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it's<00:24:55.509><c> probably</c><00:24:55.650><c> a</c><00:24:55.849><c> name</c>

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that.<00:25:03.089><c> But</c><00:25:03.250><c> it</c><00:25:03.410><c> also</c><00:25:03.890><c> is</c><00:25:04.349><c> interesting</c><00:25:04.650><c> because</c><00:25:05.089><c> we</c><00:25:05.410><c> can</c><00:25:05.670><c> compare</c><00:25:05.950><c> that</c>

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wife<00:25:27.470><c> Mary</c><00:25:27.849><c> Kay</c><00:25:28.049><c> that</c>

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that<00:25:32.930><c> Brother</c><00:25:33.150><c> Stephen</c><00:25:33.490><c> gave</c>

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the<00:25:38.230><c> Lord</c><00:25:38.450><c> Jesus</c><00:25:38.809><c> had.</c>

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passages<00:25:42.710><c> like</c><00:25:43.829><c> this</c><00:25:44.049><c> and</c><00:25:44.250><c> so</c>

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pleased.<00:26:04.049><c> Now</c><00:26:04.549><c> imagine</c><00:26:05.769><c> what</c><00:26:05.950><c> that</c><00:26:06.150><c> was</c><00:26:06.329><c> like</c><00:26:06.529><c> for</c><00:26:06.789><c> Jesus</c><00:26:07.170><c> to</c>

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I'm<00:26:12.890><c> well</c><00:26:13.150><c> pleased.</c><00:26:13.990><c> Hear</c><00:26:14.329><c> ye</c>

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him.<00:26:16.109><c> And</c><00:26:16.490><c> then</c><00:26:16.730><c> of</c><00:26:16.849><c> course</c><00:26:17.930><c> even</c><00:26:18.470><c> in</c><00:26:18.750><c> Gethsemane</c><00:26:19.349><c> the</c><00:26:20.390><c> dispatching</c><00:26:21.049><c> of</c><00:26:21.269><c> the</c><00:26:21.450><c> angels</c>

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him<00:26:26.269><c> in</c><00:26:26.670><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:26:27.769><c> The</c>

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father's<00:26:28.549><c> affection</c><00:26:28.829><c> many</c><00:26:29.329><c> many</c><00:26:29.609><c> times</c><00:26:30.109><c> was</c><00:26:30.710><c> extended</c><00:26:31.369><c> to</c><00:26:32.009><c> his</c><00:26:32.289><c> son.</c><00:26:33.170><c> But</c><00:26:33.630><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.089><c> knew,</c><00:26:35.170><c> he</c>

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spoke<00:26:40.509><c> about</c><00:26:40.829><c> this</c><00:26:41.130><c> in</c><00:26:41.329><c> John</c>

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3.<00:26:43.150><c> For</c><00:26:43.150><c> he</c><00:26:43.650><c> whom</c><00:26:43.890><c> God</c><00:26:44.329><c> has</c><00:26:45.289><c> sent</c><00:26:45.910><c> speaketh</c><00:26:47.150><c> the</c><00:26:47.269><c> words</c><00:26:47.509><c> of</c><00:26:47.690><c> God.</c><00:26:48.210><c> For</c>

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the<00:26:55.609><c> father</c><00:26:56.170><c> loveth</c><00:26:56.690><c> the</c><00:26:56.930><c> son</c>

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and<00:26:57.789><c> hath</c><00:26:57.990><c> given</c><00:26:58.309><c> all</c><00:26:58.869><c> things</c><00:26:59.210><c> into</c><00:26:59.430><c> his</c><00:26:59.670><c> hand.</c><00:27:00.289><c> Jesus</c><00:27:00.950><c> knew</c>

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that<00:27:02.410><c> his</c><00:27:02.630><c> father</c><00:27:02.890><c> loved</c><00:27:03.150><c> him.</c><00:27:04.109><c> John</c>

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5.<00:27:05.670><c> Then</c><00:27:05.910><c> answered</c><00:27:06.269><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.809><c> and</c><00:27:07.130><c> said</c><00:27:07.289><c> unto</c><00:27:07.490><c> them,</c><00:27:07.869><c> Verily,</c><00:27:08.230><c> verily,</c><00:27:08.630><c> I</c>

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say<00:27:08.829><c> unto</c><00:27:08.990><c> you,</c><00:27:09.589><c> the</c>

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soever<00:27:16.430><c> he</c><00:27:16.690><c> doeth,</c><00:27:17.609><c> these</c><00:27:18.049><c> also</c><00:27:18.710><c> doeth</c><00:27:19.029><c> the</c><00:27:19.150><c> Son</c><00:27:19.369><c> likewise.</c>

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will<00:27:28.029><c> show</c><00:27:28.250><c> him</c><00:27:28.529><c> greater</c><00:27:29.329><c> works</c>

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aspects<00:27:37.309><c> of</c><00:27:37.490><c> his</c><00:27:37.690><c> life</c><00:27:37.869><c> of</c><00:27:38.049><c> his</c><00:27:38.230><c> father's</c><00:27:38.710><c> love.</c><00:27:42.309><c> And</c><00:27:42.630><c> it</c><00:27:42.869><c> was</c>

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intimacy<00:27:45.869><c> which</c><00:27:46.490><c> grew</c><00:27:47.130><c> in</c><00:27:47.589><c> his</c><00:27:47.910><c> life</c><00:27:48.390><c> because</c><00:27:49.109><c> he</c><00:27:49.390><c> grew</c><00:27:49.569><c> in</c><00:27:49.730><c> both</c><00:27:50.109><c> favor</c><00:27:50.390><c> with</c><00:27:50.730><c> God</c><00:27:51.130><c> and</c><00:27:51.589><c> man</c><00:27:51.829><c> we</c>

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into<00:28:13.490><c> a</c><00:28:13.690><c> mountain</c><00:28:13.849><c> to</c><00:28:14.109><c> pray</c><00:28:14.369><c> and</c><00:28:14.849><c> continued</c><00:28:15.390><c> all</c><00:28:15.930><c> night</c><00:28:16.109><c> in</c><00:28:16.349><c> prayer</c><00:28:16.490><c> to</c>

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God.<00:28:17.529><c> Now</c><00:28:17.849><c> I</c><00:28:18.029><c> just</c><00:28:18.250><c> have</c><00:28:18.390><c> to</c>

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speak<00:28:18.890><c> about</c><00:28:19.130><c> that</c><00:28:19.369><c> a</c><00:28:19.470><c> little</c><00:28:19.650><c> bit.</c><00:28:20.329><c> I</c><00:28:20.470><c> don't</c><00:28:20.589><c> know</c><00:28:20.769><c> what</c><00:28:20.950><c> the</c>

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longest<00:28:21.609><c> prayer</c><00:28:22.009><c> is</c><00:28:22.309><c> that</c><00:28:22.470><c> you've</c><00:28:22.630><c> ever</c>

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given<00:28:23.230><c> or</c><00:28:23.730><c> how</c><00:28:23.970><c> long</c><00:28:24.210><c> you're</c><00:28:24.410><c> able</c><00:28:24.589><c> to</c><00:28:24.829><c> keep</c><00:28:24.950><c> your</c><00:28:25.329><c> mind</c><00:28:25.589><c> focused.</c><00:28:26.509><c> But</c>

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if<00:28:27.069><c> you're</c><00:28:27.470><c> talking</c><00:28:27.950><c> to</c><00:28:28.250><c> somebody</c>

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it's<00:28:29.430><c> even</c><00:28:29.789><c> hard</c><00:28:30.190><c> to</c><00:28:30.410><c> do</c><00:28:30.569><c> that</c><00:28:30.829><c> for</c><00:28:31.009><c> a</c><00:28:31.130><c> long</c><00:28:31.250><c> period</c><00:28:31.509><c> of</c><00:28:31.589><c> time.</c>

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But<00:28:31.930><c> Jesus</c><00:28:32.430><c> had</c><00:28:32.849><c> such</c><00:28:33.130><c> an</c><00:28:33.490><c> intimate</c><00:28:33.970><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:28:34.930><c> his</c><00:28:35.109><c> father</c><00:28:35.529><c> that</c><00:28:36.170><c> he</c><00:28:36.390><c> could</c><00:28:36.569><c> go</c><00:28:36.869><c> and</c><00:28:37.430><c> pray</c><00:28:37.829><c> all</c><00:28:38.410><c> night</c><00:28:38.650><c> long.</c><00:28:39.809><c> In</c><00:28:39.930><c> this</c><00:28:40.150><c> particular</c><00:28:40.529><c> case</c><00:28:40.789><c> I</c>

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think<00:28:41.049><c> what</c><00:28:41.170><c> he</c><00:28:41.269><c> was</c><00:28:41.470><c> praying</c><00:28:41.609><c> about</c><00:28:42.130><c> was</c><00:28:42.650><c> the</c><00:28:42.890><c> selection</c><00:28:43.190><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:43.589><c> 12</c><00:28:43.950><c> because</c><00:28:44.589><c> right</c><00:28:44.950><c> after</c><00:28:45.230><c> this</c><00:28:45.349><c> he</c><00:28:45.450><c> comes</c>

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down<00:28:46.009><c> from</c><00:28:46.190><c> the</c><00:28:46.349><c> mountain</c><00:28:46.670><c> and</c><00:28:47.289><c> appoints</c><00:28:47.750><c> the</c><00:28:47.849><c> 12.</c><00:28:50.849><c> And</c><00:28:51.130><c> so</c><00:28:51.569><c> we</c>

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read<00:28:52.490><c> about</c><00:28:52.789><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.349><c> here</c><00:28:53.670><c> in</c><00:28:53.849><c> Mark</c><00:28:54.049><c> chapter</c>

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14.<00:28:55.569><c> At</c><00:28:55.690><c> the</c><00:28:56.069><c> most</c><00:28:56.410><c> difficult</c><00:28:56.910><c> hour</c><00:28:57.309><c> of</c><00:28:57.490><c> his</c><00:28:57.710><c> life</c><00:28:58.049><c> he</c><00:28:58.650><c> taken</c>

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with<00:28:59.230><c> him</c><00:28:59.490><c> Peter</c><00:28:59.809><c> and</c><00:29:00.089><c> James</c><00:29:00.430><c> and</c><00:29:00.650><c> John</c>

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and<00:29:01.509><c> began</c><00:29:01.769><c> to</c><00:29:01.990><c> be</c><00:29:02.269><c> so</c><00:29:02.490><c> amazed</c><00:29:03.109><c> and</c><00:29:03.849><c> be</c><00:29:04.109><c> very</c><00:29:04.589><c> heavy.</c><00:29:06.349><c> And</c><00:29:06.430><c> said</c>

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unto<00:29:07.109><c> them,</c><00:29:07.609><c> My</c><00:29:07.630><c> soul</c><00:29:07.970><c> is</c><00:29:08.230><c> exceeding</c>

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sorrowful<00:29:09.470><c> unto</c><00:29:09.730><c> death,</c><00:29:10.730><c> tarry</c><00:29:11.009><c> ye</c><00:29:11.210><c> here</c><00:29:11.630><c> and</c><00:29:12.230><c> watch.</c><00:29:13.490><c> Now</c><00:29:14.130><c> that</c><00:29:14.750><c> first</c><00:29:15.609><c> of</c>

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all<00:29:15.910><c> is</c><00:29:16.069><c> an</c><00:29:16.170><c> insight</c><00:29:16.430><c> into</c><00:29:16.609><c> Jesus</c>

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that<00:29:17.289><c> he</c><00:29:17.529><c> would</c><00:29:18.269><c> disclose</c><00:29:18.990><c> that</c><00:29:19.289><c> about</c><00:29:19.529><c> himself</c><00:29:19.990><c> to</c><00:29:20.210><c> his</c><00:29:20.369><c> disciples</c><00:29:20.809><c> isn't</c><00:29:21.069><c> it?</c>

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That<00:29:21.789><c> he</c><00:29:23.589><c> would</c>

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be<00:29:24.730><c> saying</c><00:29:24.730><c> sorrowful</c><00:29:25.549><c> that</c><00:29:26.609><c> he</c><00:29:26.910><c> was</c><00:29:28.089><c> at</c><00:29:28.490><c> a</c><00:29:28.690><c> time</c><00:29:28.869><c> of</c><00:29:29.150><c> struggle</c>

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and<00:29:29.589><c> he</c><00:29:29.710><c> would</c><00:29:29.910><c> tell</c><00:29:30.109><c> his</c><00:29:30.349><c> disciples</c>

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that.<00:29:31.410><c> And</c><00:29:31.470><c> he</c><00:29:31.549><c> went</c><00:29:31.869><c> forward</c><00:29:32.269><c> a</c><00:29:32.470><c> little</c><00:29:32.630><c> and</c><00:29:32.809><c> fell</c><00:29:33.029><c> on</c><00:29:33.289><c> the</c><00:29:33.369><c> ground</c><00:29:33.509><c> and</c><00:29:33.769><c> prayed</c><00:29:34.130><c> that</c><00:29:34.569><c> if</c>

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it<00:29:34.849><c> were</c><00:29:35.029><c> possible</c>

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the<00:29:35.730><c> hour</c><00:29:35.950><c> might</c><00:29:36.210><c> pass</c><00:29:36.829><c> from</c><00:29:37.210><c> him.</c><00:29:38.029><c> And</c><00:29:38.269><c> he</c><00:29:38.509><c> said,</c><00:29:40.349><c> Abba</c><00:29:40.569><c> Father</c><00:29:40.990><c> all</c>

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things<00:29:42.289><c> are</c><00:29:42.589><c> possible</c><00:29:42.990><c> unto</c><00:29:43.269><c> thee</c>

