><c> our</c><00:28:50.069><c> life</c><00:28:50.470><c> so</c><00:28:50.910><c> much</c>

00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:54.730
that<00:28:52.450><c> we</c><00:28:52.710><c> can't</c><00:28:53.710><c> turn</c><00:28:53.950><c> against</c><00:28:54.349><c> it.</c>

00:28:55.029 --> 00:28:59.890
The<00:28:55.390><c> power</c><00:28:55.769><c> of</c><00:28:56.009><c> God</c><00:28:56.250><c> is</c><00:28:56.589><c> more</c><00:28:57.049><c> powerful</c><00:28:57.730><c> than</c><00:28:58.430><c> the</c><00:28:58.690><c> power</c><00:28:58.930><c> of</c><00:28:59.210><c> sin.</c>

00:29:00.069 --> 00:29:02.109
That's<00:29:00.369><c> what</c><00:29:00.529><c> David</c><00:29:00.809><c> is</c><00:29:01.069><c> saying</c><00:29:01.210><c> there</c><00:29:01.470><c> to</c><00:29:01.769><c> you.</c>

00:29:02.490 --> 00:29:06.190
He's<00:29:02.690><c> saying,</c><00:29:02.950><c> yeah,</c><00:29:03.230><c> you</c><00:29:03.670><c> struggle</c><00:29:04.230><c> with</c><00:29:04.990><c> your</c><00:29:05.309><c> flesh.</c>

00:29:06.269 --> 00:29:09.109
And<00:29:06.829><c> sometimes</c><00:29:07.269><c> you</c><00:29:07.529><c> think,</c><00:29:07.750><c> I'm</c><00:29:08.069><c> not</c><00:29:08.329><c> going</c><00:29:08.450><c> to</c><00:29:08.609><c> make</c><00:29:08.750><c> it.</c>

00:29:09.210 --> 00:29:10.710
I'm<00:29:09.569><c> not</c><00:29:09.789><c> going</c><00:29:09.950><c> to</c><00:29:10.089><c> hold</c><00:29:10.329><c> on.</c>

00:29:10.789 --> 00:29:13.690
I<00:29:11.029><c> can</c><00:29:11.309><c> feel</c><00:29:11.650><c> the</c><00:29:12.509><c> world</c><00:29:12.690><c> tugging</c><00:29:13.250><c> at</c><00:29:13.490><c> me.</c>

00:29:13.750 --> 00:29:16.569
And<00:29:14.009><c> when</c><00:29:14.190><c> that</c><00:29:14.490><c> happens,</c><00:29:15.210><c> the</c><00:29:15.329><c> Lord</c><00:29:15.549><c> will</c><00:29:15.789><c> put</c><00:29:16.009><c> something</c><00:29:16.349><c> in</c>

00:29:16.569 --> 00:29:17.470
your<00:29:16.930><c> lives</c>

00:29:17.470 --> 00:29:20.750
that<00:29:17.890><c> will</c><00:29:18.029><c> say,</c><00:29:18.250><c> guess</c><00:29:18.630><c> what,</c><00:29:18.910><c> I'm</c><00:29:19.450><c> still</c><00:29:19.769><c> here.</c>

00:29:21.450 --> 00:29:24.269
You're<00:29:22.049><c> struggling,</c><00:29:22.589><c> but</c><00:29:22.769><c> I'm</c><00:29:23.390><c> still</c><00:29:23.789><c> here.</c>

00:29:24.269 --> 00:29:26.250
And<00:29:24.710><c> I</c><00:29:25.049><c> am</c><00:29:25.329><c> still</c><00:29:25.670><c> for</c><00:29:26.069><c> you.</c>

00:29:26.549 --> 00:29:27.849
I<00:29:26.549><c> will</c><00:29:26.950><c> not</c><00:29:27.269><c> leave</c><00:29:27.529><c> you.</c>

00:29:28.009 --> 00:29:30.109
And<00:29:28.250><c> I</c><00:29:28.490><c> will</c><00:29:28.849><c> not</c><00:29:29.289><c> forsake</c><00:29:29.950><c> you.</c>

00:29:30.430 --> 00:29:31.750
I<00:29:30.430><c> am</c><00:29:30.730><c> still</c><00:29:31.009><c> in</c><00:29:31.170><c> your</c><00:29:31.470><c> life.</c>

00:29:31.809 --> 00:29:34.430
Even<00:29:32.049><c> if</c><00:29:32.289><c> you</c><00:29:32.490><c> don't</c><00:29:32.769><c> think</c><00:29:32.950><c> you</c><00:29:33.130><c> can</c><00:29:33.329><c> see</c><00:29:33.529><c> me,</c><00:29:33.670><c> even</c><00:29:33.890><c> if</c><00:29:34.109><c> you</c>

00:29:34.430 --> 00:29:36.150
think<00:29:34.670><c> you</c><00:29:35.230><c> forsaken</c><00:29:35.710><c> me,</c>

00:29:36.210 --> 00:29:37.849
I<00:29:36.650><c> haven't</c><00:29:36.950><c> forsaken</c><00:29:37.470><c> you.</c>

00:29:37.930 --> 00:29:41.089
And<00:29:38.190><c> I</c><00:29:38.349><c> will</c><00:29:38.529><c> put</c><00:29:38.849><c> trials</c><00:29:39.250><c> in</c><00:29:39.490><c> your</c><00:29:39.710><c> life</c><00:29:40.069><c> when</c><00:29:40.349><c> you</c><00:29:40.549><c> will</c><00:29:40.849><c> feel</c>

