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that<00:28:21.640><c> apparent</c><00:28:22.279><c> difficulties</c><00:28:23.380><c> provide</c><00:28:24.180><c> the</c><00:28:24.720><c> perfect</c>

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Excuse<00:28:26.079><c> for</c><00:28:26.519><c> inertia</c><00:28:27.359><c> for</c><00:28:27.819><c> the</c><00:28:28.140><c> lazy</c><00:28:28.619><c> man</c>

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According<00:28:32.200><c> to</c><00:28:32.519><c> proverbs</c><00:28:32.960><c> 26</c><00:28:33.799><c> 13</c>

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The<00:28:35.779><c> slothful</c><00:28:36.359><c> man</c><00:28:36.839><c> said</c>

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There<00:28:38.440><c> is</c><00:28:38.640><c> a</c><00:28:38.799><c> lion</c><00:28:38.980><c> in</c><00:28:39.220><c> the</c><00:28:39.380><c> way</c><00:28:39.799><c> a</c><00:28:40.180><c> lion</c><00:28:40.279><c> is</c><00:28:40.420><c> in</c><00:28:40.599><c> the</c><00:28:40.799><c> streets</c>

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And<00:28:42.480><c> he's</c><00:28:42.779><c> probably</c><00:28:43.180><c> lying</c><00:28:43.519><c> on</c><00:28:43.779><c> his</c><00:28:44.079><c> bed</c><00:28:44.339><c> while</c><00:28:44.640><c> he's</c><00:28:45.039><c> saying</c><00:28:45.279><c> that</c>

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He<00:28:46.980><c> didn't</c><00:28:47.180><c> really</c><00:28:47.579><c> think</c><00:28:47.799><c> that</c><00:28:47.980><c> there</c><00:28:48.119><c> was</c><00:28:48.319><c> a</c><00:28:48.500><c> lion</c><00:28:48.640><c> outside,</c>

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but<00:28:49.539><c> it</c><00:28:49.660><c> was</c><00:28:49.759><c> a</c><00:28:49.980><c> good</c><00:28:50.160><c> excuse</c><00:28:50.660><c> for</c><00:28:50.920><c> doing</c><00:28:51.200><c> nothing</c>

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And<00:28:53.539><c> you</c><00:28:53.680><c> know</c><00:28:53.839><c> brethren</c><00:28:54.140><c> and</c><00:28:54.339><c> sisters</c><00:28:54.599><c> the</c><00:28:54.880><c> slothful</c><00:28:55.359><c> man</c><00:28:55.680><c> or</c>

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the<00:28:55.940><c> slothful</c><00:28:56.359><c> woman</c><00:28:56.619><c> can</c><00:28:57.059><c> always</c><00:28:57.700><c> find</c><00:28:58.319><c> a</c><00:28:58.660><c> lion</c><00:28:58.980><c> when</c><00:28:59.200><c> he</c><00:28:59.400><c> wants</c><00:28:59.640><c> one</c>

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You<00:29:00.619><c> just</c><00:29:00.940><c> suggest</c><00:29:01.339><c> a</c><00:29:01.559><c> project</c><00:29:01.859><c> in</c><00:29:02.079><c> the</c><00:29:02.240><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:02.500><c> that</c><00:29:02.700><c> involves</c><00:29:03.039><c> a</c><00:29:03.220><c> little</c><00:29:03.380><c> hard</c><00:29:03.720><c> work</c><00:29:04.039><c> or</c>

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personal<00:29:04.619><c> inconvenience</c><00:29:05.359><c> and</c><00:29:05.720><c> suddenly</c><00:29:06.000><c> there's</c><00:29:06.299><c> a</c><00:29:06.500><c> whole</c>

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pride<00:29:07.119><c> of</c><00:29:07.400><c> lions</c><00:29:07.640><c> outside</c>

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Now,<00:29:09.519><c> you</c><00:29:09.640><c> know,</c><00:29:09.819><c> that's</c><00:29:10.119><c> true</c>

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It<00:29:11.099><c> happens</c><00:29:11.460><c> many</c><00:29:11.819><c> a</c><00:29:12.059><c> time</c>

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As<00:29:14.420><c> the</c><00:29:14.680><c> door</c><00:29:15.000><c> turneth</c><00:29:15.480><c> on</c><00:29:15.660><c> his</c><00:29:15.980><c> hinges</c>

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So<00:29:17.460><c> doth</c><00:29:17.680><c> the</c><00:29:17.960><c> slothful</c><00:29:18.539><c> man</c><00:29:18.940><c> upon</c><00:29:19.380><c> his</c><00:29:19.880><c> bed</c>

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He<00:29:21.079><c> can</c><00:29:21.339><c> hardly</c><00:29:21.680><c> sleep</c><00:29:22.200><c> for</c><00:29:22.660><c> thinking</c><00:29:22.859><c> of</c><00:29:23.099><c> all</c><00:29:23.279><c> the</c><00:29:23.460><c> lions</c><00:29:23.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:24.279><c> way</c><00:29:24.779><c> thinking</c><00:29:25.160><c> of</c><00:29:25.359><c> all</c><00:29:25.539><c> the</c><00:29:25.660><c> reasons</c>

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He<00:29:26.119><c> won't</c><00:29:26.319><c> be</c><00:29:26.579><c> able</c><00:29:26.720><c> to</c><00:29:26.940><c> help</c><00:29:27.079><c> with</c><00:29:27.240><c> the</c><00:29:27.400><c> work</c><00:29:27.559><c> of</c><00:29:27.759><c> the</c><00:29:27.940><c> ecclesia</c>

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Proverbs<00:29:31.059><c> 22</c><00:29:31.519><c> 13</c><00:29:32.079><c> takes</c><00:29:32.400><c> the</c><00:29:32.619><c> matter</c><00:29:32.740><c> just</c><00:29:33.000><c> another</c><00:29:33.299><c> stage</c><00:29:33.660><c> further</c>

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The<00:29:35.279><c> slothful</c><00:29:35.839><c> man</c><00:29:36.220><c> said</c><00:29:36.460><c> there</c><00:29:36.740><c> is</c><00:29:36.960><c> a</c><00:29:37.140><c> lion</c><00:29:37.380><c> without</c><00:29:37.920><c> I</c><00:29:38.400><c> shall</c>

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be<00:29:38.920><c> slain</c><00:29:39.119><c> in</c><00:29:39.319><c> the</c><00:29:39.500><c> streets</c>

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How<00:29:41.579><c> true</c><00:29:41.759><c> that</c><00:29:41.920><c> is</c><00:29:42.200><c> brethren</c><00:29:42.500><c> and</c><00:29:42.759><c> sisters</c><00:29:43.039><c> how</c><00:29:43.400><c> true</c><00:29:43.619><c> that</c><00:29:43.920><c> is</c>

