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murmur<00:12:26.419><c> from</c><00:12:26.659><c> Joshua</c><00:12:27.019><c> for</c><00:12:27.279><c> 38</c><00:12:27.639><c> years.</c>

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Joshua<00:12:33.419><c> was</c><00:12:33.700><c> prepared</c><00:12:34.240><c> to</c><00:12:35.100><c> walk</c><00:12:35.399><c> with</c><00:12:35.639><c> brothers</c><00:12:35.919><c> and</c><00:12:36.200><c> sisters</c>

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And<00:12:42.860><c> for</c><00:12:43.039><c> us,</c><00:12:43.399><c> I</c><00:12:43.399><c> guess,</c><00:12:44.179><c> we</c><00:12:44.440><c> sometimes</c><00:12:44.980><c> are</c><00:12:45.340><c> a</c><00:12:45.360><c> little</c><00:12:45.539><c> bit</c><00:12:45.779><c> reactive</c><00:12:46.100><c> when</c><00:12:46.360><c> we</c>

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hear<00:12:47.080><c> some</c><00:12:47.500><c> comments</c><00:12:47.700><c> about</c><00:12:47.980><c> ourselves</c><00:12:48.519><c> perhaps</c><00:12:48.820><c> or</c><00:12:48.960><c> what</c>

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And<00:12:50.820><c> again,</c><00:12:51.100><c> a</c><00:12:51.259><c> wonderful</c><00:12:51.519><c> lesson</c><00:12:52.080><c> from</c><00:12:53.080><c> the</c><00:12:53.639><c> footsteps</c><00:12:53.980><c> of</c>

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Joshua<00:12:54.559><c> who</c><00:12:55.200><c> patiently</c><00:12:55.720><c> endured</c><00:12:56.299><c> with</c><00:12:56.840><c> his</c><00:12:57.000><c> other</c><00:12:57.240><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:12:57.600><c> sisters.</c>

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Never<00:12:58.120><c> hear</c><00:12:58.399><c> him</c><00:12:58.639><c> grumbling</c><00:12:59.019><c> or</c><00:12:59.340><c> moaning</c><00:12:59.700><c> or</c><00:12:59.919><c> complaining</c><00:13:00.279><c> or</c>

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pointing<00:13:00.740><c> to</c><00:13:00.940><c> someone</c><00:13:01.120><c> and</c><00:13:01.279><c> saying,</c>

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well<00:13:01.539><c> you</c><00:13:01.580><c> know</c><00:13:01.820><c> what,</c><00:13:02.440><c> the</c><00:13:02.620><c> reason</c><00:13:02.860><c> I'm</c><00:13:03.179><c> stuck</c><00:13:03.399><c> here</c><00:13:03.600><c> for</c><00:13:03.799><c> 38</c>

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years<00:13:04.399><c> is</c><00:13:04.580><c> because</c><00:13:04.799><c> of</c><00:13:05.059><c> your</c><00:13:05.419><c> faith</c><00:13:05.779><c> or</c><00:13:06.139><c> lack</c><00:13:06.379><c> of</c><00:13:06.700><c> faith.</c>

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Never<00:13:07.559><c> hear</c><00:13:07.779><c> any</c><00:13:08.000><c> of</c><00:13:08.159><c> that.</c>

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So<00:13:08.759><c> this</c><00:13:09.379><c> is</c><00:13:09.580><c> giving</c><00:13:09.740><c> us</c><00:13:10.000><c> I</c><00:13:10.139><c> think</c><00:13:10.340><c> a</c><00:13:10.480><c> little</c><00:13:10.639><c> bit</c><00:13:10.759><c> of</c><00:13:10.899><c> a</c><00:13:11.019><c> picture</c><00:13:11.279><c> of</c><00:13:11.639><c> the</c>

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spiritual<00:13:12.720><c> dimension</c><00:13:13.139><c> of</c><00:13:13.299><c> this</c><00:13:13.539><c> great</c><00:13:13.960><c> warrior.</c>

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So<00:13:17.759><c> he's</c><00:13:18.200><c> now</c><00:13:18.440><c> around</c><00:13:18.620><c> about</c><00:13:18.860><c> 80</c><00:13:19.080><c> years</c><00:13:19.360><c> of</c><00:13:19.600><c> age</c><00:13:20.000><c> and</c><00:13:20.679><c> he</c><00:13:20.799><c> has</c>

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the<00:13:21.279><c> responsibility</c><00:13:21.940><c> to</c><00:13:22.259><c> lead</c><00:13:22.460><c> the</c><00:13:22.679><c> people</c><00:13:22.860><c> into</c><00:13:23.080><c> the</c><00:13:23.259><c> land</c>

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And<00:13:25.659><c> he</c><00:13:25.779><c> picks</c><00:13:25.980><c> up</c><00:13:26.220><c> the</c><00:13:26.440><c> sword</c><00:13:26.580><c> or</c><00:13:26.720><c> the</c><00:13:26.980><c> spirit</c><00:13:27.159><c> as</c><00:13:27.299><c> it</c><00:13:27.480><c> were</c><00:13:27.600><c> and</c><00:13:27.779><c> he</c>

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encourages<00:13:28.340><c> his</c><00:13:28.620><c> brothers</c><00:13:28.799><c> and</c><00:13:29.059><c> sisters</c><00:13:29.279><c> to</c><00:13:29.519><c> move</c><00:13:29.759><c> forward.</c>

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He<00:13:31.340><c> doesn't</c><00:13:31.620><c> sort</c><00:13:31.779><c> of</c><00:13:31.919><c> give</c><00:13:32.019><c> them</c><00:13:32.200><c> a</c><00:13:32.299><c> little</c><00:13:32.440><c> bit</c><00:13:32.600><c> of</c><00:13:32.700><c> a</c><00:13:32.799><c> lecture</c><00:13:33.000><c> on</c><00:13:33.259><c> how</c>

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pick<00:13:39.039><c> it</c><00:13:39.240><c> up.</c>

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It's<00:13:40.159><c> just</c><00:13:40.519><c> a</c><00:13:40.799><c> very</c><00:13:41.100><c> positive</c><00:13:41.559><c> message.</c><00:13:43.200><c> He</c><00:13:43.360><c> just</c><00:13:43.539><c> gets</c><00:13:43.700><c> on</c>

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He's<00:13:44.799><c> an</c><00:13:45.000><c> older</c><00:13:45.220><c> man</c><00:13:45.480><c> but</c><00:13:45.620><c> he's</c><00:13:45.980><c> enthusiastic</c><00:13:46.700><c> for</c><00:13:46.919><c> the</c><00:13:47.159><c> truth</c>

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and<00:13:47.419><c> he</c><00:13:47.539><c> loves</c><00:13:47.840><c> his</c><00:13:48.159><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:49.100><c> he</c><00:13:49.179><c> didn't</c><00:13:49.379><c> use</c><00:13:49.620><c> his</c><00:13:49.840><c> age</c><00:13:50.059><c> as</c><00:13:50.220><c> an</c><00:13:50.419><c> excuse.</c>

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No<00:13:56.279><c> question,</c><00:13:56.799><c> as</c><00:13:56.960><c> far</c><00:13:57.240><c> as</c><00:13:57.399><c> Joshua's</c><00:13:57.899><c> concerned,</c><00:13:58.759><c> he</c><00:13:59.100><c> wanted</c>

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So<00:14:02.299><c> for</c><00:14:02.620><c> ourselves</c><00:14:03.179><c> at</c><00:14:03.440><c> whatever</c><00:14:03.679><c> age</c><00:14:04.039><c> we</c><00:14:04.240><c> are,</c><00:14:04.559><c> however</c><00:14:04.740><c> long</c>

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we've<00:14:05.120><c> been</c><00:14:05.340><c> in</c><00:14:05.460><c> the</c><00:14:05.639><c> truth,</c>

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we<00:14:05.899><c> need</c><00:14:06.159><c> to</c><00:14:06.419><c> retain</c><00:14:07.080><c> that</c><00:14:07.639><c> enthusiasm</c><00:14:08.519><c> and</c><00:14:09.259><c> that</c><00:14:09.580><c> effervescence</c><00:14:10.399><c> that</c><00:14:10.700><c> Joshua</c><00:14:11.100><c> had</c>

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in<00:14:11.679><c> his</c><00:14:11.899><c> love</c><00:14:12.019><c> for</c><00:14:12.259><c> God.</c>

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People<00:14:13.159><c> are</c><00:14:13.460><c> encouraged</c><00:14:13.879><c> by</c><00:14:14.179><c> that.</c>

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I<00:14:14.720><c> think</c><00:14:14.879><c> you'll</c><00:14:15.080><c> find</c><00:14:15.240><c> that</c><00:14:15.460><c> if</c><00:14:15.879><c> you</c><00:14:16.039><c> just</c><00:14:16.179><c> go</c><00:14:16.320><c> through</c><00:14:16.500><c> your</c>

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memory<00:14:16.980><c> banks</c><00:14:17.179><c> and</c><00:14:17.379><c> think</c><00:14:17.539><c> about</c><00:14:17.799><c> people</c><00:14:18.100><c> who</c><00:14:18.259><c> have</c><00:14:18.399><c> influenced</c><00:14:18.759><c> you</c>

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or<00:14:19.460><c> who</c><00:14:19.620><c> are</c><00:14:19.759><c> a</c><00:14:19.759><c> good</c><00:14:19.899><c> example</c><00:14:20.340><c> to</c><00:14:20.580><c> you,</c><00:14:21.340><c> they</c><00:14:21.539><c> might</c><00:14:21.799><c> not</c><00:14:22.000><c> be</c>

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dynamic<00:14:22.740><c> people</c>

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but<00:14:23.320><c> they're</c><00:14:23.580><c> people</c><00:14:23.879><c> who</c><00:14:24.080><c> have</c><00:14:24.240><c> consistently</c><00:14:24.860><c> held</c><00:14:25.139><c> onto</c><00:14:25.399><c> God</c><00:14:25.860><c> and</c><00:14:26.480><c> for</c><00:14:26.659><c> a</c>

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long<00:14:26.919><c> period</c><00:14:27.200><c> of</c><00:14:27.440><c> time</c><00:14:27.879><c> have</c><00:14:28.200><c> been</c><00:14:28.440><c> solid</c><00:14:28.779><c> and</c><00:14:29.080><c> consistent.</c>

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They're<00:14:29.779><c> the</c><00:14:29.980><c> people</c><00:14:30.519><c> that</c><00:14:31.899><c> encourage</c><00:14:32.320><c> us.</c>

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So<00:14:33.820><c> the</c><00:14:33.980><c> record</c><00:14:34.200><c> opens</c><00:14:34.539><c> in</c><00:14:34.779><c> verse</c><00:14:35.039><c> 1</c><00:14:35.399><c> with</c><00:14:35.559><c> a</c><00:14:35.679><c> very</c><00:14:35.940><c> sombre</c><00:14:36.259><c> note.</c>

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And<00:14:37.799><c> it</c><00:14:37.899><c> says,</c><00:14:38.379><c> now</c><00:14:38.379><c> after</c><00:14:38.700><c> the</c><00:14:39.100><c> death</c><00:14:39.519><c> of</c><00:14:39.980><c> Moses,</c><00:14:40.860><c> the</c><00:14:41.240><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:14:42.019><c> again</c><00:14:42.200><c> it's</c><00:14:42.419><c> repeated</c><00:14:42.759><c> in</c><00:14:43.000><c> verse</c><00:14:43.259><c> 2.</c>

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Moses,<00:14:45.080><c> my</c><00:14:45.379><c> servant,</c><00:14:46.259><c> is</c><00:14:46.759><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:14:47.799><c> the</c><00:14:48.179><c> opening</c><00:14:48.460><c> of</c><00:14:48.659><c> the</c><00:14:49.200><c> record</c><00:14:49.480><c> is</c><00:14:49.779><c> emphasising</c><00:14:50.379><c> that</c><00:14:50.620><c> Moses,</c><00:14:51.059><c> through</c><00:14:51.320><c> the</c>

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law,<00:14:51.879><c> could</c><00:14:52.000><c> not</c><00:14:52.259><c> accomplish</c><00:14:52.620><c> life.</c>

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Moses<00:14:54.759><c> isn't</c><00:14:55.139><c> intimately</c><00:14:55.500><c> connected</c><00:14:56.220><c> with</c><00:14:56.460><c> the</c><00:14:56.679><c> giving</c><00:14:56.860><c> of</c>

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That's<00:14:57.820><c> what</c><00:14:58.000><c> we</c><00:14:58.139><c> know</c><00:14:58.440><c> Moses</c><00:14:58.919><c> for.</c><00:14:59.419><c> Well,</c><00:14:59.559><c> it</c><00:14:59.820><c> did.</c>

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And<00:15:02.000><c> of</c><00:15:02.179><c> course,</c><00:15:02.960><c> the</c><00:15:03.039><c> Apostle</c><00:15:03.360><c> Paul</c><00:15:03.580><c> in</c><00:15:03.700><c> Romans</c><00:15:04.000><c> 7</c><00:15:04.299><c> and</c><00:15:04.460><c> verse</c>

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10<00:15:04.919><c> picks</c><00:15:05.120><c> up</c><00:15:05.320><c> that</c><00:15:05.519><c> point.</c>

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He<00:15:05.759><c> says,</c><00:15:06.080><c> the</c><00:15:06.080><c> commandment</c><00:15:06.679><c> which</c><00:15:06.840><c> was</c><00:15:07.120><c> ordained</c><00:15:07.539><c> to</c><00:15:07.860><c> life</c><00:15:08.240><c> I</c>

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found<00:15:09.080><c> to</c><00:15:09.340><c> be</c><00:15:09.539><c> unto</c><00:15:09.960><c> death.</c>

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provide<00:15:15.320><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:16.220><c> Yahoshua</c><00:15:16.799><c> in</c><00:15:17.019><c> the</c><00:15:17.220><c> type</c><00:15:17.379><c> in</c><00:15:17.539><c> the</c><00:15:17.779><c> parallel</c><00:15:18.000><c> was</c><00:15:18.159><c> the</c><00:15:18.340><c> one</c>

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who<00:15:18.620><c> was</c><00:15:18.720><c> to</c><00:15:18.899><c> take</c><00:15:19.039><c> that</c><00:15:19.340><c> forward.</c>

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And<00:15:21.139><c> the</c><00:15:21.279><c> other</c><00:15:21.399><c> thing</c><00:15:21.519><c> we</c><00:15:21.659><c> need</c><00:15:21.799><c> to</c><00:15:21.960><c> think</c><00:15:22.100><c> about,</c><00:15:22.320><c> of</c><00:15:22.519><c> course,</c><00:15:22.720><c> is</c><00:15:22.840><c> that</c><00:15:22.960><c> God</c>

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doesn't<00:15:23.360><c> just</c><00:15:23.580><c> work</c><00:15:23.759><c> through</c><00:15:23.940><c> one</c><00:15:24.179><c> person.</c>

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Right?<00:15:25.720><c> Moses,</c><00:15:26.039><c> an</c><00:15:26.220><c> amazing</c><00:15:26.879><c> solid</c><00:15:27.360><c> character.</c>

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But<00:15:28.600><c> God's</c><00:15:29.080><c> plan</c><00:15:29.320><c> and</c><00:15:29.600><c> purpose</c><00:15:29.879><c> doesn't</c><00:15:30.259><c> reside</c><00:15:30.799><c> in</c><00:15:31.039><c> a</c><00:15:31.279><c> single</c><00:15:31.580><c> individual.</c>

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So<00:15:33.480><c> Moses</c><00:15:33.799><c> had</c><00:15:34.019><c> a</c><00:15:34.200><c> task</c><00:15:34.440><c> to</c><00:15:34.700><c> do.</c>

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And<00:15:35.500><c> Moses</c><00:15:35.759><c> was</c><00:15:36.019><c> taken</c><00:15:36.200><c> off</c><00:15:36.440><c> the</c><00:15:36.659><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:15:37.100><c> God</c><00:15:37.299><c> had</c><00:15:37.500><c> a</c><00:15:37.659><c> work</c><00:15:37.820><c> to</c><00:15:38.039><c> do</c><00:15:38.139><c> with</c><00:15:38.360><c> other</c><00:15:38.620><c> people</c><00:15:38.899><c> as</c><00:15:39.240><c> well.</c>

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So<00:15:41.159><c> God</c><00:15:41.399><c> was</c><00:15:41.639><c> working</c><00:15:41.960><c> behind</c><00:15:42.360><c> the</c><00:15:42.639><c> scenes</c><00:15:43.039><c> with</c><00:15:43.840><c> these</c><00:15:44.080><c> other</c>

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individuals<00:15:44.899><c> to</c><00:15:45.259><c> help</c><00:15:45.480><c> sustain</c><00:15:45.980><c> their</c><00:15:46.259><c> faith</c><00:15:46.659><c> as</c><00:15:47.059><c> well.</c>

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So<00:15:47.899><c> for</c><00:15:48.059><c> Joshua,</c><00:15:48.419><c> he</c><00:15:48.539><c> was</c><00:15:48.679><c> the</c><00:15:48.879><c> right</c><00:15:49.080><c> man</c><00:15:49.539><c> at</c><00:15:49.840><c> the</c><00:15:50.039><c> right</c><00:15:50.320><c> time.</c>

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And<00:15:52.039><c> even</c><00:15:52.320><c> although,</c><00:15:53.000><c> of</c><00:15:53.259><c> course,</c><00:15:53.779><c> Moses</c><00:15:53.960><c> was</c><00:15:54.340><c> unable</c><00:15:54.759><c> to</c><00:15:55.059><c> take</c><00:15:55.220><c> the</c>

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people<00:15:55.539><c> of</c><00:15:55.679><c> Israel</c><00:15:55.940><c> into</c><00:15:56.159><c> the</c><00:15:56.379><c> land,</c>

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Joshua<00:15:57.000><c> had</c><00:15:57.600><c> a</c><00:15:58.000><c> huge</c><00:15:58.200><c> respect</c><00:15:58.559><c> for</c><00:15:58.740><c> Moses.</c>

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Sometimes<00:16:01.019><c> as</c><00:16:01.259><c> young</c><00:16:01.480><c> people</c><00:16:01.659><c> we</c><00:16:01.759><c> look</c><00:16:01.919><c> at</c><00:16:02.039><c> our</c><00:16:02.240><c> older</c><00:16:02.460><c> brothers</c><00:16:02.679><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:16:03.019><c> and</c><00:16:03.139><c> they're</c><00:16:03.320><c> disconnected</c>

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because<00:16:03.940><c> it's</c><00:16:04.240><c> 2015,</c><00:16:05.080><c> we've</c><00:16:05.259><c> all</c><00:16:05.340><c> got</c><00:16:05.500><c> iPhones,</c><00:16:06.080><c> we</c><00:16:06.200><c> can</c><00:16:06.399><c> use</c><00:16:06.639><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:09.379><c> this</c><00:16:09.580><c> older</c><00:16:09.820><c> generation</c><00:16:10.440><c> struggled</c><00:16:10.799><c> to</c><00:16:11.000><c> even</c><00:16:11.200><c> work</c><00:16:11.419><c> out</c>

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how<00:16:11.720><c> to</c><00:16:11.980><c> dial</c><00:16:12.179><c> a</c><00:16:12.460><c> call</c><00:16:12.620><c> on</c><00:16:12.980><c> iPhones.</c>

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So<00:16:13.620><c> there's</c><00:16:13.879><c> this</c><00:16:14.139><c> almost</c><00:16:14.460><c> disconnection</c><00:16:15.080><c> as</c><00:16:15.279><c> though</c><00:16:15.659><c> our</c><00:16:15.860><c> older</c><00:16:16.080><c> brothers</c><00:16:16.340><c> are</c><00:16:17.159><c> sort</c><00:16:17.340><c> of</c>

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a<00:16:17.580><c> lost</c><00:16:17.820><c> generation</c><00:16:18.460><c> in</c><00:16:19.139><c> past</c><00:16:19.460><c> history.</c>

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So<00:16:21.259><c> I</c><00:16:21.460><c> think</c><00:16:21.679><c> it's</c><00:16:22.000><c> refreshing</c><00:16:22.360><c> that</c><00:16:22.559><c> we</c><00:16:22.840><c> see</c><00:16:23.519><c> a</c><00:16:23.919><c> huge</c><00:16:24.120><c> respect</c>

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by<00:16:24.779><c> Joshua</c><00:16:25.080><c> for</c><00:16:25.320><c> Moses.</c>

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In<00:16:25.879><c> fact,</c><00:16:26.399><c> Moses</c><00:16:26.799><c> is</c><00:16:27.080><c> mentioned</c><00:16:27.379><c> 57</c><00:16:27.940><c> times</c><00:16:28.440><c> through</c><00:16:28.620><c> the</c><00:16:28.700><c> book</c>

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of<00:16:29.080><c> Joshua.</c>

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So<00:16:29.879><c> it's</c><00:16:30.019><c> not</c><00:16:30.179><c> as</c><00:16:30.340><c> though</c><00:16:30.440><c> the</c><00:16:30.659><c> record</c><00:16:30.879><c> has</c><00:16:31.080><c> turned</c><00:16:31.279><c> the</c><00:16:31.500><c> page</c>

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and,<00:16:32.120><c> well,</c><00:16:32.120><c> that's</c><00:16:32.419><c> Moses,</c><00:16:32.740><c> we've</c><00:16:32.940><c> forgotten</c><00:16:33.139><c> about</c><00:16:33.500><c> him.</c>

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Joshua<00:16:34.840><c> retains</c><00:16:35.279><c> the</c><00:16:35.620><c> spirit</c><00:16:35.940><c> of</c><00:16:36.259><c> Moses,</c><00:16:36.840><c> the</c><00:16:37.100><c> respect</c><00:16:37.340><c> of</c><00:16:37.500><c> Moses,</c><00:16:38.120><c> and</c><00:16:38.340><c> as</c>

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younger<00:16:38.720><c> brothers</c><00:16:38.960><c> and</c><00:16:39.159><c> sisters</c><00:16:39.320><c> we</c><00:16:39.480><c> need</c><00:16:39.679><c> to</c><00:16:39.840><c> do</c><00:16:39.919><c> the</c><00:16:40.159><c> same.</c>

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Our<00:16:40.639><c> older</c><00:16:40.799><c> brothers</c><00:16:41.059><c> and</c><00:16:41.240><c> sisters</c><00:16:41.399><c> have</c><00:16:41.440><c> gone</c><00:16:41.639><c> through</c><00:16:41.799><c> a</c><00:16:41.820><c> lot</c><00:16:41.980><c> of</c><00:16:42.200><c> battles.</c>

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And<00:16:44.240><c> often</c><00:16:44.659><c> it's</c><00:16:45.019><c> what</c><00:16:45.220><c> they've</c><00:16:45.620><c> stood</c><00:16:45.799><c> for</c><00:16:46.299><c> that</c><00:16:47.100><c> we</c><00:16:47.299><c> are</c><00:16:47.379><c> the</c>

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recipients<00:16:47.919><c> of</c><00:16:48.100><c> that</c><00:16:48.299><c> grace</c>

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and<00:16:49.159><c> that</c><00:16:49.399><c> environment</c><00:16:49.899><c> that</c><00:16:50.059><c> they</c><00:16:50.279><c> have</c><00:16:50.480><c> created.</c><00:16:51.019><c> So</c><00:16:51.059><c> for</c><00:16:51.259><c> Joshua,</c><00:16:51.960><c> a</c>

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great<00:16:52.320><c> lot</c><00:16:52.460><c> of</c><00:16:52.700><c> respect</c><00:16:53.039><c> for</c><00:16:53.460><c> Moses.</c>

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The<00:16:55.440><c> other</c><00:16:55.720><c> little</c><00:16:56.059><c> title</c><00:16:56.600><c> that</c><00:16:56.779><c> Moses</c><00:16:57.139><c> has</c><00:16:57.419><c> in</c><00:16:57.600><c> verse</c><00:16:57.799><c> one</c><00:16:57.960><c> is</c>

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very<00:16:58.320><c> interesting.</c>

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It<00:16:58.679><c> says</c><00:16:58.840><c> after</c><00:16:59.120><c> the</c><00:16:59.240><c> death</c><00:16:59.379><c> of</c><00:16:59.580><c> Moses,</c><00:17:00.399><c> the</c><00:17:00.860><c> servant</c><00:17:01.299><c> of</c><00:17:01.600><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:02.639><c> servant</c><00:17:02.940><c> of</c><00:17:03.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:17:03.899><c> it</c><00:17:04.039><c> wasn't</c><00:17:04.319><c> the</c><00:17:04.619><c> great</c><00:17:04.880><c> lawgiver</c><00:17:06.039><c> or</c><00:17:07.539><c> the</c><00:17:07.740><c> man</c><00:17:07.900><c> who</c><00:17:08.039><c> was</c><00:17:08.220><c> able</c><00:17:08.380><c> to</c>

