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don't<00:12:07.799><c> argue</c><00:12:08.379><c> with</c><00:12:08.700><c> God</c><00:12:09.179><c> if</c><00:12:09.820><c> he</c><00:12:10.120><c> says</c><00:12:10.320><c> do</c><00:12:10.820><c> this,</c><00:12:12.320><c> do</c><00:12:12.620><c> it.</c>

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that<00:12:16.100><c> he</c><00:12:16.259><c> has</c><00:12:16.480><c> caused</c><00:12:16.779><c> these</c><00:12:17.100><c> things</c><00:12:17.279><c> to</c><00:12:17.480><c> be</c><00:12:17.620><c> written</c><00:12:17.820><c> for</c><00:12:18.120><c> our</c><00:12:18.299><c> learning.</c>

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And<00:12:21.379><c> so</c><00:12:21.519><c> Elijah</c><00:12:21.840><c> was</c><00:12:22.080><c> rewarded</c><00:12:22.440><c> with</c><00:12:22.679><c> a</c><00:12:22.860><c> balanced</c><00:12:23.200><c> diet.</c>

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It<00:12:23.759><c> wasn't</c><00:12:24.100><c> just</c><00:12:24.539><c> bread</c><00:12:24.820><c> they</c><00:12:25.159><c> brought,</c><00:12:25.639><c> but</c><00:12:25.740><c> bread</c><00:12:26.039><c> and</c>

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flesh,<00:12:26.679><c> you'll</c><00:12:27.019><c> notice,</c>

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for<00:12:27.879><c> man</c><00:12:28.139><c> shall</c><00:12:28.379><c> not</c><00:12:28.620><c> live</c><00:12:28.820><c> by</c><00:12:29.139><c> bread</c><00:12:29.340><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:12:30.639><c> so</c><00:12:30.779><c> entirely</c><00:12:31.279><c> consistent</c><00:12:32.019><c> with</c><00:12:32.500><c> the</c><00:12:32.659><c> things</c><00:12:32.879><c> that</c><00:12:33.120><c> God</c>

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had<00:12:33.639><c> said,</c>

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And<00:12:39.600><c> in</c><00:12:39.740><c> my</c><00:12:39.919><c> own</c><00:12:40.159><c> mind</c><00:12:40.519><c> I</c><00:12:40.639><c> like</c><00:12:40.940><c> to</c><00:12:41.220><c> think</c><00:12:41.419><c> that</c><00:12:41.740><c> perhaps</c>

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the<00:12:42.460><c> ravens</c><00:12:42.759><c> took</c><00:12:43.019><c> the</c><00:12:43.240><c> food</c><00:12:43.399><c> from</c><00:12:43.679><c> Ahab's</c><00:12:44.179><c> palace.</c>

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It<00:12:47.039><c> wasn't</c><00:12:47.500><c> far</c><00:12:47.940><c> away,</c><00:12:48.460><c> brethren</c><00:12:48.740><c> and</c><00:12:49.039><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:12:51.700><c> of</c><00:12:51.899><c> all</c><00:12:52.200><c> places</c><00:12:52.759><c> in</c><00:12:53.059><c> the</c><00:12:53.200><c> kingdom</c><00:12:53.480><c> of</c><00:12:53.700><c> Israel</c><00:12:54.080><c> at</c><00:12:54.279><c> that</c><00:12:54.559><c> time,</c>

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you<00:12:54.899><c> can</c><00:12:55.080><c> be</c><00:12:55.299><c> sure</c><00:12:55.440><c> that</c><00:12:55.639><c> Ahab's</c><00:12:55.960><c> palace</c><00:12:56.220><c> would</c><00:12:56.399><c> have</c><00:12:56.519><c> been</c>

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well<00:12:57.019><c> stocked.</c>

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Ahab<00:12:58.600><c> was</c><00:12:58.779><c> very</c><00:12:59.080><c> good</c><00:12:59.220><c> at</c><00:12:59.379><c> looking</c><00:12:59.559><c> after</c><00:12:59.899><c> number</c><00:13:00.299><c> one,</c><00:13:00.960><c> so</c>

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was<00:13:01.360><c> Jezebel.</c>

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So<00:13:03.080><c> there</c><00:13:03.159><c> would</c><00:13:03.320><c> have</c><00:13:03.440><c> been</c><00:13:03.580><c> an</c><00:13:03.740><c> abundance</c><00:13:04.039><c> of</c><00:13:04.299><c> food</c><00:13:04.460><c> in</c><00:13:04.639><c> that</c><00:13:04.960><c> place</c>

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and<00:13:05.419><c> it</c><00:13:05.620><c> seems</c><00:13:05.799><c> singularly</c><00:13:06.399><c> fitting</c><00:13:06.659><c> somehow</c><00:13:07.480><c> that</c><00:13:08.539><c> it</c><00:13:08.700><c> should</c><00:13:08.799><c> have</c>

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Of<00:13:10.820><c> course</c><00:13:11.000><c> we</c><00:13:11.120><c> can't</c><00:13:11.480><c> prove</c><00:13:11.759><c> that</c><00:13:11.940><c> it</c><00:13:12.120><c> is</c><00:13:12.399><c> so.</c>

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Either<00:13:14.220><c> that</c><00:13:14.539><c> or</c><00:13:14.679><c> it</c><00:13:14.879><c> came</c><00:13:15.059><c> from</c><00:13:15.379><c> some</c><00:13:15.779><c> house</c><00:13:16.179><c> that</c><00:13:16.399><c> could</c><00:13:16.720><c> ill</c>

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-spare<00:13:17.500><c> the</c><00:13:17.820><c> food</c>

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that<00:13:18.360><c> was</c><00:13:18.960><c> now</c><00:13:19.580><c> dwindling</c><00:13:20.080><c> in</c><00:13:20.259><c> the</c><00:13:20.419><c> homes</c><00:13:20.620><c> of</c><00:13:20.840><c> all</c><00:13:21.019><c> the</c><00:13:21.200><c> Israelites</c>

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as<00:13:22.100><c> the</c><00:13:22.879><c> drought</c><00:13:23.240><c> tightened</c><00:13:24.039><c> its</c><00:13:24.519><c> iron</c><00:13:24.980><c> grip</c><00:13:25.360><c> upon</c><00:13:25.720><c> that</c><00:13:26.100><c> land.</c>

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Can<00:13:30.700><c> I</c><00:13:30.820><c> invite</c><00:13:31.000><c> you</c><00:13:31.159><c> to</c><00:13:31.360><c> pause</c><00:13:31.559><c> to</c><00:13:31.779><c> think</c><00:13:31.940><c> again</c><00:13:32.419><c> about</c><00:13:32.899><c> the</c>

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sixth<00:13:33.500><c> verse</c><00:13:34.019><c> too?</c>

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What<00:13:36.899><c> a</c><00:13:37.299><c> strange</c><00:13:37.799><c> choice</c><00:13:38.740><c> that</c><00:13:40.860><c> ravens</c><00:13:41.399><c> brought</c><00:13:41.799><c> him</c><00:13:42.039><c> bread</c>

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and<00:13:42.480><c> flesh</c>

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For<00:13:46.320><c> it</c><00:13:46.519><c> wasn't</c><00:13:46.700><c> a</c><00:13:47.059><c> clean</c><00:13:47.360><c> bird</c><00:13:47.759><c> that</c><00:13:48.000><c> was</c><00:13:48.259><c> sent</c><00:13:48.559><c> to</c><00:13:48.840><c> feed</c><00:13:49.019><c> the</c><00:13:49.299><c> prophet.</c>

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Had<00:13:50.100><c> you</c><00:13:50.279><c> noticed</c><00:13:50.600><c> that?</c>

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It<00:13:52.179><c> was</c><00:13:52.419><c> an</c><00:13:52.799><c> unclean</c><00:13:53.480><c> bird.</c>

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Leviticus<00:13:55.679><c> 11</c><00:13:56.220><c> and</c><00:13:56.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:57.179><c> 14</c><00:13:57.779><c> give</c><00:13:57.980><c> us</c><00:13:58.240><c> those</c><00:13:58.500><c> lists</c>

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of<00:13:59.019><c> clean</c><00:13:59.240><c> and</c><00:13:59.480><c> unclean</c><00:13:59.919><c> birds</c><00:14:00.279><c> and</c><00:14:00.600><c> animals.</c>

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And<00:14:02.100><c> the</c><00:14:02.320><c> raven</c><00:14:02.559><c> is</c><00:14:02.799><c> amongst</c><00:14:03.059><c> the</c><00:14:03.399><c> unclean.</c>

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Why?

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Well,<00:14:08.340><c> I</c><00:14:08.559><c> would</c><00:14:08.740><c> suggest</c><00:14:09.259><c> that</c><00:14:09.440><c> it</c><00:14:09.580><c> was</c><00:14:09.779><c> because</c><00:14:10.200><c> the</c><00:14:10.500><c> nation</c>

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was<00:14:11.200><c> unclean</c>

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at<00:14:11.960><c> that</c><00:14:12.279><c> time</c><00:14:12.519><c> in</c><00:14:12.759><c> God's</c><00:14:13.379><c> eyes.</c>

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And<00:14:14.500><c> because</c><00:14:14.799><c> Elijah</c><00:14:15.240><c> was</c><00:14:15.480><c> to</c><00:14:15.779><c> move</c><00:14:16.059><c> amongst</c><00:14:16.440><c> the</c><00:14:16.759><c> people</c><00:14:16.960><c> of</c>

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unclean<00:14:18.019><c> lips,</c>

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as<00:14:19.519><c> we</c><00:14:19.720><c> shall</c><00:14:19.960><c> see.</c>

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But<00:14:21.759><c> that</c><00:14:22.019><c> which</c><00:14:22.220><c> God</c><00:14:22.480><c> has</c><00:14:22.740><c> cleansed,</c><00:14:24.100><c> that</c><00:14:24.179><c> call</c><00:14:24.460><c> thou</c><00:14:24.659><c> not</c><00:14:25.080><c> common.</c>

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And<00:14:26.980><c> no</c><00:14:27.139><c> doubt</c><00:14:27.279><c> Elijah</c><00:14:27.659><c> was</c><00:14:27.879><c> glad</c><00:14:28.100><c> of</c><00:14:28.279><c> his</c><00:14:28.519><c> food</c><00:14:28.700><c> as</c><00:14:28.899><c> the</c><00:14:29.159><c> ravens</c>

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winged<00:14:29.879><c> their</c><00:14:30.019><c> way</c><00:14:30.259><c> to</c><00:14:30.519><c> him</c><00:14:30.759><c> beside</c><00:14:31.179><c> the</c><00:14:31.419><c> brook</c><00:14:32.179><c> and</c><00:14:32.559><c> brought</c>

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him<00:14:32.980><c> his</c><00:14:33.279><c> food.</c>

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And<00:14:36.299><c> by</c><00:14:36.500><c> this</c><00:14:36.820><c> time,</c><00:14:38.399><c> I</c><00:14:38.580><c> believe</c><00:14:38.820><c> that</c><00:14:39.059><c> Elijah</c><00:14:39.299><c> was</c><00:14:39.480><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:14:40.820><c> his</c><00:14:40.960><c> own</c><00:14:41.279><c> prayers,</c><00:14:41.740><c> for</c><00:14:41.860><c> there</c><00:14:42.059><c> was</c><00:14:42.259><c> neither</c><00:14:42.580><c> dew</c><00:14:42.940><c> nor</c><00:14:43.379><c> rain</c><00:14:43.899><c> for</c>

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Elijah<00:14:45.000><c> either</c>

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And<00:14:50.059><c> now</c><00:14:50.360><c> he's</c><00:14:50.700><c> going</c><00:14:50.899><c> to</c><00:14:51.179><c> experience,</c><00:14:52.100><c> brethren</c><00:14:52.279><c> and</c><00:14:52.539><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:14:53.120><c> did</c><00:14:53.279><c> the</c><00:14:53.379><c> Lord</c><00:14:53.580><c> Jesus</c><00:14:54.000><c> Christ,</c><00:14:54.740><c> a</c><00:14:54.919><c> narrowing</c><00:14:55.500><c> of</c><00:14:55.659><c> his</c><00:14:55.879><c> own</c><00:14:56.379><c> circumstances.</c>

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He's<00:14:58.440><c> going</c><00:14:58.679><c> to</c><00:14:58.960><c> experience</c><00:14:59.679><c> suffering</c><00:15:00.340><c> and</c><00:15:00.799><c> privation</c><00:15:02.000><c> himself</c>

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as<00:15:04.460><c> he</c><00:15:04.639><c> feels</c><00:15:05.000><c> the</c><00:15:05.360><c> effects</c><00:15:05.700><c> of</c><00:15:05.860><c> his</c><00:15:06.120><c> own</c><00:15:06.559><c> prophecy.</c>

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It's<00:15:14.019><c> only</c><00:15:14.259><c> when</c><00:15:14.460><c> the</c><00:15:14.720><c> constraints</c><00:15:15.320><c> come</c><00:15:16.080><c> and</c><00:15:17.120><c> life</c><00:15:17.399><c> gets</c><00:15:18.080><c> a</c>

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little<00:15:18.460><c> more</c><00:15:18.799><c> difficult</c>

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than<00:15:19.539><c> it</c><00:15:19.779><c> was</c><00:15:20.000><c> before</c><00:15:20.940><c> that</c><00:15:21.980><c> we</c><00:15:22.159><c> really</c><00:15:22.480><c> value</c><00:15:22.740><c> the</c><00:15:22.980><c> daily</c><00:15:23.200><c> blessings.</c>

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We<00:15:23.799><c> take</c><00:15:24.039><c> so</c><00:15:24.299><c> much</c><00:15:24.440><c> for</c><00:15:24.740><c> granted</c><00:15:25.179><c> and</c><00:15:26.019><c> discover</c><00:15:26.399><c> what</c><00:15:26.639><c> life</c><00:15:26.879><c> is</c>

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really<00:15:27.379><c> all</c><00:15:27.639><c> about.</c>

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There<00:15:29.320><c> are</c><00:15:29.500><c> so</c><00:15:29.679><c> many</c><00:15:29.899><c> things</c><00:15:30.179><c> which</c><00:15:30.360><c> we</c><00:15:30.620><c> consider</c><00:15:30.879><c> to</c><00:15:31.019><c> be</c><00:15:31.220><c> essential</c><00:15:31.659><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:32.139><c> support</c><00:15:32.360><c> of</c><00:15:32.659><c> life,</c>

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which<00:15:34.500><c> we</c><00:15:34.740><c> simply</c><00:15:35.100><c> must</c><00:15:35.639><c> have</c><00:15:36.240><c> in</c><00:15:36.440><c> order</c><00:15:36.879><c> to</c><00:15:38.960><c> maintain</c><00:15:39.539><c> our</c><00:15:39.940><c> standards,</c><00:15:41.179><c> or</c>

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And<00:15:43.080><c> yet</c><00:15:43.179><c> the</c><00:15:43.340><c> Lord</c><00:15:43.539><c> Jesus</c><00:15:43.899><c> Christ</c><00:15:44.179><c> simply</c><00:15:44.500><c> cut</c><00:15:44.740><c> them</c><00:15:44.940><c> out</c><00:15:45.139><c> altogether.</c>

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He<00:15:45.840><c> had</c><00:15:46.019><c> none</c><00:15:46.220><c> of</c><00:15:46.360><c> the</c><00:15:46.519><c> things</c><00:15:46.919><c> we</c><00:15:47.440><c> regard</c><00:15:47.759><c> as</c><00:15:48.039><c> vital.</c>

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And<00:15:51.179><c> which</c><00:15:51.379><c> we</c><00:15:51.639><c> too</c><00:15:51.820><c> must</c><00:15:52.000><c> learn</c><00:15:52.240><c> to</c><00:15:52.440><c> do</c><00:15:52.600><c> without,</c>

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because<00:15:53.259><c> we</c><00:15:53.480><c> know</c><00:15:53.720><c> they</c><00:15:53.860><c> are</c><00:15:54.080><c> just</c><00:15:54.440><c> the</c><00:15:54.740><c> trimmings</c><00:15:55.519><c> and</c><00:15:56.100><c> not</c>

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the<00:15:56.600><c> basic</c><00:15:56.960><c> necessities.</c>

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Our<00:15:59.059><c> Lord</c><00:15:59.240><c> had</c><00:15:59.460><c> no</c><00:15:59.700><c> assets,</c><00:16:01.299><c> no</c><00:16:01.480><c> home</c><00:16:01.679><c> of</c><00:16:01.879><c> his</c><00:16:02.139><c> own.</c>

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The<00:16:03.460><c> Son</c><00:16:03.659><c> of</c><00:16:03.779><c> Man</c><00:16:03.980><c> hath</c><00:16:04.139><c> not</c><00:16:04.500><c> where</c><00:16:04.659><c> to</c><00:16:04.879><c> lay</c><00:16:05.080><c> his</c><00:16:05.379><c> head,</c><00:16:05.559><c> he</c><00:16:05.759><c> said</c><00:16:06.039><c> to</c>

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a<00:16:06.799><c> disciple</c><00:16:07.139><c> on</c><00:16:07.379><c> one</c><00:16:07.620><c> occasion,</c>

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as<00:16:08.179><c> you'll</c><00:16:08.500><c> remember.</c>

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And<00:16:10.659><c> so</c><00:16:10.860><c> it</c><00:16:11.059><c> was</c><00:16:11.220><c> with</c><00:16:11.519><c> Elijah</c><00:16:11.980><c> at</c><00:16:12.240><c> this</c><00:16:12.580><c> time.</c>

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He<00:16:13.320><c> had</c><00:16:13.500><c> just</c><00:16:13.840><c> a</c><00:16:14.080><c> brook</c><00:16:15.220><c> and</c><00:16:16.320><c> rocks</c><00:16:16.759><c> for</c><00:16:17.019><c> his</c><00:16:17.279><c> pillows</c>

