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out<00:10:59.019><c> of</c><00:10:59.259><c> nowhere,</c><00:11:00.080><c> concerning</c><00:11:00.360><c> the</c><00:11:01.480><c> lineage</c><00:11:01.820><c> of</c><00:11:02.159><c> mankind</c><00:11:02.720><c> back</c><00:11:03.220><c> to</c>

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Adam.<00:11:03.659><c> And</c><00:11:03.779><c> you</c><00:11:03.879><c> think,</c><00:11:04.820><c> well,</c>

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why<00:11:05.419><c> is</c><00:11:05.620><c> that</c><00:11:05.860><c> there,</c><00:11:06.159><c> brothers</c><00:11:06.279><c> and</c><00:11:06.500><c> sisters,</c><00:11:06.840><c> in</c><00:11:07.039><c> a</c><00:11:07.320><c> chronologically</c><00:11:08.000><c> ordered</c>

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said<00:11:17.840><c> to</c><00:11:17.980><c> John,</c>

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declare<00:11:24.679><c> to</c><00:11:24.940><c> all</c><00:11:25.179><c> the</c><00:11:25.399><c> world</c><00:11:25.659><c> that</c>

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his<00:11:26.620><c> flesh</c><00:11:26.919><c> profits</c><00:11:27.360><c> nothing.</c><00:11:28.759><c> All</c><00:11:28.940><c> flesh</c><00:11:29.120><c> is</c><00:11:29.360><c> grass</c><00:11:29.559><c> was</c><00:11:29.980><c> the</c>

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message<00:11:30.539><c> of</c><00:11:30.679><c> John</c><00:11:30.899><c> the</c><00:11:31.059><c> Baptist,</c><00:11:31.460><c> the</c><00:11:31.580><c> message</c><00:11:31.919><c> of</c>

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Isaiah<00:11:32.700><c> 40.</c><00:11:33.519><c> All</c><00:11:33.879><c> flesh</c><00:11:34.139><c> is</c><00:11:34.440><c> grass,</c><00:11:34.740><c> but</c><00:11:34.940><c> the</c><00:11:35.240><c> word</c><00:11:35.460><c> of</c><00:11:35.779><c> God</c>

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lives<00:11:36.659><c> forever.</c><00:11:37.759><c> The</c><00:11:38.000><c> word</c><00:11:38.259><c> made</c><00:11:38.559><c> flesh,</c>

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flesh<00:11:39.679><c> is</c><00:11:40.200><c> needing</c><00:11:40.399><c> to</c><00:11:40.740><c> be</c><00:11:40.960><c> destroyed.</c><00:11:41.720><c> And</c><00:11:41.860><c> as</c><00:11:42.039><c> the</c><00:11:42.159><c> Lord</c><00:11:42.259><c> went</c><00:11:42.460><c> down</c><00:11:42.860><c> under</c><00:11:43.039><c> those</c><00:11:43.320><c> waters,</c><00:11:43.919><c> brothers</c><00:11:44.000><c> and</c><00:11:44.159><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:11:44.480><c> was</c><00:11:44.679><c> a</c><00:11:44.820><c> declaration</c><00:11:45.220><c> to</c><00:11:45.519><c> all</c><00:11:45.740><c> the</c><00:11:45.919><c> world</c><00:11:46.340><c> that</c><00:11:47.000><c> he</c><00:11:47.120><c> was</c><00:11:47.320><c> involved</c><00:11:47.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:48.179><c> same</c><00:11:48.460><c> plight</c><00:11:49.019><c> as</c><00:11:49.580><c> humanity,</c>

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and<00:11:50.919><c> that</c><00:11:51.039><c> God's</c><00:11:51.720><c> righteousness</c><00:11:51.720><c> was</c><00:11:52.080><c> to</c><00:11:52.259><c> be</c><00:11:52.580><c> upheld.</c><00:11:53.539><c> And</c><00:11:53.639><c> then</c><00:11:53.840><c> comes</c><00:11:54.059><c> all</c><00:11:54.379><c> of</c>

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these<00:11:54.779><c> genealogies</c><00:11:55.519><c> of</c><00:11:55.679><c> Luke</c>

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chapter<00:11:56.200><c> three.</c><00:11:56.440><c> And</c><00:11:56.440><c> I</c><00:11:56.559><c> think</c><00:11:56.840><c> in</c><00:11:57.399><c> the</c><00:11:57.559><c> Lord's</c><00:11:57.919><c> mind,</c><00:11:58.340><c> brothers</c><00:11:58.379><c> and</c><00:11:58.639><c> sisters,</c><00:11:58.940><c> there</c><00:11:59.100><c> is</c>

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this<00:11:59.460><c> tremendous</c>

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weight<00:12:00.379><c> upon</c><00:12:00.700><c> his</c><00:12:01.039><c> shoulders</c><00:12:01.559><c> that</c><00:12:02.320><c> from</c><00:12:02.679><c> Adam</c><00:12:03.200><c> to</c><00:12:03.659><c> now,</c><00:12:03.879><c> and</c>

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we<00:12:04.120><c> can</c><00:12:04.200><c> really</c><00:12:04.480><c> say</c><00:12:04.799><c> across</c><00:12:05.460><c> 6</c><00:12:05.840><c>,000</c><00:12:06.179><c> years</c><00:12:06.559><c> of</c>

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mankind's<00:12:07.559><c> destiny,</c><00:12:08.019><c> it</c><00:12:08.080><c> was</c><00:12:08.259><c> now</c><00:12:08.539><c> all</c><00:12:08.879><c> focused</c><00:12:09.200><c> upon</c><00:12:09.519><c> this</c>

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man<00:12:10.320><c> and</c><00:12:11.240><c> his</c><00:12:11.480><c> obedience.</c><00:12:12.580><c> And</c><00:12:13.139><c> as</c><00:12:13.320><c> the</c><00:12:13.419><c> Lord</c><00:12:13.539><c> went</c>

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to<00:12:21.320><c> shoulder</c><00:12:21.659><c> that</c><00:12:22.039><c> burden</c><00:12:22.440><c> and</c><00:12:23.460><c> that</c><00:12:23.700><c> responsibility.</c><00:12:25.500><c> This</c>

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lineage<00:12:26.139><c> here</c><00:12:26.299><c> where</c><00:12:26.600><c> all</c><00:12:26.960><c> mankind</c><00:12:27.580><c> had</c><00:12:27.980><c> failed</c>

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was<00:12:30.000><c> now</c><00:12:30.299><c> devolved</c><00:12:30.700><c> upon</c><00:12:30.980><c> our</c><00:12:31.240><c> Lord</c><00:12:31.440><c> to</c><00:12:31.620><c> be</c><00:12:31.860><c> perfectly</c><00:12:32.279><c> obedient</c><00:12:32.799><c> and</c><00:12:33.000><c> to</c>

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uphold<00:12:33.460><c> the</c><00:12:33.700><c> Father's</c><00:12:34.120><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:12:35.700><c> save</c><00:12:36.019><c> all</c><00:12:36.399><c> that</c><00:12:36.659><c> lineage.</c><00:12:38.480><c> And</c><00:12:38.779><c> he</c><00:12:39.019><c> prayed,</c><00:12:40.179><c> and</c><00:12:40.360><c> a</c><00:12:40.460><c> voice</c>

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came<00:12:41.299><c> from</c><00:12:41.559><c> heaven</c><00:12:41.919><c> saying,</c>

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that<00:12:48.580><c> declaration</c><00:12:49.340><c> and</c><00:12:49.620><c> the</c><00:12:50.220><c> shouldering</c><00:12:50.700><c> of</c><00:12:50.919><c> that</c><00:12:51.179><c> burden,</c>

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he<00:12:52.740><c> said,</c><00:12:52.940><c> thou</c><00:12:52.980><c> art</c><00:12:53.159><c> my</c><00:12:53.519><c> son,</c>

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and<00:12:54.320><c> I'm</c><00:12:54.580><c> exceedingly</c><00:12:55.059><c> well</c><00:12:55.360><c> pleased</c><00:12:55.559><c> with</c><00:12:55.799><c> him.</c><00:12:57.059><c> What</c><00:12:57.279><c> a</c><00:12:57.419><c> wonderful</c><00:12:57.659><c> incident</c><00:12:58.259><c> this</c><00:12:59.159><c> is.</c>

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was<00:13:09.320><c> going</c><00:13:09.620><c> on,</c><00:13:10.659><c> he</c><00:13:11.360><c> prayed.</c>

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and<00:13:46.000><c> great</c><00:13:46.259><c> multitudes</c><00:13:46.940><c> came</c><00:13:47.379><c> together</c><00:13:47.759><c> to</c><00:13:48.179><c> hear</c>

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and<00:13:49.440><c> to</c><00:13:49.620><c> be</c><00:13:49.840><c> healed</c><00:13:50.080><c> by</c><00:13:50.419><c> him</c><00:13:50.620><c> of</c><00:13:50.799><c> their</c><00:13:51.059><c> infirmities,</c><00:13:52.299><c> as</c><00:13:52.320><c> they</c>

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came<00:13:52.759><c> first</c><00:13:53.100><c> to</c><00:13:53.360><c> listen</c><00:13:53.820><c> and</c><00:13:54.120><c> then</c><00:13:54.299><c> to</c><00:13:54.460><c> be</c><00:13:54.620><c> healed,</c>

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and<00:13:56.100><c> he</c><00:13:56.360><c> withdrew</c><00:13:56.779><c> himself</c><00:13:57.279><c> into</c><00:13:57.639><c> the</c><00:13:57.860><c> wilderness,</c><00:13:58.480><c> and</c><00:13:59.820><c> he</c>

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prayed.<00:14:01.759><c> He</c><00:14:02.000><c> was</c><00:14:02.220><c> conscious,</c><00:14:03.019><c> brothers</c><00:14:03.240><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:03.879><c> of</c><00:14:03.879><c> this</c><00:14:04.279><c> great</c><00:14:04.500><c> responsibility</c><00:14:05.279><c> that</c><00:14:05.460><c> was</c><00:14:05.700><c> coming</c>

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he<00:14:16.759><c> needed</c><00:14:16.940><c> to</c><00:14:17.080><c> just</c><00:14:17.259><c> take</c><00:14:17.419><c> a</c><00:14:17.539><c> break</c><00:14:18.059><c> and</c><00:14:19.360><c> reassert</c><00:14:19.740><c> his</c><00:14:20.100><c> strength</c><00:14:20.320><c> to</c><00:14:20.500><c> be</c>

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sisters,<00:14:46.720><c> we</c><00:14:46.879><c> needed</c><00:14:47.059><c> to</c><00:14:47.340><c> stop</c>

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was<00:16:49.779><c> building.</c><00:16:51.360><c> The</c><00:16:51.759><c> decision</c><00:16:52.200><c> to</c><00:16:52.480><c> appoint</c><00:16:52.759><c> 12</c><00:16:53.299><c> men</c><00:16:54.279><c> as</c><00:16:54.879><c> his</c>

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combinations<00:17:09.980><c> right,</c><00:17:11.519><c> or</c><00:17:11.640><c> that</c><00:17:11.839><c> work</c><00:17:11.960><c> would</c><00:17:12.140><c> be</c><00:17:12.380><c> in</c><00:17:12.759><c> jeopardy</c>

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prayer.<00:17:37.940><c> What</c><00:17:38.059><c> was</c><00:17:38.240><c> he</c><00:17:38.480><c> praying</c><00:17:38.619><c> for?</c><00:17:39.039><c> All</c><00:17:39.460><c> night.</c>

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close<00:17:52.640><c> disciples</c><00:17:53.180><c> to</c><00:17:53.420><c> pick</c><00:17:53.579><c> from.</c><00:17:54.480><c> And</c><00:17:54.619><c> we</c><00:17:54.759><c> know</c><00:17:54.859><c> from</c><00:17:55.059><c> Acts</c>

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God<00:18:28.339><c> did.</c><00:18:29.900><c> The</c><00:18:30.059><c> point</c><00:18:30.180><c> is</c><00:18:30.619><c> that</c><00:18:30.759><c> they</c><00:18:31.059><c> thought</c>

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identically.<00:18:32.819><c> The</c><00:18:32.920><c> Lord's</c><00:18:33.400><c> choice</c><00:18:33.640><c> was</c><00:18:33.960><c> God's</c><00:18:34.500><c> choice.</c><00:18:35.400><c> And</c>

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it<00:18:35.619><c> was</c><00:18:35.779><c> his</c><00:18:36.140><c> prayer</c><00:18:36.420><c> to</c><00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:36.779><c> Father</c><00:18:37.000><c> all</c><00:18:37.440><c> night</c><00:18:37.720><c> that</c>

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helped<00:18:38.319><c> to</c><00:18:39.440><c> achieve</c><00:18:39.920><c> that.</c><00:18:41.559><c> And</c><00:18:41.819><c> he</c><00:18:42.000><c> prayed.</c><00:18:43.440><c> Brothers</c><00:18:43.640><c> and</c><00:18:43.799><c> sisters,</c><00:18:43.960><c> you</c><00:18:44.160><c> think</c><00:18:44.339><c> for</c><00:18:44.519><c> a</c>

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serve.<00:18:52.980><c> Do</c><00:18:53.099><c> we</c><00:18:53.279><c> give</c><00:18:53.480><c> serious</c><00:18:54.019><c> prayer</c><00:18:54.160><c> to</c><00:18:54.359><c> that?</c><00:18:55.819><c> You</c><00:18:55.819><c> know,</c>

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meeting.<00:18:59.519><c> They</c><00:18:59.900><c> set</c><00:19:00.099><c> the</c><00:19:00.359><c> guidance</c><00:19:00.900><c> for</c><00:19:01.519><c> the</c><00:19:01.640><c> meeting.</c><00:19:01.720><c> We</c><00:19:01.900><c> should</c><00:19:02.099><c> give</c><00:19:02.359><c> serious</c><00:19:02.799><c> prayer</c><00:19:03.019><c> to</c>

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those<00:19:03.500><c> things.</c>

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brothers<00:19:10.380><c> and</c><00:19:10.599><c> sisters,</c><00:19:11.059><c> ought</c><00:19:11.099><c> to</c><00:19:11.579><c> have</c><00:19:11.960><c> the</c><00:19:12.220><c> focus</c><00:19:12.460><c> of</c><00:19:12.660><c> our</c>

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in<00:19:24.259><c> prayer.</c><00:19:26.440><c> The</c><00:19:26.559><c> other</c><00:19:26.720><c> gospel</c><00:19:27.000><c> writers</c><00:19:27.400><c> record</c><00:19:27.819><c> the</c><00:19:28.240><c> selection</c><00:19:28.640><c> of</c><00:19:28.880><c> the</c>

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where<00:19:42.380><c> the</c><00:19:42.839><c> Lord</c><00:19:43.140><c> continues</c><00:19:43.779><c> on</c><00:19:44.019><c> this</c><00:19:44.359><c> subject</c>

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is<00:19:56.019><c> very</c><00:19:56.339><c> simple.</c><00:19:57.059><c> We</c><00:19:57.220><c> act</c><00:19:57.460><c> like</c><00:19:57.660><c> the</c><00:19:57.920><c> world.</c>

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we<00:20:06.839><c> want</c><00:20:06.940><c> to</c><00:20:07.099><c> stand</c><00:20:07.359><c> up</c><00:20:07.539><c> for</c><00:20:07.660><c> what's</c><00:20:08.019><c> right,</c>

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we're<00:20:09.640><c> going</c><00:20:09.819><c> to</c><00:20:10.019><c> be</c><00:20:10.160><c> despised.</c><00:20:11.720><c> We're</c><00:20:11.900><c> going</c><00:20:12.059><c> to</c><00:20:12.220><c> be</c><00:20:12.440><c> cursed.</c>

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just<00:20:38.680><c> keeps</c><00:20:39.000><c> hammering</c><00:20:39.579><c> home</c>

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this<00:20:40.240><c> theme.</c><00:20:42.160><c> Verse</c><00:20:42.480><c> 18,</c><00:20:43.299><c> this</c><00:20:43.539><c> is</c><00:20:43.940><c> very</c><00:20:44.440><c> interesting</c><00:20:45.119><c> reading.</c><00:20:47.180><c> Luke</c><00:20:47.299><c> 9</c>

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verse<00:20:47.839><c> 18,</c><00:20:48.440><c> it</c><00:20:48.440><c> came</c><00:20:48.779><c> to</c><00:20:49.019><c> pass</c><00:20:49.279><c> as</c><00:20:49.460><c> he</c>

