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about

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The<00:26:40.750><c> survey</c><00:26:41.089><c> was</c><00:26:41.329><c> over</c><00:26:41.609><c> 150</c><00:26:42.210><c>,000</c><00:26:42.710><c> people</c><00:26:43.170><c> in</c><00:26:43.410><c> 140</c><00:26:44.049><c> countries</c>

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and<00:26:45.549><c> what</c><00:26:45.710><c> did</c><00:26:45.789><c> they</c><00:26:46.029><c> find</c><00:26:46.309><c> out?</c>

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25<00:26:48.349><c>%</c><00:26:48.690><c> of</c><00:26:48.950><c> people</c><00:26:49.230><c> worldwide</c><00:26:49.710><c> are</c><00:26:50.029><c> angry</c>

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It's<00:26:54.829><c> worse</c><00:26:55.210><c> on</c><00:26:55.849><c> a</c><00:26:56.029><c> daily</c><00:26:56.269><c> basis</c><00:26:56.750><c> 33</c><00:26:57.309><c>%</c><00:26:57.630><c> are</c><00:26:57.849><c> angry</c><00:26:58.150><c> 50</c><00:26:58.690><c>%</c><00:26:59.170><c> are</c><00:26:59.589><c> stressed</c>

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Anxiety<00:27:01.769><c> and</c><00:27:02.009><c> depression</c><00:27:02.509><c> and</c><00:27:03.049><c> PTSD</c><00:27:03.690><c> are</c><00:27:03.970><c> on</c><00:27:04.170><c> the</c><00:27:04.329><c> rise</c><00:27:04.589><c> and</c><00:27:04.769><c> I</c>

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dare<00:27:05.170><c> say</c>

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With<00:27:06.650><c> the</c><00:27:06.930><c> pandemic</c><00:27:07.490><c> these</c><00:27:07.789><c> statistics</c><00:27:08.329><c> are</c><00:27:08.569><c> going</c><00:27:08.710><c> to</c><00:27:08.809><c> get</c>

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worse<00:27:09.609><c> not</c><00:27:10.130><c> better</c>

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Based<00:27:11.730><c> on</c><00:27:12.069><c> the</c><00:27:12.329><c> anxiety</c><00:27:12.789><c> and</c><00:27:13.029><c> the</c><00:27:13.289><c> stress</c>

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Without<00:27:18.730><c> this</c><00:27:19.109><c> concept</c><00:27:19.670><c> of</c><00:27:20.369><c> of</c><00:27:20.829><c> God</c><00:27:21.089><c> working</c><00:27:21.470><c> in</c><00:27:21.670><c> your</c><00:27:21.890><c> life.</c>

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I<00:27:24.130><c> mean</c><00:27:24.349><c> we</c><00:27:24.789><c> we</c><00:27:25.130><c> what's</c><00:27:25.470><c> going</c><00:27:25.670><c> on</c><00:27:25.890><c> here?</c>

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Why<00:27:27.309><c> are</c><00:27:27.490><c> all</c><00:27:27.690><c> these</c><00:27:27.869><c> things</c><00:27:28.109><c> happening?</c>

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We<00:27:29.630><c> talked</c><00:27:29.990><c> in</c><00:27:30.329><c> senior</c><00:27:30.609><c> CYC</c><00:27:31.170><c> yesterday</c><00:27:31.690><c> about</c>

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You<00:27:33.130><c> know</c><00:27:33.269><c> God's</c><00:27:33.710><c> probably</c><00:27:34.089><c> trying</c><00:27:34.289><c> to</c><00:27:34.609><c> tell</c><00:27:34.769><c> us</c><00:27:34.970><c> something</c><00:27:35.210><c> through</c><00:27:35.450><c> this</c><00:27:35.690><c> pandemic.</c><00:27:36.670><c> You</c><00:27:36.769><c> know,</c><00:27:36.849><c> he's</c><00:27:37.089><c> probably</c><00:27:37.609><c> trying</c><00:27:38.130><c> to</c><00:27:38.750><c> teach</c><00:27:38.990><c> us</c><00:27:39.630><c> a</c><00:27:39.809><c> lesson</c>