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that<00:16:18.779><c> he</c><00:16:18.940><c> might</c><00:16:19.259><c> rest</c><00:16:19.679><c> with</c><00:16:19.980><c> God</c><00:16:20.580><c> like</c><00:16:21.379><c> Jacob</c><00:16:21.820><c> before</c><00:16:22.320><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:24.779><c> as</c><00:16:25.080><c> Elijah</c><00:16:25.740><c> sits</c><00:16:26.259><c> in</c><00:16:26.580><c> his</c><00:16:26.740><c> little</c><00:16:27.120><c> wadi,</c><00:16:28.899><c> the</c><00:16:29.039><c> brook</c><00:16:29.299><c> begins</c><00:16:29.639><c> to</c><00:16:29.940><c> disappear.</c>

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Verse<00:16:32.139><c> 7,</c><00:16:33.460><c> it</c><00:16:33.559><c> came</c><00:16:33.700><c> to</c><00:16:33.899><c> pass</c><00:16:34.100><c> after</c><00:16:34.460><c> a</c><00:16:34.700><c> while</c><00:16:34.960><c> that</c><00:16:35.139><c> the</c><00:16:35.259><c> brook</c>

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dried<00:16:35.740><c> up</c>

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because<00:16:37.120><c> there</c><00:16:37.419><c> had</c><00:16:37.639><c> been</c><00:16:37.879><c> no</c><00:16:38.279><c> rain</c><00:16:38.500><c> in</c><00:16:38.720><c> the</c><00:16:38.919><c> land.</c>

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And<00:16:40.519><c> brethren,</c><00:16:41.379><c> it</c><00:16:41.539><c> takes</c><00:16:41.980><c> courage</c><00:16:42.679><c> to</c><00:16:43.860><c> pray</c><00:16:44.220><c> every</c><00:16:44.759><c> day</c>

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that<00:16:45.100><c> there</c><00:16:45.299><c> shall</c><00:16:45.500><c> be</c><00:16:45.740><c> neither</c><00:16:46.080><c> dew</c><00:16:46.480><c> nor</c><00:16:46.820><c> rain</c><00:16:47.139><c> in</c><00:16:47.360><c> the</c><00:16:47.559><c> land</c>

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and<00:16:48.059><c> watch</c><00:16:48.299><c> your</c><00:16:48.720><c> own</c><00:16:49.419><c> lifeline</c><00:16:50.139><c> dry</c><00:16:50.519><c> up</c><00:16:50.799><c> before</c><00:16:51.120><c> your</c><00:16:51.360><c> very</c><00:16:51.679><c> eyes.</c>

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This<00:16:54.080><c> is</c><00:16:54.340><c> the</c><00:16:54.480><c> faith</c><00:16:54.679><c> of</c><00:16:54.919><c> Elijah,</c><00:16:56.559><c> the</c><00:16:56.820><c> Elijah</c><00:16:57.200><c> of</c><00:16:57.460><c> James</c><00:16:57.940><c> epistle.</c>

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This<00:17:00.139><c> is</c><00:17:00.340><c> the</c><00:17:00.500><c> man</c><00:17:00.679><c> who</c><00:17:00.980><c> denied</c><00:17:01.279><c> himself</c><00:17:01.820><c> that</c><00:17:02.080><c> Israel</c><00:17:02.500><c> might</c>

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be<00:17:03.139><c> saved.</c>

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He<00:17:04.420><c> was</c><00:17:04.680><c> cutting</c><00:17:05.039><c> off</c><00:17:05.319><c> the</c><00:17:05.619><c> means</c><00:17:05.859><c> of</c><00:17:06.059><c> his</c><00:17:06.299><c> own</c><00:17:06.640><c> living</c>

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that<00:17:08.660><c> Israel</c><00:17:09.140><c> might</c><00:17:09.400><c> be</c><00:17:09.700><c> brought</c><00:17:09.900><c> back</c><00:17:10.220><c> to</c><00:17:10.480><c> God.</c>

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That<00:17:12.619><c> the</c><00:17:12.859><c> pressure</c><00:17:13.200><c> that</c><00:17:13.319><c> was</c><00:17:13.500><c> being</c><00:17:13.720><c> put</c><00:17:13.920><c> upon</c><00:17:14.140><c> the</c><00:17:14.380><c> nation</c>

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might<00:17:15.000><c> cause</c><00:17:15.339><c> them</c><00:17:15.519><c> to</c><00:17:15.900><c> turn</c><00:17:16.299><c> to</c><00:17:16.759><c> the</c><00:17:17.059><c> living</c><00:17:17.420><c> God.</c>

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I<00:17:19.819><c> wonder</c><00:17:20.140><c> how</c><00:17:20.480><c> many</c><00:17:20.819><c> of</c><00:17:21.059><c> us</c><00:17:22.039><c> would</c><00:17:22.460><c> pray</c><00:17:22.839><c> daily</c><00:17:23.460><c> for</c><00:17:24.359><c> a</c><00:17:24.599><c> dwindling</c><00:17:25.160><c> bank</c><00:17:25.500><c> balance</c>

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to<00:17:28.319><c> help</c><00:17:28.700><c> a</c><00:17:29.019><c> wayward</c><00:17:29.359><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:29.960><c> come</c><00:17:30.299><c> back</c><00:17:30.619><c> to</c><00:17:30.839><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:17:34.279><c> lifting</c><00:17:34.660><c> the</c><00:17:34.980><c> things</c><00:17:35.259><c> out</c><00:17:35.539><c> of</c><00:17:35.720><c> verse</c><00:17:35.920><c> 7</c>

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and<00:17:37.279><c> bringing</c><00:17:37.519><c> them</c><00:17:37.740><c> into</c><00:17:38.000><c> the</c><00:17:38.200><c> idiom</c><00:17:38.380><c> of</c><00:17:38.579><c> our</c><00:17:38.779><c> own</c><00:17:39.059><c> day.</c>

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How<00:17:40.180><c> many</c><00:17:40.519><c> of</c><00:17:40.799><c> you</c><00:17:41.140><c> would</c><00:17:41.799><c> pray</c><00:17:42.180><c> for</c><00:17:42.420><c> a</c><00:17:42.579><c> dwindling</c><00:17:43.059><c> bank</c><00:17:43.380><c> balance,</c>

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a<00:17:45.480><c> narrowing</c><00:17:45.900><c> of</c><00:17:46.019><c> your</c><00:17:46.319><c> own</c><00:17:46.740><c> means,</c>

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in<00:17:47.539><c> order</c><00:17:47.759><c> to</c><00:17:47.940><c> bring</c><00:17:48.160><c> back</c><00:17:48.579><c> a</c><00:17:48.779><c> wayward</c><00:17:49.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:49.640><c> to</c><00:17:49.900><c> the</c><00:17:50.079><c> living</c><00:17:50.299><c> God?</c>

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Not<00:17:52.940><c> many,</c><00:17:53.220><c> I</c><00:17:53.500><c> suspect.</c>

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You'd<00:17:54.500><c> probably</c><00:17:54.839><c> walk</c><00:17:55.160><c> away</c><00:17:55.440><c> and</c><00:17:55.640><c> join</c><00:17:55.819><c> another</c><00:17:56.160><c> meeting.</c>

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That<00:17:58.099><c> is</c><00:17:58.339><c> not</c><00:17:58.599><c> the</c><00:17:58.819><c> faith</c><00:17:59.079><c> of</c><00:17:59.259><c> the</c><00:17:59.460><c> prophet</c><00:17:59.720><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:18:02.180><c> this</c><00:18:02.339><c> is</c><00:18:02.519><c> of</c><00:18:02.660><c> course</c><00:18:02.920><c> a</c><00:18:03.099><c> picture</c><00:18:03.359><c> of</c><00:18:03.539><c> the</c><00:18:03.660><c> work</c><00:18:03.799><c> of</c><00:18:03.960><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:04.240><c> Jesus</c><00:18:04.599><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:18:05.859><c> there</c><00:18:05.980><c> must</c><00:18:06.259><c> have</c><00:18:06.460><c> been</c><00:18:06.740><c> joy</c><00:18:07.160><c> in</c><00:18:07.359><c> the</c><00:18:07.519><c> eyes</c><00:18:07.700><c> of</c><00:18:07.940><c> Elijah</c>

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as<00:18:08.799><c> he</c><00:18:09.000><c> saw</c><00:18:09.240><c> his</c><00:18:09.500><c> prayers</c><00:18:09.779><c> were</c><00:18:10.059><c> beginning</c><00:18:10.400><c> to</c><00:18:10.759><c> work.</c>

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Certainly<00:18:12.180><c> it</c><00:18:12.299><c> was</c><00:18:12.480><c> according</c><00:18:12.759><c> to</c><00:18:12.940><c> the</c><00:18:13.039><c> word</c><00:18:13.140><c> of</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c><00:18:13.460><c> Lord</c>

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that<00:18:13.839><c> this</c><00:18:14.059><c> was</c><00:18:14.259><c> happening.</c>

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But<00:18:16.299><c> Elijah</c><00:18:16.720><c> was</c><00:18:17.000><c> working</c><00:18:17.400><c> together</c><00:18:17.980><c> with</c><00:18:18.480><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:19.140><c> his</c><00:18:19.480><c> prayers</c><00:18:19.960><c> were</c><00:18:20.380><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:18:22.500><c> so</c><00:18:22.619><c> the</c><00:18:22.819><c> prophet</c><00:18:23.180><c> sees</c><00:18:23.559><c> his</c><00:18:23.799><c> brook</c><00:18:24.019><c> dry</c><00:18:24.319><c> up</c>

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and<00:18:25.819><c> his</c><00:18:26.079><c> faith</c><00:18:26.220><c> is</c><00:18:26.440><c> put</c><00:18:26.579><c> to</c><00:18:26.740><c> the</c><00:18:26.980><c> test.</c>

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And<00:18:28.160><c> at</c><00:18:28.339><c> that</c><00:18:28.539><c> vital</c><00:18:28.920><c> time,</c>

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when<00:18:30.559><c> there</c><00:18:30.700><c> was</c><00:18:30.819><c> but</c><00:18:30.960><c> a</c><00:18:31.220><c> small</c><00:18:31.440><c> step</c><00:18:31.799><c> between</c><00:18:32.200><c> him</c><00:18:32.440><c> and</c><00:18:32.700><c> death,</c>

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God<00:18:34.220><c> intervenes</c><00:18:35.940><c> and</c><00:18:36.380><c> makes</c><00:18:36.680><c> further</c><00:18:37.039><c> provision</c><00:18:37.460><c> for</c><00:18:37.779><c> his</c><00:18:38.079><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:18:40.059><c> how</c><00:18:40.259><c> often</c><00:18:40.579><c> God</c><00:18:40.880><c> does</c><00:18:41.220><c> this</c><00:18:41.500><c> to</c><00:18:41.759><c> us,</c><00:18:42.400><c> brethren</c><00:18:42.599><c> and</c><00:18:42.839><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:18:44.799><c> takes</c><00:18:45.119><c> us</c><00:18:45.619><c> right</c><00:18:45.940><c> to</c><00:18:46.140><c> the</c><00:18:46.259><c> end</c><00:18:46.380><c> of</c><00:18:46.599><c> the</c><00:18:46.759><c> road</c>

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or<00:18:47.259><c> right</c><00:18:47.539><c> to</c><00:18:47.720><c> the</c><00:18:47.839><c> edge</c><00:18:47.940><c> of</c><00:18:48.140><c> the</c><00:18:48.319><c> cliff</c>

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to<00:18:49.059><c> test</c><00:18:49.380><c> our</c><00:18:49.779><c> faith</c><00:18:50.019><c> before</c><00:18:50.359><c> the</c><00:18:50.599><c> answer</c><00:18:50.920><c> comes</c><00:18:51.359><c> to</c><00:18:51.640><c> our</c><00:18:51.900><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:18:53.220><c> I'm</c><00:18:53.319><c> sure</c><00:18:53.519><c> you've</c><00:18:53.759><c> had</c><00:18:54.000><c> experiences</c><00:18:54.460><c> like</c><00:18:54.819><c> that</c><00:18:54.960><c> in</c><00:18:55.119><c> your</c>

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own<00:18:55.519><c> life.</c>

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You<00:18:56.960><c> don't</c><00:18:57.160><c> just</c><00:18:57.480><c> pray</c><00:18:57.759><c> and</c><00:18:57.980><c> get</c><00:18:58.119><c> the</c><00:18:58.400><c> answer.</c>

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He<00:18:59.940><c> takes</c><00:19:00.259><c> you</c><00:19:00.559><c> right</c><00:19:01.000><c> down</c><00:19:01.660><c> to</c><00:19:01.900><c> the</c><00:19:02.160><c> end</c><00:19:02.420><c> of</c><00:19:02.660><c> the</c><00:19:02.839><c> road</c>

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before<00:19:05.220><c> the</c><00:19:05.500><c> answer</c><00:19:05.819><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:19:06.559><c> so</c><00:19:06.700><c> it</c><00:19:06.900><c> was</c><00:19:07.180><c> with</c><00:19:08.180><c> his</c><00:19:08.500><c> servant</c><00:19:08.799><c> Elijah.</c>

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Verse<00:19:12.119><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:19:14.160><c> the</c><00:19:14.259><c> word</c><00:19:14.519><c> of</c><00:19:14.680><c> the</c><00:19:14.859><c> Lord</c><00:19:15.180><c> came</c><00:19:15.619><c> unto</c><00:19:15.920><c> Elijah</c><00:19:16.440><c> saying,</c>

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Arise,<00:19:19.140><c> get</c><00:19:19.420><c> thee</c><00:19:19.599><c> to</c><00:19:19.799><c> Zarephath,</c>

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which<00:19:20.680><c> belongeth</c><00:19:21.019><c> to</c><00:19:21.259><c> Zidon,</c><00:19:22.039><c> and</c><00:19:22.279><c> dwell</c><00:19:22.819><c> there.</c>

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So<00:19:26.299><c> Elijah</c><00:19:26.779><c> goes</c><00:19:27.200><c> from</c><00:19:27.599><c> one</c><00:19:28.240><c> unlikely</c><00:19:28.900><c> place</c><00:19:29.599><c> to</c><00:19:30.000><c> another,</c>

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to<00:19:31.000><c> Zidon,</c><00:19:32.359><c> the</c><00:19:32.640><c> home</c><00:19:33.180><c> of</c><00:19:33.839><c> Jezebel.</c>

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That's<00:19:35.460><c> where</c><00:19:35.599><c> he's</c><00:19:35.900><c> going,</c>

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to<00:19:37.339><c> the</c><00:19:37.500><c> center</c><00:19:37.839><c> of</c><00:19:38.160><c> Baal</c><00:19:38.400><c> worship.</c>

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Let's<00:19:40.559><c> just</c><00:19:40.680><c> have</c><00:19:40.819><c> a</c><00:19:40.859><c> look</c><00:19:40.960><c> at</c><00:19:41.079><c> the</c><00:19:41.240><c> map.</c>

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He's<00:19:42.279><c> moving</c><00:19:42.500><c> from</c><00:19:42.759><c> the</c><00:19:42.920><c> brook</c><00:19:43.200><c> Keryth</c>

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right<00:19:44.299><c> up</c><00:19:44.619><c> there</c><00:19:45.240><c> to</c><00:19:45.700><c> Zidon,</c>

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which<00:19:47.539><c> belongeth</c><00:19:48.440><c> to</c><00:19:49.220><c> Zarephath.</c>

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Home<00:19:52.960><c> of</c><00:19:53.220><c> Jezebel.</c>

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That's<00:19:59.640><c> the</c><00:19:59.759><c> very</c><00:20:00.000><c> last</c><00:20:00.359><c> place</c>

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that<00:20:00.900><c> Jezebel</c><00:20:01.299><c> would</c><00:20:01.460><c> have</c><00:20:01.579><c> thought</c><00:20:01.799><c> of</c><00:20:01.960><c> looking</c><00:20:02.240><c> for</c><00:20:02.519><c> him,</c>

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even<00:20:03.980><c> though</c><00:20:04.180><c> the</c><00:20:04.420><c> messengers</c><00:20:04.720><c> had</c><00:20:04.900><c> been</c><00:20:05.099><c> sent</c>

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into<00:20:05.500><c> all</c><00:20:05.799><c> the</c><00:20:06.039><c> regions</c><00:20:06.319><c> round</c><00:20:06.720><c> about</c>

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in<00:20:07.700><c> search</c><00:20:07.880><c> of</c><00:20:08.079><c> this</c><00:20:08.299><c> man</c><00:20:08.559><c> of</c><00:20:08.900><c> power</c>

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who<00:20:09.880><c> had</c><00:20:10.220><c> brought</c><00:20:10.500><c> this</c><00:20:10.819><c> prophecy</c><00:20:11.380><c> to</c><00:20:12.000><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:20:13.799><c> how</c><00:20:14.119><c> God</c><00:20:14.839><c> delights</c>

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to<00:20:16.319><c> bring</c><00:20:16.460><c> out</c><00:20:16.680><c> the</c><00:20:16.900><c> symmetry</c><00:20:17.200><c> of</c><00:20:17.400><c> his</c><00:20:17.619><c> purpose,</c><00:20:18.079><c> doesn't</c><00:20:18.380><c> he?</c>

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Because<00:20:18.759><c> that</c><00:20:19.019><c> is</c><00:20:19.279><c> apparent</c><00:20:19.539><c> from</c><00:20:19.740><c> this</c><00:20:20.000><c> chapter.</c>

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From<00:20:22.940><c> ravens</c><00:20:23.759><c> to</c><00:20:24.480><c> a</c><00:20:24.700><c> Gentile</c><00:20:25.440><c> widow</c><00:20:25.759><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:20:28.720><c> to</c><00:20:29.000><c> choose</c><00:20:29.599><c> the</c><00:20:30.119><c> most</c><00:20:30.559><c> unlikely</c><00:20:31.200><c> things</c>

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and<00:20:32.279><c> people</c><00:20:32.759><c> and</c><00:20:33.140><c> places</c>

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that<00:20:34.279><c> his</c><00:20:34.599><c> strength</c><00:20:35.039><c> might</c><00:20:35.400><c> be</c><00:20:36.460><c> perfected</c><00:20:37.039><c> in</c><00:20:37.220><c> weakness</c>

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and<00:20:38.980><c> the</c><00:20:39.140><c> wisdom</c><00:20:39.359><c> of</c><00:20:39.619><c> man</c><00:20:39.900><c> confounded.</c>