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take<00:29:44.150><c> away</c><00:29:44.369><c> this</c><00:29:44.630><c> cup</c><00:29:44.750><c> from</c><00:29:45.029><c> me</c><00:29:45.230><c> nevertheless</c><00:29:45.890><c> not</c><00:29:46.690><c> what</c><00:29:46.970><c> I</c><00:29:47.349><c> will</c><00:29:47.730><c> but</c><00:29:48.170><c> what</c><00:29:48.369><c> thou</c><00:29:48.529><c> wilt.</c><00:29:48.789><c> And</c><00:29:48.950><c> we</c><00:29:49.009><c> don't</c>

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have<00:29:49.289><c> time</c><00:29:49.470><c> to</c><00:29:49.650><c> do</c><00:29:49.829><c> enough</c><00:29:50.210><c> of</c><00:29:50.390><c> the</c><00:29:50.609><c> anatomy</c><00:29:51.049><c> of</c><00:29:51.670><c> these</c><00:29:52.049><c> three</c>

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prayers<00:29:52.829><c> except</c><00:29:53.589><c> to</c><00:29:53.869><c> say</c><00:29:54.309><c> that</c><00:29:55.250><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:29:56.750><c> working</c><00:29:57.190><c> through</c><00:29:57.809><c> in</c><00:29:58.069><c> each</c><00:29:58.349><c> of</c><00:29:58.490><c> these</c><00:29:58.690><c> prayers</c><00:29:59.309><c> being</c><00:30:00.210><c> able</c><00:30:00.490><c> to</c>

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understand<00:30:01.730><c> the</c><00:30:02.109><c> will</c><00:30:02.269><c> of</c><00:30:02.470><c> his</c><00:30:02.630><c> father.</c>

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But<00:30:04.670><c> what</c><00:30:04.890><c> do</c><00:30:05.029><c> we</c><00:30:05.069><c> know</c><00:30:05.269><c> about</c><00:30:05.509><c> him?</c><00:30:05.890><c> Well</c><00:30:06.089><c> other</c><00:30:06.509><c> translations</c><00:30:07.309><c> we</c><00:30:09.109><c> see</c><00:30:09.450><c> that</c>

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he<00:30:09.849><c> was</c><00:30:10.269><c> grieved</c><00:30:10.569><c> all</c>

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about.<00:30:12.089><c> That</c><00:30:12.230><c> he</c><00:30:12.410><c> was</c><00:30:12.670><c> intensely</c><00:30:13.250><c> sad,</c><00:30:14.490><c> exceedingly</c><00:30:15.029><c> sorry.</c>

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Young's<00:30:18.430><c> literal</c><00:30:18.809><c> translation</c><00:30:19.130><c> of</c><00:30:19.130><c> the</c>

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translation,<00:30:19.410><c> he</c><00:30:19.509><c> was</c><00:30:19.750><c> exceeding</c><00:30:20.450><c> sorrowful</c><00:30:21.190><c> is</c><00:30:21.529><c> my</c><00:30:21.890><c> soul.</c>

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Exceedingly<00:30:22.809><c> sorrowful</c><00:30:23.250><c> is</c><00:30:23.450><c> my</c><00:30:23.670><c> soul</c>

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to<00:30:24.569><c> death.</c><00:30:25.549><c> And</c><00:30:25.809><c> he</c><00:30:26.009><c> began</c><00:30:26.369><c> to</c><00:30:26.750><c> dread</c><00:30:26.950><c> and</c><00:30:27.170><c> be</c><00:30:27.369><c> distressed</c><00:30:28.029><c> and</c>

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he<00:30:28.609><c> said</c><00:30:28.750><c> to</c><00:30:28.890><c> them,</c><00:30:28.990><c> My</c><00:30:29.230><c> soul</c><00:30:29.470><c> is</c><00:30:29.809><c> sorrowful</c>

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to<00:30:30.309><c> the</c><00:30:30.529><c> death.</c><00:30:31.069><c> That's</c><00:30:31.329><c> from</c><00:30:31.569><c> Wycliffe</c><00:30:31.970><c> and</c><00:30:32.130><c> then</c><00:30:32.309><c> from</c><00:30:32.609><c> Weymouth.</c><00:30:34.029><c> My</c>

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heart<00:30:34.569><c> is</c><00:30:34.829><c> oppressed</c><00:30:35.269><c> and</c><00:30:36.089><c> anguished</c>

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to<00:30:36.750><c> the</c><00:30:36.849><c> very</c><00:30:37.230><c> point</c><00:30:37.490><c> of</c><00:30:37.710><c> death.</c><00:30:38.349><c> So</c><00:30:38.849><c> this</c><00:30:39.269><c> is</c><00:30:39.589><c> the</c><00:30:39.930><c> greatest</c>

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time<00:30:40.910><c> of</c><00:30:41.150><c> need</c><00:30:41.289><c> that</c><00:30:41.490><c> the</c><00:30:41.650><c> Lord</c><00:30:41.849><c> Jesus</c>

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would<00:30:43.150><c> have.</c><00:30:43.869><c> And</c><00:30:44.029><c> of</c><00:30:44.230><c> course</c><00:30:44.609><c> what</c><00:30:45.049><c> he</c><00:30:45.230><c> was</c><00:30:45.369><c> able</c><00:30:45.549><c> to</c><00:30:45.789><c> rely</c><00:30:46.009><c> on</c>

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wasn't<00:30:46.549><c> his</c><00:30:46.809><c> disciples</c><00:30:47.289><c> who</c><00:30:47.529><c> were</c><00:30:47.730><c> asleep</c>

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but<00:30:48.849><c> he</c><00:30:48.970><c> could</c><00:30:49.170><c> go</c><00:30:49.410><c> to</c><00:30:49.549><c> his</c><00:30:49.730><c> father</c><00:30:50.710><c> Abba</c><00:30:51.329><c> father</c><00:30:51.730><c> and</c><00:30:52.190><c> approach</c><00:30:52.529><c> him.</c><00:30:53.650><c> This</c><00:30:53.809><c> is</c>

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what<00:30:53.990><c> brother</c><00:30:54.269><c> Norris</c>

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said<00:30:55.009><c> in</c><00:30:55.349><c> 1951</c><00:30:56.490><c> when</c><00:30:56.670><c> he</c><00:30:56.869><c> wrote</c><00:30:57.130><c> this</c><00:30:57.349><c> in</c><00:30:57.509><c> the</c><00:30:57.609><c> Christadelphian.</c><00:30:59.109><c> We</c><00:30:59.269><c> became</c><00:30:59.730><c> sons</c>

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of<00:31:00.269><c> God</c><00:31:00.490><c> not</c><00:31:00.769><c> because</c><00:31:01.069><c> we</c><00:31:01.309><c> decided</c>

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we<00:31:01.990><c> would</c><00:31:02.210><c> but</c><00:31:02.390><c> because</c><00:31:02.849><c> God</c><00:31:03.170><c> decided</c><00:31:03.809><c> he</c><00:31:04.490><c> would</c><00:31:04.750><c> accept</c><00:31:05.109><c> us.</c>

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And<00:31:06.250><c> we</c><00:31:06.390><c> were</c><00:31:06.670><c> confronted</c><00:31:07.470><c> with</c><00:31:08.309><c> his</c>

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offer<00:31:09.049><c> for</c><00:31:09.670><c> our</c><00:31:10.029><c> acceptance.</c><00:31:11.230><c> All</c><00:31:11.509><c> things</c><00:31:11.730><c> are</c><00:31:11.950><c> of</c><00:31:12.089><c> God.</c><00:31:12.549><c> The</c>

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most<00:31:13.109><c> touching</c><00:31:13.630><c> demonstration</c><00:31:14.589><c> of</c><00:31:15.390><c> it</c>

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is<00:31:15.849><c> an</c><00:31:16.089><c> event</c><00:31:16.230><c> in</c><00:31:16.410><c> the</c><00:31:16.589><c> garden</c><00:31:16.930><c> when</c><00:31:17.410><c> the</c><00:31:17.710><c> son</c><00:31:17.869><c> of</c><00:31:18.069><c> God</c><00:31:18.329><c> cried</c>

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in<00:31:19.089><c> his</c><00:31:19.430><c> agony</c><00:31:20.009><c> in</c><00:31:20.569><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:31:22.089><c> My</c><00:31:22.170><c> father</c>

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if<00:31:22.769><c> it</c><00:31:22.910><c> be</c><00:31:23.150><c> possible</c><00:31:23.650><c> let</c><00:31:24.069><c> this</c><00:31:24.450><c> cup</c><00:31:24.670><c> pass</c><00:31:25.049><c> from</c><00:31:25.289><c> me.</c><00:31:25.990><c> Nevertheless</c><00:31:26.470><c> not</c><00:31:26.769><c> my</c>

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will<00:31:27.230><c> but</c><00:31:27.529><c> thine</c><00:31:27.789><c> be</c><00:31:28.049><c> done.</c>

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He<00:31:29.289><c> showed</c><00:31:29.490><c> again</c><00:31:29.849><c> that</c><00:31:30.009><c> it</c><00:31:30.190><c> was</c><00:31:30.450><c> not</c><00:31:30.650><c> in</c><00:31:30.930><c> the</c><00:31:31.490><c> strength</c><00:31:31.809><c> of</c>

00:31:32.130 --> 00:31:37.369
man<00:31:32.730><c> that</c><00:31:34.130><c> even</c><00:31:34.609><c> this</c><00:31:34.990><c> battle</c><00:31:35.269><c> was</c><00:31:35.630><c> won.</c><00:31:37.170><c> And</c>

00:31:37.369 --> 00:31:40.829
there<00:31:37.569><c> appeared</c><00:31:37.849><c> an</c><00:31:38.109><c> angel</c><00:31:38.369><c> from</c><00:31:38.630><c> heaven</c><00:31:38.950><c> strengthening</c><00:31:39.509><c> him.</c><00:31:40.549><c> He</c>

00:31:40.829 --> 00:31:43.809
was<00:31:41.109><c> heard</c><00:31:41.490><c> in</c><00:31:41.730><c> that</c><00:31:41.849><c> he</c><00:31:42.130><c> feared.</c><00:31:43.549><c> This</c>

00:31:43.809 --> 00:31:47.950
is<00:31:43.930><c> a</c><00:31:44.029><c> very</c><00:31:44.269><c> important</c><00:31:44.690><c> point</c><00:31:44.890><c> he</c><00:31:45.089><c> makes.</c><00:31:46.890><c> A</c><00:31:46.990><c> confession</c><00:31:47.569><c> of</c>

00:31:47.950 --> 00:31:51.210
weakness<00:31:48.569><c> was</c><00:31:49.470><c> just</c><00:31:49.890><c> what</c><00:31:50.049><c> was</c><00:31:50.369><c> required</c><00:31:50.890><c> at</c>

00:31:51.210 --> 00:31:56.029
such<00:31:51.369><c> a</c><00:31:51.609><c> moment.</c><00:31:53.329><c> And</c><00:31:53.529><c> it</c><00:31:53.670><c> was</c><00:31:54.049><c> greeted</c><00:31:54.569><c> with</c><00:31:55.410><c> the</c><00:31:55.750><c> response</c>

00:31:56.029 --> 00:31:58.609
it<00:31:56.309><c> desired.</c><00:31:57.250><c> The</c><00:31:57.509><c> work</c><00:31:57.690><c> must</c><00:31:57.970><c> be</c><00:31:58.210><c> done</c>

00:31:58.609 --> 00:32:02.049
it<00:31:59.190><c> must</c><00:31:59.430><c> be</c><00:31:59.690><c> accomplished</c><00:32:00.190><c> but</c><00:32:00.710><c> not</c><00:32:00.910><c> in</c><00:32:01.109><c> the</c><00:32:01.329><c> pride</c><00:32:01.470><c> of</c><00:32:01.789><c> human</c>

00:32:02.049 --> 00:32:04.190
achievement<00:32:02.609><c> which</c><00:32:03.289><c> would</c><00:32:03.490><c> be</c><00:32:03.710><c> defeated</c>

00:32:04.190 --> 00:32:10.549
but<00:32:04.849><c> in</c><00:32:05.210><c> trust</c><00:32:05.490><c> toward</c><00:32:05.849><c> God.</c><00:32:06.930><c> The</c><00:32:07.210><c> trust</c><00:32:07.450><c> was</c><00:32:07.730><c> shown</c><00:32:08.130><c> and</c><00:32:08.789><c> it</c><00:32:08.930><c> was</c><00:32:09.130><c> rewarded.</c><00:32:10.289><c> So</c><00:32:10.470><c> I</c>

00:32:10.549 --> 00:32:11.569
think<00:32:10.609><c> this</c><00:32:10.789><c> is</c><00:32:11.109><c> really</c>

00:32:11.569 --> 00:32:14.970
wonderful<00:32:12.349><c> insight</c><00:32:12.730><c> by</c><00:32:12.950><c> Brother</c><00:32:13.210><c> Norris.</c><00:32:13.569><c> And</c><00:32:13.609><c> what</c><00:32:13.710><c> he's</c><00:32:13.910><c> saying</c><00:32:14.289><c> is</c>

00:32:14.970 --> 00:32:18.490
that<00:32:15.430><c> Jesus</c><00:32:15.910><c> at</c><00:32:16.250><c> a</c><00:32:16.470><c> time</c><00:32:17.089><c> of</c><00:32:18.009><c> weakness,</c>

00:32:18.589 --> 00:32:23.069
a<00:32:18.849><c> time</c><00:32:19.329><c> where</c><00:32:19.930><c> he</c><00:32:20.069><c> was</c><00:32:20.309><c> most</c><00:32:20.650><c> vulnerable,</c><00:32:21.549><c> was</c><00:32:21.890><c> able</c><00:32:22.190><c> to</c><00:32:22.509><c> approach</c><00:32:22.809><c> his</c>

00:32:23.069 --> 00:32:25.470
father<00:32:23.529><c> and</c><00:32:24.390><c> to</c><00:32:24.670><c> find</c><00:32:24.849><c> help</c><00:32:25.170><c> in</c>