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So<00:27:42.289><c> as</c><00:27:42.609><c> we</c><00:27:43.230><c> wrap</c><00:27:43.410><c> up</c><00:27:43.609><c> I'd</c><00:27:43.829><c> like</c><00:27:43.869><c> to</c><00:27:44.109><c> just</c><00:27:44.309><c> flip</c><00:27:44.509><c> over</c><00:27:44.750><c> to</c><00:27:44.970><c> Philippians</c><00:27:45.410><c> 4</c><00:27:45.890><c> and</c>

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Close<00:27:47.470><c> with</c><00:27:47.730><c> a</c><00:27:47.970><c> few</c><00:27:48.150><c> of</c><00:27:48.509><c> Paul's</c><00:27:49.089><c> concluding</c><00:27:53.490><c> thoughts</c>

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Rejoice<00:28:00.309><c> in</c><00:28:00.450><c> the</c><00:28:00.650><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.970><c> always</c><00:28:01.569><c> and</c><00:28:02.009><c> again</c><00:28:02.750><c> I</c><00:28:03.730><c> say</c><00:28:04.289><c> rejoice</c>

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So<00:28:06.789><c> in</c><00:28:07.609><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.970><c> 1</c><00:28:08.269><c> Paul</c><00:28:08.609><c> was</c><00:28:09.089><c> I</c><00:28:09.529><c> rejoice</c><00:28:10.009><c> and</c><00:28:10.329><c> I</c><00:28:10.630><c> will</c><00:28:10.809><c> rejoice</c>

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at<00:28:11.890><c> his</c><00:28:12.230><c> predicament</c><00:28:12.690><c> in</c><00:28:12.990><c> prison</c>

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And<00:28:13.769><c> now</c><00:28:13.970><c> he's</c><00:28:14.210><c> telling</c><00:28:14.329><c> the</c><00:28:14.609><c> Philippians</c><00:28:15.130><c> in</c><00:28:15.490><c> chapter</c><00:28:15.990><c> 4</c><00:28:16.650><c> verse</c><00:28:16.869><c> 4</c>

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rejoice<00:28:18.009><c> and</c><00:28:18.750><c> again</c>

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I<00:28:19.329><c> say</c><00:28:19.589><c> rejoice</c><00:28:20.130><c> a</c><00:28:20.470><c> double</c><00:28:20.690><c> emphasis</c><00:28:21.190><c> on</c><00:28:21.450><c> this</c>

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joy<00:28:25.630><c> and</c>

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Verse<00:28:27.650><c> 6</c><00:28:28.069><c> he</c><00:28:28.170><c> says</c><00:28:28.450><c> be</c><00:28:28.650><c> careful</c><00:28:29.069><c> for</c><00:28:29.329><c> nothing</c><00:28:29.650><c> but</c><00:28:29.910><c> in</c><00:28:30.269><c> everything</c><00:28:30.670><c> by</c><00:28:31.029><c> prayer</c><00:28:31.490><c> and</c>

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supplication<00:28:32.750><c> with</c><00:28:32.990><c> Thanksgiving</c>

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to<00:28:38.950><c> God</c><00:28:39.529><c> and</c>

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That<00:28:41.049><c> word</c><00:28:41.589><c> careful</c><00:28:42.289><c> there.</c><00:28:42.609><c> It</c><00:28:42.869><c> doesn't</c><00:28:43.269><c> mean</c><00:28:43.589><c> careful</c><00:28:44.029><c> as</c>

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So<00:28:48.430><c> basically</c><00:28:48.930><c> what</c><00:28:49.089><c> the</c><00:28:49.269><c> Apostle</c><00:28:49.630><c> Paul</c><00:28:49.869><c> is</c><00:28:50.049><c> saying</c><00:28:50.170><c> is</c><00:28:50.369><c> look</c>

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be<00:28:51.630><c> anxious</c>

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for<00:28:53.329><c> nothing</c>

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you<00:28:54.750><c> know</c><00:28:54.890><c> the</c><00:28:55.190><c> world</c><00:28:56.049><c> is</c>

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full<00:28:57.329><c> of</c><00:28:57.509><c> anxiety</c>

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Just<00:28:58.970><c> full</c><00:28:59.289><c> of</c><00:28:59.329><c> it</c><00:28:59.529><c> and</c><00:29:00.309><c> I</c><00:29:00.650><c> will</c><00:29:00.809><c> be</c><00:29:01.049><c> honest</c>

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I<00:29:01.430><c> can</c><00:29:01.690><c> feel</c><00:29:01.809><c> myself</c><00:29:02.250><c> getting</c><00:29:02.529><c> wrapped</c><00:29:02.869><c> up</c><00:29:03.089><c> in</c><00:29:03.289><c> that</c><00:29:03.410><c> anxiety</c>