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He<00:20:42.579><c> goes</c><00:20:42.779><c> from</c><00:20:43.019><c> one</c><00:20:43.259><c> unclean</c><00:20:43.720><c> creature</c><00:20:44.299><c> to</c><00:20:44.859><c> another,</c>

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to<00:20:46.099><c> the</c><00:20:46.180><c> very</c><00:20:46.500><c> place</c>

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where<00:20:49.400><c> Jezebel</c><00:20:49.779><c> would</c><00:20:49.960><c> never</c><00:20:50.180><c> have</c><00:20:50.279><c> thought</c>

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of<00:20:50.559><c> looking</c><00:20:50.859><c> for</c><00:20:51.140><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:20:53.160><c> 9.</c>

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Go<00:20:56.400><c> to</c><00:20:56.660><c> Zarephath,</c><00:20:57.180><c> which</c><00:20:57.420><c> belongeth</c><00:20:57.779><c> to</c><00:20:58.019><c> Zidon,</c>

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and<00:20:58.559><c> dwell</c><00:20:58.779><c> there.</c>

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For<00:20:59.259><c> behold,</c><00:21:00.000><c> I</c><00:21:00.440><c> have</c><00:21:00.940><c> commanded</c>

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a<00:21:02.000><c> widow</c><00:21:02.279><c> woman</c><00:21:02.660><c> there</c><00:21:03.059><c> to</c><00:21:03.299><c> sustain</c><00:21:03.819><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:21:04.799><c> again</c><00:21:05.079><c> the</c><00:21:05.359><c> edict</c><00:21:05.640><c> had</c><00:21:05.799><c> gone</c><00:21:06.119><c> forth.</c>

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And<00:21:07.619><c> the</c><00:21:07.759><c> widow</c><00:21:07.920><c> woman</c><00:21:08.160><c> was</c><00:21:08.359><c> already</c><00:21:08.660><c> prepared</c><00:21:09.099><c> in</c><00:21:09.380><c> some</c><00:21:09.640><c> way,</c>

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which<00:21:10.539><c> is</c><00:21:10.700><c> not</c><00:21:10.920><c> yet</c><00:21:11.140><c> revealed</c><00:21:11.559><c> to</c><00:21:11.859><c> us.</c>

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The<00:21:14.220><c> ravens</c><00:21:14.599><c> had</c><00:21:14.819><c> made</c><00:21:15.039><c> their</c><00:21:15.339><c> final</c><00:21:15.660><c> flights.</c>

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And<00:21:17.539><c> the</c><00:21:17.700><c> prophet</c><00:21:17.859><c> must</c><00:21:18.079><c> now</c><00:21:18.319><c> take</c><00:21:18.539><c> his</c><00:21:18.779><c> journey</c>

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across<00:21:19.359><c> that</c><00:21:19.680><c> stretch</c><00:21:19.900><c> of</c><00:21:20.160><c> land</c><00:21:20.380><c> from</c><00:21:20.619><c> Jordan</c><00:21:21.000><c> to</c><00:21:21.240><c> Zarephath.</c>

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It's<00:21:22.859><c> a</c><00:21:23.000><c> distance</c><00:21:23.279><c> of</c><00:21:23.480><c> some</c><00:21:23.720><c> 80</c><00:21:24.019><c> miles.</c>

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How<00:21:26.799><c> he</c><00:21:26.960><c> was</c><00:21:27.180><c> fed</c><00:21:27.319><c> during</c><00:21:27.640><c> that</c><00:21:27.940><c> time,</c>

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brethren<00:21:28.460><c> and</c><00:21:28.680><c> sisters,</c><00:21:28.920><c> we're</c><00:21:29.079><c> not</c><00:21:29.319><c> told.</c>

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Perhaps<00:21:30.140><c> the</c><00:21:30.660><c> ravens</c><00:21:31.039><c> brought</c><00:21:31.339><c> him</c><00:21:31.500><c> extra</c><00:21:31.839><c> food</c><00:21:32.059><c> to</c><00:21:32.339><c> carry</c>

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when<00:21:32.680><c> they</c><00:21:32.960><c> came</c><00:21:33.099><c> for</c><00:21:33.279><c> the</c><00:21:33.440><c> last</c><00:21:33.740><c> time.</c>

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Verse<00:21:36.119><c> 10.</c>

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So<00:21:37.599><c> he</c><00:21:37.880><c> arose</c><00:21:38.299><c> and</c><00:21:38.759><c> went</c><00:21:39.200><c> to</c><00:21:39.539><c> Zarephath.</c>

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It<00:21:41.619><c> again</c><00:21:41.859><c> underlines</c><00:21:42.299><c> for</c><00:21:42.599><c> us</c>

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the<00:21:43.000><c> unquestioning</c><00:21:43.599><c> obedience</c><00:21:44.079><c> of</c><00:21:44.279><c> the</c><00:21:44.440><c> prophet.</c>

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He<00:21:45.299><c> doesn't</c><00:21:45.619><c> argue.</c>

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He<00:21:46.640><c> does</c><00:21:46.819><c> exactly</c><00:21:47.200><c> what</c><00:21:47.420><c> God</c><00:21:47.700><c> says</c><00:21:48.079><c> that</c><00:21:48.579><c> he</c><00:21:48.740><c> should</c><00:21:48.940><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:50.859><c> as</c><00:21:51.259><c> Elijah</c><00:21:51.759><c> approaches</c><00:21:52.299><c> the</c><00:21:52.579><c> gates</c><00:21:52.779><c> of</c><00:21:53.000><c> the</c><00:21:53.180><c> city,</c>

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in<00:21:54.799><c> verse</c><00:21:55.059><c> 10,</c><00:21:56.279><c> a</c><00:21:56.420><c> pathetic</c><00:21:56.799><c> sight</c><00:21:57.200><c> meets</c><00:21:57.519><c> his</c><00:21:57.880><c> eye.</c>

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It<00:21:59.279><c> is</c><00:21:59.539><c> in</c><00:21:59.720><c> a</c><00:21:59.880><c> way</c><00:22:00.339><c> a</c><00:22:00.619><c> picture</c><00:22:00.880><c> of</c><00:22:01.059><c> Israel</c><00:22:01.460><c> herself</c><00:22:02.059><c> at</c><00:22:02.380><c> this</c><00:22:02.660><c> time,</c>

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a<00:22:04.119><c> widow</c><00:22:04.440><c> woman</c><00:22:04.859><c> gathering</c><00:22:05.460><c> sticks.</c>

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And<00:22:06.259><c> she's</c><00:22:06.480><c> obviously</c><00:22:06.759><c> in</c><00:22:06.920><c> a</c><00:22:07.119><c> desperate</c><00:22:07.579><c> plight.</c>

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And<00:22:08.980><c> that's</c><00:22:09.259><c> a</c><00:22:09.380><c> picture</c><00:22:09.640><c> of</c><00:22:09.819><c> the</c><00:22:10.000><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:22:11.519><c> I</c><00:22:11.579><c> want</c><00:22:11.740><c> you</c><00:22:11.900><c> to</c><00:22:12.059><c> follow</c><00:22:12.200><c> this</c><00:22:12.480><c> incident</c><00:22:12.799><c> through</c><00:22:13.059><c> with</c><00:22:13.240><c> me</c>

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in<00:22:13.579><c> some</c><00:22:13.819><c> detail</c><00:22:14.299><c> because</c><00:22:14.579><c> it</c><00:22:14.859><c> contains</c><00:22:15.220><c> much</c><00:22:16.240><c> exhortation</c>

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and<00:22:17.519><c> instruction</c><00:22:18.180><c> for</c><00:22:18.440><c> each</c><00:22:18.680><c> of</c><00:22:18.839><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:21.700><c> sisters,</c><00:22:22.200><c> you'll</c><00:22:22.599><c> probably</c><00:22:22.900><c> understand</c><00:22:23.480><c> this</c>

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better<00:22:23.960><c> than</c><00:22:24.119><c> the</c><00:22:24.319><c> brethren.</c>

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You'll<00:22:26.240><c> understand</c><00:22:26.740><c> the</c><00:22:27.039><c> kind</c><00:22:27.359><c> of</c><00:22:27.720><c> feelings</c><00:22:28.079><c> that</c><00:22:28.420><c> this</c><00:22:28.740><c> widow</c><00:22:29.119><c> had</c>

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in<00:22:29.900><c> her</c><00:22:30.140><c> mounting</c><00:22:30.660><c> desperation</c>

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as<00:22:32.579><c> she</c><00:22:32.819><c> tried</c><00:22:33.000><c> to</c><00:22:33.220><c> make</c><00:22:33.420><c> provision</c><00:22:33.799><c> for</c><00:22:34.039><c> herself</c><00:22:34.460><c> and</c><00:22:34.640><c> her</c><00:22:34.900><c> household.</c>

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But<00:22:36.920><c> the</c><00:22:37.140><c> Lord</c><00:22:37.359><c> does</c><00:22:37.619><c> not</c><00:22:37.880><c> lay</c><00:22:38.059><c> upon</c><00:22:38.380><c> her</c><00:22:38.740><c> a</c><00:22:38.980><c> burden</c>

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greater<00:22:39.720><c> than</c><00:22:39.859><c> she</c><00:22:40.059><c> is</c><00:22:40.220><c> able</c><00:22:40.420><c> to</c><00:22:40.680><c> bear</c>

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as<00:22:41.819><c> he</c><00:22:42.000><c> leads</c><00:22:42.319><c> her</c><00:22:42.680><c> step</c><00:22:43.000><c> by</c><00:22:43.480><c> step</c>

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through<00:22:44.660><c> this</c><00:22:44.940><c> little</c><00:22:45.259><c> enacted</c><00:22:45.920><c> parable</c><00:22:46.539><c> of</c><00:22:46.839><c> redemption.</c>

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And<00:22:49.240><c> so</c><00:22:49.380><c> as</c><00:22:49.539><c> Elijah</c><00:22:49.859><c> draws</c><00:22:50.220><c> near,</c><00:22:50.839><c> he</c><00:22:50.900><c> calls</c><00:22:51.339><c> to</c><00:22:51.579><c> her.</c>

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And<00:22:53.099><c> he</c><00:22:53.259><c> says</c><00:22:53.400><c> in</c><00:22:53.619><c> verse</c><00:22:54.000><c> 10,</c><00:22:54.599><c> in</c><00:22:54.839><c> the</c><00:22:54.960><c> latter</c><00:22:55.180><c> part</c><00:22:55.559><c> of</c><00:22:55.819><c> the</c><00:22:56.299><c> verse,</c>

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he<00:22:57.480><c> says,</c>

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Fetch<00:22:58.059><c> me,</c><00:22:58.339><c> I</c><00:22:58.500><c> pray</c><00:22:58.799><c> thee,</c><00:22:59.000><c> a</c><00:22:59.119><c> little</c><00:22:59.359><c> water</c><00:22:59.740><c> in</c><00:22:59.960><c> a</c><00:23:00.140><c> vessel</c>

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that<00:23:01.019><c> I</c><00:23:01.279><c> may</c><00:23:01.480><c> drink.</c>

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Just<00:23:03.720><c> like</c><00:23:04.000><c> Jesus</c><00:23:04.380><c> at</c><00:23:04.559><c> the</c><00:23:04.700><c> well</c><00:23:04.859><c> in</c><00:23:05.059><c> Samaria</c>

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and<00:23:06.859><c> like</c><00:23:07.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:23:07.880><c> servant</c><00:23:08.099><c> back</c><00:23:08.380><c> in</c><00:23:08.539><c> Genesis</c><00:23:08.920><c> chapter</c><00:23:09.319><c> 24</c>

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when<00:23:11.019><c> he</c><00:23:11.200><c> asked</c><00:23:11.579><c> for</c><00:23:11.799><c> a</c><00:23:12.000><c> drink</c><00:23:12.200><c> from</c><00:23:12.420><c> the</c><00:23:12.660><c> well,</c>

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it<00:23:14.700><c> seems</c><00:23:15.099><c> to</c><00:23:15.339><c> have</c><00:23:15.500><c> been</c><00:23:15.759><c> one</c><00:23:16.000><c> of</c><00:23:16.180><c> the</c><00:23:16.519><c> standard</c><00:23:17.079><c> tests</c>

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of<00:23:18.039><c> character</c><00:23:18.680><c> in</c><00:23:19.619><c> Scripture.</c>

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And<00:23:21.319><c> I</c><00:23:21.420><c> wonder</c><00:23:21.579><c> why</c><00:23:21.779><c> that</c><00:23:22.019><c> should</c><00:23:22.180><c> be</c><00:23:22.440><c> so.</c>

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:25.119
And<00:23:23.720><c> you</c><00:23:23.779><c> might</c><00:23:23.980><c> like</c><00:23:24.180><c> to</c><00:23:24.319><c> do</c><00:23:24.400><c> a</c><00:23:24.500><c> little</c><00:23:24.680><c> homework</c>

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:27.980
and<00:23:25.380><c> work</c><00:23:25.579><c> out</c><00:23:25.740><c> the</c><00:23:25.960><c> answer</c><00:23:26.180><c> to</c><00:23:26.380><c> that</c><00:23:26.539><c> for</c><00:23:26.779><c> yourselves.</c>

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.279
But<00:23:29.220><c> she</c><00:23:29.359><c> doesn't</c><00:23:29.619><c> hesitate.</c>

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:32.700
Have<00:23:31.160><c> you</c><00:23:31.359><c> noticed</c><00:23:31.660><c> this?</c>

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Behold,<00:23:33.859><c> I</c><00:23:34.180><c> have</c><00:23:34.599><c> commanded</c><00:23:35.119><c> a</c><00:23:35.339><c> widow</c><00:23:35.500><c> woman</c><00:23:35.759><c> to</c><00:23:36.019><c> sustain</c><00:23:36.480><c> thee</c>

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.819
and<00:23:36.859><c> her</c><00:23:37.200><c> response</c><00:23:37.539><c> is</c><00:23:37.839><c> immediate.</c>

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:44.039
And<00:23:39.059><c> she</c><00:23:39.160><c> turns</c><00:23:39.440><c> on</c><00:23:39.700><c> her</c><00:23:39.920><c> heels</c><00:23:40.339><c> and</c><00:23:41.039><c> sets</c><00:23:41.319><c> off</c><00:23:41.859><c> to</c><00:23:42.619><c> fetch</c><00:23:42.859><c> the</c><00:23:43.160><c> water.</c>

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.480
So<00:23:45.160><c> there</c><00:23:45.279><c> must</c><00:23:45.519><c> have</c><00:23:45.660><c> been</c><00:23:45.779><c> a</c><00:23:45.960><c> little</c><00:23:46.140><c> water</c>

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.599
still<00:23:46.819><c> available</c><00:23:47.259><c> in</c><00:23:47.460><c> the</c><00:23:47.640><c> Zidon</c><00:23:48.039><c> area,</c>

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:51.380
although<00:23:49.220><c> quite</c><00:23:49.579><c> clearly</c><00:23:49.920><c> the</c><00:23:50.160><c> famine</c><00:23:50.359><c> has</c><00:23:50.640><c> reached</c><00:23:50.920><c> these</c>

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.960
parts<00:23:51.799><c> too.</c>

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:56.440
And<00:23:53.339><c> she</c><00:23:53.519><c> must</c><00:23:53.759><c> now</c><00:23:54.400><c> part</c><00:23:54.839><c> with</c><00:23:55.519><c> a</c><00:23:55.720><c> small</c><00:23:55.940><c> quantity</c>

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:59.660
of<00:23:56.619><c> that</c><00:23:56.900><c> precious</c><00:23:57.299><c> liquid</c><00:23:57.799><c> sacrificially</c>

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.920
but<00:24:01.480><c> whosoever</c><00:24:01.960><c> shall</c><00:24:02.119><c> give</c><00:24:02.339><c> a</c><00:24:02.480><c> cup</c><00:24:02.599><c> of</c><00:24:02.779><c> cold</c><00:24:03.099><c> water</c><00:24:03.480><c> only</c>

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.680
in<00:24:04.099><c> the</c><00:24:04.259><c> name</c><00:24:04.400><c> of</c><00:24:04.559><c> a</c><00:24:04.660><c> disciple,</c>

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.700
he<00:24:05.900><c> shall</c><00:24:06.140><c> in</c><00:24:06.420><c> no</c><00:24:06.660><c> wise</c><00:24:06.940><c> lose</c><00:24:07.339><c> his</c><00:24:07.619><c> reward.</c>

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:12.660
And<00:24:09.960><c> so</c><00:24:10.140><c> it</c><00:24:10.299><c> is</c><00:24:10.500><c> here</c><00:24:10.779><c> in</c><00:24:10.960><c> this</c><00:24:11.200><c> part</c><00:24:11.339><c> of</c><00:24:11.500><c> the</c><00:24:11.660><c> record.</c>

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:14.480
And<00:24:13.500><c> as</c><00:24:13.720><c> she</c><00:24:13.880><c> is</c><00:24:14.200><c> going,</c>

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:17.240
we<00:24:14.779><c> find</c><00:24:15.099><c> that</c><00:24:15.319><c> Elijah</c><00:24:15.680><c> starts</c><00:24:16.079><c> to</c><00:24:16.440><c> apply</c><00:24:16.700><c> pressure.</c>

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:20.859
And<00:24:18.200><c> it's</c><00:24:18.400><c> really</c><00:24:18.700><c> going</c><00:24:18.920><c> to</c><00:24:19.220><c> test</c><00:24:19.480><c> her</c><00:24:19.819><c> character.</c>

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.279
And<00:24:21.900><c> it's</c><00:24:22.000><c> only</c><00:24:22.160><c> when</c><00:24:22.299><c> a</c><00:24:22.480><c> person's</c><00:24:22.759><c> under</c><00:24:23.000><c> pressure</c>

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.039
that<00:24:23.420><c> you</c><00:24:23.579><c> really</c><00:24:23.859><c> find</c><00:24:24.099><c> out</c><00:24:24.279><c> what</c><00:24:24.460><c> they're</c><00:24:24.799><c> like,</c>

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isn't<00:24:25.359><c> it,</c><00:24:25.619><c> brethren</c><00:24:25.779><c> and</c><00:24:26.019><c> sisters?</c>