00:32:25.470 --> 00:32:31.150
time<00:32:25.690><c> of</c><00:32:25.930><c> need.</c><00:32:27.250><c> This</c><00:32:27.490><c> is</c><00:32:27.630><c> why</c><00:32:27.809><c> we</c><00:32:28.049><c> read</c><00:32:28.309><c> in</c><00:32:28.829><c> Luke</c><00:32:29.190><c> 22</c><00:32:30.130><c> that</c><00:32:31.049><c> he</c>

00:32:31.150 --> 00:32:33.130
says<00:32:31.490><c> Father</c><00:32:32.190><c> if</c><00:32:32.509><c> thou</c><00:32:32.730><c> be</c><00:32:32.930><c> willing</c>

00:32:33.130 --> 00:32:36.109
remove<00:32:33.549><c> this</c><00:32:33.849><c> cup</c><00:32:33.950><c> from</c><00:32:34.170><c> me.</c><00:32:34.410><c> Nevertheless</c><00:32:34.890><c> not</c><00:32:35.269><c> my</c><00:32:35.630><c> will</c><00:32:35.809><c> but</c>

00:32:36.109 --> 00:32:38.750
thine<00:32:36.430><c> be</c><00:32:36.690><c> done.</c><00:32:37.309><c> And</c><00:32:37.630><c> then</c><00:32:38.230><c> we're</c>

00:32:38.750 --> 00:32:43.609
told<00:32:39.170><c> that</c><00:32:39.490><c> an</c><00:32:39.750><c> angel</c><00:32:40.049><c> appeared</c><00:32:40.450><c> to</c><00:32:40.569><c> him</c><00:32:40.789><c> from</c><00:32:41.009><c> heaven</c><00:32:41.549><c> strengthening</c><00:32:42.289><c> him.</c>

00:32:44.529 --> 00:32:45.529
That's<00:32:44.769><c> the</c><00:32:44.910><c> same</c><00:32:45.089><c> word</c><00:32:45.309><c> by</c>

00:32:45.529 --> 00:32:48.089
the<00:32:45.670><c> way</c><00:32:45.769><c> for</c><00:32:46.130><c> strengthening</c><00:32:46.490><c> him</c><00:32:46.809><c> that</c><00:32:47.029><c> we</c><00:32:47.190><c> read</c><00:32:47.390><c> about</c><00:32:47.670><c> with</c>

00:32:48.089 --> 00:32:50.410
Saul<00:32:48.670><c> being</c><00:32:49.109><c> strengthened</c><00:32:49.589><c> by</c><00:32:50.150><c> the</c>

00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:53.470
meat<00:32:50.569><c> that</c><00:32:50.730><c> was</c><00:32:50.890><c> given</c><00:32:51.130><c> to</c><00:32:51.230><c> him</c><00:32:51.349><c> by</c><00:32:51.670><c> Ananias</c><00:32:52.509><c> after</c><00:32:52.990><c> the</c><00:32:53.289><c> road</c>

00:32:53.470 --> 00:32:56.970
to<00:32:53.710><c> Damascus.</c><00:32:55.710><c> So</c><00:32:55.910><c> how</c><00:32:56.130><c> is</c><00:32:56.390><c> it</c><00:32:56.569><c> then</c><00:32:56.750><c> that</c>

00:32:56.970 --> 00:33:00.869
Jesus<00:32:57.390><c> was</c><00:32:57.670><c> able</c><00:32:57.950><c> to</c><00:32:58.289><c> overcome</c><00:32:58.630><c> this?</c><00:32:59.750><c> Well</c><00:32:59.970><c> we</c><00:33:00.130><c> said</c><00:33:00.349><c> before</c>

00:33:00.869 --> 00:33:02.230
when<00:33:01.029><c> we</c><00:33:01.230><c> were</c><00:33:01.230><c> talking</c><00:33:01.529><c> about</c><00:33:01.710><c> our</c><00:33:01.970><c> human</c>

00:33:02.230 --> 00:33:06.109
fathers<00:33:02.710><c> that</c><00:33:03.470><c> what</c><00:33:03.789><c> we</c><00:33:04.109><c> have</c><00:33:04.269><c> with</c><00:33:04.450><c> our</c><00:33:04.630><c> human</c><00:33:04.890><c> fathers</c><00:33:05.349><c> is</c>

00:33:06.109 --> 00:33:08.589
the<00:33:06.329><c> ability</c><00:33:06.730><c> to</c><00:33:07.089><c> trust</c><00:33:07.410><c> they'll</c><00:33:08.069><c> take</c><00:33:08.349><c> care</c>

00:33:08.589 --> 00:33:13.589
of<00:33:08.890><c> things.</c><00:33:09.670><c> You</c><00:33:09.769><c> know</c><00:33:10.009><c> that</c><00:33:10.210><c> my</c><00:33:10.450><c> dad,</c><00:33:10.849><c> I</c><00:33:11.130><c> don't</c><00:33:11.289><c> have</c><00:33:11.490><c> to</c><00:33:11.670><c> worry</c><00:33:11.930><c> about</c><00:33:12.230><c> certain</c><00:33:12.450><c> things</c><00:33:12.650><c> because</c><00:33:13.109><c> dad</c>

00:33:13.589 --> 00:33:14.250
was<00:33:13.849><c> there.</c>

00:33:14.509 --> 00:33:18.130
I<00:33:14.730><c> could</c><00:33:15.049><c> trust</c><00:33:15.329><c> that</c><00:33:15.509><c> he</c><00:33:15.589><c> was</c><00:33:15.730><c> there</c><00:33:15.950><c> to</c><00:33:16.109><c> care</c><00:33:16.349><c> for</c><00:33:16.549><c> us.</c><00:33:17.609><c> Well</c>

00:33:18.130 --> 00:33:20.490
that's<00:33:19.210><c> the</c><00:33:19.369><c> relationship</c><00:33:19.849><c> that</c><00:33:20.170><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:20.490 --> 00:33:23.589
had<00:33:20.710><c> with</c><00:33:20.910><c> his</c><00:33:21.049><c> father.</c><00:33:21.910><c> What</c><00:33:22.150><c> a</c><00:33:22.410><c> wonderful</c><00:33:22.750><c> passage</c><00:33:23.170><c> here</c><00:33:23.410><c> in</c>

00:33:23.589 --> 00:33:28.509
1<00:33:23.829><c> Peter</c><00:33:24.109><c> chapter</c><00:33:24.569><c> 2</c><00:33:25.789><c> verses</c><00:33:26.230><c> 21</c><00:33:26.710><c>-23</c><00:33:27.589><c> talking</c>

00:33:28.509 --> 00:33:32.869
about<00:33:28.829><c> how</c><00:33:29.069><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.609><c> is</c><00:33:30.470><c> our</c><00:33:30.910><c> atonement,</c><00:33:31.390><c> how</c><00:33:31.890><c> he</c><00:33:32.430><c> was</c><00:33:32.650><c> willing</c>

00:33:32.869 --> 00:33:35.990
to<00:33:33.210><c> suffer</c><00:33:33.609><c> for</c><00:33:34.150><c> us.</c><00:33:35.009><c> It</c><00:33:35.170><c> says</c><00:33:35.369><c> for</c><00:33:35.589><c> even</c>

00:33:35.990 --> 00:33:39.910
hereunto<00:33:36.609><c> were</c><00:33:36.970><c> ye</c><00:33:37.230><c> called</c><00:33:37.609><c> because</c><00:33:38.269><c> Christ</c><00:33:38.829><c> also</c><00:33:39.549><c> suffered</c>

00:33:39.910 --> 00:33:43.390
for<00:33:40.250><c> us</c><00:33:40.829><c> leaving</c><00:33:41.410><c> us</c><00:33:41.849><c> an</c><00:33:42.069><c> example</c><00:33:42.609><c> that</c>

00:33:43.390 --> 00:33:48.930
ye<00:33:43.609><c> should</c><00:33:43.849><c> follow</c><00:33:44.250><c> his</c><00:33:44.549><c> steps.</c><00:33:45.650><c> Who</c><00:33:45.670><c> did</c><00:33:46.029><c> no</c><00:33:46.410><c> sin</c><00:33:46.910><c> neither</c><00:33:47.630><c> was</c><00:33:48.069><c> guile</c><00:33:48.450><c> found</c><00:33:48.789><c> in</c>

00:33:48.930 --> 00:33:50.049
his<00:33:49.170><c> mouth.</c><00:33:49.809><c> Who</c>

00:33:50.049 --> 00:33:56.809
when<00:33:50.289><c> he</c><00:33:50.569><c> was</c><00:33:51.009><c> reviled</c><00:33:52.049><c> reviled</c><00:33:52.769><c> not</c><00:33:53.029><c> again.</c><00:33:53.569><c> When</c><00:33:53.750><c> he</c><00:33:54.069><c> suffered</c><00:33:54.490><c> he</c><00:33:54.890><c> thread</c><00:33:55.109><c> not.</c><00:33:56.569><c> And</c>

00:33:56.809 --> 00:33:57.170
how<00:33:56.890><c> was</c><00:33:57.069><c> he</c>

00:33:57.170 --> 00:34:01.829
able<00:33:57.309><c> to</c><00:33:57.450><c> do</c><00:33:57.549><c> all</c><00:33:57.809><c> that?</c><00:33:58.670><c> It</c><00:33:58.829><c> was</c><00:33:59.029><c> because</c><00:33:59.849><c> he</c><00:34:00.369><c> committed</c><00:34:00.869><c> himself</c><00:34:01.509><c> to</c>

00:34:01.829 --> 00:34:05.970
him<00:34:02.529><c> that</c><00:34:02.970><c> judgeth</c><00:34:03.470><c> righteously.</c><00:34:05.769><c> And</c>

00:34:05.990 --> 00:34:09.550
this<00:34:06.130><c> is</c><00:34:06.230><c> kind</c><00:34:06.450><c> of</c><00:34:06.509><c> what</c><00:34:07.369><c> we've</c><00:34:08.730><c> been</c><00:34:08.849><c> hearing</c><00:34:09.030><c> in</c><00:34:09.210><c> our</c><00:34:09.329><c> first</c>

00:34:09.550 --> 00:34:11.449
class<00:34:09.809><c> by</c><00:34:09.989><c> brother</c><00:34:10.250><c> Jeff</c><00:34:10.610><c> is</c><00:34:11.110><c> that</c><00:34:11.309><c> we</c>

00:34:11.449 --> 00:34:15.309
have<00:34:11.730><c> to</c><00:34:11.889><c> be</c><00:34:12.070><c> willing</c><00:34:12.289><c> to</c><00:34:12.550><c> say</c><00:34:13.110><c> that</c><00:34:14.230><c> God</c><00:34:14.510><c> will</c><00:34:14.750><c> handle</c><00:34:15.050><c> this.</c>

00:34:15.349 --> 00:34:17.769
God<00:34:15.570><c> will</c><00:34:15.789><c> take</c><00:34:16.010><c> care</c><00:34:16.170><c> of</c><00:34:16.329><c> this.</c><00:34:17.429><c> If</c><00:34:17.489><c> there's</c>

00:34:17.769 --> 00:34:20.750
any<00:34:18.469><c> vengeance</c><00:34:18.949><c> so</c><00:34:19.210><c> to</c><00:34:19.429><c> speak,</c><00:34:19.670><c> if</c><00:34:19.690><c> there's</c><00:34:19.949><c> any</c><00:34:20.110><c> revenge,</c><00:34:20.730><c> if</c>

00:34:20.750 --> 00:34:23.489
there's<00:34:20.969><c> any</c><00:34:21.849><c> reconciliation,</c><00:34:22.710><c> anything</c><00:34:23.210><c> that</c>

00:34:23.489 --> 00:34:27.750
has<00:34:23.710><c> to</c><00:34:23.889><c> be</c><00:34:24.030><c> done</c><00:34:24.170><c> that</c><00:34:24.489><c> way</c><00:34:24.829><c> it's</c><00:34:25.210><c> in</c><00:34:25.429><c> God's</c><00:34:25.889><c> hands.</c><00:34:26.789><c> And</c><00:34:27.030><c> so</c>

00:34:27.750 --> 00:34:30.969
what<00:34:29.090><c> is</c><00:34:29.289><c> it</c><00:34:29.389><c> that</c><00:34:29.550><c> Jesus</c><00:34:29.869><c> did?</c><00:34:30.170><c> Well</c><00:34:30.610><c> he</c>

00:34:30.969 --> 00:34:35.230
simply<00:34:31.469><c> committed</c><00:34:31.909><c> his</c><00:34:32.289><c> cause.</c><00:34:33.389><c> He</c><00:34:33.949><c> continued</c><00:34:34.630><c> in</c><00:34:34.969><c> trusting</c>

00:34:35.230 --> 00:34:37.710
himself.<00:34:36.070><c> He</c><00:34:36.210><c> gave</c><00:34:36.489><c> himself</c><00:34:37.110><c> over</c>

00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:40.769
into<00:34:38.309><c> the</c><00:34:38.550><c> hands</c><00:34:38.730><c> of</c><00:34:38.929><c> his</c><00:34:39.070><c> father.</c><00:34:39.789><c> Now</c><00:34:39.949><c> that</c><00:34:40.130><c> seems</c><00:34:40.409><c> like</c><00:34:40.650><c> a</c>

00:34:40.769 --> 00:34:42.210
pretty<00:34:41.010><c> straight</c><00:34:41.329><c> forward</c><00:34:41.590><c> and</c><00:34:41.710><c> easy</c><00:34:41.989><c> thing</c>

00:34:42.210 --> 00:34:44.710
to<00:34:42.369><c> do.</c><00:34:42.650><c> You</c><00:34:42.769><c> know,</c><00:34:43.030><c> you</c><00:34:43.150><c> trust</c><00:34:43.369><c> your</c><00:34:43.570><c> father,</c><00:34:44.250><c> you</c><00:34:44.409><c> hand</c><00:34:44.570><c> it</c>