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asked<00:20:53.640><c> them</c><00:20:53.920><c> saying,</c><00:20:55.119><c> whom</c><00:20:55.519><c> say</c><00:20:56.240><c> the</c><00:20:56.559><c> people</c><00:20:57.039><c> that</c>

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phrased?<00:21:03.259><c> He's</c><00:21:03.619><c> alone</c><00:21:04.180><c> praying,</c>

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and<00:21:05.480><c> yet</c><00:21:05.579><c> he's</c><00:21:06.019><c> surrounded</c><00:21:06.500><c> by</c><00:21:06.799><c> his</c><00:21:07.000><c> disciples.</c><00:21:08.799><c> That's</c><00:21:09.339><c> telling</c><00:21:09.480><c> us</c>

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that<00:21:09.819><c> the</c><00:21:10.000><c> Lord</c><00:21:10.140><c> had</c><00:21:10.319><c> this</c>

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tremendous<00:21:11.359><c> ability</c><00:21:12.000><c> to</c><00:21:12.240><c> just</c><00:21:12.799><c> detach</c><00:21:13.359><c> himself</c><00:21:13.779><c> from</c><00:21:13.960><c> all</c><00:21:14.259><c> that</c><00:21:14.420><c> was</c><00:21:14.640><c> around</c><00:21:14.960><c> him</c><00:21:15.220><c> and</c><00:21:15.680><c> in</c>

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he<00:21:46.200><c> educating</c><00:21:46.759><c> them</c><00:21:47.079><c> and</c><00:21:47.599><c> guiding</c>

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his<00:21:57.200><c> father,</c><00:21:57.539><c> was</c><00:21:57.640><c> that</c><00:21:57.960><c> they</c><00:21:58.460><c> would</c><00:21:58.740><c> understand</c>

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that<00:21:59.319><c> he</c><00:21:59.539><c> was</c><00:22:00.119><c> the</c><00:22:00.779><c> son</c><00:22:00.940><c> of</c><00:22:01.140><c> God,</c><00:22:01.940><c> the</c><00:22:02.140><c> king</c><00:22:02.299><c> of</c><00:22:02.460><c> Israel.</c><00:22:03.619><c> And</c>

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we<00:22:04.220><c> know</c><00:22:04.400><c> that</c><00:22:04.579><c> that</c><00:22:04.740><c> must</c><00:22:04.900><c> be</c><00:22:05.119><c> true</c><00:22:05.220><c> because</c><00:22:05.440><c> when</c>

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responded<00:22:11.759><c> by</c><00:22:12.079><c> saying</c><00:22:12.299><c> this,</c><00:22:13.220><c> blessed</c><00:22:13.539><c> art</c><00:22:13.799><c> thou,</c><00:22:14.220><c> Simon</c><00:22:14.460><c> Bar</c>

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-Jonah,<00:22:15.640><c> for</c><00:22:15.839><c> flesh</c><00:22:16.039><c> and</c><00:22:16.200><c> blood</c><00:22:16.420><c> hath</c><00:22:16.660><c> not</c><00:22:16.900><c> revealed</c>

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this<00:22:17.400><c> unto</c><00:22:17.559><c> thee,</c><00:22:18.140><c> but</c><00:22:18.400><c> my</c><00:22:18.880><c> father</c><00:22:19.359><c> which</c><00:22:19.619><c> is</c><00:22:19.859><c> in</c><00:22:20.059><c> heaven.</c><00:22:20.420><c> That's</c><00:22:20.839><c> what</c><00:22:21.000><c> the</c>

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prayer<00:22:21.319><c> was</c><00:22:21.559><c> about.</c>

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that<00:22:26.440><c> he</c><00:22:26.619><c> would</c><00:22:26.799><c> give</c><00:22:27.000><c> them</c><00:22:27.259><c> the</c>

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understanding<00:22:28.279><c> to</c><00:22:28.619><c> know</c><00:22:28.759><c> that</c><00:22:28.900><c> he</c><00:22:29.140><c> was</c><00:22:29.519><c> the</c><00:22:29.740><c> son</c><00:22:29.839><c> of</c><00:22:30.099><c> God.</c><00:22:30.880><c> You</c>

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know,<00:22:31.140><c> time</c><00:22:31.240><c> was</c><00:22:31.460><c> running</c><00:22:31.660><c> out</c><00:22:31.839><c> and</c><00:22:31.920><c> he</c><00:22:32.079><c> couldn't</c><00:22:32.220><c> get</c>

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to<00:22:32.579><c> the</c><00:22:32.700><c> next</c><00:22:33.299><c> level</c><00:22:33.640><c> of</c><00:22:33.940><c> education</c><00:22:34.339><c> until</c><00:22:34.519><c> they</c><00:22:34.859><c> had</c><00:22:35.099><c> grasped</c>

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this<00:22:35.859><c> point.</c><00:22:37.319><c> And</c><00:22:37.480><c> he</c><00:22:37.539><c> was</c><00:22:37.680><c> so</c><00:22:37.960><c> deeply</c><00:22:38.259><c> thankful</c>

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point.<00:22:42.299><c> Flesh</c><00:22:42.500><c> and</c><00:22:42.740><c> blood</c><00:22:42.900><c> has</c><00:22:43.160><c> not</c><00:22:43.299><c> revealed</c>

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this<00:22:43.839><c> unto</c><00:22:43.960><c> thee,</c><00:22:44.440><c> he</c><00:22:44.440><c> said.</c><00:22:46.079><c> Your</c><00:22:46.220><c> other</c><00:22:46.380><c> gospel</c><00:22:46.740><c> writers</c><00:22:47.079><c> tell</c><00:22:47.299><c> us</c>

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about<00:22:47.700><c> that</c><00:22:48.299><c> question,</c><00:22:48.859><c> whom</c><00:22:49.059><c> say</c>

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men<00:22:50.299><c> that</c><00:22:50.660><c> I</c><00:22:50.980><c> am,</c><00:22:52.819><c> but</c><00:22:52.880><c> only</c><00:22:53.119><c> Luke</c><00:22:53.660><c> reports</c><00:22:54.339><c> that</c><00:22:55.619><c> it</c><00:22:55.720><c> was</c><00:22:55.900><c> all</c>

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preceded<00:22:56.980><c> with</c><00:22:57.779><c> a</c><00:22:58.079><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:23:00.039><c> here's</c><00:23:00.180><c> another</c><00:23:00.359><c> one,</c><00:23:00.460><c> come</c><00:23:00.599><c> down</c><00:23:00.740><c> to</c><00:23:00.839><c> verse</c><00:23:01.140><c> 28,</c><00:23:02.579><c> verse</c>

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28<00:23:03.579><c> of</c><00:23:03.759><c> this</c><00:23:04.039><c> same</c><00:23:04.400><c> chapter</c><00:23:04.799><c> in</c><00:23:04.920><c> Luke</c><00:23:05.119><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.440><c> 9.</c>

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Verse<00:23:11.960><c> 28,</c><00:23:12.539><c> it</c><00:23:12.539><c> came</c><00:23:12.779><c> to</c><00:23:13.019><c> pass</c><00:23:13.759><c> about</c><00:23:14.559><c> in</c><00:23:14.779><c> eight</c><00:23:14.940><c> days</c><00:23:15.240><c> after</c>

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and<00:23:18.200><c> James</c><00:23:18.799><c> and</c><00:23:19.819><c> went</c><00:23:20.119><c> up</c><00:23:20.839><c> into</c><00:23:21.440><c> a</c><00:23:21.700><c> mountain</c><00:23:22.140><c> to</c><00:23:22.940><c> pray.</c><00:23:23.619><c> So</c><00:23:23.680><c> he's</c><00:23:23.799><c> right</c><00:23:23.960><c> up</c>

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there<00:23:24.660><c> at</c><00:23:25.079><c> Caesarea</c><00:23:25.500><c> Philippi,</c>

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the<00:23:26.819><c> base</c><00:23:27.480><c> of</c><00:23:28.000><c> Hermon,</c><00:23:29.039><c> the</c><00:23:29.180><c> river</c><00:23:29.420><c> Jordan</c><00:23:29.779><c> as</c><00:23:29.900><c> it</c><00:23:30.279><c> burst</c><00:23:30.519><c> forth</c><00:23:30.799><c> from</c>

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the<00:23:31.140><c> ground</c><00:23:31.299><c> at</c><00:23:31.500><c> Banius.</c>

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to<00:23:37.799><c> pray.</c><00:23:39.039><c> You</c><00:23:39.180><c> know,</c><00:23:39.240><c> in</c><00:23:39.319><c> this</c><00:23:39.539><c> time</c><00:23:39.720><c> the</c><00:23:39.900><c> prayer,</c><00:23:40.299><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:23:40.559><c> sisters,</c><00:23:41.579><c> is</c><00:23:42.059><c> all</c><00:23:42.460><c> together</c><00:23:42.779><c> different.</c>

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the<00:23:48.160><c> context</c><00:23:48.819><c> really</c><00:23:49.579><c> demonstrates</c>

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the<00:23:50.819><c> subject.</c><00:23:51.500><c> He</c><00:23:51.500><c> sought</c><00:23:51.819><c> from</c><00:23:52.079><c> his</c><00:23:52.460><c> father</c><00:23:52.900><c> a</c><00:23:53.440><c> sign</c><00:23:53.660><c> of</c><00:23:53.980><c> encouragement,</c>

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a<00:23:55.740><c> sign</c><00:23:55.920><c> in</c><00:23:56.099><c> which</c><00:23:56.220><c> he</c><00:23:56.359><c> could</c><00:23:56.440><c> just</c><00:23:56.680><c> have</c><00:23:56.819><c> a</c><00:23:56.980><c> little</c><00:23:57.299><c> foretaste</c>

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of<00:23:58.220><c> the</c><00:23:58.920><c> future</c><00:23:59.200><c> glory.</c><00:24:00.819><c> He'd</c><00:24:00.960><c> just</c><00:24:01.119><c> given</c>

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in<00:24:01.440><c> verse</c><00:24:01.660><c> 22</c><00:24:02.039><c> the</c><00:24:02.279><c> disciples</c><00:24:02.680><c> a</c><00:24:02.960><c> vivid</c><00:24:03.180><c> picture</c><00:24:03.720><c> of</c><00:24:04.759><c> his</c><00:24:05.240><c> rejection</c><00:24:05.900><c> and</c>

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his<00:24:06.339><c> crucifixion,</c><00:24:06.900><c> and</c><00:24:07.039><c> he</c><00:24:07.160><c> needed</c><00:24:07.319><c> that</c>

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strength<00:24:08.240><c> as</c><00:24:09.039><c> he</c><00:24:09.259><c> approached</c><00:24:09.579><c> all</c><00:24:10.019><c> that</c><00:24:10.220><c> lay</c><00:24:10.680><c> in</c><00:24:11.279><c> front</c><00:24:11.400><c> of</c><00:24:11.599><c> him.</c><00:24:12.880><c> And</c><00:24:13.019><c> the</c><00:24:13.099><c> father</c><00:24:13.299><c> answered</c><00:24:13.799><c> there</c><00:24:14.039><c> in</c>

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by<00:24:15.420><c> allowing</c><00:24:15.700><c> the</c><00:24:15.980><c> fashion</c><00:24:16.519><c> of</c><00:24:17.079><c> his</c><00:24:17.480><c> countenance.</c><00:24:18.759><c> His</c><00:24:18.940><c> raiment</c><00:24:19.259><c> became</c><00:24:19.619><c> glowing</c><00:24:20.140><c> with</c>

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brightness.<00:24:21.319><c> It</c><00:24:21.319><c> was</c>

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white<00:24:21.900><c> and</c><00:24:22.839><c> glistening.</c><00:24:23.200><c> He</c><00:24:23.359><c> was</c><00:24:23.579><c> the</c><00:24:24.039><c> garments</c><00:24:24.339><c> of</c><00:24:24.599><c> immortality</c><00:24:25.279><c> that</c><00:24:25.460><c> he</c>

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would<00:24:25.799><c> don</c><00:24:26.119><c> upon</c><00:24:27.160><c> his</c><00:24:27.619><c> resurrection.</c>

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And<00:24:29.099><c> the</c><00:24:29.259><c> live</c><00:24:29.380><c> appearance</c><00:24:29.859><c> on</c><00:24:30.039><c> that</c><00:24:30.240><c> mountain</c><00:24:30.480><c> of</c><00:24:30.980><c> Moses</c><00:24:31.259><c> and</c>

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Elijah<00:24:31.819><c> to</c><00:24:32.240><c> strengthen</c><00:24:32.539><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:33.779><c> to</c><00:24:33.920><c> talk</c><00:24:34.119><c> about</c><00:24:34.380><c> the</c><00:24:34.759><c> Exodus.</c><00:24:35.839><c> As</c><00:24:35.940><c> you're</c><00:24:36.119><c> probably</c><00:24:36.380><c> aware,</c><00:24:36.799><c> the</c><00:24:36.839><c> word</c>

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decease<00:24:38.259><c> in</c><00:24:38.559><c> verse</c><00:24:39.059><c> 31</c><00:24:39.700><c> is</c><00:24:40.720><c> used</c><00:24:40.940><c> of</c><00:24:41.160><c> the</c><00:24:41.440><c> Exodus</c><00:24:42.099><c> of</c><00:24:42.900><c> Israel,</c>

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Hebrews<00:24:44.019><c> 11</c><00:24:44.400><c> verse</c><00:24:45.299><c> 22,</c><00:24:47.180><c> the</c><00:24:47.400><c> way</c><00:24:47.559><c> of</c><00:24:47.819><c> salvation,</c>

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the<00:24:49.240><c> way</c><00:24:49.440><c> of</c><00:24:49.759><c> escape</c><00:24:50.099><c> for</c><00:24:50.380><c> all</c><00:24:50.579><c> mankind.</c><00:24:52.339><c> The</c><00:24:52.420><c> Lord</c><00:24:52.559><c> there</c><00:24:52.779><c> in</c>

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those<00:24:53.140><c> garments</c><00:24:53.440><c> of</c><00:24:53.759><c> glory</c><00:24:53.960><c> talking</c><00:24:54.359><c> to</c><00:24:54.960><c> two</c><00:24:55.180><c> men</c><00:24:55.380><c> who</c>

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understood<00:24:56.500><c> that</c><00:24:57.119><c> subject</c><00:24:57.500><c> like</c><00:24:57.799><c> no</c><00:24:58.079><c> other.</c><00:24:59.380><c> Elijah's</c><00:24:59.740><c> education</c><00:25:00.299><c> now</c>

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being<00:25:01.279><c> completed</c><00:25:01.839><c> on</c><00:25:02.059><c> that</c><00:25:02.279><c> mountain,</c>

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preparing<00:25:02.980><c> him</c><00:25:03.160><c> for</c><00:25:03.319><c> when</c><00:25:03.420><c> he</c><00:25:03.640><c> returns.</c><00:25:03.900><c> It</c><00:25:04.019><c> gave</c><00:25:04.140><c> him</c><00:25:04.299><c> the</c><00:25:04.599><c> inspiration</c><00:25:05.140><c> that</c><00:25:05.380><c> he</c><00:25:05.599><c> needed,</c>

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and<00:25:07.319><c> he</c><00:25:07.559><c> prayed.</c><00:25:09.240><c> And</c><00:25:09.420><c> the</c><00:25:09.539><c> father</c><00:25:09.779><c> so</c><00:25:10.099><c> wonderfully</c><00:25:10.500><c> provided</c>

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that<00:25:12.440><c> encouragement.</c>

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You<00:25:14.819><c> know,</c><00:25:14.920><c> the</c><00:25:15.019><c> other</c><00:25:15.200><c> gospels</c><00:25:15.700><c> record</c><00:25:16.119><c> the</c><00:25:16.619><c> transfiguration,</c><00:25:17.500><c> brothers</c><00:25:17.599><c> and</c><00:25:17.859><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:25:20.019><c> it's</c><00:25:20.279><c> only</c><00:25:20.539><c> Luke</c><00:25:20.920><c> that</c><00:25:21.700><c> in</c><00:25:21.839><c> the</c><00:25:21.920><c> midst</c><00:25:22.059><c> of</c><00:25:22.279><c> all</c><00:25:22.500><c> that</c><00:25:22.799><c> glory</c><00:25:23.160><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:23.539><c> mount,</c><00:25:24.599><c> he</c><00:25:25.279><c> prayed.</c><00:25:27.500><c> Luke</c><00:25:27.660><c> chapter</c><00:25:27.940><c> 11,</c>