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:30.160
That's<00:24:27.119><c> when</c><00:24:27.339><c> you</c><00:24:27.579><c> find</c><00:24:27.900><c> out</c><00:24:28.200><c> what</c><00:24:28.400><c> people</c><00:24:28.680><c> are</c><00:24:28.920><c> like.</c>

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:33.559
Because<00:24:31.200><c> it's</c><00:24:31.440><c> ever</c><00:24:31.619><c> so</c><00:24:31.779><c> easy</c><00:24:31.980><c> to</c><00:24:32.160><c> be</c><00:24:32.319><c> polite</c><00:24:32.700><c> and</c><00:24:33.140><c> considerate</c>

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.259
and<00:24:33.819><c> helpful</c><00:24:34.160><c> when</c><00:24:34.420><c> things</c><00:24:34.660><c> are</c><00:24:34.900><c> going</c><00:24:35.119><c> well.</c>

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But<00:24:37.259><c> when</c><00:24:37.480><c> you're</c><00:24:37.660><c> under</c><00:24:38.039><c> pressure,</c>

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:40.960
oh,<00:24:38.859><c> well,</c><00:24:39.000><c> that's</c><00:24:39.259><c> a</c><00:24:39.359><c> very</c><00:24:39.599><c> different</c><00:24:39.980><c> story.</c>

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:43.299
And<00:24:41.240><c> we</c><00:24:41.359><c> get</c><00:24:41.559><c> irritable</c>

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:48.220
and<00:24:44.440><c> we</c><00:24:44.799><c> are</c><00:24:45.059><c> not</c><00:24:45.339><c> cooperative</c><00:24:46.019><c> often</c><00:24:46.380><c> when</c><00:24:46.599><c> we're</c><00:24:46.819><c> under</c><00:24:47.099><c> pressure.</c>

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.740
And<00:24:48.740><c> yet</c><00:24:48.900><c> this</c><00:24:49.259><c> widow</c><00:24:49.460><c> woman</c><00:24:50.500><c> was</c><00:24:52.059><c> different.</c>

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.839
Verse<00:24:53.720><c> 11.</c>

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:56.599
As<00:24:55.019><c> she</c><00:24:55.180><c> was</c><00:24:55.400><c> going</c><00:24:55.660><c> to</c><00:24:55.900><c> fetch</c><00:24:56.059><c> the</c><00:24:56.319><c> water,</c>

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.960
Elijah<00:24:57.019><c> called</c><00:24:57.380><c> to</c><00:24:57.519><c> her</c><00:24:57.660><c> and</c><00:24:57.759><c> said,</c>

00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:02.000
Bring<00:24:58.279><c> me,</c><00:24:58.579><c> I</c><00:24:58.779><c> pray,</c><00:24:59.180><c> thee</c><00:24:59.299><c> a</c><00:24:59.480><c> morsel</c><00:24:59.799><c> of</c><00:25:00.079><c> bread</c><00:25:00.299><c> in</c><00:25:00.559><c> thy</c><00:25:00.799><c> hand.</c>

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:05.559
And<00:25:03.660><c> somehow</c><00:25:04.119><c> as</c><00:25:04.460><c> a</c><00:25:04.519><c> result</c><00:25:04.759><c> of</c><00:25:04.960><c> this</c><00:25:05.160><c> request,</c>

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:08.119
she<00:25:05.859><c> recognizes</c><00:25:06.480><c> the</c><00:25:06.759><c> prophet</c><00:25:07.079><c> either</c><00:25:07.420><c> by</c><00:25:07.759><c> knowledge</c>

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.339
that<00:25:08.359><c> she</c><00:25:08.440><c> had</c><00:25:08.700><c> previously</c>

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:12.400
or<00:25:09.880><c> by</c><00:25:10.180><c> some</c><00:25:10.480><c> direct</c><00:25:11.019><c> revelation</c><00:25:11.680><c> from</c><00:25:12.039><c> God.</c>

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:14.940
Because<00:25:12.859><c> just</c><00:25:13.119><c> listen</c><00:25:13.339><c> to</c><00:25:13.480><c> her</c><00:25:13.700><c> response.</c>

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:19.579
She<00:25:16.180><c> said,</c><00:25:16.579><c> As</c><00:25:16.700><c> the</c><00:25:17.019><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.440><c> thy</c><00:25:17.880><c> God</c><00:25:18.539><c> liveth.</c>

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:22.480
Those<00:25:21.240><c> are</c><00:25:21.460><c> almost</c><00:25:21.740><c> the</c><00:25:21.900><c> very</c><00:25:22.160><c> words</c>

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:25.160
that<00:25:22.759><c> Elijah</c><00:25:23.039><c> had</c><00:25:23.279><c> used</c><00:25:23.440><c> before</c><00:25:23.880><c> Ahab.</c>

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:29.140
And<00:25:25.759><c> so</c><00:25:25.900><c> he</c><00:25:26.160><c> recognizes</c><00:25:26.799><c> her</c><00:25:27.140><c> at</c><00:25:27.339><c> the</c><00:25:27.519><c> same</c><00:25:27.799><c> time.</c>

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:31.319
As<00:25:29.920><c> the</c><00:25:29.960><c> one</c><00:25:30.180><c> commanded</c><00:25:30.640><c> by</c><00:25:31.000><c> God,</c>

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:34.079
for<00:25:31.559><c> the</c><00:25:31.799><c> mark</c><00:25:32.019><c> of</c><00:25:32.380><c> identification</c><00:25:33.200><c> is</c><00:25:33.599><c> there.</c>

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:37.660
As<00:25:34.779><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.539><c> thy</c><00:25:36.019><c> God</c><00:25:36.619><c> liveth.</c>

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.200
But<00:25:40.259><c> did</c><00:25:40.420><c> you</c><00:25:40.539><c> notice</c><00:25:40.819><c> she</c><00:25:41.019><c> said,</c>

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:44.059
As<00:25:41.380><c> the</c><00:25:41.579><c> Lord</c><00:25:42.039><c> thy</c><00:25:42.539><c> God</c><00:25:42.960><c> liveth.</c>

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:46.819
So<00:25:44.599><c> she</c><00:25:44.839><c> acknowledges</c><00:25:45.319><c> Elijah</c><00:25:45.740><c> as</c><00:25:45.940><c> a</c><00:25:46.119><c> man</c><00:25:46.259><c> of</c><00:25:46.539><c> God,</c>

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:49.319
but<00:25:47.119><c> she</c><00:25:47.400><c> herself</c><00:25:47.799><c> has</c><00:25:48.039><c> not</c><00:25:48.240><c> yet</c><00:25:48.440><c> reached</c><00:25:48.740><c> the</c><00:25:48.980><c> point</c>

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:51.740
where<00:25:49.819><c> she</c><00:25:49.980><c> can</c><00:25:50.220><c> claim</c><00:25:50.539><c> the</c><00:25:50.779><c> prophet's</c><00:25:51.319><c> faith</c>

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:55.599
and<00:25:52.519><c> the</c><00:25:52.700><c> prophet's</c><00:25:53.259><c> God</c><00:25:53.599><c> as</c><00:25:54.180><c> her</c><00:25:54.539><c> own.</c>

00:25:56.140 --> 00:26:01.259
And<00:25:56.420><c> then</c><00:25:56.599><c> she</c><00:25:56.839><c> makes</c><00:25:57.200><c> her</c><00:25:57.619><c> confession</c><00:25:58.299><c> in</c><00:25:59.380><c> verse</c><00:25:59.799><c> 12.</c>

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:05.299
As<00:26:03.440><c> the</c><00:26:03.640><c> Lord</c><00:26:03.900><c> thy</c><00:26:04.200><c> God</c><00:26:04.680><c> liveth,</c>

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.720
I<00:26:06.019><c> have</c><00:26:06.299><c> not</c><00:26:06.579><c> a</c><00:26:06.839><c> cake,</c>

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:09.900
just<00:26:08.079><c> a</c><00:26:08.240><c> little</c><00:26:08.420><c> handful</c><00:26:08.819><c> of</c><00:26:09.099><c> meal</c><00:26:09.240><c> in</c><00:26:09.440><c> a</c><00:26:09.640><c> barrel</c>

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:12.500
and<00:26:10.180><c> a</c><00:26:10.319><c> little</c><00:26:10.579><c> oil</c><00:26:11.000><c> in</c><00:26:11.259><c> a</c><00:26:11.500><c> cruise.</c>

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:14.180
And<00:26:12.779><c> behold,</c><00:26:13.059><c> I'm</c><00:26:13.259><c> gathering</c><00:26:13.559><c> two</c><00:26:13.940><c> sticks</c>

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:17.299
that<00:26:14.359><c> I</c><00:26:14.460><c> may</c><00:26:14.740><c> go</c><00:26:14.980><c> in</c><00:26:15.220><c> and</c><00:26:15.420><c> dress</c><00:26:15.579><c> it</c><00:26:15.779><c> for</c><00:26:15.960><c> me</c><00:26:16.279><c> and</c><00:26:16.460><c> my</c><00:26:16.819><c> son,</c>

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:21.200
that<00:26:17.859><c> we</c><00:26:18.079><c> may</c><00:26:18.359><c> eat</c><00:26:18.640><c> it</c><00:26:19.299><c> and</c><00:26:20.019><c> die.</c>

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.779
And<00:26:22.279><c> that</c><00:26:22.619><c> is</c><00:26:22.920><c> a</c><00:26:23.079><c> confession</c>

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:26.220
that<00:26:24.519><c> every</c><00:26:24.960><c> man</c><00:26:25.319><c> must</c><00:26:25.700><c> make</c>

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:28.440
when<00:26:26.599><c> he</c><00:26:26.759><c> comes</c><00:26:27.019><c> to</c><00:26:27.220><c> the</c><00:26:27.319><c> Lord</c><00:26:27.539><c> Jesus</c><00:26:28.019><c> Christ,</c>

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.119
that<00:26:28.799><c> of</c><00:26:28.980><c> his</c><00:26:29.220><c> own</c><00:26:29.599><c> provision,</c>

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:32.420
of<00:26:30.579><c> his</c><00:26:30.799><c> own</c><00:26:31.140><c> resources,</c>

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.400
he<00:26:33.259><c> has</c><00:26:33.500><c> only</c><00:26:34.099><c> enough</c><00:26:34.920><c> to</c><00:26:35.619><c> let</c><00:26:35.839><c> him</c><00:26:36.200><c> die.</c>

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.660
And<00:26:38.420><c> when</c><00:26:38.559><c> he</c><00:26:38.680><c> has</c><00:26:38.900><c> acknowledged</c><00:26:39.259><c> that,</c>

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.660
brethren<00:26:40.019><c> and</c><00:26:40.279><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:43.700
then<00:26:41.160><c> he</c><00:26:41.319><c> is</c><00:26:41.460><c> ready</c><00:26:41.680><c> to</c><00:26:41.920><c> receive</c><00:26:42.180><c> the</c><00:26:42.359><c> message</c><00:26:42.640><c> of</c><00:26:42.859><c> grace</c><00:26:43.160><c> and</c><00:26:43.420><c> hope</c>

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:45.480
which<00:26:44.119><c> follows.</c>

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:49.539
Verse<00:26:46.819><c> 13,</c><00:26:47.819><c> Elijah</c><00:26:48.259><c> said</c><00:26:48.559><c> unto</c><00:26:48.839><c> her,</c>

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:51.099
Fear<00:26:50.119><c> not.</c>

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.819
What<00:26:51.759><c> a</c><00:26:52.079><c> lovely</c><00:26:52.440><c> message,</c><00:26:53.099><c> brethren</c><00:26:53.359><c> and</c><00:26:53.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:55.680
What<00:26:54.059><c> a</c><00:26:54.339><c> lovely</c><00:26:54.680><c> message.</c>

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.799
It's<00:26:56.259><c> the</c><00:26:56.400><c> message</c><00:26:56.640><c> of</c><00:26:56.859><c> the</c><00:26:56.980><c> New</c><00:26:57.180><c> Testament.</c>

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Fear<00:26:58.640><c> not,</c><00:26:59.039><c> Mary.</c>

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Fear<00:27:00.619><c> not,</c><00:27:00.960><c> Joseph.</c>

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Fear<00:27:02.779><c> not,</c><00:27:03.140><c> ye</c><00:27:03.279><c> shepherds,</c>

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for<00:27:03.839><c> behold,</c><00:27:04.259><c> I</c><00:27:04.460><c> bring</c><00:27:04.619><c> you</c><00:27:05.259><c> good</c><00:27:05.660><c> tidings</c><00:27:06.079><c> of</c><00:27:06.380><c> great</c><00:27:06.680><c> joy.</c>

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:10.720
These<00:27:08.819><c> are</c><00:27:09.000><c> the</c><00:27:09.079><c> words</c><00:27:09.299><c> of</c><00:27:09.500><c> the</c><00:27:09.700><c> angels.</c>

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.220
And<00:27:11.380><c> they're</c><00:27:11.579><c> the</c><00:27:11.720><c> words</c><00:27:11.900><c> of</c><00:27:12.119><c> God</c><00:27:12.319><c> to</c><00:27:12.519><c> all</c><00:27:12.819><c> generations.</c>

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:16.960
They're<00:27:14.599><c> the</c><00:27:14.759><c> words</c><00:27:14.980><c> through</c><00:27:15.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:15.960><c> and</c><00:27:16.380><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.960
to<00:27:17.200><c> the</c><00:27:17.359><c> people</c><00:27:17.539><c> of</c><00:27:17.759><c> their</c><00:27:17.960><c> day.</c>

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:21.839
Fear<00:27:19.059><c> not,</c><00:27:19.400><c> O</c><00:27:19.539><c> Israel,</c><00:27:20.099><c> for</c><00:27:20.240><c> lo,</c><00:27:20.440><c> I</c><00:27:20.619><c> am</c><00:27:20.700><c> with</c><00:27:20.920><c> thee</c><00:27:21.059><c> to</c><00:27:21.259><c> save</c><00:27:21.619><c> thee,</c>

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saith<00:27:22.039><c> the</c><00:27:22.319><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:27:23.900><c> the</c><00:27:24.019><c> message</c><00:27:24.259><c> in</c><00:27:24.460><c> the</c><00:27:24.619><c> boat</c><00:27:24.759><c> of</c><00:27:24.920><c> the</c><00:27:25.059><c> Sea</c><00:27:25.180><c> of</c><00:27:25.400><c> Galilee.</c>

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:30.039
It<00:27:26.720><c> is</c><00:27:26.940><c> I,</c><00:27:28.420><c> be</c><00:27:28.660><c> not</c><00:27:28.940><c> afraid.</c>

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:34.599
And<00:27:32.000><c> so</c><00:27:32.160><c> Elijah</c><00:27:32.559><c> said</c><00:27:32.819><c> to</c><00:27:32.980><c> her,</c><00:27:33.240><c> Fear</c><00:27:33.640><c> not,</c>

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:37.559
but<00:27:35.380><c> go</c><00:27:35.740><c> and</c><00:27:35.960><c> do</c><00:27:36.079><c> as</c><00:27:36.299><c> thou</c><00:27:36.579><c> hast</c><00:27:36.900><c> said.</c>

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:42.779
But<00:27:39.079><c> make</c><00:27:39.579><c> me</c><00:27:40.200><c> thereof</c><00:27:40.799><c> a</c><00:27:41.140><c> little</c><00:27:41.480><c> cake</c><00:27:41.940><c> first,</c>

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:45.000
and<00:27:43.619><c> bring</c><00:27:43.880><c> it</c><00:27:44.099><c> unto</c><00:27:44.400><c> me,</c>

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:49.480
and<00:27:45.799><c> after</c><00:27:46.359><c> make</c><00:27:47.339><c> for</c><00:27:47.539><c> thee</c><00:27:47.819><c> and</c><00:27:47.960><c> for</c><00:27:48.160><c> thy</c><00:27:48.400><c> son.</c>

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:52.819
For<00:27:50.440><c> thus</c><00:27:50.660><c> saith</c><00:27:50.900><c> the</c><00:27:51.160><c> Lord</c><00:27:51.579><c> God</c><00:27:51.859><c> of</c><00:27:52.059><c> Israel,</c>

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.220
the<00:27:53.480><c> barrel</c><00:27:53.799><c> of</c><00:27:54.059><c> meal</c><00:27:54.279><c> shall</c><00:27:54.519><c> not</c><00:27:54.839><c> waste,</c>

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.660
neither<00:27:55.579><c> shall</c><00:27:55.779><c> the</c><00:27:56.099><c> cruise</c><00:27:56.339><c> of</c><00:27:56.700><c> oil</c><00:27:56.980><c> fail,</c>

00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:03.619
until<00:27:58.680><c> the</c><00:27:59.140><c> day</c><00:27:59.680><c> that</c><00:28:00.119><c> the</c><00:28:00.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.759><c> sendeth</c><00:28:01.359><c> rain</c><00:28:01.859><c> upon</c><00:28:02.299><c> the</c><00:28:02.680><c> earth.</c>

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.839
And<00:28:04.880><c> in</c><00:28:05.039><c> the</c><00:28:05.339><c> strength</c><00:28:05.640><c> of</c><00:28:05.859><c> that</c><00:28:06.200><c> marvelous</c><00:28:06.740><c> message,</c>

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:10.240
she<00:28:08.119><c> makes</c><00:28:08.420><c> her</c><00:28:08.700><c> journey</c><00:28:08.980><c> in</c><00:28:09.299><c> faith.</c>

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:12.460
She's<00:28:10.480><c> now</c><00:28:10.680><c> willing</c><00:28:10.900><c> to</c><00:28:11.160><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:11.700><c> her</c><00:28:12.000><c> life</c>

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.859
and<00:28:13.059><c> that</c><00:28:13.259><c> of</c><00:28:13.440><c> her</c><00:28:13.700><c> son</c><00:28:13.960><c> for</c><00:28:14.259><c> Elijah</c>

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:17.900
in<00:28:15.819><c> the</c><00:28:16.059><c> light</c><00:28:16.279><c> of</c><00:28:16.559><c> that</c><00:28:16.839><c> promise.</c>