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provide<00:17:09.480><c> direction</c><00:17:10.240><c> and</c><00:17:10.960><c> sustaining</c>

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and<00:17:11.980><c> guidance</c><00:17:12.500><c> and</c><00:17:13.299><c> help</c><00:17:13.460><c> for</c><00:17:13.740><c> Israel,</c><00:17:14.180><c> it</c><00:17:14.279><c> was</c><00:17:14.480><c> just</c><00:17:14.720><c> simply</c>

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servant<00:17:16.819><c> of</c><00:17:17.019><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:17:18.240><c> that</c><00:17:18.519><c> point</c><00:17:18.880><c> is</c><00:17:19.160><c> repeated</c><00:17:19.619><c> again</c><00:17:20.279><c> in</c><00:17:20.740><c> verse</c><00:17:20.980><c> two</c><00:17:21.420><c> and</c>

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verse<00:17:22.119><c> seven.</c>

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So<00:17:22.759><c> it's</c><00:17:23.099><c> of</c><00:17:23.240><c> substance.</c><00:17:23.819><c> Verse</c><00:17:23.940><c> two</c><00:17:24.220><c> says,</c><00:17:25.259><c> Moses,</c><00:17:25.380><c> my</c><00:17:25.880><c> servant,</c><00:17:26.619><c> is</c><00:17:26.900><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:17:28.940><c> again</c><00:17:29.220><c> in</c><00:17:29.440><c> verse</c><00:17:29.640><c> seven,</c><00:17:30.079><c> halfway</c><00:17:30.259><c> through,</c><00:17:30.539><c> according</c>

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to<00:17:31.059><c> all</c><00:17:31.200><c> the</c><00:17:31.339><c> law</c><00:17:31.440><c> which</c><00:17:31.660><c> Moses,</c><00:17:32.819><c> my</c><00:17:33.299><c> servant.</c>

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So<00:17:35.980><c> it's</c><00:17:36.140><c> interesting</c><00:17:36.420><c> that</c><00:17:36.720><c> at</c><00:17:36.880><c> the</c><00:17:36.980><c> death</c><00:17:37.099><c> of</c><00:17:37.400><c> Moses,</c><00:17:38.140><c> the</c>

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great<00:17:38.680><c> title</c><00:17:39.160><c> that</c><00:17:39.380><c> Moses</c><00:17:39.880><c> bore</c><00:17:40.180><c> was</c><00:17:41.019><c> servant</c><00:17:42.259><c> of</c><00:17:42.480><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:17:43.839><c> that's</c><00:17:44.160><c> a</c><00:17:44.400><c> title,</c><00:17:44.619><c> you</c><00:17:44.779><c> know,</c><00:17:44.980><c> that</c><00:17:45.160><c> Joshua</c><00:17:45.559><c> aspired</c><00:17:46.140><c> to.</c>

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Right<00:17:47.359><c> through</c><00:17:47.599><c> the</c><00:17:47.779><c> record</c><00:17:48.119><c> of</c><00:17:48.359><c> Joshua's</c><00:17:48.839><c> life</c><00:17:49.039><c> and</c><00:17:49.200><c> the</c><00:17:49.380><c> incidents</c><00:17:49.619><c> that</c><00:17:49.819><c> are</c><00:17:49.980><c> recorded,</c>

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Exodus<00:17:51.519><c> 24</c><00:17:52.099><c> 13,</c><00:17:52.920><c> Exodus</c><00:17:53.119><c> 33</c><00:17:53.559><c> 11,</c><00:17:54.000><c> Numbers</c><00:17:54.240><c> 11</c><00:17:54.559><c> 28,</c><00:17:55.259><c> all</c><00:17:55.539><c> of</c><00:17:55.740><c> those</c><00:17:56.200><c> describe</c><00:17:56.880><c> Joshua</c><00:17:57.400><c> as</c>

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the<00:17:58.279><c> servant</c><00:17:58.680><c> of</c><00:17:59.759><c> Moses,</c><00:18:00.920><c> servant</c><00:18:01.180><c> of</c><00:18:01.440><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:18:04.400><c> yes,</c><00:18:04.559><c> he</c><00:18:04.680><c> was</c><00:18:04.900><c> a</c><00:18:05.039><c> valiant</c><00:18:05.319><c> warrior.</c><00:18:06.380><c> He</c><00:18:06.640><c> was</c><00:18:06.900><c> a</c><00:18:07.259><c> master</c><00:18:07.700><c> strategist</c><00:18:08.259><c> when</c><00:18:08.380><c> it</c>

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came<00:18:08.799><c> for</c><00:18:09.240><c> tactical</c><00:18:09.640><c> warfare.</c>

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He<00:18:10.920><c> was</c><00:18:11.140><c> a</c><00:18:11.220><c> brilliant</c><00:18:11.680><c> leader,</c><00:18:13.880><c> but</c><00:18:14.000><c> in</c><00:18:14.220><c> a</c><00:18:14.519><c> serving</c><00:18:14.839><c> capacity,</c>

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Joshua<00:18:16.039><c> was</c><00:18:16.319><c> known</c><00:18:16.640><c> as</c><00:18:16.960><c> the</c><00:18:17.299><c> minister</c><00:18:17.759><c> of</c><00:18:18.119><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:18:21.240><c> again,</c><00:18:21.660><c> that</c><00:18:21.900><c> gives</c><00:18:22.079><c> us</c><00:18:22.259><c> an</c><00:18:22.420><c> indication</c><00:18:22.799><c> of</c><00:18:22.900><c> the</c><00:18:23.039><c> wonderful</c><00:18:23.759><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:18:24.759><c> Joshua</c><00:18:25.099><c> had.</c>

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He<00:18:26.700><c> recognised</c><00:18:27.240><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> seriousness</c><00:18:28.079><c> of</c><00:18:28.579><c> worshipping</c><00:18:29.000><c> the</c><00:18:29.259><c> Father</c><00:18:29.660><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:30.579><c> need</c><00:18:30.980><c> to</c><00:18:31.259><c> be</c><00:18:31.539><c> humble</c><00:18:32.240><c> and</c><00:18:32.880><c> appreciated</c><00:18:33.400><c> of</c><00:18:33.579><c> what</c><00:18:33.819><c> God</c><00:18:34.299><c> had</c>

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done<00:18:35.259><c> for</c><00:18:35.500><c> him.</c>

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So<00:18:37.819><c> in</c><00:18:38.400><c> that</c><00:18:38.680><c> particular</c><00:18:39.420><c> original</c><00:18:39.980><c> introduction</c><00:18:40.519><c> in</c><00:18:40.700><c> which</c>

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we're<00:18:41.720><c> introduced</c><00:18:42.099><c> to</c><00:18:42.400><c> Joshua</c><00:18:42.700><c> when</c><00:18:42.900><c> he</c><00:18:43.259><c> protected</c><00:18:43.640><c> the</c><00:18:44.059><c> tent</c>

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of<00:18:44.759><c> communication</c>

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back<00:18:46.220><c> in</c><00:18:46.359><c> the</c><00:18:46.460><c> time</c><00:18:46.599><c> of</c><00:18:46.740><c> the</c><00:18:46.900><c> golden</c><00:18:47.220><c> calf,</c><00:18:48.779><c> the</c><00:18:48.920><c> record</c><00:18:49.140><c> says</c>

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he<00:18:49.619><c> departed</c><00:18:50.019><c> not</c><00:18:50.259><c> from</c><00:18:50.460><c> that</c><00:18:50.700><c> particular</c><00:18:51.140><c> tent.</c>

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He<00:18:51.920><c> knew</c><00:18:52.160><c> that</c><00:18:52.299><c> there</c><00:18:52.440><c> was</c><00:18:52.680><c> something</c><00:18:53.119><c> precious</c><00:18:53.559><c> to</c><00:18:53.920><c> defend</c>

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and<00:18:54.859><c> to</c><00:18:55.140><c> protect.</c>

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So<00:18:56.019><c> you</c><00:18:56.220><c> see,</c><00:18:56.559><c> he</c><00:18:56.579><c> wasn't</c><00:18:56.859><c> just</c><00:18:57.180><c> a</c><00:18:57.440><c> Joab.</c><00:18:58.559><c> Remember</c><00:18:58.720><c> Joab?</c><00:18:59.259><c> I</c><00:18:59.279><c> mean,</c><00:18:59.460><c> he</c><00:18:59.619><c> was</c><00:18:59.839><c> a</c>

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fierce<00:19:00.359><c> fighting</c><00:19:00.839><c> warrior</c><00:19:01.380><c> under</c><00:19:02.359><c> the</c><00:19:02.759><c> leadership</c><00:19:03.059><c> of</c><00:19:03.380><c> David.</c>

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But<00:19:03.759><c> that's</c><00:19:04.000><c> all</c><00:19:04.140><c> he</c><00:19:04.240><c> ever</c><00:19:04.519><c> was.</c><00:19:04.779><c> He</c><00:19:04.799><c> was</c><00:19:04.980><c> a</c><00:19:05.079><c> military</c><00:19:05.559><c> genius,</c>

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a<00:19:06.099><c> military</c><00:19:06.460><c> man.</c>

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Joshua<00:19:07.700><c> was</c><00:19:07.980><c> above</c><00:19:08.279><c> and</c><00:19:08.539><c> beyond</c><00:19:08.859><c> that.</c><00:19:09.380><c> He</c><00:19:09.680><c> knew</c><00:19:10.059><c> that</c><00:19:10.200><c> there</c>

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were<00:19:10.619><c> certain</c><00:19:10.819><c> things</c><00:19:11.079><c> that</c><00:19:11.240><c> he</c><00:19:11.380><c> was</c><00:19:11.599><c> protecting,</c>

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and<00:19:12.539><c> those</c><00:19:12.880><c> things</c><00:19:13.099><c> had</c><00:19:13.279><c> to</c><00:19:13.480><c> do</c><00:19:13.599><c> with</c><00:19:13.799><c> the</c><00:19:13.980><c> worship</c><00:19:14.220><c> of</c><00:19:14.400><c> his</c><00:19:14.640><c> God.</c>

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So<00:19:15.599><c> his</c><00:19:15.839><c> very</c><00:19:16.140><c> origins</c><00:19:16.519><c> were</c><00:19:17.099><c> in</c><00:19:17.460><c> a</c><00:19:17.619><c> position</c><00:19:17.799><c> of</c><00:19:17.960><c> a</c><00:19:18.099><c> doorkeeper.</c>

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Okay,<00:19:19.500><c> he</c><00:19:19.700><c> protected</c><00:19:20.140><c> that</c><00:19:20.480><c> tent.</c><00:19:20.700><c> He</c><00:19:20.839><c> departed</c><00:19:21.220><c> not</c><00:19:21.500><c> from</c>

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it,<00:19:21.900><c> says</c><00:19:22.000><c> the</c><00:19:22.259><c> record.</c>

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So<00:19:24.440><c> sometimes,</c><00:19:24.920><c> you</c><00:19:25.000><c> know,</c><00:19:25.140><c> as</c><00:19:25.279><c> younger</c><00:19:25.539><c> brethren,</c><00:19:25.960><c> we</c><00:19:26.039><c> sort</c>

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of<00:19:26.559><c> get</c><00:19:26.680><c> the</c><00:19:26.819><c> opportunity</c><00:19:27.079><c> to</c><00:19:27.299><c> be</c><00:19:27.460><c> a</c><00:19:27.539><c> doorman.</c>

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We<00:19:27.859><c> think,</c><00:19:28.039><c> well,</c><00:19:28.380><c> you</c><00:19:28.519><c> know,</c><00:19:28.599><c> this</c><00:19:28.759><c> is</c><00:19:28.920><c> the</c><00:19:29.079><c> lower</c><00:19:29.299><c> end</c><00:19:29.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:30.259><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:30.640><c> scale,</c><00:19:31.019><c> perhaps.</c>

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And<00:19:31.779><c> it's</c><00:19:32.099><c> not.</c><00:19:32.519><c> It's</c><00:19:32.720><c> a</c><00:19:32.819><c> misconception,</c><00:19:33.579><c> really.</c>

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The<00:19:33.940><c> opportunity</c><00:19:34.400><c> to</c><00:19:35.099><c> welcome</c><00:19:35.400><c> and</c><00:19:35.680><c> greet</c><00:19:35.799><c> brothers</c><00:19:36.099><c> and</c><00:19:36.339><c> sisters</c><00:19:36.779><c> and</c>

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to<00:19:37.339><c> inspire</c><00:19:37.660><c> them</c><00:19:37.799><c> at</c><00:19:37.920><c> the</c><00:19:38.119><c> door</c><00:19:38.480><c> is</c><00:19:38.900><c> a</c><00:19:39.039><c> great</c><00:19:39.240><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:19:41.359><c> that</c><00:19:41.480><c> was</c><00:19:41.680><c> the</c><00:19:41.799><c> beginning</c><00:19:42.000><c> where</c><00:19:42.579><c> Joshua</c><00:19:43.079><c> had</c><00:19:43.720><c> his</c><00:19:43.940><c> early</c>

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training<00:19:44.500><c> in</c><00:19:44.880><c> defending</c><00:19:45.359><c> and</c><00:19:45.700><c> protecting</c><00:19:46.420><c> things</c><00:19:47.460><c> of</c><00:19:47.859><c> great</c>

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spiritual<00:19:48.960><c> value.</c>

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So<00:19:50.579><c> right</c><00:19:50.819><c> from</c><00:19:51.000><c> the</c><00:19:51.059><c> very</c><00:19:51.279><c> beginning,</c><00:19:51.980><c> Joshua</c><00:19:52.140><c> was</c><00:19:52.400><c> a</c><00:19:52.559><c> servant,</c><00:19:52.819><c> a</c><00:19:53.019><c> servant</c><00:19:53.180><c> to</c>

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Moses<00:19:54.200><c> particularly.</c>

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So<00:19:55.779><c> he</c><00:19:55.900><c> was</c><00:19:56.099><c> never</c><00:19:56.480><c> a</c><00:19:56.720><c> man</c><00:19:56.920><c> who</c><00:19:57.079><c> had</c><00:19:57.180><c> an</c><00:19:57.440><c> overblown</c><00:19:57.920><c> ego.</c>

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You<00:19:58.299><c> know,</c><00:19:58.920><c> for</c><00:19:58.960><c> the</c><00:19:59.059><c> next</c><00:19:59.400><c> few</c><00:20:00.539><c> decades</c><00:20:01.019><c> as</c><00:20:01.200><c> he</c><00:20:01.380><c> worked</c><00:20:01.579><c> with</c>

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the<00:20:02.160><c> nation,</c><00:20:03.000><c> he</c><00:20:03.019><c> was</c><00:20:03.240><c> never</c><00:20:03.619><c> a</c><00:20:04.140><c> dominant,</c><00:20:04.680><c> authoritative</c><00:20:05.420><c> person.</c>

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He<00:20:05.779><c> said,</c><00:20:05.960><c> well,</c><00:20:06.119><c> I</c><00:20:06.259><c> told</c><00:20:06.500><c> you</c><00:20:06.640><c> to</c><00:20:06.779><c> do</c><00:20:06.920><c> this.</c>

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He<00:20:07.640><c> had</c><00:20:08.039><c> an</c><00:20:08.440><c> incredible</c><00:20:08.960><c> and</c><00:20:09.460><c> intense</c><00:20:09.859><c> empathy</c><00:20:10.299><c> for</c><00:20:10.480><c> his</c><00:20:10.660><c> people,</c><00:20:11.380><c> exactly</c><00:20:11.559><c> like</c>

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our<00:20:12.000><c> Lord</c><00:20:12.160><c> Jesus</c><00:20:12.500><c> Christ,</c>

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a<00:20:13.099><c> man</c><00:20:13.200><c> of</c><00:20:13.400><c> great</c><00:20:13.619><c> compassion</c><00:20:13.980><c> and</c><00:20:14.240><c> understanding.</c>

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We'll<00:20:15.119><c> see</c><00:20:15.279><c> that</c><00:20:15.440><c> as</c><00:20:15.680><c> we</c><00:20:15.960><c> unravel</c><00:20:16.299><c> the</c><00:20:16.539><c> record.</c>

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So<00:20:18.319><c> that</c><00:20:18.660><c> servitude</c><00:20:19.400><c> attitude</c><00:20:20.000><c> that</c><00:20:20.319><c> Joshua</c><00:20:20.779><c> had</c><00:20:21.400><c> is</c><00:20:22.019><c> really</c><00:20:22.319><c> wonderful.</c>

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So<00:20:23.140><c> the</c><00:20:23.240><c> book</c><00:20:23.400><c> of</c><00:20:23.640><c> Joshua</c><00:20:23.940><c> begins</c><00:20:24.279><c> by</c><00:20:24.539><c> describing</c><00:20:25.039><c> Moses</c><00:20:25.440><c> as</c><00:20:25.700><c> a</c>

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servant<00:20:25.960><c> of</c><00:20:26.240><c> God.</c>

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That<00:20:27.480><c> was</c><00:20:27.759><c> the</c><00:20:27.859><c> title</c><00:20:28.099><c> Joshua</c><00:20:28.539><c> aspired</c><00:20:29.039><c> to.</c><00:20:29.299><c> And</c><00:20:29.359><c> you</c><00:20:29.440><c> know,</c>

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he<00:20:29.700><c> obtained</c><00:20:30.059><c> that.</c>

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Come<00:20:30.779><c> with</c><00:20:31.059><c> me</c><00:20:31.240><c> to</c><00:20:31.380><c> the</c><00:20:31.640><c> last</c><00:20:32.039><c> chapter</c><00:20:32.259><c> of</c><00:20:32.420><c> the</c><00:20:32.460><c> book</c><00:20:32.640><c> of</c><00:20:32.859><c> Joshua.</c>

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And<00:20:33.599><c> I</c><00:20:33.859><c> find</c><00:20:34.059><c> this</c><00:20:34.299><c> point</c><00:20:34.519><c> really,</c><00:20:35.019><c> really</c><00:20:35.299><c> wonderful,</c><00:20:36.079><c> because</c><00:20:36.180><c> here</c>

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we<00:20:36.640><c> come</c><00:20:36.799><c> to</c><00:20:37.019><c> the</c><00:20:37.359><c> end</c><00:20:37.819><c> of</c><00:20:38.240><c> the</c><00:20:38.480><c> life</c><00:20:38.720><c> of</c><00:20:39.019><c> Joshua.</c>

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And<00:20:40.019><c> it's</c><00:20:40.180><c> almost,</c><00:20:40.559><c> well,</c><00:20:40.640><c> what</c><00:20:40.799><c> did</c><00:20:41.039><c> Joshua</c><00:20:41.420><c> accomplish</c><00:20:42.039><c> in</c>

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his<00:20:42.480><c> life?</c>

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So<00:20:43.819><c> we</c><00:20:43.920><c> come</c><00:20:44.119><c> to</c><00:20:44.299><c> Joshua</c><00:20:44.819><c> chapter</c><00:20:45.500><c> 24</c><00:20:46.299><c> and</c><00:20:46.940><c> verse</c><00:20:47.279><c> 29.</c>

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Last<00:20:49.819><c> page</c><00:20:50.160><c> of</c><00:20:50.299><c> the</c><00:20:50.420><c> record</c><00:20:50.660><c> of</c><00:20:50.920><c> Joshua.</c>

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Here's<00:20:51.700><c> the</c><00:20:51.819><c> summary</c><00:20:52.119><c> of</c><00:20:52.279><c> his</c><00:20:52.480><c> life,</c><00:20:53.180><c> verse</c><00:20:53.460><c> 29.</c>

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And<00:20:54.559><c> it</c><00:20:54.819><c> came</c><00:20:55.059><c> to</c><00:20:55.299><c> pass</c><00:20:55.539><c> after</c><00:20:55.839><c> these</c><00:20:56.259><c> things,</c><00:20:57.140><c> that</c><00:20:57.359><c> Joshua</c>

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the<00:20:57.980><c> son</c><00:20:58.240><c> of</c><00:20:58.539><c> Nun,</c>

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the<00:20:59.319><c> great</c><00:20:59.640><c> warrior,</c><00:21:00.319><c> the</c><00:21:00.559><c> military</c><00:21:01.039><c> genius</c><00:21:01.420><c> of</c><00:21:01.599><c> Israel</c><00:21:02.039><c> died.</c>

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Well,<00:21:02.799><c> it</c><00:21:02.839><c> doesn't</c><00:21:03.079><c> say</c><00:21:03.299><c> that</c><00:21:03.480><c> at</c><00:21:03.619><c> all,</c><00:21:03.880><c> does</c><00:21:03.980><c> it?</c>

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We<00:21:04.940><c> would</c><00:21:05.119><c> think</c><00:21:05.259><c> it</c><00:21:05.420><c> should.</c>

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But<00:21:06.680><c> for</c><00:21:06.900><c> Joshua,</c><00:21:07.259><c> there's</c><00:21:07.420><c> one</c><00:21:07.660><c> thing</c><00:21:07.819><c> that</c><00:21:07.920><c> he</c><00:21:08.039><c> wanted</c><00:21:08.140><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:08.420><c> known</c><00:21:08.619><c> for.</c>

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Not<00:21:10.240><c> a</c><00:21:10.440><c> great</c><00:21:10.640><c> warrior,</c><00:21:11.339><c> not</c><00:21:11.559><c> a</c><00:21:11.759><c> leader.</c>

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It<00:21:12.680><c> says</c><00:21:13.039><c> there,</c><00:21:13.319><c> Joshua</c><00:21:13.660><c> the</c><00:21:13.839><c> son</c><00:21:14.019><c> of</c><00:21:14.279><c> Nun,</c><00:21:15.539><c> the</c><00:21:15.880><c> servant</c><00:21:16.099><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:16.700><c> died</c><00:21:17.039><c> being</c><00:21:17.319><c> 110</c><00:21:17.900><c> years</c><00:21:18.319><c> of</c><00:21:18.579><c> age.</c>

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The<00:21:20.140><c> one</c><00:21:20.440><c> quality</c><00:21:20.819><c> that</c><00:21:21.039><c> Joshua</c><00:21:21.380><c> aspired</c><00:21:21.759><c> to</c><00:21:21.900><c> in</c><00:21:21.960><c> his</c><00:21:22.200><c> life</c>

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was<00:21:22.539><c> humility.</c>

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There<00:21:24.680><c> wasn't</c><00:21:25.160><c> assertiveness.</c>

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We<00:21:26.099><c> often</c><00:21:26.339><c> think</c><00:21:26.559><c> of</c><00:21:26.799><c> leaders</c><00:21:27.240><c> as</c><00:21:28.079><c> dominant</c><00:21:28.539><c> men,</c>

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maybe<00:21:29.599><c> even</c><00:21:29.900><c> belligerent</c><00:21:30.380><c> people</c><00:21:30.980><c> who</c><00:21:31.619><c> have</c><00:21:31.779><c> a</c><00:21:31.859><c> very</c><00:21:32.099><c> dynamic</c><00:21:32.539><c> style.</c>

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That<00:21:34.119><c> wasn't</c><00:21:34.460><c> the</c><00:21:34.700><c> Joshua.</c>

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Yes,<00:21:35.500><c> leadership</c><00:21:35.880><c> was</c><00:21:36.160><c> there,</c><00:21:36.799><c> but</c><00:21:36.920><c> there</c><00:21:37.059><c> was</c><00:21:37.160><c> this</c><00:21:37.359><c> beautiful</c><00:21:37.819><c> element</c>

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of<00:21:38.460><c> humility</c><00:21:38.900><c> that</c><00:21:39.039><c> was</c><00:21:39.240><c> mixed</c><00:21:39.480><c> with</c><00:21:39.640><c> all</c><00:21:39.859><c> of</c><00:21:39.980><c> that.</c>

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And<00:21:40.259><c> when</c><00:21:40.339><c> we</c><00:21:40.519><c> look</c><00:21:40.640><c> at</c><00:21:40.740><c> some</c><00:21:40.940><c> of</c><00:21:41.019><c> the</c><00:21:41.200><c> opening</c><00:21:41.460><c> battles</c><00:21:41.880><c> that</c>

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Joshua<00:21:42.339><c> went</c><00:21:42.559><c> into,</c>

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he<00:21:43.680><c> had</c><00:21:43.920><c> to</c><00:21:44.119><c> deal</c><00:21:44.299><c> with</c><00:21:44.599><c> defeat.</c>