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here's<00:25:28.440><c> another</c><00:25:28.720><c> fascinating</c><00:25:29.359><c> Luke</c><00:25:30.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:31.180><c> 11.</c>

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In<00:25:38.119><c> verse</c><00:25:38.460><c> one,</c><00:25:39.380><c> that</c><00:25:39.740><c> chapter,</c><00:25:41.039><c> it</c><00:25:41.039><c> came</c><00:25:41.220><c> to</c><00:25:41.500><c> pass</c><00:25:41.759><c> as</c><00:25:41.920><c> he</c><00:25:42.099><c> was</c>

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praying<00:25:42.599><c> in</c><00:25:42.819><c> a</c><00:25:42.960><c> certain</c><00:25:43.140><c> place.</c>

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When<00:25:45.140><c> he</c><00:25:45.460><c> sees</c><00:25:45.640><c> one</c><00:25:45.900><c> of</c><00:25:46.059><c> his</c><00:25:46.259><c> disciples</c><00:25:46.740><c> said</c><00:25:47.019><c> unto</c><00:25:47.279><c> him,</c><00:25:47.539><c> Lord,</c><00:25:47.880><c> teach</c><00:25:48.160><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:48.599><c> pray.</c>

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As<00:25:50.099><c> John</c><00:25:50.460><c> also</c><00:25:51.220><c> taught</c><00:25:51.599><c> his</c><00:25:52.380><c> disciples,</c><00:25:52.920><c> you</c><00:25:52.980><c> know,</c><00:25:53.059><c> that's</c>

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telling<00:25:53.440><c> us</c><00:25:53.680><c> bosom</c><00:25:53.920><c> sisters,</c>

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something<00:25:54.539><c> very</c><00:25:55.000><c> interesting.</c><00:25:55.700><c> It</c><00:25:55.839><c> means</c><00:25:56.140><c> that</c><00:25:56.500><c> prayer</c><00:25:56.740><c> can</c>

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be<00:25:57.480><c> learned</c><00:25:57.920><c> and</c><00:25:58.559><c> prayer</c><00:25:58.920><c> can</c><00:25:59.279><c> be</c><00:25:59.660><c> taught.</c>

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It<00:26:00.839><c> does</c><00:26:01.000><c> it</c><00:26:01.160><c> come</c><00:26:01.299><c> naturally,</c><00:26:02.980><c> but</c><00:26:03.259><c> it</c><00:26:03.559><c> can</c><00:26:03.920><c> be</c><00:26:04.440><c> learned.</c><00:26:05.880><c> John</c><00:26:06.160><c> taught</c><00:26:06.400><c> his</c><00:26:06.640><c> disciples,</c>

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John<00:26:08.240><c> out</c><00:26:08.500><c> there</c><00:26:08.740><c> in</c><00:26:08.960><c> the</c><00:26:09.339><c> wilderness</c><00:26:09.740><c> teaching</c><00:26:10.119><c> his</c><00:26:10.420><c> disciples</c><00:26:10.920><c> how</c><00:26:11.640><c> to</c>

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pray<00:26:12.160><c> and</c><00:26:12.660><c> what</c><00:26:13.000><c> to</c><00:26:13.279><c> pray</c><00:26:13.420><c> about.</c>

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The<00:26:14.839><c> disciples</c><00:26:15.180><c> are</c><00:26:15.720><c> observing</c><00:26:16.339><c> the</c><00:26:16.599><c> Lord</c><00:26:16.759><c> focused</c><00:26:17.359><c> in</c><00:26:17.740><c> prayer</c><00:26:17.960><c> and</c>

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involved<00:26:19.539><c> and</c><00:26:19.859><c> immersed.</c><00:26:21.000><c> And</c><00:26:21.180><c> finally,</c>

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one<00:26:21.519><c> of</c><00:26:21.559><c> them</c><00:26:21.759><c> plots</c><00:26:22.019><c> up</c><00:26:22.359><c> courage</c><00:26:22.619><c> and</c><00:26:22.759><c> says,</c><00:26:23.000><c> Lord,</c><00:26:23.359><c> teach</c><00:26:23.619><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:23.980><c> pray.</c><00:26:24.420><c> Teach</c><00:26:24.579><c> us</c><00:26:24.759><c> to</c><00:26:24.920><c> be</c><00:26:25.019><c> like</c><00:26:25.319><c> that.</c>

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Teach<00:26:26.700><c> us</c><00:26:26.900><c> to</c><00:26:27.119><c> pray.</c><00:26:28.640><c> That's</c><00:26:29.079><c> why</c><00:26:29.279><c> we</c><00:26:29.720><c> gather</c><00:26:30.079><c> information,</c>

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don't<00:26:31.079><c> we?</c><00:26:31.259><c> And</c><00:26:31.380><c> we</c><00:26:31.900><c> read</c><00:26:32.160><c> and</c><00:26:32.319><c> we</c>

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study<00:26:32.839><c> the</c><00:26:33.119><c> prayers</c><00:26:33.359><c> of</c><00:26:33.559><c> the</c><00:26:33.740><c> faithful</c><00:26:34.000><c> to</c><00:26:34.279><c> be</c><00:26:35.000><c> learned</c><00:26:35.299><c> and</c>

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to<00:26:35.559><c> be</c><00:26:35.859><c> taught</c><00:26:36.339><c> how</c><00:26:37.220><c> to</c><00:26:37.500><c> pray.</c>

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Of<00:26:39.119><c> course,</c><00:26:39.259><c> we</c><00:26:39.400><c> have</c><00:26:39.539><c> the</c><00:26:39.759><c> finest</c><00:26:40.019><c> of</c><00:26:40.279><c> all</c><00:26:41.000><c> examples</c><00:26:41.640><c> here</c><00:26:41.940><c> in</c>

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verses<00:26:42.339><c> two</c><00:26:42.619><c> to</c><00:26:42.759><c> four</c><00:26:43.079><c> in</c><00:26:43.519><c> the</c><00:26:43.740><c> Lord's</c><00:26:44.140><c> prayer,</c>

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only<00:26:45.559><c> seven</c><00:26:45.960><c> clauses</c><00:26:46.559><c> here</c><00:26:47.220><c> in</c><00:26:47.359><c> Luke's</c><00:26:47.720><c> gospel.</c>

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The<00:26:50.339><c> essence</c><00:26:50.920><c> of</c><00:26:51.400><c> what</c><00:26:51.559><c> it</c><00:26:51.740><c> is</c><00:26:51.960><c> that</c><00:26:52.119><c> we</c><00:26:52.380><c> should</c><00:26:52.700><c> pray</c><00:26:53.000><c> about</c>

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doesn't<00:26:54.579><c> mean</c><00:26:54.799><c> that</c><00:26:54.980><c> we</c><00:26:55.400><c> can't</c><00:26:55.740><c> pray</c><00:26:55.940><c> for</c><00:26:56.160><c> things</c>

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that<00:26:56.619><c> are</c><00:26:56.779><c> not</c><00:26:57.400><c> mentioned</c><00:26:57.819><c> in</c><00:26:58.180><c> the</c><00:26:58.319><c> Lord's</c><00:26:58.700><c> prayer,</c><00:26:58.960><c> but</c><00:26:59.079><c> this</c>

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is<00:26:59.519><c> the</c><00:26:59.759><c> kernel,</c><00:27:00.299><c> isn't</c><00:27:00.359><c> it?</c><00:27:01.119><c> The</c><00:27:01.380><c> great</c><00:27:01.559><c> issues,</c>

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at<00:27:02.160><c> least</c><00:27:02.380><c> that</c><00:27:02.579><c> all</c><00:27:02.819><c> of</c><00:27:02.960><c> our</c><00:27:03.240><c> prayers</c><00:27:03.579><c> should</c><00:27:03.880><c> be</c><00:27:04.119><c> about</c><00:27:04.579><c> the</c>

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principles<00:27:05.779><c> that</c><00:27:06.079><c> we</c><00:27:06.680><c> need</c><00:27:07.019><c> to</c><00:27:07.319><c> address.</c>

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Only<00:27:09.160><c> a</c><00:27:09.380><c> few</c><00:27:09.480><c> verses,</c><00:27:11.400><c> but</c><00:27:11.400><c> they</c><00:27:11.619><c> touch,</c><00:27:11.880><c> don't</c><00:27:12.059><c> they,</c><00:27:12.279><c> upon</c>

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such<00:27:12.980><c> magnificent</c><00:27:13.680><c> things,</c>

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forgiveness<00:27:16.099><c> of</c><00:27:16.400><c> others,</c><00:27:18.660><c> deliverance</c><00:27:18.960><c> from</c><00:27:19.140><c> temptation,</c>

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provision<00:27:21.779><c> of</c><00:27:22.059><c> the</c><00:27:22.299><c> natural</c><00:27:22.660><c> things</c><00:27:22.940><c> of</c><00:27:23.220><c> life</c><00:27:23.420><c> that</c><00:27:23.599><c> we</c>

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need<00:27:23.980><c> each</c><00:27:24.380><c> day,</c><00:27:25.839><c> the</c><00:27:26.099><c> glory,</c><00:27:26.400><c> the</c><00:27:26.660><c> power</c><00:27:26.900><c> and</c><00:27:27.039><c> the</c><00:27:27.240><c> majesty</c>

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to<00:27:27.799><c> Almighty</c><00:27:28.099><c> God</c><00:27:28.400><c> and</c><00:27:28.539><c> his</c><00:27:28.660><c> coming</c><00:27:28.960><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:27:30.440><c> in</c><00:27:30.539><c> the</c><00:27:30.779><c> desire</c><00:27:31.099><c> here</c><00:27:31.380><c> that</c><00:27:31.500><c> we</c><00:27:31.660><c> have</c><00:27:31.859><c> that</c><00:27:32.420><c> the</c><00:27:32.680><c> Lord's</c>

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will<00:27:33.279><c> should</c><00:27:33.480><c> be</c><00:27:33.680><c> done</c><00:27:34.059><c> on</c><00:27:34.619><c> earth</c><00:27:34.779><c> as</c><00:27:34.940><c> it</c><00:27:35.059><c> is</c><00:27:35.279><c> in</c>

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heaven.<00:27:35.640><c> And</c><00:27:35.700><c> you</c><00:27:35.859><c> can't</c><00:27:36.140><c> pray</c><00:27:36.400><c> for</c><00:27:36.579><c> those</c><00:27:36.819><c> things,</c><00:27:37.279><c> can</c><00:27:37.339><c> you,</c>

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brothers<00:27:37.640><c> and</c><00:27:37.839><c> sisters,</c><00:27:38.380><c> unless</c><00:27:38.539><c> you</c><00:27:38.799><c> really</c>

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desire<00:27:39.539><c> the</c><00:27:39.779><c> kingdom</c><00:27:40.019><c> of</c><00:27:40.279><c> God.</c><00:27:40.859><c> You</c><00:27:41.140><c> can't</c><00:27:41.339><c> be</c><00:27:41.599><c> involved</c><00:27:41.880><c> in</c>

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these<00:27:42.259><c> subjects</c><00:27:42.599><c> unless</c><00:27:42.940><c> you</c><00:27:43.500><c> want</c><00:27:43.720><c> to</c><00:27:43.900><c> do</c><00:27:44.000><c> his</c><00:27:44.180><c> will</c>

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on<00:27:44.579><c> earth.</c><00:27:45.559><c> And</c><00:27:45.759><c> you</c><00:27:45.859><c> are</c><00:27:45.980><c> dependent</c><00:27:46.480><c> and</c><00:27:46.700><c> you</c><00:27:47.099><c> recognize</c><00:27:47.680><c> that.</c><00:27:49.279><c> We</c>

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can<00:27:49.960><c> learn</c><00:27:50.619><c> to</c><00:27:51.819><c> pray.</c>

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Your<00:27:54.099><c> other</c><00:27:54.279><c> gospel</c><00:27:54.640><c> writers</c><00:27:55.000><c> record</c><00:27:55.579><c> the</c><00:27:56.259><c> Lord's</c><00:27:56.740><c> prayer,</c>

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but<00:27:59.359><c> only</c><00:27:59.539><c> Luke</c><00:27:59.720><c> mentions</c><00:28:00.119><c> that</c><00:28:00.319><c> it</c><00:28:00.400><c> was</c><00:28:00.619><c> all</c><00:28:00.960><c> prompted</c><00:28:01.319><c> by</c><00:28:01.599><c> their</c><00:28:01.819><c> observance</c><00:28:02.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:03.599><c> Lord</c><00:28:04.059><c> in</c><00:28:04.720><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:28:06.680><c> come</c><00:28:06.839><c> over</c><00:28:07.000><c> to</c><00:28:07.079><c> Luke</c><00:28:07.220><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.579><c> 22,</c><00:28:08.180><c> just</c><00:28:08.980><c> skipping</c><00:28:09.180><c> over</c>

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the<00:28:09.700><c> Korean</c><00:28:09.900><c> ministry</c><00:28:10.380><c> and</c><00:28:10.579><c> coming</c><00:28:10.759><c> now</c><00:28:11.039><c> to</c><00:28:11.200><c> the</c>

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final<00:28:11.640><c> days.</c><00:28:12.940><c> We</c><00:28:13.200><c> have</c><00:28:13.480><c> a</c><00:28:13.680><c> little</c><00:28:13.880><c> insight</c><00:28:14.279><c> now,</c><00:28:14.599><c> don't</c><00:28:14.859><c> we,</c>

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into<00:28:15.559><c> one</c><00:28:15.819><c> of</c><00:28:15.920><c> the</c><00:28:16.160><c> subjects</c><00:28:16.619><c> of</c><00:28:17.180><c> his</c><00:28:17.619><c> prayers.</c>

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In<00:28:19.059><c> Luke</c><00:28:19.240><c> chapter</c><00:28:19.539><c> 22</c><00:28:20.160><c> in</c><00:28:20.559><c> verse</c><00:28:21.240><c> 31,</c>

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and<00:28:25.559><c> the</c><00:28:25.640><c> Lord</c><00:28:25.900><c> said,</c><00:28:27.299><c> Simon,</c><00:28:28.140><c> Simon,</c><00:28:30.099><c> Satan</c><00:28:30.480><c> hath</c><00:28:31.240><c> desired</c>

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to<00:28:32.099><c> have</c><00:28:32.279><c> thee.</c><00:28:32.339><c> By</c><00:28:32.599><c> Satan,</c><00:28:32.900><c> of</c><00:28:33.099><c> course,</c>

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means<00:28:33.539><c> the</c><00:28:34.160><c> natural</c><00:28:34.779><c> impulses</c><00:28:35.700><c> of</c><00:28:36.059><c> his</c><00:28:36.380><c> heart,</c><00:28:37.039><c> the</c><00:28:37.240><c> thinking</c>

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of<00:28:37.640><c> the</c><00:28:37.839><c> flesh,</c><00:28:39.299><c> get</c><00:28:39.380><c> desired</c><00:28:39.839><c> to</c><00:28:40.140><c> have</c><00:28:40.420><c> you</c>

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that<00:28:40.720><c> he</c><00:28:40.960><c> may</c><00:28:41.380><c> sift</c><00:28:41.740><c> you</c><00:28:42.119><c> as</c><00:28:42.420><c> we</c><00:28:42.539><c> toss</c><00:28:42.920><c> you</c><00:28:43.099><c> back</c><00:28:43.319><c> and</c><00:28:43.539><c> forth,</c>

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up<00:28:44.079><c> and</c><00:28:44.339><c> down.</c><00:28:45.700><c> But</c><00:28:45.960><c> I've</c><00:28:46.339><c> prayed</c><00:28:46.559><c> for</c><00:28:46.900><c> thee,</c>

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that<00:28:48.019><c> by</c><00:28:48.299><c> faith,</c><00:28:49.640><c> fail</c><00:28:49.859><c> not.</c><00:28:50.559><c> As</c><00:28:50.660><c> a</c><00:28:50.680><c> matter</c><00:28:50.740><c> of</c><00:28:50.839><c> fact,</c><00:28:51.119><c> the</c><00:28:51.259><c> Greek</c><00:28:51.500><c> here,</c><00:28:51.980><c> as</c>

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you<00:28:52.299><c> may</c><00:28:52.480><c> know,</c><00:28:52.960><c> it</c><00:28:52.960><c> really</c><00:28:53.339><c> has,</c>

