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And<00:11:09.240><c> the</c><00:11:09.399><c> Lord</c><00:11:09.580><c> came</c><00:11:09.879><c> down</c><00:11:10.159><c> to</c><00:11:10.320><c> see</c><00:11:10.480><c> the</c><00:11:10.740><c> city</c><00:11:10.899><c> and</c><00:11:11.080><c> the</c><00:11:11.299><c> tower</c>

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Now<00:11:24.299><c> one</c><00:11:24.460><c> of</c><00:11:24.580><c> the</c><00:11:24.799><c> early</c><00:11:25.039><c> meanings</c><00:11:25.480><c> of</c><00:11:25.740><c> the</c><00:11:25.919><c> Tower</c><00:11:26.179><c> of</c><00:11:26.440><c> Babel,</c>

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they<00:12:28.399><c> could</c><00:12:28.600><c> even</c><00:12:28.799><c> sleep.</c>

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But<00:12:36.259><c> that's</c><00:12:36.620><c> what</c><00:12:36.759><c> it</c><00:12:36.960><c> was,</c><00:12:37.179><c> and</c><00:12:37.320><c> that's</c><00:12:37.480><c> what</c><00:12:37.580><c> it</c><00:12:37.700><c> was</c><00:12:37.860><c> built</c><00:12:38.080><c> for.</c>

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and<00:12:43.679><c> in</c><00:12:44.000><c> an</c><00:12:44.240><c> ironic</c><00:12:44.580><c> twist</c><00:12:45.000><c> in</c><00:12:45.200><c> verses</c><00:12:45.519><c> five</c><00:12:45.860><c> and</c><00:12:46.019><c> six,</c>

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we<00:12:48.000><c> see</c><00:12:48.220><c> how</c><00:12:48.580><c> insignificant</c><00:12:49.399><c> this</c><00:12:49.720><c> tower</c><00:12:50.039><c> was</c><00:12:50.460><c> in</c><00:12:50.679><c> God's</c><00:12:51.139><c> eyes</c>

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to<00:12:55.080><c> even</c><00:12:55.360><c> see</c><00:12:55.720><c> it.</c>

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that<00:12:59.720><c> man</c><00:13:00.019><c> had</c><00:13:00.299><c> tried</c><00:13:00.480><c> to</c><00:13:00.759><c> build.</c>

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And<00:13:02.039><c> as</c><00:13:02.259><c> we</c><00:13:02.440><c> know</c><00:13:02.679><c> that</c><00:13:03.059><c> far</c><00:13:03.379><c> from</c><00:13:03.700><c> blessing</c><00:13:04.120><c> this</c><00:13:04.519><c> project,</c>

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God<00:13:06.059><c> condemned</c><00:13:07.820><c> the</c><00:13:08.179><c> arrogance</c><00:13:08.539><c> of</c><00:13:08.779><c> man,</c>

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condemned<00:13:11.299><c> the</c><00:13:11.720><c> thanklessness</c><00:13:12.299><c> of</c><00:13:12.539><c> his</c><00:13:12.799><c> creation,</c>

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and<00:13:14.279><c> in</c><00:13:14.419><c> doing</c><00:13:14.620><c> so,</c><00:13:15.000><c> he</c><00:13:15.299><c> confused</c><00:13:15.700><c> their</c><00:13:15.940><c> language.</c>

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And<00:13:18.700><c> contrary</c><00:13:19.159><c> what</c><00:13:19.399><c> the</c><00:13:19.679><c> people</c><00:13:19.899><c> were</c><00:13:20.139><c> thinking,</c>

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we<00:13:20.679><c> don't</c><00:13:21.019><c> wanna</c><00:13:21.200><c> be</c><00:13:21.519><c> scattered,</c>

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God<00:13:23.259><c> forced</c><00:13:23.700><c> them</c><00:13:24.259><c> to</c><00:13:24.779><c> scatter</c><00:13:25.080><c> and</c><00:13:25.440><c> fill</c><00:13:25.600><c> the</c><00:13:25.820><c> earth.</c>

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God's<00:13:29.120><c> plan</c><00:13:29.360><c> was</c><00:13:29.639><c> going</c><00:13:29.860><c> to</c><00:13:30.000><c> be</c><00:13:30.240><c> accomplished</c>

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So<00:13:34.940><c> Babel</c><00:13:35.279><c> is</c><00:13:35.840><c> the</c><00:13:36.059><c> ultimate</c><00:13:36.480><c> symbol</c><00:13:36.820><c> of</c><00:13:37.019><c> man's</c><00:13:37.500><c> failures</c>

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when<00:13:38.820><c> he</c><00:13:39.100><c> attempts</c><00:13:39.360><c> to</c><00:13:39.659><c> do</c><00:13:39.860><c> things</c><00:13:40.259><c> apart</c><00:13:40.980><c> from</c><00:13:41.740><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:13:44.679><c> thankfully</c><00:13:44.960><c> for</c><00:13:45.200><c> us,</c><00:13:45.759><c> brothers</c><00:13:45.759><c> and</c><00:13:46.019><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:13:46.679><c> for</c><00:13:47.379><c> all</c><00:13:47.759><c> humankind,</c><00:13:49.519><c> God</c><00:13:49.899><c> is</c><00:13:50.259><c> love</c><00:13:50.539><c> and</c><00:13:50.720><c> God</c><00:13:51.139><c> forgives,</c>

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and<00:13:52.860><c> God</c><00:13:53.139><c> keeps</c><00:13:53.500><c> his</c><00:13:53.779><c> word.</c>

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a<00:14:21.580><c> new</c><00:14:21.820><c> beginning</c><00:14:22.139><c> with</c><00:14:22.399><c> Noah,</c><00:14:23.299><c> and</c><00:14:23.600><c> now</c><00:14:23.919><c> God</c><00:14:24.220><c> turns</c><00:14:24.600><c> his</c><00:14:24.840><c> focus</c>