00:29:41.089 --> 00:29:42.569
my<00:29:41.470><c> presence</c><00:29:41.849><c> in</c><00:29:42.190><c> others.</c>

00:29:42.789 --> 00:29:45.950
And<00:29:43.089><c> when</c><00:29:43.210><c> you</c><00:29:43.529><c> feel</c><00:29:43.769><c> my</c><00:29:44.109><c> presence</c><00:29:44.369><c> in</c><00:29:44.609><c> others,</c><00:29:44.990><c> you</c><00:29:45.349><c> will</c><00:29:45.690><c> not</c>

00:29:45.950 --> 00:29:46.930
turn<00:29:46.170><c> against</c><00:29:46.509><c> me</c>

00:29:46.930 --> 00:29:49.430
because<00:29:47.329><c> yours</c><00:29:47.750><c> is</c><00:29:48.049><c> a</c><00:29:48.150><c> life</c><00:29:48.269><c> of</c><00:29:48.589><c> faith.</c>

00:29:50.009 --> 00:29:52.670
Think<00:29:50.589><c> of</c><00:29:50.769><c> the</c><00:29:50.950><c> struggles</c><00:29:51.329><c> of</c><00:29:51.690><c> David.</c>

00:29:53.190 --> 00:29:55.109
Think<00:29:53.390><c> of</c><00:29:53.529><c> the</c><00:29:53.789><c> mistakes</c><00:29:54.230><c> that</c><00:29:54.529><c> he</c><00:29:54.730><c> made.</c>

00:29:55.190 --> 00:29:58.529
They<00:29:55.410><c> were</c><00:29:55.650><c> so</c><00:29:55.990><c> easy</c><00:29:56.289><c> to</c><00:29:56.609><c> bring</c><00:29:56.769><c> out</c><00:29:56.990><c> and</c><00:29:57.130><c> say,</c><00:29:57.509><c> look</c><00:29:57.630><c> what</c><00:29:57.789><c> he</c><00:29:58.069><c> did.</c>

00:29:58.710 --> 00:30:01.869
Yet<00:29:58.910><c> he</c><00:29:59.309><c> never</c><00:30:00.230><c> forsook</c><00:30:00.849><c> the</c><00:30:01.049><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:02.190 --> 00:30:05.150
And<00:30:02.509><c> it</c><00:30:02.690><c> wasn't</c><00:30:02.910><c> because</c><00:30:03.430><c> he</c><00:30:03.730><c> was</c><00:30:04.029><c> such</c><00:30:04.230><c> a</c><00:30:04.549><c> great</c><00:30:04.750><c> man.</c>

00:30:05.309 --> 00:30:08.349
It<00:30:05.450><c> was</c><00:30:05.670><c> because</c><00:30:05.990><c> the</c><00:30:06.329><c> Lord</c><00:30:06.730><c> blessed</c><00:30:07.410><c> him.</c>

00:30:08.930 --> 00:30:12.089
It<00:30:09.150><c> was</c><00:30:09.349><c> because</c><00:30:09.650><c> the</c><00:30:09.950><c> Lord</c><00:30:10.210><c> had</c><00:30:10.609><c> chosen</c><00:30:10.990><c> him</c><00:30:11.269><c> to</c><00:30:11.430><c> be</c><00:30:11.650><c> a</c><00:30:11.849><c> part</c>

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of<00:30:12.470><c> his</c><00:30:12.750><c> kingdom</c>

00:30:13.150 --> 00:30:16.509
so<00:30:13.549><c> that</c><00:30:13.789><c> the</c><00:30:14.069><c> world</c><00:30:14.309><c> could</c><00:30:14.609><c> see</c><00:30:14.970><c> that</c><00:30:15.509><c> the</c><00:30:15.789><c> weakness</c><00:30:16.069><c> of</c><00:30:16.349><c> men</c>

00:30:16.509 --> 00:30:18.009
is<00:30:16.890><c> not</c><00:30:17.309><c> strong</c><00:30:17.670><c> enough</c>

00:30:18.009 --> 00:30:20.210
to<00:30:18.430><c> overtake</c><00:30:19.250><c> the</c><00:30:19.450><c> will</c><00:30:19.589><c> of</c><00:30:19.829><c> God.</c>

00:30:20.529 --> 00:30:24.089
We<00:30:20.750><c> oftentimes</c><00:30:21.289><c> in</c><00:30:21.569><c> our</c><00:30:21.829><c> life</c><00:30:22.109><c> think</c><00:30:22.650><c> that</c><00:30:22.930><c> we</c><00:30:23.230><c> were</c><00:30:23.529><c> just</c><00:30:23.829><c> not</c>

00:30:24.089 --> 00:30:25.190
going<00:30:24.230><c> to</c><00:30:24.369><c> make</c><00:30:24.509><c> it.</c>

00:30:25.490 --> 00:30:26.470
You<00:30:25.730><c> can</c><00:30:25.970><c> make</c><00:30:26.190><c> it.</c>

00:30:26.470 --> 00:30:29.309
You<00:30:26.750><c> will</c><00:30:27.009><c> make</c><00:30:27.309><c> it</c><00:30:27.809><c> if</c><00:30:27.970><c> you</c><00:30:28.150><c> put</c><00:30:28.309><c> your</c><00:30:28.549><c> faith</c><00:30:28.730><c> in</c><00:30:28.910><c> the</c><00:30:29.089><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:29.549 --> 00:30:32.329
If<00:30:29.710><c> you</c><00:30:29.970><c> are</c><00:30:30.170><c> the</c><00:30:30.349><c> man</c><00:30:30.529><c> that</c><00:30:30.730><c> can</c><00:30:31.109><c> see</c><00:30:31.390><c> God's</c><00:30:32.049><c> presence,</c>