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.819
And<00:28:18.859><c> so,</c><00:28:19.160><c> brethren</c><00:28:19.319><c> and</c><00:28:19.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:23.819
what<00:28:20.180><c> was</c><00:28:20.579><c> in</c><00:28:21.119><c> a</c><00:28:21.380><c> way</c><00:28:21.579><c> a</c><00:28:21.839><c> kind</c><00:28:22.079><c> of</c><00:28:22.319><c> last</c><00:28:22.779><c> supper,</c>

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:26.359
because<00:28:24.339><c> verse</c><00:28:24.680><c> 12</c><00:28:25.079><c> says</c><00:28:25.359><c> she's</c><00:28:25.579><c> only</c><00:28:25.819><c> got</c><00:28:26.039><c> enough</c>

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:28.259
to<00:28:26.559><c> gather</c><00:28:26.779><c> two</c><00:28:27.099><c> sticks</c><00:28:27.380><c> and</c><00:28:27.619><c> dress</c><00:28:27.839><c> it,</c>

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to<00:28:28.579><c> eat</c><00:28:28.799><c> and</c><00:28:29.140><c> die,</c>

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for<00:28:30.220><c> her</c><00:28:30.420><c> it</c><00:28:30.500><c> was</c><00:28:30.599><c> a</c><00:28:30.759><c> kind</c><00:28:30.920><c> of</c><00:28:31.140><c> last</c><00:28:31.420><c> supper,</c>

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:36.940
and<00:28:32.779><c> it</c><00:28:32.880><c> was</c><00:28:33.019><c> being</c><00:28:33.619><c> changed</c><00:28:34.519><c> from</c><00:28:34.740><c> being</c><00:28:34.980><c> a</c><00:28:35.299><c> meal</c><00:28:35.539><c> unto</c><00:28:35.940><c> death</c>

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:40.579
into<00:28:37.460><c> being</c><00:28:37.740><c> the</c><00:28:37.960><c> means</c><00:28:38.180><c> of</c><00:28:38.460><c> producing</c><00:28:38.900><c> new</c><00:28:39.279><c> life.</c>

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But<00:28:41.920><c> to</c><00:28:42.220><c> achieve</c><00:28:42.559><c> that</c><00:28:42.880><c> result,</c>

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:46.160
she<00:28:44.500><c> had</c><00:28:44.779><c> to</c><00:28:45.079><c> deny</c><00:28:45.500><c> self</c>

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and<00:28:47.119><c> give</c><00:28:47.640><c> what</c><00:28:48.119><c> little</c><00:28:48.519><c> she</c><00:28:48.880><c> had</c><00:28:49.240><c> to</c><00:28:49.720><c> God</c><00:28:50.039><c> sacrificially.</c>

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:56.039
Now<00:28:53.339><c> she</c><00:28:53.440><c> could</c><00:28:53.779><c> so</c><00:28:54.140><c> easily</c><00:28:54.500><c> have</c><00:28:54.819><c> wavered</c><00:28:55.259><c> and</c><00:28:55.500><c> said,</c>

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Elijah,<00:28:56.799><c> what's</c><00:28:57.119><c> the</c><00:28:57.359><c> point?</c>

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There's<00:28:58.880><c> only</c><00:28:59.119><c> a</c><00:28:59.299><c> handful</c><00:28:59.519><c> of</c><00:28:59.779><c> meal</c><00:28:59.920><c> in</c><00:29:00.079><c> the</c><00:29:00.259><c> barrel.</c>

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Here,<00:29:01.279><c> have</c><00:29:01.480><c> a</c><00:29:01.599><c> look.</c>

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That's<00:29:02.460><c> all</c><00:29:02.640><c> there</c><00:29:02.880><c> is.</c>

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There's<00:29:05.039><c> only</c><00:29:05.259><c> enough</c><00:29:05.460><c> for</c><00:29:05.680><c> one</c><00:29:05.980><c> cake.</c>

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And<00:29:07.119><c> if</c><00:29:07.180><c> I</c><00:29:07.380><c> make</c><00:29:07.539><c> one</c><00:29:07.779><c> for</c><00:29:08.000><c> you,</c>

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:11.819
well,<00:29:09.460><c> there'll</c><00:29:09.720><c> be</c><00:29:09.859><c> nothing</c><00:29:10.059><c> for</c><00:29:10.220><c> me</c><00:29:10.420><c> and</c><00:29:10.559><c> my</c><00:29:10.839><c> son.</c>

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But<00:29:12.920><c> she</c><00:29:13.000><c> didn't</c><00:29:13.220><c> do</c><00:29:13.460><c> that.</c>

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:16.660
She<00:29:14.799><c> made</c><00:29:15.059><c> up</c><00:29:15.240><c> her</c><00:29:15.420><c> mind</c><00:29:15.579><c> what</c><00:29:15.720><c> she</c><00:29:15.900><c> was</c><00:29:16.119><c> going</c><00:29:16.279><c> to</c><00:29:16.519><c> do.</c>

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:22.279
She<00:29:16.940><c> had</c><00:29:17.279><c> decided</c><00:29:17.960><c> to</c><00:29:18.400><c> serve</c><00:29:18.859><c> the</c><00:29:19.259><c> God</c><00:29:19.720><c> of</c><00:29:20.400><c> the</c><00:29:20.680><c> prophet</c><00:29:20.920><c> Elijah</c>

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rather<00:29:23.140><c> than</c><00:29:23.359><c> herself</c><00:29:23.759><c> and</c><00:29:23.920><c> her</c><00:29:24.119><c> family.</c>

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And<00:29:25.359><c> that</c><00:29:25.680><c> takes</c><00:29:25.980><c> some</c><00:29:26.380><c> doing</c>

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:30.319
when<00:29:27.779><c> you're</c><00:29:27.980><c> under</c><00:29:28.279><c> pressure</c><00:29:28.640><c> in</c><00:29:28.859><c> this</c><00:29:29.039><c> situation.</c>

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:35.500
She<00:29:31.220><c> went</c><00:29:31.420><c> and</c><00:29:31.619><c> did</c><00:29:31.740><c> it</c><00:29:32.299><c> because</c><00:29:32.700><c> the</c><00:29:33.000><c> Lord</c><00:29:33.279><c> had</c><00:29:33.640><c> given</c><00:29:33.940><c> his</c><00:29:34.339><c> promise.</c>

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:38.299
And<00:29:36.039><c> from</c><00:29:36.259><c> the</c><00:29:36.559><c> moment</c><00:29:36.859><c> she</c><00:29:37.099><c> had</c><00:29:37.400><c> committed</c><00:29:37.720><c> her</c><00:29:38.059><c> life</c>

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:40.579
and<00:29:38.480><c> that</c><00:29:38.640><c> of</c><00:29:38.819><c> her</c><00:29:39.059><c> son</c><00:29:39.319><c> into</c><00:29:39.700><c> the</c><00:29:39.920><c> Lord's</c><00:29:40.380><c> hands,</c>

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the<00:29:40.960><c> miracle</c><00:29:41.220><c> was</c><00:29:41.539><c> performed.</c>

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And<00:29:43.859><c> she</c><00:29:44.039><c> was</c><00:29:44.319><c> translated</c><00:29:44.920><c> from</c><00:29:45.819><c> death</c><00:29:46.119><c> unto</c><00:29:46.440><c> life.</c>

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:50.579
For<00:29:48.539><c> as</c><00:29:48.720><c> she</c><00:29:48.900><c> took</c><00:29:49.079><c> out</c><00:29:49.359><c> for</c><00:29:49.579><c> Elijah,</c>

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by<00:29:51.460><c> that</c><00:29:51.700><c> act</c><00:29:51.880><c> of</c><00:29:52.180><c> faith,</c>

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.299
well,<00:29:54.079><c> there</c><00:29:54.220><c> was</c><00:29:54.380><c> another</c><00:29:54.599><c> handful</c><00:29:54.940><c> of</c><00:29:55.180><c> meal</c>

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.480
left<00:29:55.500><c> behind</c><00:29:55.839><c> in</c><00:29:56.000><c> the</c><00:29:56.160><c> barrel.</c>

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:03.819
It<00:30:00.079><c> was</c><00:30:00.720><c> after</c><00:30:01.000><c> she</c><00:30:01.200><c> had</c><00:30:01.400><c> poured</c><00:30:01.500><c> out</c><00:30:01.819><c> there</c><00:30:02.000><c> was</c><00:30:02.440><c> more</c><00:30:02.759><c> over.</c>

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:07.519
She<00:30:04.940><c> had</c><00:30:05.119><c> been</c><00:30:05.339><c> redeemed</c><00:30:05.920><c> from</c><00:30:06.279><c> death.</c>

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:12.000
She<00:30:08.759><c> went</c><00:30:09.119><c> and</c><00:30:09.440><c> did</c><00:30:09.599><c> according</c><00:30:10.059><c> to</c><00:30:10.279><c> the</c><00:30:10.559><c> saying</c><00:30:10.759><c> of</c><00:30:11.039><c> Elijah.</c>

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:18.700
And<00:30:13.039><c> she</c><00:30:13.440><c> and</c><00:30:14.160><c> he</c><00:30:14.779><c> and</c><00:30:15.319><c> her</c><00:30:15.680><c> house</c><00:30:16.299><c> did</c><00:30:16.660><c> eat</c><00:30:16.920><c> many</c><00:30:17.319><c> days.</c>

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:20.819
And<00:30:19.099><c> the</c><00:30:19.259><c> barrel</c><00:30:19.460><c> of</c><00:30:19.619><c> meal</c><00:30:19.799><c> wasted</c><00:30:20.200><c> not.</c>

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:23.079
Neither<00:30:21.480><c> did</c><00:30:21.660><c> the</c><00:30:21.859><c> cruise</c><00:30:22.059><c> of</c><00:30:22.279><c> oil</c><00:30:22.460><c> fail</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:25.500
according<00:30:23.960><c> to</c><00:30:24.259><c> the</c><00:30:24.519><c> word</c><00:30:24.700><c> of</c><00:30:24.920><c> the</c><00:30:25.140><c> Lord,</c>

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which<00:30:25.759><c> he</c><00:30:26.140><c> spake</c><00:30:26.700><c> by</c><00:30:27.299><c> Elijah.</c>

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I'm<00:30:30.680><c> sure,</c><00:30:30.980><c> brethren</c><00:30:31.140><c> and</c><00:30:31.359><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:33.920
that<00:30:31.740><c> you've</c><00:30:32.119><c> realized</c><00:30:32.500><c> from</c><00:30:32.680><c> those</c><00:30:32.920><c> few</c><00:30:33.079><c> remarks</c><00:30:33.440><c> we've</c><00:30:33.720><c> made</c>

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concerning<00:30:34.579><c> that</c><00:30:34.859><c> passage</c>

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that<00:30:36.200><c> this</c><00:30:36.579><c> record</c><00:30:36.960><c> is</c><00:30:37.279><c> just</c><00:30:37.700><c> pulsating</c>

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:43.759
with<00:30:39.019><c> little</c><00:30:39.400><c> eddies</c><00:30:39.859><c> of</c><00:30:40.960><c> hope</c><00:30:41.480><c> and</c><00:30:41.859><c> truth</c><00:30:42.299><c> and</c><00:30:42.660><c> promise.</c>

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.640
It's<00:30:44.140><c> the</c><00:30:44.240><c> very</c><00:30:44.599><c> lifeblood</c><00:30:45.140><c> of</c><00:30:45.359><c> faith</c>

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.359
that<00:30:45.839><c> is</c><00:30:45.960><c> being</c><00:30:46.240><c> brought</c><00:30:46.500><c> to</c><00:30:46.759><c> our</c><00:30:47.420><c> attention</c><00:30:47.859><c> here</c>

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:50.299
in<00:30:48.579><c> this</c><00:30:48.819><c> part</c><00:30:48.960><c> of</c><00:30:49.160><c> the</c><00:30:49.319><c> record.</c>

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:53.099
And<00:30:50.859><c> the</c><00:30:51.000><c> lessons</c><00:30:51.319><c> are</c><00:30:51.559><c> for</c><00:30:51.680><c> us.</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:55.259
The<00:30:53.900><c> principles</c><00:30:54.220><c> underlined</c><00:30:54.920><c> here</c>

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:58.900
must<00:30:55.680><c> operate</c><00:30:56.299><c> in</c><00:30:56.660><c> our</c><00:30:57.059><c> lives</c><00:30:57.579><c> too.</c>

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.680
For<00:30:59.359><c> the</c><00:30:59.519><c> Lord</c><00:30:59.680><c> says</c><00:30:59.920><c> to</c><00:31:00.119><c> each</c><00:31:00.339><c> of</c><00:31:00.500><c> us,</c>

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:02.259
fear<00:31:00.980><c> not,</c>

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:06.319
but<00:31:03.420><c> make</c><00:31:03.900><c> me</c><00:31:04.460><c> a</c><00:31:04.700><c> little</c><00:31:05.000><c> cake</c><00:31:05.420><c> first</c>

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.660
and<00:31:07.039><c> bring</c><00:31:07.400><c> it</c><00:31:07.660><c> to</c><00:31:07.900><c> me</c>

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:13.180
and<00:31:09.339><c> after</c><00:31:09.900><c> make</c><00:31:11.059><c> for</c><00:31:11.339><c> thee</c><00:31:11.660><c> and</c><00:31:11.900><c> thy</c><00:31:12.200><c> son.</c>

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:15.000
I<00:31:13.619><c> want</c><00:31:13.900><c> you</c><00:31:14.339><c> first</c>

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:17.299
and<00:31:15.779><c> your</c><00:31:16.119><c> time</c><00:31:16.559><c> first</c>

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:20.000
and<00:31:17.859><c> your</c><00:31:18.240><c> money</c><00:31:18.680><c> first.</c>

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.819
Get<00:31:20.460><c> your</c><00:31:20.819><c> priorities</c><00:31:21.579><c> right,</c>

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.779
my<00:31:23.420><c> sons</c><00:31:23.700><c> and</c><00:31:23.960><c> my</c><00:31:24.299><c> daughters.</c>

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:27.960
Put<00:31:25.460><c> me</c><00:31:25.819><c> first</c><00:31:26.180><c> and</c><00:31:26.480><c> foremost</c><00:31:26.839><c> in</c><00:31:27.079><c> your</c><00:31:27.400><c> life</c>

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:30.779
and<00:31:28.759><c> then</c><00:31:29.180><c> the</c><00:31:29.400><c> barrel</c><00:31:29.640><c> of</c><00:31:29.859><c> meal</c><00:31:30.019><c> will</c><00:31:30.259><c> not</c><00:31:30.500><c> waste</c>

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.099
and<00:31:30.960><c> the</c><00:31:31.119><c> cruise</c><00:31:31.279><c> of</c><00:31:31.480><c> oil</c><00:31:31.700><c> fail</c>

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:34.779
until<00:31:32.680><c> the</c><00:31:32.880><c> day</c><00:31:33.059><c> that</c><00:31:33.220><c> I</c><00:31:33.420><c> send</c><00:31:33.579><c> the</c><00:31:33.839><c> latter</c><00:31:34.119><c> rain</c>

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:37.720
as<00:31:35.420><c> showers</c><00:31:35.880><c> to</c><00:31:36.200><c> water</c><00:31:36.440><c> the</c><00:31:36.720><c> earth.</c>

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:40.960
The<00:31:38.160><c> time</c><00:31:38.359><c> of</c><00:31:38.680><c> refreshing</c><00:31:39.000><c> and</c><00:31:39.240><c> the</c><00:31:39.400><c> kingdom</c><00:31:39.680><c> is</c><00:31:40.000><c> here.</c>

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:46.099
And<00:31:42.700><c> if</c><00:31:43.480><c> any</c><00:31:44.059><c> brother</c><00:31:44.380><c> or</c><00:31:44.740><c> sister</c><00:31:45.240><c> feels</c>

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:50.319
that<00:31:47.119><c> sometimes</c><00:31:47.619><c> this</c><00:31:47.920><c> becomes</c><00:31:48.220><c> a</c><00:31:48.299><c> little</c><00:31:48.579><c> disproportionate,</c>

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:54.019
you<00:31:50.680><c> know,</c><00:31:51.059><c> having</c><00:31:51.240><c> to</c><00:31:52.039><c> give</c><00:31:52.259><c> of</c><00:31:52.400><c> the</c><00:31:52.519><c> best</c><00:31:52.779><c> of</c><00:31:53.019><c> our</c><00:31:53.299><c> lives</c>

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:57.079
and<00:31:54.680><c> our</c><00:31:55.059><c> time</c><00:31:55.400><c> and</c><00:31:55.640><c> our</c><00:31:55.920><c> substance</c>

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:59.059
sacrificially<00:31:57.819><c> to</c><00:31:58.059><c> God.</c>

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:02.859
Well,<00:32:00.119><c> may</c><00:32:00.259><c> I</c><00:32:00.440><c> just</c><00:32:00.779><c> say</c><00:32:01.200><c> that</c><00:32:01.359><c> from</c><00:32:01.599><c> my</c><00:32:01.839><c> own</c><00:32:02.099><c> experience</c>

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:05.539
and<00:32:03.079><c> from</c><00:32:03.259><c> the</c><00:32:03.519><c> testimony</c><00:32:03.920><c> of</c><00:32:04.200><c> many</c><00:32:04.460><c> others</c>

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:09.059
that<00:32:06.740><c> none</c><00:32:07.099><c> of</c><00:32:07.339><c> the</c><00:32:07.640><c> time</c><00:32:08.039><c> or</c><00:32:08.359><c> the</c><00:32:08.640><c> money</c>

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:13.220
or<00:32:09.460><c> the</c><00:32:09.819><c> service</c><00:32:10.160><c> a</c><00:32:10.460><c> man</c><00:32:10.740><c> gives</c><00:32:11.039><c> to</c><00:32:11.400><c> God</c><00:32:11.640><c> is</c><00:32:12.119><c> ever</c><00:32:12.599><c> lost.</c>

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:17.500
He<00:32:14.539><c> can</c><00:32:14.779><c> go</c><00:32:15.039><c> back</c><00:32:15.279><c> to</c><00:32:15.420><c> the</c><00:32:15.660><c> barrel</c><00:32:15.880><c> time</c><00:32:16.460><c> and</c><00:32:16.880><c> again</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:20.599
and<00:32:18.039><c> there</c><00:32:18.420><c> it</c><00:32:18.680><c> is,</c><00:32:19.019><c> there's</c><00:32:19.319><c> more.</c>