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All<00:29:45.160><c> the</c><00:29:45.460><c> difficulties</c><00:29:45.880><c> and</c><00:29:46.180><c> dangers</c><00:29:46.500><c> are</c><00:29:46.779><c> immediately</c><00:29:47.319><c> pinpointed</c><00:29:47.960><c> by</c>

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the<00:29:48.319><c> lazy</c><00:29:48.579><c> man</c>

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And<00:29:49.859><c> made</c><00:29:50.039><c> reasons</c><00:29:50.380><c> why</c><00:29:50.640><c> he</c><00:29:50.839><c> can't</c><00:29:51.119><c> be</c><00:29:51.359><c> present</c><00:29:51.740><c> and</c><00:29:52.440><c> he</c><00:29:52.640><c> can't</c><00:29:53.000><c> assist</c>

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I'm<00:29:55.039><c> very</c><00:29:55.400><c> tired</c><00:29:55.700><c> when</c><00:29:55.859><c> I</c><00:29:56.059><c> get</c><00:29:56.220><c> home</c><00:29:56.480><c> after</c><00:29:56.759><c> a</c><00:29:56.960><c> long</c><00:29:57.099><c> day</c><00:29:57.319><c> at</c><00:29:57.559><c> work.</c><00:29:57.940><c> I</c>

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don't<00:29:58.559><c> like</c><00:29:58.859><c> driving</c><00:29:59.240><c> at</c><00:29:59.539><c> night</c>

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There's<00:30:00.880><c> nobody</c><00:30:01.200><c> to</c><00:30:01.480><c> look</c><00:30:01.660><c> after</c><00:30:01.960><c> the</c><00:30:02.240><c> children</c>

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The<00:30:03.700><c> tires</c><00:30:04.000><c> are</c><00:30:04.299><c> worn</c><00:30:04.440><c> on</c><00:30:04.640><c> the</c><00:30:04.940><c> car</c><00:30:05.339><c> and</c><00:30:06.079><c> so</c><00:30:06.259><c> it</c><00:30:06.440><c> goes</c><00:30:06.619><c> on</c><00:30:06.839><c> you</c>

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could<00:30:07.119><c> make</c><00:30:07.339><c> an</c><00:30:07.799><c> endless</c><00:30:08.079><c> list.</c><00:30:08.279><c> It's</c><00:30:08.740><c> all</c><00:30:09.000><c> been</c><00:30:09.359><c> said</c><00:30:09.700><c> before</c>

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There's<00:30:12.059><c> a</c><00:30:12.220><c> lion</c><00:30:12.380><c> outside</c><00:30:12.920><c> and</c><00:30:13.079><c> I'll</c><00:30:13.359><c> be</c><00:30:13.519><c> slain</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c><00:30:13.920><c> the</c><00:30:14.079><c> streets</c><00:30:14.299><c> I</c>

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didn't<00:30:15.000><c> move</c>

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Of<00:30:18.059><c> course</c><00:30:18.400><c> the</c><00:30:18.759><c> lion</c><00:30:18.940><c> in</c><00:30:19.119><c> the</c><00:30:19.339><c> streets</c><00:30:19.660><c> fits</c><00:30:20.180><c> Haggai</c><00:30:20.640><c> chapter</c>

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one<00:30:21.220><c> exactly</c>

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The<00:30:22.839><c> jews</c><00:30:23.059><c> were</c><00:30:23.200><c> all</c><00:30:23.359><c> saying</c><00:30:23.539><c> it's</c><00:30:23.700><c> not</c><00:30:23.940><c> the</c><00:30:24.160><c> time</c><00:30:24.420><c> the</c><00:30:24.660><c> difficulties</c><00:30:25.039><c> are</c><00:30:25.319><c> insurmountable</c>

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There's<00:30:26.579><c> a</c><00:30:26.740><c> decree</c><00:30:26.920><c> against</c><00:30:27.339><c> it.</c><00:30:27.440><c> If</c><00:30:27.559><c> we</c><00:30:27.819><c> start</c><00:30:28.079><c> rebuilding</c><00:30:28.599><c> we'll</c><00:30:28.859><c> only</c><00:30:29.039><c> run</c><00:30:29.220><c> into</c><00:30:29.440><c> trouble.</c><00:30:30.059><c> There's</c><00:30:30.579><c> a</c>

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lion<00:30:30.920><c> in</c><00:30:31.119><c> the</c><00:30:31.259><c> way</c>

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Haggai<00:30:33.079><c> said</c><00:30:33.380><c> what</c><00:30:33.980><c> rubbish</c><00:30:34.460><c> brethren</c><00:30:34.859><c> and</c><00:30:35.140><c> sisters</c>

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Get<00:30:36.500><c> out</c><00:30:36.759><c> there</c><00:30:36.960><c> and</c><00:30:37.119><c> get</c><00:30:37.279><c> on</c><00:30:37.440><c> with</c><00:30:37.640><c> the</c><00:30:37.859><c> work</c>

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And<00:30:39.200><c> he</c><00:30:39.339><c> demonstrated</c><00:30:39.920><c> that</c><00:30:40.160><c> once</c><00:30:40.420><c> these</c><00:30:40.700><c> difficulties</c><00:30:41.140><c> are</c><00:30:41.400><c> challenged</c>

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Once<00:30:42.859><c> you</c><00:30:43.180><c> get</c><00:30:43.400><c> off</c><00:30:43.619><c> the</c><00:30:43.779><c> bed</c><00:30:43.920><c> and</c><00:30:44.140><c> out</c><00:30:44.259><c> the</c><00:30:44.440><c> door</c><00:30:44.579><c> and</c><00:30:44.779><c> into</c>

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the<00:30:45.140><c> streets</c>

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You'll<00:30:45.579><c> find</c><00:30:45.700><c> there</c><00:30:45.880><c> wasn't</c><00:30:46.140><c> a</c><00:30:46.240><c> lion</c><00:30:46.420><c> there</c><00:30:46.680><c> at</c><00:30:47.000><c> all</c><00:30:47.500><c> because</c>

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just<00:30:48.000><c> a</c><00:30:48.119><c> little</c><00:30:48.279><c> pussycat</c><00:30:48.779><c> that</c><00:30:48.920><c> could</c><00:30:49.079><c> easily</c><00:30:49.359><c> be</c><00:30:49.619><c> chased</c><00:30:49.900><c> away</c><00:30:50.480><c> and</c><00:30:50.880><c> it</c><00:30:51.200><c> was</c>

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And<00:30:53.480><c> so</c><00:30:53.619><c> the</c><00:30:53.859><c> lesson</c><00:30:54.099><c> for</c><00:30:54.339><c> us</c><00:30:54.539><c> is</c><00:30:54.759><c> obvious</c>

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Slothfulness<00:30:57.039><c> is</c><00:30:57.460><c> a</c><00:30:57.799><c> sin</c>