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sister<00:29:04.250><c> Nikki</c><00:29:04.529><c> and</c><00:29:04.730><c> I</c><00:29:04.930><c> talk</c><00:29:05.150><c> about</c>

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You<00:29:06.390><c> know</c><00:29:06.509><c> just</c><00:29:06.769><c> how</c><00:29:07.430><c> busy</c><00:29:07.910><c> and</c><00:29:08.390><c> fast</c><00:29:08.769><c>-paced</c><00:29:09.029><c> the</c><00:29:09.250><c> world</c><00:29:09.369><c> has</c>

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become<00:29:09.869><c> and</c><00:29:09.990><c> it's</c><00:29:10.150><c> very</c><00:29:10.569><c> easy</c><00:29:10.930><c> to</c><00:29:11.210><c> get</c>

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sucked<00:29:12.089><c> into</c><00:29:12.390><c> the</c><00:29:12.750><c> worry</c><00:29:13.089><c> and</c><00:29:13.349><c> anxiety</c><00:29:13.829><c> of</c><00:29:14.009><c> the</c><00:29:14.210><c> world</c><00:29:14.809><c> and</c>

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Yet<00:29:16.710><c> we</c><00:29:16.950><c> know</c><00:29:17.369><c> that</c><00:29:17.710><c> worries</c><00:29:18.089><c> is</c><00:29:18.789><c> really</c><00:29:19.089><c> a</c><00:29:19.450><c> wasted</c><00:29:19.730><c> emotion,</c>

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isn't<00:29:20.470><c> it?</c><00:29:21.130><c> You</c><00:29:21.309><c> know</c><00:29:21.869><c> put</c><00:29:22.150><c> our</c><00:29:22.549><c> care</c><00:29:22.990><c> in</c>

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Confidence<00:29:24.369><c> in</c><00:29:24.529><c> the</c><00:29:24.690><c> Lord</c><00:29:24.829><c> even</c><00:29:25.109><c> when</c><00:29:25.769><c> tough</c><00:29:26.029><c> things</c><00:29:26.289><c> are</c><00:29:26.609><c> happening</c><00:29:26.890><c> in</c>

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it's<00:29:28.869><c> such</c><00:29:29.230><c> a</c><00:29:29.970><c> a</c><00:29:30.309><c> blessing</c><00:29:30.670><c> to</c><00:29:31.049><c> know</c><00:29:31.289><c> that</c><00:29:31.450><c> that's</c><00:29:32.349><c> likely</c><00:29:32.730><c> there</c><00:29:33.089><c> for</c>

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a<00:29:33.549><c> reason</c><00:29:33.930><c> and</c>

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Let's<00:29:35.170><c> figure</c><00:29:35.549><c> out</c>

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What<00:29:36.769><c> God</c><00:29:37.269><c> is</c><00:29:37.789><c> teaching</c><00:29:38.109><c> us?</c>

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service

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We<00:31:52.970><c> said</c><00:31:53.150><c> boy</c><00:31:53.390><c> this</c><00:31:53.609><c> sounds</c><00:31:53.869><c> like</c><00:31:54.130><c> a</c><00:31:54.250><c> lot</c><00:31:54.410><c> of</c><00:31:54.670><c> rules</c><00:31:54.950><c> and</c><00:31:55.230><c> restrictions</c><00:31:55.769><c> and</c><00:31:56.130><c> my</c><00:31:56.710><c> friends</c><00:31:57.029><c> in</c><00:31:57.289><c> college</c><00:31:57.490><c> seem</c><00:31:57.690><c> to</c><00:31:57.829><c> be</c><00:31:57.950><c> having</c><00:31:58.089><c> a</c>

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The<00:32:25.150><c> right</c><00:32:25.490><c> way</c><00:32:26.029><c> the</c><00:32:26.710><c> truth</c><00:32:26.890><c> is</c><00:32:27.269><c> not</c><00:32:27.509><c> meant</c><00:32:27.690><c> to</c><00:32:27.829><c> be</c><00:32:27.990><c> a</c><00:32:28.150><c> drudgery</c>

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Will<00:32:34.829><c> not</c><00:32:36.430><c> bring</c><00:32:37.049><c> joy</c>