00:34:44.710 --> 00:34:47.969
over<00:34:44.849><c> to</c><00:34:44.989><c> him.</c><00:34:46.730><c> But</c><00:34:47.090><c> what</c><00:34:47.449><c> brother</c><00:34:47.670><c> Tennes</c>

00:34:47.969 --> 00:34:50.289
said<00:34:48.050><c> was</c><00:34:48.250><c> quite</c><00:34:48.489><c> interesting.</c><00:34:48.989><c> He</c><00:34:49.090><c> says</c><00:34:49.210><c> there's</c><00:34:49.389><c> no</c><00:34:49.670><c> greater</c><00:34:49.969><c> lesson</c>

00:34:50.289 --> 00:34:51.789
of<00:34:50.590><c> bitterness</c><00:34:50.989><c> than</c><00:34:51.530><c> that</c>

00:34:51.789 --> 00:34:56.090
of<00:34:51.989><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:34:52.849><c> The</c><00:34:53.150><c> sinless</c><00:34:53.590><c> son</c><00:34:53.829><c> of</c><00:34:54.030><c> God</c><00:34:54.510><c> stood</c><00:34:54.969><c> on</c><00:34:55.190><c> the</c><00:34:55.429><c> threshold</c><00:34:55.809><c> of</c>

00:34:56.090 --> 00:34:58.530
death<00:34:56.329><c> or</c><00:34:57.150><c> immortality</c><00:34:57.969><c> depending</c>

00:34:58.530 --> 00:35:03.090
how<00:34:58.730><c> one</c><00:34:58.929><c> looks</c><00:34:59.230><c> at</c><00:34:59.469><c> it.</c><00:35:00.190><c> The</c><00:35:00.230><c> sting</c><00:35:00.550><c> of</c><00:35:00.769><c> death</c><00:35:00.989><c> was</c><00:35:01.309><c> bitter</c><00:35:01.710><c> and</c><00:35:02.230><c> the</c><00:35:02.530><c> separation</c><00:35:02.949><c> of</c>

00:35:03.090 --> 00:35:04.309
his<00:35:03.269><c> father</c><00:35:03.650><c> was</c>

00:35:04.309 --> 00:35:08.230
more<00:35:04.650><c> bitter</c><00:35:04.949><c> still</c><00:35:05.349><c> in</c><00:35:05.650><c> contemplation.</c><00:35:06.889><c> As</c><00:35:07.090><c> a</c><00:35:07.329><c> dutiful</c><00:35:07.730><c> son</c>

00:35:08.230 --> 00:35:12.110
he<00:35:08.929><c> cast</c><00:35:09.329><c> himself</c><00:35:09.909><c> in</c><00:35:10.349><c> anguish</c><00:35:11.010><c> at</c><00:35:11.469><c> the</c><00:35:11.690><c> footstool</c>

00:35:12.110 --> 00:35:15.889
of<00:35:12.289><c> God.</c><00:35:13.409><c> Abba,</c><00:35:13.789><c> father,</c><00:35:14.489><c> all</c><00:35:14.730><c> things</c><00:35:14.969><c> are</c><00:35:15.250><c> possible</c><00:35:15.630><c> with</c>

00:35:15.889 --> 00:35:18.730
thee.<00:35:16.409><c> Take</c><00:35:16.730><c> away</c><00:35:17.030><c> this</c><00:35:17.329><c> cup</c><00:35:17.510><c> from</c><00:35:17.769><c> me.</c><00:35:18.349><c> Nevertheless</c>

00:35:18.730 --> 00:35:25.489
not<00:35:19.110><c> what</c><00:35:19.329><c> I</c><00:35:19.630><c> will</c><00:35:19.849><c> but</c><00:35:20.429><c> what</c><00:35:21.769><c> thou</c><00:35:22.050><c> wilt.</c><00:35:23.849><c> Christ's</c><00:35:24.489><c> yes</c><00:35:24.949><c> to</c>

00:35:25.489 --> 00:35:28.070
the<00:35:25.630><c> will</c><00:35:25.750><c> of</c><00:35:25.869><c> God</c><00:35:26.190><c> meant</c><00:35:26.530><c> no</c><00:35:27.150><c> to</c><00:35:27.349><c> his</c><00:35:27.530><c> request</c>

00:35:28.530 --> 00:35:32.889
for<00:35:28.730><c> the</c><00:35:28.829><c> cup</c><00:35:29.090><c> to</c><00:35:29.369><c> pass.</c><00:35:30.409><c> God's</c><00:35:30.750><c> no</c><00:35:31.170><c> to</c><00:35:31.809><c> the</c><00:35:31.969><c> petition</c><00:35:32.409><c> of</c><00:35:32.630><c> his</c>

00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:36.570
son<00:35:33.449><c> meant</c><00:35:33.949><c> yes</c><00:35:34.550><c> to</c><00:35:35.130><c> our</c><00:35:35.449><c> hope</c><00:35:35.730><c> of</c><00:35:36.070><c> everlasting</c>

00:35:36.570 --> 00:35:41.849
life.<00:35:37.650><c> When</c><00:35:37.730><c> God</c><00:35:38.030><c> says</c><00:35:38.269><c> no</c><00:35:38.510><c> to</c><00:35:38.690><c> us</c><00:35:38.869><c> he</c><00:35:39.110><c> seeks</c><00:35:39.630><c> our</c><00:35:40.170><c> yes</c><00:35:40.630><c> to</c><00:35:41.590><c> his</c>

00:35:41.849 --> 00:35:44.110
holy<00:35:42.130><c> will.</c><00:35:43.090><c> The</c><00:35:43.250><c> ultimate</c><00:35:43.590><c> joy</c><00:35:43.889><c> will</c>

00:35:44.110 --> 00:35:48.429
be<00:35:44.369><c> ours</c><00:35:44.670><c> if</c><00:35:45.050><c> we</c><00:35:45.369><c> too</c><00:35:45.550><c> can</c><00:35:45.829><c> pray</c><00:35:46.210><c> Abba,</c><00:35:46.989><c> father.</c><00:35:47.949><c> Nevertheless</c>

00:35:48.429 --> 00:35:51.150
not<00:35:49.150><c> what</c><00:35:49.329><c> I</c><00:35:49.650><c> will</c><00:35:49.969><c> but</c><00:35:50.369><c> what</c><00:35:50.590><c> thou</c><00:35:50.849><c> wilt.</c>

00:35:51.590 --> 00:35:57.170
So<00:35:51.829><c> let's</c><00:35:52.070><c> just</c><00:35:52.269><c> try</c><00:35:52.369><c> to</c><00:35:52.530><c> see</c><00:35:52.610><c> if</c><00:35:52.750><c> we</c><00:35:52.750><c> can</c><00:35:52.949><c> take</c><00:35:53.190><c> this</c><00:35:53.909><c> to</c><00:35:54.289><c> a</c><00:35:54.489><c> more</c><00:35:54.750><c> practical</c><00:35:55.429><c> viewpoint.</c><00:35:56.929><c> To</c>

00:35:57.170 --> 00:35:57.730
be<00:35:57.329><c> led</c><00:35:57.489><c> by</c>

00:35:57.730 --> 00:36:01.010
the<00:35:58.269><c> Spirit</c><00:35:58.269><c> means</c><00:35:58.730><c> that</c><00:35:58.969><c> we</c><00:35:59.050><c> must</c><00:35:59.369><c> fundamentally</c><00:36:00.170><c> put</c><00:36:00.710><c> our</c>

00:36:01.010 --> 00:36:03.130
lives<00:36:01.269><c> in</c><00:36:01.449><c> the</c><00:36:01.590><c> hands</c><00:36:01.889><c> of</c><00:36:02.110><c> the</c><00:36:02.210><c> Father.</c>

00:36:03.769 --> 00:36:07.329
We<00:36:03.989><c> have</c><00:36:04.269><c> to</c><00:36:04.469><c> trust</c><00:36:04.769><c> that</c><00:36:04.909><c> he's</c><00:36:05.090><c> in</c><00:36:05.329><c> control</c><00:36:05.969><c> of</c><00:36:06.349><c> our</c><00:36:06.630><c> life</c><00:36:06.949><c> in</c>

00:36:07.329 --> 00:36:10.489
all<00:36:07.610><c> aspects.</c><00:36:08.570><c> That</c><00:36:08.750><c> we</c><00:36:08.949><c> can</c><00:36:09.650><c> summon</c><00:36:10.010><c> on</c>

00:36:10.489 --> 00:36:16.989
him<00:36:11.369><c> not</c><00:36:12.210><c> from</c><00:36:12.510><c> our</c><00:36:12.909><c> self,</c><00:36:13.289><c> not</c><00:36:13.469><c> from</c><00:36:13.730><c> our</c><00:36:13.969><c> own</c><00:36:14.510><c> mental</c><00:36:15.170><c> horsepower,</c><00:36:16.230><c> the</c><00:36:16.369><c> ability</c><00:36:16.730><c> to</c>

00:36:16.989 --> 00:36:18.030
conquer<00:36:17.349><c> sin.</c><00:36:17.829><c> That</c>

00:36:18.030 --> 00:36:21.570
we<00:36:18.170><c> can</c><00:36:18.449><c> call</c><00:36:18.730><c> on</c><00:36:18.869><c> him</c><00:36:19.329><c> when</c><00:36:19.730><c> we</c><00:36:19.949><c> need</c><00:36:20.150><c> him</c><00:36:20.349><c> most.</c><00:36:21.050><c> And</c><00:36:21.289><c> that</c><00:36:21.429><c> we</c>

00:36:21.570 --> 00:36:23.789
have<00:36:21.829><c> to</c><00:36:22.090><c> trust</c><00:36:22.269><c> that</c><00:36:22.469><c> God</c><00:36:22.769><c> sees</c><00:36:23.449><c> what</c>

00:36:23.789 --> 00:36:27.849
is<00:36:24.349><c> right</c><00:36:24.349><c> and</c><00:36:24.730><c> wrong</c><00:36:25.269><c> and</c><00:36:26.030><c> to</c><00:36:26.329><c> rightly</c><00:36:26.650><c> judge.</c><00:36:27.329><c> As</c><00:36:27.429><c> Abraham</c>

00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:30.170
said,<00:36:28.570><c> will</c><00:36:28.690><c> not</c><00:36:28.929><c> the</c><00:36:29.130><c> judge</c><00:36:29.329><c> of</c><00:36:29.489><c> the</c><00:36:29.690><c> world</c>

00:36:30.170 --> 00:36:34.269
judge<00:36:30.670><c> righteously.</c><00:36:32.050><c> And</c><00:36:32.230><c> so</c><00:36:32.570><c> therefore</c><00:36:32.969><c> we</c><00:36:33.250><c> need</c><00:36:33.570><c> to</c><00:36:33.829><c> defeat</c>

00:36:34.269 --> 00:36:37.230
the<00:36:34.550><c> urges</c><00:36:35.070><c> of</c><00:36:35.409><c> the</c><00:36:35.670><c> flesh</c><00:36:35.989><c> to</c><00:36:36.610><c> resist.</c>

00:36:37.550 --> 00:36:40.949
Because<00:36:37.849><c> in</c><00:36:38.130><c> Christ</c><00:36:38.329><c> we've</c><00:36:38.710><c> already</c><00:36:39.190><c> won.</c><00:36:40.210><c> When</c><00:36:40.409><c> we</c><00:36:40.650><c> commit</c>

00:36:40.949 --> 00:36:43.690
our<00:36:41.250><c> cause</c><00:36:41.469><c> to</c><00:36:41.690><c> him</c><00:36:42.030><c> we</c><00:36:42.650><c> can</c><00:36:43.010><c> confess</c>

00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:48.070
our<00:36:44.409><c> own</c><00:36:44.769><c> vulnerability</c><00:36:45.550><c> and</c><00:36:46.230><c> that</c><00:36:46.409><c> we</c><00:36:46.889><c> cannot</c><00:36:47.329><c> control</c><00:36:47.889><c> the</c>

00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:51.050
situation<00:36:48.809><c> but</c><00:36:49.329><c> that</c><00:36:49.550><c> he</c><00:36:49.710><c> does.</c><00:36:50.610><c> So</c><00:36:50.889><c> here's</c>

00:36:51.050 --> 00:36:55.510
some<00:36:51.210><c> real</c><00:36:51.389><c> life</c><00:36:51.690><c> examples.</c><00:36:52.610><c> Put</c><00:36:52.789><c> this</c><00:36:53.230><c> to</c><00:36:53.590><c> the</c><00:36:53.769><c> test.</c><00:36:55.010><c> Do</c><00:36:55.230><c> you</c>

00:36:55.510 --> 00:36:57.530
believe<00:36:55.969><c> that</c><00:36:56.210><c> God</c><00:36:56.409><c> is</c><00:36:56.610><c> in</c><00:36:56.769><c> control</c><00:36:57.150><c> of</c><00:36:57.309><c> all</c>

00:36:57.530 --> 00:37:02.170
aspects<00:36:57.909><c> of</c><00:36:58.070><c> your</c><00:36:58.250><c> life?</c><00:36:58.809><c> Do</c><00:36:59.010><c> you</c><00:36:59.269><c> believe</c><00:36:59.809><c> that</c><00:37:00.269><c> you</c><00:37:00.389><c> can</c><00:37:00.750><c> commit</c><00:37:01.210><c> yourself</c><00:37:01.849><c> to</c>

00:37:02.170 --> 00:37:03.590
him<00:37:02.769><c> that</c><00:37:03.329><c> judges</c>

00:37:03.590 --> 00:37:07.090
righteously?<00:37:04.929><c> Well</c><00:37:05.110><c> what</c><00:37:05.269><c> happens</c><00:37:05.650><c> when</c><00:37:05.829><c> you're</c><00:37:06.170><c> wrongly</c><00:37:06.670><c> accused</c><00:37:06.929><c> at</c>