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But<00:30:59.039><c> an</c><00:30:59.299><c> active</c><00:30:59.799><c> faith</c><00:31:00.240><c> can</c><00:31:00.519><c> produce</c><00:31:01.079><c> amazing</c><00:31:01.900><c> results</c>

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It<00:31:03.519><c> was</c><00:31:03.839><c> amazing</c><00:31:04.299><c> what</c><00:31:04.519><c> they</c><00:31:04.799><c> achieved</c><00:31:05.160><c> in</c><00:31:05.359><c> this</c><00:31:05.519><c> particular</c><00:31:06.059><c> situation</c>

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I'm<00:31:07.519><c> sure</c><00:31:07.680><c> we</c><00:31:07.859><c> would</c><00:31:08.039><c> have</c><00:31:08.200><c> felt</c><00:31:08.339><c> like</c><00:31:08.619><c> the</c><00:31:08.779><c> jews</c><00:31:09.019><c> in</c><00:31:09.160><c> jerusalem.</c><00:31:09.700><c> There's</c>

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a<00:31:10.400><c> law</c><00:31:10.519><c> against</c><00:31:10.940><c> it.</c><00:31:11.299><c> We</c><00:31:11.700><c> can't</c><00:31:12.059><c> do</c><00:31:12.319><c> anything</c>

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We'll<00:31:13.539><c> just</c><00:31:13.700><c> have</c><00:31:13.900><c> to</c><00:31:14.079><c> let</c><00:31:14.279><c> matters</c><00:31:14.579><c> lie</c>

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But<00:31:16.019><c> there</c><00:31:16.200><c> were</c><00:31:16.319><c> these</c><00:31:16.619><c> men</c><00:31:16.839><c> of</c><00:31:17.079><c> vision</c>

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Haggai<00:31:18.700><c> ions</c><00:31:18.880><c> are</c><00:31:19.140><c> rubbable</c>

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And<00:31:20.460><c> they</c><00:31:20.720><c> changed</c><00:31:21.019><c> the</c><00:31:21.240><c> whole</c><00:31:21.420><c> situation</c><00:31:22.059><c> and</c><00:31:22.339><c> turned</c><00:31:22.500><c> it</c><00:31:22.759><c> around</c>

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The<00:31:26.220><c> fourth</c><00:31:26.359><c> point</c><00:31:26.599><c> I</c><00:31:26.740><c> want</c><00:31:26.920><c> you</c><00:31:27.059><c> to</c><00:31:27.240><c> notice</c><00:31:27.619><c> is</c><00:31:28.099><c> that</c><00:31:28.380><c> the</c><00:31:28.700><c> jews</c><00:31:29.180><c> had</c>

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lost<00:31:29.900><c> all</c><00:31:30.500><c> sense</c><00:31:30.940><c> of</c><00:31:31.339><c> proportion</c>

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As<00:31:33.960><c> this</c><00:31:34.319><c> situation</c><00:31:35.299><c> progressed</c><00:31:36.119><c> into</c><00:31:36.740><c> total</c><00:31:37.200><c> stagnation</c>

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Their<00:31:40.039><c> priorities</c><00:31:40.700><c> were</c><00:31:41.019><c> hopelessly</c><00:31:41.740><c> muddled</c>

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They<00:31:43.380><c> were</c><00:31:43.579><c> dwelling</c><00:31:43.779><c> in</c><00:31:44.160><c> comfortable</c><00:31:44.759><c> paneled</c><00:31:45.500><c> houses</c>

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And<00:31:47.039><c> the</c><00:31:47.180><c> house</c><00:31:47.380><c> of</c><00:31:47.680><c> god</c><00:31:47.900><c> was</c><00:31:48.240><c> lying</c><00:31:48.539><c> waste</c>

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Partially<00:31:51.660><c> rebuilt</c><00:31:52.200><c> but</c><00:31:52.900><c> in</c><00:31:53.279><c> a</c><00:31:53.359><c> state</c><00:31:53.539><c> of</c><00:31:54.099><c> ruin</c>

00:31:56.349 --> 00:32:01.059
Now<00:31:56.880><c> this</c><00:31:57.299><c> situation</c><00:31:57.859><c> of</c><00:31:58.099><c> course</c><00:31:58.339><c> was</c><00:31:58.740><c> deeper</c><00:31:59.299><c> was</c><00:31:59.799><c> symptomatic</c><00:32:00.559><c> of</c><00:32:00.799><c> a</c>

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deeper<00:32:01.400><c> malaise</c>

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They<00:32:10.119><c> were</c><00:32:10.380><c> totally</c><00:32:11.000><c> preoccupied</c><00:32:12.039><c> with</c><00:32:12.220><c> their</c><00:32:12.480><c> own</c><00:32:12.740><c> affairs</c>

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It's<00:32:16.920><c> a</c><00:32:17.019><c> very</c><00:32:17.279><c> sad</c><00:32:17.559><c> commentary</c><00:32:18.119><c> isn't</c><00:32:18.440><c> it</c><00:32:18.680><c> brethren</c><00:32:18.880><c> and</c><00:32:19.259><c> sisters?</c>

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A<00:32:20.680><c> sad</c><00:32:20.859><c> commentary</c><00:32:21.299><c> on</c><00:32:21.579><c> any</c><00:32:21.859><c> community</c><00:32:22.319><c> whether</c><00:32:22.579><c> it's</c><00:32:22.839><c> juda</c>

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Or<00:32:24.940><c> ourselves</c><00:32:25.460><c> in</c><00:32:25.660><c> the</c><00:32:25.859><c> 20th</c><00:32:26.259><c> century</c><00:32:26.619><c> if</c><00:32:26.900><c> it</c><00:32:27.180><c> can</c><00:32:27.380><c> be</c><00:32:27.779><c> said</c>

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That<00:32:29.160><c> we</c><00:32:29.279><c> are</c><00:32:29.420><c> so</c><00:32:29.619><c> busy</c><00:32:29.819><c> seeking</c><00:32:30.180><c> our</c><00:32:30.480><c> own</c><00:32:30.799><c> things</c><00:32:31.099><c> that</c><00:32:31.279><c> we</c><00:32:31.400><c> haven't</c><00:32:31.660><c> time</c><00:32:32.059><c> for</c><00:32:32.279><c> the</c><00:32:32.480><c> things</c><00:32:32.700><c> of</c><00:32:32.960><c> god</c>

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All<00:32:34.960><c> men</c><00:32:35.339><c> seek</c><00:32:35.660><c> their</c><00:32:36.039><c> own</c><00:32:36.480><c> said</c><00:32:36.700><c> paul</c><00:32:37.519><c> and</c><00:32:37.880><c> not</c><00:32:38.140><c> the</c><00:32:38.359><c> things</c>