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They're<00:32:38.390><c> short</c><00:32:38.650><c>-term</c><00:32:39.190><c> and</c><00:32:39.910><c> they</c><00:32:40.150><c> come</c><00:32:40.369><c> with</c><00:32:40.670><c> accompanying</c><00:32:41.150><c> lows</c><00:32:41.509><c> whatever</c><00:32:41.950><c> high</c><00:32:42.690><c> the</c><00:32:43.210><c> world</c><00:32:43.430><c> has</c><00:32:43.750><c> to</c><00:32:43.990><c> offer</c>

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Sometimes<00:32:49.670><c> that</c><00:32:50.250><c> can</c><00:32:50.490><c> be</c><00:32:50.690><c> a</c><00:32:50.910><c> downward</c><00:32:51.750><c> trend</c>

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It<00:32:57.390><c> you</c><00:32:57.829><c> know,</c><00:32:57.990><c> it's</c><00:32:58.470><c> it's</c><00:32:58.650><c> telling</c><00:32:58.789><c> us</c><00:32:59.049><c> it's</c><00:32:59.269><c> the</c><00:32:59.410><c> path</c><00:32:59.630><c> to</c><00:32:59.910><c> happiness</c><00:33:00.269><c> and</c><00:33:00.549><c> yet</c><00:33:00.670><c> it</c>

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Whatsoever<00:33:13.069><c> things</c><00:33:13.430><c> are</c><00:33:13.730><c> true</c><00:33:13.910><c> whatsoever</c><00:33:14.329><c> things</c><00:33:14.650><c> are</c><00:33:14.930><c> honest</c><00:33:15.190><c> whatsoever</c><00:33:15.650><c> things</c><00:33:15.990><c> are</c>

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If<00:33:22.930><c> there</c><00:33:23.309><c> be</c><00:33:23.529><c> any</c><00:33:24.009><c> virtue</c><00:33:24.390><c> and</c><00:33:24.589><c> if</c><00:33:24.690><c> there</c><00:33:24.869><c> be</c><00:33:25.069><c> any</c><00:33:25.470><c> praise</c>

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Think<00:33:30.990><c> the</c><00:33:31.269><c> Apostle</c><00:33:31.809><c> Paul</c><00:33:32.069><c> is</c><00:33:32.269><c> kind</c><00:33:32.430><c> of</c><00:33:32.529><c> telling</c><00:33:32.690><c> us</c><00:33:32.890><c> look</c><00:33:33.089><c> we've</c><00:33:33.609><c> got</c>

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to<00:33:34.150><c> evaluate</c><00:33:34.710><c> the</c><00:33:35.029><c> vault</c><00:33:35.210><c> of</c><00:33:35.410><c> our</c><00:33:35.630><c> mind</c><00:33:35.809><c> here</c><00:33:36.410><c> and</c>

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those<00:33:37.430><c> those</c><00:33:38.170><c> quick</c><00:33:38.769><c> joy</c><00:33:39.089><c> fixes</c><00:33:39.470><c> that</c><00:33:39.809><c> the</c><00:33:40.009><c> world</c><00:33:40.210><c> is</c><00:33:40.490><c> offering</c><00:33:40.730><c> we</c><00:33:41.190><c> got</c>

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get<00:33:41.509><c> them</c><00:33:41.690><c> out</c><00:33:42.109><c> and</c><00:33:42.690><c> we</c><00:33:42.869><c> got</c><00:33:43.049><c> to</c><00:33:43.269><c> replace</c><00:33:43.890><c> them</c><00:33:44.450><c> with</c>

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These<00:33:45.130><c> good</c><00:33:45.390><c> things.</c><00:33:45.690><c> It's</c><00:33:46.190><c> I</c><00:33:46.609><c> just</c><00:33:46.910><c> think</c><00:33:47.109><c> you</c><00:33:47.289><c> know,</c><00:33:47.470><c> the</c>

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human<00:33:48.049><c> nature</c><00:33:48.329><c> hasn't</c><00:33:48.750><c> changed,</c><00:33:49.109><c> right?</c>

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the<00:33:49.410><c> foot,</c><00:33:49.609><c> you</c><00:33:49.609><c> know,</c><00:33:49.730><c> I</c><00:33:49.809><c> think</c><00:33:50.009><c> we're</c><00:33:50.309><c> very</c><00:33:50.809><c> similar</c><00:33:51.190><c> to</c><00:33:51.329><c> the</c>