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Satan<00:28:54.380><c> hath</c><00:28:54.700><c> desired</c><00:28:55.019><c> to</c><00:28:55.259><c> have</c><00:28:55.559><c> all</c><00:28:55.900><c> of</c><00:28:56.079><c> you,</c><00:28:57.380><c> that</c><00:28:57.480><c> he</c><00:28:57.660><c> may</c><00:28:57.920><c> sift</c><00:28:58.380><c> all</c><00:28:58.759><c> of</c>

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:02.039
you<00:28:59.900><c> as</c><00:29:00.380><c> we,</c><00:29:00.599><c> but</c><00:29:00.799><c> I've</c><00:29:01.160><c> prayed</c><00:29:01.339><c> for</c><00:29:01.660><c> you,</c>

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:06.960
Peter,<00:29:03.140><c> that</c><00:29:03.579><c> your</c><00:29:04.200><c> faith</c><00:29:04.680><c> fail</c><00:29:05.160><c> not.</c><00:29:06.339><c> And</c><00:29:06.460><c> when</c><00:29:06.559><c> you</c><00:29:06.779><c> are</c>

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converted,<00:29:08.440><c> strengthen</c><00:29:08.900><c> your</c><00:29:09.500><c> brethren.</c>

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:13.259
How<00:29:11.299><c> humbling</c><00:29:11.660><c> it</c><00:29:11.880><c> would</c><00:29:12.000><c> have</c><00:29:12.180><c> been</c><00:29:12.319><c> for</c><00:29:12.539><c> Peter</c><00:29:12.759><c> to</c><00:29:12.940><c> listen</c>

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:16.359
to<00:29:13.460><c> the</c><00:29:13.660><c> Lord,</c><00:29:13.900><c> the</c><00:29:14.059><c> Son</c><00:29:14.279><c> of</c><00:29:14.500><c> God,</c><00:29:15.559><c> praying</c><00:29:15.839><c> for</c>

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:20.079
him.<00:29:17.920><c> Of</c><00:29:18.119><c> course,</c><00:29:18.380><c> that</c><00:29:18.740><c> begs</c><00:29:19.019><c> the</c><00:29:19.240><c> question</c><00:29:19.519><c> for</c><00:29:19.740><c> you</c><00:29:19.859><c> and</c><00:29:19.980><c> I</c>

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:22.259
to<00:29:20.279><c> ask</c><00:29:20.500><c> ourselves,</c><00:29:21.200><c> that</c><00:29:21.420><c> when</c><00:29:21.559><c> was</c><00:29:21.779><c> the</c><00:29:21.880><c> last</c><00:29:22.079><c> time</c>

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:26.640
we<00:29:22.519><c> prayed</c><00:29:22.680><c> for</c><00:29:22.900><c> somebody</c><00:29:23.160><c> else</c><00:29:23.720><c> in</c><00:29:24.079><c> the</c><00:29:24.259><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:29:26.000><c> And</c><00:29:26.440><c> to</c>

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:30.259
believe<00:29:26.920><c> sincerely</c><00:29:27.380><c> that</c><00:29:28.180><c> God</c><00:29:28.559><c> is</c><00:29:28.839><c> listening</c><00:29:29.160><c> to</c><00:29:29.400><c> that,</c>

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:36.019
to<00:29:30.720><c> pray</c><00:29:30.940><c> for</c><00:29:31.160><c> others,</c><00:29:31.640><c> to</c><00:29:31.700><c> be</c><00:29:32.299><c> conscious</c><00:29:32.880><c> of</c><00:29:33.160><c> their</c><00:29:33.539><c> circumstances</c><00:29:34.220><c> and</c><00:29:34.440><c> their</c><00:29:34.640><c> needs,</c><00:29:35.920><c> to</c>

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.180
be<00:29:36.700><c> aware</c><00:29:36.960><c> of</c>

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that,<00:29:37.339><c> and</c><00:29:37.440><c> to</c><00:29:37.579><c> ask</c><00:29:37.759><c> that</c><00:29:38.099><c> strength</c><00:29:38.619><c> may</c><00:29:38.940><c> be</c><00:29:39.180><c> imparted</c><00:29:39.519><c> to</c><00:29:39.759><c> them.</c><00:29:41.319><c> Simon,</c><00:29:42.359><c> Simon,</c><00:29:42.759><c> I've</c><00:29:43.079><c> prayed</c><00:29:43.220><c> for</c><00:29:43.420><c> you,</c>

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:46.920
that<00:29:43.720><c> your</c><00:29:44.019><c> faith</c><00:29:44.619><c> fail</c><00:29:45.220><c> not,</c><00:29:45.640><c> that</c><00:29:45.880><c> God</c><00:29:46.200><c> can</c><00:29:46.440><c> give</c><00:29:46.519><c> you</c><00:29:46.700><c> the</c>

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:50.579
encouragement,<00:29:47.359><c> Simon,</c><00:29:47.920><c> to</c><00:29:48.440><c> change</c><00:29:49.220><c> your</c><00:29:49.640><c> life.</c>

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:55.359
Luke<00:29:51.660><c> alone</c><00:29:52.099><c> records</c><00:29:52.819><c> the</c><00:29:53.279><c> prayer</c><00:29:53.480><c> of</c><00:29:53.640><c> the</c><00:29:53.819><c> Lord</c><00:29:54.579><c> for</c><00:29:55.140><c> Simon.</c>

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.920
So<00:29:55.519><c> we</c><00:29:55.980><c> asked</c><00:29:56.140><c> ourselves</c><00:29:56.460><c> the</c><00:29:56.680><c> question,</c>

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why<00:29:57.220><c> is</c><00:29:57.440><c> it</c><00:29:57.680><c> Luke,</c><00:29:58.940><c> that</c><00:29:59.279><c> he</c><00:29:59.559><c> alone</c><00:29:59.779><c> who</c><00:30:00.000><c> has</c><00:30:00.160><c> this</c><00:30:00.539><c> constant</c>

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emphasis<00:30:01.980><c> in</c><00:30:02.259><c> his</c><00:30:02.480><c> gospel</c><00:30:02.960><c> upon</c><00:30:03.799><c> prayer?</c>

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:08.779
Those<00:30:05.420><c> two</c><00:30:05.759><c> parables</c><00:30:06.039><c> that</c><00:30:06.240><c> we</c><00:30:06.420><c> opened</c><00:30:06.579><c> up</c><00:30:06.799><c> with</c><00:30:06.980><c> in</c><00:30:07.519><c> Luke</c><00:30:07.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:08.039><c> 18</c>

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:13.279
are<00:30:10.000><c> only</c><00:30:10.240><c> found</c><00:30:10.559><c> in</c><00:30:10.799><c> Luke.</c><00:30:12.099><c> Why</c><00:30:12.359><c> Luke?</c>

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:17.240
Luke<00:30:14.359><c> is,</c><00:30:14.599><c> of</c><00:30:14.720><c> course,</c><00:30:15.079><c> the</c><00:30:15.259><c> face</c><00:30:15.579><c> of</c><00:30:15.799><c> the</c><00:30:15.980><c> man,</c><00:30:16.460><c> isn't</c><00:30:16.519><c> he?</c><00:30:16.640><c> The</c><00:30:16.799><c> face</c><00:30:17.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:17.480><c> priest.</c>

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Men,<00:30:20.180><c> men,</c><00:30:20.900><c> says</c><00:30:21.019><c> the</c><00:30:21.299><c> Lord,</c><00:30:21.539><c> ought</c><00:30:21.920><c> always</c><00:30:22.519><c> to</c><00:30:22.839><c> pray</c><00:30:23.039><c> and</c><00:30:23.740><c> not</c>

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:28.099
to<00:30:25.019><c> lose</c><00:30:25.359><c> courage.</c><00:30:26.779><c> Here</c><00:30:26.920><c> is</c><00:30:27.119><c> the</c><00:30:27.279><c> great</c><00:30:27.519><c> need</c><00:30:27.779><c> of</c>

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:33.880
mankind,<00:30:30.259><c> connection</c><00:30:30.720><c> with</c><00:30:31.019><c> Almighty</c><00:30:31.319><c> God.</c><00:30:32.599><c> It's</c><00:30:33.000><c> the</c><00:30:33.240><c> hallmark,</c><00:30:33.660><c> isn't</c>

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.960
it,<00:30:34.099><c> of</c><00:30:34.640><c> a</c><00:30:34.779><c> personal</c><00:30:35.200><c> relationship</c>

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:41.279
with<00:30:37.039><c> our</c><00:30:37.559><c> God.</c><00:30:38.819><c> Men</c><00:30:39.180><c> ought</c><00:30:39.420><c> always</c><00:30:39.880><c> to</c><00:30:40.200><c> pray.</c><00:30:40.700><c> And</c><00:30:41.000><c> over</c><00:30:41.180><c> and</c>

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:43.660
over<00:30:41.460><c> again</c><00:30:41.619><c> in</c><00:30:41.759><c> this</c><00:30:41.980><c> gospel</c><00:30:42.339><c> of</c><00:30:42.599><c> the</c><00:30:43.059><c> Son</c><00:30:43.319><c> of</c><00:30:43.519><c> Man,</c>

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:48.440
we<00:30:43.779><c> find</c><00:30:44.160><c> prayer</c><00:30:44.920><c> coming</c><00:30:45.240><c> out</c><00:30:45.700><c> time</c><00:30:46.240><c> and</c><00:30:47.039><c> again.</c><00:30:48.319><c> You</c><00:30:48.400><c> know,</c>

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if<00:30:48.539><c> the</c><00:30:48.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:48.819><c> Jesus</c><00:30:49.160><c> Christ,</c>

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brothers<00:30:49.680><c> and</c><00:30:49.900><c> sisters,</c><00:30:50.279><c> in</c><00:30:50.299><c> the</c><00:30:50.440><c> days</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c><00:30:50.759><c> his</c><00:30:50.960><c> flesh</c><00:30:51.119><c> needed</c>

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.920
prayer<00:30:51.799><c> to</c><00:30:52.019><c> get</c><00:30:52.160><c> him</c><00:30:52.339><c> through</c><00:30:52.500><c> all</c><00:30:52.720><c> those</c>

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:58.400
situations,<00:30:54.640><c> then</c><00:30:55.039><c> how</c><00:30:55.579><c> much</c><00:30:55.900><c> more</c><00:30:56.160><c> do</c><00:30:56.400><c> we?</c><00:30:57.440><c> It's</c><00:30:57.960><c> the</c><00:30:58.160><c> great</c>

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need<00:30:58.759><c> that</c><00:30:59.819><c> man</c><00:31:00.160><c> has</c><00:31:00.779><c> to</c><00:31:02.180><c> pray.</c>

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If<00:31:03.720><c> we</c><00:31:03.900><c> have</c><00:31:04.059><c> difficulty</c><00:31:04.559><c> with</c><00:31:04.779><c> this</c><00:31:05.000><c> practice,</c><00:31:05.480><c> and</c><00:31:05.680><c> really</c>

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:08.299
even<00:31:06.740><c> the</c><00:31:06.960><c> disciples</c><00:31:07.420><c> themselves</c><00:31:07.880><c> struggled</c>

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:12.220
with<00:31:08.460><c> it.</c><00:31:09.599><c> But</c><00:31:09.799><c> if</c><00:31:09.960><c> our</c><00:31:10.119><c> life</c><00:31:10.319><c> of</c><00:31:10.559><c> prayer</c><00:31:10.680><c> is</c><00:31:10.880><c> not</c><00:31:11.119><c> as</c><00:31:11.339><c> it</c><00:31:11.740><c> should</c><00:31:11.900><c> be,</c>

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regular,<00:31:13.579><c> consistent,</c><00:31:15.220><c> sustained,</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:19.619
then<00:31:16.859><c> we</c><00:31:16.980><c> need</c><00:31:17.119><c> to</c><00:31:17.240><c> address</c><00:31:17.460><c> that</c><00:31:17.700><c> issue</c><00:31:18.039><c> in</c><00:31:18.220><c> our</c><00:31:18.400><c> lives.</c><00:31:19.240><c> Because</c><00:31:19.460><c> it</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.339
was<00:31:19.759><c> what</c><00:31:19.980><c> got</c><00:31:20.140><c> the</c><00:31:20.400><c> Lord</c><00:31:20.599><c> through</c><00:31:20.839><c> all</c><00:31:21.099><c> these</c>

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circumstances,<00:31:21.940><c> and</c><00:31:22.059><c> it</c><00:31:22.160><c> will</c><00:31:22.279><c> do</c><00:31:22.420><c> the</c><00:31:22.599><c> same</c><00:31:22.880><c> for</c><00:31:23.099><c> us.</c><00:31:24.599><c> What</c>

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:28.119
better<00:31:25.019><c> opportunity</c><00:31:25.599><c> than</c><00:31:26.200><c> this</c><00:31:26.779><c> night</c><00:31:26.980><c> to</c><00:31:27.200><c> address</c><00:31:27.500><c> it?</c>

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As<00:31:28.519><c> this</c><00:31:28.799><c> year</c><00:31:29.099><c> is</c><00:31:29.880><c> coming</c><00:31:30.039><c> to</c><00:31:30.259><c> a</c><00:31:30.440><c> close,</c><00:31:30.880><c> 2021,</c><00:31:31.660><c> 2022</c><00:31:32.180><c> could</c>

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:34.180
bring<00:31:32.660><c> the</c><00:31:32.839><c> return</c><00:31:33.119><c> of</c><00:31:33.299><c> our</c><00:31:33.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:37.299
What<00:31:35.160><c> better</c><00:31:35.380><c> opportunity</c><00:31:35.900><c> than</c><00:31:36.160><c> to</c><00:31:36.400><c> stop</c><00:31:36.720><c> and</c><00:31:36.920><c> to</c><00:31:37.099><c> address</c>

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:42.019
it<00:31:37.980><c> now?</c><00:31:39.980><c> You</c><00:31:40.000><c> know,</c><00:31:40.099><c> in</c><00:31:40.200><c> verse</c><00:31:40.420><c> 40</c><00:31:40.759><c> of</c><00:31:40.960><c> this</c>

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:47.480
same<00:31:42.539><c> chapter,</c><00:31:43.099><c> we</c><00:31:43.200><c> have</c><00:31:44.000><c> one</c><00:31:44.900><c> of</c><00:31:44.980><c> the</c><00:31:45.059><c> most</c><00:31:45.240><c> graphic</c><00:31:45.640><c> illustrations</c><00:31:46.299><c> of</c><00:31:47.099><c> the</c>

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.839
Lord's<00:31:48.059><c> deep</c><00:31:48.299><c> prayers.</c><00:31:48.759><c> You</c>

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know,<00:31:48.900><c> he's</c><00:31:49.160><c> here</c><00:31:49.460><c> in</c><00:31:49.660><c> the</c><00:31:49.839><c> garden</c><00:31:50.240><c> in</c><00:31:51.119><c> verse</c><00:31:51.720><c> 40.</c><00:31:53.319><c> He</c><00:31:53.559><c> says</c><00:31:53.700><c> there</c><00:31:53.920><c> in</c>

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:56.180
Luke<00:31:54.119><c> 22</c><00:31:54.579><c> and</c><00:31:54.779><c> verse</c><00:31:55.779><c> 40,</c>

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:59.920
and<00:31:56.339><c> when</c><00:31:56.460><c> he</c><00:31:56.619><c> was</c><00:31:56.779><c> at</c><00:31:56.920><c> the</c><00:31:57.160><c> place</c><00:31:57.440><c> he</c><00:31:57.859><c> said</c><00:31:58.039><c> unto</c><00:31:58.279><c> them,</c><00:31:59.819><c> pray</c>

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:02.380
that<00:32:00.119><c> ye</c><00:32:00.299><c> enter</c><00:32:00.480><c> not</c><00:32:00.799><c> into</c><00:32:01.079><c> temptation.</c>

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:05.700
And<00:32:03.460><c> he</c><00:32:03.599><c> was</c><00:32:03.779><c> withdrawn</c><00:32:04.160><c> from</c><00:32:04.359><c> them</c><00:32:04.559><c> about</c><00:32:04.759><c> a</c><00:32:05.039><c> stone's</c><00:32:05.460><c> cast,</c>

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:08.200
and<00:32:05.980><c> kneeled</c><00:32:06.180><c> down</c><00:32:06.819><c> and</c><00:32:07.559><c> prayed,</c><00:32:07.920><c> saying,</c>