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In<00:21:46.859><c> the</c><00:21:46.960><c> case</c><00:21:47.220><c> of</c><00:21:47.500><c> Ai,</c><00:21:48.980><c> in</c><00:21:49.299><c> the</c><00:21:50.119><c> relationship</c><00:21:50.599><c> with</c><00:21:50.779><c> the</c><00:21:50.900><c> Gibeonites,</c>

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these<00:21:51.619><c> were</c><00:21:51.819><c> areas</c><00:21:52.079><c> of</c><00:21:52.259><c> defeat</c><00:21:52.579><c> that</c><00:21:52.799><c> Joshua</c><00:21:53.079><c> had</c><00:21:53.319><c> to</c><00:21:53.480><c> deal</c><00:21:53.660><c> with,</c>

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and<00:21:54.000><c> he</c><00:21:54.079><c> was</c><00:21:54.279><c> a</c><00:21:54.440><c> humble</c><00:21:54.660><c> man</c><00:21:55.000><c> enough</c><00:21:55.319><c> to</c><00:21:55.460><c> deal</c><00:21:55.660><c> with</c><00:21:55.839><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:21:56.440><c> a</c><00:21:56.660><c> beautiful</c><00:21:57.039><c> thread</c><00:21:57.279><c> that</c><00:21:57.400><c> we</c><00:21:57.559><c> find</c><00:21:57.880><c> in</c><00:21:58.299><c> the</c><00:21:58.519><c> life</c><00:21:58.900><c> of</c><00:21:59.240><c> Joshua.</c>

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So<00:22:01.039><c> when</c><00:22:01.180><c> we</c><00:22:01.299><c> come</c><00:22:01.440><c> back</c><00:22:01.640><c> to</c><00:22:01.759><c> Joshua</c><00:22:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:02.319><c> 1,</c><00:22:02.660><c> he's</c><00:22:02.819><c> given</c>

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instructions<00:22:03.720><c> in</c><00:22:03.980><c> verse</c><00:22:04.299><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:22:06.480><c> it</c><00:22:06.680><c> says</c><00:22:07.000><c> there,</c><00:22:07.420><c> Moses,</c><00:22:07.779><c> my</c><00:22:07.920><c> servant,</c><00:22:08.220><c> he's</c><00:22:08.299><c> dead.</c>

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Now<00:22:08.819><c> you</c><00:22:09.079><c> have</c><00:22:09.440><c> to</c><00:22:09.859><c> arise.</c><00:22:11.019><c> Arise</c><00:22:11.460><c> and</c><00:22:11.599><c> go</c><00:22:11.859><c> over</c><00:22:12.059><c> this</c><00:22:12.299><c> Jordan.</c>

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In<00:22:13.059><c> other</c><00:22:13.140><c> words,</c><00:22:13.299><c> God's</c><00:22:13.680><c> telling</c><00:22:13.759><c> him,</c><00:22:14.039><c> okay,</c><00:22:14.420><c> Joshua,</c><00:22:15.140><c> time</c>

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for<00:22:15.640><c> mourning</c><00:22:15.880><c> is</c><00:22:16.160><c> over.</c>

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You've<00:22:16.880><c> got</c><00:22:16.980><c> to</c><00:22:17.140><c> get</c><00:22:17.319><c> up.</c><00:22:17.740><c> You've</c><00:22:17.900><c> got</c><00:22:18.000><c> to</c><00:22:18.220><c> take</c><00:22:18.359><c> these</c><00:22:18.660><c> people</c>

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across<00:22:19.440><c> the</c><00:22:19.720><c> Jordan.</c>

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You've<00:22:20.420><c> got</c><00:22:20.579><c> to</c><00:22:20.700><c> give</c><00:22:20.859><c> them</c><00:22:21.119><c> the</c><00:22:21.339><c> land,</c><00:22:21.799><c> conquer</c><00:22:21.960><c> the</c><00:22:22.220><c> land.</c>

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So<00:22:23.480><c> the</c><00:22:23.799><c> exhortation</c><00:22:24.259><c> to</c><00:22:24.440><c> Joshua</c><00:22:24.700><c> was,</c><00:22:25.000><c> hey,</c><00:22:25.079><c> we</c><00:22:25.180><c> can't</c><00:22:25.460><c> remain</c><00:22:25.759><c> idle.</c>

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You<00:22:26.880><c> know,</c><00:22:27.019><c> there</c><00:22:27.140><c> are</c><00:22:27.240><c> things</c><00:22:27.400><c> in</c><00:22:27.559><c> our</c><00:22:27.779><c> life</c><00:22:27.980><c> that</c><00:22:28.180><c> perhaps</c>

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distress<00:22:28.880><c> us,</c>

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and<00:22:29.200><c> we</c><00:22:29.599><c> put</c><00:22:29.779><c> ourselves</c><00:22:30.160><c> on</c><00:22:30.480><c> pause</c><00:22:30.759><c> to</c><00:22:31.180><c> try</c><00:22:31.299><c> and</c><00:22:31.460><c> adjust</c><00:22:31.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:32.099><c> situation.</c>

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But<00:22:33.099><c> there</c><00:22:33.299><c> comes</c><00:22:33.500><c> a</c><00:22:33.680><c> time,</c><00:22:34.119><c> brothers</c><00:22:34.180><c> and</c><00:22:34.359><c> sisters,</c><00:22:34.559><c> when</c><00:22:34.940><c> we've</c><00:22:35.460><c> got</c><00:22:35.539><c> to</c>

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arise<00:22:36.079><c> and</c><00:22:36.200><c> we've</c><00:22:36.400><c> got</c><00:22:36.500><c> to</c><00:22:36.680><c> move</c><00:22:36.859><c> forward.</c>

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And<00:22:37.299><c> for</c><00:22:37.420><c> Joshua,</c><00:22:38.200><c> this</c><00:22:38.420><c> was</c><00:22:38.680><c> the</c><00:22:39.019><c> occasion,</c><00:22:39.420><c> and</c><00:22:39.559><c> God</c><00:22:39.819><c> invites</c><00:22:40.259><c> him</c><00:22:40.460><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:40.920><c> that.</c>

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He<00:22:41.640><c> has</c><00:22:41.920><c> to</c><00:22:42.200><c> take</c><00:22:42.339><c> up</c><00:22:42.559><c> these</c><00:22:42.859><c> responsibilities,</c><00:22:43.880><c> even</c><00:22:44.220><c> though</c>

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he<00:22:44.619><c> may</c><00:22:44.839><c> have</c><00:22:44.980><c> been</c><00:22:45.220><c> daunted</c><00:22:45.559><c> by</c><00:22:46.000><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:47.440><c> we</c><00:22:47.599><c> often</c><00:22:47.960><c> look</c><00:22:48.259><c> at</c><00:22:48.440><c> ourselves</c><00:22:48.819><c> and</c><00:22:48.960><c> we</c><00:22:49.059><c> feel</c><00:22:49.319><c> incapable.</c>

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We<00:22:50.140><c> don't</c><00:22:50.339><c> have</c><00:22:50.480><c> the</c><00:22:50.700><c> qualifications.</c>

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There's<00:22:52.059><c> a</c><00:22:52.279><c> call</c><00:22:52.460><c> for</c><00:22:52.700><c> a</c><00:22:52.779><c> particular</c><00:22:53.099><c> duty,</c><00:22:53.359><c> and</c><00:22:53.440><c> we</c><00:22:53.539><c> say,</c><00:22:53.920><c> well,</c><00:22:53.920><c> not</c><00:22:54.119><c> me.</c>

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I<00:22:55.220><c> don't</c><00:22:55.420><c> have</c><00:22:55.579><c> the</c><00:22:55.799><c> qualifications.</c><00:22:56.359><c> And</c><00:22:56.500><c> I'm</c><00:22:56.619><c> sure</c><00:22:56.880><c> Joshua</c>

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could<00:22:57.480><c> have</c><00:22:57.599><c> said</c><00:22:57.759><c> that</c><00:22:57.960><c> as</c><00:22:58.200><c> well.</c>

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I<00:22:58.660><c> mean,</c><00:22:58.880><c> what</c><00:22:59.039><c> military</c><00:22:59.539><c> training</c><00:22:59.940><c> school</c><00:23:00.140><c> did</c><00:23:00.299><c> he</c><00:23:00.500><c> go</c><00:23:00.759><c> to?</c>

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But<00:23:02.900><c> there</c><00:23:03.039><c> was</c><00:23:03.160><c> a</c><00:23:03.339><c> call</c><00:23:03.519><c> from</c><00:23:03.759><c> the</c><00:23:03.980><c> Father,</c><00:23:04.779><c> and</c><00:23:05.099><c> he</c><00:23:05.420><c> responded</c><00:23:05.900><c> to</c><00:23:06.220><c> it,</c>

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because<00:23:07.019><c> he</c><00:23:07.200><c> wanted</c><00:23:07.420><c> to</c><00:23:07.779><c> protect</c><00:23:08.240><c> and</c><00:23:08.680><c> help</c><00:23:08.900><c> develop</c><00:23:09.299><c> his</c><00:23:09.539><c> brothers</c><00:23:09.759><c> and</c><00:23:09.980><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:23:10.380><c> that</c><00:23:10.579><c> should</c><00:23:10.740><c> be</c><00:23:10.980><c> the</c><00:23:11.140><c> essence</c><00:23:11.339><c> of</c><00:23:11.480><c> what</c><00:23:11.619><c> our</c><00:23:11.839><c> heart</c><00:23:12.000><c> is</c>

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all<00:23:12.359><c> about.</c>

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We<00:23:13.359><c> all</c><00:23:13.680><c> have</c><00:23:13.900><c> a</c><00:23:14.099><c> responsibility</c><00:23:14.680><c> of</c><00:23:14.920><c> looking</c><00:23:15.140><c> after</c><00:23:15.460><c> one</c><00:23:15.660><c> another.</c>

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It's<00:23:16.079><c> not</c><00:23:16.339><c> just</c><00:23:16.559><c> to</c><00:23:16.819><c> our</c><00:23:17.000><c> leaders,</c><00:23:17.519><c> not</c><00:23:17.740><c> just</c><00:23:17.900><c> to</c><00:23:18.099><c> our</c><00:23:18.279><c> ranging</c><00:23:18.559><c> brothers.</c>

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It's<00:23:19.740><c> all</c><00:23:19.980><c> of</c><00:23:20.099><c> us</c><00:23:20.319><c> have,</c><00:23:20.599><c> or</c><00:23:20.720><c> should</c><00:23:20.920><c> have,</c><00:23:21.240><c> a</c><00:23:21.380><c> serving</c><00:23:21.680><c> heart</c>

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in<00:23:22.400><c> which</c><00:23:22.559><c> we</c><00:23:22.740><c> want</c><00:23:22.900><c> to</c><00:23:23.119><c> protect</c><00:23:23.579><c> and</c><00:23:24.039><c> help</c><00:23:24.259><c> our</c><00:23:24.519><c> brothers</c><00:23:24.700><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:23:25.119><c> toward</c><00:23:25.460><c> the</c><00:23:25.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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So<00:23:29.480><c> Joshua</c><00:23:29.759><c> was</c><00:23:29.980><c> prepared</c><00:23:30.180><c> to</c><00:23:30.400><c> take</c><00:23:30.559><c> on</c><00:23:30.720><c> that</c><00:23:30.880><c> responsibility,</c>

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not<00:23:31.920><c> only</c><00:23:32.400><c> to</c><00:23:33.000><c> get</c><00:23:33.119><c> into</c><00:23:33.339><c> the</c><00:23:33.539><c> land</c><00:23:33.660><c> of</c><00:23:33.900><c> promise</c><00:23:34.059><c> himself,</c><00:23:34.519><c> which</c><00:23:34.799><c> was</c>

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a<00:23:35.380><c> wonderful</c><00:23:35.640><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:23:36.680><c> again,</c><00:23:37.140><c> in</c><00:23:37.279><c> verse</c><00:23:37.480><c> 2</c><00:23:37.680><c> it</c><00:23:37.900><c> says,</c>

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You<00:23:39.720><c> arise,</c><00:23:40.240><c> go</c><00:23:40.440><c> with</c><00:23:40.599><c> this</c><00:23:40.799><c> Jordan,</c><00:23:41.319><c> thou</c><00:23:41.660><c> and</c><00:23:42.619><c> all</c><00:23:43.420><c> the</c><00:23:43.680><c> people.</c>

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Now,<00:23:44.740><c> there's</c><00:23:44.920><c> a</c><00:23:45.099><c> theme</c><00:23:45.259><c> that</c><00:23:45.420><c> runs</c><00:23:45.640><c> through</c><00:23:45.900><c> chapter</c><00:23:46.180><c> 1</c><00:23:46.420><c> here</c>

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about<00:23:47.559><c> this</c><00:23:48.740><c> allness,</c>

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I<00:23:49.380><c> guess</c><00:23:49.559><c> we</c><00:23:49.680><c> could</c><00:23:49.859><c> say,</c><00:23:50.160><c> as</c><00:23:50.279><c> far</c><00:23:50.420><c> as</c><00:23:50.500><c> the</c><00:23:50.619><c> life</c><00:23:50.819><c> of</c><00:23:51.000><c> Joshua</c><00:23:51.160><c> is</c><00:23:51.380><c> concerned.</c>

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So<00:23:51.940><c> in</c><00:23:52.200><c> verse</c><00:23:52.460><c> 2,</c><00:23:52.980><c> all</c><00:23:53.259><c> the</c><00:23:53.480><c> people.</c><00:23:54.119><c> In</c><00:23:54.240><c> verse</c><00:23:54.660><c> 4,</c><00:23:55.579><c> it</c><00:23:55.680><c> says</c>

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from<00:23:56.000><c> the</c><00:23:56.160><c> wilderness,</c>

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this<00:23:56.720><c> Lebanon</c><00:23:57.099><c> to</c><00:23:57.299><c> the</c><00:23:57.460><c> great</c><00:23:57.619><c> river,</c><00:23:57.779><c> the</c><00:23:57.839><c> river</c><00:23:58.039><c> Euphrates,</c>

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all<00:23:58.799><c> the</c><00:23:59.039><c> land.</c>

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So<00:23:59.740><c> it's</c><00:23:59.880><c> all</c><00:24:00.019><c> the</c><00:24:00.160><c> people,</c><00:24:00.480><c> all</c><00:24:00.660><c> the</c><00:24:00.859><c> land,</c><00:24:01.339><c> verse</c><00:24:01.619><c> 5.</c>

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No<00:24:02.680><c> one</c><00:24:02.720><c> will</c><00:24:02.839><c> be</c><00:24:02.900><c> able</c><00:24:03.059><c> to</c><00:24:03.259><c> stand</c><00:24:03.420><c> against</c><00:24:03.779><c> thee</c><00:24:03.980><c> all</c><00:24:04.319><c> the</c><00:24:04.519><c> days</c><00:24:04.740><c> of</c>

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your<00:24:05.160><c> life.</c>

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In<00:24:06.019><c> verse</c><00:24:06.319><c> 7,</c><00:24:07.079><c> you</c><00:24:07.119><c> need</c><00:24:07.380><c> to</c><00:24:07.519><c> observe</c><00:24:07.900><c> all</c><00:24:08.380><c> the</c><00:24:08.680><c> law,</c>

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and<00:24:09.599><c> again,</c><00:24:10.180><c> halfway</c><00:24:10.299><c> through</c><00:24:10.619><c> verse</c><00:24:10.900><c> 8,</c>

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you<00:24:11.660><c> need</c><00:24:11.880><c> to</c><00:24:12.099><c> observe</c><00:24:12.380><c> and</c><00:24:12.579><c> do</c><00:24:12.799><c> according</c><00:24:13.059><c> to</c><00:24:13.359><c> all</c><00:24:13.700><c> that</c><00:24:13.839><c> is</c><00:24:14.039><c> written.</c>

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So<00:24:15.039><c> this</c><00:24:15.200><c> was</c><00:24:15.420><c> a</c><00:24:15.500><c> big</c><00:24:15.700><c> task.</c>

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It<00:24:17.599><c> wasn't</c><00:24:17.940><c> just</c><00:24:18.339><c> like,</c><00:24:18.900><c> well,</c><00:24:19.180><c> let's</c><00:24:19.319><c> just</c><00:24:19.559><c> walk</c><00:24:19.680><c> into</c><00:24:19.859><c> the</c><00:24:20.039><c> land,</c>

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:23.400
it's<00:24:20.299><c> going</c><00:24:20.359><c> to</c><00:24:20.460><c> be</c><00:24:20.559><c> an</c><00:24:20.660><c> easy,</c><00:24:21.519><c> breezy</c><00:24:21.819><c> sort</c><00:24:22.000><c> of</c><00:24:22.619><c> course.</c>

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:26.660
It's<00:24:24.319><c> Joshua,</c><00:24:24.920><c> I</c><00:24:24.960><c> want</c><00:24:25.160><c> you</c><00:24:25.339><c> to</c><00:24:25.680><c> complete</c><00:24:25.859><c> your</c><00:24:26.119><c> responsibilities</c>

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:28.880
and<00:24:27.299><c> bring</c><00:24:27.539><c> all</c><00:24:27.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.059><c> people.</c>

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:31.119
I<00:24:29.680><c> want</c><00:24:29.839><c> you</c><00:24:29.980><c> to</c><00:24:30.160><c> take</c><00:24:30.299><c> all</c><00:24:30.539><c> the</c><00:24:30.740><c> land.</c>

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:33.299
No<00:24:31.619><c> one</c><00:24:31.819><c> will</c><00:24:31.819><c> stand</c><00:24:31.980><c> you</c><00:24:32.099><c> all</c><00:24:32.279><c> the</c><00:24:32.440><c> days</c><00:24:32.640><c> of</c><00:24:32.819><c> your</c><00:24:33.059><c> life.</c>

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.500
You<00:24:33.619><c> want</c><00:24:33.839><c> to</c><00:24:34.000><c> attend</c><00:24:34.220><c> to</c><00:24:34.480><c> all</c><00:24:34.640><c> the</c><00:24:34.799><c> things</c><00:24:34.940><c> of</c><00:24:35.119><c> the</c><00:24:35.279><c> law,</c>

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.700
and<00:24:35.859><c> you</c><00:24:35.960><c> want</c><00:24:36.119><c> to</c><00:24:36.359><c> observe</c><00:24:36.740><c> all</c><00:24:37.119><c> that</c><00:24:37.259><c> is</c><00:24:37.480><c> written.</c>

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:40.099
Big,<00:24:38.579><c> big</c><00:24:39.039><c> task.</c>

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.900
And<00:24:42.119><c> that's</c><00:24:42.400><c> a</c><00:24:42.539><c> challenge.</c>

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.220
That<00:24:43.400><c> was</c><00:24:43.599><c> a</c><00:24:43.779><c> challenge,</c><00:24:44.079><c> of</c><00:24:44.279><c> course,</c><00:24:44.680><c> to</c><00:24:44.880><c> Joshua.</c>

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.339
But<00:24:45.400><c> he</c><00:24:45.519><c> was</c><00:24:45.660><c> stepping</c><00:24:45.859><c> into</c><00:24:46.039><c> the</c><00:24:46.180><c> footsteps</c><00:24:46.500><c> of</c><00:24:46.940><c> Moses.</c>

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:50.180
And<00:24:47.839><c> again,</c><00:24:48.039><c> if</c><00:24:48.160><c> you</c><00:24:48.279><c> look</c><00:24:48.400><c> at</c><00:24:48.519><c> chapter</c><00:24:48.720><c> 34,</c><00:24:49.299><c> verse</c><00:24:49.519><c> 11</c><00:24:49.799><c> and</c><00:24:49.960><c> 12,</c>

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:53.019
you<00:24:50.359><c> notice</c><00:24:50.519><c> that</c><00:24:50.759><c> word</c><00:24:50.960><c> all</c><00:24:51.319><c> again,</c><00:24:52.099><c> repeated.</c>

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:56.900
So<00:24:54.000><c> he</c><00:24:54.440><c> was</c><00:24:54.680><c> falling</c><00:24:55.000><c> in</c><00:24:55.339><c> line</c><00:24:55.500><c> to</c><00:24:55.819><c> what</c><00:24:56.200><c> Moses</c><00:24:56.599><c> had</c>

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.680
previously<00:24:57.299><c> accomplished.</c>

00:24:57.740 --> 00:25:00.119
So<00:24:57.920><c> verse</c><00:24:58.140><c> 11</c><00:24:58.400><c> of</c><00:24:58.579><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.720><c> 34</c><00:24:59.140><c> of</c><00:24:59.299><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:59.740><c> says,</c>

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:02.960
In<00:25:00.619><c> all</c><00:25:01.099><c> the</c><00:25:01.380><c> signs</c><00:25:01.640><c> and</c><00:25:01.799><c> the</c><00:25:02.019><c> wonders,</c>

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.579
which<00:25:03.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:03.279><c> sent</c><00:25:03.460><c> him</c><00:25:03.599><c> to</c><00:25:03.700><c> do</c><00:25:03.779><c> in</c><00:25:03.880><c> the</c><00:25:03.940><c> land</c><00:25:04.140><c> of</c><00:25:04.279><c> Egypt,</c>

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:06.259
to<00:25:04.799><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:25:05.019><c> to</c><00:25:05.220><c> all</c><00:25:05.599><c> his</c><00:25:05.880><c> servants,</c>

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.319
and<00:25:06.700><c> to</c><00:25:06.880><c> all</c><00:25:07.079><c> his</c><00:25:07.339><c> land,</c><00:25:07.680><c> verse</c><00:25:07.920><c> 12,</c>

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.400
and<00:25:08.660><c> in</c><00:25:09.000><c> all</c><00:25:09.420><c> that</c><00:25:09.819><c> mighty</c><00:25:10.079><c> hand,</c>

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.819
and<00:25:10.619><c> in</c><00:25:10.940><c> all</c><00:25:11.200><c> the</c><00:25:11.400><c> great</c><00:25:11.599><c> terror.</c>

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:14.619
So<00:25:12.180><c> you</c><00:25:12.400><c> see,</c><00:25:12.599><c> it</c><00:25:12.680><c> was</c><00:25:12.839><c> a</c><00:25:12.940><c> big</c><00:25:13.119><c> package</c><00:25:13.400><c> for</c><00:25:13.599><c> Moses,</c>

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:17.859
and<00:25:14.799><c> now</c><00:25:15.039><c> that</c><00:25:15.259><c> big</c><00:25:15.519><c> package</c><00:25:15.839><c> is</c><00:25:15.980><c> being</c><00:25:16.259><c> passed</c><00:25:16.680><c> on</c><00:25:17.039><c> to</c><00:25:17.380><c> Joshua</c>

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as<00:25:18.319><c> well.</c>

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:24.359
So<00:25:23.000><c> he</c><00:25:23.180><c> was</c><00:25:23.299><c> to</c><00:25:23.480><c> take</c><00:25:23.640><c> the</c><00:25:23.900><c> people,</c>

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:27.980
and<00:25:25.099><c> the</c><00:25:25.359><c> phrase</c><00:25:25.920><c> again</c><00:25:26.960><c> in</c><00:25:27.200><c> verse</c><00:25:27.420><c> 2</c><00:25:27.700><c> is,</c>

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:30.799
into<00:25:28.500><c> the</c><00:25:29.000><c> land,</c><00:25:30.000><c> into</c><00:25:30.200><c> this</c><00:25:30.500><c> land.</c>

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.539
In<00:25:31.259><c> fact,</c><00:25:31.799><c> that</c><00:25:31.819><c> phrase,</c><00:25:32.579><c> into</c><00:25:32.799><c> the</c><00:25:33.099><c> land,</c>

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.500
it's<00:25:33.839><c> found</c><00:25:33.960><c> in</c><00:25:34.119><c> verse</c><00:25:34.380><c> 2,</c>

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:38.759
is<00:25:35.880><c> used</c><00:25:36.220><c> 87</c><00:25:36.779><c> times</c><00:25:37.539><c> through</c><00:25:37.819><c> Joshua.</c>

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.920
So,<00:25:39.160><c> you</c><00:25:39.160><c> know,</c><00:25:39.579><c> Joshua's</c><00:25:39.799><c> only</c><00:25:39.960><c> got</c><00:25:40.099><c> 24</c><00:25:40.539><c> chapters,</c>

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:43.339
so<00:25:41.099><c> it's</c><00:25:41.180><c> not</c><00:25:41.299><c> an</c><00:25:41.519><c> extensive</c><00:25:42.000><c> book</c><00:25:42.240><c> in</c><00:25:42.400><c> that</c><00:25:42.599><c> sense.</c>