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who<00:14:29.179><c> will</c><00:14:29.799><c> develop</c><00:14:30.320><c> into</c><00:14:30.559><c> a</c><00:14:30.759><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:14:32.940><c> this</c><00:14:33.159><c> nation</c><00:14:33.580><c> was</c><00:14:33.940><c> intended</c><00:14:34.360><c> to</c><00:14:34.620><c> be</c><00:14:34.940><c> God's</c><00:14:35.559><c> children,</c>

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his<00:14:36.259><c> faithful</c><00:14:36.679><c> witness</c><00:14:37.340><c> to</c><00:14:38.360><c> the</c><00:14:38.620><c> other</c><00:14:38.799><c> nations</c>

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would<00:14:42.600><c> bring</c><00:14:42.840><c> blessings</c><00:14:43.460><c> and</c><00:14:43.919><c> prosperity.</c>

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Earlier<00:14:45.639><c> on</c><00:14:45.980><c> in</c><00:14:46.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:46.519><c> 43,</c><00:14:47.620><c> we</c><00:14:48.860><c> read</c><00:14:49.059><c> the</c><00:14:49.299><c> following</c><00:14:49.639><c> words</c>

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and<00:15:05.779><c> understand</c><00:15:06.620><c> that</c><00:15:07.460><c> I</c><00:15:07.980><c> am</c><00:15:08.200><c> he.</c>

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neither<00:15:11.919><c> shall</c><00:15:12.279><c> there</c><00:15:12.480><c> be</c><00:15:12.759><c> after</c><00:15:13.240><c> me.</c>

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we<00:15:18.720><c> know</c><00:15:18.940><c> that</c><00:15:19.179><c> Israel</c><00:15:19.480><c> failed</c><00:15:20.340><c> in</c><00:15:21.039><c> this,</c>

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and<00:15:22.639><c> that</c><00:15:23.679><c> in</c><00:15:24.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:25.259><c> chapter</c><00:15:25.740><c> one,</c>

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Isaiah's<00:15:26.899><c> very</c><00:15:27.320><c> first</c><00:15:27.679><c> words</c><00:15:28.279><c> to</c><00:15:29.019><c> Israel,</c>

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he<00:15:30.100><c> says</c><00:15:30.299><c> the</c><00:15:30.580><c> following</c><00:15:30.960><c> on</c><00:15:31.600><c> how</c><00:15:31.840><c> God</c><00:15:32.139><c> thinks</c><00:15:32.480><c> about</c><00:15:32.720><c> this</c><00:15:33.019><c> nation.</c>

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we<00:15:53.360><c> see</c><00:15:54.340><c> God</c><00:15:55.039><c> reaching</c><00:15:56.159><c> out</c><00:15:56.460><c> to</c><00:15:56.659><c> his</c><00:15:56.860><c> people.</c>

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they've<00:16:07.100><c> sinned</c><00:16:07.299><c> again,</c><00:16:08.179><c> he</c><00:16:08.460><c> sends</c><00:16:08.700><c> more</c><00:16:09.080><c> prophets</c>

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it<00:16:14.759><c> can</c><00:16:15.000><c> be</c><00:16:15.279><c> totally</c><00:16:16.299><c> illogical</c>

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that<00:16:17.279><c> God</c><00:16:17.620><c> would</c><00:16:17.960><c> continue</c><00:16:18.340><c> to</c><00:16:18.620><c> forgive,</c><00:16:19.080><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:19.159><c> it?</c>

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and<00:16:25.899><c> do</c><00:16:26.039><c> things</c><00:16:26.299><c> their</c><00:16:26.519><c> own</c><00:16:26.820><c> way.</c>

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and<00:16:29.620><c> they</c><00:16:29.860><c> totally</c><00:16:30.940><c> pushed</c><00:16:31.379><c> God</c><00:16:31.659><c> aside.</c>

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When<00:16:33.320><c> times</c><00:16:33.580><c> were</c><00:16:33.860><c> tough,</c>

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when<00:16:35.559><c> they</c><00:16:35.820><c> needed</c><00:16:36.139><c> to</c><00:16:36.460><c> call</c><00:16:36.700><c> upon</c><00:16:37.019><c> their</c><00:16:37.259><c> God,</c>

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there<00:16:37.600><c> were</c><00:16:37.759><c> many</c><00:16:38.059><c> times</c><00:16:38.440><c> they</c><00:16:38.639><c> didn't,</c>

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So<00:16:47.659><c> God</c><00:16:48.220><c> finally</c><00:16:49.600><c> relented</c><00:16:50.100><c> after</c><00:16:50.899><c> much</c><00:16:51.259><c> patience</c>

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and<00:16:51.960><c> threw</c><00:16:52.080><c> them</c><00:16:52.240><c> into</c><00:16:52.500><c> captivity.</c>

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many<00:16:56.759><c> of</c><00:16:56.980><c> the</c><00:16:57.100><c> older</c><00:16:57.299><c> generation</c><00:16:57.899><c> had</c><00:16:58.179><c> passed,</c>

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They<00:17:05.119><c> obtained</c><00:17:05.519><c> wealth,</c><00:17:05.920><c> they</c><00:17:06.140><c> had</c><00:17:06.359><c> grown</c><00:17:06.680><c> comfortable</c>

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where<00:17:07.680><c> they</c><00:17:07.920><c> were.</c>

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and<00:17:16.359><c> to</c><00:17:16.559><c> have</c><00:17:16.700><c> them</c><00:17:16.900><c> return</c><00:17:17.220><c> to</c><00:17:17.480><c> Jerusalem</c>

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to<00:17:19.140><c> rebuild</c><00:17:19.599><c> the</c><00:17:19.900><c> city</c><00:17:20.099><c> and</c><00:17:20.279><c> the</c><00:17:20.480><c> temple.</c>

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While<00:17:23.180><c> in</c><00:17:23.400><c> captivity,</c><00:17:23.940><c> they</c><00:17:24.259><c> forgot</c><00:17:24.839><c> their</c><00:17:25.420><c> purpose,</c>