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Philippians<00:33:51.990><c> and</c><00:33:52.470><c> in</c><00:33:52.990><c> some</c><00:33:53.269><c> cases</c><00:33:53.730><c> to</c><00:33:54.049><c> really</c>

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Get<00:33:55.569><c> these</c><00:33:55.809><c> things</c><00:33:56.089><c> working</c><00:33:56.470><c> in</c><00:33:56.650><c> our</c><00:33:56.869><c> lives</c>

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We<00:33:57.230><c> got</c><00:33:57.430><c> to</c><00:33:57.569><c> do</c><00:33:57.650><c> a</c><00:33:57.710><c> bit</c><00:33:57.910><c> of</c><00:33:58.069><c> a</c><00:33:58.210><c> house</c><00:33:58.450><c> clean</c><00:33:58.710><c> and</c><00:33:59.569><c> we</c><00:33:59.710><c> got</c><00:33:59.890><c> to</c><00:34:00.190><c> get</c>

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our<00:34:00.450><c> mind</c><00:34:00.730><c> cleaned</c><00:34:01.069><c> up</c><00:34:01.309><c> and</c><00:34:01.549><c> replace</c><00:34:01.970><c> them</c>

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With<00:34:02.950><c> these</c><00:34:03.210><c> beautiful</c><00:34:03.630><c> things</c><00:34:04.069><c> of</c><00:34:04.750><c> of</c><00:34:05.109><c> truth</c><00:34:05.269><c> and</c><00:34:05.589><c> honesty</c>

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and<00:34:06.250><c> justice</c><00:34:06.670><c> and</c><00:34:07.089><c> and</c><00:34:07.529><c> so</c><00:34:07.690><c> on</c>

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So<00:34:10.650><c> Paul</c><00:34:10.989><c> wraps</c><00:34:11.349><c> up</c><00:34:11.570><c> his</c><00:34:11.789><c> epistle</c><00:34:12.110><c> here</c><00:34:12.429><c> thanking</c><00:34:12.829><c> the</c><00:34:13.190><c> Philippians</c><00:34:13.690><c> for</c>

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their<00:34:14.230><c> generosity</c><00:34:15.090><c> and</c>

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Then<00:34:16.969><c> we'll</c><00:34:17.110><c> just</c><00:34:17.389><c> jump</c><00:34:17.650><c> down</c><00:34:18.090><c> to</c>

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verse<00:34:20.570><c> 13</c><00:34:21.210><c> to</c><00:34:21.570><c> conclude</c>

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The

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Apostle<00:34:26.230><c> Paul</c><00:34:26.510><c> his</c><00:34:26.829><c> his</c><00:34:27.190><c> really</c><00:34:27.489><c> last</c>

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Teaching<00:34:28.630><c> point</c><00:34:28.989><c> of</c><00:34:29.150><c> the</c><00:34:29.309><c> epistle</c><00:34:29.670><c> before</c><00:34:29.989><c> he</c><00:34:30.130><c> gets</c><00:34:30.349><c> into</c><00:34:30.670><c> some</c><00:34:31.289><c> some</c><00:34:31.789><c> pleasantries</c><00:34:32.369><c> and</c>

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some<00:34:32.889><c> farewells</c><00:34:33.389><c> at</c><00:34:33.530><c> the</c><00:34:33.650><c> end.</c><00:34:35.010><c> I</c>

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Can<00:34:35.230><c> do</c><00:34:35.550><c> all</c><00:34:36.010><c> things</c><00:34:36.349><c> through</c><00:34:36.750><c> Christ</c>

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which

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Strengthen<00:34:39.550><c> me</c>

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Strengtheneth<00:34:41.070><c> me</c><00:34:41.269><c> in</c><00:34:41.789><c> in</c><00:34:42.030><c> Rotherham.</c><00:34:42.449><c> I</c><00:34:42.789><c> have</c><00:34:43.190><c> might</c>

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for<00:34:44.570><c> all</c><00:34:44.929><c> things</c><00:34:45.250><c> in</c><00:34:45.530><c> him</c>

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that

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Empowers<00:34:48.650><c> me.</c><00:34:48.849><c> This</c><00:34:49.030><c> is</c><00:34:49.289><c> the</c><00:34:49.469><c> Apostles</c><00:34:49.949><c> final</c><00:34:50.369><c> teaching</c><00:34:50.750><c> point</c><00:34:51.230><c> and</c>