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:47.339
87<00:25:43.880><c> times</c><00:25:44.960><c> God</c><00:25:45.599><c> has</c><00:25:45.859><c> emphasised</c><00:25:46.279><c> to</c><00:25:46.400><c> Joshua,</c>

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.920
take<00:25:47.420><c> the</c><00:25:47.900><c> land.</c>

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:52.759
Because<00:25:50.400><c> there</c><00:25:50.579><c> was</c><00:25:50.839><c> substance</c><00:25:51.559><c> to</c><00:25:52.039><c> Joshua's</c><00:25:52.559><c> belief.</c>

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.680
He<00:25:52.940><c> wasn't</c><00:25:53.160><c> just</c><00:25:53.400><c> now</c><00:25:53.660><c> wandering</c><00:25:53.920><c> around</c><00:25:54.240><c> in</c><00:25:54.440><c> the</c><00:25:54.460><c> wilderness</c>

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with<00:25:54.940><c> really</c><00:25:55.220><c> no</c><00:25:55.539><c> direction.</c>

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:58.259
There<00:25:56.519><c> was</c><00:25:56.880><c> substance</c><00:25:57.359><c> to</c><00:25:57.539><c> the</c><00:25:57.779><c> promises,</c>

00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:02.059
and<00:25:58.779><c> he's</c><00:25:58.980><c> going</c><00:25:59.099><c> to</c><00:25:59.380><c> take</c><00:25:59.619><c> the</c><00:25:59.940><c> land</c><00:26:00.220><c> that</c><00:26:00.339><c> was</c><00:26:00.500><c> given</c><00:26:00.779><c> to</c><00:26:01.059><c> him.</c>

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.579
So<00:26:02.559><c> for</c><00:26:02.740><c> us</c><00:26:02.920><c> brothers</c><00:26:03.160><c> and</c><00:26:03.400><c> sisters,</c><00:26:03.740><c> it's</c><00:26:03.900><c> exactly</c><00:26:04.140><c> the</c><00:26:04.380><c> same.</c>

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.380
God's<00:26:05.160><c> promises</c><00:26:05.460><c> are</c><00:26:05.900><c> real,</c>

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.019
and<00:26:06.819><c> they</c><00:26:07.039><c> are</c><00:26:07.440><c> tangible.</c>

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:10.160
They<00:26:08.720><c> have</c><00:26:09.099><c> substance</c><00:26:09.660><c> to</c><00:26:09.960><c> them.</c>

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.559
It's<00:26:10.559><c> not</c><00:26:10.720><c> that,</c><00:26:10.920><c> you</c><00:26:11.019><c> know,</c><00:26:11.220><c> at</c><00:26:11.319><c> death</c><00:26:11.400><c> we</c><00:26:11.579><c> float</c><00:26:11.779><c> off</c><00:26:11.920><c> into</c><00:26:12.079><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:26:13.200><c> sit</c><00:26:13.279><c> on</c><00:26:13.579><c> clouds.</c>

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:16.279
It's<00:26:14.940><c> that</c><00:26:15.099><c> there's</c><00:26:15.319><c> some</c><00:26:15.539><c> real</c><00:26:15.859><c> substance.</c>

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.119
There's<00:26:16.579><c> the</c><00:26:16.740><c> fulfilment</c><00:26:17.059><c> of</c><00:26:17.180><c> the</c><00:26:17.319><c> promises</c><00:26:17.579><c> to</c><00:26:17.819><c> Abraham</c>

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:20.619
that<00:26:18.259><c> we</c><00:26:18.480><c> want</c><00:26:18.660><c> to</c><00:26:18.859><c> attach</c><00:26:19.140><c> ourselves</c><00:26:19.680><c> to.</c>

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:23.319
Well,<00:26:21.880><c> how</c><00:26:22.059><c> is</c><00:26:22.220><c> Joshua</c><00:26:22.460><c> going</c><00:26:22.660><c> to</c><00:26:22.880><c> accomplish</c><00:26:23.140><c> that?</c>

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:26.180
Well,<00:26:23.500><c> verse</c><00:26:23.700><c> 3</c><00:26:24.519><c> begins</c><00:26:25.380><c> a</c><00:26:25.539><c> very</c><00:26:25.740><c> beautiful</c>

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:28.380
and<00:26:26.539><c> confirming</c><00:26:27.039><c> promise</c><00:26:27.460><c> by</c><00:26:27.740><c> the</c><00:26:28.000><c> Father.</c>

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.200
He<00:26:28.940><c> says,</c>

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:33.319
Every<00:26:29.680><c> place</c><00:26:30.539><c> that</c><00:26:31.460><c> the</c><00:26:31.619><c> sole</c><00:26:31.779><c> of</c><00:26:31.940><c> your</c><00:26:32.200><c> foot</c><00:26:32.359><c> shall</c><00:26:32.599><c> tread</c><00:26:32.880><c> upon</c>

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.779
I've<00:26:34.119><c> given</c><00:26:34.299><c> it</c><00:26:34.579><c> to</c><00:26:34.819><c> you.</c>

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.519
So<00:26:35.960><c> there's</c><00:26:36.140><c> an</c><00:26:36.299><c> interesting</c><00:26:36.440><c> way</c><00:26:36.720><c> when</c><00:26:36.839><c> we</c><00:26:36.980><c> read</c><00:26:37.099><c> that</c><00:26:37.339><c> phrase.</c>

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.960
Have<00:26:37.660><c> a</c><00:26:37.779><c> think</c><00:26:37.900><c> about</c><00:26:38.140><c> that</c><00:26:38.660><c> phrase.</c>

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:42.079
What's<00:26:39.660><c> unusual</c><00:26:40.099><c> about</c><00:26:40.339><c> that</c><00:26:40.579><c> particular</c><00:26:41.000><c> phrase?</c>

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.480
Well,<00:26:42.400><c> this.</c>

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.359
It's<00:26:44.759><c> in</c><00:26:44.920><c> the</c><00:26:45.140><c> past</c><00:26:45.440><c> tense.</c>

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.140
It's<00:26:47.119><c> already</c><00:26:47.400><c> done,</c><00:26:47.720><c> Joshua.</c>

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.700
I<00:26:48.720><c> mean,</c><00:26:48.900><c> isn't</c><00:26:49.099><c> that</c><00:26:49.279><c> astounding?</c>

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:52.079
Here<00:26:50.000><c> he</c><00:26:50.099><c> is</c><00:26:50.259><c> on</c><00:26:50.460><c> the</c><00:26:50.680><c> edge,</c><00:26:51.160><c> perhaps</c><00:26:51.319><c> a</c><00:26:51.400><c> little</c><00:26:51.559><c> bit</c><00:26:51.720><c> nervous.</c>

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.119
There's<00:26:52.299><c> some</c><00:26:52.500><c> anxiety.</c>

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.839
He's<00:26:53.619><c> got</c><00:26:53.680><c> to</c><00:26:53.819><c> take</c><00:26:53.960><c> all</c><00:26:54.220><c> this</c><00:26:54.400><c> people</c><00:26:54.619><c> and</c><00:26:54.799><c> take</c><00:26:54.960><c> all</c><00:26:55.220><c> this</c><00:26:55.420><c> land.</c>

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.180
It's<00:26:56.380><c> rather</c><00:26:56.700><c> daunting.</c>

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:59.140
God<00:26:57.740><c> says,</c><00:26:58.059><c> Joshua,</c><00:26:58.420><c> I've</c><00:26:58.599><c> given</c><00:26:58.700><c> it</c><00:26:58.880><c> to</c><00:26:58.980><c> you.</c>

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.700
It's<00:26:59.359><c> done.</c><00:26:59.559><c> It's</c><00:26:59.660><c> good</c><00:26:59.759><c> it's</c><00:26:59.960><c> done.</c>

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:05.359
Now<00:27:01.480><c> that</c><00:27:01.619><c> would</c><00:27:01.779><c> have</c><00:27:01.920><c> been</c><00:27:02.079><c> incredibly</c><00:27:02.900><c> encouraging</c><00:27:03.720><c> to</c><00:27:04.380><c> Joshua.</c>

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.319
And<00:27:05.900><c> in</c><00:27:06.119><c> a</c><00:27:06.220><c> sense</c><00:27:06.319><c> that</c><00:27:06.579><c> verse</c><00:27:06.859><c> 3</c>

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.759
where<00:27:07.579><c> he</c><00:27:07.680><c> says,</c>

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.200
Every<00:27:08.059><c> place</c><00:27:08.559><c> that</c><00:27:08.740><c> the</c><00:27:08.960><c> sole</c><00:27:09.160><c> of</c><00:27:09.299><c> your</c><00:27:09.480><c> foot</c><00:27:09.640><c> treads</c><00:27:09.980><c> on</c>

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:13.059
where<00:27:10.640><c> would</c><00:27:10.859><c> Joshua's</c><00:27:11.460><c> mind</c><00:27:11.680><c> have</c><00:27:11.980><c> gone</c><00:27:12.259><c> to?</c>

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:16.200
Well,<00:27:14.119><c> the</c><00:27:14.440><c> promise,</c><00:27:14.839><c> the</c><00:27:15.039><c> great</c><00:27:15.240><c> promises</c><00:27:15.599><c> to</c><00:27:15.839><c> Abraham</c>

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:18.980
were<00:27:16.420><c> exactly</c><00:27:17.019><c> that</c><00:27:17.359><c> phrase,</c><00:27:17.940><c> weren't</c><00:27:18.019><c> they?</c>

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:21.339
Genesis<00:27:19.559><c> 13</c><00:27:20.000><c> to</c><00:27:20.359><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:23.099
Arise,<00:27:22.240><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.480
Walk<00:27:23.759><c> through</c><00:27:24.000><c> the</c><00:27:24.259><c> land,</c><00:27:24.519><c> through</c><00:27:24.700><c> the</c><00:27:24.920><c> length</c><00:27:25.099><c> of</c><00:27:25.299><c> it</c>

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.700
and<00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.960><c> breadth</c><00:27:26.240><c> of</c><00:27:26.420><c> it.</c>

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.019
All<00:27:27.440><c> the</c><00:27:27.640><c> land</c><00:27:27.859><c> which</c><00:27:28.079><c> you</c><00:27:28.319><c> walk</c><00:27:28.680><c> through,</c>

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.000
I'll<00:27:29.480><c> give</c><00:27:29.579><c> it</c><00:27:29.720><c> to</c><00:27:29.839><c> you.</c>

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.000
So<00:27:30.400><c> for</c><00:27:30.640><c> Joshua,</c><00:27:30.940><c> he's</c><00:27:31.220><c> standing</c><00:27:31.299><c> on</c><00:27:31.500><c> the</c><00:27:31.720><c> edge</c>

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.980
and<00:27:32.640><c> God</c><00:27:32.980><c> reiterates</c><00:27:33.559><c> that</c><00:27:33.779><c> great</c><00:27:34.019><c> promise</c><00:27:34.339><c> given</c><00:27:34.500><c> to</c><00:27:34.759><c> Abraham.</c>

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.960
So<00:27:35.220><c> there's</c><00:27:35.400><c> some</c><00:27:35.799><c> substance</c><00:27:36.200><c> in</c><00:27:36.380><c> what</c><00:27:36.579><c> God</c>

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:40.059
is<00:27:37.480><c> giving</c><00:27:37.880><c> Joshua</c><00:27:39.000><c> here.</c>

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.079
Verse<00:27:40.420><c> 4</c><00:27:40.779><c> says,</c>

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:43.819
Well,<00:27:41.519><c> from</c><00:27:41.720><c> the</c><00:27:41.980><c> wilderness</c><00:27:42.279><c> to</c><00:27:42.559><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.599
What<00:27:44.220><c> an</c><00:27:44.599><c> amazing</c><00:27:45.119><c> promise.</c>

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.039
I<00:27:46.019><c> mean,</c><00:27:46.019><c> Joshua</c><00:27:46.240><c> didn't</c><00:27:46.440><c> have</c><00:27:46.619><c> any</c><00:27:46.859><c> of</c><00:27:46.960><c> it.</c>

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.119
He's<00:27:47.240><c> the</c><00:27:47.980><c> other</c><00:27:48.299><c> side</c><00:27:48.480><c> of</c><00:27:48.599><c> the</c><00:27:48.799><c> Jordan.</c>

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.720
None<00:27:49.460><c> of</c><00:27:49.579><c> this</c><00:27:49.720><c> has</c><00:27:49.839><c> been</c><00:27:50.079><c> taken.</c>

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.299
But<00:27:51.279><c> God</c><00:27:51.519><c> says</c><00:27:51.779><c> there's</c><00:27:52.119><c> an</c><00:27:52.380><c> amazing</c><00:27:52.880><c> breadth</c>

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.700
to<00:27:53.519><c> the</c><00:27:53.700><c> land.</c><00:27:53.900><c> This</c><00:27:54.039><c> is</c><00:27:54.259><c> the</c><00:27:54.420><c> promise.</c>

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.960
I'm<00:27:55.220><c> going</c><00:27:55.380><c> to</c><00:27:55.539><c> give</c><00:27:55.619><c> it</c><00:27:55.759><c> to</c><00:27:56.019><c> you.</c>

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.599
Well,<00:27:58.759><c> they</c><00:27:58.859><c> didn't</c><00:27:59.059><c> possess</c>

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:01.140
that<00:27:59.880><c> area</c><00:28:00.019><c> of</c><00:28:00.160><c> the</c><00:28:00.299><c> land</c><00:28:00.460><c> until</c><00:28:00.720><c> the</c><00:28:00.940><c> times</c>

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.799
of<00:28:01.359><c> David</c><00:28:01.660><c> or</c><00:28:01.940><c> Solomon.</c>

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.460
But<00:28:04.940><c> to</c><00:28:05.180><c> us,</c>

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.759
brothers<00:28:05.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.720
God's<00:28:07.740><c> promises</c>

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.460
are<00:28:09.480><c> lavish.</c>

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:13.240
When<00:28:11.559><c> we</c><00:28:11.740><c> think</c><00:28:11.920><c> about</c><00:28:12.140><c> our</c><00:28:12.400><c> background,</c>

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:15.420
we're<00:28:13.880><c> nobodies</c><00:28:14.420><c> in</c><00:28:14.559><c> this</c><00:28:14.759><c> world,</c><00:28:14.960><c> are</c><00:28:15.180><c> we?</c>

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.539
You<00:28:15.940><c> know,</c><00:28:15.940><c> I</c><00:28:16.220><c> barely</c><00:28:16.440><c> finished</c><00:28:16.819><c> high</c><00:28:17.180><c> school.</c>

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.980
So,<00:28:18.640><c> you</c><00:28:18.660><c> know,</c><00:28:18.859><c> as</c><00:28:18.940><c> far</c><00:28:19.079><c> as</c><00:28:19.160><c> my</c><00:28:19.380><c> qualification</c>

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.920
is<00:28:20.220><c> concerned,</c><00:28:20.960><c> like</c><00:28:20.960><c> zero.</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.400
But<00:28:23.200><c> I</c><00:28:23.420><c> have</c><00:28:23.559><c> an</c><00:28:23.859><c> astounding</c>

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.160
promise<00:28:24.759><c> to</c><00:28:24.900><c> be</c><00:28:25.039><c> with</c><00:28:25.220><c> our</c><00:28:25.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:25.559><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.880><c> Christ</c>

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.279
in<00:28:26.319><c> the</c><00:28:26.460><c> company</c><00:28:26.599><c> of</c><00:28:26.799><c> the</c><00:28:26.980><c> saints.</c>

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.140
That's<00:28:27.960><c> an</c><00:28:28.200><c> enriching</c><00:28:28.819><c> promise.</c>

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.859
That's<00:28:29.859><c> a</c><00:28:30.019><c> lavish</c><00:28:30.380><c> promise.</c>

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.720
That's<00:28:31.519><c> an</c><00:28:31.660><c> astounding</c><00:28:32.259><c> promise.</c>

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.440
We're<00:28:33.220><c> all</c><00:28:33.440><c> recipients</c><00:28:33.900><c> of</c><00:28:34.059><c> that</c><00:28:34.220><c> promise.</c>

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:36.559
How<00:28:34.759><c> amazing</c><00:28:35.240><c> is</c><00:28:35.579><c> that?</c>

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.720
Paul<00:28:37.160><c> puts</c><00:28:37.400><c> it</c><00:28:37.599><c> in</c><00:28:37.720><c> Ephesians</c><00:28:38.119><c> 3</c><00:28:38.480><c>.20.</c>

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:40.500
He<00:28:38.900><c> says</c><00:28:39.380><c> unto</c><00:28:39.839><c> him</c>

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:43.099
who<00:28:40.779><c> is</c><00:28:41.099><c> able</c><00:28:41.559><c> to</c><00:28:41.779><c> do</c><00:28:42.039><c> exceedingly</c><00:28:42.640><c> above</c>

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:45.299
anything<00:28:43.480><c> we</c><00:28:43.880><c> think,</c>

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.940
God's<00:28:46.740><c> going</c><00:28:46.900><c> to</c><00:28:46.980><c> do</c><00:28:47.099><c> that</c><00:28:47.259><c> for</c><00:28:47.420><c> us.</c>

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.440
So,<00:28:48.519><c> brothers</c><00:28:48.559><c> and</c><00:28:48.700><c> sisters,</c><00:28:48.819><c> we</c><00:28:49.099><c> receive</c>

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.900
the<00:28:49.619><c> same</c><00:28:49.859><c> promise</c><00:28:50.099><c> that</c><00:28:50.299><c> Joshua</c><00:28:50.559><c> got</c><00:28:50.740><c> here.</c>

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.779
We<00:28:51.039><c> look</c><00:28:51.180><c> at</c><00:28:51.279><c> it.</c><00:28:51.440><c> It's</c><00:28:51.619><c> astounding.</c>

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.359
We<00:28:53.240><c> have</c><00:28:53.420><c> that</c><00:28:53.680><c> promise</c><00:28:53.980><c> as</c><00:28:54.259><c> well.</c>

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.819
We're<00:28:54.519><c> here</c><00:28:54.660><c> to</c><00:28:54.779><c> be</c><00:28:55.019><c> encouraged</c><00:28:55.460><c> in</c><00:28:55.839><c> that</c><00:28:56.079><c> particular</c><00:28:56.420><c> aspect.</c>

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:59.160
In<00:28:57.180><c> fact,</c><00:28:57.880><c> look</c><00:28:58.019><c> at</c><00:28:58.180><c> verse</c><00:28:58.460><c> 5.</c>

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:01.200
Promises<00:28:59.779><c> go</c><00:29:00.099><c> above</c><00:29:00.359><c> and</c><00:29:00.579><c> beyond</c><00:29:00.900><c> that.</c>

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.859
God<00:29:01.880><c> says,</c>

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:05.180
no<00:29:03.039><c> man</c><00:29:03.460><c> will</c><00:29:03.619><c> be</c><00:29:03.759><c> able</c><00:29:03.900><c> to</c><00:29:04.079><c> stand</c><00:29:04.440><c> before</c><00:29:04.920><c> you,</c>

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.920
Joshua.<00:29:05.759><c> You'll</c><00:29:06.019><c> just</c><00:29:06.339><c> steamroll</c>

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.240
through<00:29:07.200><c> the</c><00:29:07.420><c> land.</c>

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.720
Well,<00:29:09.700><c> Joshua</c><00:29:09.980><c> believed</c><00:29:10.319><c> that</c>

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:12.900
38<00:29:11.039><c> years</c><00:29:11.359><c> before,</c><00:29:11.859><c> because</c><00:29:12.000><c> when</c><00:29:12.160><c> he</c><00:29:12.259><c> went</c><00:29:12.400><c> with</c><00:29:12.559><c> the</c><00:29:12.680><c> other</c>

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:14.460
spies,<00:29:13.460><c> he</c><00:29:13.460><c> said,</c><00:29:13.579><c> we</c><00:29:13.660><c> can</c><00:29:13.819><c> take</c><00:29:14.000><c> this</c><00:29:14.240><c> land.</c>

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.359
They<00:29:14.640><c> said,</c><00:29:14.799><c> well,</c><00:29:14.900><c> they're</c><00:29:15.220><c> giants.</c><00:29:15.660><c> Joshua</c><00:29:15.900><c> said,</c><00:29:16.160><c> well,</c><00:29:16.259><c> I</c>

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.859
don't<00:29:16.440><c> really</c><00:29:16.700><c> care.</c>

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.720
It<00:29:16.960><c> doesn't</c><00:29:17.160><c> matter.</c><00:29:17.539><c> God</c><00:29:17.740><c> has</c><00:29:17.940><c> given</c><00:29:18.039><c> us</c><00:29:18.240><c> this</c><00:29:18.440><c> land.</c>

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.819
So<00:29:19.039><c> he</c><00:29:19.259><c> believed</c><00:29:19.799><c> that</c><00:29:20.400><c> 38</c>

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:23.660
years<00:29:21.180><c> before.</c><00:29:21.640><c> In</c><00:29:21.660><c> a</c><00:29:21.759><c> sense,</c><00:29:21.980><c> it</c><00:29:21.980><c> wasn't</c><00:29:22.240><c> anything</c><00:29:22.579><c> new.</c>

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.599
But<00:29:24.859><c> here</c><00:29:25.099><c> is</c><00:29:25.259><c> the</c><00:29:25.440><c> source</c><00:29:25.640><c> of</c><00:29:25.880><c> Joshua's</c><00:29:26.400><c> confidence.</c>

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.200
Not<00:29:26.880><c> in</c><00:29:27.099><c> himself.</c>

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:30.940
He<00:29:29.019><c> recognised</c><00:29:29.400><c> it</c><00:29:29.539><c> was</c><00:29:29.720><c> God</c><00:29:30.119><c> who</c><00:29:30.259><c> was</c><00:29:30.500><c> going</c><00:29:30.700><c> to</c>

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.960
give<00:29:31.079><c> him</c><00:29:31.299><c> the</c><00:29:31.500><c> land.</c><00:29:32.039><c> So</c><00:29:32.200><c> the</c><00:29:32.460><c> source</c><00:29:32.700><c> of</c>

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.740
Joshua's<00:29:33.440><c> confidence</c><00:29:33.660><c> was</c><00:29:33.819><c> not</c><00:29:34.039><c> his</c><00:29:34.259><c> own</c><00:29:34.420><c> natural</c>

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:36.880
ability,<00:29:35.779><c> but</c><00:29:36.279><c> what</c><00:29:36.559><c> God</c>

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:39.059
would<00:29:37.099><c> enable</c><00:29:37.519><c> him</c><00:29:37.859><c> to</c><00:29:38.140><c> do.</c>

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.900
You<00:29:39.859><c> know,</c><00:29:40.079><c> a</c><00:29:40.140><c> little</c><00:29:40.259><c> bit</c><00:29:40.460><c> later</c><00:29:40.700><c> on</c>

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:43.059
in<00:29:41.000><c> the</c><00:29:41.059><c> New</c><00:29:41.279><c> Testament,</c><00:29:41.680><c> the</c><00:29:41.700><c> Apostle</c><00:29:42.019><c> Paul</c><00:29:42.240><c> had</c><00:29:42.400><c> some</c>

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:45.059
rather<00:29:43.380><c> discouraging</c><00:29:43.980><c> events</c><00:29:44.279><c> that</c><00:29:44.559><c> happened</c><00:29:44.700><c> in</c><00:29:44.839><c> his</c>

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:47.779
own<00:29:45.240><c> life,</c><00:29:45.480><c> and</c><00:29:45.519><c> he</c><00:29:45.759><c> received</c><00:29:46.160><c> this</c><00:29:46.400><c> same</c><00:29:46.660><c> encouragement.</c>

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.200
Acts<00:29:48.500><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.819><c> 18</c>

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:51.000
and<00:29:49.420><c> verse</c><00:29:49.660><c> 10,</c><00:29:50.779><c> Yahweh</c>

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.240
said<00:29:51.279><c> to</c><00:29:51.500><c> the</c><00:29:51.660><c> Apostle</c><00:29:52.000><c> Paul,</c><00:29:52.480><c> I</c><00:29:52.480><c> am</c><00:29:52.660><c> with</c><00:29:52.900><c> you,</c>

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.039
and<00:29:53.799><c> no</c><00:29:54.079><c> man</c><00:29:54.279><c> will</c><00:29:54.539><c> set</c><00:29:54.720><c> on</c><00:29:54.920><c> me</c>

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.859
to<00:29:55.319><c> hurt</c><00:29:55.559><c> you.</c><00:29:56.180><c> Because</c><00:29:56.380><c> he</c><00:29:56.500><c> was</c><00:29:56.579><c> in</c><00:29:56.720><c> the</c>