00:37:07.090 --> 00:37:11.809
the<00:37:07.250><c> workplace?</c><00:37:11.510><c> Put</c><00:37:11.690><c> it</c><00:37:11.769><c> in</c>

00:37:11.809 --> 00:37:17.849
God's<00:37:12.190><c> hands?</c><00:37:14.389><c> How</c><00:37:14.630><c> about</c><00:37:14.769><c> when</c><00:37:14.889><c> you're</c><00:37:15.210><c> persecuted</c><00:37:15.570><c> for</c><00:37:15.789><c> righteousness</c><00:37:16.210><c> sake?</c><00:37:17.670><c> Or</c>

00:37:17.849 --> 00:37:18.349
you're<00:37:18.150><c> wronged</c>

00:37:18.349 --> 00:37:23.329
by<00:37:18.570><c> a</c><00:37:18.710><c> business</c><00:37:19.030><c> associate?</c><00:37:20.530><c> Or</c><00:37:20.789><c> wronged</c><00:37:21.190><c> as</c><00:37:21.230><c> brother</c><00:37:21.550><c> Jeff</c><00:37:21.710><c> has</c><00:37:21.909><c> been</c><00:37:22.050><c> talking</c><00:37:22.389><c> about</c><00:37:22.650><c> by</c><00:37:22.869><c> a</c><00:37:23.050><c> brother?</c>

00:37:23.789 --> 00:37:28.869
Or<00:37:24.030><c> wronged</c><00:37:24.409><c> by</c><00:37:24.590><c> a</c><00:37:24.769><c> loved</c><00:37:24.969><c> one?</c><00:37:26.590><c> Do</c><00:37:26.690><c> we</c><00:37:26.929><c> commit</c><00:37:27.230><c> our</c><00:37:27.550><c> cause</c><00:37:28.150><c> to</c>

00:37:28.869 --> 00:37:32.449
our<00:37:29.050><c> father?</c><00:37:30.389><c> To</c><00:37:30.530><c> him</c><00:37:30.769><c> that</c><00:37:31.030><c> judges</c><00:37:31.250><c> righteously?</c>

00:37:32.469 --> 00:37:35.469
That's<00:37:32.889><c> what</c><00:37:33.070><c> the</c><00:37:33.210><c> Lord</c><00:37:33.389><c> Jesus</c><00:37:33.809><c> was</c><00:37:34.429><c> able</c><00:37:34.630><c> to</c><00:37:34.829><c> do</c><00:37:34.949><c> because</c><00:37:35.329><c> of</c>

00:37:35.469 --> 00:37:38.449
his<00:37:35.909><c> closeness</c><00:37:36.849><c> to</c><00:37:37.329><c> his</c><00:37:37.570><c> father.</c><00:37:38.289><c> So</c>

00:37:38.449 --> 00:37:43.329
what<00:37:38.570><c> it</c><00:37:38.769><c> requires</c><00:37:39.110><c> of</c><00:37:39.349><c> us</c><00:37:39.510><c> to</c><00:37:39.690><c> do</c><00:37:39.829><c> is</c><00:37:40.130><c> accept</c><00:37:40.610><c> our</c><00:37:41.110><c> vulnerability.</c><00:37:42.030><c> Accept</c><00:37:42.530><c> that</c><00:37:43.090><c> we</c>

00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:44.570
are<00:37:43.530><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:37:44.949 --> 00:37:50.030
And<00:37:45.489><c> so</c><00:37:45.929><c> we</c><00:37:46.269><c> see</c><00:37:46.530><c> that</c><00:37:46.849><c> Peter</c><00:37:47.849><c> confessed</c><00:37:48.650><c> his</c><00:37:49.010><c> need.</c><00:37:49.670><c> Whenever</c>

00:37:50.030 --> 00:37:54.389
Jesus<00:37:50.610><c> said</c><00:37:51.329><c> to</c><00:37:51.489><c> him,</c><00:37:53.849><c> I'm</c><00:37:53.909><c> going</c><00:37:54.090><c> to</c><00:37:54.230><c> wash</c>

00:37:54.389 --> 00:37:58.409
your<00:37:54.630><c> feet</c><00:37:54.809><c> Peter.</c><00:37:55.670><c> Peter</c><00:37:55.949><c> said</c><00:37:56.210><c> it</c><00:37:56.349><c> to</c><00:37:56.409><c> him,</c><00:37:56.989><c> thou</c><00:37:57.190><c> shalt</c><00:37:57.449><c> never</c><00:37:57.789><c> wash</c><00:37:58.110><c> my</c>

00:37:58.409 --> 00:37:59.570
feet.<00:37:58.690><c> Jesus</c><00:37:59.050><c> answered,</c>

00:37:59.969 --> 00:38:03.150
if<00:38:00.170><c> I</c><00:38:00.449><c> wash</c><00:38:00.730><c> thee</c><00:38:00.989><c> not,</c><00:38:01.650><c> thou</c><00:38:01.730><c> hast</c><00:38:01.949><c> no</c><00:38:02.210><c> part</c><00:38:02.389><c> with</c><00:38:02.610><c> me.</c><00:38:02.769><c> Well</c>

00:38:03.150 --> 00:38:06.789
Peter<00:38:03.389><c> realized,</c><00:38:04.690><c> he</c><00:38:04.809><c> said,</c><00:38:05.849><c> Lord</c><00:38:06.309><c> then</c>

00:38:06.789 --> 00:38:11.369
don't<00:38:06.989><c> just</c><00:38:07.190><c> wash</c><00:38:07.690><c> my</c><00:38:08.030><c> feet</c><00:38:08.210><c> but</c><00:38:08.710><c> also</c><00:38:09.369><c> my</c><00:38:09.610><c> hands</c><00:38:09.929><c> and</c><00:38:10.130><c> my</c><00:38:10.309><c> head.</c><00:38:10.769><c> I</c><00:38:11.010><c> have</c><00:38:11.170><c> a</c>

00:38:11.369 --> 00:38:12.789
complete<00:38:12.030><c> need</c><00:38:12.289><c> to</c><00:38:12.489><c> be</c>

00:38:12.789 --> 00:38:17.730
washed<00:38:13.090><c> by</c><00:38:13.750><c> you.</c><00:38:15.530><c> So</c><00:38:15.769><c> I</c><00:38:15.849><c> ask</c><00:38:16.010><c> you</c><00:38:16.130><c> what</c><00:38:16.250><c> a</c><00:38:16.369><c> good</c><00:38:16.530><c> parent</c><00:38:16.769><c> does.</c>

00:38:18.150 --> 00:38:21.949
If<00:38:18.329><c> a</c><00:38:18.809><c> child</c><00:38:19.329><c> that</c><00:38:19.750><c> you</c><00:38:20.010><c> have,</c><00:38:20.849><c> or</c><00:38:21.050><c> a</c><00:38:21.190><c> grandchild,</c>

00:38:22.449 --> 00:38:26.210
skins<00:38:22.690><c> their</c><00:38:23.010><c> knee</c><00:38:23.230><c> up</c><00:38:23.750><c> and</c><00:38:24.489><c> they</c><00:38:24.710><c> are</c><00:38:24.969><c> in</c><00:38:25.269><c> pain</c><00:38:25.610><c> and</c><00:38:25.869><c> they're</c>

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weeping<00:38:26.610><c> because</c><00:38:27.030><c> of</c><00:38:27.230><c> this,</c><00:38:27.969><c> what</c><00:38:28.170><c> do</c><00:38:28.309><c> you</c>

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do?<00:38:29.650><c> Do</c><00:38:29.829><c> you</c><00:38:29.869><c> go</c><00:38:30.050><c> to</c><00:38:30.150><c> the</c><00:38:30.309><c> vulnerable</c><00:38:30.730><c> child</c><00:38:31.130><c> and</c><00:38:31.389><c> say,</c><00:38:32.309><c> go</c><00:38:32.469><c> stop</c><00:38:32.809><c> the</c>

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bleeding,<00:38:33.429><c> clean</c><00:38:33.650><c> yourself</c>

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up<00:38:34.329><c> and</c><00:38:34.429><c> come</c><00:38:34.710><c> back</c><00:38:34.949><c> and</c><00:38:35.010><c> when</c><00:38:35.110><c> you're</c><00:38:35.309><c> all</c><00:38:35.510><c> done</c><00:38:35.630><c> with</c><00:38:35.829><c> that</c>

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I'll<00:38:36.449><c> comfort</c><00:38:36.730><c> you?</c><00:38:38.110><c> It</c><00:38:38.329><c> doesn't</c><00:38:41.429><c> work</c>

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when<00:38:43.389><c> we</c><00:38:43.630><c> are</c><00:38:43.969><c> in</c><00:38:44.170><c> pain.</c><00:38:45.769><c> He</c><00:38:46.030><c> wants</c><00:38:46.389><c> us</c><00:38:46.590><c> to</c><00:38:46.730><c> accept</c><00:38:47.110><c> our</c><00:38:47.389><c> vulnerability.</c><00:38:49.789><c> I</c><00:38:49.889><c> don't</c><00:38:50.130><c> have</c>

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to<00:38:50.590><c> go</c><00:38:50.969><c> clean</c>

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myself<00:38:51.710><c> up</c><00:38:52.030><c> to</c><00:38:52.210><c> be</c><00:38:52.409><c> able</c><00:38:52.630><c> to</c><00:38:52.869><c> go</c><00:38:53.150><c> to</c><00:38:53.289><c> my</c><00:38:53.510><c> father.</c><00:38:54.269><c> When</c><00:38:54.429><c> I</c><00:38:54.590><c> am</c><00:38:54.789><c> most</c><00:38:55.170><c> vulnerable</c><00:38:55.730><c> I</c>

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can<00:38:56.449><c> approach</c><00:38:56.849><c> him</c><00:38:57.289><c> and</c>

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he<00:38:57.889><c> will</c><00:38:58.230><c> succor</c><00:38:58.710><c> and</c><00:38:59.170><c> sustain</c><00:38:59.710><c> me</c><00:39:00.269><c> when</c><00:39:00.449><c> I'm</c><00:39:00.789><c> still</c><00:39:01.190><c> hurting</c>

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and<00:39:01.929><c> failing</c><00:39:02.289><c> and</c><00:39:02.730><c> when</c><00:39:02.869><c> I</c><00:39:03.110><c> don't</c><00:39:03.409><c> have</c>

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the<00:39:04.530><c> faith</c><00:39:04.829><c> that</c><00:39:05.289><c> might</c><00:39:05.530><c> be</c><00:39:05.809><c> necessary</c><00:39:06.289><c> at</c><00:39:06.530><c> that</c><00:39:06.789><c> time.</c><00:39:08.210><c> And</c>

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this<00:39:08.630><c> is</c><00:39:08.809><c> why</c><00:39:09.230><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.849><c> and</c><00:39:10.050><c> his</c><00:39:10.329><c> role</c><00:39:10.590><c> as</c>

00:39:10.929 --> 00:39:14.630
our<00:39:11.449><c> mediator</c><00:39:11.610><c> and</c><00:39:11.789><c> our</c><00:39:11.969><c> high</c><00:39:12.190><c> priest,</c><00:39:13.150><c> we're</c><00:39:13.349><c> told</c><00:39:13.849><c> that</c><00:39:14.449><c> not</c>

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only<00:39:14.929><c> does</c><00:39:15.110><c> he</c><00:39:15.269><c> make</c><00:39:15.590><c> reconciliation</c>

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for<00:39:16.650><c> the</c><00:39:17.170><c> sins</c><00:39:17.369><c> of</c><00:39:17.550><c> the</c><00:39:17.710><c> people</c><00:39:18.090><c> but</c><00:39:18.909><c> he</c><00:39:19.369><c> himself</c><00:39:20.309><c> hath</c><00:39:20.989><c> suffered</c><00:39:21.489><c> being</c>

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tempted<00:39:22.369><c> and</c><00:39:22.929><c> is</c><00:39:23.150><c> now</c><00:39:23.510><c> able</c>

00:39:23.949 --> 00:39:31.449
to<00:39:24.329><c> succor</c><00:39:24.969><c> or</c><00:39:25.429><c> to</c><00:39:26.090><c> aid</c><00:39:26.550><c> or</c><00:39:26.989><c> to</c><00:39:27.329><c> relieve</c><00:39:28.130><c> those</c><00:39:29.150><c> that</c><00:39:29.610><c> are</c><00:39:29.869><c> being</c><00:39:30.250><c> tempted,</c><00:39:31.289><c> that</c>

00:39:31.449 --> 00:39:33.469
are<00:39:31.690><c> tempted.</c><00:39:33.170><c> So</c><00:39:33.389><c> we</c>

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need<00:39:33.630><c> to</c><00:39:33.789><c> know</c><00:39:33.929><c> our</c><00:39:34.130><c> vulnerability.</c><00:39:35.050><c> I</c><00:39:35.190><c> think</c><00:39:35.309><c> this</c><00:39:35.489><c> is</c><00:39:35.670><c> really</c><00:39:35.889><c> a</c><00:39:36.170><c> key</c>

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to<00:39:36.989><c> being</c><00:39:37.210><c> able</c><00:39:37.449><c> to</c><00:39:37.590><c> have</c><00:39:37.750><c> a</c><00:39:37.969><c> closeness</c>

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in<00:39:38.510><c> our</c><00:39:38.550><c> spiritual</c><00:39:39.050><c> life.</c><00:39:39.769><c> It's</c><00:39:40.090><c> accepting</c><00:39:40.550><c> that</c><00:39:40.789><c> we</c><00:39:41.010><c> are</c><00:39:41.309><c> flawed,</c><00:39:41.989><c> that</c><00:39:42.070><c> we're</c><00:39:42.429><c> incapable</c><00:39:43.070><c> of</c><00:39:43.369><c> saving</c>