00:30:32.690 --> 00:30:35.650
that<00:30:32.970><c> searches</c><00:30:33.329><c> for</c><00:30:33.589><c> God's</c><00:30:34.089><c> presence,</c><00:30:34.369><c> or</c><00:30:34.609><c> the</c><00:30:34.750><c> woman,</c><00:30:35.069><c> obviously,</c>

00:30:36.089 --> 00:30:39.809
that<00:30:36.289><c> searches</c><00:30:36.569><c> for</c><00:30:36.829><c> God's</c><00:30:37.250><c> presence</c><00:30:37.490><c> in</c><00:30:37.690><c> your</c><00:30:37.950><c> life,</c><00:30:38.390><c> it</c><00:30:38.690><c> will</c><00:30:38.950><c> be</c><00:30:39.230><c> there.</c>

00:30:40.109 --> 00:30:42.410
Because<00:30:40.490><c> you</c><00:30:40.650><c> know</c><00:30:40.849><c> how</c><00:30:41.150><c> to</c><00:30:41.329><c> search</c><00:30:41.529><c> for</c><00:30:41.730><c> God's</c><00:30:42.170><c> presence.</c>

00:30:42.609 --> 00:30:44.589
You<00:30:42.809><c> know</c><00:30:43.009><c> where</c><00:30:43.210><c> to</c><00:30:43.490><c> find</c><00:30:43.769><c> God's</c><00:30:44.289><c> presence.</c>

00:30:44.910 --> 00:30:47.809
You<00:30:45.150><c> are</c><00:30:45.349><c> the</c><00:30:45.509><c> people</c><00:30:45.690><c> that</c><00:30:46.089><c> know</c><00:30:46.630><c> the</c><00:30:47.029><c> Word</c><00:30:47.210><c> of</c><00:30:47.450><c> God.</c>

00:30:47.809 --> 00:30:50.269
You<00:30:48.130><c> are</c><00:30:48.269><c> the</c><00:30:48.390><c> people</c><00:30:48.589><c> that</c><00:30:48.950><c> study</c><00:30:49.269><c> the</c><00:30:49.509><c> Word</c><00:30:49.690><c> of</c><00:30:49.829><c> God.</c>

00:30:50.549 --> 00:30:53.190
You<00:30:50.650><c> are</c><00:30:50.750><c> the</c><00:30:50.849><c> people</c><00:30:51.009><c> that</c><00:30:51.269><c> try</c><00:30:51.369><c> to</c><00:30:51.630><c> put</c><00:30:51.769><c> the</c><00:30:52.029><c> Word</c><00:30:52.230><c> of</c><00:30:52.390><c> God</c><00:30:52.789><c> in</c>

00:30:53.190 --> 00:30:53.910
your<00:30:53.609><c> hearts.</c>

00:30:53.990 --> 00:30:56.250
And<00:30:54.109><c> when</c><00:30:54.210><c> you</c><00:30:54.390><c> try</c><00:30:54.549><c> to</c><00:30:54.690><c> put</c><00:30:54.789><c> the</c><00:30:55.029><c> Word</c><00:30:55.190><c> of</c><00:30:55.309><c> God</c><00:30:55.509><c> in</c><00:30:55.630><c> your</c><00:30:55.890><c> hearts,</c>

00:30:56.650 --> 00:31:01.250
the<00:30:56.750><c> Word</c><00:30:56.970><c> of</c><00:30:57.069><c> God</c><00:30:57.450><c> flourishes</c><00:30:58.210><c> in</c><00:30:58.690><c> your</c><00:30:58.970><c> hearts</c><00:30:59.150><c> and</c><00:30:59.309><c> you</c><00:30:59.589><c> can't</c><00:31:00.569><c> deny</c><00:31:00.970><c> it.</c>

00:31:01.450 --> 00:31:03.089
You<00:31:01.809><c> can't</c><00:31:02.710><c> shake</c><00:31:02.970><c> it.</c>

00:31:03.130 --> 00:31:06.589
We<00:31:03.230><c> were</c><00:31:03.369><c> talking</c><00:31:03.670><c> this</c><00:31:03.829><c> weekend</c><00:31:04.170><c> about</c><00:31:04.430><c> people</c><00:31:04.930><c> who</c><00:31:05.309><c> go</c><00:31:05.609><c> away</c>

00:31:07.210 --> 00:31:10.289
and<00:31:07.730><c> they</c><00:31:08.069><c> go</c><00:31:08.269><c> away</c><00:31:08.450><c> for</c><00:31:08.849><c> long</c><00:31:09.190><c> periods</c><00:31:09.509><c> of</c><00:31:09.809><c> time</c>

00:31:10.289 --> 00:31:12.910
and<00:31:10.630><c> then</c><00:31:10.869><c> something</c><00:31:11.170><c> just</c><00:31:11.529><c> keeps</c><00:31:11.789><c> bringing</c><00:31:12.130><c> them</c><00:31:12.450><c> back.</c>

00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:15.630
Against<00:31:13.589><c> all</c><00:31:14.029><c> their</c><00:31:14.309><c> pride,</c><00:31:14.869><c> against</c><00:31:15.150><c> everything,</c><00:31:15.609><c> they</c>

00:31:15.630 --> 00:31:17.329
just<00:31:16.049><c> somehow</c><00:31:16.369><c> they</c><00:31:16.549><c> just</c><00:31:16.849><c> come</c><00:31:17.069><c> back.</c>