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I<00:34:52.010><c> think</c><00:34:52.150><c> it</c><00:34:52.309><c> makes</c><00:34:52.449><c> sense</c><00:34:52.769><c> that</c><00:34:52.909><c> this</c><00:34:53.130><c> is</c><00:34:53.269><c> his</c><00:34:53.429><c> final</c><00:34:53.610><c> teaching</c><00:34:53.909><c> point</c>

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because<00:34:54.329><c> his</c><00:34:54.590><c> message</c><00:34:55.010><c> this</c>

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I<00:34:56.070><c> think</c><00:34:56.210><c> this</c><00:34:56.409><c> is</c><00:34:56.570><c> a</c><00:34:56.809><c> tough</c><00:34:56.989><c> message</c><00:34:57.369><c> for</c><00:34:57.570><c> the</c><00:34:57.750><c> Philippians,</c>

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you<00:34:58.909><c> know,</c><00:34:59.030><c> they</c><00:34:59.210><c> were</c><00:34:59.610><c> they</c><00:35:00.050><c> were</c><00:35:00.170><c> on</c><00:35:00.289><c> the</c><00:35:00.550><c> stern</c><00:35:00.769><c> side</c>

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They<00:35:01.469><c> were</c><00:35:01.809><c> essentially</c><00:35:02.510><c> Roman</c><00:35:02.969><c> in</c><00:35:03.329><c> origin</c>

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They<00:35:04.789><c> surely</c><00:35:05.150><c> had</c><00:35:05.329><c> a</c><00:35:05.469><c> lot</c><00:35:05.670><c> of</c><00:35:05.949><c> pride</c>

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they

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needed<00:35:09.570><c> to</c><00:35:10.429><c> bring</c><00:35:10.610><c> this</c><00:35:10.909><c> concept</c><00:35:11.309><c> of</c><00:35:11.630><c> joy</c><00:35:11.869><c> into</c><00:35:12.130><c> their</c><00:35:12.429><c> lives</c>

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and<00:35:13.590><c> things</c><00:35:14.030><c> like</c><00:35:14.469><c> serving</c><00:35:14.869><c> others</c><00:35:15.309><c> and</c>

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Understanding<00:35:16.550><c> the</c><00:35:17.070><c> trials</c><00:35:17.449><c> in</c><00:35:17.650><c> our</c><00:35:17.829><c> lives</c><00:35:18.110><c> can</c><00:35:18.329><c> be</c><00:35:18.710><c> a</c><00:35:18.710><c> positive</c><00:35:19.210><c> thing</c>

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I'm<00:35:20.309><c> sure</c><00:35:20.530><c> we're</c><00:35:20.789><c> difficult</c><00:35:21.269><c> concepts</c><00:35:21.949><c> and</c><00:35:22.710><c> the</c><00:35:22.909><c> Apostle</c><00:35:23.349><c> Paul</c><00:35:23.530><c> was</c>

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like<00:35:23.909><c> look</c><00:35:24.530><c> you</c><00:35:25.150><c> can</c><00:35:25.449><c> do</c><00:35:26.010><c> anything</c>

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through<00:35:27.989><c> Christ</c>

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That<00:35:29.769><c> empowers</c><00:35:30.409><c> you</c><00:35:30.949><c> you</c><00:35:31.469><c> can</c><00:35:31.750><c> do</c><00:35:32.010><c> it.</c><00:35:32.429><c> You</c><00:35:32.550><c> know,</c><00:35:32.630><c> this</c><00:35:32.789><c> was</c><00:35:32.989><c> almost</c><00:35:33.170><c> like</c><00:35:33.329><c> a</c>

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bit<00:35:33.510><c> of</c><00:35:33.670><c> a</c><00:35:33.969><c> final</c><00:35:34.429><c> pep</c><00:35:34.829><c> talk</c>

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From<00:35:36.230><c> the</c><00:35:36.929><c> Apostle</c><00:35:37.389><c> Paul</c><00:35:37.570><c> and</c><00:35:37.750><c> he</c><00:35:37.909><c> uses</c><00:35:38.309><c> himself</c><00:35:39.110><c> as</c><00:35:39.969><c> an</c><00:35:40.190><c> example</c>

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We<00:35:41.389><c> live</c><00:35:41.650><c> in</c><00:35:41.829><c> a</c><00:35:41.969><c> late</c><00:35:42.230><c> age</c><00:35:42.610><c> of</c><00:35:42.889><c> individualism</c><00:35:43.610><c> selfishness</c>