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ourselves.<00:39:44.829><c> It</c><00:39:45.050><c> requires</c><00:39:45.530><c> acknowledging</c><00:39:46.230><c> our</c><00:39:46.710><c> weaknesses</c>

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to<00:39:47.969><c> our</c><00:39:48.269><c> father</c><00:39:48.590><c> when</c><00:39:49.710><c> we're</c><00:39:50.090><c> still</c><00:39:50.369><c> struggling</c>

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and<00:39:51.750><c> it</c><00:39:51.969><c> helps</c><00:39:52.150><c> us</c><00:39:52.489><c> to</c><00:39:52.769><c> love</c><00:39:53.010><c> one</c><00:39:53.250><c> another.</c><00:39:53.969><c> When</c><00:39:54.250><c> we</c><00:39:54.670><c> recognize</c><00:39:55.230><c> our</c><00:39:55.489><c> own</c>

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vulnerabilities<00:39:56.329><c> we</c><00:39:57.690><c> can</c>

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certainly<00:39:58.849><c> bear</c><00:39:59.469><c> with</c><00:40:00.130><c> the</c><00:40:00.389><c> vulnerabilities</c><00:40:00.989><c> of</c><00:40:01.210><c> our</c><00:40:01.429><c> brothers</c><00:40:01.690><c> and</c><00:40:01.889><c> our</c><00:40:02.110><c> sisters</c><00:40:02.530><c> and</c><00:40:03.110><c> it</c><00:40:03.349><c> really</c>

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helps<00:40:03.789><c> us</c><00:40:04.030><c> to</c><00:40:04.269><c> focus</c><00:40:04.750><c> keenly</c><00:40:05.809><c> on</c><00:40:06.030><c> our</c><00:40:06.269><c> need</c><00:40:06.489><c> for</c><00:40:06.730><c> God.</c><00:40:07.949><c> Now</c>

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compare<00:40:08.409><c> this</c><00:40:08.710><c> with</c><00:40:08.889><c> what</c><00:40:09.090><c> some</c><00:40:09.349><c> people</c><00:40:09.510><c> have</c>

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called<00:40:09.849><c> muscular</c><00:40:10.329><c> Christianity.</c><00:40:12.010><c> This</c><00:40:12.530><c> is</c><00:40:12.789><c> the</c><00:40:12.929><c> idea,</c><00:40:13.250><c> I</c><00:40:13.409><c> can</c>

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do<00:40:13.909><c> it</c><00:40:14.090><c> all</c><00:40:14.230><c> myself.</c><00:40:15.010><c> If</c><00:40:15.010><c> I</c><00:40:15.289><c> can</c><00:40:16.969><c> just</c>

00:40:17.429 --> 00:40:22.369
have<00:40:18.070><c> enough</c><00:40:19.010><c> willpower</c><00:40:19.750><c> I</c><00:40:19.889><c> can</c><00:40:20.070><c> get</c><00:40:20.250><c> this</c><00:40:20.510><c> done.</c><00:40:21.070><c> I</c><00:40:21.369><c> can</c><00:40:21.630><c> resist</c><00:40:22.110><c> and</c>

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overcome.<00:40:23.789><c> If</c><00:40:23.969><c> I</c><00:40:24.170><c> was</c><00:40:24.409><c> just</c><00:40:24.730><c> a</c>

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little<00:40:25.030><c> bit</c><00:40:25.369><c> stronger,</c><00:40:25.670><c> if</c><00:40:25.949><c> I</c><00:40:25.989><c> just</c><00:40:26.289><c> knew</c><00:40:26.489><c> a</c><00:40:26.530><c> little</c><00:40:26.730><c> bit</c><00:40:26.929><c> more</c>

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about<00:40:27.329><c> the</c><00:40:27.510><c> Bible</c><00:40:27.789><c> I</c><00:40:28.829><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:29.309><c> fail.</c>

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I<00:40:31.250><c> need</c><00:40:31.670><c> God</c><00:40:32.369><c> when</c><00:40:33.269><c> I</c><00:40:33.610><c> fail</c><00:40:34.030><c> but</c><00:40:34.690><c> I'm</c><00:40:34.969><c> on</c><00:40:35.070><c> my</c><00:40:35.230><c> own</c><00:40:35.429><c> otherwise.</c><00:40:36.869><c> And</c><00:40:37.050><c> that</c><00:40:37.230><c> God</c><00:40:37.489><c> loves</c><00:40:37.789><c> me</c><00:40:38.050><c> when</c><00:40:38.190><c> I</c><00:40:38.409><c> succeed</c>

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but<00:40:39.210><c> he</c><00:40:39.630><c> doesn't</c><00:40:39.909><c> love</c><00:40:40.170><c> me</c><00:40:40.389><c> so</c><00:40:40.650><c> much</c><00:40:40.869><c> when</c><00:40:41.050><c> I</c><00:40:41.329><c> fail.</c><00:40:42.190><c> These</c><00:40:42.570><c> I</c>

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think<00:40:43.289><c> are</c><00:40:44.050><c> real</c><00:40:44.349><c> fallacies</c><00:40:44.869><c> for</c><00:40:45.210><c> us</c><00:40:45.510><c> in</c>

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our<00:40:45.909><c> lives.</c><00:40:46.750><c> That</c><00:40:46.869><c> God</c><00:40:47.130><c> loves</c><00:40:47.550><c> us</c><00:40:48.110><c> as</c><00:40:48.550><c> a</c><00:40:48.730><c> father</c><00:40:49.090><c> at</c><00:40:49.769><c> all</c><00:40:50.010><c> times.</c><00:40:50.889><c> He</c>

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may<00:40:51.190><c> not</c><00:40:51.489><c> love</c><00:40:51.730><c> what</c><00:40:51.909><c> we're</c><00:40:52.150><c> doing</c>

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love<00:40:57.369><c> us</c><00:40:57.610><c> also.</c><00:40:59.309><c> And</c><00:40:59.670><c> so</c><00:40:59.670><c> we</c>

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in<00:41:00.010><c> Romans</c><00:41:00.389><c> we're</c><00:41:00.690><c> told</c><00:41:01.130><c> that</c><00:41:01.909><c> just</c><00:41:02.329><c> as</c><00:41:02.550><c> the</c><00:41:02.670><c> Lord</c><00:41:02.929><c> Jesus</c><00:41:03.550><c> was</c>

00:41:03.909 --> 00:41:07.269
able<00:41:04.170><c> to</c><00:41:04.469><c> cry</c><00:41:04.829><c> Abba</c><00:41:05.389><c> Father,</c><00:41:06.550><c> we</c><00:41:06.710><c> too</c>

00:41:07.269 --> 00:41:10.690
have<00:41:07.849><c> not</c><00:41:08.250><c> received</c><00:41:08.769><c> the</c><00:41:09.010><c> spirit</c><00:41:09.329><c> of</c><00:41:09.610><c> bondage</c><00:41:09.929><c> again</c><00:41:10.170><c> to</c><00:41:10.409><c> fear</c>

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but<00:41:11.269><c> we</c><00:41:11.670><c> have</c><00:41:11.929><c> received</c><00:41:12.530><c> the</c><00:41:12.869><c> spirit</c><00:41:13.329><c> of</c>

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adoption.<00:41:15.090><c> Jeff</c><00:41:15.269><c> talked</c><00:41:15.630><c> in</c><00:41:15.869><c> the</c><00:41:15.989><c> first</c><00:41:16.170><c> period</c><00:41:16.389><c> today</c><00:41:16.789><c> about</c>

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punishment<00:41:18.170><c> and</c><00:41:18.670><c> fear.</c><00:41:19.309><c> That</c><00:41:19.610><c> it's</c>

00:41:19.969 --> 00:41:25.570
what<00:41:20.670><c> is</c><00:41:21.070><c> the</c><00:41:21.409><c> enemy</c><00:41:21.829><c> of</c><00:41:22.289><c> love.</c><00:41:23.570><c> Well</c><00:41:24.010><c> the</c><00:41:24.289><c> fact</c><00:41:24.550><c> is</c><00:41:24.869><c> that</c><00:41:25.030><c> we're</c><00:41:25.289><c> not</c>

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called<00:41:26.030><c> for</c><00:41:26.409><c> fear.</c><00:41:27.309><c> We're</c><00:41:27.510><c> not</c>

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called<00:41:28.269><c> for</c><00:41:28.829><c> bondage</c><00:41:29.409><c> to</c><00:41:29.670><c> fear.</c><00:41:30.429><c> Instead</c><00:41:30.989><c> we're</c><00:41:31.369><c> called</c><00:41:31.809><c> as</c>

00:41:32.489 --> 00:41:34.289
sons<00:41:32.750><c> and</c><00:41:33.030><c> daughters</c><00:41:33.309><c> to</c><00:41:33.530><c> be</c><00:41:33.710><c> able</c><00:41:33.949><c> to</c>

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cry<00:41:34.750><c> Abba</c><00:41:35.570><c> Father.</c><00:41:38.570><c> In</c><00:41:38.769><c> Galatians</c><00:41:39.309><c> we</c><00:41:39.510><c> read</c><00:41:39.710><c> this,</c><00:41:40.869><c> even</c><00:41:41.070><c> so</c>

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:43.349
we<00:41:41.630><c> when</c><00:41:41.809><c> we</c><00:41:41.949><c> were</c><00:41:42.110><c> children</c><00:41:42.429><c> were</c><00:41:42.670><c> in</c><00:41:42.889><c> bondage</c>

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under<00:41:43.550><c> the</c><00:41:43.849><c> elements</c><00:41:44.170><c> of</c><00:41:44.349><c> the</c><00:41:44.550><c> world</c><00:41:44.929><c> but</c><00:41:45.289><c> when</c><00:41:45.489><c> the</c><00:41:45.710><c> fullness</c>

00:41:45.929 --> 00:41:48.389
of<00:41:46.190><c> time</c><00:41:46.409><c> was</c><00:41:46.670><c> come</c><00:41:47.050><c> God</c><00:41:47.610><c> sent</c><00:41:47.829><c> forth</c><00:41:48.130><c> his</c>

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son<00:41:48.590><c> made</c><00:41:48.829><c> of</c><00:41:48.969><c> a</c><00:41:49.170><c> woman</c><00:41:49.570><c> made</c><00:41:50.110><c> under</c><00:41:50.369><c> the</c><00:41:50.610><c> law</c><00:41:50.889><c> to</c><00:41:51.369><c> redeem</c><00:41:51.769><c> them</c>

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that<00:41:52.210><c> were</c><00:41:52.349><c> under</c><00:41:52.630><c> the</c><00:41:52.849><c> law</c><00:41:53.150><c> that</c><00:41:53.530><c> we</c>

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might<00:41:53.949><c> receive</c><00:41:54.449><c> the</c><00:41:54.710><c> adoption</c><00:41:55.030><c> of</c><00:41:55.349><c> sons.</c><00:41:55.969><c> And</c><00:41:56.110><c> because</c><00:41:56.530><c> ye</c>

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are<00:41:57.449><c> sons</c><00:41:58.190><c> God</c><00:41:59.409><c> has</c><00:41:59.889><c> sent</c><00:42:00.289><c> forth</c><00:42:00.929><c> the</c><00:42:01.530><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:42:02.269><c> his</c><00:42:02.510><c> son</c><00:42:02.929><c> into</c><00:42:03.710><c> your</c><00:42:04.070><c> hearts</c><00:42:04.809><c> saying</c><00:42:05.670><c> crying</c><00:42:06.550><c> Abba</c><00:42:07.449><c> Father.</c><00:42:09.170><c> Therefore</c><00:42:09.530><c> we're</c>

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no<00:42:09.969><c> longer</c><00:42:10.269><c> a</c>

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servant<00:42:10.690><c> but</c><00:42:10.969><c> a</c><00:42:11.090><c> son.</c><00:42:12.289><c> And</c><00:42:12.369><c> if</c><00:42:12.510><c> a</c><00:42:12.710><c> son</c><00:42:13.389><c> then</c><00:42:13.789><c> an</c><00:42:14.050><c> heir</c><00:42:14.269><c> of</c><00:42:14.409><c> God</c>

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through<00:42:15.050><c> Christ.</c><00:42:16.210><c> So</c><00:42:16.449><c> the</c><00:42:16.750><c> spirit</c><00:42:16.969><c> of</c><00:42:17.150><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:42:17.869><c> in</c><00:42:18.210><c> us</c><00:42:18.889><c> is</c><00:42:19.570><c> that</c><00:42:19.730><c> we</c><00:42:19.809><c> can</c><00:42:20.150><c> approach</c><00:42:20.469><c> our</c><00:42:20.730><c> God</c><00:42:21.090><c> intimately</c><00:42:21.909><c> as</c><00:42:23.230><c> Abba</c>

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Father.<00:42:23.969><c> It's</c><00:42:24.210><c> the</c><00:42:24.429><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:42:25.329><c> we</c><00:42:25.590><c> have</c><00:42:25.929><c> access</c><00:42:26.650><c> through</c><00:42:27.289><c> Christ</c><00:42:27.869><c> to</c><00:42:28.489><c> our</c><00:42:28.730><c> Father.</c><00:42:30.510><c> Brother</c><00:42:30.789><c> Whitaker</c><00:42:31.130><c> wrote</c><00:42:31.489><c> in</c>

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Father<00:42:32.090><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:32.469><c> Faithful,</c><00:42:33.690><c> Abraham</c><00:42:33.989><c> is</c><00:42:34.210><c> a</c><00:42:34.469><c> great</c><00:42:34.610><c> example</c><00:42:35.110><c> of</c><00:42:35.309><c> a</c><00:42:35.489><c> man</c><00:42:35.670><c> made</c><00:42:35.989><c> perfect</c><00:42:36.349><c> or</c>