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:23.400
Nothing<00:32:21.880><c> is</c><00:32:22.220><c> lost.</c>

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:25.160
Whatever<00:32:24.019><c> a</c><00:32:24.240><c> man</c><00:32:24.400><c> gives</c><00:32:24.660><c> to</c><00:32:24.900><c> God,</c>

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:27.859
God<00:32:25.619><c> graciously</c><00:32:26.359><c> repays</c><00:32:26.880><c> him.</c>

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:30.440
You<00:32:28.220><c> see,</c><00:32:28.440><c> God</c><00:32:28.700><c> isn't</c><00:32:29.079><c> in</c><00:32:29.420><c> debt</c><00:32:29.579><c> to</c><00:32:29.900><c> anybody,</c>

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.099
brethren<00:32:30.920><c> and</c><00:32:31.180><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:34.380
He<00:32:32.519><c> doesn't</c><00:32:32.960><c> need</c><00:32:33.380><c> my</c><00:32:33.920><c> time.</c>

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:38.019
He<00:32:34.880><c> is</c><00:32:35.200><c> from</c><00:32:35.519><c> everlasting</c><00:32:36.140><c> to</c><00:32:36.619><c> everlasting.</c>

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.779
He<00:32:39.039><c> doesn't</c><00:32:39.460><c> need</c><00:32:39.799><c> my</c><00:32:40.180><c> money</c>

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:46.059
for<00:32:41.680><c> the</c><00:32:41.960><c> cattle</c><00:32:42.180><c> on</c><00:32:42.460><c> a</c><00:32:42.640><c> thousand</c><00:32:43.039><c> hills</c><00:32:43.440><c> of</c><00:32:43.640><c> the</c><00:32:43.859><c> Lord's.</c>

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:49.619
But<00:32:46.579><c> he</c><00:32:46.880><c> delights</c><00:32:47.539><c> in</c><00:32:47.839><c> receiving</c><00:32:48.259><c> our</c><00:32:48.680><c> free</c><00:32:48.880><c> will</c><00:32:49.079><c> offerings</c>

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:51.480
of<00:32:49.900><c> time</c><00:32:50.200><c> and</c><00:32:50.440><c> money</c>

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:55.000
if<00:32:52.299><c> we</c><00:32:52.579><c> bring</c><00:32:52.740><c> them</c><00:32:52.980><c> to</c><00:32:53.440><c> his</c><00:32:54.000><c> altar.</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.480
For<00:32:56.619><c> it's</c><00:32:56.940><c> our</c><00:32:57.140><c> eternal</c><00:32:57.660><c> salvation</c><00:32:58.359><c> that</c><00:32:58.539><c> is</c><00:32:58.779><c> at</c><00:32:59.079><c> stake.</c>

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.559
That's<00:33:00.299><c> the</c><00:33:00.559><c> point.</c>

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.900
And<00:33:04.000><c> there</c><00:33:04.180><c> are</c><00:33:04.279><c> times</c><00:33:04.519><c> in</c><00:33:04.720><c> life,</c><00:33:05.180><c> brethren</c><00:33:05.279><c> and</c><00:33:05.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:09.359
when<00:33:06.420><c> we</c><00:33:07.380><c> don't</c><00:33:07.640><c> have</c><00:33:07.880><c> God</c><00:33:08.200><c> first.</c>

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:14.299
For<00:33:09.980><c> a</c><00:33:10.180><c> variety</c><00:33:10.579><c> of</c><00:33:10.859><c> reasons,</c><00:33:11.660><c> we</c><00:33:12.359><c> know</c><00:33:12.559><c> what</c><00:33:12.779><c> they</c><00:33:13.119><c> are.</c>

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:17.839
Very<00:33:14.779><c> often</c><00:33:15.000><c> we're</c><00:33:15.279><c> just</c><00:33:15.359><c> too</c><00:33:15.640><c> busy</c><00:33:15.940><c> to</c><00:33:16.200><c> have</c><00:33:16.400><c> time</c><00:33:16.740><c> for</c><00:33:17.000><c> God.</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:20.539
We're<00:33:18.279><c> totally</c><00:33:18.619><c> preoccupied</c><00:33:19.500><c> with</c><00:33:19.660><c> our</c><00:33:19.859><c> own</c><00:33:20.059><c> affairs</c>

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:22.420
and<00:33:20.740><c> our</c><00:33:20.900><c> own</c><00:33:21.039><c> little</c><00:33:21.339><c> world.</c>

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:25.539
And<00:33:23.200><c> it</c><00:33:23.420><c> won't</c><00:33:23.839><c> do,</c><00:33:24.420><c> says</c><00:33:24.500><c> Elijah.</c>

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:29.460
You<00:33:27.059><c> will</c><00:33:27.400><c> not</c><00:33:27.640><c> survive</c><00:33:28.160><c> the</c><00:33:28.440><c> drought</c><00:33:28.700><c> that</c><00:33:29.140><c> way,</c>

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:31.140
brethren<00:33:29.819><c> and</c><00:33:30.140><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:35.779
Or<00:33:33.460><c> perhaps</c><00:33:33.759><c> it</c><00:33:33.940><c> is</c><00:33:34.079><c> that</c><00:33:34.220><c> we</c><00:33:34.380><c> are</c><00:33:34.559><c> filled</c><00:33:34.819><c> with</c><00:33:35.180><c> self</c><00:33:35.500><c>-pity</c>

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:38.160
because<00:33:36.079><c> the</c><00:33:36.319><c> tide</c><00:33:36.500><c> of</c><00:33:36.680><c> life</c><00:33:36.920><c> has</c><00:33:37.200><c> turned</c><00:33:37.380><c> against</c><00:33:37.740><c> us</c><00:33:37.980><c> in</c>

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.440
some<00:33:38.400><c> way.</c>

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:42.059
And<00:33:40.299><c> things</c><00:33:40.400><c> haven't</c><00:33:40.640><c> worked</c><00:33:40.920><c> out</c><00:33:41.220><c> quite</c><00:33:41.440><c> as</c><00:33:41.599><c> we'd</c><00:33:41.900><c> hoped</c>

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.220
they<00:33:42.359><c> would.</c>

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:46.619
And<00:33:43.779><c> self</c><00:33:44.079><c>-pity</c><00:33:44.359><c> is</c><00:33:44.599><c> one</c><00:33:44.819><c> of</c><00:33:44.980><c> the</c><00:33:45.200><c> things</c><00:33:45.440><c> that</c><00:33:45.680><c> kills</c><00:33:46.119><c> faith</c>

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:48.359
stone<00:33:47.240><c>-dead.</c>

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.640
And<00:33:49.599><c> the</c><00:33:49.759><c> only</c><00:33:49.940><c> remedy</c><00:33:50.220><c> is</c><00:33:50.400><c> to</c><00:33:50.559><c> place</c><00:33:50.720><c> yourself</c><00:33:51.039><c> alongside</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.920
the<00:33:51.839><c> one</c><00:33:52.000><c> of</c><00:33:52.160><c> whom</c><00:33:52.259><c> it</c><00:33:52.420><c> was</c><00:33:52.579><c> said</c><00:33:52.680><c> in</c><00:33:52.880><c> the</c><00:33:53.119><c> Psalms,</c>

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:59.140
I<00:33:54.640><c> looked</c><00:33:54.940><c> for</c><00:33:55.279><c> someone</c><00:33:55.619><c> to</c><00:33:55.960><c> take</c><00:33:56.200><c> pity,</c><00:33:57.259><c> and</c><00:33:57.519><c> there</c><00:33:57.779><c> was</c><00:33:58.119><c> none.</c>

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:04.059
And<00:34:00.140><c> for</c><00:34:00.480><c> comforters,</c><00:34:02.140><c> but</c><00:34:02.299><c> I</c><00:34:02.599><c> found</c><00:34:03.019><c> none.</c>

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:08.340
There<00:34:05.180><c> was</c><00:34:05.700><c> nobody</c><00:34:05.960><c> to</c><00:34:06.160><c> make</c><00:34:06.319><c> him</c><00:34:06.559><c> a</c><00:34:06.579><c> little</c><00:34:06.839><c> cake</c><00:34:07.099><c> first,</c>

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.440
or<00:34:08.920><c> bring</c><00:34:09.099><c> him</c><00:34:09.320><c> a</c><00:34:09.340><c> little</c><00:34:09.599><c> water</c><00:34:09.880><c> in</c><00:34:10.079><c> a</c><00:34:10.179><c> vessel</c>

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.780
in<00:34:10.659><c> the</c><00:34:10.780><c> hour</c><00:34:10.940><c> of</c><00:34:11.039><c> his</c><00:34:11.260><c> greatest</c><00:34:11.599><c> need.</c>

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:18.300
And<00:34:13.380><c> yet,</c><00:34:15.400><c> he</c><00:34:15.659><c> gave</c><00:34:16.000><c> all</c><00:34:16.559><c> that</c><00:34:16.800><c> we</c><00:34:17.000><c> might</c><00:34:17.260><c> live.</c>

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.679
Even<00:34:19.219><c> the</c><00:34:19.420><c> Last</c><00:34:19.719><c> Supper,</c><00:34:20.059><c> brethren</c><00:34:20.300><c> and</c><00:34:20.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:23.639
even<00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.420><c> Last</c><00:34:21.719><c> Supper</c><00:34:21.980><c> was</c><00:34:22.199><c> a</c><00:34:22.340><c> meal</c><00:34:22.539><c> from</c><00:34:22.780><c> him</c><00:34:23.099><c> to</c><00:34:23.300><c> them</c>

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:26.179
and<00:34:23.960><c> not</c><00:34:24.260><c> them</c><00:34:24.440><c> to</c><00:34:24.659><c> him.</c>

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:29.679
Because<00:34:28.139><c> he</c><00:34:28.280><c> had</c><00:34:28.519><c> committed</c><00:34:28.780><c> himself</c><00:34:29.260><c> wholly</c>

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.199
to<00:34:30.380><c> the</c><00:34:30.579><c> service</c><00:34:30.820><c> of</c><00:34:31.000><c> his</c><00:34:31.199><c> Father.</c>

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:36.420
And<00:34:33.559><c> that</c><00:34:33.780><c> handful</c><00:34:34.119><c> of</c><00:34:34.420><c> meal</c><00:34:35.059><c> and</c><00:34:35.659><c> that</c><00:34:35.880><c> cruise</c><00:34:36.019><c> of</c><00:34:36.260><c> oil</c>

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:39.659
has<00:34:36.739><c> not</c><00:34:37.219><c> failed</c><00:34:37.519><c> from</c><00:34:37.900><c> that</c><00:34:38.219><c> day</c><00:34:38.420><c> to</c><00:34:38.679><c> this.</c>

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:42.539
And<00:34:40.139><c> week</c><00:34:40.280><c> by</c><00:34:40.559><c> week</c><00:34:40.739><c> we</c><00:34:40.940><c> remember</c><00:34:41.280><c> him</c><00:34:41.440><c> in</c><00:34:41.599><c> a</c><00:34:41.699><c> little</c><00:34:41.920><c> bread</c>

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:46.480
upon<00:34:43.480><c> the</c><00:34:43.739><c> table</c><00:34:43.980><c> to</c><00:34:44.139><c> the</c><00:34:44.380><c> saving</c><00:34:44.619><c> of</c><00:34:44.860><c> all</c><00:34:45.039><c> his</c><00:34:45.320><c> house.</c>

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:54.119
And<00:34:50.880><c> she</c><00:34:51.099><c> and</c><00:34:51.280><c> he</c><00:34:51.519><c> and</c><00:34:51.699><c> her</c><00:34:51.960><c> house</c><00:34:52.280><c> did</c><00:34:52.460><c> eat</c><00:34:52.659><c> many</c><00:34:53.059><c> days</c>

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.960
according<00:34:55.039><c> to</c><00:34:55.239><c> the</c><00:34:55.360><c> word</c><00:34:55.480><c> of</c><00:34:55.619><c> the</c><00:34:55.780><c> Lord</c>

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.239
which<00:34:56.139><c> he</c><00:34:56.380><c> spake</c><00:34:56.559><c> by</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c><00:34:56.960><c> hand</c><00:34:57.079><c> of</c><00:34:57.239><c> his</c><00:34:57.360><c> prophet.</c>

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:00.420
And<00:34:58.739><c> so</c><00:34:58.860><c> we</c><00:34:59.019><c> must</c><00:34:59.219><c> choose,</c><00:34:59.739><c> brethren</c><00:34:59.920><c> and</c><00:35:00.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.219
we<00:35:00.679><c> must</c><00:35:00.960><c> choose.</c>

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:04.659
And<00:35:03.099><c> there</c><00:35:03.219><c> can</c><00:35:03.380><c> be</c><00:35:03.519><c> no</c><00:35:03.699><c> sitting</c><00:35:03.900><c> on</c><00:35:04.079><c> the</c><00:35:04.300><c> fence.</c>

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:08.000
Will<00:35:05.119><c> it</c><00:35:05.280><c> be</c><00:35:05.420><c> God</c><00:35:05.739><c> first</c><00:35:06.360><c> or</c><00:35:06.800><c> self</c><00:35:07.239><c> first?</c>

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:10.659
And<00:35:08.739><c> there</c><00:35:08.920><c> is</c><00:35:09.119><c> no</c><00:35:09.360><c> middle</c><00:35:09.599><c> position.</c>

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:15.679
And<00:35:13.139><c> if</c><00:35:13.239><c> we're</c><00:35:13.380><c> not</c><00:35:13.539><c> willing</c><00:35:13.739><c> to</c><00:35:13.940><c> put</c><00:35:14.099><c> God</c><00:35:14.400><c> first,</c>

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:18.079
then<00:35:15.820><c> as</c><00:35:16.019><c> the</c><00:35:16.260><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.579><c> God</c><00:35:16.780><c> of</c><00:35:16.940><c> Israel</c><00:35:17.480><c> liveth,</c>

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:20.940
there<00:35:18.699><c> shall</c><00:35:18.860><c> be</c><00:35:19.079><c> neither</c><00:35:19.380><c> dew</c><00:35:19.679><c> nor</c><00:35:19.960><c> rain</c><00:35:20.260><c> these</c><00:35:20.639><c> years,</c>

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:23.599
but<00:35:21.219><c> according</c><00:35:21.559><c> to</c><00:35:21.780><c> my</c><00:35:22.039><c> words,</c><00:35:22.480><c> says</c><00:35:22.579><c> Elijah.</c>

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:25.699
And<00:35:24.099><c> he</c><00:35:24.179><c> says</c><00:35:24.320><c> it</c><00:35:24.519><c> to</c><00:35:24.679><c> us.</c>

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.300
And<00:35:26.059><c> we</c><00:35:26.199><c> shall</c><00:35:26.360><c> die</c><00:35:26.619><c> in</c><00:35:26.780><c> the</c><00:35:26.960><c> wilderness</c>

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:29.079
in<00:35:27.559><c> that</c><00:35:27.980><c> drought</c><00:35:28.300><c>-stricken</c><00:35:28.699><c> area</c>

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:32.019
on<00:35:29.280><c> the</c><00:35:29.480><c> fringe</c><00:35:29.659><c> of</c><00:35:29.880><c> the</c><00:35:30.000><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:36.039
But<00:35:33.679><c> if</c><00:35:33.820><c> we</c><00:35:33.980><c> are</c><00:35:34.119><c> willing</c><00:35:34.320><c> to</c><00:35:34.519><c> put</c><00:35:34.760><c> first</c><00:35:35.019><c> things</c><00:35:35.320><c> first</c>

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:38.000
and<00:35:36.619><c> serve</c><00:35:37.019><c> the</c><00:35:37.260><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.480><c> our</c><00:35:37.760><c> God</c>

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.360
with<00:35:38.219><c> all</c><00:35:38.460><c> our</c><00:35:38.760><c> heart</c><00:35:39.099><c> and</c><00:35:39.460><c> soul</c><00:35:39.840><c> and</c><00:35:40.219><c> mind,</c>

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:43.920
then<00:35:42.360><c> we</c><00:35:42.579><c> have</c><00:35:42.719><c> his</c><00:35:42.980><c> gracious</c><00:35:43.380><c> promise</c>

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:46.820
that<00:35:44.179><c> the</c><00:35:44.460><c> barrel</c><00:35:44.739><c> of</c><00:35:44.980><c> meal</c><00:35:45.159><c> will</c><00:35:45.440><c> not</c><00:35:45.699><c> fail,</c>

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:49.380
nor<00:35:47.460><c> will</c><00:35:47.639><c> the</c><00:35:47.840><c> cruise</c><00:35:48.000><c> of</c><00:35:48.300><c> oil,</c>

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:51.900
until<00:35:50.139><c> the</c><00:35:50.320><c> day</c><00:35:50.480><c> of</c><00:35:50.659><c> even</c><00:35:50.920><c> greater</c><00:35:51.300><c> blessing,</c>

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:56.440
that<00:35:52.739><c> great</c><00:35:53.300><c> day</c><00:35:53.639><c> of</c><00:35:53.860><c> the</c><00:35:54.019><c> coming</c><00:35:54.179><c> of</c><00:35:54.400><c> his</c><00:35:54.519><c> Son</c><00:35:54.679><c> in</c><00:35:54.980><c> glory.</c>

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:03.500
There's<00:36:01.260><c> just</c><00:36:01.719><c> one</c><00:36:01.940><c> other</c><00:36:02.260><c> aspect</c><00:36:02.800><c> of</c><00:36:03.039><c> this</c><00:36:03.280><c> matter</c>

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:05.980
that<00:36:03.659><c> I'd</c><00:36:04.000><c> like</c><00:36:04.159><c> to</c><00:36:04.360><c> draw</c><00:36:04.480><c> to</c><00:36:04.639><c> your</c><00:36:04.840><c> attention</c><00:36:05.280><c> this</c><00:36:05.619><c> morning,</c>

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:08.619
this<00:36:06.300><c> matter</c><00:36:06.559><c> of</c><00:36:06.760><c> the</c><00:36:06.900><c> widow</c><00:36:07.139><c> of</c><00:36:07.460><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:12.579
We<00:36:10.360><c> might</c><00:36:10.900><c> tend</c><00:36:11.260><c> to</c><00:36:11.579><c> gain</c><00:36:11.820><c> the</c><00:36:12.079><c> impression</c>

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:14.719
at<00:36:12.780><c> a</c><00:36:12.960><c> first</c><00:36:13.260><c> reading</c><00:36:13.659><c> of</c><00:36:13.920><c> this</c><00:36:14.179><c> chapter</c>

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:17.139
that<00:36:15.619><c> the</c><00:36:15.880><c> widow</c><00:36:16.159><c>-woman</c><00:36:16.440><c> was</c><00:36:16.760><c> there</c>

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:19.139
solely<00:36:17.500><c> for</c><00:36:17.860><c> Elijah's</c><00:36:18.639><c> benefit.</c>

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:22.840
For<00:36:20.340><c> behold,</c><00:36:20.840><c> I</c><00:36:21.019><c> have</c><00:36:21.320><c> commanded</c><00:36:21.840><c> a</c><00:36:22.079><c> widow</c><00:36:22.300><c>-woman</c><00:36:22.559><c> there</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.840
to<00:36:23.099><c> sustain</c><00:36:23.619><c> thee.</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.880
True.