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So<00:32:45.240><c> hagi</c><00:32:45.539><c> had</c><00:32:45.759><c> to</c><00:32:46.000><c> say</c><00:32:46.220><c> to</c><00:32:46.400><c> them</c>

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And<00:32:47.960><c> to</c><00:32:48.119><c> us</c><00:32:48.440><c> he's</c><00:32:48.640><c> saying</c><00:32:48.839><c> it</c><00:32:49.059><c> to</c><00:32:49.099><c> us</c><00:32:49.279><c> this</c><00:32:49.519><c> morning</c><00:32:49.900><c> consider</c>

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your<00:32:50.880><c> ways</c>

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Is<00:32:51.680><c> it</c><00:32:51.960><c> right</c><00:32:52.299><c> that</c><00:32:52.480><c> you</c><00:32:52.660><c> should</c><00:32:52.779><c> be</c><00:32:52.980><c> looking</c><00:32:53.160><c> after</c><00:32:53.559><c> yourselves</c><00:32:54.380><c> and</c><00:32:54.940><c> show</c>

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so<00:32:55.319><c> little</c><00:32:55.539><c> concern</c><00:32:56.019><c> for</c><00:32:56.200><c> the</c><00:32:56.400><c> house</c><00:32:56.559><c> of</c><00:32:56.839><c> god?</c>

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He's<00:32:58.200><c> quite</c><00:32:58.440><c> simply</c><00:32:58.779><c> brethren</c><00:32:59.099><c> and</c><00:32:59.279><c> sisters</c><00:32:59.519><c> inviting</c><00:33:00.000><c> us</c><00:33:00.259><c> to</c>

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Standards<00:33:03.740><c> of</c><00:33:04.039><c> living</c><00:33:04.279><c> things</c><00:33:04.599><c> that</c><00:33:04.799><c> we're</c><00:33:05.059><c> prepared</c><00:33:05.220><c> to</c><00:33:05.420><c> do</c>

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Very<00:33:10.500><c> sure</c><00:33:10.880><c> he</c><00:33:11.220><c> says</c><00:33:11.420><c> that</c><00:33:11.680><c> the</c><00:33:11.980><c> balances</c><00:33:12.400><c> aren't</c><00:33:12.980><c> tipped</c><00:33:13.460><c> in</c>

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Otherwise<00:33:16.720><c> the</c><00:33:16.960><c> blessings</c><00:33:17.339><c> of</c><00:33:17.599><c> heaven</c><00:33:17.859><c> will</c><00:33:18.119><c> be</c><00:33:18.599><c> withheld</c>

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That's<00:33:20.640><c> the</c><00:33:20.839><c> main</c><00:33:21.099><c> thrust</c>

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Of<00:33:22.380><c> his</c><00:33:22.799><c> exhortation</c><00:33:23.720><c> in</c><00:33:24.099><c> chapter</c><00:33:24.480><c> one</c>

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Just<00:33:25.599><c> make</c><00:33:25.960><c> sure</c><00:33:26.359><c> the</c><00:33:26.660><c> scales</c><00:33:26.960><c> aren't</c><00:33:27.279><c> tilted</c><00:33:27.619><c> in</c><00:33:27.880><c> your</c><00:33:28.160><c> own</c>

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favor<00:33:28.859><c> because</c><00:33:29.420><c> if</c><00:33:29.900><c> they</c><00:33:30.279><c> are</c>

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The<00:33:31.259><c> blessings</c><00:33:31.720><c> of</c><00:33:32.039><c> heaven</c><00:33:32.299><c> will</c><00:33:32.619><c> be</c><00:33:33.000><c> withheld</c><00:33:33.599><c> from</c><00:33:34.119><c> you</c>

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Which<00:33:35.880><c> way</c><00:33:36.140><c> are</c><00:33:36.359><c> the</c><00:33:36.660><c> scales</c><00:33:36.960><c> tilted</c><00:33:37.339><c> brethren</c><00:33:37.720><c> and</c><00:33:38.059><c> sisters</c>

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which<00:33:38.680><c> way?</c>

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Is<00:33:41.019><c> it</c><00:33:41.259><c> not</c><00:33:41.660><c> true</c><00:33:41.940><c> that</c><00:33:42.119><c> we</c><00:33:42.440><c> often</c><00:33:42.799><c> put</c><00:33:43.039><c> up</c><00:33:43.279><c> with</c><00:33:43.599><c> standards</c><00:33:44.099><c> in</c>

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We<00:33:50.130><c> have</c><00:33:50.130><c> to</c><00:33:50.130><c> be</c><00:33:50.130><c> careful</c><00:33:50.130><c> about</c><00:33:50.130><c> the</c><00:33:50.130><c> standards</c>

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Dust<00:33:50.130><c> on</c><00:33:50.390><c> the</c><00:33:50.609><c> furniture</c><00:33:51.109><c> dirt</c><00:33:51.470><c> on</c><00:33:51.730><c> the</c><00:33:51.990><c> carpets</c><00:33:52.970><c> water</c><00:33:53.529><c> unchanged</c><00:33:54.170><c> in</c>

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Junk<00:33:56.670><c> outside</c><00:33:57.190><c> the</c><00:33:57.430><c> back</c><00:33:57.730><c> door</c><00:33:58.009><c> and</c><00:33:58.150><c> in</c><00:33:58.309><c> the</c><00:33:58.490><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:58.930><c> yard</c>

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Towels<00:34:00.849><c> that</c><00:34:01.130><c> need</c><00:34:01.349><c> washing</c><00:34:02.289><c> peeling</c><00:34:02.890><c> paint</c>

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Items<00:34:04.869><c> of</c><00:34:05.130><c> maintenance</c><00:34:05.609><c> that</c><00:34:05.950><c> take</c><00:34:06.230><c> months</c><00:34:06.549><c> to</c><00:34:06.890><c> receive</c><00:34:07.130><c> attention</c><00:34:07.670><c> and</c>

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Not<00:34:10.469><c> getting</c><00:34:10.690><c> at</c><00:34:10.909><c> anybody</c><00:34:11.210><c> in</c><00:34:11.489><c> particular.</c><00:34:11.829><c> This</c><00:34:12.050><c> is</c><00:34:12.190><c> just</c><00:34:12.409><c> an</c>

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observation<00:34:13.269><c> from</c><00:34:13.610><c> traveling</c><00:34:13.969><c> around</c><00:34:14.670><c> amongst</c><00:34:15.050><c> different</c>

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ecclesias.<00:34:16.090><c> We're</c><00:34:16.389><c> all</c><00:34:16.590><c> fault</c>

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Simply<00:34:18.489><c> saying</c><00:34:19.010><c> that</c><00:34:19.230><c> we</c><00:34:19.429><c> put</c><00:34:19.650><c> up</c><00:34:19.949><c> with</c><00:34:20.230><c> things</c><00:34:20.469><c> in</c><00:34:20.750><c> our</c><00:34:21.010><c> ecclesias</c>