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but<00:17:27.160><c> God</c><00:17:27.420><c> tells</c><00:17:27.740><c> them</c><00:17:27.900><c> in</c><00:17:28.099><c> today's</c><00:17:28.539><c> reading,</c><00:17:29.200><c> in</c><00:17:29.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:29.599><c> 55,</c>

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that<00:17:31.640><c> if</c><00:17:31.799><c> they</c><00:17:32.099><c> returned,</c><00:17:33.859><c> all</c><00:17:34.019><c> would</c><00:17:34.240><c> be</c><00:17:34.480><c> forgiven.</c>

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He<00:17:34.940><c> would</c><00:17:35.200><c> forgive</c><00:17:35.480><c> his</c><00:17:35.779><c> people.</c>

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and<00:17:43.119><c> let</c><00:17:43.339><c> him</c><00:17:43.519><c> return</c><00:17:43.960><c> unto</c><00:17:44.180><c> the</c><00:17:44.440><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:17:46.279><c> what</c><00:17:46.460><c> will</c><00:17:46.660><c> God</c><00:17:46.920><c> do</c><00:17:47.119><c> in</c><00:17:47.319><c> response?</c>

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God<00:17:49.059><c> will</c><00:17:49.259><c> have</c><00:17:49.460><c> mercy</c><00:17:49.859><c> upon</c><00:17:50.220><c> him</c>

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and<00:17:51.599><c> he</c><00:17:51.720><c> will</c><00:17:52.039><c> abundantly</c><00:17:52.799><c> pardon.</c>

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neither<00:17:56.960><c> are</c><00:17:57.319><c> your</c><00:17:57.539><c> ways</c><00:17:57.859><c> my</c><00:17:58.160><c> ways,</c><00:17:59.279><c> sayeth</c><00:17:59.500><c> the</c><00:17:59.680><c> Lord.</c>

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That<00:18:02.539><c> can</c><00:18:02.700><c> be</c><00:18:02.900><c> a</c><00:18:03.039><c> tough</c><00:18:03.200><c> thing</c><00:18:03.460><c> for</c><00:18:03.640><c> us</c><00:18:03.960><c> to</c><00:18:04.299><c> grab</c><00:18:04.480><c> hold</c><00:18:04.740><c> on,</c><00:18:05.180><c> can't</c><00:18:05.240><c> it?</c>

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God<00:18:07.000><c> is</c><00:18:07.619><c> willing</c><00:18:07.880><c> to</c><00:18:08.240><c> give</c><00:18:08.420><c> them</c><00:18:08.680><c> their</c><00:18:08.960><c> rebelliousness,</c>

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and<00:18:11.819><c> that's</c><00:18:12.119><c> hard</c><00:18:12.319><c> for</c><00:18:12.539><c> us.</c>

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If<00:18:12.880><c> someone</c><00:18:13.140><c> rebels</c><00:18:13.539><c> against</c><00:18:13.940><c> us,</c>

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it's<00:18:14.799><c> tough</c><00:18:15.140><c> to</c><00:18:16.059><c> turn</c><00:18:16.420><c> the</c><00:18:16.599><c> other</c><00:18:16.819><c> cheek</c><00:18:17.259><c> and</c><00:18:17.920><c> to</c><00:18:18.099><c> forgive,</c>

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but<00:18:18.640><c> this</c><00:18:18.900><c> is</c><00:18:19.339><c> just</c><00:18:19.640><c> a</c><00:18:19.819><c> wonderful</c><00:18:20.200><c> example</c>

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of<00:18:21.480><c> God's</c><00:18:21.940><c> ways</c><00:18:22.259><c> and</c><00:18:22.440><c> his</c><00:18:22.720><c> thoughts</c><00:18:22.920><c> being</c><00:18:23.200><c> higher</c><00:18:23.500><c> than</c><00:18:23.700><c> ours.</c>

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So<00:18:25.819><c> what</c><00:18:25.940><c> do</c><00:18:26.079><c> these</c><00:18:26.500><c> three</c><00:18:26.740><c> accounts</c><00:18:27.099><c> have</c><00:18:27.339><c> in</c><00:18:27.599><c> common?</c>

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The<00:18:28.559><c> walking</c><00:18:28.859><c> on</c><00:18:29.099><c> the</c><00:18:29.259><c> moon,</c><00:18:29.880><c> the</c><00:18:30.119><c> Tower</c><00:18:30.420><c> of</c><00:18:30.660><c> Babel,</c>

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and<00:18:32.079><c> the</c><00:18:32.420><c> Israel's</c><00:18:33.019><c> call</c><00:18:33.299><c> to</c><00:18:33.920><c> be</c><00:18:34.240><c> God's</c><00:18:34.759><c> children</c>

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but<00:18:35.339><c> their</c><00:18:35.680><c> inability</c><00:18:36.200><c> to</c><00:18:37.180><c> accept</c><00:18:38.059><c> God's</c><00:18:38.779><c> precious</c><00:18:39.039><c> gift.</c>

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Well,<00:18:42.460><c> I</c><00:18:42.619><c> think</c><00:18:42.819><c> it's</c><00:18:42.980><c> pretty</c><00:18:43.279><c> obvious</c>

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that<00:18:44.559><c> all</c><00:18:44.960><c> three</c><00:18:45.180><c> have</c><00:18:45.440><c> in</c><00:18:45.640><c> common</c><00:18:45.900><c> is</c><00:18:46.200><c> that</c>

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people<00:18:48.480><c> always</c><00:18:49.079><c> continually</c><00:18:49.660><c> desire</c><00:18:50.240><c> to</c><00:18:50.519><c> try</c>

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and<00:18:51.079><c> find</c><00:18:51.339><c> satisfaction,</c><00:18:53.220><c> joy,</c><00:18:53.980><c> peace,</c>