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:12.940
Father,<00:32:09.880><c> if</c><00:32:10.019><c> thou</c><00:32:10.160><c> be</c><00:32:10.319><c> willing,</c><00:32:10.599><c> remove</c><00:32:10.940><c> this</c><00:32:11.220><c> cup</c><00:32:11.420><c> from</c><00:32:11.700><c> me.</c>

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.759
Nevertheless,<00:32:13.619><c> not</c><00:32:13.880><c> my</c><00:32:14.140><c> will,</c><00:32:14.420><c> but</c><00:32:14.559><c> thine</c><00:32:14.759><c> be</c><00:32:14.980><c> done.</c>

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:19.720
And<00:32:16.220><c> there</c><00:32:16.299><c> appeared</c><00:32:16.440><c> an</c><00:32:16.740><c> angel</c><00:32:16.960><c> unto</c><00:32:17.220><c> him</c><00:32:17.440><c> from</c><00:32:17.660><c> heaven,</c><00:32:18.099><c> strengthening</c><00:32:18.539><c> him.</c><00:32:19.359><c> And</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.079
being<00:32:20.000><c> in</c><00:32:20.480><c> an</c><00:32:20.859><c> agony,</c>

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:24.680
he<00:32:21.440><c> prayed</c><00:32:21.680><c> more</c><00:32:22.019><c> honestly.</c><00:32:23.259><c> His</c><00:32:23.599><c> sweat</c><00:32:23.779><c> was,</c><00:32:24.140><c> as</c><00:32:24.319><c> it</c><00:32:24.500><c> were,</c>

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:27.400
great<00:32:24.960><c> drops</c><00:32:25.299><c> of</c><00:32:25.539><c> blood,</c><00:32:26.400><c> falling</c><00:32:26.660><c> down</c><00:32:27.039><c> to</c><00:32:27.220><c> the</c>

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:30.220
ground.<00:32:28.400><c> And</c><00:32:28.480><c> when</c><00:32:28.539><c> he</c><00:32:28.660><c> rose</c><00:32:28.839><c> up</c><00:32:29.099><c> from</c><00:32:29.299><c> prayer,</c><00:32:29.740><c> and</c><00:32:29.880><c> he</c><00:32:30.000><c> was</c>

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.859
come<00:32:30.440><c> to</c><00:32:30.599><c> his</c><00:32:30.799><c> disciples,</c><00:32:31.200><c> he</c><00:32:31.299><c> found</c><00:32:31.480><c> them</c><00:32:31.660><c> sleeping</c>

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:35.079
for<00:32:32.119><c> sorrow.</c><00:32:33.119><c> And</c><00:32:33.220><c> some</c><00:32:33.319><c> of</c><00:32:33.420><c> them,</c><00:32:33.779><c> why</c><00:32:33.940><c> sleep</c><00:32:34.259><c> ye?</c><00:32:34.420><c> Rise</c><00:32:34.779><c> and</c>

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.980
pray,<00:32:35.440><c> lest</c><00:32:35.539><c> ye</c><00:32:35.799><c> enter</c><00:32:36.339><c> into</c><00:32:37.299><c> temptation.</c>

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:45.599
Now<00:32:38.279><c> this</c><00:32:38.779><c> here</c><00:32:39.180><c> from</c><00:32:39.400><c> verses</c><00:32:39.740><c> 40</c><00:32:40.119><c> to</c><00:32:40.279><c> 46</c><00:32:40.759><c> is</c><00:32:41.000><c> the</c><00:32:41.380><c> third</c><00:32:41.880><c> of</c><00:32:42.680><c> the</c><00:32:42.900><c> three</c><00:32:43.140><c> prayers</c><00:32:43.440><c> which</c><00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:43.980><c> Lord</c><00:32:44.519><c> offers</c><00:32:45.039><c> in</c><00:32:45.380><c> the</c>

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:50.119
garden.<00:32:46.519><c> And</c><00:32:46.819><c> it's</c><00:32:46.980><c> only</c><00:32:47.359><c> Luke</c><00:32:47.859><c> who</c><00:32:48.559><c> records</c><00:32:49.099><c> and</c><00:32:49.660><c> gives</c><00:32:49.859><c> us</c>

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:53.680
the<00:32:50.400><c> words</c><00:32:50.859><c> of</c><00:32:51.539><c> this</c><00:32:51.880><c> third</c><00:32:52.140><c> prayer</c><00:32:52.400><c> from</c><00:32:52.599><c> verses</c><00:32:52.920><c> 40</c>

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.240
to<00:32:54.220><c> 46.</c><00:32:55.940><c> But</c><00:32:56.160><c> the</c><00:32:56.380><c> key</c><00:32:56.619><c> lesson</c><00:32:56.960><c> that's</c><00:32:57.160><c> in</c><00:32:57.359><c> those</c><00:32:57.660><c> verses,</c><00:32:58.019><c> and</c>

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.640
you<00:32:58.400><c> see</c><00:32:58.559><c> it</c><00:32:58.680><c> in</c><00:32:58.779><c> verse</c><00:32:59.019><c> 40,</c>

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:03.619
as<00:33:00.440><c> well</c><00:33:00.660><c> as</c><00:33:01.079><c> verse</c><00:33:01.339><c> 46,</c><00:33:02.160><c> which</c><00:33:02.220><c> is</c><00:33:02.440><c> emphasized</c><00:33:02.819><c> almost</c><00:33:03.200><c> like</c>

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:06.259
bookends,<00:33:05.480><c> if</c><00:33:05.519><c> you</c><00:33:05.599><c> look</c><00:33:05.720><c> at</c><00:33:05.819><c> this</c><00:33:05.980><c> incident,</c>

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:09.559
is<00:33:06.480><c> that</c><00:33:06.700><c> prayer,</c><00:33:07.200><c> brothers</c><00:33:07.299><c> and</c><00:33:07.420><c> sisters,</c><00:33:07.799><c> is</c><00:33:08.019><c> the</c><00:33:08.359><c> antidote</c>

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:13.559
to<00:33:10.200><c> temptation.</c><00:33:12.420><c> Not</c><00:33:12.579><c> only</c><00:33:12.759><c> is</c><00:33:12.880><c> it</c><00:33:13.000><c> an</c><00:33:13.200><c> antidote</c>

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:17.940
to<00:33:13.759><c> despair</c><00:33:14.339><c> and</c><00:33:14.759><c> to</c><00:33:15.140><c> distress,</c><00:33:15.900><c> prayer</c><00:33:16.240><c> is</c><00:33:16.640><c> the</c><00:33:17.079><c> antidote</c><00:33:17.740><c> to</c>

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:21.680
temptation.<00:33:20.240><c> So</c><00:33:20.400><c> if</c><00:33:20.500><c> you're</c><00:33:20.700><c> tempted,</c>

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:27.099
stop<00:33:23.099><c> and</c><00:33:23.740><c> pray.</c><00:33:24.640><c> If</c><00:33:25.000><c> we</c><00:33:25.200><c> feel</c><00:33:25.420><c> ourselves</c><00:33:25.880><c> being</c><00:33:26.240><c> drawn</c><00:33:26.799><c> into</c>

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:29.400
temptation,<00:33:28.019><c> if</c><00:33:28.200><c> we're</c><00:33:28.460><c> placed</c><00:33:28.640><c> in</c><00:33:28.779><c> an</c><00:33:28.960><c> opportunity</c>

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:33.720
where<00:33:29.619><c> sin</c><00:33:30.000><c> is</c><00:33:30.339><c> possible,</c><00:33:31.259><c> the</c><00:33:31.500><c> Lord</c><00:33:31.680><c> is</c><00:33:31.940><c> saying</c><00:33:32.079><c> here,</c><00:33:32.980><c> in</c><00:33:33.140><c> the</c><00:33:33.359><c> words</c><00:33:33.519><c> of</c>

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.119
this<00:33:33.960><c> third</c><00:33:34.180><c> prayer,</c><00:33:34.440><c> that</c><00:33:34.519><c> the</c><00:33:34.660><c> solution</c>

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:41.680
to<00:33:35.319><c> that</c><00:33:35.480><c> is</c><00:33:35.640><c> to</c><00:33:35.940><c> stop</c><00:33:36.359><c> and</c><00:33:37.160><c> to</c><00:33:37.440><c> pray.</c><00:33:38.759><c> Now</c><00:33:39.019><c> how</c><00:33:39.220><c> often</c><00:33:39.799><c> do</c><00:33:40.720><c> we</c><00:33:40.880><c> do</c><00:33:41.059><c> that?</c><00:33:41.299><c> I</c>

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:43.519
confess<00:33:42.079><c> that</c><00:33:42.299><c> I</c><00:33:42.440><c> do</c><00:33:42.660><c> fail</c><00:33:42.940><c> in</c><00:33:43.059><c> this</c><00:33:43.220><c> regard,</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:47.059
that<00:33:44.019><c> I</c><00:33:44.279><c> have</c><00:33:44.519><c> temptations</c><00:33:45.220><c> and</c><00:33:45.380><c> I</c><00:33:46.019><c> can't</c><00:33:46.319><c> seem</c><00:33:46.500><c> to</c><00:33:46.720><c> think</c><00:33:46.880><c> to</c>

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:50.240
myself<00:33:47.380><c> to</c><00:33:47.700><c> stop</c><00:33:47.940><c> and</c><00:33:48.099><c> to</c><00:33:48.339><c> pray</c><00:33:48.579><c> and</c><00:33:49.160><c> to</c><00:33:49.500><c> pray</c><00:33:49.680><c> to</c><00:33:49.980><c> turn</c>

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:54.299
that<00:33:50.539><c> temptation</c><00:33:51.119><c> away.</c><00:33:52.440><c> You</c><00:33:52.519><c> have</c><00:33:52.579><c> to</c><00:33:52.740><c> focus</c><00:33:52.980><c> the</c><00:33:53.259><c> mind</c><00:33:53.640><c> on</c>

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:56.660
God,<00:33:54.559><c> which</c><00:33:54.740><c> causes</c><00:33:55.079><c> that</c><00:33:55.380><c> temptation</c><00:33:55.920><c> to</c><00:33:56.200><c> dissipate.</c>

00:33:56.660 --> 00:34:00.579
Very<00:33:57.099><c> difficult</c><00:33:57.559><c> to</c><00:33:57.779><c> do.</c><00:33:59.059><c> But</c><00:33:59.220><c> twice</c><00:33:59.539><c> the</c><00:33:59.740><c> Lord</c><00:33:59.940><c> said</c><00:34:00.220><c> that,</c>

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:04.380
both<00:34:00.819><c> before</c><00:34:01.380><c> and</c><00:34:02.079><c> after</c><00:34:02.880><c> the</c><00:34:03.539><c> prayer.</c>

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:09.659
Instead<00:34:04.779><c> of</c><00:34:04.980><c> being</c><00:34:05.500><c> led</c><00:34:05.880><c> into</c><00:34:06.240><c> temptation,</c><00:34:06.920><c> turn</c><00:34:07.299><c> that</c><00:34:07.579><c> around</c><00:34:08.199><c> with</c>

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:12.699
a<00:34:10.119><c> prayer.</c><00:34:10.719><c> Very</c><00:34:11.000><c> difficult</c><00:34:11.400><c> to</c><00:34:11.619><c> do</c><00:34:11.780><c> in</c><00:34:12.380><c> the</c>

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:16.960
heat<00:34:12.820><c> of</c><00:34:12.960><c> the</c><00:34:13.059><c> moment.</c><00:34:13.940><c> That's</c><00:34:14.179><c> what</c><00:34:14.340><c> the</c><00:34:14.559><c> Lord</c><00:34:14.719><c> was</c><00:34:15.139><c> using</c><00:34:15.619><c> prayer</c><00:34:16.019><c> for</c><00:34:16.360><c> here,</c><00:34:16.619><c> and</c><00:34:16.760><c> it</c>

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.619
works.<00:34:18.079><c> He</c><00:34:18.179><c> was</c><00:34:18.320><c> under</c>

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:24.039
tremendous,<00:34:19.579><c> tremendous</c><00:34:20.239><c> pressure,</c><00:34:20.659><c> and</c><00:34:20.800><c> this</c><00:34:21.219><c> was</c><00:34:21.400><c> what</c><00:34:21.559><c> got</c><00:34:21.820><c> him</c><00:34:22.079><c> through</c><00:34:22.340><c> this</c><00:34:23.039><c> most</c><00:34:23.420><c> difficult</c><00:34:23.860><c> of</c>

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.739
all<00:34:24.340><c> trials.</c>

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:29.800
If<00:34:25.380><c> we</c><00:34:25.480><c> come</c><00:34:25.659><c> back</c><00:34:25.860><c> to</c><00:34:26.199><c> Mark</c><00:34:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.800><c> 14,</c><00:34:29.039><c> Mark</c><00:34:29.300><c> again</c><00:34:29.579><c> gives</c>

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:33.039
us<00:34:30.139><c> a</c><00:34:30.460><c> graphic</c><00:34:30.960><c> picture</c><00:34:31.440><c> of</c><00:34:31.840><c> the</c><00:34:32.039><c> Lord's</c><00:34:32.639><c> struggle</c>

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:38.079
in<00:34:34.079><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:34:35.860><c> Don't</c><00:34:36.059><c> lose</c><00:34:36.280><c> Luke</c><00:34:36.559><c> chapter</c><00:34:37.000><c> 22,</c><00:34:37.420><c> but</c><00:34:37.579><c> just</c>

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.360
come<00:34:38.280><c> momentarily</c><00:34:38.860><c> over</c><00:34:39.059><c> to</c><00:34:39.239><c> Mark</c><00:34:39.440><c> 14.</c>

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:46.159
Mark<00:34:42.800><c> 14</c><00:34:43.440><c> and</c><00:34:43.780><c> verse</c><00:34:44.739><c> 33.</c>

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:54.519
He<00:34:50.260><c> taketh</c><00:34:50.519><c> with</c><00:34:50.780><c> him</c><00:34:51.000><c> Peter</c><00:34:51.380><c> and</c><00:34:51.639><c> James</c><00:34:52.139><c> and</c><00:34:52.400><c> John,</c><00:34:53.800><c> and</c><00:34:53.960><c> began</c><00:34:54.260><c> to</c>

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:57.119
be<00:34:54.840><c> sore</c><00:34:55.480><c> amazed.</c>

00:34:58.099 --> 00:35:03.420
That's<00:34:58.460><c> a</c><00:34:58.539><c> good</c><00:34:58.679><c> translation.</c><00:34:59.239><c> He</c><00:34:59.440><c> was</c><00:34:59.940><c> sore</c><00:35:00.659><c> amazed.</c><00:35:03.199><c> What</c>

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:07.860
was<00:35:04.519><c> he</c><00:35:04.760><c> astonished</c><00:35:05.760><c> at?</c><00:35:06.340><c> We</c><00:35:06.519><c> asked</c><00:35:06.699><c> the</c><00:35:06.900><c> question.</c>

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:11.760
I<00:35:08.699><c> think,</c><00:35:09.079><c> brothers</c><00:35:09.079><c> and</c><00:35:09.260><c> sisters,</c><00:35:09.539><c> that</c><00:35:09.719><c> he</c><00:35:09.840><c> was</c><00:35:10.039><c> really</c><00:35:10.440><c> astonished</c><00:35:11.239><c> at</c>

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:15.460
the<00:35:12.000><c> enormous</c><00:35:12.579><c> pull</c><00:35:13.300><c> of</c><00:35:14.039><c> his</c><00:35:14.599><c> natural</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:18.719
desires.<00:35:17.119><c> You</c><00:35:17.179><c> know,</c><00:35:17.280><c> in</c><00:35:17.380><c> John</c><00:35:17.559><c> chapter</c><00:35:17.880><c> 17,</c><00:35:18.340><c> and</c><00:35:18.500><c> the</c><00:35:18.599><c> prayer</c>

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:20.079
that<00:35:18.860><c> we</c><00:35:19.039><c> have</c><00:35:19.219><c> there,</c><00:35:19.460><c> which</c><00:35:19.599><c> was</c><00:35:19.800><c> offered</c>

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:26.500
just<00:35:20.500><c> a</c><00:35:20.699><c> few</c><00:35:20.820><c> hours</c><00:35:21.159><c> before</c><00:35:21.599><c> this,</c><00:35:21.780><c> we</c><00:35:21.940><c> have</c><00:35:22.059><c> this</c><00:35:22.519><c> great</c><00:35:22.900><c> prayer</c><00:35:23.400><c> of</c><00:35:23.679><c> triumph.</c><00:35:24.579><c> Be</c><00:35:24.659><c> of</c><00:35:24.900><c> good</c><00:35:25.179><c> cheer.</c><00:35:25.900><c> I</c><00:35:26.260><c> have</c>