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That<00:34:22.690><c> we</c><00:34:23.010><c> would</c><00:34:23.469><c> never</c><00:34:23.829><c> tolerate</c><00:34:24.409><c> at</c><00:34:24.690><c> home</c>

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And<00:34:25.889><c> this</c><00:34:26.110><c> shows</c><00:34:26.369><c> quite</c><00:34:26.849><c> clearly</c><00:34:27.230><c> in</c><00:34:27.489><c> whose</c><00:34:27.750><c> favor</c><00:34:28.050><c> the</c><00:34:28.349><c> scales</c><00:34:28.590><c> are</c>

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tilted.<00:34:30.030><c> They're</c><00:34:30.030><c> pointing</c><00:34:30.250><c> at</c><00:34:30.489><c> number</c><00:34:30.889><c> one.</c><00:34:31.690><c> They're</c><00:34:31.730><c> in</c>

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This<00:34:36.750><c> will</c><00:34:37.070><c> not</c><00:34:37.349><c> do</c><00:34:37.590><c> says</c><00:34:37.849><c> hag</c><00:34:38.130><c> I</c>

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Turn<00:34:40.550><c> the</c><00:34:40.730><c> situation</c><00:34:41.289><c> around</c><00:34:41.690><c> and</c><00:34:41.889><c> put</c><00:34:42.090><c> first</c><00:34:42.349><c> things</c><00:34:42.650><c> first</c>

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And<00:34:44.090><c> god</c><00:34:44.329><c> will</c><00:34:44.570><c> bless</c><00:34:44.730><c> you</c><00:34:45.010><c> abundantly</c><00:34:45.550><c> so</c><00:34:45.769><c> get</c><00:34:46.010><c> out</c><00:34:46.210><c> of</c><00:34:46.369><c> your</c>

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armchairs<00:34:47.090><c> and</c><00:34:47.309><c> get</c><00:34:47.469><c> on</c><00:34:47.670><c> with</c><00:34:47.889><c> god's</c><00:34:48.389><c> work</c>

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And<00:34:49.849><c> surely</c><00:34:50.070><c> this</c><00:34:50.329><c> is</c><00:34:50.469><c> for</c><00:34:50.670><c> us</c><00:34:50.889><c> brethren</c><00:34:51.210><c> and</c><00:34:51.449><c> sisters</c>

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The<00:34:55.610><c> fifth</c><00:34:56.170><c> lesson</c><00:34:56.530><c> I</c><00:34:56.869><c> draw</c><00:34:57.050><c> from</c><00:34:57.309><c> this</c><00:34:57.590><c> little</c><00:34:57.869><c> chapter</c><00:34:58.269><c> is</c><00:34:58.550><c> that</c>

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men<00:34:59.769><c> and</c><00:35:00.050><c> women</c><00:35:00.369><c> of</c><00:35:00.710><c> juda</c>

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Needed<00:35:02.829><c> prophets</c><00:35:03.230><c> to</c><00:35:03.550><c> stir</c><00:35:03.690><c> them</c><00:35:03.849><c> up</c><00:35:04.010><c> for</c><00:35:04.210><c> the</c><00:35:04.429><c> work</c>

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And<00:35:05.769><c> so</c><00:35:06.030><c> do</c><00:35:06.269><c> we</c><00:35:06.489><c> brethren</c><00:35:06.849><c> and</c><00:35:07.130><c> sisters.</c><00:35:07.269><c> I'm</c><00:35:07.670><c> convinced</c><00:35:08.130><c> of</c>

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that<00:35:08.769><c> now.</c><00:35:08.989><c> Let</c><00:35:09.170><c> me</c><00:35:09.369><c> explain</c><00:35:09.650><c> myself</c>

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There's<00:35:11.789><c> a</c><00:35:11.929><c> tremendous</c><00:35:12.690><c> power</c><00:35:13.329><c> in</c><00:35:13.809><c> ideas</c>

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Especially<00:35:16.889><c> if</c><00:35:17.170><c> they</c><00:35:17.449><c> are</c><00:35:17.630><c> linked</c><00:35:17.909><c> to</c><00:35:18.150><c> the</c><00:35:18.349><c> things</c><00:35:18.570><c> of</c><00:35:18.849><c> god's</c><00:35:20.590><c> word</c>

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It<00:35:20.949><c> was</c><00:35:21.050><c> the</c><00:35:21.250><c> late</c><00:35:21.469><c> brother</c><00:35:21.769><c> john</c><00:35:22.230><c> carter</c><00:35:22.750><c> who</c><00:35:23.030><c> said</c><00:35:23.250><c> in</c><00:35:23.469><c> an</c><00:35:23.710><c> editorial</c><00:35:24.389><c> written</c><00:35:24.809><c> during</c><00:35:25.309><c> world</c><00:35:25.730><c> war</c><00:35:26.030><c> two</c><00:35:26.309><c> and</c><00:35:26.610><c> published</c><00:35:26.949><c> in</c>

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He<00:35:28.789><c> said</c><00:35:28.909><c> in</c><00:35:29.329><c> the</c><00:35:29.590><c> long</c><00:35:29.869><c> run</c><00:35:30.369><c> ideas</c><00:35:31.289><c> are</c><00:35:31.869><c> far</c><00:35:32.269><c> more</c><00:35:32.710><c> powerful</c>

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than<00:35:33.710><c> bombs</c>

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He<00:35:35.489><c> was</c><00:35:35.750><c> right</c>

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Just<00:35:38.130><c> think</c><00:35:38.369><c> of</c><00:35:38.530><c> the</c><00:35:38.750><c> dynamism</c><00:35:39.329><c> of</c><00:35:39.570><c> hagei's</c><00:35:40.230><c> words</c>

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There<00:35:41.690><c> were</c><00:35:41.849><c> hundreds</c><00:35:42.190><c> of</c><00:35:42.409><c> people</c><00:35:42.690><c> in</c><00:35:42.869><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:43.329><c> at</c><00:35:43.610><c> that</c>

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Now<00:36:24.010><c> in</c><00:36:24.190><c> the</c><00:36:24.289><c> book</c><00:36:24.429><c> of</c><00:36:24.730><c> samuel</c><00:36:25.190><c> it</c><00:36:25.409><c> says</c>

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He<00:36:26.849><c> that</c><00:36:27.010><c> is</c><00:36:27.269><c> now</c><00:36:27.550><c> called</c><00:36:27.869><c> a</c><00:36:28.170><c> prophet</c><00:36:28.489><c> was</c><00:36:28.829><c> before</c><00:36:29.429><c> time</c><00:36:29.849><c> called</c><00:36:30.349><c> a</c><00:36:30.869><c> seer</c>