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a<00:42:36.809><c> man</c><00:42:37.269><c> in</c><00:42:37.449><c> whom</c><00:42:37.570><c> the</c><00:42:37.750><c> love</c>

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of<00:42:38.130><c> God</c><00:42:38.449><c> was</c><00:42:38.710><c> being</c><00:42:39.050><c> perfected.</c><00:42:40.349><c> It</c><00:42:40.550><c> wasn't</c><00:42:40.829><c> just</c><00:42:41.230><c> that</c><00:42:41.469><c> Abraham</c><00:42:41.849><c> had</c>

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faith<00:42:42.550><c> but</c><00:42:43.070><c> his</c><00:42:43.389><c> faith</c><00:42:43.769><c> wrought</c>

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with<00:42:44.670><c> his</c><00:42:44.969><c> works</c><00:42:45.210><c> and</c><00:42:45.449><c> made</c><00:42:45.730><c> his</c><00:42:46.110><c> faith</c><00:42:46.369><c> perfect.</c><00:42:47.449><c> I</c><00:42:47.570><c> think</c><00:42:47.730><c> this</c><00:42:47.909><c> is</c>

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a<00:42:48.250><c> marvelous</c><00:42:48.630><c> way</c><00:42:49.090><c> to</c><00:42:49.389><c> understand</c>

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the<00:42:50.150><c> work</c><00:42:50.309><c> of</c><00:42:50.510><c> the</c><00:42:50.670><c> Lord</c><00:42:50.889><c> in</c><00:42:51.349><c> the</c><00:42:51.550><c> lives</c><00:42:51.789><c> of</c><00:42:52.070><c> believers.</c><00:42:52.329><c> Listen</c><00:42:52.610><c> to</c><00:42:52.809><c> this,</c><00:42:53.889><c> it</c>

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is<00:42:54.230><c> not</c><00:42:54.469><c> some</c><00:42:54.849><c> mystical</c><00:42:55.550><c> or</c>

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magical<00:42:56.949><c> process</c><00:42:57.769><c> that</c><00:42:58.469><c> changes</c><00:42:58.849><c> the</c><00:42:59.070><c> way</c><00:42:59.250><c> we</c><00:42:59.550><c> think.</c><00:43:00.550><c> Rather</c>

00:43:01.010 --> 00:43:04.849
the<00:43:01.409><c> Lord</c><00:43:01.769><c> uses</c><00:43:02.329><c> our</c><00:43:02.929><c> circumstances</c><00:43:03.789><c> to</c>

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include<00:43:05.309><c> our</c><00:43:05.690><c> trials</c><00:43:06.210><c> to</c><00:43:06.929><c> build</c><00:43:07.210><c> our</c><00:43:07.530><c> faith</c><00:43:07.730><c> in</c><00:43:07.989><c> him</c><00:43:08.469><c> and</c><00:43:08.969><c> to</c>

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do<00:43:09.469><c> so</c><00:43:09.750><c> he</c><00:43:10.110><c> employs</c><00:43:10.650><c> the</c><00:43:11.329><c> angels.</c><00:43:12.269><c> And</c><00:43:12.590><c> if</c>

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we<00:43:13.090><c> are</c><00:43:13.250><c> willing</c><00:43:13.849><c> it</c><00:43:14.670><c> will</c><00:43:14.929><c> transform</c><00:43:15.489><c> our</c><00:43:15.769><c> minds.</c><00:43:16.869><c> This</c><00:43:17.090><c> is</c>

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what<00:43:17.469><c> happened</c><00:43:17.710><c> to</c><00:43:18.050><c> Abraham.</c><00:43:18.949><c> He</c><00:43:19.090><c> was</c><00:43:19.349><c> willing</c>

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to<00:43:19.849><c> obey</c><00:43:20.090><c> God</c><00:43:20.469><c> even</c><00:43:20.909><c> when</c><00:43:21.289><c> everything</c><00:43:21.769><c> in</c><00:43:22.070><c> him</c><00:43:22.670><c> found</c><00:43:23.190><c> this</c><00:43:23.389><c> to</c>

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be<00:43:23.750><c> the</c><00:43:23.889><c> opposite</c><00:43:24.309><c> of</c><00:43:24.449><c> his</c><00:43:24.710><c> will.</c><00:43:25.449><c> But</c><00:43:25.610><c> his</c>

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faith<00:43:26.110><c> was</c><00:43:26.469><c> just</c><00:43:26.909><c> strong</c><00:43:27.250><c> enough</c><00:43:27.769><c> to</c><00:43:28.230><c> endure</c><00:43:28.570><c> this</c><00:43:28.869><c> and</c><00:43:29.110><c> he</c><00:43:29.210><c> was</c><00:43:29.489><c> faithful</c><00:43:29.929><c> on</c>

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Mount<00:43:30.710><c> Moriah.</c><00:43:32.110><c> But</c><00:43:32.329><c> the</c>

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key<00:43:32.889><c> is</c><00:43:33.849><c> that</c><00:43:34.630><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:35.309><c> faith</c><00:43:35.590><c> after</c><00:43:36.230><c> this</c><00:43:36.510><c> event</c><00:43:36.889><c> was</c><00:43:37.630><c> much</c>

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stronger.<00:43:38.889><c> He</c><00:43:39.030><c> was</c><00:43:39.329><c> willing</c><00:43:39.610><c> to</c><00:43:41.489><c> do</c><00:43:41.829><c> God's</c>

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commandments.<00:43:43.309><c> God</c><00:43:43.670><c> would</c><00:43:43.969><c> bless</c><00:43:44.269><c> him</c><00:43:44.510><c> and</c><00:43:44.630><c> help</c><00:43:44.889><c> him</c><00:43:45.469><c> to</c><00:43:45.710><c> increase</c><00:43:46.130><c> his</c>

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faith.<00:43:47.269><c> And</c><00:43:47.489><c> so</c><00:43:47.650><c> for</c><00:43:47.789><c> us</c><00:43:47.989><c> today</c>

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the<00:43:49.750><c> same</c><00:43:50.050><c> challenge</c><00:43:50.429><c> exists.</c><00:43:50.969><c> If</c><00:43:51.190><c> we</c><00:43:51.510><c> are</c><00:43:51.530><c> willing</c><00:43:51.869><c> even</c><00:43:52.429><c> with</c><00:43:53.150><c> our</c>

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incomplete<00:43:54.289><c> faith</c><00:43:54.869><c> to</c><00:43:55.869><c> do</c><00:43:56.070><c> his</c><00:43:56.329><c> commandments</c>

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he<00:43:57.610><c> will</c><00:43:57.949><c> strengthen</c><00:43:58.349><c> us.</c><00:43:59.309><c> We</c><00:43:59.570><c> will</c><00:43:59.809><c> be</c><00:43:59.989><c> able</c><00:44:00.250><c> to</c><00:44:01.150><c> feel</c><00:44:01.590><c> his</c><00:44:01.949><c> presence</c><00:44:02.670><c> in</c>

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our<00:44:03.329><c> life.</c><00:44:04.530><c> His</c><00:44:04.889><c> power</c><00:44:05.469><c> will</c>

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help<00:44:06.429><c> us</c><00:44:06.670><c> to</c><00:44:07.050><c> transform</c><00:44:07.769><c> our</c><00:44:08.389><c> minds</c><00:44:08.849><c> from</c><00:44:09.510><c> flesh</c><00:44:09.849><c> to</c><00:44:10.190><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:44:12.210><c> has</c><00:44:12.289><c> not</c><00:44:12.489><c> left</c><00:44:12.750><c> us</c><00:44:12.969><c> as</c><00:44:13.130><c> orphans</c><00:44:13.989><c> and</c>

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rather<00:44:15.010><c> we</c><00:44:15.630><c> are</c><00:44:15.949><c> allowed</c><00:44:16.269><c> to</c><00:44:16.550><c> call</c><00:44:16.730><c> him</c><00:44:17.550><c> Abba</c><00:44:17.949><c> Father.</c><00:44:20.010><c> And</c><00:44:20.309><c> so</c>

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we<00:44:20.610><c> read</c><00:44:20.809><c> this</c><00:44:21.050><c> passage</c><00:44:21.409><c> which</c><00:44:21.590><c> we</c><00:44:21.690><c> are</c><00:44:21.690><c> going</c>

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to<00:44:21.889><c> come</c><00:44:22.150><c> back</c><00:44:22.329><c> to</c><00:44:22.449><c> in</c><00:44:22.570><c> a</c><00:44:22.650><c> couple</c><00:44:22.869><c> of</c><00:44:23.050><c> days</c><00:44:23.670><c> which</c><00:44:24.409><c> is</c><00:44:24.610><c> to</c><00:44:24.789><c> talk</c>

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about,<00:44:25.409><c> actually</c><00:44:25.789><c> we</c><00:44:25.889><c> will</c><00:44:25.889><c> come</c><00:44:26.070><c> back</c>

00:44:26.230 --> 00:44:30.829
to<00:44:26.250><c> this</c><00:44:26.409><c> tomorrow,</c><00:44:27.309><c> which</c><00:44:27.489><c> is</c><00:44:27.670><c> to</c><00:44:27.829><c> talk</c><00:44:28.070><c> about</c><00:44:28.369><c> how</c><00:44:28.989><c> the</c><00:44:29.329><c> spirit</c><00:44:29.909><c> helpeth</c><00:44:30.510><c> our</c>

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infirmities<00:44:31.670><c> for</c><00:44:31.969><c> we</c>

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know<00:44:32.389><c> not</c><00:44:32.730><c> what</c><00:44:33.110><c> we</c><00:44:33.289><c> should</c><00:44:33.469><c> pray</c><00:44:33.769><c> for</c><00:44:33.969><c> as</c><00:44:34.170><c> we</c><00:44:34.389><c> ought.</c><00:44:35.030><c> But</c><00:44:35.130><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:44:35.670><c> maketh</c><00:44:36.130><c> intercession</c><00:44:36.769><c> for</c><00:44:37.030><c> us</c>

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with<00:44:37.789><c> groanings</c><00:44:38.309><c> that</c><00:44:38.469><c> cannot</c><00:44:39.010><c> be</c><00:44:39.329><c> uttered.</c><00:44:40.489><c> And</c><00:44:40.690><c> he</c><00:44:40.889><c> that</c>

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searcheth<00:44:41.590><c> the</c><00:44:41.829><c> hearts</c><00:44:42.329><c> knoweth</c><00:44:42.869><c> what</c>

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is<00:44:43.210><c> the</c><00:44:43.409><c> mind</c><00:44:43.570><c> of</c><00:44:43.730><c> the</c><00:44:43.929><c> spirit</c><00:44:44.110><c> because</c><00:44:44.469><c> he</c><00:44:44.809><c> maketh</c><00:44:45.349><c> intercession</c><00:44:46.150><c> for</c><00:44:46.829><c> the</c>

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saints<00:44:47.329><c> according</c><00:44:47.769><c> to</c><00:44:47.989><c> the</c>

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will<00:44:48.190><c> of</c><00:44:48.369><c> God.</c><00:44:48.829><c> And</c><00:44:49.050><c> we</c><00:44:49.210><c> know</c><00:44:49.409><c> that</c><00:44:49.670><c> all</c><00:44:49.909><c> things</c><00:44:50.110><c> work</c><00:44:50.389><c> together</c><00:44:50.710><c> for</c><00:44:50.909><c> them</c><00:44:51.250><c> that</c><00:44:51.670><c> love</c><00:44:51.869><c> God,</c><00:44:52.170><c> to</c>

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them<00:44:52.849><c> who</c>

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are<00:44:53.789><c> the</c><00:44:54.090><c> called</c><00:44:54.489><c> according</c><00:44:55.170><c> to</c><00:44:55.349><c> his</c><00:44:55.570><c> purpose.</c><00:44:56.309><c> Brother</c><00:44:56.650><c> Sargent</c><00:44:56.989><c> on</c><00:44:57.130><c> this</c><00:44:57.369><c> passage</c><00:44:57.750><c> just</c><00:44:58.250><c> a</c>

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couple<00:44:58.610><c> of</c><00:44:58.849><c> comments</c>

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here<00:44:59.309><c> he</c><00:44:59.449><c> said,</c><00:45:00.909><c> the</c><00:45:00.929><c> passage</c><00:45:01.369><c> follows</c><00:45:01.909><c> in</c><00:45:02.130><c> Romans</c><00:45:02.429><c> 8</c><00:45:03.070><c> of</c><00:45:03.650><c> which</c><00:45:03.949><c> perhaps</c><00:45:04.570><c> no</c>

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completely<00:45:05.909><c> satisfactory</c>

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interpretation<00:45:07.809><c> has</c><00:45:07.989><c> been</c><00:45:08.190><c> offered.</c><00:45:08.969><c> But</c><00:45:09.449><c> its</c><00:45:09.889><c> general</c><00:45:10.329><c> drift</c><00:45:10.570><c> may</c>

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be<00:45:11.030><c> understood</c><00:45:11.349><c> in</c><00:45:11.550><c> the</c><00:45:11.750><c> light</c><00:45:11.989><c> of</c><00:45:12.190><c> what</c>

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has<00:45:12.570><c> been</c><00:45:12.849><c> said.</c><00:45:13.670><c> What</c><00:45:14.010><c> spirit</c><00:45:14.510><c> is</c><00:45:14.809><c> it</c><00:45:14.969><c> that</c><00:45:15.130><c> helps</c><00:45:15.349><c> our</c><00:45:15.630><c> infirmity?</c><00:45:16.650><c> What</c>

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spirit<00:45:17.590><c> that</c><00:45:17.949><c> groans?</c><00:45:18.949><c> In</c>

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effect<00:45:19.530><c> the</c><00:45:19.869><c> spirit</c><00:45:20.130><c> means</c><00:45:20.530><c> God</c><00:45:20.869><c> himself</c><00:45:21.429><c> reaching</c><00:45:22.250><c> toward</c>