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:29.480
overcome<00:35:26.820><c> the</c><00:35:27.139><c> world.</c><00:35:27.820><c> I</c><00:35:27.900><c> have</c><00:35:28.199><c> manifested</c><00:35:28.739><c> thy</c><00:35:29.059><c> name</c><00:35:29.300><c> unto</c>

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:31.699
the<00:35:29.739><c> men</c><00:35:29.880><c> that</c><00:35:30.340><c> thou</c><00:35:30.519><c> gavest</c><00:35:30.940><c> me</c><00:35:31.139><c> out</c><00:35:31.300><c> of</c><00:35:31.360><c> the</c><00:35:31.539><c> world,</c>

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:35.420
and<00:35:31.840><c> the</c><00:35:31.960><c> Lord</c><00:35:32.099><c> offers</c><00:35:32.380><c> this</c><00:35:32.679><c> wonderful</c><00:35:33.139><c> prayer</c><00:35:33.460><c> for</c><00:35:34.199><c> the</c><00:35:34.699><c> unity</c><00:35:35.099><c> of</c>

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:38.500
the<00:35:35.599><c> body.</c><00:35:36.400><c> And</c><00:35:36.699><c> there</c><00:35:36.840><c> was</c><00:35:37.480><c> resoluteness</c><00:35:38.159><c> and</c>

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:41.900
confidence<00:35:39.219><c> as</c><00:35:39.460><c> he</c><00:35:40.000><c> moved</c><00:35:40.380><c> for</c><00:35:40.619><c> the</c><00:35:40.739><c> cross.</c><00:35:41.239><c> And</c><00:35:41.239><c> now</c><00:35:41.519><c> just</c><00:35:41.760><c> a</c>

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:47.099
few<00:35:42.019><c> hours</c><00:35:42.340><c> later,</c><00:35:44.460><c> he's</c><00:35:44.900><c> sore</c><00:35:45.340><c> amazed.</c><00:35:46.619><c> And</c><00:35:46.820><c> the</c>

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:50.780
closer<00:35:47.440><c> he</c><00:35:48.199><c> got</c><00:35:48.480><c> to</c><00:35:48.679><c> the</c><00:35:48.880><c> cross,</c><00:35:49.139><c> the</c><00:35:49.239><c> more</c><00:35:49.400><c> he</c><00:35:49.619><c> felt</c><00:35:49.739><c> the</c><00:35:50.019><c> enormous</c><00:35:50.360><c> pull</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:53.179
of<00:35:50.940><c> his</c><00:35:51.159><c> nature</c><00:35:51.579><c> resisting</c><00:35:52.599><c> the</c><00:35:52.920><c> coming</c>

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:59.159
pain.<00:35:54.719><c> And</c><00:35:55.000><c> so</c><00:35:55.179><c> he</c><00:35:55.420><c> was</c><00:35:56.099><c> astonished.</c><00:35:57.539><c> Sore</c><00:35:57.860><c> amazed,</c><00:35:58.400><c> as</c><00:35:58.519><c> verse</c>

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:01.500
33<00:35:59.820><c> says.</c><00:36:00.159><c> You</c><00:36:00.199><c> know,</c><00:36:00.840><c> if</c><00:36:01.000><c> ever</c><00:36:01.179><c> there</c><00:36:01.320><c> was</c>

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:04.400
anyone<00:36:01.739><c> who</c><00:36:02.039><c> knew</c><00:36:02.219><c> what</c><00:36:02.519><c> lay</c><00:36:02.719><c> ahead</c><00:36:02.980><c> of</c><00:36:03.139><c> him,</c><00:36:03.300><c> it</c><00:36:03.420><c> was</c><00:36:03.599><c> the</c><00:36:03.780><c> Lord.</c><00:36:04.159><c> He</c>

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:06.960
knew<00:36:04.599><c> the</c><00:36:04.900><c> Psalms.</c><00:36:05.860><c> He</c><00:36:06.079><c> knew</c><00:36:06.280><c> the</c><00:36:06.539><c> prophets.</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.900
He<00:36:07.219><c> had</c><00:36:07.739><c> plainly</c><00:36:08.219><c> told</c><00:36:08.400><c> his</c><00:36:08.639><c> disciples</c><00:36:09.079><c> in</c><00:36:09.199><c> Luke</c><00:36:09.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:09.659><c> 9</c>

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:11.559
that<00:36:10.019><c> he</c><00:36:10.099><c> would</c><00:36:10.239><c> be</c><00:36:10.460><c> crucified.</c>

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:16.900
And<00:36:11.860><c> yet</c><00:36:12.219><c> he's</c><00:36:13.159><c> exceedingly</c><00:36:14.300><c> astonished</c><00:36:14.920><c> now</c><00:36:15.500><c> and</c><00:36:16.219><c> amazed.</c><00:36:16.880><c> I</c>

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.320
mean,<00:36:17.079><c> these</c><00:36:17.260><c> temptations</c><00:36:17.840><c> that</c><00:36:18.059><c> the</c><00:36:18.179><c> Lord</c>

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:23.739
experienced<00:36:18.780><c> were</c><00:36:19.079><c> real.</c><00:36:20.280><c> He</c><00:36:20.460><c> was</c><00:36:20.800><c> touched</c><00:36:21.179><c> with</c><00:36:21.480><c> the</c><00:36:22.039><c> feelings</c><00:36:22.500><c> of</c><00:36:23.460><c> our</c>

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:25.400
infirmities,<00:36:24.219><c> with</c><00:36:24.460><c> strong</c><00:36:25.000><c> crying</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:30.179
and<00:36:25.760><c> tears,</c><00:36:27.380><c> says</c><00:36:27.599><c> Paul.</c><00:36:28.800><c> And</c><00:36:28.980><c> he</c><00:36:29.039><c> was</c><00:36:29.199><c> beginning</c><00:36:29.400><c> to</c><00:36:29.860><c> recoil</c>

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.820
from<00:36:30.440><c> this.</c><00:36:31.480><c> I</c><00:36:31.579><c> mean,</c><00:36:31.579><c> no</c><00:36:31.679><c> one</c><00:36:31.800><c> wants</c><00:36:32.019><c> to</c><00:36:32.599><c> go</c>

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:35.800
through<00:36:33.079><c> its</c><00:36:33.360><c> suffering,</c><00:36:33.780><c> let</c><00:36:33.900><c> alone</c><00:36:34.219><c> crucifixion.</c><00:36:35.659><c> I</c><00:36:35.719><c> think</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.219
even<00:36:36.079><c> we</c><00:36:36.360><c> know</c><00:36:36.559><c> the</c><00:36:36.840><c> reaction</c><00:36:37.300><c> of</c><00:36:37.760><c> our</c><00:36:38.019><c> human</c>

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:43.920
nature<00:36:38.599><c> when</c><00:36:38.880><c> each</c><00:36:39.739><c> day</c><00:36:40.019><c> we</c><00:36:40.139><c> have</c><00:36:40.360><c> to</c><00:36:40.559><c> tell</c><00:36:40.659><c> it</c><00:36:40.920><c> no.</c><00:36:42.420><c> Paul</c><00:36:42.639><c> in</c><00:36:42.739><c> Romans</c><00:36:43.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.340><c> 7</c>

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.539
paints<00:36:44.400><c> this</c><00:36:44.739><c> picture</c><00:36:45.039><c> of</c><00:36:45.219><c> what</c>

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:49.900
happened<00:36:45.840><c> when</c><00:36:45.980><c> he</c><00:36:46.199><c> told</c><00:36:46.440><c> his</c><00:36:46.800><c> flesh</c><00:36:47.099><c> not</c><00:36:47.539><c> to</c><00:36:47.760><c> covet.</c><00:36:49.039><c> And</c><00:36:49.199><c> Paul</c><00:36:49.340><c> says</c><00:36:49.559><c> it</c>

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.599
set<00:36:50.119><c> up</c><00:36:50.280><c> a</c><00:36:50.380><c> base</c><00:36:50.639><c> of</c><00:36:50.900><c> operations.</c>

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:58.480
It<00:36:52.219><c> declared</c><00:36:52.480><c> war</c><00:36:52.880><c> against</c><00:36:53.260><c> me.</c><00:36:54.940><c> Well,</c><00:36:55.179><c> if</c><00:36:55.539><c> our</c><00:36:55.840><c> flesh</c><00:36:56.079><c> declares</c><00:36:56.619><c> war</c><00:36:57.639><c> against</c><00:36:58.239><c> us</c>

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.719
when<00:36:58.639><c> we</c><00:36:58.820><c> tell</c><00:36:58.940><c> it</c>

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:04.039
not<00:37:00.960><c> to</c><00:37:01.239><c> covet,</c><00:37:02.539><c> then</c><00:37:02.739><c> what's</c><00:37:03.059><c> the</c><00:37:03.139><c> reaction</c><00:37:03.460><c> of</c><00:37:03.639><c> our</c><00:37:03.840><c> human</c>

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:06.699
nature<00:37:04.340><c> going</c><00:37:04.579><c> to</c><00:37:04.780><c> be</c><00:37:04.900><c> when</c><00:37:05.039><c> we</c><00:37:05.260><c> tell</c><00:37:05.400><c> it</c><00:37:06.039><c> that</c>

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:14.960
it<00:37:07.039><c> has</c><00:37:07.260><c> to</c><00:37:07.480><c> die?</c><00:37:09.360><c> And</c><00:37:09.780><c> so</c><00:37:09.840><c> what</c><00:37:09.960><c> did</c><00:37:10.079><c> the</c><00:37:10.219><c> Lord</c><00:37:10.340><c> do?</c><00:37:12.960><c> He</c><00:37:13.340><c> prayed.</c><00:37:14.559><c> He</c><00:37:14.760><c> was</c>

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.679
very<00:37:15.340><c> heavy,</c><00:37:15.599><c> it</c><00:37:15.820><c> says</c><00:37:15.980><c> there</c><00:37:16.179><c> in</c>

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:22.860
verse<00:37:16.980><c> 33.</c><00:37:18.039><c> Rotherham</c><00:37:18.260><c> says</c><00:37:18.719><c> he</c><00:37:19.360><c> was</c><00:37:19.900><c> in</c><00:37:20.280><c> great</c><00:37:20.820><c> distress.</c><00:37:22.159><c> And</c><00:37:22.599><c> what</c><00:37:22.760><c> do</c>

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.119
you<00:37:22.860><c> think</c><00:37:22.960><c> he</c><00:37:23.119><c> was</c><00:37:23.260><c> distressed</c><00:37:23.719><c> by?</c><00:37:23.980><c> I</c><00:37:24.039><c> think</c>

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:26.960
it<00:37:24.239><c> was</c><00:37:24.639><c> the</c><00:37:24.960><c> fact</c><00:37:25.099><c> that</c><00:37:25.539><c> the</c><00:37:25.940><c> whole</c><00:37:26.219><c> work</c><00:37:26.440><c> that</c><00:37:26.599><c> he</c><00:37:26.739><c> had</c><00:37:26.860><c> done</c>

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.840
over<00:37:27.179><c> his</c><00:37:27.460><c> whole</c><00:37:27.679><c> life,</c><00:37:28.079><c> everything</c><00:37:28.320><c> that</c><00:37:28.500><c> he</c><00:37:28.579><c> was</c>

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:32.300
struggling<00:37:29.099><c> to</c><00:37:29.440><c> achieve,</c><00:37:30.420><c> he</c><00:37:30.980><c> was</c><00:37:31.099><c> now</c><00:37:31.340><c> in</c><00:37:31.500><c> danger</c><00:37:31.760><c> of</c><00:37:31.960><c> losing</c>

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:35.179
that.<00:37:32.599><c> He</c><00:37:32.619><c> can</c><00:37:33.239><c> feel</c><00:37:33.539><c> the</c><00:37:33.739><c> tremendous</c><00:37:34.380><c> pull</c><00:37:34.800><c> and</c>

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:39.260
tug<00:37:35.519><c> as</c><00:37:36.619><c> his</c><00:37:36.980><c> flesh</c><00:37:37.159><c> began</c><00:37:37.599><c> to</c><00:37:38.219><c> fight</c><00:37:38.380><c> against</c><00:37:38.760><c> him.</c><00:37:39.019><c> And</c><00:37:39.139><c> he</c>

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:42.559
felt<00:37:39.400><c> great</c><00:37:39.760><c> distress</c><00:37:40.239><c> in</c><00:37:40.480><c> that.</c><00:37:41.800><c> The</c><00:37:41.880><c> father</c><00:37:42.239><c> sought,</c>

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:45.519
didn't<00:37:42.780><c> he,</c><00:37:43.000><c> the</c><00:37:43.239><c> voluntary,</c><00:37:44.019><c> the</c><00:37:44.360><c> voluntary</c><00:37:44.960><c> laying</c><00:37:45.239><c> down</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.019
of<00:37:45.659><c> his</c><00:37:45.840><c> life.</c><00:37:46.059><c> And</c><00:37:46.179><c> meanwhile,</c><00:37:46.440><c> his</c><00:37:46.579><c> nature</c><00:37:46.800><c> saying,</c>

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:50.579
I<00:37:47.159><c> don't</c><00:37:47.400><c> want</c><00:37:47.519><c> to</c><00:37:47.659><c> do</c><00:37:47.820><c> that.</c><00:37:48.079><c> I</c><00:37:48.139><c> don't</c><00:37:48.360><c> want</c><00:37:48.480><c> to</c><00:37:48.559><c> do</c><00:37:48.739><c> that.</c><00:37:50.400><c> And</c>

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:55.659
so<00:37:50.920><c> in</c><00:37:51.099><c> his</c><00:37:51.320><c> distress,</c><00:37:52.800><c> it</c><00:37:53.039><c> says</c><00:37:53.199><c> there,</c><00:37:54.420><c> he</c><00:37:54.780><c> prayed.</c>

00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:00.219
I<00:37:56.059><c> called</c><00:37:56.300><c> upon</c><00:37:56.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:57.199><c> in</c><00:37:57.440><c> distress,</c><00:37:58.179><c> says</c><00:37:58.440><c> Psalm</c><00:37:58.840><c> 118.</c><00:38:00.039><c> And</c>

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:03.380
he<00:38:00.440><c> heard</c><00:38:00.719><c> me</c><00:38:00.980><c> and</c><00:38:01.179><c> set</c><00:38:01.360><c> me</c><00:38:01.559><c> in</c><00:38:01.639><c> a</c><00:38:01.940><c> large</c><00:38:02.239><c> place.</c>

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:06.619
And<00:38:04.079><c> over</c><00:38:04.199><c> the</c><00:38:04.420><c> course</c><00:38:04.599><c> of</c><00:38:04.840><c> those</c><00:38:05.179><c> three</c><00:38:05.500><c> prayers,</c><00:38:06.239><c> there</c><00:38:06.360><c> was</c>

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:09.699
with<00:38:07.219><c> gentle</c><00:38:07.639><c> resignation</c><00:38:08.380><c> still,</c><00:38:08.840><c> he</c><00:38:08.980><c> was</c><00:38:09.139><c> able</c><00:38:09.340><c> to</c>

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:15.820
triumph<00:38:10.199><c> over</c><00:38:11.139><c> this</c><00:38:11.400><c> tremendous</c><00:38:12.000><c> strain</c><00:38:12.500><c> of</c><00:38:12.739><c> his</c><00:38:13.699><c> natural</c><00:38:14.300><c> desires.</c><00:38:15.719><c> In</c>

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:18.159
fact,<00:38:16.340><c> look</c><00:38:16.800><c> at</c><00:38:17.280><c> what</c><00:38:17.340><c> Luke</c><00:38:17.539><c> says,</c><00:38:17.880><c> come</c><00:38:18.019><c> back</c>

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:23.380
to<00:38:18.280><c> Luke</c><00:38:18.440><c> 22</c><00:38:19.340><c> in</c><00:38:20.199><c> verse</c><00:38:20.460><c> 41.</c><00:38:20.960><c> The</c><00:38:21.139><c> disciples,</c><00:38:21.480><c> as</c><00:38:21.679><c> we</c><00:38:21.820><c> know,</c><00:38:22.780><c> were</c><00:38:22.840><c> unable</c><00:38:23.039><c> to</c>