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To<00:36:46.489><c> lift</c><00:36:46.690><c> us</c><00:36:46.929><c> out</c><00:36:47.130><c> of</c><00:36:47.409><c> periods</c><00:36:47.710><c> of</c><00:36:48.110><c> stagnation</c><00:36:48.710><c> and</c><00:36:48.869><c> to</c><00:36:49.050><c> get</c><00:36:49.210><c> things</c><00:36:49.530><c> moving</c><00:36:49.929><c> again</c><00:36:50.269><c> in</c>

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Of<00:36:52.130><c> course,</c><00:36:52.230><c> i'm</c><00:36:52.349><c> not</c><00:36:52.610><c> talking</c><00:36:53.010><c> about</c><00:36:53.429><c> divinely</c><00:36:53.929><c> inspired</c><00:36:54.570><c> prophets</c><00:36:55.050><c> like</c><00:36:55.389><c> the</c><00:36:55.630><c> apostles</c><00:36:56.110><c> or</c>

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the<00:36:56.750><c> old</c><00:36:56.969><c> testament</c><00:36:57.469><c> prophets</c>

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I'm<00:36:58.690><c> simply</c><00:36:59.170><c> talking</c><00:36:59.570><c> about</c><00:37:00.070><c> men</c><00:37:00.510><c> of</c><00:37:00.949><c> ideas</c>

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Men<00:37:03.530><c> and</c><00:37:03.769><c> women</c><00:37:04.050><c> who</c><00:37:04.269><c> can</c><00:37:04.550><c> see</c><00:37:04.769><c> things</c><00:37:05.130><c> that</c><00:37:05.409><c> other</c><00:37:05.750><c> people</c><00:37:06.190><c> can't</c>

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Men<00:37:07.989><c> who</c><00:37:08.210><c> can</c><00:37:08.449><c> inspire</c><00:37:08.949><c> us</c><00:37:09.210><c> to</c><00:37:09.489><c> greater</c><00:37:09.730><c> heights</c><00:37:10.110><c> of</c><00:37:10.449><c> endeavor</c>

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You'll<00:37:15.590><c> remember</c><00:37:15.809><c> the</c><00:37:16.170><c> prophecy</c><00:37:16.510><c> i'm</c><00:37:16.909><c> sure</c><00:37:17.190><c> in</c><00:37:17.409><c> acts</c><00:37:17.650><c> chapter</c>

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Peter<00:37:22.610><c> was</c><00:37:22.869><c> quoting</c><00:37:23.190><c> from</c><00:37:23.590><c> the</c><00:37:23.969><c> prophecy</c><00:37:24.369><c> of</c><00:37:24.769><c> joel</c><00:37:25.530><c> and</c><00:37:25.849><c> saying</c><00:37:26.030><c> that</c>

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Do<00:37:30.510><c> you</c><00:37:30.570><c> remember</c><00:37:30.750><c> the</c><00:37:31.030><c> terms</c><00:37:31.349><c> of</c><00:37:31.590><c> the</c><00:37:31.849><c> prophecy?</c><00:37:32.349><c> Let</c><00:37:32.809><c> me</c><00:37:32.989><c> read</c>

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Shall<00:37:35.469><c> come</c><00:37:35.670><c> to</c><00:37:35.909><c> pass</c><00:37:36.110><c> in</c><00:37:36.289><c> the</c><00:37:36.469><c> last</c><00:37:36.789><c> day</c><00:37:37.090><c> saith</c><00:37:37.329><c> the</c><00:37:37.530><c> lord</c><00:37:37.769><c> that</c><00:37:37.949><c> i</c>

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Your<00:37:41.389><c> sons</c><00:37:41.650><c> and</c><00:37:41.869><c> your</c><00:37:42.050><c> daughters</c><00:37:42.289><c> shall</c><00:37:42.590><c> prophesy</c><00:37:43.550><c> your</c><00:37:43.929><c> young</c><00:37:44.210><c> men</c>

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On<00:37:48.630><c> my</c><00:37:48.969><c> servants</c><00:37:49.389><c> and</c><00:37:49.630><c> on</c><00:37:49.789><c> my</c><00:37:50.150><c> handmaidens</c><00:37:50.809><c> I</c><00:37:50.949><c> will</c><00:37:51.170><c> pour</c><00:37:51.409><c> out</c>

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We<00:37:57.869><c> know</c><00:37:57.989><c> that</c><00:37:58.170><c> was</c><00:37:58.389><c> fulfilled</c><00:37:58.769><c> at</c><00:37:58.989><c> pentecost</c><00:37:59.610><c> we</c><00:37:59.849><c> look</c><00:38:00.050><c> for</c><00:38:00.230><c> a</c>

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But<00:38:04.090><c> if</c><00:38:04.210><c> we</c><00:38:04.309><c> could</c><00:38:04.409><c> just</c><00:38:04.670><c> catch</c><00:38:04.889><c> something</c><00:38:05.230><c> of</c><00:38:05.389><c> the</c><00:38:05.710><c> spirit</c><00:38:05.909><c> of</c>

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Keep<00:38:09.190><c> the</c><00:38:09.469><c> dreams</c><00:38:09.730><c> and</c><00:38:09.989><c> visions</c><00:38:10.309><c> coming.</c><00:38:10.750><c> It</c><00:38:11.110><c> will</c><00:38:11.349><c> greatly</c>

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Indeed<00:38:18.130><c> throughout</c><00:38:18.550><c> the</c><00:38:18.849><c> world</c>

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Produce<00:39:15.090><c> the</c><00:39:15.349><c> ideas</c><00:39:16.030><c> dream</c><00:39:16.469><c> your</c><00:39:16.829><c> dreams</c><00:39:17.309><c> and</c><00:39:17.630><c> see</c><00:39:17.909><c> your</c><00:39:18.230><c> visions</c>

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Think<00:39:19.969><c> of</c><00:39:20.170><c> ways</c><00:39:20.369><c> and</c><00:39:20.610><c> means</c><00:39:20.809><c> of</c><00:39:21.110><c> improving</c><00:39:21.409><c> our</c><00:39:21.789><c> service</c><00:39:22.050><c> to</c><00:39:22.329><c> god</c>

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Keep<00:39:23.389><c> the</c><00:39:23.670><c> ideas</c><00:39:24.090><c> coming.</c><00:39:24.610><c> It</c><00:39:25.090><c> may</c><00:39:25.389><c> be</c><00:39:25.670><c> brethren</c><00:39:25.989><c> and</c><00:39:26.210><c> sisters.</c><00:39:26.389><c> They</c><00:39:26.610><c> will</c><00:39:26.789><c> be</c>

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Wonderful<00:39:29.469><c> things</c><00:39:30.050><c> miraculous</c><00:39:30.750><c> things</c><00:39:31.090><c> can</c><00:39:31.429><c> happen</c><00:39:32.050><c> will</c><00:39:32.550><c> happen</c>