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us<00:45:23.130><c> and</c><00:45:23.630><c> cooperating</c><00:45:24.590><c> with</c><00:45:25.110><c> us</c><00:45:25.469><c> in</c><00:45:25.809><c> prayers</c>

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which<00:45:26.809><c> we</c><00:45:27.070><c> can</c><00:45:27.389><c> hardly</c><00:45:27.889><c> articulate.</c><00:45:29.250><c> It</c><00:45:29.309><c> is</c><00:45:29.510><c> he</c><00:45:29.809><c> who</c><00:45:30.150><c> searches</c>

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the<00:45:30.909><c> minds</c><00:45:31.309><c> for</c><00:45:31.829><c> the</c><00:45:32.250><c> struggleings</c><00:45:32.710><c> of</c>

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bewildered<00:45:33.469><c> prayer</c><00:45:33.909><c> and</c><00:45:34.369><c> knows</c><00:45:34.710><c> the</c><00:45:35.010><c> mind</c><00:45:35.210><c> of</c><00:45:35.389><c> our</c><00:45:35.510><c> own</c><00:45:35.789><c> spirit,</c><00:45:36.570><c> our</c>

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inward<00:45:37.210><c> consciousness</c><00:45:38.190><c> laboring</c>

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under<00:45:39.329><c> the</c><00:45:39.550><c> burden</c><00:45:39.750><c> of</c><00:45:39.969><c> our</c><00:45:40.190><c> human</c><00:45:40.409><c> nature</c><00:45:40.869><c> and</c><00:45:41.489><c> struggling</c>

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to<00:45:42.449><c> rise</c><00:45:42.750><c> up</c><00:45:43.190><c> to</c><00:45:43.489><c> communion</c><00:45:44.030><c> with</c><00:45:44.610><c> God.</c><00:45:46.389><c> And</c><00:45:46.530><c> finally</c>

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brother<00:45:46.969><c> Sherry</c><00:45:47.329><c> wrote</c><00:45:47.550><c> in</c><00:45:47.869><c> 1937,</c><00:45:49.010><c> let</c><00:45:49.210><c> us</c><00:45:49.429><c> consider</c><00:45:49.829><c> some</c><00:45:50.170><c> things</c><00:45:50.429><c> he</c>

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has<00:45:50.869><c> told</c><00:45:51.050><c> us</c><00:45:51.849><c> relating</c><00:45:52.349><c> to</c><00:45:52.590><c> himself</c>

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on<00:45:53.309><c> the</c><00:45:53.469><c> matter</c><00:45:53.730><c> of</c><00:45:53.969><c> prayer</c><00:45:54.349><c> and</c><00:45:54.769><c> his</c><00:45:54.949><c> attitude</c><00:45:55.369><c> toward</c><00:45:55.690><c> us</c><00:45:56.230><c> in</c>

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it.<00:45:57.289><c> He</c><00:45:57.510><c> tells</c><00:45:57.789><c> us</c><00:45:58.010><c> that</c><00:45:58.150><c> if</c><00:45:58.309><c> we</c><00:45:58.590><c> draw</c><00:45:58.869><c> near</c>

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to<00:45:59.289><c> him</c><00:45:59.550><c> he</c><00:45:59.690><c> will</c><00:45:59.929><c> draw</c><00:46:00.130><c> near</c><00:46:00.349><c> to</c><00:46:00.550><c> us.</c><00:46:01.789><c> That</c><00:46:02.110><c> is</c><00:46:02.409><c> an</c><00:46:02.630><c> assurance</c>

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of<00:46:03.349><c> great</c><00:46:03.570><c> comfort.</c><00:46:04.489><c> He</c><00:46:04.670><c> tells</c><00:46:04.949><c> us</c><00:46:05.170><c> to</c>

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address<00:46:05.730><c> him</c><00:46:05.929><c> as</c><00:46:06.110><c> our</c><00:46:06.349><c> father</c><00:46:06.769><c> and</c><00:46:07.469><c> to</c><00:46:07.809><c> regard</c><00:46:08.070><c> him</c><00:46:08.289><c> as</c><00:46:08.570><c> such.</c>

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He<00:46:09.510><c> tells</c><00:46:09.789><c> us</c><00:46:10.010><c> that</c><00:46:10.210><c> he</c><00:46:10.389><c> knows</c><00:46:10.769><c> we</c><00:46:11.070><c> are</c>

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imperfect<00:46:11.730><c> and</c><00:46:12.389><c> weak</c><00:46:12.630><c> and</c><00:46:12.829><c> do</c><00:46:13.110><c> not</c><00:46:13.469><c> know</c><00:46:13.949><c> how</c><00:46:14.510><c> or</c><00:46:14.889><c> what</c><00:46:15.170><c> to</c><00:46:15.449><c> ask</c>

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for<00:46:16.449><c> a</c><00:46:16.670><c> right.</c><00:46:17.650><c> But</c><00:46:17.829><c> as</c><00:46:18.150><c> a</c><00:46:18.329><c> father</c><00:46:18.670><c> he</c>

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is<00:46:23.630><c> imperfections</c><00:46:24.150><c> and</c><00:46:24.550><c> weaknesses</c><00:46:25.030><c> prevent</c><00:46:25.710><c> his</c><00:46:26.289><c> regard</c><00:46:26.730><c> for</c><00:46:27.090><c> us.</c><00:46:28.130><c> For</c><00:46:28.309><c> he</c>

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will<00:46:28.789><c> interpret</c><00:46:29.329><c> our</c><00:46:29.710><c> unworthy</c>

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petitions<00:46:30.989><c> by</c><00:46:31.510><c> the</c><00:46:31.849><c> spirit</c><00:46:32.070><c> whereby</c><00:46:32.489><c> we</c><00:46:32.849><c> cry</c><00:46:33.329><c> Abba</c><00:46:34.030><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:46:35.130><c> searches</c><00:46:35.530><c> the</c><00:46:35.829><c> heart</c><00:46:36.230><c> and</c><00:46:36.630><c> knows</c><00:46:36.989><c> the</c>

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groanings<00:46:37.670><c> of</c><00:46:37.849><c> it</c><00:46:38.650><c> are</c><00:46:39.110><c> self</c><00:46:39.710><c>-contained</c><00:46:40.590><c> and</c><00:46:41.050><c> which</c><00:46:41.289><c> no</c><00:46:41.650><c> words</c>

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can<00:46:42.210><c> utter</c><00:46:42.570><c> and</c><00:46:43.190><c> which</c><00:46:43.750><c> he</c><00:46:44.190><c> alone</c><00:46:44.489><c> hears.</c>

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The<00:46:45.510><c> spirit</c><00:46:46.230><c> maketh</c><00:46:46.690><c> intercession</c><00:46:47.409><c> according</c><00:46:48.190><c> to</c><00:46:48.469><c> his</c><00:46:48.730><c> will.</c>

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the<00:46:51.650><c> groanings</c><00:46:51.969><c> of</c><00:46:52.170><c> it</c><00:46:52.489><c> that</c><00:46:52.690><c> are</c><00:46:52.869><c> contained.</c><00:46:53.329><c> That</c><00:46:53.489><c> is</c><00:46:53.610><c> a</c><00:46:53.690><c> very</c><00:46:54.030><c> beautiful</c><00:46:54.769><c> passage.</c><00:46:55.690><c> One</c>

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last<00:46:56.210><c> verse</c>

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here<00:46:56.670><c> which</c><00:46:56.750><c> you</c><00:46:56.889><c> are</c><00:46:56.889><c> going</c><00:46:56.989><c> to</c><00:46:57.030><c> look</c><00:46:57.269><c> at</c><00:46:57.409><c> and</c><00:46:57.510><c> that</c><00:46:57.670><c> is</c><00:46:57.929><c> in</c><00:46:58.090><c> Philippians</c><00:46:58.710><c> chapter</c><00:46:59.369><c> 4.</c>

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How<00:47:01.449><c> is</c><00:47:01.690><c> it</c><00:47:01.829><c> that</c>

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God<00:47:02.989><c> watches</c><00:47:03.610><c> over</c><00:47:03.889><c> us</c><00:47:04.130><c> the</c><00:47:04.289><c> way</c><00:47:04.489><c> a</c><00:47:04.690><c> father</c><00:47:04.889><c> would</c><00:47:05.110><c> look</c><00:47:05.329><c> over</c>

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us?<00:47:06.849><c> There</c><00:47:06.969><c> is</c><00:47:06.989><c> an</c><00:47:07.130><c> interesting</c><00:47:07.510><c> passage</c>

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here.<00:47:08.869><c> It</c><00:47:09.070><c> says</c><00:47:09.309><c> be</c><00:47:09.550><c> careful</c><00:47:09.929><c> for</c><00:47:10.190><c> nothing</c><00:47:10.409><c> but</c><00:47:10.610><c> in</c><00:47:10.949><c> everything</c><00:47:11.389><c> by</c><00:47:11.769><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:47:12.389><c> supplication</c><00:47:13.289><c> with</c>

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and<00:47:17.369><c> the</c><00:47:17.610><c> peace</c><00:47:17.889><c> of</c><00:47:18.050><c> God</c><00:47:18.369><c> which</c><00:47:18.710><c> passeth</c>

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all<00:47:19.550><c> understanding</c><00:47:20.389><c> shall</c><00:47:21.230><c> keep</c><00:47:21.610><c> your</c><00:47:21.909><c> hearts</c><00:47:22.309><c> and</c><00:47:22.829><c> minds</c>

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through<00:47:24.309><c> Christ</c><00:47:24.710><c> Jesus.</c><00:47:25.550><c> And</c><00:47:25.769><c> the</c><00:47:25.889><c> value</c>

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of<00:47:26.510><c> this</c><00:47:26.710><c> particular</c><00:47:27.289><c> passage</c><00:47:27.750><c> is</c><00:47:28.469><c> the</c><00:47:28.849><c> word</c><00:47:29.230><c> in</c><00:47:29.489><c> the</c><00:47:29.670><c> Greek</c><00:47:30.030><c> for</c><00:47:30.550><c> neo,</c><00:47:31.150><c> I</c>

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am<00:47:31.349><c> sure</c><00:47:31.510><c> I</c><00:47:31.690><c> pronounced</c>

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that<00:47:32.130><c> wrong,</c><00:47:33.030><c> which</c><00:47:33.230><c> is</c><00:47:33.409><c> to</c><00:47:33.530><c> be</c><00:47:33.769><c> a</c><00:47:33.969><c> watcher</c><00:47:34.369><c> in</c><00:47:34.510><c> advance</c><00:47:35.030><c> or</c><00:47:35.590><c> to</c>

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mount<00:47:36.190><c> or</c><00:47:36.530><c> to</c><00:47:36.869><c> guard</c><00:47:37.210><c> or</c><00:47:37.730><c> to</c><00:47:37.889><c> be</c><00:47:38.110><c> a</c><00:47:38.329><c> sentinel.</c>

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Just<00:47:40.530><c> think</c><00:47:40.710><c> about</c><00:47:40.969><c> that.</c><00:47:42.570><c> That</c><00:47:42.789><c> God's</c><00:47:43.869><c> purview</c><00:47:44.349><c> is</c><00:47:44.650><c> to</c><00:47:44.969><c> look</c>

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as<00:47:45.929><c> a</c><00:47:46.250><c> guard</c><00:47:46.550><c> for</c><00:47:46.869><c> our</c><00:47:47.130><c> hearts.</c><00:47:47.889><c> He</c><00:47:48.190><c> knows</c>

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us,<00:47:49.130><c> he</c><00:47:49.369><c> knows</c><00:47:49.650><c> our</c><00:47:49.909><c> weaknesses</c><00:47:50.309><c> and</c><00:47:51.150><c> he</c><00:47:51.429><c> is</c><00:47:51.489><c> looking</c><00:47:51.889><c> out</c><00:47:52.769><c> into</c><00:47:53.449><c> our</c>

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lives,<00:47:54.369><c> into</c><00:47:54.510><c> the</c><00:47:54.730><c> future</c><00:47:55.010><c> and</c><00:47:55.469><c> seeing</c>

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the<00:47:56.050><c> things</c><00:47:56.409><c> that</c><00:47:56.789><c> are</c><00:47:56.889><c> going</c><00:47:57.010><c> to</c><00:47:57.230><c> challenge</c><00:47:57.469><c> us.</c><00:47:58.630><c> What</c><00:47:58.849><c> a</c><00:47:58.909><c> wonderful</c><00:47:59.429><c> loving</c><00:47:59.789><c> God,</c><00:48:00.369><c> what</c><00:48:00.710><c> a</c><00:48:00.889><c> father,</c>

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Abba<00:48:02.530><c> father</c><00:48:02.809><c> that</c><00:48:03.010><c> we</c><00:48:03.130><c> can</c><00:48:03.369><c> approach</c><00:48:03.769><c> him.</c><00:48:04.869><c> And</c><00:48:05.010><c> so</c><00:48:05.130><c> tomorrow</c>

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what<00:48:05.690><c> we</c><00:48:05.849><c> will</c><00:48:05.849><c> look</c><00:48:06.130><c> at</c><00:48:06.570><c> is</c><00:48:06.949><c> the</c><00:48:07.150><c> ways</c>

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that<00:48:07.949><c> the</c><00:48:08.269><c> spirit</c><00:48:08.510><c> is</c><00:48:08.809><c> manifested</c><00:48:09.389><c> in</c><00:48:09.590><c> our</c><00:48:09.769><c> life</c><00:48:10.010><c> and</c><00:48:10.429><c> how</c><00:48:10.849><c> we</c>

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can<00:48:11.469><c> know</c><00:48:11.869><c> that</c><00:48:12.469><c> we</c><00:48:12.690><c> are</c><00:48:12.809><c> with</c><00:48:12.989><c> him.</c>