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and<00:35:44.570><c> dissatisfaction</c>

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There's<00:35:46.570><c> no</c><00:35:46.750><c> different</c><00:35:47.070><c> back</c><00:35:47.369><c> that</c><00:35:47.829><c> there's</c><00:35:48.429><c> the</c><00:35:48.570><c> same</c><00:35:48.769><c> problems</c>

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So<00:35:51.449><c> as</c><00:35:51.630><c> we</c><00:35:51.849><c> come</c><00:35:52.050><c> to</c><00:35:52.289><c> remember</c><00:35:52.650><c> the</c><00:35:52.949><c> Lord</c><00:35:53.210><c> Jesus</c><00:35:53.690><c> Christ</c><00:35:54.090><c> now</c>

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we<00:35:55.829><c> know</c><00:35:56.070><c> of</c><00:35:56.289><c> course</c><00:35:56.489><c> that</c><00:35:56.670><c> Jesus</c><00:35:57.110><c> was</c><00:35:57.750><c> a</c>

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Tremendous<00:35:58.969><c> example</c><00:35:59.389><c> of</c><00:35:59.690><c> fellowship</c><00:36:00.050><c> and</c><00:36:00.409><c> community.</c><00:36:00.690><c> He</c><00:36:00.949><c> was</c><00:36:01.469><c> a</c>

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tremendous<00:36:02.670><c> example</c><00:36:03.429><c> of</c><00:36:03.769><c> service,</c><00:36:04.110><c> of</c><00:36:04.389><c> course</c><00:36:05.289><c> and</c>

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Can<00:36:06.409><c> there</c><00:36:06.590><c> be</c><00:36:06.889><c> any</c><00:36:07.349><c> greater</c><00:36:07.789><c> example</c><00:36:08.389><c> of</c><00:36:08.690><c> someone</c><00:36:09.030><c> who</c><00:36:09.610><c> accepted</c><00:36:10.030><c> trials</c><00:36:10.670><c> in</c>

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his<00:36:11.170><c> life</c><00:36:11.670><c> and</c>

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Looked<00:36:12.750><c> at</c><00:36:12.869><c> them</c><00:36:13.050><c> in</c><00:36:13.230><c> the</c><00:36:13.349><c> right</c><00:36:13.630><c> way,</c><00:36:14.409><c> you</c><00:36:14.409><c> know</c><00:36:14.570><c> the</c><00:36:14.809><c> G's</c><00:36:15.429><c> Jesus</c><00:36:15.889><c> went</c><00:36:16.190><c> through</c><00:36:16.489><c> the</c>

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ultimate<00:36:17.269><c> trial</c><00:36:17.610><c> didn't</c><00:36:17.969><c> he</c><00:36:18.449><c> and</c><00:36:19.150><c> he</c>

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Looked<00:36:20.969><c> at</c><00:36:21.130><c> it</c><00:36:21.650><c> in</c><00:36:22.389><c> the</c><00:36:22.750><c> right</c><00:36:22.969><c> way,</c><00:36:23.230><c> which</c><00:36:23.409><c> is</c><00:36:23.670><c> God's</c><00:36:24.449><c> purpose</c>

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in<00:36:25.670><c> his</c><00:36:26.030><c> life</c>

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The<00:36:28.590><c> world</c><00:36:29.190><c> will</c><00:36:29.690><c> take</c><00:36:29.889><c> us</c><00:36:30.090><c> in</c><00:36:30.250><c> the</c><00:36:30.449><c> wrong</c><00:36:30.670><c> direction</c><00:36:31.170><c> and</c><00:36:31.389><c> as</c>

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much<00:36:31.769><c> as</c><00:36:31.969><c> it</c><00:36:32.130><c> tries</c><00:36:32.309><c> to</c><00:36:32.650><c> advertise</c><00:36:33.090><c> otherwise</c><00:36:33.690><c> it</c><00:36:34.610><c> will</c><00:36:34.889><c> lead</c>

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To<00:36:36.210><c> unhappiness.</c><00:36:37.130><c> We'll</c><00:36:37.269><c> see</c><00:36:37.429><c> a</c><00:36:37.610><c> verse</c><00:36:37.969><c> in</c><00:36:38.610><c> the</c><00:36:39.150><c> in</c><00:36:39.150><c> the</c><00:36:39.449><c> after</c>