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If<00:39:34.170><c> we</c><00:39:34.269><c> can</c><00:39:34.429><c> just</c><00:39:34.789><c> stir</c><00:39:35.070><c> up</c><00:39:35.289><c> the</c><00:39:35.510><c> brotherhood</c><00:39:35.869><c> and</c><00:39:36.110><c> labor</c><00:39:36.289><c> together</c><00:39:36.710><c> with</c><00:39:36.969><c> god</c>

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Haggai<00:39:42.840><c> and</c><00:39:43.179><c> zachariah</c>

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didn't<00:39:44.920><c> just</c><00:39:45.400><c> toss</c><00:39:45.639><c> out</c><00:39:45.980><c> their</c><00:39:46.239><c> ideas</c><00:39:46.840><c> from</c><00:39:47.119><c> the</c>

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Safe<00:39:48.360><c> distance</c><00:39:48.860><c> and</c><00:39:49.039><c> the</c><00:39:49.239><c> comfort</c><00:39:49.460><c> of</c><00:39:49.679><c> their</c><00:39:49.920><c> armchairs</c><00:39:50.559><c> and</c>

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say<00:39:50.980><c> over</c><00:39:51.159><c> to</c><00:39:51.320><c> you</c><00:39:51.519><c> fellas</c><00:39:51.760><c> get</c><00:39:52.039><c> on</c><00:39:52.280><c> with</c><00:39:52.400><c> it</c>

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They<00:39:55.019><c> were</c><00:39:55.340><c> there</c><00:39:55.699><c> amongst</c><00:39:56.139><c> the</c><00:39:56.500><c> workers</c><00:39:56.860><c> we</c><00:39:57.119><c> are</c><00:39:57.380><c> told</c><00:39:57.679><c> encouraging</c><00:39:58.480><c> them</c>

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Exhorting<00:40:00.059><c> them</c><00:40:00.420><c> and</c><00:40:00.920><c> very</c><00:40:01.179><c> probably</c><00:40:01.599><c> working</c><00:40:02.079><c> with</c><00:40:02.480><c> them</c>

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And<00:40:03.940><c> to</c><00:40:04.059><c> this</c><00:40:04.300><c> very</c><00:40:04.699><c> day</c><00:40:05.300><c> israeli</c><00:40:06.019><c> generals</c><00:40:06.480><c> lead</c><00:40:06.860><c> their</c><00:40:07.219><c> armies</c><00:40:07.679><c> from</c>

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the<00:40:08.440><c> front</c>

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Not<00:40:09.699><c> from</c><00:40:09.940><c> the</c><00:40:10.219><c> back</c>

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Exhorting<00:40:11.639><c> people</c><00:40:11.920><c> forward</c><00:40:12.320><c> into</c><00:40:12.579><c> the</c><00:40:12.739><c> mouth</c><00:40:12.940><c> of</c><00:40:13.119><c> the</c><00:40:13.300><c> cannon</c>

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they<00:40:14.059><c> lead</c><00:40:14.300><c> from</c><00:40:14.539><c> the</c><00:40:14.820><c> front</c>

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That's<00:40:16.079><c> for</c><00:40:16.280><c> us</c><00:40:16.539><c> brethren</c><00:40:16.800><c> and</c><00:40:17.079><c> sisters</c>

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And<00:40:19.739><c> the</c><00:40:19.940><c> last</c><00:40:20.219><c> point</c><00:40:20.579><c> I</c><00:40:20.820><c> want</c><00:40:21.019><c> to</c><00:40:21.400><c> draw</c><00:40:21.619><c> from</c><00:40:21.880><c> the</c><00:40:22.199><c> prophecy</c>

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of<00:40:22.760><c> this</c><00:40:22.980><c> little</c><00:40:23.260><c> book</c>

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Is<00:40:24.800><c> that</c><00:40:25.039><c> everything</c><00:40:25.539><c> that</c><00:40:25.880><c> happened?</c>

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In<00:40:27.539><c> the</c><00:40:27.780><c> days</c><00:40:28.260><c> of</c><00:40:28.639><c> hagi</c><00:40:29.000><c> and</c><00:40:29.300><c> zachariah</c><00:40:30.099><c> was</c><00:40:30.280><c> the</c><00:40:30.599><c> work</c><00:40:31.179><c> of</c><00:40:31.579><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:40:32.079><c> of</c><00:40:32.360><c> god,</c><00:40:32.699><c> wasn't</c><00:40:33.079><c> it?</c>

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That<00:40:34.860><c> comes</c><00:40:35.280><c> out</c>

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In<00:40:36.800><c> chapter</c><00:40:37.239><c> 1</c><00:40:37.760><c> and</c><00:40:38.039><c> verse</c><00:40:38.460><c> 14,</c><00:40:39.599><c> which</c><00:40:39.780><c> i'll</c><00:40:39.900><c> just</c><00:40:40.139><c> read</c><00:40:40.380><c> again</c>

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That<00:40:42.139><c> the</c><00:40:42.300><c> lord</c><00:40:42.820><c> stirred</c><00:40:43.139><c> up</c><00:40:43.440><c> the</c><00:40:43.659><c> spirit</c><00:40:43.880><c> of</c><00:40:44.099><c> the</c><00:40:44.219><c> rubbable</c>

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son<00:40:44.860><c> of</c><00:40:45.079><c> shealtiel</c><00:40:45.559><c> governor</c><00:40:45.960><c> of</c><00:40:46.219><c> juda</c>

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And<00:40:48.659><c> the</c><00:40:48.820><c> spirit</c><00:40:49.039><c> of</c><00:40:49.239><c> joshua</c><00:40:49.659><c> the</c><00:40:49.820><c> son</c><00:40:50.000><c> of</c><00:40:50.179><c> joseph</c><00:40:50.519><c> the</c><00:40:50.760><c> high</c><00:40:51.099><c> priest</c>

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And<00:40:52.059><c> the</c><00:40:52.280><c> spirit</c><00:40:52.559><c> of</c><00:40:52.760><c> all</c><00:40:52.960><c> the</c><00:40:53.179><c> remnant</c><00:40:53.440><c> of</c><00:40:53.619><c> the</c><00:40:53.780><c> people</c><00:40:54.099><c> and</c>

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they<00:40:54.599><c> came</c><00:40:54.880><c> and</c><00:40:55.059><c> did</c><00:40:55.300><c> work</c><00:40:55.639><c> in</c><00:40:55.880><c> the</c><00:40:56.039><c> house</c><00:40:56.320><c> of</c><00:40:56.559><c> the</c><00:40:56.760><c> lord</c><00:40:57.079><c> of</c>

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hosts<00:40:57.780><c> their</c><00:40:58.199><c> god</c>

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Then<00:41:00.139><c> again</c><00:41:00.440><c> in</c><00:41:00.679><c> chapter</c><00:41:00.940><c> 2</c><00:41:01.239><c> at</c><00:41:01.440><c> verse</c><00:41:01.739><c> 5</c>