00:31:17.329 --> 00:31:19.589
Because<00:31:17.750><c> the</c><00:31:17.930><c> Word</c><00:31:18.210><c> of</c><00:31:18.329><c> God</c><00:31:18.589><c> got</c><00:31:18.809><c> in</c><00:31:18.910><c> their</c><00:31:19.170><c> hearts.</c>

00:31:20.029 --> 00:31:22.369
Whether<00:31:20.210><c> it</c><00:31:20.369><c> was</c><00:31:20.509><c> as</c><00:31:20.730><c> a</c><00:31:20.869><c> child</c><00:31:21.329><c> or</c><00:31:21.710><c> whether</c><00:31:21.930><c> it</c><00:31:22.029><c> was</c><00:31:22.109><c> when</c><00:31:22.230><c> they</c>

00:31:22.369 --> 00:31:23.470
were<00:31:22.509><c> first</c><00:31:22.789><c> baptized,</c>

00:31:23.789 --> 00:31:25.289
it<00:31:24.170><c> never</c><00:31:24.529><c> let</c><00:31:24.829><c> go.</c>

00:31:25.650 --> 00:31:28.230
Even<00:31:25.829><c> though</c><00:31:26.009><c> they</c><00:31:26.170><c> went</c><00:31:26.529><c> miles</c><00:31:27.029><c> and</c><00:31:27.190><c> miles</c><00:31:27.569><c> away</c><00:31:27.869><c> from</c><00:31:28.049><c> the</c>

00:31:28.230 --> 00:31:30.369
Lord,<00:31:28.509><c> it</c><00:31:28.829><c> never</c><00:31:29.390><c> let</c><00:31:29.630><c> go.</c>

00:31:30.670 --> 00:31:32.670
Until<00:31:30.910><c> all</c><00:31:31.109><c> of</c><00:31:31.269><c> a</c><00:31:31.289><c> sudden</c><00:31:31.410><c> they're</c><00:31:31.630><c> walking</c><00:31:31.910><c> in</c><00:31:32.190><c> one</c><00:31:32.390><c> Sunday</c>

00:31:32.670 --> 00:31:35.690
or<00:31:32.869><c> they</c><00:31:33.029><c> go</c><00:31:33.170><c> into</c><00:31:33.470><c> the</c><00:31:33.710><c> seminars</c><00:31:34.289><c> or</c><00:31:34.710><c> they're</c><00:31:34.890><c> talking</c><00:31:35.130><c> to</c><00:31:35.309><c> somebody</c><00:31:35.549><c> on</c>

00:31:35.690 --> 00:31:36.269
the<00:31:35.930><c> phone</c>

00:31:36.269 --> 00:31:38.430
or<00:31:36.589><c> they</c><00:31:36.769><c> start</c><00:31:36.990><c> visiting</c><00:31:37.369><c> the</c><00:31:37.569><c> midweek</c><00:31:37.930><c> classes.</c>

00:31:38.829 --> 00:31:42.109
And<00:31:38.950><c> just</c><00:31:39.349><c> it's</c><00:31:39.769><c> just</c><00:31:40.509><c> always</c><00:31:41.130><c> there.</c>

00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:44.990
And<00:31:42.769><c> we</c><00:31:43.029><c> pray</c><00:31:43.250><c> for</c><00:31:43.430><c> those</c><00:31:43.630><c> people</c><00:31:43.869><c> all</c><00:31:44.089><c> the</c><00:31:44.289><c> time,</c><00:31:44.529><c> don't</c><00:31:44.750><c> we?</c>

00:31:44.990 --> 00:31:48.609
Lord<00:31:45.950><c> God,</c><00:31:46.430><c> bless</c><00:31:46.829><c> those</c><00:31:47.269><c> who</c><00:31:47.630><c> have</c><00:31:47.849><c> gone</c><00:31:48.029><c> away</c><00:31:48.309><c> that</c><00:31:48.450><c> you</c>

00:31:48.609 --> 00:31:50.269
will<00:31:48.829><c> bring</c><00:31:48.990><c> them</c><00:31:49.230><c> back.</c>

00:31:50.509 --> 00:31:52.890
If<00:31:50.670><c> the</c><00:31:50.849><c> Lord</c><00:31:51.089><c> has</c><00:31:51.490><c> reached</c><00:31:51.710><c> into</c><00:31:51.930><c> their</c><00:31:52.210><c> hearts,</c><00:31:52.509><c> they</c><00:31:52.670><c> will</c>

00:31:52.890 --> 00:31:54.150
come<00:31:53.150><c> back.</c>

00:31:54.809 --> 00:31:57.490
And<00:31:55.190><c> one</c><00:31:55.470><c> way</c><00:31:55.690><c> or</c><00:31:55.809><c> another,</c><00:31:56.029><c> they</c><00:31:56.210><c> will</c><00:31:56.549><c> find</c><00:31:57.109><c> faith</c>

00:31:57.490 --> 00:32:01.009
because<00:31:57.950><c> the</c><00:31:58.309><c> love</c><00:31:58.410><c> of</c><00:31:58.569><c> God</c><00:31:58.769><c> is</c><00:31:59.170><c> stronger</c><00:31:59.690><c> than</c><00:32:00.690><c> sin.</c>

00:32:01.210 --> 00:32:06.009
It's<00:32:01.569><c> greater</c><00:32:02.049><c> than</c><00:32:02.910><c> the</c><00:32:03.630><c> greatest</c><00:32:04.009><c> strength</c><00:32:04.349><c> of</c><00:32:04.730><c> your</c><00:32:05.049><c> weakness.</c>