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without<00:18:55.859><c> God</c><00:18:56.240><c> being</c><00:18:56.500><c> in</c><00:18:56.700><c> the</c><00:18:56.940><c> equation.</c>

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And<00:18:59.559><c> we</c><00:19:00.099><c> have</c><00:19:00.400><c> that</c><00:19:00.640><c> within</c><00:19:00.859><c> each</c><00:19:01.140><c> and</c><00:19:01.279><c> every</c><00:19:01.500><c> one</c><00:19:01.640><c> of</c><00:19:01.779><c> us,</c>

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that<00:19:02.759><c> desire</c><00:19:03.200><c> to</c><00:19:03.519><c> strike</c><00:19:03.759><c> out</c><00:19:03.940><c> on</c><00:19:04.099><c> our</c><00:19:04.319><c> own,</c>

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and<00:19:05.480><c> up</c><00:19:05.660><c> to</c><00:19:05.920><c> a</c><00:19:06.059><c> point,</c><00:19:06.819><c> it's</c><00:19:07.259><c> probably</c><00:19:07.619><c> a</c><00:19:07.819><c> good</c><00:19:08.039><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:19:08.960><c> don't</c><00:19:09.140><c> know</c><00:19:09.259><c> for</c><00:19:09.420><c> any</c><00:19:09.599><c> of</c><00:19:09.759><c> you,</c><00:19:09.900><c> I</c><00:19:10.039><c> love</c><00:19:10.180><c> my</c><00:19:10.460><c> children</c><00:19:10.779><c> dearly,</c>

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but<00:19:12.220><c> I</c><00:19:12.359><c> don't</c><00:19:12.539><c> want</c><00:19:12.660><c> them</c><00:19:12.799><c> living</c><00:19:12.980><c> with</c><00:19:13.240><c> me</c>

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when<00:19:13.480><c> they're</c><00:19:13.680><c> in</c><00:19:13.759><c> their</c><00:19:13.960><c> 50s,</c>

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so<00:19:14.960><c> it's</c><00:19:15.339><c> needful</c><00:19:15.720><c> for</c><00:19:15.839><c> them</c><00:19:16.019><c> to</c><00:19:16.259><c> strike</c><00:19:16.480><c> out</c><00:19:16.720><c> on</c><00:19:16.859><c> their</c><00:19:17.079><c> own.</c>

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Rich<00:19:18.220><c> is</c><00:19:18.359><c> shaking</c><00:19:18.619><c> his</c><00:19:18.880><c> head,</c><00:19:19.099><c> yup,</c><00:19:19.299><c> yup,</c><00:19:19.559><c> yup.</c>

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To<00:19:20.799><c> go</c><00:19:21.079><c> out</c><00:19:21.220><c> on</c><00:19:21.359><c> their</c><00:19:21.579><c> own</c><00:19:21.759><c> and</c><00:19:22.039><c> establish</c>

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their<00:19:23.099><c> own</c><00:19:24.140><c> little</c><00:19:24.539><c> nation,</c><00:19:25.119><c> so</c><00:19:25.259><c> to</c><00:19:25.460><c> speak,</c>

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to<00:19:26.319><c> scatter</c><00:19:26.680><c> a</c><00:19:26.839><c> little</c><00:19:27.079><c> bit,</c><00:19:27.420><c> we</c><00:19:27.559><c> love</c><00:19:27.660><c> them</c><00:19:27.819><c> to</c><00:19:28.019><c> death,</c>

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they're<00:19:29.279><c> for</c><00:19:29.440><c> whatever</c><00:19:29.660><c> you</c><00:19:29.940><c> need</c><00:19:30.099><c> me,</c>

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but<00:19:32.199><c> there's</c><00:19:32.599><c> a</c><00:19:32.779><c> time</c><00:19:32.960><c> you</c><00:19:33.160><c> need</c><00:19:33.299><c> to</c><00:19:33.460><c> do</c><00:19:33.640><c> that,</c>

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within,<00:19:35.220><c> up</c><00:19:35.279><c> to</c><00:19:35.440><c> a</c><00:19:35.619><c> point.</c>

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Always<00:19:36.759><c> keeping</c><00:19:37.099><c> the</c><00:19:37.440><c> framework</c>

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of<00:19:39.660><c> seeking</c><00:19:39.960><c> the</c><00:19:40.279><c> kingdom</c><00:19:40.700><c> and</c><00:19:41.119><c> God</c><00:19:41.500><c> in</c><00:19:41.779><c> the</c><00:19:42.019><c> equation.</c>

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All<00:19:43.460><c> right,</c><00:19:43.720><c> it's</c><00:19:43.900><c> when</c><00:19:44.059><c> we</c><00:19:44.559><c> fail</c><00:19:44.759><c> to</c><00:19:44.960><c> do</c><00:19:45.220><c> that,</c>

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that's<00:19:46.480><c> when</c><00:19:46.619><c> we</c><00:19:46.759><c> can</c><00:19:46.940><c> get</c><00:19:47.099><c> ourselves</c><00:19:47.599><c> into</c><00:19:48.079><c> trouble.</c>

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The<00:19:51.240><c> example</c><00:19:51.480><c> of</c><00:19:51.700><c> Israel</c><00:19:52.000><c> is</c><00:19:52.319><c> so</c><00:19:52.599><c> telling</c><00:19:52.839><c> to</c><00:19:53.079><c> me,</c>

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because<00:19:54.019><c> it</c><00:19:54.900><c> says</c><00:19:55.240><c> they</c><00:19:55.940><c> became</c><00:19:56.400><c> comfortable</c><00:19:57.099><c> in</c><00:19:57.359><c> their</c><00:19:57.579><c> captivity.</c>

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Well,<00:19:59.299><c> we're</c><00:19:59.519><c> kind</c><00:19:59.839><c> of</c><00:20:00.019><c> in</c><00:20:00.119><c> a</c><00:20:00.299><c> captivity</c><00:20:00.759><c> now,</c>