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:30.760
But<00:36:27.119><c> Elijah</c><00:36:27.760><c> was</c><00:36:28.079><c> also</c><00:36:28.599><c> there</c><00:36:29.039><c> for</c><00:36:29.300><c> her</c><00:36:29.679><c> benefit.</c>

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:34.280
Will<00:36:30.920><c> you</c><00:36:31.059><c> just</c><00:36:31.219><c> come</c><00:36:31.400><c> for</c><00:36:31.579><c> a</c><00:36:31.739><c> moment</c><00:36:31.960><c> to</c><00:36:32.179><c> Luke</c><00:36:32.360><c> chapter</c><00:36:32.719><c> 4?</c>

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:40.360
Gospel<00:36:35.760><c> of</c><00:36:35.960><c> Luke</c><00:36:36.219><c> and</c><00:36:36.440><c> chapter</c><00:36:36.760><c> 4,</c>

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:45.920
that<00:36:44.480><c> wonderful</c><00:36:45.199><c> incident</c>

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:50.260
when<00:36:47.019><c> the</c><00:36:47.199><c> Lord</c><00:36:47.440><c> Jesus</c><00:36:47.860><c> read</c><00:36:48.099><c> from</c><00:36:48.320><c> the</c><00:36:48.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:49.079><c> scroll</c>

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:54.860
and<00:36:51.219><c> then</c><00:36:51.400><c> he</c><00:36:51.760><c> castigated</c><00:36:52.400><c> the</c><00:36:52.599><c> people</c><00:36:52.800><c> for</c><00:36:53.000><c> their</c><00:36:53.260><c> unbelief.</c>

00:36:55.619 --> 00:37:01.440
And<00:36:55.800><c> we</c><00:36:56.099><c> pick</c><00:36:56.300><c> up</c><00:36:56.559><c> the</c><00:36:57.000><c> context</c><00:36:57.679><c> in</c><00:36:58.099><c> verse</c><00:36:59.380><c> 24.</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.380
Jesus<00:37:04.019><c> said,</c>

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.019
Verily<00:37:04.900><c> I</c><00:37:05.099><c> say</c><00:37:05.360><c> unto</c><00:37:05.619><c> you,</c>

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:09.019
No<00:37:06.420><c> prophet</c><00:37:06.760><c> is</c><00:37:07.139><c> accepted</c><00:37:07.500><c> in</c><00:37:07.679><c> his</c><00:37:07.980><c> own</c><00:37:08.300><c> country.</c>

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:11.360
But<00:37:09.920><c> I</c><00:37:10.280><c> tell</c><00:37:10.400><c> you</c><00:37:10.599><c> of</c><00:37:10.719><c> a</c><00:37:10.980><c> truth,</c>

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:14.800
many<00:37:12.059><c> widows</c><00:37:12.579><c> were</c><00:37:12.800><c> in</c><00:37:12.920><c> Israel</c><00:37:13.440><c> in</c><00:37:13.639><c> the</c><00:37:13.820><c> days</c><00:37:14.000><c> of</c><00:37:14.300><c> Elijah</c>

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:18.019
when<00:37:15.440><c> the</c><00:37:15.639><c> heaven</c><00:37:15.840><c> was</c><00:37:16.139><c> shut</c><00:37:16.340><c> up</c><00:37:16.599><c> three</c><00:37:16.900><c> years</c><00:37:17.199><c> and</c><00:37:17.420><c> six</c><00:37:17.619><c> months,</c>

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:21.019
when<00:37:18.380><c> great</c><00:37:18.760><c> famine</c><00:37:19.059><c> was</c><00:37:19.360><c> throughout</c><00:37:19.699><c> all</c><00:37:19.980><c> the</c><00:37:20.199><c> land.</c>

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:24.519
But<00:37:21.699><c> unto</c><00:37:22.119><c> none</c><00:37:22.380><c> of</c><00:37:22.800><c> them</c><00:37:23.199><c> was</c><00:37:23.519><c> Elijah</c><00:37:24.099><c> sent,</c>

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:28.300
save<00:37:24.940><c> unto</c><00:37:25.420><c> Sarepta,</c><00:37:26.679><c> a</c><00:37:26.920><c> city</c><00:37:27.159><c> of</c><00:37:27.440><c> Zidon,</c>

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:31.539
unto<00:37:28.860><c> a</c><00:37:29.139><c> woman</c><00:37:29.659><c> that</c><00:37:30.159><c> was</c><00:37:30.440><c> a</c><00:37:30.619><c> widow.</c>

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:35.920
And<00:37:32.420><c> Sarepta</c><00:37:32.880><c> is</c><00:37:33.119><c> the</c><00:37:33.300><c> Greek</c><00:37:33.579><c> form</c><00:37:34.019><c> of</c><00:37:34.260><c> the</c><00:37:34.440><c> Hebrew</c><00:37:34.880><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.920
It<00:37:36.039><c> is</c><00:37:36.280><c> the</c><00:37:36.500><c> same</c><00:37:36.820><c> place.</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:41.159
So<00:37:39.400><c> those</c><00:37:39.760><c> verses</c><00:37:40.199><c> are</c><00:37:40.559><c> telling</c><00:37:40.800><c> us</c>

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:43.099
that<00:37:41.280><c> it</c><00:37:41.420><c> was</c><00:37:41.579><c> not</c><00:37:41.780><c> for</c><00:37:41.940><c> the</c><00:37:42.039><c> salvation</c><00:37:42.480><c> of</c><00:37:42.699><c> Elijah</c>

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:44.780
that<00:37:43.300><c> he</c><00:37:43.400><c> went</c><00:37:43.679><c> to</c><00:37:43.920><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.900
when<00:37:45.139><c> he</c><00:37:45.260><c> made</c><00:37:45.480><c> that</c><00:37:45.760><c> journey</c><00:37:46.039><c> from</c><00:37:46.260><c> the</c><00:37:46.380><c> brook</c><00:37:46.639><c> Kereth</c>

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:49.460
right<00:37:47.219><c> across</c><00:37:47.679><c> to</c><00:37:48.039><c> the</c><00:37:48.179><c> Mediterranean</c><00:37:48.760><c> coast.</c>

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:53.139
It<00:37:49.960><c> was</c><00:37:50.199><c> to</c><00:37:50.579><c> save</c><00:37:51.119><c> a</c><00:37:51.579><c> widow</c><00:37:51.920><c> woman,</c>

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:56.519
the<00:37:54.559><c> one</c><00:37:54.739><c> in</c><00:37:54.920><c> a</c><00:37:55.079><c> thousand</c><00:37:55.599><c> who</c><00:37:55.780><c> would</c><00:37:56.000><c> respond</c>

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:59.199
to<00:37:56.699><c> the</c><00:37:56.880><c> gracious</c><00:37:57.219><c> message</c><00:37:57.719><c> of</c><00:37:57.980><c> salvation.</c>

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.400
Because<00:38:00.440><c> you</c><00:38:00.579><c> see,</c><00:38:00.880><c> brethren</c><00:38:01.059><c> and</c><00:38:01.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:04.179
God<00:38:01.800><c> could</c><00:38:02.059><c> have</c><00:38:02.300><c> continued</c><00:38:02.780><c> to</c><00:38:03.019><c> feed</c><00:38:03.159><c> Elijah</c><00:38:03.559><c> by</c><00:38:03.840><c> the</c><00:38:04.019><c> brook</c>

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:06.679
even<00:38:04.440><c> after</c><00:38:04.760><c> it</c><00:38:04.920><c> had</c><00:38:05.099><c> dried</c><00:38:05.280><c> up,</c><00:38:05.579><c> couldn't</c><00:38:05.800><c> he?</c>

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:09.659
If<00:38:07.239><c> a</c><00:38:07.500><c> rock</c><00:38:07.780><c> could</c><00:38:08.079><c> be</c><00:38:08.460><c> tapped</c><00:38:08.719><c> in</c><00:38:08.940><c> the</c><00:38:09.139><c> wilderness</c>

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:12.579
to<00:38:10.340><c> provide</c><00:38:10.679><c> water</c><00:38:10.980><c> for</c><00:38:11.179><c> two</c><00:38:11.320><c> and</c><00:38:11.480><c> a</c><00:38:11.519><c> half</c><00:38:11.659><c> million</c><00:38:12.019><c> people,</c>

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:16.599
surely<00:38:13.300><c> God</c><00:38:13.599><c> could</c><00:38:13.920><c> easily</c><00:38:14.480><c> have</c><00:38:15.019><c> dealt</c><00:38:15.260><c> with</c><00:38:15.480><c> Elijah's</c><00:38:16.039><c> problems</c>

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:20.420
by<00:38:17.019><c> the</c><00:38:17.179><c> brook</c><00:38:17.440><c> Kereth</c><00:38:17.800><c> long</c><00:38:18.239><c> after</c><00:38:18.639><c> it</c><00:38:18.820><c> had</c><00:38:19.059><c> dried</c><00:38:19.219><c> up.</c>

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:23.219
But<00:38:21.000><c> you</c><00:38:21.119><c> see,</c><00:38:21.300><c> there</c><00:38:21.300><c> was</c><00:38:21.440><c> more</c><00:38:21.699><c> to</c><00:38:21.820><c> it</c><00:38:21.920><c> than</c><00:38:22.099><c> that.</c>

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:26.219
Elijah's<00:38:23.920><c> journey</c><00:38:24.199><c> was</c><00:38:24.400><c> to</c><00:38:24.619><c> save</c><00:38:24.800><c> a</c><00:38:25.019><c> widow</c><00:38:25.239><c> woman.</c>

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.980
And<00:38:26.639><c> he</c><00:38:26.719><c> was</c><00:38:26.940><c> going</c><00:38:27.139><c> to</c><00:38:27.400><c> have</c><00:38:27.699><c> taught</c><00:38:28.079><c> to</c><00:38:28.440><c> him</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:33.360
that<00:38:29.460><c> he</c><00:38:29.659><c> would</c><00:38:29.980><c> indeed</c><00:38:30.659><c> save</c><00:38:31.139><c> Israel</c><00:38:31.920><c> eventually</c>

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:35.579
and<00:38:34.059><c> bring</c><00:38:34.360><c> them</c><00:38:34.599><c> back</c><00:38:34.880><c> to</c><00:38:35.139><c> God.</c>

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:38.739
And<00:38:36.340><c> this</c><00:38:36.559><c> was</c><00:38:36.739><c> to</c><00:38:36.920><c> be</c><00:38:37.159><c> prefigured</c><00:38:37.840><c> in</c><00:38:38.159><c> miniature</c>

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:41.659
in<00:38:39.420><c> this</c><00:38:39.800><c> outcast</c><00:38:40.800><c> widow</c><00:38:41.199><c> woman</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:45.480
who<00:38:42.139><c> was</c><00:38:42.519><c> struggling</c><00:38:43.019><c> to</c><00:38:44.400><c> make</c><00:38:44.820><c> ends</c><00:38:45.119><c> meet</c>

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.460
and<00:38:45.739><c> to</c><00:38:46.039><c> survive</c><00:38:46.340><c> the</c><00:38:46.639><c> drought.</c>

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:52.239
It<00:38:48.639><c> also</c><00:38:49.179><c> prefigured</c><00:38:49.719><c> the</c><00:38:49.980><c> extension</c><00:38:50.280><c> of</c><00:38:50.460><c> the</c><00:38:50.559><c> Gospel</c><00:38:50.860><c> to</c><00:38:51.059><c> the</c><00:38:51.219><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:55.380
Because<00:38:52.960><c> if</c><00:38:53.119><c> the</c><00:38:53.300><c> ten</c><00:38:53.440><c> tribes</c><00:38:53.840><c> will</c><00:38:54.079><c> not</c><00:38:54.280><c> respond</c><00:38:54.739><c> to</c><00:38:54.980><c> me</c>

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:57.719
and<00:38:55.820><c> prefer</c><00:38:56.099><c> to</c><00:38:56.320><c> walk</c><00:38:56.440><c> in</c><00:38:56.579><c> the</c><00:38:56.719><c> ways</c><00:38:56.860><c> of</c><00:38:57.139><c> idolatry,</c>

00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:01.440
then<00:38:58.119><c> let</c><00:38:58.519><c> the</c><00:38:58.860><c> crumbs</c><00:38:59.460><c> fall</c><00:39:00.159><c> from</c><00:39:00.340><c> the</c><00:39:00.579><c> children's</c><00:39:01.139><c> table</c>

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:03.519
and<00:39:01.639><c> let</c><00:39:01.860><c> the</c><00:39:02.079><c> dogs</c><00:39:02.320><c> eat</c><00:39:02.539><c> of</c><00:39:02.719><c> it.</c>

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:07.719
And<00:39:04.420><c> that</c><00:39:04.639><c> is</c><00:39:04.860><c> another</c><00:39:05.119><c> story</c><00:39:05.659><c> which</c><00:39:05.940><c> we</c><00:39:06.099><c> will</c><00:39:06.199><c> not</c><00:39:06.400><c> now</c><00:39:06.639><c> pursue.</c>

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:10.940
But<00:39:09.519><c> there</c><00:39:09.940><c> is</c><00:39:10.119><c> the</c><00:39:10.320><c> main</c><00:39:10.480><c> incident</c>

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:12.920
which<00:39:11.179><c> we</c><00:39:11.360><c> were</c><00:39:11.519><c> going</c><00:39:11.659><c> to</c><00:39:11.980><c> consider</c><00:39:12.159><c> this</c><00:39:12.440><c> morning.</c>

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.599
And<00:39:13.579><c> I'm</c><00:39:13.719><c> sure</c><00:39:13.860><c> you'll</c><00:39:14.119><c> agree</c><00:39:14.480><c> that</c>

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:20.039
in<00:39:16.260><c> these</c><00:39:16.539><c> two</c><00:39:18.119><c> simple</c><00:39:19.260><c> incidents</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:25.219
which<00:39:20.699><c> we've</c><00:39:21.579><c> been</c><00:39:21.760><c> looking</c><00:39:22.039><c> at</c><00:39:22.500><c> in</c><00:39:22.920><c> 1</c><00:39:23.179><c> Kings</c><00:39:23.619><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.099><c> 17,</c>

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:29.219
there<00:39:26.860><c> has</c><00:39:27.039><c> been</c><00:39:27.199><c> much</c><00:39:27.460><c> for</c><00:39:27.739><c> our</c><00:39:28.039><c> contemplation</c>

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:32.400
and<00:39:30.079><c> much</c><00:39:30.320><c> for</c><00:39:30.599><c> our</c><00:39:30.920><c> exhortation.</c>

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:35.699
And<00:39:33.800><c> I'm</c><00:39:33.940><c> not</c><00:39:34.099><c> going</c><00:39:34.260><c> to</c><00:39:34.440><c> go</c><00:39:34.559><c> any</c><00:39:34.780><c> further</c><00:39:35.019><c> in</c><00:39:35.179><c> the</c><00:39:35.380><c> record</c>

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:37.079
this<00:39:36.039><c> morning.</c>

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:41.659
But<00:39:37.900><c> just</c><00:39:38.539><c> before</c><00:39:39.159><c> we</c><00:39:40.179><c> conclude</c><00:39:40.519><c> this</c><00:39:40.840><c> session,</c>

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:44.360
your<00:39:42.619><c> homework</c><00:39:43.019><c> for</c><00:39:43.300><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.159
Just<00:39:45.000><c> so</c><00:39:45.139><c> that</c><00:39:45.260><c> you</c><00:39:45.320><c> can</c><00:39:45.519><c> think</c><00:39:45.739><c> about</c><00:39:46.079><c> it</c><00:39:46.320><c> please.</c>

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:50.539
We'll<00:39:48.719><c> just</c><00:39:48.920><c> briefly</c><00:39:49.340><c> touch</c><00:39:49.619><c> on</c><00:39:49.860><c> this</c><00:39:50.119><c> tragedy</c>

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:54.420
which<00:39:50.780><c> was</c><00:39:51.000><c> now</c><00:39:51.179><c> going</c><00:39:51.400><c> to</c><00:39:51.639><c> smite</c><00:39:51.960><c> the</c><00:39:52.880><c> woman's</c><00:39:53.480><c> home.</c>

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:57.179
I<00:39:55.179><c> want</c><00:39:55.320><c> you</c><00:39:55.460><c> to</c><00:39:55.599><c> think</c><00:39:55.719><c> it</c><00:39:55.920><c> over</c><00:39:56.099><c> before</c><00:39:56.380><c> the</c><00:39:56.539><c> next</c><00:39:56.820><c> session.</c>

00:39:57.179 --> 00:40:01.119
What<00:39:58.320><c> was</c><00:39:58.659><c> this</c><00:39:59.159><c> for,</c><00:39:59.579><c> this</c><00:40:00.039><c> grievous</c><00:40:00.619><c> burden</c>

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:05.420
upon<00:40:01.519><c> this</c><00:40:01.880><c> poor</c><00:40:02.900><c> woman</c><00:40:03.619><c> of</c><00:40:04.039><c> Zarephath?</c>