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.019
area<00:29:57.000><c> of</c><00:29:57.299><c> Corinth,</c><00:29:57.539><c> which</c><00:29:57.700><c> was</c><00:29:58.119><c> a</c><00:29:58.339><c> rather</c><00:29:58.559><c> chaotic</c>

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:01.160
town.<00:29:59.940><c> And</c><00:30:00.059><c> of</c><00:30:00.200><c> course,</c><00:30:00.339><c> there</c><00:30:00.440><c> were</c><00:30:00.480><c> a</c><00:30:00.519><c> lot</c><00:30:00.660><c> of</c><00:30:00.900><c> issues</c>

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:03.160
that<00:30:01.279><c> were</c><00:30:01.440><c> sort</c><00:30:01.599><c> of</c><00:30:01.759><c> bubbling</c><00:30:01.940><c> even</c><00:30:02.259><c> within</c><00:30:02.519><c> the</c><00:30:02.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.279
And<00:30:03.700><c> perhaps</c><00:30:03.900><c> some</c><00:30:04.119><c> physical</c><00:30:04.779><c> challenges</c>

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.880
that<00:30:05.480><c> were</c><00:30:05.599><c> given</c><00:30:05.700><c> to</c><00:30:05.819><c> the</c><00:30:05.940><c> Apostle</c><00:30:06.279><c> Paul.</c><00:30:06.640><c> He</c>

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.980
received<00:30:07.240><c> this</c><00:30:07.460><c> same</c><00:30:07.700><c> promise</c><00:30:07.940><c> to</c><00:30:08.200><c> Joshua.</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.839
So,<00:30:09.880><c> okay</c><00:30:09.880><c> Paul,</c><00:30:10.339><c> work</c><00:30:10.460><c> here</c><00:30:10.660><c> amongst</c>

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.720
the<00:30:11.039><c> Corinthian</c><00:30:11.359><c> brothers</c><00:30:11.619><c> and</c><00:30:11.859><c> sisters,</c><00:30:12.500><c> no</c>

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.500
man<00:30:12.900><c> will</c><00:30:13.119><c> hurt</c><00:30:13.339><c> you.</c>

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.799
Well,<00:30:15.539><c> the</c><00:30:15.660><c> promise</c><00:30:15.900><c> goes</c><00:30:16.240><c> on,</c>

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:18.819
not<00:30:17.180><c> only</c><00:30:17.400><c> that</c><00:30:17.660><c> in</c><00:30:17.859><c> verse</c><00:30:18.059><c> 5,</c><00:30:18.480><c> it</c><00:30:18.519><c> says</c>

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.579
there<00:30:18.960><c> shall</c><00:30:19.259><c> not</c><00:30:19.539><c> any</c><00:30:19.779><c> man</c><00:30:19.980><c> be</c><00:30:20.140><c> able</c><00:30:20.259><c> to</c><00:30:20.339><c> stand</c>

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.720
before<00:30:21.059><c> thee</c><00:30:21.599><c> all</c><00:30:22.519><c> the</c>

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.500
days<00:30:22.960><c> of</c><00:30:23.140><c> your</c><00:30:23.440><c> life.</c>

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:26.700
This<00:30:25.220><c> is</c><00:30:25.500><c> overwhelming.</c>

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.680
This<00:30:27.839><c> is</c><00:30:28.500><c> a</c>

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:31.079
promise<00:30:28.940><c> that</c><00:30:29.099><c> is</c><00:30:29.299><c> almost</c><00:30:29.660><c> bordering</c><00:30:30.019><c> on</c><00:30:30.339><c> invincibility,</c>

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.460
isn't<00:30:31.240><c> it?</c><00:30:31.319><c> I</c><00:30:31.380><c> mean,</c><00:30:31.500><c> if</c><00:30:31.660><c> I</c><00:30:31.779><c> was</c><00:30:31.960><c> Joshua</c>

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.500
and<00:30:32.839><c> I</c><00:30:33.099><c> received</c><00:30:33.359><c> that</c><00:30:33.660><c> promise,</c><00:30:34.359><c> I</c>

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:36.720
don't<00:30:34.680><c> even</c><00:30:34.880><c> know</c><00:30:34.980><c> if</c><00:30:35.119><c> I'd</c><00:30:35.259><c> bother</c><00:30:35.400><c> making</c><00:30:35.759><c> plans</c><00:30:36.079><c> to</c><00:30:36.299><c> go</c><00:30:36.460><c> across</c>

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.880
the<00:30:36.880><c> Jordan,</c><00:30:37.140><c> I'd</c><00:30:37.279><c> just</c><00:30:37.420><c> sort</c><00:30:37.559><c> of</c><00:30:37.619><c> walk</c><00:30:37.799><c> across</c><00:30:38.079><c> and</c><00:30:38.220><c> say,</c><00:30:38.880><c> well,</c>

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:41.019
where<00:30:39.339><c> do</c><00:30:39.500><c> I</c><00:30:39.599><c> set</c><00:30:39.779><c> up</c><00:30:39.900><c> my</c><00:30:40.119><c> house?</c>

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.960
Almost<00:30:42.559><c> bordering</c>

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.940
on<00:30:43.160><c> invincibility.</c><00:30:43.660><c> No</c><00:30:43.920><c> one's</c><00:30:44.099><c> going</c><00:30:44.200><c> to</c><00:30:44.319><c> hurt</c><00:30:44.440><c> you</c><00:30:44.640><c> all</c>

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.779
the<00:30:45.140><c> days</c><00:30:45.380><c> of</c><00:30:45.599><c> your</c><00:30:45.900><c> life.</c>

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.920
Well,<00:30:47.180><c> brothers</c><00:30:47.240><c> and</c><00:30:47.480><c> sisters,</c><00:30:47.700><c> God's</c><00:30:48.019><c> made</c><00:30:48.180><c> that</c><00:30:48.460><c> same</c><00:30:48.619><c> promise</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:50.119
to<00:30:49.180><c> us.</c>

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.880
It<00:30:51.200><c> doesn't</c><00:30:51.480><c> mean</c><00:30:51.740><c> that</c><00:30:51.900><c> we'll</c><00:30:52.000><c> be</c><00:30:52.160><c> without</c><00:30:52.440><c> our</c><00:30:52.700><c> problems.</c>

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.619
We<00:30:53.059><c> know</c><00:30:53.299><c> as</c><00:30:53.720><c> the</c><00:30:53.880><c> life</c><00:30:54.160><c> of</c><00:30:54.339><c> Joshua</c>

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:57.000
unravels,<00:30:55.180><c> he</c><00:30:55.480><c> had</c><00:30:55.700><c> to</c><00:30:55.920><c> face</c><00:30:56.119><c> up</c><00:30:56.319><c> to</c><00:30:56.480><c> some</c>

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:59.000
rather<00:30:57.339><c> difficult</c><00:30:57.799><c> tasks.</c>

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.019
But<00:31:00.160><c> that</c><00:31:00.440><c> same</c><00:31:00.759><c> promise</c>

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.819
is<00:31:01.240><c> made</c><00:31:01.420><c> to</c><00:31:01.599><c> us.</c><00:31:01.779><c> Because</c><00:31:01.960><c> Paul</c><00:31:02.180><c> says</c><00:31:02.339><c> in</c><00:31:02.579><c> Romans</c>

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:05.200
chapter<00:31:03.160><c> 8,</c><00:31:03.460><c> he</c><00:31:03.460><c> says,</c><00:31:03.680><c> what</c><00:31:03.819><c> shall</c><00:31:03.940><c> we</c><00:31:04.119><c> say</c><00:31:04.259><c> to</c><00:31:04.440><c> these</c><00:31:04.700><c> things?</c>

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:08.539
If<00:31:06.019><c> God</c><00:31:06.559><c> is</c><00:31:06.980><c> for</c><00:31:07.279><c> us,</c>

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.539
who<00:31:09.059><c> can</c><00:31:09.259><c> be</c>

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.099
against<00:31:09.980><c> us?</c>

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.160
We<00:31:11.880><c> are</c><00:31:12.099><c> more</c><00:31:12.400><c> than</c><00:31:12.680><c> conquerors</c>

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:15.160
through<00:31:13.400><c> him</c><00:31:13.680><c> that</c><00:31:13.940><c> loved</c><00:31:14.140><c> us.</c><00:31:14.500><c> And</c><00:31:14.539><c> Paul</c><00:31:14.680><c> says,</c><00:31:15.119><c> I'm</c>

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.240
persuaded<00:31:15.839><c> that</c><00:31:16.200><c> no</c><00:31:16.339><c> one</c><00:31:16.420><c> can</c><00:31:16.660><c> stand</c><00:31:16.880><c> against</c>

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:19.420
us.<00:31:17.940><c> He</c><00:31:18.000><c> said,</c><00:31:18.119><c> I'm</c><00:31:18.579><c> persuaded</c><00:31:18.940><c> that</c><00:31:19.180><c> neither</c>

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.819
death<00:31:19.880><c> or</c><00:31:20.319><c> life,</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:23.779
angels,<00:31:21.900><c> principalities,</c><00:31:22.920><c> powers,</c>

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.299
things<00:31:24.200><c> present,</c><00:31:24.660><c> things</c><00:31:24.880><c> to</c><00:31:25.140><c> come,</c>

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:27.440
height<00:31:25.619><c> or</c><00:31:25.819><c> depth,</c><00:31:26.460><c> anything</c><00:31:26.839><c> can</c><00:31:27.140><c> stand</c>

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:29.259
against<00:31:27.779><c> and</c><00:31:28.019><c> wrench</c><00:31:28.380><c> our</c>

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:31.160
love<00:31:29.480><c> of</c><00:31:29.640><c> God</c><00:31:29.859><c> away</c><00:31:30.160><c> from</c><00:31:30.420><c> us.</c><00:31:31.019><c> Brothers</c>

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.460
and<00:31:31.400><c> sisters,</c><00:31:31.839><c> we</c><00:31:32.019><c> look</c><00:31:32.099><c> at</c><00:31:32.220><c> this</c><00:31:32.339><c> promise,</c><00:31:32.720><c> it's</c><00:31:32.980><c> astounding.</c>

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.519
It's<00:31:33.759><c> unbelievable.</c><00:31:35.259><c> That</c>

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.299
same<00:31:36.079><c> promise</c><00:31:36.400><c> is</c><00:31:36.599><c> given</c><00:31:36.700><c> to</c><00:31:36.920><c> all</c><00:31:37.039><c> of</c><00:31:37.140><c> us.</c>

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.279
We're<00:31:37.759><c> here</c><00:31:37.920><c> this</c><00:31:38.119><c> morning</c><00:31:38.319><c> to</c><00:31:38.579><c> celebrate</c><00:31:38.960><c> that.</c>

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.339
We're<00:31:39.960><c> here</c><00:31:40.180><c> to</c><00:31:40.579><c> take</c><00:31:40.900><c> bread</c>

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.759
and<00:31:41.900><c> to</c><00:31:42.160><c> drink</c><00:31:42.339><c> wine</c><00:31:42.799><c> in</c><00:31:43.059><c> a</c><00:31:43.359><c> celebration</c>

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.579
of<00:31:44.079><c> great</c><00:31:44.299><c> promises</c><00:31:44.660><c> that</c><00:31:45.019><c> have</c><00:31:45.079><c> been</c><00:31:45.279><c> made</c>

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:48.420
available<00:31:45.980><c> to</c><00:31:46.180><c> us</c><00:31:46.380><c> through</c><00:31:46.960><c> Yahoshua.</c>

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:51.380
And<00:31:49.480><c> it</c><00:31:50.119><c> goes</c><00:31:50.380><c> on</c><00:31:51.039><c> in</c>

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.539
verse<00:31:51.640><c> 5.</c><00:31:53.059><c> As</c><00:31:53.059><c> I</c>

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:55.920
was<00:31:54.019><c> with</c><00:31:54.680><c> Moses,</c>

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.539
I<00:31:56.559><c> will</c><00:31:56.839><c> not</c><00:31:57.200><c> fail</c>

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.400
thee<00:31:57.759><c> or</c><00:31:58.039><c> forsake</c><00:31:58.539><c> thee.</c>

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:01.500
You<00:31:59.700><c> know,</c><00:32:00.000><c> beautiful</c><00:32:00.279><c> words</c><00:32:00.660><c> there.</c><00:32:01.319><c> The</c>

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:03.039
word<00:32:01.819><c> fail</c><00:32:02.079><c> there,</c><00:32:02.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:02.740><c> word</c>

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:05.519
means<00:32:03.640><c> to</c><00:32:04.400><c> sink</c><00:32:04.680><c> or</c><00:32:04.900><c> to</c><00:32:05.079><c> let</c><00:32:05.220><c> drop</c>

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.299
or<00:32:05.819><c> to</c><00:32:06.880><c> disart</c><00:32:07.180><c> and</c>

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:09.480
to<00:32:07.960><c> let</c><00:32:07.960><c> down,</c><00:32:09.039><c> especially</c><00:32:09.240><c> with</c>

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:11.799
the<00:32:09.680><c> hands.</c><00:32:10.339><c> So</c><00:32:10.440><c> it's</c><00:32:10.519><c> the</c><00:32:10.579><c> idea</c><00:32:10.859><c> of</c><00:32:10.960><c> letting</c><00:32:11.180><c> go.</c>

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:13.839
You<00:32:12.119><c> know,</c><00:32:12.460><c> giving</c><00:32:12.500><c> up</c><00:32:12.759><c> on</c><00:32:13.000><c> someone.</c>

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.599
Cutting<00:32:14.720><c> them</c><00:32:14.900><c> loose</c><00:32:15.160><c> because</c>

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.299
well,<00:32:15.980><c> it's</c><00:32:16.079><c> got</c><00:32:16.160><c> a</c><00:32:16.200><c> little</c><00:32:16.339><c> bit</c><00:32:16.539><c> involved,</c><00:32:16.920><c> a</c><00:32:16.940><c> little</c><00:32:17.059><c> bit</c>

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.319
complex,<00:32:17.660><c> too</c><00:32:17.859><c> much</c><00:32:18.059><c> trouble.</c><00:32:18.420><c> We</c><00:32:18.559><c> do</c><00:32:18.720><c> that</c><00:32:18.900><c> in</c><00:32:18.980><c> our</c><00:32:19.160><c> own</c>

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:21.099
life<00:32:19.480><c> sometimes,</c><00:32:19.980><c> don't</c><00:32:20.200><c> we?</c>

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.480
We<00:32:21.920><c> look</c><00:32:22.319><c> at</c><00:32:22.420><c> some</c><00:32:22.579><c> issues</c><00:32:22.839><c> perhaps</c><00:32:23.059><c> with</c><00:32:23.259><c> another</c>

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:25.440
family,<00:32:23.799><c> we</c><00:32:23.940><c> think,</c><00:32:24.039><c> you</c><00:32:24.160><c> know</c><00:32:24.339><c> what,</c><00:32:24.500><c> I'm</c><00:32:24.599><c> not</c><00:32:24.740><c> going</c><00:32:24.839><c> to</c><00:32:24.920><c> get</c><00:32:25.059><c> involved</c>

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:27.599
in<00:32:25.559><c> this,</c><00:32:25.720><c> it's</c><00:32:25.880><c> too</c><00:32:26.140><c> hard.</c><00:32:26.720><c> We're</c><00:32:26.980><c> just</c><00:32:27.140><c> going</c><00:32:27.279><c> to</c><00:32:27.440><c> drop</c>

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.359
it.<00:32:28.960><c> The</c>

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.519
consequence<00:32:29.839><c> is</c><00:32:30.019><c> their</c><00:32:30.180><c> decision,</c><00:32:30.559><c> they</c><00:32:30.660><c> need</c><00:32:30.839><c> to</c><00:32:31.079><c> feel</c><00:32:31.240><c> that</c>

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.279
and<00:32:32.240><c> so</c><00:32:32.339><c> we</c><00:32:32.519><c> sort</c><00:32:32.660><c> of</c><00:32:32.779><c> walk</c><00:32:32.940><c> away.</c>

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.319
God's<00:32:33.680><c> not</c><00:32:33.819><c> like</c><00:32:34.019><c> that</c><00:32:34.220><c> at</c><00:32:34.380><c> all.</c>

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:37.059
He<00:32:35.839><c> says,</c><00:32:36.119><c> I'm</c><00:32:36.140><c> not</c><00:32:36.299><c> going</c><00:32:36.440><c> to</c><00:32:36.579><c> drop</c><00:32:36.740><c> you.</c>

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:39.420
And<00:32:37.460><c> then</c><00:32:37.559><c> he</c><00:32:37.599><c> says,</c><00:32:37.779><c> I'm</c><00:32:37.900><c> not</c><00:32:38.119><c> going</c><00:32:38.400><c> to</c><00:32:38.559><c> forsake</c><00:32:39.000><c> you.</c>

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.339
Azab<00:32:39.940><c> is</c><00:32:40.160><c> the</c><00:32:40.339><c> Hebrew,</c><00:32:40.519><c> it</c><00:32:40.619><c> means</c><00:32:40.859><c> to</c><00:32:41.160><c> leave</c>

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:43.579
in<00:32:41.599><c> the</c><00:32:41.759><c> lurch,</c><00:32:42.299><c> has</c><00:32:42.400><c> the</c><00:32:42.660><c> idea</c><00:32:42.920><c> of</c><00:32:43.160><c> deserting</c>

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:45.599
someone.<00:32:45.200><c> Today's</c>

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.559
world,<00:32:46.019><c> of</c><00:32:46.160><c> course,</c><00:32:46.640><c> particularly</c><00:32:46.839><c> in</c><00:32:47.019><c> the</c><00:32:47.240><c> sphere</c>

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:49.380
of<00:32:47.859><c> relationships,</c><00:32:48.460><c> it's</c><00:32:48.660><c> like</c><00:32:48.880><c> if</c><00:32:49.000><c> you</c><00:32:49.099><c> don't</c><00:32:49.200><c> get</c>

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:51.160
on<00:32:49.519><c> with</c><00:32:49.759><c> someone</c><00:32:50.079><c> or,</c><00:32:50.839><c> you</c><00:32:50.980><c> know,</c>

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.740
you<00:32:51.819><c> don't</c><00:32:52.079><c> find</c><00:32:52.359><c> them</c><00:32:52.539><c> who</c><00:32:52.680><c> they</c><00:32:52.920><c> should</c><00:32:53.119><c> be</c>

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.420
or<00:32:54.279><c> who</c><00:32:54.579><c> you</c><00:32:54.819><c> should</c><00:32:55.059><c> want</c><00:32:55.240><c> them</c>

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:57.779
to<00:32:55.619><c> be,</c><00:32:56.279><c> drop</c><00:32:56.539><c> them,</c><00:32:57.099><c> walk</c><00:32:57.299><c> on,</c>

00:32:57.779 --> 00:33:00.299
create<00:32:58.240><c> a</c><00:32:58.339><c> new</c><00:32:58.480><c> relationship.</c><00:32:59.279><c> That's</c><00:32:59.559><c> not</c><00:33:00.019><c> how</c>

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.799
God<00:33:00.500><c> behaves</c><00:33:00.920><c> in</c><00:33:01.140><c> our</c><00:33:01.299><c> own</c><00:33:01.500><c> lives.</c>

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.480
You<00:33:02.079><c> know,</c><00:33:02.180><c> there</c><00:33:02.319><c> are</c><00:33:02.480><c> probably</c><00:33:02.680><c> things</c><00:33:03.019><c> and</c><00:33:03.119><c> there</c><00:33:03.279><c> are</c>

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.180
things<00:33:03.700><c> that</c>

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:06.420
we<00:33:04.519><c> do</c><00:33:04.660><c> that</c><00:33:04.900><c> disappoints</c><00:33:05.380><c> the</c><00:33:05.559><c> Father.</c>

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:08.059
I<00:33:07.019><c> might</c><00:33:07.200><c> say</c><00:33:07.440><c> that</c><00:33:07.619><c> sometimes</c><00:33:07.819><c> that</c>

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:10.119
relationship<00:33:08.500><c> is</c><00:33:08.859><c> stretched,</c><00:33:09.119><c> but</c><00:33:09.460><c> God</c><00:33:09.779><c> never</c>

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:12.039
just<00:33:10.440><c> drops</c><00:33:10.680><c> us,</c><00:33:11.400><c> walks</c><00:33:11.660><c> away</c>

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.259
from<00:33:12.279><c> us.</c>

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:16.720
He<00:33:13.940><c> doesn't</c><00:33:14.339><c> fail</c><00:33:14.819><c> or</c><00:33:15.160><c> forsake</c><00:33:15.680><c> us.</c>

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.039
He<00:33:17.160><c> doesn't</c><00:33:17.400><c> say</c><00:33:17.680><c> to</c><00:33:17.839><c> us,</c>

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.019
you're<00:33:18.359><c> just</c><00:33:18.500><c> not</c><00:33:18.720><c> worth</c><00:33:18.980><c> it.</c>

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.140
I've<00:33:21.160><c> worked</c><00:33:21.319><c> with</c><00:33:21.500><c> you,</c><00:33:21.740><c> Brother</c><00:33:21.880><c> Steve,</c>

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.539
for<00:33:22.359><c> so</c><00:33:22.579><c> many</c><00:33:22.759><c> years</c><00:33:22.960><c> and</c><00:33:23.059><c> in</c><00:33:23.220><c> the</c><00:33:23.299><c> end</c>

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:26.279
not<00:33:24.079><c> worth</c><00:33:24.359><c> continuing</c><00:33:24.819><c> with.</c><00:33:25.160><c> The</c><00:33:25.420><c> Father</c><00:33:25.720><c> embraces</c>

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:28.400
us<00:33:26.460><c> in</c><00:33:27.000><c> incredible</c><00:33:27.460><c> patience.</c><00:33:28.180><c> We're</c><00:33:28.180><c> here,</c>

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:30.500
brothers<00:33:28.660><c> and</c><00:33:28.859><c> sisters.</c><00:33:29.640><c> It's</c><00:33:29.740><c> what</c><00:33:29.839><c> we're</c><00:33:30.180><c> celebrating</c>

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.980
and<00:33:30.900><c> remembering</c><00:33:31.359><c> as</c><00:33:31.660><c> well.</c>

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:34.319
Now<00:33:32.579><c> the</c><00:33:32.660><c> beautiful</c><00:33:33.059><c> point</c><00:33:33.579><c> about</c><00:33:34.119><c> this</c>

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:36.400
particular<00:33:35.200><c> phrase,</c><00:33:36.119><c> I</c><00:33:36.119><c> will</c>

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.039
not<00:33:36.660><c> fail</c><00:33:36.900><c> thee</c><00:33:37.059><c> nor</c><00:33:37.200><c> forsake</c><00:33:37.599><c> thee.</c><00:33:37.700><c> If</c><00:33:37.700><c> you</c><00:33:37.819><c> haven't</c><00:33:37.920><c> got</c>

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.599
this<00:33:38.220><c> quotation</c>

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.259
in<00:33:38.759><c> your</c><00:33:38.920><c> margin,</c><00:33:39.460><c> you</c><00:33:39.559><c> need</c><00:33:39.720><c> to</c><00:33:39.880><c> put</c><00:33:39.960><c> it</c><00:33:40.119><c> in.</c>

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.759
Hebrews<00:33:40.519><c> 13,</c><00:33:40.960><c> 5.</c>

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Hebrews<00:33:42.500><c> 13,</c><00:33:43.160><c> verse</c><00:33:43.519><c> 5,</c>

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.119
the<00:33:44.799><c> Apostle</c><00:33:45.380><c> Paul</c>

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:48.119
cites<00:33:46.859><c> this</c><00:33:47.200><c> exact</c><00:33:47.619><c> phrase</c>

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:50.519
and<00:33:48.420><c> he</c><00:33:48.660><c> gives</c><00:33:48.819><c> it</c><00:33:49.000><c> that</c><00:33:49.279><c> double</c><00:33:49.559><c> negative.</c>

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.359
He<00:33:51.299><c> gives</c><00:33:51.519><c> it</c><00:33:51.700><c> the</c><00:33:51.859><c> emphasis</c><00:33:52.180><c> that</c>

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.960
is<00:33:52.480><c> being</c><00:33:52.920><c> given</c><00:33:53.099><c> to</c><00:33:53.359><c> Joshua</c><00:33:53.660><c> there.</c>

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:56.180
Paul<00:33:54.700><c> in</c><00:33:54.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:55.200><c> 13,</c><00:33:55.779><c> verse</c><00:33:55.920><c> 5</c>