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aren't<00:20:01.319><c> we,</c><00:20:01.480><c> brothers</c><00:20:01.740><c> and</c><00:20:01.980><c> sisters?</c>

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You<00:20:03.220><c> know,</c><00:20:03.960><c> we</c><00:20:04.079><c> live</c><00:20:04.359><c> in</c><00:20:04.460><c> this</c><00:20:04.759><c> world,</c>

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we<00:20:06.779><c> don't</c><00:20:07.059><c> wanna</c><00:20:07.299><c> be</c><00:20:08.839><c> involved,</c><00:20:09.819><c> part</c><00:20:10.000><c> of</c><00:20:10.079><c> it,</c>

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we<00:20:10.279><c> don't</c><00:20:10.460><c> wanna</c><00:20:10.660><c> become</c><00:20:11.079><c> like</c><00:20:11.380><c> it,</c>

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so<00:20:12.240><c> in</c><00:20:12.359><c> a</c><00:20:12.480><c> way,</c><00:20:12.720><c> we're</c><00:20:13.000><c> captive</c><00:20:13.339><c> as</c><00:20:13.579><c> we</c><00:20:13.859><c> await</c>

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the<00:20:14.480><c> glorious</c><00:20:15.140><c> release</c><00:20:16.019><c> when</c><00:20:16.319><c> Jesus</c><00:20:16.740><c> returns.</c>

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But<00:20:19.140><c> boy,</c><00:20:19.359><c> is</c><00:20:19.480><c> it</c><00:20:19.619><c> easy</c><00:20:19.920><c> to</c><00:20:20.279><c> become</c><00:20:20.480><c> too</c><00:20:20.920><c> comfortable</c>

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during<00:20:22.279><c> this</c><00:20:22.519><c> time,</c><00:20:22.819><c> isn't</c><00:20:22.940><c> it?</c>

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I<00:20:23.460><c> mean,</c><00:20:23.660><c> look</c><00:20:23.880><c> at</c><00:20:24.099><c> everything</c><00:20:24.400><c> around</c><00:20:24.799><c> us.</c>

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I<00:20:26.200><c> mean,</c><00:20:26.660><c> things</c><00:20:26.880><c> are</c><00:20:27.160><c> happening</c><00:20:27.480><c> fast</c><00:20:28.019><c> and</c><00:20:28.339><c> furious.</c>

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We<00:20:29.500><c> see</c><00:20:29.859><c> the</c><00:20:30.240><c> accomplishments</c><00:20:30.720><c> of</c><00:20:31.079><c> man,</c>

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and<00:20:32.039><c> the</c><00:20:32.180><c> wonderful</c><00:20:32.680><c> things</c><00:20:33.359><c> that</c><00:20:34.059><c> is</c><00:20:34.319><c> happening</c>

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in<00:20:35.539><c> cancer</c><00:20:36.039><c> research</c><00:20:36.640><c> and</c><00:20:37.500><c> medicine</c><00:20:38.079><c> and</c><00:20:38.380><c> all</c><00:20:38.660><c> sorts</c><00:20:39.059><c> of</c><00:20:39.299><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:41.460><c> sometimes</c><00:20:41.799><c> it</c><00:20:41.900><c> can</c><00:20:42.099><c> be</c><00:20:42.279><c> a</c><00:20:42.440><c> tendency</c><00:20:42.740><c> for</c><00:20:42.980><c> us</c><00:20:43.160><c> to</c><00:20:43.279><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:20:43.640><c> look</c><00:20:43.859><c> at</c><00:20:43.960><c> what</c><00:20:44.240><c> all</c><00:20:44.519><c> man</c><00:20:44.779><c> has</c><00:20:45.119><c> accomplished.</c>

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We<00:20:47.099><c> need</c><00:20:47.240><c> to</c><00:20:47.359><c> be</c><00:20:47.559><c> careful</c><00:20:47.839><c> here,</c><00:20:48.180><c> we</c><00:20:48.259><c> need</c><00:20:48.440><c> to</c><00:20:48.740><c> remember</c>

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that<00:20:50.759><c> this</c><00:20:51.019><c> is</c><00:20:51.339><c> guided</c><00:20:51.680><c> by</c><00:20:51.940><c> the</c><00:20:52.079><c> hand</c><00:20:52.200><c> of</c><00:20:52.460><c> God,</c>

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what<00:20:53.099><c> man</c><00:20:53.579><c> is</c><00:20:54.160><c> able</c><00:20:54.400><c> to</c><00:20:54.740><c> accomplish.</c>

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All<00:20:56.680><c> right,</c><00:20:56.900><c> we</c><00:20:57.200><c> just</c><00:20:57.559><c> can't</c><00:20:57.960><c> lose</c><00:20:58.279><c> focus</c><00:20:58.700><c> of</c><00:20:58.880><c> that</c><00:20:59.160><c> aspect</c><00:20:59.619><c> of</c><00:20:59.759><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:01.059><c> we</c><00:21:01.240><c> get</c><00:21:01.500><c> caught</c><00:21:01.799><c> up</c><00:21:02.039><c> in</c><00:21:02.339><c> the</c><00:21:02.759><c> cell</c><00:21:03.119><c> phones.</c>

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I<00:21:04.880><c> mean,</c><00:21:06.079><c> not</c><00:21:06.519><c> to</c><00:21:06.759><c> pick</c><00:21:06.859><c> on</c><00:21:07.039><c> anyone,</c>

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but<00:21:07.480><c> I</c><00:21:07.660><c> would</c><00:21:07.859><c> guess</c><00:21:08.079><c> that</c><00:21:08.279><c> almost</c><00:21:08.559><c> everyone</c><00:21:08.920><c> in</c><00:21:09.059><c> this</c><00:21:09.279><c> room</c>

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has<00:21:09.740><c> a</c><00:21:09.940><c> cell</c><00:21:10.180><c> phone</c><00:21:10.339><c> on</c><00:21:10.519><c> them</c><00:21:10.660><c> right</c><00:21:10.920><c> now.</c>