00:32:06.170 --> 00:32:09.230
And<00:32:06.369><c> David</c><00:32:06.509><c> is</c><00:32:06.750><c> saying,</c><00:32:07.509><c> you</c><00:32:07.589><c> won't</c><00:32:07.910><c> deliver</c><00:32:08.309><c> him</c><00:32:08.829><c> into</c><00:32:09.130><c> the</c>

00:32:09.230 --> 00:32:10.369
hands<00:32:09.410><c> of</c><00:32:09.849><c> his</c><00:32:10.069><c> enemies.</c>

00:32:10.589 --> 00:32:13.509
And<00:32:10.829><c> he</c><00:32:10.970><c> goes</c><00:32:11.150><c> on</c><00:32:11.470><c> through</c><00:32:11.609><c> to</c><00:32:11.829><c> talk</c><00:32:12.190><c> about</c><00:32:12.410><c> all</c><00:32:12.710><c> the</c><00:32:12.890><c> different</c><00:32:13.089><c> ways</c>

00:32:13.509 --> 00:32:16.549
in<00:32:13.970><c> which</c><00:32:14.150><c> they</c><00:32:14.490><c> speak</c><00:32:14.730><c> against</c><00:32:15.069><c> him</c><00:32:15.250><c> and</c><00:32:15.430><c> say</c><00:32:15.650><c> things</c><00:32:16.029><c> against</c><00:32:16.369><c> him.</c>

00:32:16.809 --> 00:32:21.009
And<00:32:16.910><c> yet</c><00:32:17.029><c> he</c><00:32:17.190><c> says,</c><00:32:18.829><c> but</c><00:32:18.910><c> thou,</c><00:32:19.369><c> O</c><00:32:19.490><c> Lord,</c><00:32:19.869><c> be</c><00:32:20.089><c> merciful</c><00:32:20.549><c> on</c><00:32:20.829><c> to</c>

00:32:21.009 --> 00:32:22.170
me<00:32:21.150><c> in</c><00:32:21.289><c> verse</c><00:32:21.609><c> 10</c>

00:32:22.170 --> 00:32:25.210
and<00:32:22.869><c> raise</c><00:32:23.190><c> me</c><00:32:23.430><c> up</c><00:32:23.609><c> that</c><00:32:23.730><c> I</c><00:32:24.009><c> might</c><00:32:24.309><c> requite</c><00:32:24.890><c> them,</c>

00:32:25.410 --> 00:32:29.029
that<00:32:25.569><c> I</c><00:32:25.869><c> might</c><00:32:26.109><c> be</c><00:32:26.369><c> the</c><00:32:26.589><c> one</c><00:32:26.990><c> who</c><00:32:27.450><c> stands</c><00:32:27.769><c> as</c><00:32:28.130><c> the</c><00:32:28.369><c> weak</c><00:32:28.549><c> person</c>

00:32:29.029 --> 00:32:32.390
that<00:32:29.410><c> they</c><00:32:29.789><c> have</c><00:32:30.089><c> to</c><00:32:31.130><c> decide</c><00:32:31.589><c> whether</c><00:32:31.890><c> they're</c><00:32:32.130><c> going</c><00:32:32.210><c> to</c>

00:32:32.390 --> 00:32:33.829
turn<00:32:32.509><c> into</c><00:32:32.730><c> their</c><00:32:32.970><c> enemies.</c>

00:32:34.069 --> 00:32:35.630
Let<00:32:34.250><c> me</c><00:32:34.549><c> be</c><00:32:34.990><c> the</c><00:32:35.430><c> poor.</c>

00:32:35.710 --> 00:32:38.710
In<00:32:35.869><c> fact,</c><00:32:36.029><c> that's</c><00:32:36.210><c> what</c><00:32:36.369><c> David</c><00:32:36.609><c> is</c><00:32:36.890><c> saying</c><00:32:37.049><c> in</c><00:32:37.430><c> this</c><00:32:37.750><c> song.</c>

00:32:39.170 --> 00:32:42.430
He's<00:32:39.650><c> saying,</c><00:32:39.809><c> if</c><00:32:39.930><c> you</c><00:32:40.130><c> are</c><00:32:40.250><c> somebody</c><00:32:40.470><c> who</c><00:32:40.730><c> considers</c><00:32:41.150><c> the</c><00:32:41.470><c> poor,</c>

00:32:42.809 --> 00:32:45.809
then<00:32:43.130><c> you</c><00:32:43.329><c> understand</c><00:32:43.950><c> that</c><00:32:44.250><c> you</c><00:32:44.430><c> are</c><00:32:44.690><c> the</c><00:32:44.950><c> poor,</c>

00:32:46.470 --> 00:32:50.809
that<00:32:46.670><c> in</c><00:32:46.869><c> fact</c><00:32:47.069><c> you</c><00:32:47.329><c> are</c><00:32:47.650><c> helpless</c><00:32:48.109><c> and</c><00:32:49.029><c> that</c><00:32:49.250><c> you</c><00:32:49.470><c> need</c><00:32:49.809><c> God.</c>

00:32:51.190 --> 00:32:54.769
And<00:32:51.509><c> the</c><00:32:51.670><c> thing</c><00:32:51.809><c> about</c><00:32:52.130><c> that</c><00:32:52.509><c> kind</c><00:32:52.730><c> of</c><00:32:52.990><c> poverty</c><00:32:53.269><c> is</c><00:32:53.769><c> you</c><00:32:54.230><c> know</c>