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:58.420
cites<00:33:57.039><c> this</c><00:33:57.259><c> and</c><00:33:57.339><c> he</c><00:33:57.559><c> says</c>

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.920
not,<00:33:59.400><c> not</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:02.359
will<00:34:00.259><c> I</c><00:34:00.519><c> leave</c><00:34:00.819><c> thee.</c><00:34:01.380><c> So</c><00:34:01.579><c> we</c><00:34:01.740><c> may</c><00:34:01.900><c> boldly</c>

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.119
say,<00:34:02.660><c> says</c><00:34:02.720><c> the</c><00:34:02.940><c> Apostle</c><00:34:03.259><c> Paul,</c><00:34:03.539><c> the</c><00:34:03.660><c> Lord</c><00:34:03.880><c> is</c>

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:06.279
my<00:34:04.400><c> helper.</c><00:34:05.059><c> I</c><00:34:05.279><c> will</c><00:34:05.599><c> not</c><00:34:05.900><c> fear</c>

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:08.559
what<00:34:06.720><c> man</c><00:34:07.079><c> can</c><00:34:07.359><c> do</c><00:34:07.500><c> to</c><00:34:07.779><c> me.</c>

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.320
So<00:34:09.360><c> God</c><00:34:09.559><c> isn't</c><00:34:09.760><c> in</c><00:34:09.920><c> the</c><00:34:10.059><c> business</c>

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:12.260
of<00:34:10.559><c> deserting</c><00:34:10.880><c> people</c><00:34:11.340><c> even</c><00:34:11.820><c> when</c><00:34:12.000><c> we</c>

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:14.119
fail,<00:34:13.340><c> even</c><00:34:13.619><c> when</c><00:34:13.780><c> we</c><00:34:13.960><c> make</c>

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.579
bad<00:34:14.420><c> decisions.</c>

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.119
God's<00:34:17.039><c> care</c><00:34:17.219><c> and</c><00:34:17.400><c> God's</c><00:34:17.800><c> love</c>

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:20.000
will<00:34:18.380><c> be</c><00:34:18.539><c> with</c><00:34:18.739><c> us</c><00:34:19.079><c> through</c><00:34:19.280><c> the</c><00:34:19.440><c> good</c><00:34:19.619><c> times</c>

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:22.179
and<00:34:20.300><c> through</c><00:34:20.480><c> the</c><00:34:20.699><c> bad</c><00:34:20.880><c> times.</c><00:34:21.539><c> Life</c><00:34:21.800><c> is</c><00:34:22.019><c> not</c>

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.920
going<00:34:22.280><c> to</c><00:34:22.360><c> be</c><00:34:22.480><c> easy</c><00:34:22.699><c> for</c><00:34:22.960><c> Joshua</c>

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:26.280
but<00:34:24.480><c> if</c><00:34:24.659><c> he</c><00:34:24.980><c> clings</c><00:34:25.300><c> to</c><00:34:25.539><c> the</c><00:34:25.820><c> promise</c>

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:28.320
and<00:34:27.059><c> to</c><00:34:27.219><c> the</c><00:34:27.559><c> power</c><00:34:27.840><c> that</c><00:34:28.099><c> God</c>

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:30.460
has<00:34:28.739><c> as</c><00:34:28.920><c> he</c><00:34:29.119><c> outworks</c><00:34:29.440><c> that</c><00:34:29.639><c> in</c><00:34:29.820><c> his</c><00:34:30.059><c> life</c>

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:32.619
then<00:34:31.280><c> God</c><00:34:31.539><c> will</c><00:34:31.860><c> sustain</c>

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.159
and<00:34:33.300><c> help</c><00:34:33.440><c> and</c><00:34:33.679><c> support</c><00:34:33.980><c> him.</c>

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:36.179
That's<00:34:34.699><c> got</c><00:34:34.800><c> to</c><00:34:34.900><c> be</c><00:34:35.139><c> encouraging</c><00:34:35.519><c> for</c><00:34:35.780><c> us</c><00:34:35.940><c> brothers</c>

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:38.159
and<00:34:36.420><c> sisters.</c><00:34:37.880><c> God</c>

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:40.119
emphasises<00:34:38.820><c> that</c><00:34:39.139><c> point</c><00:34:39.400><c> and</c><00:34:39.940><c> again</c>

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.119
I've<00:34:40.340><c> got</c><00:34:40.400><c> this</c><00:34:40.579><c> coloured</c><00:34:40.860><c> inflorescent</c><00:34:41.460><c> yellow</c><00:34:41.739><c> in</c><00:34:41.900><c> my</c>

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:44.320
Bible,<00:34:42.380><c> I</c><00:34:42.500><c> see</c><00:34:42.599><c> it</c><00:34:42.800><c> straight</c><00:34:43.019><c> away.</c><00:34:43.480><c> It's</c><00:34:43.719><c> in</c><00:34:43.840><c> verse</c><00:34:44.000><c> 6</c>

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.380
it's<00:34:44.500><c> in</c><00:34:44.599><c> verse</c><00:34:44.780><c> 7,</c><00:34:45.420><c> it's</c><00:34:45.500><c> in</c><00:34:45.679><c> verse</c><00:34:45.900><c> 9.</c>

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.300
Boom.<00:34:47.199><c> Three</c><00:34:47.559><c> times</c><00:34:48.000><c> God</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:51.119
says<00:34:48.639><c> be</c><00:34:49.239><c> strong</c><00:34:49.539><c> and</c><00:34:49.780><c> be</c><00:34:50.000><c> courageous.</c>

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:56.139
And<00:34:55.239><c> that</c><00:34:55.800><c> phrase</c>

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.900
echoes<00:34:56.500><c> down</c><00:34:56.840><c> to</c><00:34:57.059><c> us</c><00:34:57.519><c> today.</c>

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:00.079
We<00:34:58.400><c> step</c><00:34:58.679><c> back</c><00:34:58.820><c> and</c><00:34:58.940><c> we</c><00:34:59.079><c> think</c><00:34:59.280><c> about</c><00:34:59.559><c> Joshua</c>

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.300
a<00:35:00.579><c> man</c><00:35:00.820><c> of</c><00:35:01.000><c> great</c><00:35:01.320><c> faith,</c><00:35:01.639><c> a</c><00:35:01.699><c> man</c><00:35:01.880><c> of</c><00:35:02.059><c> great</c>

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:04.320
courage,<00:35:03.280><c> why</c><00:35:03.679><c> would</c><00:35:04.019><c> he</c>

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:07.159
need<00:35:04.800><c> God</c><00:35:05.119><c> to</c><00:35:05.340><c> tell</c><00:35:05.420><c> him</c><00:35:05.579><c> that</c><00:35:05.760><c> three</c><00:35:06.039><c> times?</c>

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.420
Why<00:35:09.519><c> would</c><00:35:09.739><c> he</c><00:35:09.940><c> need</c><00:35:10.159><c> God</c>

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.280
to<00:35:10.739><c> repeat</c><00:35:11.340><c> the</c><00:35:12.000><c> statement</c>

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.139
three<00:35:12.659><c> times</c><00:35:12.940><c> in</c><00:35:13.119><c> this</c><00:35:13.280><c> little</c><00:35:13.539><c> exhortation?</c>

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.900
Because<00:35:18.199><c> after</c><00:35:18.579><c> wandering</c>

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.440
for<00:35:19.139><c> 38</c><00:35:19.519><c> years</c><00:35:19.900><c> brothers</c><00:35:20.159><c> and</c><00:35:20.300><c> sisters</c>

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:22.800
it<00:35:20.500><c> doesn't</c><00:35:20.679><c> matter</c><00:35:20.900><c> how</c><00:35:21.219><c> strong</c><00:35:21.500><c> you</c><00:35:21.739><c> were,</c><00:35:21.940><c> you</c><00:35:22.039><c> need</c><00:35:22.219><c> encouragement.</c>

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.760
We<00:35:23.119><c> all</c><00:35:23.380><c> do.</c><00:35:23.739><c> I</c><00:35:23.920><c> mean</c><00:35:23.920><c> we've</c><00:35:24.159><c> gone</c><00:35:24.320><c> a</c><00:35:24.579><c> week</c>

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:26.380
hey,<00:35:25.079><c> since</c><00:35:25.280><c> the</c><00:35:25.500><c> last</c><00:35:25.739><c> memorials.</c>

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.599
How's<00:35:26.800><c> the</c><00:35:26.940><c> week</c><00:35:27.139><c> been?</c><00:35:27.960><c> Has</c><00:35:28.099><c> it</c><00:35:28.199><c> been</c><00:35:28.320><c> a</c><00:35:28.480><c> week</c>

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:30.699
of<00:35:29.059><c> faith</c><00:35:29.300><c> and</c><00:35:29.539><c> fortitude</c><00:35:30.019><c> and</c><00:35:30.260><c> encouragement</c>

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:32.019
and<00:35:30.920><c> moving</c><00:35:31.179><c> forward?</c>

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:34.500
We<00:35:32.719><c> need</c><00:35:33.000><c> that</c><00:35:33.380><c> encouragement</c><00:35:33.760><c> and</c><00:35:34.099><c> Joshua</c>

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:36.559
did<00:35:34.699><c> as</c><00:35:34.920><c> well.</c><00:35:35.119><c> He's</c><00:35:35.219><c> just</c><00:35:35.400><c> spent</c><00:35:35.559><c> 38</c><00:35:36.000><c> years</c><00:35:36.280><c> going</c>

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.840
in<00:35:36.860><c> circles.</c>

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:40.460
And<00:35:38.460><c> now</c><00:35:38.559><c> he's</c><00:35:38.760><c> moving</c><00:35:39.039><c> forward</c><00:35:39.280><c> to</c><00:35:39.440><c> the</c><00:35:39.599><c> promised</c><00:35:39.820><c> land</c><00:35:40.139><c> and</c><00:35:40.320><c> he</c>

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:42.639
wants<00:35:40.719><c> that</c><00:35:41.119><c> reinforcement</c><00:35:41.760><c> to</c><00:35:42.019><c> come</c><00:35:42.179><c> from</c><00:35:42.420><c> the</c>

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:44.159
Father<00:35:42.900><c> and</c><00:35:43.059><c> it</c><00:35:43.340><c> does.</c>

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.420
It's<00:35:44.599><c> a</c><00:35:44.739><c> wonderful</c><00:35:45.320><c> reinforcement.</c><00:35:46.199><c> And</c>

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:48.300
we<00:35:46.599><c> get</c><00:35:46.739><c> that</c><00:35:46.960><c> too</c><00:35:47.199><c> brothers</c><00:35:47.480><c> and</c><00:35:47.719><c> sisters,</c><00:35:47.760><c> don't</c><00:35:48.039><c> we?</c>

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:50.639
On<00:35:49.079><c> beautiful</c><00:35:49.480><c> events.</c>

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:52.420
Baptisms<00:35:51.079><c> Friday</c><00:35:51.539><c> night</c><00:35:52.039><c> by</c><00:35:52.219><c> the</c>

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:54.300
Jordan.<00:35:53.139><c> I</c><00:35:53.159><c> mean</c><00:35:53.300><c> this</c><00:35:53.480><c> is</c><00:35:53.699><c> a</c><00:35:53.840><c> thing</c><00:35:53.980><c> that</c>

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.380
encourages<00:35:55.039><c> us.</c><00:35:55.300><c> How</c><00:35:55.460><c> wonderful</c><00:35:55.800><c> is</c><00:35:56.079><c> that?</c>

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A<00:35:56.760><c> baptism</c><00:35:57.179><c> in</c><00:35:57.619><c> 2015</c>

00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.059
on<00:35:58.900><c> the</c><00:35:59.039><c> edge</c><00:35:59.159><c> of</c><00:35:59.420><c> the</c><00:35:59.500><c> promised</c><00:35:59.699><c> land.</c>

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:02.400
How<00:36:00.639><c> great</c><00:36:00.920><c> is</c><00:36:01.199><c> that?</c><00:36:01.679><c> That's</c><00:36:01.960><c> God's</c>

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encouragement<00:36:02.880><c> to</c><00:36:03.199><c> us.</c>

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It<00:36:04.719><c> might</c><00:36:05.019><c> be</c><00:36:05.420><c> a</c><00:36:06.039><c> transfer</c>

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:08.239
of<00:36:06.579><c> a</c><00:36:06.679><c> brother</c><00:36:07.019><c> and</c><00:36:07.260><c> sister</c><00:36:07.440><c> to</c><00:36:07.679><c> our</c><00:36:07.820><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:10.239
It<00:36:08.400><c> might</c><00:36:08.599><c> be</c><00:36:08.840><c> a</c><00:36:08.980><c> re</c><00:36:09.179><c>-fellowship.</c><00:36:09.719><c> How</c><00:36:09.880><c> wonderful</c>

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:12.280
is<00:36:10.500><c> that?</c><00:36:10.920><c> It</c><00:36:11.000><c> might</c><00:36:11.179><c> be</c><00:36:11.320><c> some</c><00:36:11.539><c> events</c><00:36:11.800><c> that</c><00:36:12.099><c> are</c><00:36:12.119><c> happening</c>

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.900
in<00:36:12.480><c> our</c><00:36:12.659><c> lives,</c><00:36:12.880><c> the</c><00:36:13.019><c> birth</c><00:36:13.199><c> of</c><00:36:13.360><c> a</c><00:36:13.420><c> new</c><00:36:13.599><c> child.</c>

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:16.400
All<00:36:14.559><c> these</c><00:36:14.860><c> little</c><00:36:15.320><c> incidents</c><00:36:15.699><c> go</c><00:36:16.019><c> together</c>

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:18.480
to<00:36:16.719><c> encourage</c><00:36:17.260><c> us</c><00:36:17.579><c> to</c><00:36:17.840><c> press</c><00:36:18.000><c> on</c><00:36:18.320><c> forward</c>

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.059
to<00:36:18.659><c> the</c><00:36:18.880><c> promised</c><00:36:19.099><c> land.</c>

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.539
And<00:36:21.420><c> Joshua</c><00:36:21.679><c> had</c><00:36:21.860><c> that</c><00:36:22.119><c> responsibility.</c>

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:24.659
Verse<00:36:22.840><c> 6</c><00:36:23.119><c> goes</c><00:36:23.420><c> on</c><00:36:24.199><c> and</c><00:36:24.480><c> he</c>

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says,<00:36:25.619><c> be</c><00:36:25.619><c> strong</c><00:36:26.000><c> and</c><00:36:26.099><c> of</c><00:36:26.179><c> a</c><00:36:26.320><c> good</c>

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:28.519
courage<00:36:27.000><c> for</c><00:36:27.920><c> you,</c><00:36:28.380><c> or</c>

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.559
unto<00:36:28.679><c> this</c><00:36:28.920><c> people</c><00:36:29.360><c> thou</c><00:36:29.679><c> shalt</c><00:36:29.940><c> divide</c>

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.440
for<00:36:30.739><c> an</c><00:36:30.960><c> inheritance</c><00:36:31.239><c> the</c><00:36:31.460><c> land.</c><00:36:31.639><c> I</c><00:36:31.659><c> think</c><00:36:31.780><c> the</c><00:36:32.079><c> margin</c>

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.480
says<00:36:32.760><c> you</c><00:36:33.139><c> will</c><00:36:33.480><c> cause</c><00:36:33.699><c> these</c><00:36:34.059><c> people</c>

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.880
to<00:36:34.960><c> inherit.</c>

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That<00:36:36.860><c> was</c><00:36:37.039><c> the</c><00:36:37.260><c> responsibility</c><00:36:37.659><c> of</c>

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:40.579
Joshua<00:36:38.960><c> and</c><00:36:39.639><c> it</c><00:36:39.840><c> is</c><00:36:40.079><c> our</c><00:36:40.320><c> responsibility</c>

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.820
as<00:36:41.320><c> well.</c><00:36:41.619><c> We</c><00:36:42.019><c> have</c><00:36:42.260><c> to</c><00:36:42.460><c> influence</c>

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:44.139
other<00:36:43.099><c> brothers</c><00:36:43.300><c> and</c><00:36:43.559><c> sisters</c><00:36:43.719><c> for</c><00:36:44.000><c> good.</c>

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:46.039
You<00:36:44.139><c> know,</c><00:36:44.500><c> we</c><00:36:44.639><c> can</c><00:36:44.840><c> be</c><00:36:45.079><c> discouragers,</c><00:36:45.500><c> can't</c><00:36:45.800><c> we?</c>

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:48.219
In<00:36:46.340><c> our</c><00:36:46.579><c> lives,</c><00:36:46.980><c> sometimes</c><00:36:47.219><c> by</c><00:36:47.380><c> the</c><00:36:47.500><c> things</c><00:36:47.679><c> that</c><00:36:47.840><c> we</c><00:36:48.000><c> do.</c>

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.320
We<00:36:48.619><c> can</c><00:36:49.420><c> discourage</c><00:36:50.019><c> other</c>

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.139
brothers<00:36:50.559><c> and</c><00:36:50.800><c> sisters,</c><00:36:51.500><c> sometimes</c>

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.980
unknowing<00:36:52.619><c> to</c><00:36:52.820><c> ourselves.</c>

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:56.079
By<00:36:54.219><c> the</c><00:36:54.380><c> things</c><00:36:54.480><c> that</c><00:36:54.619><c> we're</c><00:36:54.840><c> involved</c><00:36:55.340><c> in,</c><00:36:55.539><c> the</c><00:36:55.719><c> decisions</c>

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:58.300
that<00:36:56.300><c> we</c><00:36:56.559><c> make,</c><00:36:57.699><c> perhaps</c><00:36:57.900><c> a</c><00:36:58.079><c> young</c>

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:00.400
person<00:36:58.840><c> looks</c><00:36:59.139><c> at</c><00:36:59.300><c> our</c><00:36:59.500><c> life</c><00:36:59.699><c> and</c><00:36:59.800><c> thinks,</c><00:37:00.039><c> well,</c>

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.920
if<00:37:00.579><c> they're</c><00:37:00.760><c> going</c><00:37:00.840><c> to</c><00:37:00.920><c> behave</c><00:37:01.159><c> like</c><00:37:01.420><c> that,</c><00:37:01.519><c> I'm</c><00:37:01.659><c> going</c><00:37:01.800><c> to</c>

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.300
walk<00:37:02.099><c> off</c>

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:04.159
too<00:37:02.519><c> hard</c><00:37:02.619><c> for</c><00:37:02.840><c> me.</c><00:37:03.320><c> So</c><00:37:03.539><c> we</c>

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:06.199
have<00:37:04.340><c> to</c><00:37:04.519><c> show</c><00:37:04.940><c> some</c><00:37:05.460><c> leadership</c><00:37:05.880><c> and</c>

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:08.300
responsibility<00:37:06.800><c> in</c><00:37:07.300><c> our</c><00:37:07.559><c> own</c><00:37:07.940><c> lives</c>

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:10.179
as<00:37:08.659><c> well.</c><00:37:09.679><c> So</c><00:37:09.960><c> where</c>

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.380
does<00:37:10.380><c> that</c><00:37:10.719><c> leadership</c><00:37:11.159><c> come</c><00:37:11.480><c> from?</c>

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Well,<00:37:13.679><c> is</c><00:37:13.800><c> Joshua</c>

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.519
instructed<00:37:15.099><c> to</c><00:37:15.800><c> analyse</c>

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the<00:37:17.840><c> historic</c>

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.539
military<00:37:20.099><c> victories</c>

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:22.079
of<00:37:21.039><c> the</c><00:37:21.199><c> different</c><00:37:21.420><c> nations,</c><00:37:21.940><c> to</c>

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.199
look<00:37:22.179><c> at</c><00:37:22.320><c> the</c><00:37:22.579><c> strategies</c><00:37:23.019><c> and</c><00:37:23.400><c> to</c><00:37:23.619><c> work</c><00:37:23.780><c> that</c><00:37:24.039><c> out</c>

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:26.099
and<00:37:24.340><c> to</c><00:37:24.519><c> find</c><00:37:24.719><c> out</c><00:37:25.139><c> how</c><00:37:25.480><c> he</c><00:37:25.679><c> should</c><00:37:25.860><c> lead</c>

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:28.199
his<00:37:26.380><c> people,</c><00:37:26.639><c> what</c><00:37:26.800><c> were</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.119><c> qualities,</c><00:37:27.800><c> what</c><00:37:27.960><c> do</c><00:37:28.039><c> they</c>

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.139
need<00:37:28.360><c> to</c><00:37:28.619><c> focus</c><00:37:28.960><c> on</c><00:37:29.119><c> from</c><00:37:29.320><c> a</c><00:37:29.480><c> military</c><00:37:29.820><c> viewpoint?</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.219
Is<00:37:30.559><c> that</c><00:37:30.900><c> where</c><00:37:31.119><c> the</c><00:37:31.320><c> record</c><00:37:31.539><c> tells</c><00:37:31.800><c> us</c><00:37:32.000><c> Joshua</c>

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.900
should<00:37:32.460><c> look?</c><00:37:33.059><c> No,</c><00:37:33.500><c> brothers</c><00:37:33.639><c> and</c><00:37:33.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:36.280
look<00:37:34.099><c> at</c><00:37:34.219><c> verse</c><00:37:34.400><c> 7.</c>

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.960
Joshua<00:37:36.860><c> shows</c><00:37:37.300><c> us</c><00:37:37.599><c> that</c><00:37:37.780><c> he</c>

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.219
has<00:37:38.199><c> to</c><00:37:38.480><c> develop,</c><00:37:39.059><c> or</c><00:37:39.179><c> God</c><00:37:39.380><c> commands</c><00:37:39.719><c> him</c><00:37:39.900><c> to</c><00:37:40.059><c> develop</c>

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:42.659
a<00:37:40.840><c> spiritual</c><00:37:41.199><c> attitude.</c>

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.719
Verse<00:37:43.199><c> 7</c><00:37:43.480><c> says,</c><00:37:43.840><c> be</c><00:37:43.840><c> strong</c><00:37:44.079><c> and</c><00:37:44.360><c> courageous</c>

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:46.420
that<00:37:44.920><c> thou</c><00:37:45.179><c> mayest</c><00:37:45.500><c> observe</c><00:37:45.840><c> to</c><00:37:46.119><c> do</c>

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.539
not<00:37:46.820><c> according</c><00:37:47.139><c> to</c><00:37:47.300><c> all</c><00:37:47.440><c> the</c><00:37:48.199><c> latest</c>

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:50.340
military<00:37:49.239><c> techniques,</c>

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:52.380
according<00:37:51.119><c> to</c><00:37:51.460><c> all</c><00:37:51.719><c> the</c><00:37:51.940><c> law</c><00:37:52.099><c> which</c>

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:54.599
Moses,<00:37:52.940><c> my</c><00:37:53.360><c> servant,</c><00:37:53.960><c> commanded</c><00:37:54.320><c> you.</c>

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Don't<00:37:54.880><c> turn</c><00:37:55.119><c> to</c><00:37:55.280><c> the</c><00:37:55.400><c> left</c><00:37:55.579><c> or</c><00:37:55.719><c> to</c><00:37:55.880><c> the</c><00:37:56.039><c> right</c><00:37:56.280><c> hand.</c>

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.539
So<00:37:59.019><c> what</c><00:37:59.219><c> did</c><00:37:59.300><c> he</c><00:37:59.420><c> have</c><00:37:59.579><c> to</c><00:37:59.719><c> be</c><00:37:59.940><c> strong</c><00:38:00.199><c> and</c>

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courageous<00:38:00.920><c> in?</c>

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What<00:38:03.860><c> did</c><00:38:04.000><c> he</c><00:38:04.199><c> have</c>

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.320
to<00:38:04.679><c> observe?</c><00:38:05.980><c> Well,</c><00:38:06.099><c> it</c><00:38:06.139><c> was</c>

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.360
the<00:38:06.480><c> law</c><00:38:06.639><c> of</c><00:38:06.900><c> God.</c><00:38:07.960><c> He</c><00:38:08.199><c> had</c>

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:11.239
to<00:38:08.579><c> get</c><00:38:08.579><c> his</c><00:38:08.900><c> mind</c><00:38:09.380><c> in</c><00:38:09.760><c> the</c><00:38:09.860><c> right</c><00:38:10.199><c> place.</c>

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.260
The<00:38:11.820><c> key</c>

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:14.500
to<00:38:12.559><c> the</c><00:38:12.780><c> battle</c><00:38:12.980><c> was</c><00:38:13.239><c> understanding</c><00:38:13.980><c> God's</c>

