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there<00:12:42.330><c> on</c><00:12:43.629><c> the</c><00:12:43.809><c> blessings.</c>

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And<00:12:49.549><c> believe</c><00:12:49.789><c> me,</c><00:12:49.889><c> there's</c><00:12:50.149><c> a</c><00:12:50.289><c> long</c><00:12:50.429><c> list,</c><00:12:52.350><c> you</c><00:12:52.370><c> know,</c><00:12:52.649><c> one</c><00:12:52.830><c> of</c>

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of<00:12:56.929><c> my</c><00:13:00.610><c> roof</c><00:13:00.990><c> was</c><00:13:01.730><c> leaking</c><00:13:02.070><c> a</c><00:13:02.470><c> few</c><00:13:02.470><c> years</c><00:13:02.730><c> ago</c><00:13:03.110><c> and</c><00:13:03.169><c> it</c><00:13:03.350><c> had</c><00:13:03.470><c> to</c>

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get<00:13:03.710><c> replaced.</c>

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And<00:13:05.049><c> now</c><00:13:05.350><c> there's</c><00:13:05.970><c> like,</c><00:13:05.970><c> you</c><00:13:05.970><c> know,</c><00:13:06.389><c> moss</c><00:13:06.509><c> growing</c><00:13:06.690><c> and</c><00:13:06.850><c> it's</c>

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needing<00:13:07.370><c> more</c><00:13:08.549><c> attention</c><00:13:09.210><c> again.</c>

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And<00:13:09.830><c> so</c><00:13:10.049><c> there's</c><00:13:10.570><c> there's</c><00:13:10.830><c> these</c><00:13:11.029><c> little</c><00:13:11.210><c> things</c><00:13:11.549><c> that</c><00:13:11.750><c> sometimes,</c><00:13:12.269><c> you</c>

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know,<00:13:14.149><c> get</c><00:13:14.149><c> talked</c><00:13:15.590><c> about</c>

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the<00:13:16.070><c> strategy,</c><00:13:18.809><c> strategies</c><00:13:19.090><c> again</c><00:13:19.549><c> to</c><00:13:20.009><c> find</c><00:13:20.350><c> contentment.</c>

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Think<00:13:21.230><c> about</c><00:13:21.970><c> perspective</c><00:13:22.710><c> again.</c>

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If<00:13:24.210><c> I</c><00:13:24.370><c> go</c><00:13:24.549><c> back</c><00:13:24.750><c> in</c><00:13:24.909><c> my</c><00:13:25.090><c> mind</c><00:13:25.549><c> to</c><00:13:26.210><c> the</c><00:13:26.509><c> neighborhood</c><00:13:26.970><c> we</c><00:13:27.929><c> lived</c>

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in<00:13:28.970><c> in</c><00:13:29.429><c> Africa,</c><00:13:29.929><c> so</c><00:13:30.070><c> here's</c><00:13:30.289><c> we're</c><00:13:30.529><c> talking</c>

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about<00:13:30.809><c> taking</c><00:13:31.090><c> another</c><00:13:31.389><c> trip</c><00:13:31.809><c> or</c><00:13:32.389><c> taking</c><00:13:32.570><c> a</c><00:13:32.710><c> trip</c><00:13:32.809><c> to</c><00:13:33.009><c> another</c>

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perspective,<00:13:35.230><c> another</c><00:13:35.389><c> continent</c>

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to<00:13:35.970><c> kind</c><00:13:36.110><c> of</c><00:13:36.450><c> realize</c><00:13:36.990><c> that</c><00:13:37.669><c> our</c><00:13:37.970><c> problems</c><00:13:38.389><c> really</c><00:13:38.809><c> are</c><00:13:39.809><c> first</c>

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world<00:13:40.450><c> problems,</c><00:13:41.090><c> as</c><00:13:41.190><c> we</c><00:13:41.370><c> say.</c>

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My<00:13:43.429><c> roof</c><00:13:43.769><c> is</c><00:13:44.389><c> keeping</c><00:13:44.669><c> the</c><00:13:44.889><c> rain</c><00:13:45.009><c> out</c><00:13:45.190><c> a</c><00:13:45.289><c> lot</c><00:13:45.470><c> better</c><00:13:45.970><c> than</c><00:13:46.929><c> this</c><00:13:47.529><c> these</c><00:13:47.909><c> folks</c><00:13:48.289><c> roof</c><00:13:49.049><c> is</c><00:13:49.450><c> doing.</c>