00:32:54.769 --> 00:32:57.089
you<00:32:55.349><c> can't</c><00:32:55.630><c> do</c><00:32:55.829><c> it</c><00:32:55.970><c> yourself.</c>

00:32:57.329 --> 00:32:59.789
You<00:32:57.769><c> know</c><00:32:58.230><c> that</c><00:32:58.630><c> you</c><00:32:58.849><c> need</c><00:32:59.369><c> help.</c>

00:33:00.130 --> 00:33:03.910
And<00:33:00.490><c> if</c><00:33:00.650><c> you</c><00:33:00.809><c> are</c><00:33:00.950><c> somebody</c><00:33:01.369><c> that</c><00:33:01.930><c> thinks</c><00:33:02.130><c> upon</c><00:33:02.609><c> the</c><00:33:03.009><c> poor</c>

00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:07.529
and<00:33:04.849><c> considers</c><00:33:05.349><c> their</c><00:33:05.670><c> situation</c><00:33:06.309><c> wisely,</c>

00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:11.250
then<00:33:08.150><c> you</c><00:33:08.430><c> recognize</c><00:33:09.049><c> in</c><00:33:09.230><c> the</c><00:33:09.369><c> eyes</c><00:33:09.490><c> of</c><00:33:09.750><c> God</c><00:33:10.269><c> that</c><00:33:10.849><c> you</c><00:33:11.029><c> are</c>

00:33:11.250 --> 00:33:12.329
that<00:33:11.430><c> person.</c>

00:33:12.710 --> 00:33:17.650
That<00:33:13.390><c> without</c><00:33:13.730><c> God</c><00:33:14.069><c> in</c><00:33:14.250><c> your</c><00:33:14.470><c> life,</c><00:33:15.789><c> you</c><00:33:16.009><c> would</c><00:33:16.190><c> just</c><00:33:16.390><c> drift</c><00:33:16.589><c> away.</c>

00:33:19.009 --> 00:33:22.769
If<00:33:19.329><c> you</c><00:33:19.630><c> are</c><00:33:19.930><c> one</c><00:33:20.170><c> who</c><00:33:20.450><c> considers</c><00:33:21.109><c> the</c><00:33:21.910><c> poor,</c>

00:33:23.130 --> 00:33:26.130
David<00:33:23.430><c> was</c><00:33:23.650><c> one</c><00:33:23.849><c> who</c><00:33:24.130><c> considered</c><00:33:24.750><c> the</c><00:33:25.750><c> poor.</c>

00:33:26.549 --> 00:33:29.130
And<00:33:26.809><c> we</c><00:33:26.950><c> know</c><00:33:27.109><c> the</c><00:33:27.369><c> story</c><00:33:27.630><c> of</c><00:33:28.029><c> Absalom</c><00:33:28.549><c> and</c><00:33:28.730><c> David,</c>

00:33:29.589 --> 00:33:33.170
that<00:33:29.769><c> Absalom</c><00:33:30.269><c> was</c><00:33:30.589><c> killed</c><00:33:31.009><c> and</c><00:33:31.829><c> that</c><00:33:32.049><c> David</c><00:33:32.210><c> was</c><00:33:32.589><c> reinstated</c>

00:33:33.170 --> 00:33:35.009
into<00:33:33.670><c> his</c><00:33:34.029><c> kingdom.</c>

00:33:36.349 --> 00:33:41.490
He<00:33:36.529><c> says,</c><00:33:36.869><c> and</c><00:33:36.990><c> as</c><00:33:37.390><c> for</c><00:33:37.609><c> me,</c><00:33:38.950><c> thou</c><00:33:39.109><c> upholdest</c><00:33:39.730><c> me</c><00:33:40.069><c> in</c><00:33:40.349><c> mine</c><00:33:40.710><c> integrity.</c>

00:33:41.930 --> 00:33:46.210
And<00:33:42.509><c> settest</c><00:33:42.950><c> me</c><00:33:43.150><c> before</c><00:33:43.509><c> thy</c><00:33:43.789><c> face</c><00:33:44.390><c> forever.</c>

00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:50.470
Blessed<00:33:46.869><c> be</c><00:33:47.109><c> the</c><00:33:47.269><c> Lord</c><00:33:47.529><c> God</c><00:33:47.750><c> of</c><00:33:47.849><c> Israel</c><00:33:48.230><c> from</c><00:33:48.529><c> everlasting</c><00:33:49.049><c> to</c><00:33:49.369><c> everlasting.</c>

00:33:51.250 --> 00:33:53.430
Amen<00:33:51.829><c> and</c><00:33:52.410><c> amen.</c>

00:33:54.009 --> 00:33:56.210
David<00:33:54.109><c> had</c><00:33:54.349><c> great</c><00:33:55.069><c> struggles.</c>

00:33:57.109 --> 00:34:01.670
In<00:33:57.250><c> his</c><00:33:57.529><c> kindness,</c><00:33:58.309><c> he</c><00:33:58.490><c> opens</c><00:33:58.750><c> up</c><00:33:59.410><c> the</c><00:33:59.730><c> depth</c><00:34:00.009><c> of</c><00:34:00.230><c> his</c><00:34:00.369><c> weakness</c><00:34:00.690><c> so</c><00:34:01.130><c> often</c><00:34:01.430><c> in</c>

00:34:01.670 --> 00:34:02.680
his<00:34:01.890><c> Psalms.</c>

00:34:02.950 --> 00:34:05.829
And<00:34:03.170><c> he</c><00:34:03.329><c> says,</c><00:34:03.589><c> I</c><00:34:03.589><c> was</c><00:34:03.789><c> a</c><00:34:03.970><c> man</c><00:34:04.109><c> that</c><00:34:04.369><c> struggled</c><00:34:04.670><c> with</c><00:34:04.990><c> faith.</c>