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:16.159
requirements<00:38:15.000><c> and</c><00:38:15.300><c> God's</c><00:38:15.860><c> values,</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.500
so<00:38:16.400><c> the</c><00:38:16.579><c> record</c><00:38:16.840><c> goes</c><00:38:17.159><c> on,</c><00:38:17.760><c> so</c><00:38:18.019><c> that</c><00:38:18.159><c> you</c><00:38:18.280><c> will</c>

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:20.480
prosper<00:38:18.920><c> wherever</c><00:38:19.400><c> you</c><00:38:19.699><c> go.</c>

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:22.440
God<00:38:20.940><c> commanded</c><00:38:21.380><c> Joshua</c><00:38:21.760><c> to</c><00:38:21.900><c> look</c><00:38:22.139><c> straight</c>

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.380
ahead<00:38:22.699><c> with</c><00:38:22.920><c> no</c><00:38:23.280><c> deviation.</c>

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.360
He<00:38:24.860><c> had</c><00:38:25.000><c> to</c><00:38:25.179><c> have</c><00:38:25.320><c> a</c><00:38:25.659><c> focus</c><00:38:26.059><c> on</c>

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:28.460
the<00:38:26.579><c> things</c><00:38:26.820><c> that</c><00:38:26.980><c> were</c><00:38:27.260><c> important.</c>

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:30.320
And<00:38:28.760><c> that's</c><00:38:28.920><c> why</c><00:38:29.099><c> we're</c><00:38:29.320><c> here</c><00:38:29.440><c> this</c><00:38:29.599><c> morning,</c><00:38:30.039><c> brothers</c><00:38:30.119><c> and</c><00:38:30.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.539
we<00:38:30.440><c> have</c><00:38:30.679><c> Bibles</c><00:38:31.059><c> open</c><00:38:31.360><c> on</c><00:38:31.559><c> our</c><00:38:31.760><c> lap.</c>

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:34.239
We're<00:38:33.119><c> not</c><00:38:33.480><c> studying</c><00:38:33.719><c> the</c><00:38:33.980><c> latest</c>

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:36.340
psychological<00:38:34.940><c> techniques</c><00:38:35.420><c> of</c><00:38:35.599><c> how</c><00:38:35.780><c> to</c><00:38:36.139><c> build</c>

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:38.320
success<00:38:36.760><c> into</c><00:38:37.000><c> our</c><00:38:37.219><c> life.</c><00:38:37.840><c> We're</c><00:38:37.900><c> opening</c><00:38:38.099><c> up</c>

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.159
God's<00:38:38.699><c> word</c><00:38:38.820><c> because</c><00:38:39.059><c> we</c><00:38:39.260><c> know</c><00:38:39.480><c> the</c><00:38:39.699><c> right</c><00:38:39.880><c> values</c>

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:42.239
are<00:38:40.360><c> in</c><00:38:40.500><c> here.</c><00:38:41.219><c> These</c><00:38:41.519><c> are</c><00:38:41.699><c> the</c><00:38:41.840><c> values</c><00:38:42.079><c> that</c>

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:44.260
can<00:38:42.420><c> give</c><00:38:42.519><c> us</c><00:38:42.780><c> faith</c><00:38:43.099><c> and</c><00:38:43.440><c> fortitude</c><00:38:44.000><c> in</c><00:38:44.159><c> a</c>

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:46.039
very<00:38:44.500><c> difficult</c><00:38:44.940><c> world.</c>

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And<00:38:47.659><c> so</c><00:38:47.900><c> he's</c><00:38:48.219><c> instructed</c>

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in<00:38:48.820><c> verse</c><00:38:49.119><c> 8,</c>

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.480
talk<00:38:51.059><c> about</c><00:38:51.340><c> the</c><00:38:51.619><c> truth,</c>

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.820
think<00:38:52.920><c> about</c><00:38:53.179><c> the</c><00:38:53.500><c> truth,</c>

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:56.239
do<00:38:54.440><c> the</c><00:38:54.719><c> truth.</c><00:38:54.920><c> You</c><00:38:55.019><c> see</c><00:38:55.099><c> those</c><00:38:55.340><c> key</c><00:38:55.619><c> words</c><00:38:55.860><c> there</c><00:38:56.059><c> in</c>

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verse<00:38:56.519><c> 8?</c>

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This<00:38:58.219><c> book</c><00:38:58.400><c> of</c><00:38:58.519><c> the</c><00:38:58.619><c> law</c><00:38:58.719><c> shall</c><00:38:58.900><c> not</c><00:38:59.079><c> depart</c><00:38:59.380><c> out</c><00:38:59.519><c> of</c><00:38:59.639><c> our</c><00:38:59.780><c> mouth,</c>

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there<00:39:00.380><c> it</c><00:39:00.539><c> is,</c><00:39:00.820><c> mouth,</c><00:39:01.719><c> you</c><00:39:01.860><c> will</c>

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meditate<00:39:02.639><c> it,</c><00:39:02.940><c> second,</c><00:39:03.800><c> and</c><00:39:04.139><c> you</c>

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will<00:39:04.440><c> do</c><00:39:04.760><c> it.</c><00:39:05.420><c> Three</c><00:39:05.539><c> simple</c><00:39:05.920><c> words,</c>

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mouth,<00:39:07.300><c> meditate,</c><00:39:08.380><c> do.</c>

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They're<00:39:09.719><c> the</c><00:39:09.820><c> key</c><00:39:10.039><c> words</c>

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:12.500
that<00:39:10.599><c> Joshua</c><00:39:10.820><c> was</c><00:39:11.139><c> instructed</c><00:39:11.519><c> in</c><00:39:12.059><c> by</c>

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the<00:39:12.719><c> father.</c><00:39:13.400><c> Meditate</c><00:39:13.860><c> upon</c><00:39:14.119><c> it</c>

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:18.760
and<00:39:16.599><c> do</c><00:39:16.840><c> it.</c><00:39:17.119><c> Talk</c><00:39:17.340><c> about</c><00:39:17.619><c> it,</c><00:39:17.960><c> meditate</c><00:39:18.340><c> upon</c><00:39:18.579><c> it,</c>

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:20.440
and<00:39:18.900><c> do</c><00:39:19.119><c> it.</c><00:39:19.679><c> In</c><00:39:19.940><c> fact,</c><00:39:20.300><c> the</c>

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record<00:39:20.780><c> there</c><00:39:21.260><c> says</c>

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in<00:39:22.519><c> verse</c><00:39:22.800><c> 8,</c><00:39:23.960><c> meditate</c>

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upon<00:39:24.960><c> it</c><00:39:25.500><c> day</c><00:39:26.059><c> and</c>

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night.<00:39:27.320><c> So</c><00:39:27.500><c> you</c><00:39:27.739><c> see,</c><00:39:28.219><c> the</c><00:39:28.300><c> picture</c>

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:30.260
is<00:39:28.739><c> Joshua's</c><00:39:29.179><c> not</c><00:39:29.340><c> in</c><00:39:29.460><c> his</c><00:39:29.639><c> general</c><00:39:29.980><c> tints</c>

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:32.280
unraveling<00:39:30.780><c> some</c><00:39:31.079><c> plans</c><00:39:31.340><c> and</c><00:39:31.579><c> saying,</c><00:39:31.800><c> well,</c><00:39:32.139><c> you</c><00:39:32.139><c> know,</c>

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here's<00:39:32.500><c> the</c><00:39:32.719><c> Jordan,</c><00:39:33.739><c> mountains</c><00:39:34.039><c> over</c><00:39:34.380><c> here,</c>

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:36.400
a<00:39:34.599><c> bit</c><00:39:34.619><c> of</c><00:39:34.780><c> geography,</c><00:39:35.139><c> which</c><00:39:35.280><c> is</c><00:39:35.440><c> the</c><00:39:35.579><c> best</c><00:39:35.739><c> way</c><00:39:35.960><c> for</c><00:39:36.099><c> us</c><00:39:36.219><c> to</c>

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go.<00:39:37.019><c> He's</c><00:39:37.199><c> got</c><00:39:37.300><c> his</c><00:39:37.519><c> Bible</c><00:39:37.860><c> open.</c>

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That's<00:39:38.739><c> what</c><00:39:38.840><c> he's</c><00:39:39.159><c> studying</c><00:39:39.340><c> to</c><00:39:39.639><c> prepare</c><00:39:39.960><c> himself</c>

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for<00:39:40.800><c> the</c><00:39:40.900><c> next</c><00:39:41.179><c> day.</c>

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So<00:39:43.059><c> Joshua</c><00:39:43.260><c> had</c><00:39:43.460><c> to</c><00:39:43.719><c> conform</c><00:39:44.079><c> to</c>

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:46.500
what<00:39:44.719><c> God</c><00:39:45.119><c> had</c><00:39:45.579><c> said.</c>

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And<00:39:47.679><c> he</c><00:39:47.780><c> had</c><00:39:47.900><c> to</c><00:39:48.179><c> read</c>

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:50.300
it<00:39:48.559><c> every</c><00:39:48.820><c> day</c><00:39:49.179><c> and</c><00:39:49.480><c> meditate</c><00:39:49.920><c> upon</c><00:39:50.179><c> it.</c>

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:52.400
Now,<00:39:50.840><c> challenge</c><00:39:51.019><c> to</c><00:39:51.199><c> us,</c><00:39:51.519><c> brothers</c><00:39:51.599><c> and</c><00:39:51.780><c> sisters,</c><00:39:51.920><c> in</c><00:39:52.059><c> the</c><00:39:52.219><c> battles</c>

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:55.059
of<00:39:52.639><c> life,</c><00:39:52.940><c> is</c><00:39:53.059><c> that</c><00:39:53.280><c> the</c><00:39:53.579><c> strategy</c><00:39:53.860><c> that</c><00:39:54.019><c> we're</c><00:39:54.219><c> using?</c>

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So<00:39:55.480><c> let's</c><00:39:55.639><c> just</c><00:39:55.820><c> think</c><00:39:55.960><c> about</c><00:39:56.179><c> this</c>

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week,<00:39:56.880><c> daily</c><00:39:57.119><c> readings.</c>

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The<00:39:59.039><c> command</c><00:39:59.380><c> was</c><00:39:59.559><c> to</c><00:39:59.739><c> meditate</c><00:40:00.099><c> on</c><00:40:00.280><c> it</c>

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:02.619
day<00:40:00.559><c> and</c><00:40:00.719><c> night</c><00:40:00.940><c> for</c><00:40:01.159><c> Joshua</c><00:40:01.480><c> to</c><00:40:01.739><c> gain</c><00:40:01.960><c> success.</c>

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So<00:40:02.980><c> how</c><00:40:03.199><c> successful</c><00:40:03.659><c> have</c><00:40:03.900><c> we</c>

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been<00:40:04.619><c> in</c><00:40:04.840><c> this</c><00:40:05.039><c> week?</c>

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You<00:40:07.500><c> know,</c><00:40:07.659><c> I</c><00:40:07.699><c> guess</c><00:40:07.860><c> we</c><00:40:07.980><c> have</c><00:40:08.119><c> to</c><00:40:08.239><c> think</c><00:40:08.400><c> about</c>

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that,<00:40:09.000><c> and</c><00:40:09.019><c> that's</c><00:40:09.280><c> the</c><00:40:09.460><c> point</c><00:40:09.559><c> of</c><00:40:09.699><c> this</c><00:40:10.039><c> moment</c><00:40:10.300><c> of</c>

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analysis<00:40:10.960><c> before</c><00:40:11.300><c> we</c><00:40:11.519><c> take</c><00:40:11.800><c> the</c><00:40:12.159><c> bread</c>

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and<00:40:12.579><c> the</c><00:40:12.800><c> wine.</c><00:40:13.380><c> The</c><00:40:13.619><c> Psalmist</c><00:40:13.980><c> in</c><00:40:14.159><c> Psalm</c>

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119,<00:40:15.159><c> verse</c><00:40:15.380><c> 97,</c><00:40:16.760><c> says,</c>

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Oh,<00:40:17.679><c> how</c><00:40:17.960><c> I</c><00:40:18.139><c> love</c><00:40:18.300><c> thy</c>

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law,<00:40:19.360><c> it</c><00:40:19.539><c> is</c><00:40:19.760><c> my</c><00:40:20.139><c> meditation</c>

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all<00:40:21.840><c> the</c><00:40:22.039><c> day.</c>

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So<00:40:23.360><c> for</c><00:40:23.519><c> the</c><00:40:23.739><c> Psalmist,</c><00:40:24.280><c> he</c><00:40:24.340><c> had</c>

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the<00:40:24.619><c> same</c><00:40:24.840><c> mindset</c><00:40:25.280><c> as</c><00:40:25.539><c> Joshua.</c>

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He<00:40:26.960><c> loved</c><00:40:27.159><c> to</c><00:40:27.400><c> unravel.</c><00:40:27.920><c> You</c><00:40:28.000><c> know,</c><00:40:28.159><c> at</c><00:40:28.280><c> the</c><00:40:28.320><c> end</c>

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of<00:40:28.619><c> a</c><00:40:28.619><c> hard</c><00:40:28.860><c> day,</c><00:40:29.119><c> and</c><00:40:29.219><c> let's</c><00:40:29.360><c> remember,</c><00:40:30.079><c> for</c><00:40:30.239><c> David,</c>

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I<00:40:30.679><c> mean,</c><00:40:30.900><c> he's</c><00:40:31.019><c> ruling</c><00:40:31.320><c> a</c><00:40:31.840><c> kingdom.</c><00:40:32.199><c> It's</c><00:40:32.340><c> not</c><00:40:32.460><c> as</c>

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though<00:40:32.699><c> he</c><00:40:32.760><c> had</c><00:40:32.900><c> nothing</c><00:40:33.179><c> to</c><00:40:33.400><c> do.</c><00:40:33.599><c> He's</c><00:40:33.739><c> busy,</c><00:40:34.059><c> busy.</c><00:40:34.440><c> There's</c>

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administration,<00:40:35.440><c> there's</c><00:40:35.719><c> managers.</c><00:40:36.019><c> He's</c><00:40:36.300><c> got</c><00:40:36.460><c> to</c>

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calm<00:40:37.320><c> down.</c>

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At<00:40:38.659><c> the</c><00:40:38.780><c> end</c><00:40:38.860><c> of</c><00:40:39.000><c> a</c><00:40:39.059><c> busy</c><00:40:39.239><c> day,</c><00:40:39.519><c> he</c><00:40:39.760><c> unravels</c><00:40:40.199><c> the</c><00:40:40.400><c> scroll</c>

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:42.460
and<00:40:40.579><c> he</c><00:40:40.659><c> says,</c><00:40:40.739><c> I</c><00:40:40.840><c> love</c><00:40:41.079><c> this.</c><00:40:41.760><c> I've</c><00:40:41.980><c> been</c><00:40:42.099><c> looking</c><00:40:42.360><c> forward</c>

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:44.579
to<00:40:42.500><c> this.</c><00:40:43.059><c> I</c><00:40:43.139><c> want</c><00:40:43.300><c> to</c><00:40:43.380><c> just</c><00:40:43.519><c> think</c><00:40:43.679><c> about</c><00:40:43.940><c> God's</c><00:40:44.340><c> word.</c>

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At<00:40:44.880><c> the</c><00:40:44.880><c> end</c><00:40:44.980><c> of</c><00:40:45.099><c> the</c><00:40:45.199><c> day,</c><00:40:45.340><c> it's</c><00:40:45.500><c> good</c><00:40:45.679><c> for</c><00:40:45.880><c> me.</c>

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Resets<00:40:46.780><c> my</c><00:40:47.139><c> mind.</c><00:40:47.800><c> Have</c><00:40:47.900><c> we</c><00:40:48.079><c> been</c><00:40:48.219><c> doing</c>

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:50.480
that?<00:40:49.340><c> Has</c><00:40:49.440><c> that</c><00:40:49.639><c> been</c><00:40:49.800><c> the</c><00:40:49.940><c> key</c><00:40:50.099><c> to</c>

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our<00:40:50.760><c> success?</c><00:40:51.480><c> Because</c><00:40:51.619><c> that's</c><00:40:51.880><c> what</c>

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:54.420
God<00:40:52.880><c> says</c><00:40:53.079><c> we</c><00:40:53.260><c> need</c><00:40:53.440><c> to</c><00:40:53.639><c> do.</c><00:40:54.139><c> And</c><00:40:54.280><c> again,</c>

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:56.420
in<00:40:54.599><c> the</c><00:40:54.659><c> New</c><00:40:54.820><c> Testament,</c><00:40:55.300><c> Acts</c><00:40:55.440><c> 17,</c><00:40:55.820><c> 11,</c>

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:59.500
the<00:40:56.920><c> Bereans</c><00:40:57.420><c> searched</c><00:40:58.159><c> the</c><00:40:58.500><c> Scriptures</c>

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daily.<00:41:01.780><c> So</c><00:41:01.960><c> even</c><00:41:02.119><c> though</c><00:41:02.440><c> an</c>

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apostle<00:41:02.920><c> came</c><00:41:03.199><c> along</c><00:41:03.460><c> and</c><00:41:03.960><c> gave</c><00:41:04.320><c> them</c>

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:06.019
some<00:41:04.800><c> instruction</c><00:41:05.239><c> in</c><00:41:05.400><c> the</c><00:41:05.599><c> Scripture,</c>

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.400
the<00:41:06.559><c> Bereans</c><00:41:06.960><c> said,</c><00:41:07.280><c> well,</c><00:41:07.380><c> okay,</c><00:41:07.820><c> we've</c><00:41:07.960><c> listened</c><00:41:08.099><c> to</c><00:41:08.239><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:41:08.739><c> Paul.</c><00:41:08.900><c> Let's</c><00:41:09.139><c> just</c><00:41:09.420><c> check</c><00:41:09.539><c> it</c><00:41:09.739><c> out</c><00:41:09.820><c> on</c><00:41:09.960><c> the</c><00:41:10.179><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:12.400
And<00:41:11.059><c> they</c><00:41:11.239><c> did</c><00:41:11.380><c> that</c><00:41:11.639><c> every</c><00:41:11.900><c> day.</c><00:41:12.199><c> They</c><00:41:12.280><c> had</c>

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.420
a<00:41:12.599><c> wonderful</c><00:41:13.019><c> attitude</c><00:41:13.380><c> that's</c><00:41:13.679><c> commended</c><00:41:13.920><c> in</c><00:41:14.139><c> the</c><00:41:14.239><c> New</c>

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:16.559
Testament.<00:41:16.159><c> So</c><00:41:16.320><c> this</c>

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:18.360
Hebrew<00:41:16.920><c> word,</c><00:41:17.619><c> meditate,</c><00:41:18.059><c> actually</c>

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means<00:41:18.619><c> to</c><00:41:18.920><c> murmur</c><00:41:19.219><c> or</c><00:41:19.460><c> to</c><00:41:20.420><c> mutter.</c>

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:22.380
It<00:41:20.659><c> doesn't</c><00:41:20.820><c> just</c><00:41:21.079><c> mean</c><00:41:21.219><c> sit</c><00:41:21.420><c> there</c><00:41:21.619><c> and</c><00:41:21.840><c> think.</c><00:41:21.980><c> It</c><00:41:22.079><c> means</c>

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:24.659
actually<00:41:22.860><c> to</c><00:41:23.219><c> be</c><00:41:23.360><c> so</c><00:41:23.599><c> involved</c><00:41:23.940><c> that</c><00:41:24.079><c> you</c><00:41:24.340><c> start</c>

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to<00:41:25.039><c> mutter</c><00:41:25.239><c> and</c><00:41:25.500><c> to</c><00:41:25.860><c> murmur.</c><00:41:26.179><c> And</c><00:41:26.179><c> I</c><00:41:26.260><c> guess</c><00:41:26.400><c> we,</c>

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.639
I<00:41:27.139><c> mean,</c><00:41:27.239><c> I</c><00:41:27.420><c> have</c><00:41:27.539><c> the</c><00:41:27.699><c> picture</c><00:41:27.900><c> of</c><00:41:28.239><c> the</c><00:41:28.440><c> Jews</c>

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against<00:41:29.260><c> the</c><00:41:29.480><c> Western</c><00:41:29.679><c> Wall</c><00:41:29.960><c> as</c><00:41:30.119><c> they're</c><00:41:30.340><c> sort</c><00:41:30.480><c> of</c><00:41:30.619><c> nodding</c>

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:32.800
and<00:41:31.000><c> they're</c><00:41:31.239><c> muttering</c><00:41:31.460><c> to</c><00:41:31.679><c> themselves,</c><00:41:32.079><c> I</c><00:41:32.139><c> guess,</c><00:41:32.420><c> reciting</c>

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:34.719
the<00:41:33.039><c> law.</c><00:41:33.699><c> I</c><00:41:33.820><c> guess</c><00:41:33.980><c> that's</c><00:41:34.159><c> the</c><00:41:34.300><c> illustration</c>

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I<00:41:35.059><c> have.</c><00:41:35.480><c> Not</c><00:41:35.639><c> that</c><00:41:35.760><c> we're</c><00:41:35.980><c> supposed</c><00:41:36.119><c> to</c><00:41:36.320><c> do</c><00:41:36.460><c> that</c><00:41:36.719><c> literally</c>

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00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:40.900
course,<00:41:39.059><c> the</c><00:41:39.199><c> thing</c><00:41:39.340><c> is</c><00:41:39.480><c> we're</c><00:41:39.659><c> so</c><00:41:39.960><c> involved</c><00:41:40.500><c> in</c><00:41:40.679><c> it</c>

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our<00:41:41.440><c> whole</c><00:41:41.820><c> personality</c>

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:44.860
is<00:41:43.320><c> reflecting.</c><00:41:43.860><c> We're</c><00:41:44.119><c> sort</c><00:41:44.300><c> of</c><00:41:44.420><c> talking</c><00:41:44.619><c> to</c>

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:46.480
ourself<00:41:45.199><c> about</c><00:41:45.420><c> the</c><00:41:45.619><c> Scriptures.</c>

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That's<00:41:47.500><c> the</c><00:41:47.639><c> idea</c><00:41:47.980><c> there.</c><00:41:48.239><c> We're</c><00:41:48.480><c> just</c>

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:50.760
soaking<00:41:49.179><c> in</c><00:41:49.539><c> the</c><00:41:49.780><c> Scriptures.</c>

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Psalm<00:41:51.639><c> 35</c><00:41:52.219><c> and</c><00:41:52.360><c> verse</c><00:41:52.519><c> 28</c>

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says,<00:41:53.500><c> My</c><00:41:53.539><c> tongue</c><00:41:54.079><c> will</c><00:41:54.699><c> speak</c>

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:57.159
of<00:41:55.260><c> thy</c><00:41:55.480><c> righteousness,</c><00:41:56.179><c> of</c><00:41:56.500><c> thy</c><00:41:56.739><c> praise</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.280
all<00:41:57.539><c> the</c><00:41:57.699><c> day</c><00:41:57.880><c> long.</c><00:41:58.519><c> So</c><00:41:58.739><c> the</c><00:41:58.960><c> Scriptures</c>

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:01.059
so<00:41:59.699><c> excite</c><00:42:00.260><c> us</c><00:42:00.639><c> that</c><00:42:00.920><c> it</c>

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:02.860
starts<00:42:01.280><c> to</c><00:42:01.559><c> drop</c><00:42:01.699><c> off</c><00:42:01.900><c> our</c><00:42:02.119><c> lips.</c><00:42:02.760><c> You</c><00:42:02.840><c> know,</c>

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:04.980
it's<00:42:03.019><c> a</c><00:42:03.159><c> natural</c><00:42:03.500><c> conversation.</c><00:42:04.199><c> It's</c><00:42:04.260><c> not</c><00:42:04.519><c> forced.</c><00:42:04.820><c> I</c><00:42:04.960><c> mean</c>

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we<00:42:05.079><c> talk</c><00:42:05.260><c> about</c><00:42:05.420><c> the</c><00:42:05.619><c> weather,</c><00:42:05.820><c> they're</c><00:42:05.960><c> footy</c><00:42:06.179><c> and</c><00:42:06.280><c> then,</c><00:42:06.440><c> well,</c><00:42:06.599><c> we</c>

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run<00:42:06.840><c> out</c>

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of<00:42:07.059><c> things</c><00:42:07.199><c> to</c><00:42:07.380><c> talk</c><00:42:07.579><c> about.</c><00:42:08.639><c> So</c>

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:11.280
you<00:42:09.079><c> know,</c><00:42:09.239><c> for</c><00:42:10.000><c> a</c><00:42:10.119><c> person</c><00:42:10.280><c> that's</c><00:42:10.880><c> saturating</c>