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or<00:36:40.030><c> the</c><00:36:40.230><c> Sunday</c><00:36:40.449><c> school</c><00:36:40.750><c> class</c><00:36:41.130><c> where</c><00:36:41.530><c> if</c><00:36:42.369><c> we</c><00:36:42.670><c> grasp</c><00:36:43.070><c> at</c><00:36:43.269><c> this</c><00:36:43.530><c> ideal</c>

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If<00:36:45.090><c> we</c><00:36:45.530><c> grasp</c><00:36:45.989><c> at</c><00:36:46.190><c> this</c><00:36:46.469><c> ideal</c><00:36:47.010><c> of</c><00:36:48.050><c> Christ</c><00:36:48.469><c> empowering</c><00:36:49.250><c> us</c>

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just<00:36:54.789><c> reach</c><00:36:55.090><c> out</c>

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You<00:37:00.530><c> know,</c><00:37:00.630><c> I'm</c><00:37:00.849><c> in</c><00:37:01.010><c> this</c><00:37:01.329><c> world</c><00:37:01.909><c> that</c><00:37:02.369><c> is</c><00:37:02.650><c> completely</c><00:37:03.110><c> opposite</c><00:37:03.690><c> of</c><00:37:04.090><c> everything</c><00:37:04.570><c> you</c><00:37:05.309><c> teach</c>

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these<00:37:15.309><c> emblems</c><00:37:15.769><c> are</c><00:37:15.949><c> about</c>

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Isn't<00:37:17.289><c> it</c><00:37:17.469><c> brothers</c><00:37:17.730><c> and</c><00:37:18.010><c> sisters?</c><00:37:18.309><c> It's</c><00:37:18.710><c> it's</c><00:37:18.929><c> to</c><00:37:19.150><c> remember</c>

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Christ.<00:37:20.210><c> It's</c><00:37:20.409><c> to</c>

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But<00:37:23.610><c> it's</c><00:37:23.889><c> also</c><00:37:24.210><c> to</c><00:37:24.789><c> associate</c><00:37:25.329><c> ourselves</c><00:37:25.789><c> with</c><00:37:26.050><c> the</c><00:37:26.210><c> Lord</c><00:37:26.349><c> Jesus</c><00:37:26.730><c> Christ</c><00:37:27.090><c> so</c>

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that<00:37:27.610><c> that</c><00:37:28.030><c> we</c><00:37:28.250><c> can</c>

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this<00:37:32.809><c> coming</c><00:37:33.190><c> week</c><00:37:33.449><c> and</c><00:37:33.630><c> to</c>

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Have<00:37:34.889><c> him</c><00:37:35.650><c> grasp</c><00:37:36.150><c> us</c><00:37:36.730><c> as</c><00:37:37.329><c> we</c><00:37:37.570><c> reach</c><00:37:37.849><c> out</c>

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to<00:37:39.250><c> grasp</c><00:37:39.570><c> him</c>

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we<00:37:57.110><c> now</c>

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focus<00:37:58.489><c> on</c><00:37:58.769><c> the</c><00:37:59.030><c> memorial</c><00:37:59.409><c> emblems</c><00:37:59.969><c> and</c>

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Will<00:38:11.590><c> give</c><00:38:11.829><c> you</c><00:38:12.110><c> rest</c>

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take<00:38:14.030><c> my</c><00:38:14.309><c> yoke</c><00:38:14.550><c> upon</c><00:38:14.889><c> you</c><00:38:15.230><c> and</c><00:38:15.550><c> learn</c><00:38:15.710><c> of</c><00:38:15.929><c> me</c><00:38:16.150><c> for</c><00:38:16.389><c> I</c><00:38:16.630><c> am</c><00:38:16.829><c> meek</c>

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and<00:38:17.309><c> lowly</c><00:38:17.630><c> in</c><00:38:17.809><c> heart</c><00:38:18.369><c> and</c>

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Ye<00:38:19.469><c> shall</c><00:38:19.710><c> find</c><00:38:19.969><c> rest</c><00:38:20.469><c> unto</c><00:38:20.949><c> your</c><00:38:21.289><c> souls</c><00:38:21.670><c> for</c><00:38:21.889><c> my</c><00:38:22.289><c> yoke</c><00:38:22.769><c> is</c><00:38:23.130><c> easy</c><00:38:23.510><c> and</c>

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