00:34:06.009 --> 00:34:08.829
I<00:34:06.170><c> was</c><00:34:06.410><c> a</c><00:34:06.490><c> man</c><00:34:06.589><c> that</c><00:34:06.789><c> could</c><00:34:06.869><c> have</c><00:34:07.089><c> easily</c><00:34:07.849><c> fallen</c><00:34:08.329><c> away.</c>

00:34:08.829 --> 00:34:13.070
When<00:34:09.469><c> Nathan</c><00:34:09.849><c> came</c><00:34:10.110><c> to</c><00:34:10.329><c> David</c><00:34:10.690><c> and</c><00:34:11.090><c> said,</c><00:34:11.449><c> you</c><00:34:11.449><c> are</c><00:34:11.730><c> that</c><00:34:11.969><c> man,</c>

00:34:13.150 --> 00:34:17.130
David<00:34:13.429><c> easily</c><00:34:14.070><c> could</c><00:34:14.289><c> have</c><00:34:14.429><c> said,</c><00:34:15.389><c> I'm</c><00:34:15.570><c> the</c><00:34:15.789><c> king,</c><00:34:16.030><c> get</c><00:34:16.110><c> up.</c>

00:34:17.329 --> 00:34:18.929
I<00:34:17.530><c> don't</c><00:34:17.690><c> need</c><00:34:17.809><c> you</c><00:34:17.989><c> here.</c>

00:34:19.230 --> 00:34:22.449
David<00:34:19.510><c> said,</c><00:34:20.929><c> I</c><00:34:21.130><c> am</c><00:34:21.349><c> that</c><00:34:21.530><c> man.</c>

00:34:22.929 --> 00:34:26.630
And<00:34:23.050><c> in</c><00:34:23.230><c> that</c><00:34:23.670><c> 51st</c><00:34:24.230><c> Psalm,</c><00:34:24.570><c> he</c><00:34:24.710><c> says,</c><00:34:25.170><c> Lord,</c><00:34:25.829><c> I</c><00:34:26.030><c> have</c><00:34:26.269><c> sinned</c>

00:34:26.630 --> 00:34:28.030
against<00:34:27.030><c> thee.</c>

00:34:28.170 --> 00:34:30.889
And<00:34:28.309><c> that's</c><00:34:28.510><c> really</c><00:34:28.750><c> where</c><00:34:28.889><c> the</c><00:34:29.050><c> depth</c><00:34:29.250><c> of</c><00:34:29.469><c> our</c><00:34:29.690><c> sin</c><00:34:29.849><c> lies.</c>

00:34:31.070 --> 00:34:33.269
It<00:34:31.250><c> lies</c><00:34:31.429><c> in</c><00:34:31.590><c> our</c><00:34:31.869><c> transgression</c><00:34:32.369><c> against</c><00:34:32.710><c> the</c><00:34:32.969><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:34:33.730><c> many</c><00:34:33.869><c> other</c><00:34:34.110><c> people</c><00:34:34.329><c> are</c><00:34:34.630><c> hurt,</c>

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but<00:34:35.849><c> it's</c><00:34:36.090><c> really</c><00:34:36.429><c> our</c><00:34:36.710><c> relationship</c><00:34:37.250><c> with</c><00:34:37.510><c> God</c><00:34:38.070><c> for</c><00:34:38.489><c> the</c><00:34:38.670><c> person</c><00:34:38.909><c> of</c>

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faith<00:34:39.510><c> that</c><00:34:40.110><c> makes</c><00:34:40.369><c> sin</c><00:34:40.650><c> so</c><00:34:40.969><c> painful</c>

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because<00:34:42.449><c> we</c><00:34:42.650><c> are</c><00:34:42.969><c> offered</c><00:34:43.230><c> so</c><00:34:43.989><c> much</c><00:34:44.429><c> by</c><00:34:45.050><c> the</c><00:34:45.230><c> Lord</c><00:34:45.449><c> God.</c>

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We<00:34:46.769><c> have</c><00:34:47.090><c> examples</c><00:34:47.469><c> of</c><00:34:47.650><c> his</c><00:34:47.869><c> mercy</c><00:34:48.610><c> every</c><00:34:49.289><c> day</c><00:34:49.489><c> in</c><00:34:49.690><c> our</c><00:34:49.889><c> lives,</c>

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both<00:34:51.070><c> in</c><00:34:51.250><c> how</c><00:34:51.630><c> he</c><00:34:51.969><c> blesses</c><00:34:52.389><c> us</c><00:34:52.789><c> despite</c><00:34:53.210><c> our</c><00:34:53.590><c> sins</c><00:34:53.969><c> and</c><00:34:54.590><c> how</c><00:34:54.789><c> he</c>

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considers<00:34:55.670><c> the</c><00:34:56.409><c> poor</c>

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and<00:34:57.449><c> how</c><00:34:57.630><c> he</c><00:34:57.829><c> takes</c><00:34:58.050><c> the</c><00:34:58.469><c> weakest</c><00:34:58.789><c> things</c><00:34:59.269><c> of</c><00:34:59.750><c> the</c><00:34:59.969><c> world</c><00:35:00.389><c> to</c>

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confound<00:35:01.389><c> the</c><00:35:01.690><c> strong</c>

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and<00:35:02.469><c> how</c><00:35:02.730><c> his</c><00:35:03.349><c> strength</c><00:35:03.889><c> is</c><00:35:04.150><c> made</c><00:35:04.389><c> perfect</c><00:35:04.869><c> in</c><00:35:05.449><c> our</c><00:35:05.789><c> weakness.</c>