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All<00:21:12.460><c> right,</c><00:21:12.740><c> hopefully</c><00:21:13.079><c> it's</c><00:21:13.380><c> on</c><00:21:13.539><c> mute,</c>

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but<00:21:15.119><c> I</c><00:21:15.299><c> bet</c><00:21:15.420><c> you</c><00:21:15.559><c> most</c><00:21:15.799><c> of</c><00:21:15.960><c> us</c><00:21:16.079><c> have</c><00:21:16.279><c> one</c><00:21:16.500><c> in</c><00:21:16.640><c> our</c><00:21:16.920><c> pocket</c>

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or<00:21:17.440><c> in</c><00:21:17.599><c> our</c><00:21:17.779><c> purse,</c><00:21:18.880><c> you</c><00:21:19.079><c> know,</c><00:21:19.180><c> I</c><00:21:19.420><c> leave</c><00:21:19.579><c> mine</c><00:21:19.819><c> at</c><00:21:20.039><c> home.</c>

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everything<00:21:36.079><c> that</c><00:21:36.319><c> we</c><00:21:36.619><c> have</c><00:21:36.819><c> options</c><00:21:37.279><c> to</c>

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we<00:21:41.500><c> think</c><00:21:41.700><c> it</c><00:21:41.859><c> brings</c><00:21:42.039><c> us</c><00:21:42.359><c> peace</c><00:21:42.619><c> and</c><00:21:42.940><c> comfort,</c>

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all<00:21:44.259><c> that</c><00:21:44.660><c> stuff,</c><00:21:45.900><c> and</c><00:21:46.039><c> we</c><00:21:46.220><c> have</c><00:21:46.400><c> a</c><00:21:46.539><c> lot</c><00:21:46.720><c> of</c><00:21:47.059><c> stuff,</c>

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and<00:21:47.500><c> we</c><00:21:47.619><c> gotta</c><00:21:47.740><c> be</c><00:21:48.039><c> careful</c><00:21:48.299><c> that</c><00:21:48.519><c> the</c><00:21:48.940><c> stuff</c>

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And<00:21:58.879><c> sometimes</c><00:21:59.319><c> we</c><00:21:59.539><c> can</c><00:21:59.759><c> get</c><00:21:59.920><c> wrapped</c><00:22:00.160><c> up</c><00:22:00.380><c> in</c><00:22:00.579><c> so</c><00:22:00.799><c> much</c><00:22:01.059><c> stuff</c>

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that<00:22:04.960><c> that's</c><00:22:05.180><c> how</c><00:22:05.359><c> we'll</c><00:22:05.519><c> be</c><00:22:05.740><c> happy.</c>

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And<00:22:08.279><c> a</c><00:22:08.420><c> lot</c><00:22:08.539><c> of</c><00:22:08.740><c> times</c><00:22:08.900><c> it</c><00:22:09.039><c> works</c><00:22:09.259><c> out</c><00:22:09.539><c> differently,</c><00:22:10.099><c> doesn't</c><00:22:10.180><c> it?</c>

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You<00:22:10.960><c> know,</c><00:22:11.099><c> the</c><00:22:11.319><c> harder</c><00:22:11.559><c> that</c><00:22:11.740><c> you</c><00:22:11.960><c> work,</c>

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the<00:22:12.319><c> more</c><00:22:12.559><c> you</c><00:22:12.799><c> strive</c><00:22:13.039><c> to</c><00:22:13.180><c> be</c><00:22:13.400><c> successful,</c>

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you<00:22:17.619><c> think</c><00:22:17.779><c> it</c><00:22:17.940><c> would</c><00:22:18.079><c> be.</c>

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So<00:22:20.299><c> the</c><00:22:20.460><c> message</c><00:22:20.759><c> here</c><00:22:21.000><c> in</c><00:22:21.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:21.460><c> 55</c><00:22:22.099><c> is</c><00:22:22.420><c> important</c><00:22:22.779><c> to</c><00:22:22.980><c> us</c>

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as<00:22:23.519><c> well</c><00:22:24.039><c> as</c><00:22:24.339><c> it</c><00:22:24.480><c> was</c><00:22:24.579><c> to</c><00:22:24.819><c> Israel.</c>

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God<00:22:26.380><c> reaches</c><00:22:26.799><c> out</c><00:22:27.099><c> to</c><00:22:27.240><c> us</c><00:22:27.460><c> each</c><00:22:27.759><c> and</c><00:22:27.980><c> every</c><00:22:28.180><c> day,</c>

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brothers<00:22:28.680><c> and</c><00:22:28.940><c> sisters,</c><00:22:29.299><c> as</c><00:22:29.519><c> his</c><00:22:29.779><c> children,</c>

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and<00:22:31.099><c> says,</c><00:22:31.519><c> incline</c><00:22:31.859><c> your</c><00:22:32.220><c> ear,</c><00:22:32.859><c> come</c><00:22:33.220><c> to</c><00:22:33.539><c> me,</c>

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listen<00:22:34.900><c> so</c><00:22:35.519><c> that</c><00:22:35.720><c> you</c><00:22:35.900><c> may</c><00:22:36.119><c> live.</c>

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Don't<00:22:36.940><c> get</c><00:22:37.319><c> wrapped</c><00:22:37.559><c> up</c><00:22:37.819><c> too</c><00:22:38.119><c> much</c><00:22:38.339><c> in</c><00:22:38.519><c> this</c><00:22:38.799><c> everyday</c><00:22:39.259><c> life.</c>

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his<00:22:46.599><c> thoughts</c><00:22:46.880><c> are</c><00:22:47.119><c> higher</c><00:22:47.559><c> than</c><00:22:47.839><c> our</c><00:22:48.160><c> thoughts,</c>