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themselves<00:42:11.639><c> with</c><00:42:11.800><c> the</c><00:42:11.940><c> word</c><00:42:12.059><c> of</c><00:42:12.320><c> God,</c>

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this<00:42:13.219><c> is</c><00:42:13.400><c> the</c><00:42:13.619><c> conversation</c><00:42:14.119><c> that</c><00:42:14.320><c> they</c><00:42:14.619><c> enjoy</c>

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and<00:42:15.480><c> they</c><00:42:15.800><c> love.</c>

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And<00:42:18.000><c> the</c><00:42:18.119><c> thing</c><00:42:18.239><c> is,</c><00:42:18.559><c> brothers</c><00:42:18.659><c> and</c><00:42:18.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:21.019
when<00:42:19.119><c> we</c><00:42:19.280><c> get</c><00:42:19.400><c> into</c><00:42:19.599><c> serious</c><00:42:19.960><c> trouble,</c><00:42:20.260><c> we</c><00:42:20.380><c> want</c><00:42:20.559><c> to</c><00:42:20.679><c> talk</c><00:42:20.820><c> to</c>

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someone<00:42:21.139><c> who</c><00:42:21.219><c> knows</c><00:42:21.460><c> their</c><00:42:21.699><c> Bible,</c><00:42:22.219><c> right?</c>

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You<00:42:24.320><c> know,</c>

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life<00:42:25.539><c> is</c><00:42:25.760><c> fairly</c><00:42:26.000><c> complex.</c><00:42:26.519><c> How</c><00:42:26.699><c> are</c><00:42:26.860><c> we</c><00:42:26.900><c> going</c><00:42:26.960><c> to</c>

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:29.059
sort<00:42:27.280><c> this</c><00:42:27.500><c> out?</c><00:42:27.760><c> We</c><00:42:27.840><c> want</c><00:42:28.039><c> to</c><00:42:28.340><c> remind</c><00:42:28.639><c> ourselves</c>

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of<00:42:29.199><c> the</c><00:42:29.320><c> values</c><00:42:29.559><c> of</c><00:42:29.800><c> God.</c><00:42:30.079><c> We're</c><00:42:30.199><c> going</c><00:42:30.280><c> to</c><00:42:30.360><c> talk</c><00:42:30.579><c> to</c><00:42:30.760><c> someone</c>

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who,<00:42:31.659><c> well,</c><00:42:31.760><c> they</c><00:42:31.960><c> know</c><00:42:32.199><c> their</c><00:42:32.460><c> Bible</c>

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.980
and<00:42:33.139><c> we</c><00:42:33.519><c> know</c><00:42:33.840><c> that</c><00:42:34.000><c> we</c><00:42:34.099><c> can</c><00:42:34.420><c> trust</c><00:42:34.659><c> that</c><00:42:34.840><c> what</c>

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they're<00:42:35.260><c> saying</c><00:42:35.659><c> is</c><00:42:36.500><c> a</c><00:42:36.719><c> right</c>

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exposition<00:42:37.460><c> of</c><00:42:37.599><c> the</c><00:42:37.780><c> principles</c><00:42:38.099><c> of</c><00:42:38.360><c> God.</c><00:42:38.599><c> That's</c>

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who<00:42:39.179><c> we</c><00:42:39.400><c> go</c><00:42:39.639><c> to.</c><00:42:40.460><c> And</c><00:42:40.619><c> that's</c><00:42:40.820><c> why</c>

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:43.099
Joshua<00:42:41.400><c> is</c><00:42:41.639><c> commanded</c><00:42:42.079><c> to</c><00:42:42.539><c> read</c><00:42:42.739><c> from</c><00:42:42.920><c> the</c>

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law.<00:42:43.500><c> Because</c><00:42:43.599><c> there's</c><00:42:43.780><c> going</c><00:42:43.880><c> to</c><00:42:43.940><c> be</c><00:42:44.099><c> problems</c><00:42:44.360><c> and</c><00:42:44.539><c> issues</c>

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in<00:42:44.940><c> his</c>

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life.<00:42:45.420><c> People</c><00:42:45.539><c> are</c><00:42:45.679><c> going</c><00:42:45.739><c> to</c><00:42:45.860><c> come</c><00:42:45.980><c> to</c><00:42:46.099><c> him</c><00:42:46.239><c> for</c><00:42:46.420><c> answers.</c>

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He<00:42:47.139><c> needs</c><00:42:47.400><c> to</c><00:42:47.619><c> know</c><00:42:47.699><c> what</c><00:42:47.860><c> the</c><00:42:48.039><c> Bible</c><00:42:48.260><c> says.</c><00:42:48.679><c> And</c><00:42:49.000><c> so</c>

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we,<00:42:49.579><c> brothers</c><00:42:49.699><c> and</c><00:42:49.940><c> sisters,</c><00:42:50.860><c> because</c><00:42:51.019><c> sometimes</c>

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we<00:42:51.420><c> can</c><00:42:51.920><c> converse</c><00:42:52.280><c> with</c><00:42:52.760><c> someone</c><00:42:53.019><c> in</c><00:42:53.159><c> the</c>

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world<00:42:53.460><c> and</c><00:42:53.559><c> they</c><00:42:53.719><c> say,</c><00:42:54.219><c> what</c><00:42:54.440><c> do</c><00:42:54.579><c> you</c><00:42:54.619><c> do</c><00:42:54.679><c> on</c><00:42:54.800><c> the</c><00:42:54.920><c> weekend?</c>

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Or<00:42:55.420><c> what's</c><00:42:55.760><c> your</c><00:42:55.920><c> life</c><00:42:56.139><c> all</c><00:42:56.360><c> about?</c><00:42:56.559><c> Or</c><00:42:56.619><c> what's</c><00:42:57.000><c> important</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:43:00.000
to<00:42:57.440><c> you?</c><00:42:57.980><c> We</c><00:42:58.139><c> need</c><00:42:58.360><c> to</c><00:42:58.559><c> have</c><00:42:58.679><c> those</c><00:42:59.019><c> answers.</c>

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So<00:43:00.440><c> this</c><00:43:00.739><c> aspect</c>

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of

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opening<00:43:03.500><c> up</c><00:43:03.719><c> the</c><00:43:03.980><c> word,</c>

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talking<00:43:05.840><c> about</c><00:43:06.280><c> it,</c><00:43:06.920><c> and</c>

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doing<00:43:07.500><c> it,</c><00:43:08.099><c> is</c><00:43:08.239><c> of</c><00:43:08.360><c> course</c><00:43:08.559><c> transferred</c><00:43:09.079><c> across</c>

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the<00:43:09.539><c> New</c><00:43:09.719><c> Testament</c><00:43:09.980><c> as</c><00:43:10.219><c> well.</c><00:43:10.400><c> Here's</c><00:43:10.579><c> the</c><00:43:10.800><c> passage.</c><00:43:11.059><c> I'll</c>

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give<00:43:11.280><c> it</c><00:43:11.400><c> to</c><00:43:11.440><c> you</c><00:43:11.519><c> to</c><00:43:11.619><c> put</c><00:43:11.719><c> in</c><00:43:11.820><c> your</c><00:43:12.000><c> margin.</c><00:43:12.719><c> 1</c>

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Timothy<00:43:13.239><c> 4,</c><00:43:14.099><c> verse</c><00:43:14.360><c> 14</c><00:43:14.739><c> to</c><00:43:14.880><c> 16,</c>

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goes<00:43:16.000><c> against</c><00:43:16.340><c> verse</c><00:43:16.639><c> 8</c><00:43:16.880><c> here.</c>

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I<00:43:17.280><c> was</c><00:43:17.480><c> talking</c><00:43:17.800><c> about</c><00:43:18.360><c> read,</c>

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think<00:43:19.659><c> about</c><00:43:19.940><c> it,</c><00:43:20.199><c> talk</c><00:43:20.440><c> about</c><00:43:20.699><c> it.</c><00:43:20.980><c> Verse</c><00:43:21.079><c> 8,</c>

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1<00:43:22.360><c> Timothy</c><00:43:22.599><c> 4,</c>

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verse<00:43:23.679><c> 14</c><00:43:24.039><c> to</c><00:43:24.159><c> 16,</c><00:43:24.579><c> because</c><00:43:24.760><c> Paul</c><00:43:24.960><c> there</c><00:43:25.179><c> talks</c>

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to<00:43:25.480><c> young</c><00:43:25.679><c> Timothy.</c><00:43:27.039><c> He</c><00:43:27.159><c> says</c>

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exactly<00:43:27.679><c> this.</c><00:43:27.980><c> He</c><00:43:27.980><c> says,</c><00:43:28.260><c> till</c><00:43:28.340><c> I</c><00:43:28.619><c> come,</c>

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give<00:43:29.739><c> attendance</c><00:43:30.519><c> to</c>

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reading,<00:43:32.619><c> to</c><00:43:32.780><c> exhortation,</c>

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to<00:43:34.119><c> doctrine.</c><00:43:34.800><c> You're</c><00:43:35.059><c> a</c><00:43:35.059><c> young</c><00:43:35.199><c> person,</c>

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:37.340
Timothy.<00:43:36.639><c> You</c><00:43:36.880><c> want</c><00:43:37.019><c> a</c><00:43:37.179><c> right</c>

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course<00:43:37.599><c> in</c><00:43:37.820><c> life?</c><00:43:38.559><c> Read</c><00:43:38.920><c> the</c>

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Bible.

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Give<00:43:41.440><c> attendance</c><00:43:41.880><c> to</c><00:43:42.079><c> it.</c><00:43:42.139><c> And</c><00:43:42.239><c> then</c><00:43:42.380><c> he</c><00:43:42.500><c> says,</c>

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meditate<00:43:43.760><c> on</c><00:43:44.099><c> these</c><00:43:44.400><c> things</c><00:43:44.639><c> and</c><00:43:44.800><c> give</c><00:43:45.000><c> yourself</c>

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holy<00:43:45.639><c> to</c><00:43:45.980><c> them,</c><00:43:46.760><c> that</c><00:43:46.900><c> your</c><00:43:47.139><c> profiting</c>

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might<00:43:47.639><c> appear</c><00:43:47.940><c> to</c><00:43:48.099><c> all.</c><00:43:48.239><c> Take</c><00:43:48.480><c> heed</c><00:43:48.639><c> unto</c><00:43:48.880><c> yourself</c>

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and<00:43:49.780><c> unto</c><00:43:50.000><c> the</c><00:43:50.219><c> doctrine.</c><00:43:50.539><c> Continue</c><00:43:50.980><c> in</c><00:43:51.199><c> them,</c>

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for<00:43:52.019><c> in</c><00:43:52.380><c> doing</c><00:43:52.599><c> this</c>

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you<00:43:53.659><c> will</c><00:43:53.920><c> save</c><00:43:54.219><c> them</c><00:43:54.500><c> and</c><00:43:54.599><c> those</c><00:43:54.880><c> who</c><00:43:55.039><c> are</c><00:43:55.079><c> here.</c>

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:57.500
So<00:43:55.280><c> those</c><00:43:55.519><c> three</c><00:43:55.760><c> elements</c><00:43:56.059><c> that</c><00:43:56.239><c> are</c><00:43:56.320><c> here</c><00:43:56.420><c> in</c><00:43:56.579><c> Joshua</c>

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mirrored<00:43:57.980><c> in</c><00:43:58.219><c> 1</c><00:43:58.420><c> Timothy,</c><00:43:58.980><c> chapter</c><00:43:59.219><c> 4</c>

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by<00:43:59.900><c> the</c><00:44:00.079><c> Apostle</c><00:44:00.480><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:44:01.639><c> we</c><00:44:01.760><c> have</c><00:44:01.880><c> to</c><00:44:02.079><c> meditate,</c><00:44:02.559><c> and</c><00:44:02.719><c> that's</c><00:44:02.820><c> what</c><00:44:02.920><c> we're</c><00:44:03.059><c> doing</c>

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now,<00:44:03.599><c> brothers</c><00:44:03.679><c> and</c><00:44:03.860><c> sisters.</c><00:44:04.079><c> We're</c><00:44:04.239><c> reflecting.</c>

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Of<00:44:05.460><c> course,</c><00:44:05.539><c> we've</c><00:44:05.719><c> got</c><00:44:05.800><c> to</c><00:44:05.940><c> do</c><00:44:06.099><c> it,</c><00:44:06.219><c> which</c><00:44:06.360><c> is</c><00:44:06.559><c> next</c><00:44:06.780><c> week.</c>

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That's<00:44:08.280><c> Monday.</c><00:44:08.519><c> That's</c><00:44:08.880><c> Tuesday.</c>

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It<00:44:09.579><c> has</c><00:44:09.760><c> to</c><00:44:09.860><c> have</c><00:44:09.940><c> a</c><00:44:10.099><c> practical</c><00:44:10.360><c> application</c>

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in<00:44:11.519><c> our</c><00:44:11.760><c> life.</c><00:44:12.599><c> So</c><00:44:12.800><c> in</c><00:44:13.059><c> summary,</c>

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what's<00:44:13.599><c> the</c><00:44:14.199><c> plan</c><00:44:14.500><c> for</c><00:44:14.739><c> Joshua</c><00:44:15.039><c> here?</c>

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Let<00:44:16.320><c> me</c><00:44:16.420><c> give</c><00:44:16.559><c> you</c><00:44:16.679><c> six</c><00:44:16.900><c> points</c>

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:19.239
taken<00:44:18.179><c> from</c><00:44:18.400><c> verse</c><00:44:18.619><c> 7</c><00:44:18.900><c> and</c><00:44:19.059><c> 8.</c>

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First<00:44:19.519><c> of</c><00:44:19.699><c> all,</c><00:44:20.480><c> Joshua,</c>

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:23.539
your<00:44:21.440><c> duty</c><00:44:21.699><c> is</c><00:44:21.940><c> to</c><00:44:22.079><c> read</c><00:44:22.239><c> the</c><00:44:22.460><c> battle</c><00:44:22.679><c> plan.</c>

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:25.539
Read<00:44:24.480><c> the</c><00:44:24.820><c> battle</c><00:44:25.199><c> plan,</c>

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verse<00:44:25.940><c> 7.</c><00:44:26.460><c> Observe</c><00:44:26.780><c> to</c><00:44:26.980><c> do</c>

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:29.719
all<00:44:27.519><c> according</c><00:44:27.920><c> to</c><00:44:28.139><c> the</c><00:44:28.300><c> law.</c><00:44:28.539><c> Second</c><00:44:28.840><c> point,</c>

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don't<00:44:30.400><c> deviate</c><00:44:30.880><c> from</c><00:44:31.039><c> the</c><00:44:31.280><c> battle</c>

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plan.<00:44:32.199><c> In</c><00:44:32.519><c> the</c><00:44:32.760><c> phrase,</c><00:44:33.119><c> turn</c>

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:35.380
not<00:44:33.440><c> to</c><00:44:33.619><c> the</c><00:44:33.739><c> right</c><00:44:33.920><c> or</c><00:44:34.079><c> to</c><00:44:34.219><c> the</c><00:44:34.360><c> left.</c><00:44:35.039><c> Third</c>

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point,<00:44:36.559><c> communicate</c><00:44:37.000><c> it</c><00:44:37.239><c> to</c>

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your<00:44:37.739><c> soldiers,</c><00:44:38.679><c> verse</c><00:44:38.940><c> 8.</c>

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:41.320
It<00:44:40.099><c> will</c><00:44:40.199><c> not</c><00:44:40.380><c> depart</c><00:44:40.659><c> out</c><00:44:40.860><c> of</c><00:44:40.940><c> your</c><00:44:41.099><c> mouth.</c>

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:43.699
Talk<00:44:41.639><c> to</c><00:44:41.820><c> your</c><00:44:42.019><c> soldiers</c><00:44:42.400><c> about</c><00:44:42.739><c> what</c><00:44:43.260><c> drives</c>

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:45.760
you.<00:44:45.239><c> Fourthly,</c>

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.900
be<00:44:46.320><c> familiar</c><00:44:46.800><c> with</c><00:44:47.039><c> all</c><00:44:47.300><c> the</c><00:44:47.519><c> requirements</c>

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:49.320
of<00:44:48.079><c> the</c><00:44:48.260><c> battle</c><00:44:48.519><c> plan.</c>

00:44:49.539 --> 00:44:51.559
And<00:44:49.719><c> the</c><00:44:49.920><c> phrase</c><00:44:50.099><c> is,</c><00:44:50.380><c> meditate</c><00:44:50.760><c> there</c><00:44:50.960><c> in</c><00:44:51.179><c> day</c><00:44:51.400><c> and</c>

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night.<00:44:52.860><c> Fifthly,</c>

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put<00:44:54.059><c> it</c><00:44:54.239><c> into</c><00:44:54.440><c> application.</c>

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:57.579
The<00:44:56.119><c> phrase</c><00:44:56.280><c> here</c><00:44:56.440><c> in</c><00:44:56.619><c> Joshua,</c><00:44:57.179><c> observe</c>

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:59.360
and<00:44:57.920><c> do.</c><00:44:58.840><c> Sixthly,</c>

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don't<00:45:00.019><c> forget</c><00:45:00.260><c> the</c><00:45:00.480><c> little</c><00:45:00.659><c> details.</c>

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:03.840
He<00:45:01.579><c> says,</c><00:45:01.960><c> all</c><00:45:02.500><c> that</c><00:45:02.780><c> is</c><00:45:03.079><c> written.</c>

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.500
And<00:45:04.739><c> for</c><00:45:04.900><c> ourselves,</c><00:45:05.280><c> that's</c>

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:07.619
the<00:45:05.679><c> exercise</c><00:45:06.039><c> that</c><00:45:06.179><c> we've</c><00:45:06.380><c> engaged</c><00:45:06.800><c> in</c><00:45:07.039><c> this</c><00:45:07.280><c> morning.</c>

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:09.380
So<00:45:08.199><c> we</c><00:45:08.360><c> think</c><00:45:08.579><c> back.</c>

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:11.239
How's<00:45:10.079><c> the</c><00:45:10.199><c> week</c><00:45:10.320><c> been?</c>

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:13.539
How's<00:45:12.079><c> 2015</c><00:45:12.559><c> been?</c>

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:16.460
Many<00:45:15.420><c> of</c><00:45:15.539><c> us,</c><00:45:15.639><c> we've</c><00:45:15.780><c> just</c><00:45:15.880><c> been</c><00:45:16.119><c> drifting.</c>

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:19.460
Maybe<00:45:17.139><c> we're</c><00:45:17.380><c> sort</c><00:45:17.639><c> of</c><00:45:18.239><c> in</c><00:45:18.539><c> neutral.</c>

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:21.000
It's<00:45:20.320><c> been</c><00:45:20.519><c> a</c><00:45:20.639><c> busy</c><00:45:20.800><c> year.</c>

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:23.500
It's<00:45:21.179><c> happened</c><00:45:21.380><c> pretty</c><00:45:21.699><c> quick.</c><00:45:22.099><c> Well,</c><00:45:22.179><c> we're</c><00:45:22.300><c> at</c><00:45:22.400><c> the</c><00:45:22.460><c> end</c><00:45:22.539><c> of</c><00:45:22.760><c> 2015.</c>

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:24.420
Have<00:45:23.699><c> we</c><00:45:23.880><c> stepped</c><00:45:24.079><c> forward?</c>

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:26.440
Have<00:45:24.659><c> we</c><00:45:24.900><c> progressed</c><00:45:25.280><c> in</c><00:45:25.460><c> the</c><00:45:25.699><c> truth?</c>

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:29.719
So<00:45:27.039><c> Joshua</c><00:45:27.340><c> encourages</c><00:45:27.940><c> us</c><00:45:28.320><c> to</c><00:45:28.480><c> step</c><00:45:28.719><c> forward.</c>

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:30.940
He<00:45:30.800><c> says,</c>

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Lord,<00:45:31.219><c> what</c><00:45:31.360><c> do</c><00:45:31.539><c> you</c><00:45:31.539><c> want</c><00:45:31.679><c> me</c><00:45:31.860><c> to</c><00:45:32.059><c> do?</c>

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.960
And<00:45:34.199><c> the</c><00:45:34.360><c> answer</c><00:45:34.599><c> comes</c>

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:37.000
back,<00:45:35.219><c> a</c><00:45:35.300><c> very</c><00:45:35.539><c> simple</c><00:45:35.800><c> answer,</c><00:45:36.539><c> Joshua.</c>

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:39.820
And<00:45:37.400><c> the</c><00:45:37.519><c> answer</c><00:45:37.860><c> resonates</c><00:45:38.400><c> with</c><00:45:38.619><c> us</c><00:45:38.840><c> today.</c>

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:41.940
Be<00:45:41.059><c> strong</c>

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:43.039
and<00:45:42.820><c> be</c>

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of<00:45:43.139><c> a</c><00:45:43.260><c> good</c><00:45:43.420><c> courage.</c>

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:46.940
Because,<00:45:45.400><c> brothers</c><00:45:45.500><c> and</c><00:45:45.739><c> sisters,</c><00:45:46.420><c> we</c><00:45:46.559><c> had</c><00:45:46.719><c> the</c>

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:48.960
confirmation<00:45:47.400><c> that</c><00:45:47.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:47.980><c> is</c><00:45:48.199><c> with</c><00:45:48.380><c> us,</c><00:45:48.639><c> as</c><00:45:48.800><c> He</c>

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:50.280
was<00:45:49.159><c> with</c><00:45:49.360><c> Joshua.</c>

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:52.579
There's<00:45:51.019><c> some</c><00:45:51.340><c> swirling</c><00:45:51.679><c> rivers</c><00:45:51.880><c> that</c><00:45:52.019><c> you've</c><00:45:52.179><c> got</c><00:45:52.280><c> to</c><00:45:52.440><c> cross.</c>

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:53.960
You<00:45:52.760><c> look</c><00:45:52.900><c> at</c><00:45:53.019><c> them</c><00:45:53.139><c> and</c><00:45:53.199><c> you</c><00:45:53.300><c> think,</c><00:45:53.440><c> how</c><00:45:53.519><c> am</c><00:45:53.679><c> I</c><00:45:53.679><c> going</c><00:45:53.780><c> to</c><00:45:53.860><c> get</c>

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.460
across<00:45:54.219><c> there?</c>

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:56.960
God<00:45:54.780><c> will</c><00:45:54.920><c> help</c><00:45:55.039><c> us</c><00:45:55.260><c> through</c><00:45:55.420><c> them.</c><00:45:55.900><c> And</c><00:45:55.980><c> there's</c><00:45:56.119><c> some</c><00:45:56.239><c> big</c><00:45:56.420><c> obstacles</c>

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:58.800
in<00:45:57.179><c> your</c><00:45:57.420><c> life</c><00:45:57.619><c> and</c><00:45:57.760><c> you</c><00:45:57.840><c> think,</c><00:45:57.960><c> I</c><00:45:58.079><c> don't</c><00:45:58.280><c> know</c><00:45:58.420><c> where</c><00:45:58.599><c> the</c>

00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.960
solution<00:45:59.099><c> is</c><00:45:59.260><c> going</c><00:45:59.360><c> to</c><00:45:59.519><c> come.</c><00:46:00.099><c> God</c><00:46:00.440><c> says</c><00:46:00.699><c> He'll</c>

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.760
help<00:46:01.139><c> us</c><00:46:01.380><c> with</c><00:46:01.559><c> it.</c><00:46:01.880><c> And</c><00:46:02.059><c> there's</c><00:46:02.239><c> some</c><00:46:02.519><c> cities,</c>

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:04.980
some<00:46:03.199><c> strongholds</c><00:46:03.800><c> that</c><00:46:03.900><c> are</c><00:46:04.059><c> being</c><00:46:04.340><c> built</c><00:46:04.539><c> in</c><00:46:04.760><c> our</c>

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:06.920
minds<00:46:05.239><c> that</c><00:46:05.559><c> we've</c><00:46:05.780><c> got</c><00:46:05.880><c> to</c><00:46:06.420><c> disconnect</c>

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:09.079
ourselves<00:46:07.440><c> from.</c><00:46:08.579><c> The</c><00:46:08.820><c> message</c>

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:10.920
comes<00:46:09.420><c> to</c><00:46:09.739><c> us,</c><00:46:10.719><c> loud</c>

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:13.039
and<00:46:11.280><c> clear,</c><00:46:11.699><c> as</c><00:46:11.820><c> it</c><00:46:11.960><c> did</c><00:46:12.079><c> to</c><00:46:12.260><c> Joshua,</c><00:46:12.760><c> brothers</c>

00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:14.280
and<00:46:13.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.119
be<00:46:15.380><c> strong</c><00:46:16.079><c> and</c><00:46:16.860><c> take</c>

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courage.