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:25.400
help.<00:38:23.639><c> And</c><00:38:23.760><c> so</c><00:38:23.840><c> he</c><00:38:24.000><c> withdrew</c><00:38:24.380><c> from</c><00:38:24.659><c> them</c>

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:30.739
about<00:38:26.599><c> a</c><00:38:27.079><c> stone's</c><00:38:27.940><c> cast.</c><00:38:28.659><c> That's</c><00:38:29.139><c> a</c><00:38:29.360><c> really</c><00:38:29.579><c> interesting</c><00:38:29.920><c> expression,</c><00:38:30.519><c> isn't</c><00:38:30.639><c> it?</c>

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:33.440
A<00:38:31.039><c> stone's</c><00:38:31.840><c> cast.</c><00:38:32.400><c> It's</c><00:38:32.699><c> like</c>

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:39.739
the<00:38:34.199><c> distance</c><00:38:34.440><c> between</c><00:38:34.940><c> David</c><00:38:35.539><c> and</c><00:38:36.900><c> Goliath.</c><00:38:37.360><c> And</c><00:38:37.480><c> now</c><00:38:37.659><c> the</c><00:38:37.840><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.940><c> is</c><00:38:38.280><c> here,</c><00:38:39.340><c> a</c>

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:41.860
stone's<00:38:40.699><c> cast.</c><00:38:41.539><c> In</c><00:38:41.739><c> fact,</c>

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:44.699
we<00:38:41.960><c> have</c><00:38:42.079><c> an</c><00:38:42.260><c> interesting</c><00:38:42.940><c> confirmation</c><00:38:43.579><c> of</c><00:38:44.099><c> the</c><00:38:44.360><c> Lord</c><00:38:44.539><c> and</c>

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:46.099
Goliath<00:38:45.139><c> here</c><00:38:45.280><c> in</c><00:38:45.380><c> this</c><00:38:45.559><c> record,</c><00:38:45.900><c> because</c><00:38:45.980><c> if</c><00:38:46.019><c> you</c>

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:51.139
just<00:38:46.280><c> back</c><00:38:46.420><c> up</c><00:38:46.579><c> to</c><00:38:46.719><c> verse</c><00:38:47.559><c> 38.</c><00:38:49.719><c> And</c><00:38:49.900><c> again,</c><00:38:50.079><c> this</c><00:38:50.199><c> is</c><00:38:50.380><c> only</c><00:38:50.539><c> provided</c><00:38:50.860><c> by</c>

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:54.360
Luke.<00:38:52.480><c> The</c><00:38:52.659><c> Lord</c><00:38:52.960><c> had</c><00:38:53.440><c> made</c><00:38:53.760><c> the</c><00:38:54.000><c> statement,</c>

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:57.320
they<00:38:54.659><c> made</c><00:38:55.000><c> the</c><00:38:55.159><c> statement</c><00:38:55.360><c> to</c><00:38:55.500><c> the</c><00:38:55.539><c> Lord,</c><00:38:55.860><c> behold,</c><00:38:56.659><c> here</c><00:38:56.960><c> are</c>

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:59.960
two<00:38:58.079><c> swords.</c><00:38:59.000><c> He</c><00:38:59.219><c> said</c><00:38:59.360><c> unto</c><00:38:59.539><c> them,</c>

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it<00:39:00.420><c> is</c><00:39:00.679><c> enough.</c><00:39:00.900><c> Well,</c><00:39:01.179><c> at</c><00:39:01.320><c> the</c><00:39:01.440><c> time</c><00:39:01.639><c> that</c><00:39:01.820><c> David</c><00:39:02.079><c> fought</c><00:39:02.340><c> Goliath,</c><00:39:02.739><c> how</c>

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.860
many<00:39:03.099><c> swords</c><00:39:03.440><c> were</c><00:39:03.699><c> there</c>

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:07.500
in<00:39:03.980><c> the</c><00:39:04.099><c> nation?</c><00:39:04.460><c> Only</c><00:39:04.639><c> two.</c><00:39:06.340><c> One</c><00:39:06.500><c> in</c><00:39:06.619><c> the</c><00:39:06.760><c> hand</c><00:39:06.920><c> of</c><00:39:07.159><c> Saul,</c><00:39:07.380><c> the</c>

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:09.699
other<00:39:07.619><c> in</c><00:39:07.760><c> the</c><00:39:07.860><c> hand</c><00:39:08.019><c> of</c><00:39:08.239><c> Jonathan.</c><00:39:09.340><c> And</c><00:39:09.420><c> so</c><00:39:09.559><c> here</c>

00:39:09.699 --> 00:39:15.599
the<00:39:09.880><c> Lord</c><00:39:10.059><c> is</c><00:39:10.440><c> battling</c><00:39:10.860><c> there</c><00:39:11.179><c> with</c><00:39:11.880><c> the</c><00:39:12.300><c> Goliath</c><00:39:13.079><c> in</c><00:39:13.739><c> his</c><00:39:13.980><c> mind.</c><00:39:14.139><c> And</c><00:39:14.280><c> the</c><00:39:14.440><c> length</c><00:39:15.280><c> at</c>

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:17.119
which<00:39:15.820><c> David</c><00:39:16.280><c> threw</c><00:39:16.619><c> a</c><00:39:16.900><c> stone</c>

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:20.940
at<00:39:17.300><c> Goliath</c><00:39:18.079><c> is</c><00:39:18.619><c> the</c><00:39:18.880><c> distance</c><00:39:19.219><c> that</c><00:39:19.420><c> he</c><00:39:19.559><c> now</c><00:39:19.900><c> has.</c><00:39:20.579><c> And</c><00:39:20.739><c> here</c>

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.599
the<00:39:21.119><c> Lord</c><00:39:21.239><c> is</c><00:39:21.519><c> battling</c><00:39:21.840><c> with</c><00:39:22.099><c> the</c><00:39:22.260><c> Goliath</c>

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:26.719
of<00:39:22.980><c> his</c><00:39:23.800><c> mind.</c><00:39:24.199><c> He's</c><00:39:24.280><c> just</c><00:39:24.559><c> a</c><00:39:24.699><c> stone's</c><00:39:25.199><c> throw</c><00:39:25.340><c> away</c><00:39:25.659><c> from</c><00:39:25.820><c> his</c>

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:29.860
disciples.<00:39:27.340><c> And</c><00:39:27.420><c> he</c><00:39:27.500><c> says</c><00:39:27.699><c> in</c><00:39:27.880><c> verse</c><00:39:28.539><c> 42,</c>

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:35.860
father,<00:39:31.159><c> if</c><00:39:31.159><c> thou</c><00:39:31.460><c> be</c><00:39:31.760><c> willing,</c><00:39:33.500><c> remove</c><00:39:33.880><c> this</c><00:39:34.400><c> cup</c><00:39:34.679><c> from</c><00:39:35.019><c> me.</c>

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:42.019
Nevertheless,<00:39:37.360><c> not</c><00:39:37.699><c> my</c><00:39:38.320><c> will,</c><00:39:39.320><c> but</c><00:39:39.980><c> thine</c><00:39:40.860><c> be</c><00:39:41.699><c> done.</c>

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:45.139
The<00:39:42.280><c> Lord</c><00:39:42.460><c> would</c><00:39:42.739><c> never</c><00:39:43.079><c> limit</c><00:39:43.360><c> his</c><00:39:43.699><c> father's</c><00:39:44.159><c> power.</c><00:39:44.440><c> He</c><00:39:44.519><c> would</c><00:39:44.739><c> never</c><00:39:44.920><c> do</c>

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:48.039
that.<00:39:46.320><c> But</c><00:39:46.519><c> he</c><00:39:46.699><c> also</c><00:39:46.880><c> understood</c><00:39:47.340><c> his</c>

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:52.559
will.<00:39:49.940><c> The</c><00:39:50.360><c> father</c><00:39:50.599><c> sought</c><00:39:50.860><c> the</c><00:39:51.179><c> voluntary</c><00:39:51.760><c> laying</c><00:39:52.000><c> down</c><00:39:52.380><c> of</c>

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.599
his<00:39:52.760><c> life.</c><00:39:53.300><c> And</c><00:39:53.380><c> even</c><00:39:53.500><c> though</c><00:39:53.699><c> his</c><00:39:53.880><c> nature</c><00:39:54.079><c> was</c><00:39:54.380><c> saying,</c>

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:59.880
no,<00:39:54.940><c> no,</c><00:39:55.119><c> I</c><00:39:55.159><c> don't</c><00:39:55.440><c> want</c><00:39:55.559><c> to</c><00:39:55.639><c> do</c><00:39:55.800><c> that,</c><00:39:57.079><c> he</c><00:39:57.539><c> yielded</c><00:39:58.320><c> to</c><00:39:58.679><c> his</c><00:39:58.940><c> father.</c><00:39:59.179><c> The</c><00:39:59.340><c> Greek</c><00:39:59.519><c> there</c><00:39:59.719><c> in</c>

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.920
verse<00:40:00.380><c> 32,</c>

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nevertheless,<00:40:01.639><c> not</c><00:40:02.000><c> my</c><00:40:02.400><c> will</c><00:40:02.559><c> is</c><00:40:02.880><c> one</c><00:40:03.059><c> of</c><00:40:03.119><c> those</c><00:40:03.460><c> double</c><00:40:03.739><c> negatives.</c><00:40:04.480><c> It's</c>

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:07.119
no,<00:40:05.380><c> no,</c><00:40:05.699><c> not</c><00:40:05.980><c> my</c><00:40:06.320><c> will,</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:13.780
but<00:40:07.619><c> thine</c><00:40:07.840><c> be</c><00:40:08.039><c> done.</c><00:40:08.820><c> Can</c><00:40:09.139><c> you</c><00:40:09.340><c> see</c><00:40:09.559><c> that?</c><00:40:11.059><c> But</c><00:40:11.219><c> what</c><00:40:11.659><c> triumphed?</c><00:40:12.719><c> What</c><00:40:12.920><c> enabled</c><00:40:13.239><c> the</c><00:40:13.460><c> Lord</c><00:40:13.599><c> to</c>

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.480
get<00:40:13.880><c> over</c><00:40:14.079><c> that?</c>

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:19.159
It<00:40:15.019><c> was</c><00:40:15.719><c> his</c><00:40:15.940><c> prayers</c><00:40:16.480><c> to</c><00:40:16.940><c> his</c><00:40:17.219><c> father.</c><00:40:17.619><c> And</c><00:40:17.719><c> the</c><00:40:17.900><c> father</c><00:40:18.199><c> responded,</c><00:40:18.800><c> didn't</c><00:40:19.039><c> he?</c>

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In<00:40:19.320><c> verse</c>

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:28.000
43,<00:40:21.460><c> there</c><00:40:22.019><c> appeared</c><00:40:22.440><c> an</c><00:40:22.780><c> angel</c><00:40:22.980><c> unto</c><00:40:23.320><c> him</c><00:40:24.320><c> from</c><00:40:25.400><c> heaven.</c><00:40:27.559><c> I</c>

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:31.239
thought<00:40:28.119><c> all</c><00:40:28.480><c> angels</c><00:40:28.880><c> came</c><00:40:29.480><c> from</c><00:40:30.340><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:35.159
But<00:40:32.619><c> here</c><00:40:32.920><c> was</c><00:40:33.199><c> the</c><00:40:33.440><c> father,</c><00:40:33.840><c> brothers</c><00:40:33.920><c> and</c><00:40:34.119><c> sisters,</c><00:40:34.719><c> moved</c>

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:37.539
by<00:40:35.440><c> the</c><00:40:35.719><c> struggle</c><00:40:36.059><c> of</c><00:40:36.780><c> his</c><00:40:37.079><c> son.</c><00:40:37.320><c> You</c><00:40:37.380><c> know,</c>

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:43.719
on<00:40:37.699><c> other</c><00:40:37.900><c> occasions,</c><00:40:38.960><c> we</c><00:40:39.159><c> didn't</c><00:40:39.320><c> have</c><00:40:39.480><c> to</c><00:40:39.619><c> be</c><00:40:39.920><c> told</c><00:40:40.420><c> that</c><00:40:41.420><c> the</c><00:40:41.659><c> angel</c><00:40:41.820><c> was</c><00:40:42.119><c> sent</c><00:40:42.280><c> from</c><00:40:42.500><c> heaven.</c><00:40:42.699><c> But</c><00:40:42.900><c> Luke</c><00:40:43.099><c> tells</c><00:40:43.440><c> us</c>

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:48.500
that<00:40:44.420><c> there</c><00:40:44.619><c> came</c><00:40:45.019><c> an</c><00:40:45.360><c> angel</c><00:40:45.639><c> from</c><00:40:46.000><c> heaven</c><00:40:46.360><c> strengthening</c><00:40:47.079><c> him.</c><00:40:48.239><c> We</c>

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:50.099
don't<00:40:48.699><c> know</c><00:40:48.820><c> what</c><00:40:49.039><c> the</c><00:40:49.260><c> angel</c><00:40:49.500><c> did.</c><00:40:49.820><c> The</c><00:40:49.960><c> word</c>

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:53.360
strengthen<00:40:50.500><c> there</c><00:40:50.719><c> means</c><00:40:51.000><c> to</c><00:40:51.340><c> invigorate.</c><00:40:52.659><c> There</c><00:40:52.800><c> would</c><00:40:52.920><c> have</c><00:40:53.019><c> been</c><00:40:53.139><c> no</c>

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.619
doubt<00:40:53.539><c> encouragement</c><00:40:54.239><c> and</c><00:40:54.800><c> motivation</c><00:40:55.340><c> to</c>

00:40:55.619 --> 00:41:00.460
look<00:40:55.880><c> to</c><00:40:56.059><c> the</c><00:40:56.260><c> future,</c><00:40:57.320><c> to</c><00:40:57.460><c> look</c><00:40:57.659><c> beyond</c><00:40:58.039><c> to</c><00:40:58.199><c> the</c><00:40:58.420><c> joy</c><00:40:58.619><c> that</c><00:40:59.400><c> awaited</c><00:40:59.920><c> him,</c><00:41:00.260><c> to</c>

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:02.000
understand<00:41:00.940><c> what</c><00:41:01.340><c> immortality</c>

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.780
would<00:41:02.179><c> be</c><00:41:02.400><c> like,</c><00:41:03.599><c> to</c><00:41:03.659><c> think</c><00:41:03.780><c> about</c><00:41:04.000><c> those</c><00:41:04.219><c> things</c><00:41:04.500><c> that</c><00:41:04.639><c> are</c>

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:08.719
beyond<00:41:05.139><c> the</c><00:41:05.440><c> cross.</c><00:41:07.440><c> And</c><00:41:07.800><c> finally,</c><00:41:08.039><c> he</c><00:41:08.239><c> made</c><00:41:08.400><c> that</c>

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:14.139
decision<00:41:08.980><c> voluntarily</c><00:41:09.900><c> to</c><00:41:11.000><c> yield</c><00:41:11.420><c> himself</c><00:41:12.340><c> to</c><00:41:13.320><c> the</c><00:41:13.579><c> father's</c>

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:16.039
will.<00:41:14.860><c> And</c><00:41:14.900><c> he</c><00:41:15.059><c> continued</c><00:41:15.420><c> praying</c><00:41:15.639><c> in</c><00:41:15.800><c> verse</c>

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:21.400
44,<00:41:16.800><c> being</c><00:41:16.820><c> in</c><00:41:17.380><c> an</c><00:41:17.820><c> agony,</c><00:41:19.039><c> he</c><00:41:19.360><c> prayed</c><00:41:19.699><c> more</c><00:41:20.699><c> earnestly.</c><00:41:21.179><c> His</c>

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:24.679
sweat<00:41:21.840><c> was,</c><00:41:22.539><c> as</c><00:41:22.800><c> it</c><00:41:22.980><c> were,</c><00:41:23.300><c> great</c><00:41:23.420><c> drops</c><00:41:23.800><c> of</c><00:41:24.139><c> blood</c>

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:28.420
falling<00:41:25.280><c> to</c><00:41:25.619><c> the</c><00:41:25.719><c> ground.</c><00:41:26.159><c> He's</c><00:41:26.619><c> wrestling</c><00:41:27.059><c> with</c><00:41:27.380><c> those</c><00:41:27.579><c> decisions.</c><00:41:28.360><c> And</c>