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What<00:35:06.590><c> a</c><00:35:06.909><c> great</c><00:35:07.110><c> opportunity</c><00:35:07.809><c> we</c><00:35:08.269><c> have</c><00:35:08.789><c> to</c><00:35:09.389><c> put</c><00:35:09.650><c> our</c><00:35:09.889><c> lives</c><00:35:10.269><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:10.670><c> hand</c><00:35:10.849><c> of</c><00:35:11.030><c> God</c>

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because<00:35:12.010><c> we</c><00:35:12.269><c> understand</c><00:35:13.070><c> the</c><00:35:13.610><c> salvation</c><00:35:14.090><c> that</c><00:35:14.269><c> comes</c><00:35:14.489><c> through</c><00:35:14.710><c> Jesus</c><00:35:15.050><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:35:15.909><c> understand</c><00:35:16.710><c> why</c><00:35:17.210><c> he</c><00:35:17.469><c> bore</c><00:35:17.730><c> our</c><00:35:18.130><c> sins</c><00:35:18.489><c> in</c><00:35:18.969><c> that</c><00:35:19.210><c> body</c><00:35:19.610><c> on</c>

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the<00:35:20.409><c> tree.</c>

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We<00:35:21.269><c> understand</c><00:35:21.909><c> what</c><00:35:22.150><c> it</c><00:35:22.429><c> means</c><00:35:22.889><c> that</c><00:35:23.510><c> a</c><00:35:23.849><c> perfect</c><00:35:24.329><c> man</c><00:35:24.849><c> lived</c>

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on<00:35:25.510><c> this</c><00:35:25.710><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:35:26.510><c> understand</c><00:35:27.010><c> what</c><00:35:27.170><c> it</c><00:35:27.369><c> means</c><00:35:27.710><c> that</c><00:35:28.150><c> he</c><00:35:28.429><c> learned</c><00:35:28.670><c> obedience</c>

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by<00:35:29.590><c> the</c><00:35:29.829><c> things</c><00:35:30.070><c> that</c><00:35:30.289><c> he</c><00:35:30.530><c> suffered</c>

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and<00:35:31.409><c> being</c><00:35:31.769><c> made</c><00:35:32.190><c> perfect</c><00:35:32.670><c> is</c><00:35:33.130><c> the</c><00:35:33.289><c> author</c><00:35:33.550><c> of</c><00:35:33.750><c> eternal</c><00:35:34.070><c> salvation.</c>

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We<00:35:34.849><c> know</c><00:35:35.110><c> what</c><00:35:35.250><c> those</c><00:35:35.550><c> words</c><00:35:36.210><c> are</c><00:35:36.369><c> in</c><00:35:36.570><c> our</c><00:35:36.909><c> hearts</c><00:35:37.210><c> because</c><00:35:37.530><c> they're</c><00:35:37.789><c> part</c><00:35:38.010><c> of</c>

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our<00:35:38.489><c> faith.</c>

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They're<00:35:39.269><c> part</c><00:35:39.489><c> of</c><00:35:39.690><c> our</c><00:35:39.889><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:35:40.849><c> if</c><00:35:40.989><c> we</c><00:35:41.170><c> believe</c><00:35:41.489><c> it</c><00:35:41.869><c> and</c><00:35:42.110><c> if</c><00:35:42.230><c> we</c><00:35:42.449><c> trust</c><00:35:42.690><c> in</c><00:35:42.849><c> it,</c><00:35:43.329><c> the</c><00:35:43.510><c> Lord</c>

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will<00:35:43.969><c> always</c><00:35:44.309><c> be</c><00:35:44.530><c> with</c><00:35:44.769><c> us.</c>

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And<00:35:45.469><c> even</c><00:35:45.730><c> if</c><00:35:45.929><c> we</c><00:35:46.250><c> don't,</c><00:35:47.389><c> you</c><00:35:47.610><c> now</c><00:35:47.909><c> have</c><00:35:48.070><c> it</c><00:35:48.230><c> in</c><00:35:48.329><c> your</c><00:35:48.630><c> hearts.</c>

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It's<00:35:49.670><c> now</c><00:35:49.809><c> a</c><00:35:50.030><c> part</c><00:35:50.170><c> of</c><00:35:50.289><c> who</c><00:35:50.469><c> you</c><00:35:50.750><c> are</c><00:35:51.130><c> and</c><00:35:51.590><c> the</c><00:35:51.809><c> Lord</c><00:35:51.969><c> will</c><00:35:52.190><c> bring</c><00:35:52.349><c> you</c><00:35:52.610><c> back.</c>

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Never<00:35:54.409><c> leave</c><00:35:54.889><c> him,</c><00:35:55.809><c> but</c><00:35:56.130><c> understand</c><00:35:56.769><c> that</c><00:35:57.010><c> he</c><00:35:57.190><c> will</c><00:35:57.429><c> never</c>

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leave<00:35:58.309><c> you</c><00:35:59.110><c> nor</c><00:35:59.469><c> forsake</c><00:35:59.989><c> you.</c>

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Allow<00:36:01.269><c> the</c><00:36:01.469><c> Lord</c><00:36:01.710><c> God</c><00:36:01.949><c> in</c><00:36:02.110><c> your</c><00:36:02.369><c> hearts</c><00:36:02.909><c> and</c><00:36:03.590><c> he</c><00:36:03.710><c> will</c><00:36:03.889><c> reign</c>

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there<00:36:04.309><c> forever.</c>