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He<00:41:03.159><c> says</c><00:41:03.360><c> according</c><00:41:03.719><c> to</c><00:41:03.860><c> the</c><00:41:04.019><c> word</c><00:41:04.159><c> that</c><00:41:04.340><c> I</c><00:41:04.599><c> covenanted</c><00:41:04.940><c> with</c>

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you<00:41:05.320><c> when</c><00:41:05.480><c> you</c><00:41:05.699><c> came</c><00:41:05.880><c> out</c><00:41:06.139><c> of</c><00:41:06.300><c> egypt</c><00:41:06.820><c> so</c><00:41:07.500><c> my</c><00:41:07.960><c> spirit</c><00:41:08.380><c> remaineth</c>

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among<00:41:09.420><c> you</c>

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fear<00:41:10.659><c> ye</c><00:41:11.239><c> not</c>

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The<00:41:13.159><c> lord</c><00:41:13.639><c> stirred</c><00:41:14.039><c> up</c>

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Wonderful<00:41:15.739><c> things</c><00:41:16.139><c> happened</c>

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And<00:41:17.619><c> this</c><00:41:17.780><c> is</c><00:41:17.960><c> an</c><00:41:18.159><c> inspiring</c><00:41:18.679><c> example</c><00:41:19.300><c> of</c><00:41:19.480><c> the</c><00:41:19.780><c> spirit's</c><00:41:20.460><c> influence</c><00:41:20.840><c> in</c>

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the<00:41:21.219><c> life</c><00:41:21.420><c> of</c><00:41:21.639><c> god's</c><00:41:22.159><c> people</c>

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Now<00:41:23.679><c> brethren</c><00:41:24.019><c> and</c><00:41:24.280><c> sisters,</c><00:41:24.519><c> I</c><00:41:24.940><c> believe</c><00:41:25.460><c> that</c><00:41:25.739><c> precisely</c>

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the<00:41:26.780><c> same</c><00:41:27.179><c> principle</c><00:41:27.900><c> operates</c><00:41:28.780><c> today</c>

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I<00:41:30.599><c> know</c><00:41:31.019><c> we</c><00:41:31.280><c> don't</c><00:41:31.599><c> have</c><00:41:31.840><c> the</c><00:41:32.139><c> spirit</c><00:41:32.420><c> gifts</c><00:41:32.739><c> like</c><00:41:33.039><c> they</c><00:41:33.239><c> did</c><00:41:33.360><c> in</c><00:41:33.599><c> the</c><00:41:33.760><c> first</c><00:41:33.980><c> century.</c><00:41:34.639><c> I</c>

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know<00:41:35.219><c> that</c>

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But<00:41:37.239><c> nevertheless</c><00:41:37.800><c> god</c><00:41:38.320><c> will</c><00:41:38.699><c> work</c><00:41:39.059><c> in</c><00:41:39.360><c> us</c><00:41:39.719><c> and</c><00:41:40.119><c> through</c><00:41:40.280><c> us</c>

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and<00:41:40.860><c> achieve</c><00:41:41.139><c> again</c><00:41:41.699><c> great</c><00:41:42.139><c> things</c>

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If<00:41:43.199><c> only</c><00:41:43.559><c> we</c><00:41:43.860><c> will</c><00:41:44.139><c> let</c><00:41:44.440><c> him</c><00:41:44.800><c> by</c><00:41:45.219><c> putting</c><00:41:45.519><c> our</c><00:41:45.900><c> backs</c><00:41:46.159><c> to</c><00:41:46.420><c> the</c><00:41:46.619><c> work</c>

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That's<00:41:47.920><c> the</c><00:41:48.059><c> message</c><00:41:48.380><c> of</c><00:41:48.639><c> hagi</c>

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It<00:41:50.519><c> seems</c><00:41:50.880><c> to</c><00:41:51.099><c> me</c><00:41:51.280><c> fitting</c><00:41:51.559><c> to</c><00:41:51.960><c> close</c><00:41:52.159><c> this</c><00:41:52.539><c> morning</c><00:41:52.920><c> with</c><00:41:53.300><c> the</c>

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words<00:41:53.739><c> of</c><00:41:53.980><c> zachariah</c><00:41:54.659><c> chapter</c><00:41:55.059><c> 4</c><00:41:55.719><c> and</c><00:41:56.159><c> verse</c><00:41:56.480><c> 6</c>

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Which<00:41:57.739><c> really</c><00:41:58.300><c> captures</c><00:41:58.920><c> the</c><00:41:59.519><c> spirit</c><00:42:00.059><c> of</c><00:42:01.920><c> those</c><00:42:02.440><c> verses</c><00:42:02.820><c> we've</c><00:42:03.119><c> just</c>

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looked<00:42:03.639><c> at</c><00:42:04.099><c> in</c><00:42:04.360><c> hagi</c>

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Zachariah<00:42:07.360><c> chapter</c><00:42:07.659><c> 4</c><00:42:08.179><c> and</c><00:42:08.440><c> verse</c><00:42:08.699><c> 6</c><00:42:09.239><c> to</c><00:42:09.639><c> close</c><00:42:09.840><c> our</c><00:42:10.099><c> meditation</c><00:42:10.739><c> this</c><00:42:11.079><c> morning</c>

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Then<00:42:15.719><c> the</c><00:42:15.960><c> angel</c><00:42:16.320><c> answered</c><00:42:16.880><c> and</c><00:42:17.179><c> spake</c><00:42:17.500><c> unto</c><00:42:17.679><c> me</c><00:42:18.000><c> saying</c>

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This<00:42:19.699><c> is</c><00:42:19.960><c> the</c><00:42:20.159><c> word</c><00:42:20.320><c> of</c><00:42:20.539><c> the</c><00:42:20.719><c> lord</c><00:42:20.980><c> unto</c><00:42:21.219><c> the</c><00:42:21.500><c> robbable</c><00:42:21.940><c> saying</c>

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Not<00:42:23.699><c> by</c><00:42:24.179><c> might</c><00:42:24.619><c> nor</c><00:42:25.260><c> by</c><00:42:25.699><c> power</c><00:42:26.139><c> but</c><00:42:26.559><c> by</c><00:42:27.159><c> my</c><00:42:27.699><c> spirit</c><00:42:28.760><c> said</c><00:42:29.159><c> the</c>

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lord<00:42:29.800><c> of</c><00:42:30.099><c> hosts</c>

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Brethren<00:42:32.159><c> and</c><00:42:32.400><c> sisters</c><00:42:32.760><c> that</c><00:42:33.239><c> spirit</c><00:42:33.559><c> is</c><00:42:33.860><c> still</c><00:42:34.059><c> amongst</c><00:42:34.380><c> us</c>