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his<00:22:50.019><c> ways</c><00:22:50.339><c> are</c><00:22:50.619><c> so</c><00:22:50.839><c> much</c><00:22:51.039><c> higher</c><00:22:51.319><c> than</c><00:22:51.500><c> our</c><00:22:51.759><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:22:53.839><c> only</c><00:22:54.200><c> God,</c><00:22:54.759><c> through</c><00:22:55.279><c> that</c><00:22:55.619><c> wonderful,</c>

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wonderful<00:22:57.799><c> offering</c><00:22:58.220><c> of</c><00:22:58.420><c> his</c><00:22:58.579><c> only</c><00:22:58.819><c> begotten</c><00:22:59.240><c> son,</c>

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can<00:23:00.900><c> offer</c><00:23:01.220><c> us</c><00:23:01.559><c> true</c><00:23:01.779><c> happiness,</c><00:23:03.200><c> peace,</c><00:23:03.740><c> and</c><00:23:03.900><c> life</c>

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and<00:23:11.500><c> leaving</c><00:23:11.880><c> God</c><00:23:12.180><c> out</c><00:23:12.359><c> of</c><00:23:12.480><c> the</c><00:23:12.759><c> equation</c>

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only<00:23:13.420><c> leads</c><00:23:13.720><c> to</c><00:23:13.960><c> one</c><00:23:14.140><c> end.</c>

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Through<00:23:16.220><c> his</c><00:23:16.400><c> only</c><00:23:16.619><c> begotten</c><00:23:17.079><c> son,</c>

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obeyed,<00:23:22.599><c> and</c><00:23:22.799><c> placed</c><00:23:23.079><c> his</c><00:23:23.319><c> full</c><00:23:23.559><c> trust</c><00:23:23.839><c> in</c><00:23:24.019><c> God.</c>

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Things<00:23:25.779><c> Israel</c><00:23:26.319><c> was</c><00:23:26.720><c> unable</c><00:23:27.000><c> to</c><00:23:27.259><c> do,</c>

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things<00:23:28.799><c> that</c><00:23:29.019><c> you</c><00:23:29.119><c> and</c><00:23:29.319><c> I</c><00:23:29.480><c> are</c><00:23:29.700><c> sometimes</c><00:23:30.619><c> unable</c><00:23:31.039><c> to</c><00:23:31.279><c> do.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:33.440><c> was</c><00:23:33.680><c> able</c><00:23:33.859><c> to</c><00:23:34.039><c> do</c><00:23:34.140><c> it</c><00:23:34.279><c> for</c><00:23:34.519><c> us.</c>

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and<00:23:39.380><c> say</c><00:23:39.519><c> the</c><00:23:39.740><c> father</c><00:23:40.039><c> and</c><00:23:40.240><c> I</c><00:23:40.420><c> are</c><00:23:40.599><c> one.</c>

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at<00:23:45.859><c> the</c><00:23:45.960><c> end</c><00:23:46.099><c> of</c><00:23:46.259><c> the</c><00:23:46.380><c> day</c><00:23:46.559><c> is</c><00:23:46.799><c> to</c><00:23:46.980><c> be</c><00:23:47.140><c> at</c><00:23:47.359><c> peace</c><00:23:47.559><c> with</c><00:23:47.819><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:23:50.220><c> that</c><00:23:50.519><c> peace</c><00:23:50.819><c> can</c><00:23:51.039><c> only</c><00:23:51.380><c> come</c>

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that<00:23:54.960><c> our</c><00:23:55.220><c> lives,</c><00:23:56.559><c> that</c><00:23:56.859><c> we</c><00:23:57.319><c> resolve</c><00:23:57.799><c> that</c>

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where<00:23:58.559><c> God's</c><00:23:59.160><c> place</c><00:23:59.359><c> is</c><00:23:59.660><c> compared</c><00:23:59.940><c> to</c><00:24:00.160><c> our</c><00:24:00.339><c> place,</c>

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but<00:24:01.299><c> also</c><00:24:01.819><c> in</c><00:24:01.980><c> how</c><00:24:02.180><c> we</c><00:24:02.420><c> live</c><00:24:02.519><c> our</c><00:24:02.779><c> daily</c><00:24:03.019><c> lives.</c>

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Our<00:24:09.700><c> brother</c><00:24:09.900><c> Jim</c><00:24:10.119><c> Boyko,</c><00:24:10.700><c> in</c><00:24:10.940><c> many</c><00:24:11.339><c> of</c><00:24:11.539><c> his</c><00:24:11.740><c> opening</c><00:24:12.119><c> prayers</c>

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when<00:24:12.619><c> he</c><00:24:12.859><c> presides,</c><00:24:14.480><c> asked</c><00:24:15.059><c> the</c><00:24:15.400><c> following</c><00:24:15.740><c> when</c><00:24:15.940><c> he</c><00:24:16.200><c> prays.</c>

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And<00:24:16.680><c> Jim,</c><00:24:16.839><c> I'm</c><00:24:17.119><c> sorry</c><00:24:17.380><c> if</c><00:24:17.579><c> I</c><00:24:17.779><c> don't</c><00:24:18.180><c> quote</c><00:24:18.420><c> you</c><00:24:18.680><c> verbatim,</c>

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but<00:24:19.799><c> I</c><00:24:20.160><c> love</c><00:24:20.619><c> this</c><00:24:21.240><c> prayer.</c>

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Brother<00:24:22.819><c> Jim</c><00:24:23.000><c> always</c><00:24:23.420><c> prays.</c>

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He<00:24:23.920><c> says,</c><00:24:24.119><c> father,</c><00:24:24.559><c> help</c><00:24:24.880><c> us</c><00:24:25.900><c> to</c><00:24:26.539><c> acknowledge</c><00:24:27.059><c> our</c><00:24:27.380><c> position</c>

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He's<00:24:33.480><c> asking</c><00:24:33.680><c> the</c><00:24:33.960><c> father</c><00:24:34.160><c> to</c><00:24:34.440><c> help</c><00:24:34.599><c> us</c><00:24:34.900><c> acknowledge</c>