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.639
this<00:41:28.619><c> is</c><00:41:28.800><c> really,</c><00:41:29.199><c> brothers</c><00:41:29.320><c> and</c><00:41:29.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:33.579
where<00:41:30.079><c> the</c><00:41:30.380><c> crucifixion</c><00:41:30.900><c> took</c><00:41:31.199><c> place,</c><00:41:31.780><c> in</c><00:41:32.059><c> his</c><00:41:32.340><c> mind.</c><00:41:33.340><c> That</c>

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:35.239
was<00:41:33.760><c> where</c><00:41:33.900><c> the</c><00:41:34.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:34.559><c> was</c><00:41:34.800><c> really</c><00:41:35.119><c> made.</c>

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:38.860
That<00:41:35.360><c> was</c><00:41:35.500><c> where</c><00:41:35.659><c> the</c><00:41:35.880><c> blood</c><00:41:36.039><c> was</c><00:41:36.400><c> shed</c><00:41:36.639><c> in</c><00:41:37.119><c> his</c><00:41:37.460><c> mind,</c><00:41:38.480><c> as</c><00:41:38.719><c> he</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:40.980
made<00:41:38.960><c> that</c><00:41:39.360><c> forthright</c><00:41:39.760><c> decision,</c><00:41:40.260><c> as</c><00:41:40.420><c> he</c><00:41:40.559><c> rose</c><00:41:40.739><c> up</c>

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:48.880
from<00:41:41.199><c> prayer</c><00:41:41.659><c> to</c><00:41:42.780><c> move</c><00:41:43.119><c> for</c><00:41:43.320><c> the</c><00:41:43.519><c> cross.</c><00:41:45.480><c> And</c><00:41:45.960><c> then</c><00:41:46.099><c> he</c><00:41:46.239><c> was</c><00:41:46.460><c> crucified.</c><00:41:48.619><c> You</c><00:41:48.619><c> know,</c><00:41:48.739><c> if</c>

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:50.139
ever<00:41:49.139><c> there</c><00:41:49.480><c> is</c><00:41:49.679><c> an</c><00:41:49.840><c> example,</c>

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:54.139
brothers<00:41:50.420><c> and</c><00:41:50.619><c> sisters,</c><00:41:51.039><c> of</c><00:41:51.219><c> the</c><00:41:51.699><c> power</c><00:41:52.280><c> of</c><00:41:52.659><c> prayer,</c><00:41:53.880><c> there</c>

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:57.840
it<00:41:54.340><c> is.</c><00:41:55.500><c> The</c><00:41:55.900><c> power</c><00:41:56.119><c> to</c><00:41:56.320><c> be</c><00:41:56.440><c> able</c><00:41:56.559><c> to</c><00:41:56.739><c> resist</c><00:41:57.280><c> temptation,</c>

00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:01.360
but<00:41:58.099><c> the</c><00:41:58.559><c> strongest</c><00:41:59.000><c> pulls</c><00:41:59.400><c> of</c><00:41:59.619><c> our</c><00:41:59.780><c> nature</c><00:42:00.000><c> can</c><00:42:00.179><c> be</c><00:42:00.380><c> resisted</c>

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:04.539
by<00:42:01.599><c> the</c><00:42:01.840><c> fervent</c><00:42:02.119><c> prayers</c><00:42:02.539><c> that</c><00:42:02.980><c> we</c><00:42:03.480><c> can</c><00:42:03.679><c> offer.</c>

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.059
We<00:42:05.199><c> have</c><00:42:05.400><c> this</c><00:42:05.639><c> desire,</c><00:42:06.059><c> don't</c><00:42:06.260><c> we,</c><00:42:06.360><c> to</c><00:42:06.500><c> go</c><00:42:06.679><c> in</c><00:42:06.880><c> a</c><00:42:07.000><c> certain</c><00:42:07.159><c> direction,</c><00:42:07.699><c> a</c>

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.559
struggle<00:42:08.300><c> that</c><00:42:08.500><c> goes</c><00:42:08.739><c> through</c><00:42:08.940><c> us</c>

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:13.940
every<00:42:09.840><c> day.</c><00:42:11.320><c> And</c><00:42:11.599><c> prayer</c><00:42:11.699><c> is</c><00:42:11.940><c> the</c><00:42:12.079><c> answer</c><00:42:12.719><c> to</c><00:42:13.440><c> overcoming</c>

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:15.619
that<00:42:14.699><c> struggle.</c>

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:20.800
Our<00:42:16.920><c> final</c><00:42:17.139><c> quotation</c><00:42:17.559><c> this</c><00:42:17.820><c> evening</c><00:42:18.019><c> comes</c><00:42:18.320><c> from</c><00:42:19.139><c> Luke</c><00:42:19.480><c> chapter</c><00:42:20.000><c> 21</c>

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:23.960
and<00:42:21.639><c> to</c><00:42:21.760><c> the</c><00:42:21.900><c> reading</c><00:42:22.280><c> that</c><00:42:22.840><c> we</c><00:42:23.079><c> had.</c>

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:28.820
Luke<00:42:24.800><c> chapter</c><00:42:25.079><c> 21,</c><00:42:25.679><c> the</c><00:42:25.820><c> Olivet</c><00:42:26.099><c> prophecy,</c><00:42:27.019><c> the</c><00:42:27.320><c> prophecy</c><00:42:27.619><c> that</c><00:42:27.900><c> takes</c><00:42:28.179><c> us</c>

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to<00:42:29.599><c> our</c><00:42:29.900><c> time.</c><00:42:30.519><c> The</c><00:42:30.679><c> Lord</c><00:42:30.820><c> has</c>

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walked<00:42:31.699><c> us</c><00:42:32.039><c> through</c><00:42:32.480><c> the</c><00:42:33.159><c> days</c><00:42:33.599><c> of</c><00:42:33.840><c> AD</c><00:42:34.099><c> 70,</c><00:42:34.559><c> through</c><00:42:34.760><c> the</c><00:42:35.000><c> times</c><00:42:35.219><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:35.559><c> Gentiles,</c><00:42:36.099><c> and</c>

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now<00:42:36.980><c> down</c><00:42:37.159><c> to</c><00:42:37.360><c> our</c><00:42:37.539><c> day</c><00:42:37.699><c> in</c><00:42:37.820><c> Luke</c><00:42:37.980><c> chapter</c><00:42:38.360><c> 21.</c><00:42:40.420><c> The</c><00:42:40.579><c> Lord</c><00:42:40.780><c> leaves</c><00:42:41.119><c> for</c>

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us<00:42:42.179><c> an</c><00:42:42.420><c> exhortation</c><00:42:43.059><c> in</c><00:42:43.340><c> verse</c><00:42:43.780><c> 34,</c>

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in<00:42:45.340><c> these</c><00:42:45.579><c> last</c><00:42:45.900><c> days.</c><00:42:47.500><c> He</c><00:42:47.699><c> knew,</c><00:42:47.980><c> didn't</c><00:42:48.119><c> he,</c><00:42:48.380><c> that</c><00:42:48.559><c> prayer</c><00:42:48.840><c> would</c><00:42:49.059><c> be</c><00:42:49.340><c> a</c>

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crucial<00:42:50.039><c> element</c><00:42:50.659><c> in</c><00:42:51.360><c> overcoming.</c>

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Verse<00:42:53.440><c> 34,</c><00:42:54.059><c> take</c><00:42:54.420><c> heed</c><00:42:54.900><c> to</c><00:42:56.239><c> yourselves,</c><00:42:57.599><c> not</c><00:42:57.900><c> the</c><00:42:58.119><c> person</c><00:42:58.300><c> next</c><00:42:58.599><c> to</c>

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you,<00:43:00.119><c> to</c><00:43:00.980><c> yourselves,</c><00:43:03.579><c> lest</c><00:43:03.719><c> at</c><00:43:03.920><c> any</c><00:43:04.179><c> time</c><00:43:04.400><c> your</c>

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hearts<00:43:05.420><c> be</c><00:43:06.820><c> overcharged.</c><00:43:07.360><c> So</c><00:43:07.719><c> it's</c><00:43:08.360><c> your</c><00:43:08.639><c> heart,</c><00:43:08.840><c> it's</c><00:43:09.039><c> a</c><00:43:09.199><c> mental</c><00:43:09.519><c> struggle,</c><00:43:10.400><c> isn't</c><00:43:10.639><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:43:10.960><c> and</c><00:43:11.139><c> sisters?</c>

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It's<00:43:12.099><c> like</c><00:43:12.199><c> the</c><00:43:12.400><c> world</c><00:43:12.599><c> is</c><00:43:13.059><c> going</c><00:43:13.280><c> after</c><00:43:13.679><c> our</c><00:43:13.920><c> minds,</c><00:43:14.199><c> it's</c><00:43:14.420><c> affecting</c><00:43:14.760><c> our</c><00:43:15.239><c> attitudes,</c><00:43:15.780><c> our</c><00:43:15.980><c> hearts.</c><00:43:17.280><c> Take</c><00:43:17.599><c> heed</c><00:43:17.900><c> to</c>

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those<00:43:18.199><c> things,</c><00:43:19.440><c> lest</c><00:43:20.260><c> at</c><00:43:20.460><c> any</c><00:43:20.679><c> time</c><00:43:20.900><c> we</c><00:43:21.039><c> be</c><00:43:21.260><c> overcharged</c><00:43:22.099><c> and</c>

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that<00:43:23.179><c> day</c><00:43:23.340><c> come</c><00:43:23.599><c> upon</c><00:43:23.860><c> us</c><00:43:24.480><c> over</c>

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unawares.<00:43:26.599><c> For</c><00:43:26.679><c> as</c><00:43:26.840><c> a</c><00:43:27.039><c> snare</c><00:43:27.219><c> shall</c><00:43:27.420><c> it</c><00:43:27.619><c> come</c><00:43:27.760><c> on</c><00:43:27.960><c> all</c><00:43:28.159><c> them</c><00:43:28.320><c> that</c><00:43:28.519><c> dwell</c><00:43:28.699><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:28.960><c> face</c><00:43:29.480><c> of</c><00:43:29.719><c> the</c><00:43:29.880><c> whole</c><00:43:30.079><c> earth.</c>

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Watch<00:43:31.480><c> ye</c><00:43:31.760><c> therefore</c><00:43:32.320><c> and</c><00:43:32.699><c> pray</c><00:43:32.960><c> always</c><00:43:33.659><c> that</c><00:43:34.659><c> you</c><00:43:34.800><c> may</c><00:43:34.920><c> be</c><00:43:35.079><c> accounted</c><00:43:35.380><c> worthy</c><00:43:35.639><c> to</c>

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escape<00:43:36.139><c> all</c><00:43:36.480><c> these</c><00:43:36.820><c> things</c><00:43:37.039><c> that</c>

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shall<00:43:37.380><c> come</c><00:43:37.579><c> to</c><00:43:37.800><c> pass</c><00:43:38.360><c> and</c><00:43:39.400><c> to</c><00:43:39.719><c> stand</c><00:43:40.019><c> before</c><00:43:40.860><c> the</c><00:43:41.340><c> Son</c><00:43:41.480><c> of</c><00:43:41.679><c> Man.</c><00:43:42.820><c> And</c>

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none<00:43:43.159><c> of</c><00:43:43.300><c> us</c><00:43:43.440><c> are</c><00:43:43.659><c> worthy,</c><00:43:44.019><c> are</c><00:43:44.099><c> we,</c><00:43:44.320><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:43:44.840><c> sisters,</c><00:43:45.300><c> to</c><00:43:45.500><c> stand</c><00:43:45.900><c> before</c><00:43:46.340><c> the</c><00:43:46.539><c> Son</c><00:43:46.739><c> of</c><00:43:46.920><c> Man,</c><00:43:47.139><c> but</c><00:43:47.239><c> we</c>

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can<00:43:47.639><c> be</c><00:43:47.880><c> accounted</c><00:43:48.260><c> worthy.</c><00:43:49.679><c> None</c><00:43:49.860><c> of</c><00:43:49.980><c> us</c><00:43:50.159><c> are</c><00:43:50.380><c> righteous,</c>

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but<00:43:50.900><c> we</c><00:43:51.179><c> can</c><00:43:51.380><c> be</c><00:43:51.719><c> accounted</c><00:43:52.320><c> righteous.</c><00:43:52.880><c> That's</c><00:43:53.159><c> the</c><00:43:53.320><c> language</c><00:43:53.599><c> there</c>

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of<00:43:54.159><c> the</c><00:43:54.519><c> doctrine</c><00:43:54.800><c> of</c><00:43:55.099><c> justification</c>

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by<00:43:56.000><c> faith</c><00:43:56.519><c> and</c><00:43:57.179><c> works.</c><00:43:58.500><c> The</c><00:43:58.659><c> Lord</c><00:43:58.800><c> is</c><00:43:59.099><c> saying</c><00:43:59.280><c> to</c><00:43:59.460><c> us</c><00:43:59.679><c> that</c><00:44:00.340><c> these</c><00:44:01.139><c> twin</c><00:44:01.539><c> exhortations</c><00:44:02.360><c> of</c><00:44:02.619><c> living</c>

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in<00:44:03.300><c> the</c><00:44:03.460><c> last</c><00:44:03.699><c> days,</c><00:44:03.860><c> of</c><00:44:04.059><c> watching,</c><00:44:05.460><c> of</c><00:44:05.539><c> being</c><00:44:05.800><c> alert</c><00:44:06.159><c> to</c><00:44:06.380><c> the</c>

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dangers<00:44:06.860><c> of</c><00:44:07.139><c> life,</c><00:44:07.400><c> of</c><00:44:07.460><c> being</c><00:44:07.659><c> alert</c><00:44:08.000><c> to</c><00:44:08.199><c> temptation</c>

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and<00:44:09.940><c> prayer</c><00:44:10.679><c> that</c><00:44:11.739><c> when</c><00:44:11.920><c> our</c><00:44:12.119><c> Lord</c><00:44:12.239><c> returns,</c><00:44:12.920><c> brothers</c><00:44:13.019><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:44:13.579><c> He</c><00:44:13.699><c> may</c><00:44:13.940><c> say</c><00:44:14.199><c> to</c><00:44:14.340><c> you</c><00:44:14.500><c> and</c><00:44:14.659><c> I,</c><00:44:15.039><c> well</c><00:44:15.079><c> done,</c>

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I'm<00:44:16.519><c> going</c><00:44:16.639><c> to</c><00:44:16.940><c> count</c><00:44:17.179><c> you</c><00:44:17.500><c> worthy,</c><00:44:18.119><c> I'm</c><00:44:18.460><c> going</c><00:44:18.579><c> to</c><00:44:18.860><c> count</c><00:44:19.099><c> you</c>

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righteous.<00:44:20.460><c> You</c><00:44:20.639><c> are</c><00:44:20.920><c> unworthy,</c><00:44:21.880><c> but</c><00:44:22.440><c> I'm</c><00:44:22.659><c> going</c><00:44:22.760><c> to</c>

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count<00:44:23.199><c> you</c><00:44:23.539><c> worthy</c><00:44:23.840><c> and</c><00:44:24.739><c> you</c><00:44:24.880><c> will</c><00:44:25.119><c> stand</c><00:44:25.420><c> with</c><00:44:25.639><c> me</c><00:44:25.940><c> in</c><00:44:26.119><c> everlasting</c><00:44:26.679><c> life.</c>

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Brothers<00:44:28.820><c> and</c><00:44:29.039><c> sisters,</c><00:44:29.239><c> how</c>

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encouraging<00:44:30.159><c> is</c><00:44:30.500><c> the</c><00:44:30.679><c> Lord's</c><00:44:31.400><c> example</c><00:44:31.900><c> of</c><00:44:32.519><c> prayer</c><00:44:32.679><c> to</c><00:44:32.960><c> us</c><00:44:33.519><c> and</c>

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how<00:44:34.400><c> powerful</c><00:44:34.800><c> are</c><00:44:35.099><c> His</c><00:44:35.380><c> words</c><00:44:35.679><c> that</c><00:44:35.840><c> we</c><00:44:36.019><c> ought</c>

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never<00:44:36.380><c> to</c><00:44:36.619><c> lose</c><00:44:36.800><c> sight</c><00:44:37.079><c> of,</c><00:44:38.119><c> that</c><00:44:38.239><c> man</c><00:44:38.480><c> ought</c><00:44:38.739><c> always</c><00:44:39.179><c> to</c><00:44:39.460><c> pray</c>

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and<00:44:40.760><c> not</c><00:44:40.980><c> to</c><00:44:41.139><c> faint.</c>