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:09.380
It<00:40:06.280><c> would</c><00:40:06.659><c> seem</c><00:40:07.099><c> that</c><00:40:07.480><c> the</c><00:40:07.940><c> prophet</c><00:40:08.320><c> lived</c><00:40:08.659><c> with</c><00:40:08.860><c> this</c><00:40:09.119><c> widow</c>

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:11.539
and<00:40:09.639><c> her</c><00:40:09.900><c> son</c><00:40:10.179><c> during</c><00:40:10.500><c> the</c><00:40:10.760><c> period</c>

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:15.239
in<00:40:12.760><c> which</c><00:40:13.019><c> God</c><00:40:13.320><c> miraculously</c><00:40:14.079><c> made</c><00:40:14.400><c> provision</c><00:40:14.800><c> for</c><00:40:14.980><c> their</c>

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.880
daily<00:40:15.619><c> needs.</c>

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:21.019
But<00:40:17.679><c> then</c><00:40:17.980><c> in</c><00:40:18.159><c> the</c><00:40:18.260><c> verse</c><00:40:18.500><c> which</c><00:40:18.860><c> follows,</c><00:40:19.360><c> verse</c><00:40:19.599><c> 17,</c>

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:24.420
it<00:40:21.639><c> came</c><00:40:21.940><c> to</c><00:40:22.219><c> pass</c><00:40:22.559><c> after</c><00:40:23.199><c> these</c><00:40:23.659><c> things</c>

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:27.519
that<00:40:25.300><c> the</c><00:40:25.500><c> son</c><00:40:25.739><c> of</c><00:40:25.940><c> the</c><00:40:26.079><c> woman,</c><00:40:26.400><c> the</c><00:40:26.539><c> mistress</c><00:40:26.840><c> of</c><00:40:27.059><c> the</c><00:40:27.219><c> house,</c>

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.679
fell<00:40:27.940><c> sick</c>

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:31.420
and<00:40:29.260><c> his</c><00:40:29.480><c> sickness</c><00:40:29.840><c> was</c><00:40:30.320><c> so</c><00:40:30.860><c> sore</c>

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:34.860
that<00:40:32.280><c> there</c><00:40:32.440><c> was</c><00:40:32.599><c> no</c><00:40:32.880><c> breath</c><00:40:33.219><c> left</c><00:40:33.579><c> in</c><00:40:33.780><c> him.</c>

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:38.360
So<00:40:35.739><c> here's</c><00:40:36.019><c> the</c><00:40:36.219><c> tragedy</c><00:40:36.599><c> in</c><00:40:36.800><c> this</c><00:40:36.920><c> little</c><00:40:37.179><c> home.</c>

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:43.699
The<00:40:39.260><c> widow,</c><00:40:40.579><c> her</c><00:40:40.739><c> dead</c><00:40:41.019><c> son,</c><00:40:42.300><c> the</c><00:40:42.400><c> prophet</c><00:40:42.579><c> Elijah,</c>

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:47.239
a<00:40:44.780><c> handful</c><00:40:45.039><c> of</c><00:40:45.320><c> meal</c><00:40:45.599><c> and</c><00:40:45.760><c> a</c><00:40:45.940><c> little</c><00:40:46.099><c> oil.</c>

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:50.519
And<00:40:48.699><c> out</c><00:40:48.820><c> of</c><00:40:48.940><c> that</c><00:40:49.139><c> situation</c><00:40:49.719><c> we</c><00:40:49.960><c> shall</c><00:40:50.099><c> discover</c>

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:52.860
that<00:40:50.719><c> the</c><00:40:50.880><c> Lord</c><00:40:51.059><c> has</c><00:40:51.300><c> a</c><00:40:51.480><c> lesson</c><00:40:51.840><c> to</c><00:40:52.119><c> teach</c><00:40:52.340><c> this</c><00:40:52.639><c> woman.</c>

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:57.039
He<00:40:53.179><c> requires</c><00:40:54.099><c> the</c><00:40:54.500><c> prophet</c><00:40:54.780><c> to</c><00:40:55.239><c> plead</c><00:40:55.500><c> her</c><00:40:55.860><c> salvation.</c>

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.659
And<00:40:58.539><c> I</c><00:40:58.619><c> think</c><00:40:58.719><c> you'll</c><00:40:59.000><c> wonder</c><00:40:59.300><c> at</c><00:40:59.500><c> the</c><00:40:59.639><c> way</c><00:40:59.780><c> it</c><00:40:59.900><c> is</c><00:41:00.139><c> done</c>

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:03.320
and<00:41:01.099><c> the</c><00:41:01.239><c> way</c><00:41:01.380><c> in</c><00:41:01.519><c> which</c><00:41:01.659><c> she</c><00:41:01.920><c> responds.</c>

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:09.280
But<00:41:04.900><c> that</c><00:41:05.619><c> is</c><00:41:06.719><c> for</c><00:41:06.940><c> tomorrow,</c><00:41:08.179><c> God</c><00:41:08.380><c> willing.</c>

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:17.099
Now,<00:41:14.320><c> brethren</c><00:41:14.519><c> and</c><00:41:14.800><c> sisters,</c><00:41:15.920><c> as</c><00:41:16.139><c> we</c><00:41:16.340><c> have</c><00:41:16.500><c> a</c><00:41:16.639><c> few</c><00:41:16.760><c> minutes</c>

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.480
in<00:41:17.420><c> hand</c>

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:22.159
to<00:41:19.500><c> bring</c><00:41:19.739><c> this</c><00:41:20.119><c> first</c><00:41:20.500><c> session</c><00:41:20.900><c> to</c><00:41:21.219><c> a</c><00:41:21.300><c> close</c><00:41:21.539><c> this</c><00:41:21.820><c> morning</c>

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:25.340
I<00:41:22.320><c> would</c><00:41:22.519><c> like</c><00:41:22.880><c> us</c><00:41:23.179><c> to</c><00:41:23.340><c> sing</c><00:41:23.559><c> a</c><00:41:23.719><c> hymn</c><00:41:23.960><c> together.</c>

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:30.659
Hymn<00:41:27.599><c> 108,</c><00:41:28.800><c> and</c><00:41:28.800><c> then</c><00:41:29.019><c> if</c><00:41:29.119><c> you'll</c><00:41:29.340><c> just</c><00:41:29.679><c> remain</c><00:41:30.119><c> standing</c>

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:35.179
we'll<00:41:31.239><c> have</c><00:41:31.420><c> a</c><00:41:31.599><c> very</c><00:41:32.260><c> brief</c><00:41:32.659><c> word</c><00:41:32.920><c> of</c><00:41:33.239><c> prayer</c><00:41:33.440><c> to</c><00:41:33.699><c> conclude.</c>

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:47.139
Hymn<00:41:42.960><c> 108,</c><00:41:45.659><c> which</c><00:41:46.039><c> relates</c><00:41:46.460><c> to</c><00:41:46.719><c> the</c><00:41:46.860><c> things</c>

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:49.719
that<00:41:47.360><c> we</c><00:41:47.559><c> have</c><00:41:47.719><c> been</c><00:41:48.000><c> discussing</c><00:41:48.440><c> together</c><00:41:48.900><c> this</c><00:41:49.199><c> morning.</c>

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:56.780
O<00:41:51.099><c> God</c><00:41:51.500><c> of</c><00:41:51.760><c> Bethel,</c><00:41:52.980><c> by</c><00:41:53.320><c> whose</c><00:41:53.599><c> hand</c><00:41:54.239><c> thy</c><00:41:54.559><c> people</c><00:41:54.980><c> still</c><00:41:55.400><c> are</c><00:41:55.760><c> fed,</c>

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:59.000
who<00:41:57.119><c> through</c><00:41:57.360><c> this</c><00:41:57.739><c> weary</c><00:41:58.139><c> pilgrimage</c>

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.340
hast<00:41:59.619><c> all</c><00:42:00.199><c> the</c><00:42:00.519><c> fathers</c><00:42:00.920><c> led.</c>

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:03.380
Hymn<00:42:02.300><c> 108.</c>

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:37.599
O<00:42:23.199><c> God</c><00:42:24.599><c> of</c><00:42:25.579><c> Bethel,</c><00:42:26.820><c> by</c><00:42:28.659><c> whose</c><00:42:29.480><c> hand</c><00:42:30.579><c> thy</c><00:42:31.940><c> people</c><00:42:33.659><c> still</c><00:42:35.119><c> are</c><00:42:36.400><c> fed,</c>

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:45.679
who<00:42:38.980><c> through</c><00:42:40.139><c> this</c><00:42:41.039><c> weary</c><00:42:42.920><c> pilgrimage</c>

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:53.179
hast<00:42:47.300><c> all</c><00:42:48.679><c> the</c><00:42:49.760><c> fathers</c><00:42:51.679><c> led.</c>

00:42:54.679 --> 00:43:10.420
O<00:42:55.380><c> God</c><00:42:56.900><c> of</c><00:42:57.760><c> Bethel,</c><00:42:58.960><c> by</c><00:43:02.420><c> whose</c><00:43:02.420><c> hand</c><00:43:02.440><c> thy</c><00:43:05.460><c> people</c><00:43:08.340><c> still</c><00:43:09.400><c> are</c><00:43:09.400><c> fed,</c>

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:13.300
who<00:43:12.360><c> through</c><00:43:13.300><c> this</c><00:43:13.300><c> weary</c><00:43:13.300><c> pilgrimage</c>

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:18.159
hast<00:43:13.300><c> all</c><00:43:13.300><c> the</c><00:43:13.300><c> fathers</c><00:43:15.920><c> led.</c>

00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:44.559
O<00:43:19.440><c> God</c><00:43:19.440><c> of</c><00:43:20.940><c> Bethel,</c><00:43:37.239><c> by</c><00:43:37.260><c> whose</c><00:43:37.900><c> hand</c><00:43:37.920><c> thy</c><00:43:38.099><c> people</c><00:43:42.199><c> still</c><00:43:42.699><c> are</c><00:43:44.420><c> fed,</c>

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:46.579
who<00:43:46.579><c> through</c><00:43:46.579><c> this</c><00:43:46.579><c> weary</c><00:43:46.579><c> pilgrimage</c>

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hast<00:43:46.579><c> all</c><00:43:46.579><c> the</c><00:43:46.579><c> fathers</c><00:43:48.139><c> led.</c>

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O<00:44:04.059><c> God</c><00:44:05.460><c> of</c><00:44:05.460><c> Bethel,</c><00:44:05.460><c> by</c><00:44:05.460><c> whose</c><00:44:05.460><c> hand</c><00:44:05.460><c> thy</c><00:44:05.559><c> people</c><00:44:07.699><c> still</c><00:44:11.619><c> are</c><00:44:11.619><c> fed,</c>

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who<00:44:18.119><c> through</c><00:44:18.119><c> this</c><00:44:18.119><c> weary</c><00:44:18.119><c> pilgrimage</c>

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hath<00:44:18.119><c> all</c><00:44:22.719><c> the</c><00:44:22.719><c> fathers</c><00:44:25.119><c> led.</c>

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Holy<00:44:31.340><c> and</c><00:44:42.579><c> righteous</c><00:44:43.000><c> Heavenly</c><00:44:43.480><c> Father,</c>

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:49.719
we<00:44:45.860><c> have</c><00:44:46.159><c> thought</c><00:44:46.440><c> on</c><00:44:47.380><c> the</c><00:44:47.699><c> work</c><00:44:47.920><c> of</c><00:44:48.139><c> thy</c><00:44:48.320><c> servant</c><00:44:48.639><c> Elijah,</c>

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his<00:44:51.019><c> faithful</c><00:44:51.380><c> obedience,</c><00:44:53.119><c> his</c><00:44:53.260><c> unquestioning</c><00:44:54.099><c> acceptance</c>

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of<00:44:54.920><c> thy</c><00:44:55.159><c> will</c><00:44:55.480><c> for</c><00:44:55.820><c> him.</c>

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Help<00:44:57.900><c> us</c><00:44:58.119><c> to</c><00:44:58.239><c> be</c><00:44:58.400><c> like</c><00:44:58.619><c> him.</c>

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:03.260
We<00:45:00.880><c> have</c><00:45:01.019><c> thought</c><00:45:01.159><c> on</c><00:45:01.360><c> the</c><00:45:01.500><c> widow</c><00:45:01.699><c> of</c><00:45:01.980><c> Zarephath</c>

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and<00:45:03.960><c> her</c><00:45:04.159><c> willingness</c><00:45:04.619><c> to</c><00:45:05.139><c> give</c><00:45:05.300><c> of</c><00:45:05.440><c> her</c><00:45:05.739><c> substance</c><00:45:06.239><c> sacrificially,</c>

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:12.019
even<00:45:09.460><c> though</c><00:45:09.679><c> she</c><00:45:09.940><c> faced</c><00:45:10.280><c> death</c><00:45:10.639><c> in</c><00:45:10.860><c> the</c><00:45:11.059><c> prospect.</c>

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:16.019
We<00:45:13.340><c> thank</c><00:45:13.599><c> thee</c><00:45:13.719><c> for</c><00:45:13.780><c> that</c><00:45:14.039><c> message</c><00:45:14.380><c> of</c><00:45:14.639><c> hope</c><00:45:15.019><c> and</c><00:45:15.300><c> life.</c>

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Fear<00:45:16.739><c> not,</c><00:45:17.079><c> for</c><00:45:17.239><c> I</c><00:45:17.440><c> am</c><00:45:17.579><c> with</c><00:45:17.840><c> thee,</c><00:45:18.119><c> saith</c><00:45:18.300><c> the</c><00:45:18.559><c> Lord,</c><00:45:18.760><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:45:19.360><c> thee.</c>

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We<00:45:21.719><c> thank</c><00:45:21.920><c> thee</c><00:45:22.159><c> and</c><00:45:22.320><c> marvel</c><00:45:22.599><c> at</c><00:45:22.800><c> the</c><00:45:22.940><c> way</c><00:45:23.199><c> in</c><00:45:23.380><c> which</c>

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:28.639
that<00:45:24.920><c> saying</c><00:45:25.199><c> was</c><00:45:25.500><c> fulfilled</c><00:45:25.960><c> in</c><00:45:26.139><c> the</c><00:45:26.280><c> life</c><00:45:26.480><c> of</c><00:45:26.679><c> this</c><00:45:26.840><c> widow</c><00:45:27.099><c> woman.</c>

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:33.300
Wilt<00:45:29.840><c> thou</c><00:45:30.039><c> help</c><00:45:30.280><c> us</c><00:45:30.539><c> to</c><00:45:30.780><c> make</c><00:45:31.000><c> thee</c><00:45:31.239><c> a</c><00:45:31.360><c> little</c><00:45:31.659><c> cake</c><00:45:32.000><c> first,</c>

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:37.739
and<00:45:34.320><c> to</c><00:45:34.519><c> bring</c><00:45:34.619><c> it</c><00:45:34.780><c> unto</c><00:45:35.000><c> thee,</c><00:45:35.920><c> and</c><00:45:36.139><c> to</c><00:45:36.320><c> give</c><00:45:36.460><c> thee</c><00:45:36.639><c> of</c><00:45:36.780><c> the</c><00:45:37.019><c> best</c>

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:41.300
of<00:45:38.559><c> our</c><00:45:38.800><c> life,</c><00:45:39.679><c> our</c><00:45:40.000><c> time,</c><00:45:40.420><c> and</c><00:45:40.579><c> our</c><00:45:40.780><c> money,</c>

00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:44.679
and<00:45:42.000><c> above</c><00:45:42.199><c> all,</c><00:45:43.340><c> of</c><00:45:43.559><c> our</c><00:45:43.780><c> love?</c>

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:50.159
We<00:45:46.199><c> thank</c><00:45:46.440><c> thee</c><00:45:46.599><c> for</c><00:45:46.780><c> thy</c><00:45:47.059><c> son,</c><00:45:48.099><c> who</c><00:45:48.199><c> made</c><00:45:48.420><c> all</c><00:45:48.659><c> this</c><00:45:48.860><c> possible,</c>

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:54.559
and<00:45:50.960><c> we</c><00:45:51.219><c> seek</c><00:45:51.460><c> that</c><00:45:52.019><c> thou</c><00:45:52.199><c> would</c><00:45:52.320><c> help</c><00:45:52.519><c> us</c><00:45:52.739><c> to</c><00:45:52.980><c> remember</c><00:45:53.239><c> these</c><00:45:53.539><c> lessons</c>

00:45:54.690 --> 00:45:57.659
and<00:45:54.960><c> carry</c><00:45:55.260><c> them</c><00:45:55.460><c> with</c><00:45:55.699><c> us</c><00:45:55.960><c> day</c><00:45:56.239><c> by</c><00:45:56.519><c> day,</c>

00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:02.019
until<00:45:58.099><c> thy</c><00:45:58.420><c> son</c><00:45:58.619><c> shall</c><00:45:58.860><c> come</c><00:45:59.119><c> in</c><00:45:59.400><c> glory,</c><00:46:00.420><c> and</c><00:46:00.659><c> break</c><00:46:00.880><c> the</c><00:46:01.119><c> drought,</c>

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:04.760
and<00:46:02.619><c> bring</c><00:46:03.079><c> showers</c><00:46:03.539><c> to</c><00:46:03.880><c> water</c><00:46:04.099><c> the</c><00:46:04.360><c> earth,</c>

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:10.440
and<00:46:05.920><c> thy</c><00:46:06.099><c> glory</c><00:46:06.900><c> shall</c><00:46:07.579><c> cover</c><00:46:07.840><c> the</c><00:46:08.039><c> earth</c><00:46:08.179><c> as</c><00:46:08.360><c> the</c><00:46:08.519><c> waters</c><00:46:08.820><c> cover</c><00:46:09.099><c> the</c><00:46:09.420><c> sea.</c>

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Hear<00:46:11.280><c> us,</c><00:46:11.639><c> O</c><00:46:11.760><c> Lord,</c><00:46:13.079><c> hear</c><00:46:13.280><c> us,</c><00:46:14.559><c> for</c><00:46:14.820><c> Christ's</c><00:46:15.400><c> sake.</c><00:46:16.960><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.