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that<00:24:36.220><c> his</c><00:24:36.819><c> thoughts</c><00:24:37.099><c> are</c><00:24:37.440><c> way</c><00:24:38.160><c> higher</c><00:24:38.440><c> than</c><00:24:38.680><c> our</c><00:24:38.980><c> thoughts</c>

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and<00:24:40.500><c> his</c><00:24:40.819><c> ways</c><00:24:41.059><c> are</c><00:24:41.359><c> higher</c><00:24:41.559><c> than</c><00:24:41.779><c> our</c><00:24:41.980><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:24:43.559><c> this</c><00:24:43.740><c> is</c><00:24:43.920><c> what</c><00:24:44.019><c> we</c><00:24:44.259><c> need</c><00:24:44.400><c> to</c><00:24:44.640><c> do</c><00:24:44.779><c> each</c><00:24:45.079><c> and</c><00:24:45.279><c> every</c><00:24:45.500><c> day,</c>

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is<00:24:46.900><c> to</c><00:24:47.180><c> remember</c><00:24:47.460><c> our</c><00:24:47.740><c> position.</c>

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And<00:24:49.720><c> if</c><00:24:49.859><c> we</c><00:24:50.000><c> do</c><00:24:50.220><c> this</c><00:24:50.579><c> and</c><00:24:50.779><c> live</c><00:24:51.000><c> our</c><00:24:51.259><c> lives</c><00:24:51.500><c> in</c><00:24:51.839><c> faith,</c>

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we<00:24:52.299><c> can</c><00:24:52.559><c> enjoy</c><00:24:52.900><c> the</c><00:24:53.200><c> same</c><00:24:53.460><c> peace</c><00:24:53.799><c> God</c><00:24:54.099><c> has</c><00:24:54.339><c> offered</c><00:24:54.579><c> to</c><00:24:54.799><c> his</c><00:24:55.019><c> children,</c>

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the<00:24:56.259><c> children</c><00:24:56.460><c> of</c><00:24:56.680><c> Israel.</c>

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Because<00:24:58.799><c> through</c><00:24:59.099><c> our</c><00:24:59.299><c> baptism</c><00:24:59.779><c> and</c><00:25:00.640><c> our</c><00:25:00.900><c> faith,</c>

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we've<00:25:02.619><c> been</c><00:25:02.819><c> grafted</c><00:25:03.259><c> in</c><00:25:03.480><c> as</c><00:25:03.779><c> children</c><00:25:04.240><c> of</c><00:25:04.420><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:05.660><c> heirs</c><00:25:05.900><c> according</c><00:25:06.240><c> to</c><00:25:06.420><c> the</c><00:25:06.579><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:25:08.160><c> as</c><00:25:08.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:08.720><c> 55</c><00:25:09.839><c> concludes,</c>

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as<00:25:11.720><c> God</c><00:25:12.059><c> calls</c><00:25:12.539><c> his</c><00:25:12.819><c> children</c><00:25:13.140><c> back,</c>

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as<00:25:14.980><c> so</c><00:25:15.180><c> ever</c><00:25:15.480><c> he</c><00:25:15.859><c> does</c><00:25:16.140><c> in</c><00:25:16.420><c> scripture,</c><00:25:16.819><c> he</c><00:25:17.259><c> ends</c><00:25:17.559><c> with</c><00:25:17.779><c> a</c><00:25:18.039><c> promise.</c>

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Starting<00:25:20.200><c> at</c><00:25:20.440><c> verse</c><00:25:20.680><c> 12.</c>

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For<00:25:22.259><c> you</c><00:25:22.440><c> shall</c><00:25:22.640><c> go</c><00:25:22.880><c> out</c><00:25:23.099><c> with</c><00:25:23.380><c> joy</c><00:25:23.960><c> and</c><00:25:24.500><c> be</c><00:25:24.680><c> led</c><00:25:24.940><c> forth</c><00:25:25.380><c> with</c><00:25:25.859><c> peace.</c>

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The<00:25:27.539><c> mountains</c><00:25:28.019><c> and</c><00:25:28.220><c> the</c><00:25:28.420><c> hills</c><00:25:28.640><c> shall</c><00:25:28.920><c> break</c><00:25:29.359><c> forth</c>

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before<00:25:30.160><c> you</c><00:25:30.480><c> into</c><00:25:30.759><c> singing.</c>

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And<00:25:32.640><c> all</c><00:25:32.880><c> the</c><00:25:33.180><c> trees</c><00:25:33.380><c> of</c><00:25:33.559><c> the</c><00:25:33.779><c> field</c><00:25:34.079><c> shall</c><00:25:34.339><c> clap</c><00:25:34.640><c> their</c><00:25:34.920><c> hands.</c>

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Instead<00:25:36.720><c> of</c><00:25:36.940><c> the</c><00:25:37.180><c> thorn</c><00:25:37.460><c> shall</c><00:25:37.700><c> come</c><00:25:37.960><c> up</c><00:25:38.319><c> the</c><00:25:38.599><c> fir</c><00:25:38.839><c> tree.</c>

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Instead<00:25:40.200><c> of</c><00:25:40.380><c> the</c><00:25:40.579><c> briar</c><00:25:40.940><c> shall</c><00:25:41.140><c> come</c><00:25:41.319><c> up</c><00:25:41.539><c> the</c><00:25:41.740><c> myrtle</c><00:25:42.079><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:25:43.579><c> it</c><00:25:43.720><c> shall</c><00:25:43.839><c> be</c><00:25:44.180><c> to</c><00:25:44.400><c> the</c><00:25:44.599><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.880><c> for</c><00:25:45.180><c> a</c><00:25:45.279><c> name</c>

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for<00:25:45.740><c> an</c><00:25:46.000><c> everlasting</c><00:25:46.460><c> sign</c><00:25:47.079><c> that</c><00:25:47.799><c> shall</c><00:25:48.000><c> not</c><00:25:48.299><c> be</c><00:25:48.579><c> cut</c><00:25:48.759><c> off.</c>

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Amen.