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So<00:13:50.309><c> I</c><00:13:51.289><c> need</c><00:13:51.450><c> to</c><00:13:51.590><c> be</c><00:13:52.070><c> thankful</c><00:13:52.370><c> for</c><00:13:53.230><c> what</c><00:13:54.070><c> I've</c><00:13:54.330><c> got.</c>

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I<00:13:55.529><c> think</c><00:13:55.669><c> about</c><00:13:56.269><c> another</c><00:13:56.690><c> thing</c><00:13:56.889><c> that's</c><00:13:57.169><c> been</c><00:13:57.330><c> given</c><00:13:57.470><c> me</c><00:13:58.970><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:00.750><c> kitchen.</c>

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It's<00:14:01.909><c> getting</c><00:14:02.549><c> 26,</c><00:14:05.250><c> 27</c><00:14:05.549><c> years</c><00:14:05.889><c> old.</c>

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It's<00:14:07.490><c> it's</c><00:14:07.590><c> been</c><00:14:07.730><c> through</c><00:14:07.929><c> a</c><00:14:08.070><c> lot.</c>

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And<00:14:09.049><c> lately,</c><00:14:09.370><c> the</c><00:14:09.730><c> control</c><00:14:10.070><c> panel</c><00:14:10.570><c> has</c><00:14:10.970><c> been</c><00:14:11.149><c> acting</c><00:14:11.429><c> up.</c>

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We<00:14:12.470><c> try</c><00:14:12.610><c> to</c><00:14:12.789><c> turn</c><00:14:12.909><c> the</c><00:14:13.110><c> timer</c><00:14:13.389><c> on</c><00:14:13.909><c> when</c><00:14:14.250><c> the</c><00:14:14.490><c> oven's</c><00:14:14.830><c> on</c><00:14:14.950><c> and</c>

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the<00:14:15.750><c> oven</c><00:14:15.929><c> suddenly</c><00:14:16.269><c> shuts</c><00:14:16.529><c> off.</c>

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And<00:14:16.970><c> it's</c><00:14:17.289><c> like,</c><00:14:17.909><c> it's</c><00:14:18.330><c> kind</c><00:14:18.409><c> of</c><00:14:18.549><c> frustrating.</c>

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And<00:14:19.970><c> it's</c><00:14:20.289><c> like</c><00:14:20.429><c> tempting</c><00:14:20.629><c> to</c><00:14:20.870><c> say,</c><00:14:20.970><c> OK,</c><00:14:21.230><c> let's</c><00:14:21.870><c> just</c><00:14:22.409><c> go</c><00:14:22.669><c> out</c>

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and<00:14:22.929><c> buy</c><00:14:23.110><c> a</c><00:14:23.230><c> new</c><00:14:23.350><c> one.</c>

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But<00:14:24.509><c> if</c><00:14:25.769><c> I</c><00:14:25.909><c> think</c><00:14:26.070><c> about</c><00:14:26.529><c> what</c><00:14:26.909><c> how</c><00:14:27.590><c> that</c><00:14:27.830><c> compares</c><00:14:28.230><c> with</c><00:14:28.629><c> the</c>

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cooking<00:14:29.370><c> conditions</c><00:14:29.929><c> for,</c><00:14:31.129><c> you</c><00:14:31.389><c> know,</c>

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folks<00:14:31.870><c> again</c><00:14:32.110><c> in</c><00:14:32.289><c> that</c><00:14:32.429><c> neighborhood</c><00:14:32.750><c> in</c><00:14:33.230><c> Kenya,</c><00:14:34.230><c> this</c><00:14:34.889><c> is</c><00:14:35.169><c> the</c><00:14:35.669><c> standard</c><00:14:36.110><c> three</c><00:14:36.470><c> stone</c><00:14:36.710><c> jeep</c><00:14:37.070><c> go</c><00:14:37.470><c> the</c>

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kitchen<00:14:38.429><c> for</c><00:14:39.169><c> most</c><00:14:39.509><c> people</c><00:14:40.190><c> in</c><00:14:40.669><c> the</c><00:14:41.210><c> village</c><00:14:41.570><c> that</c><00:14:41.830><c> we</c><00:14:42.009><c> lived</c><00:14:42.169><c> in.</c>

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And<00:14:44.289><c> they've</c><00:14:44.570><c> got</c><00:14:44.789><c> like</c><00:14:46.149><c> wood</c><00:14:46.309><c> smoke</c><00:14:46.809><c> in</c><00:14:47.350><c> their</c><00:14:47.610><c> home</c><00:14:48.029><c> as</c><00:14:49.529><c> they</c>

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breathing<00:14:50.389><c> that</c><00:14:50.730><c> in</c><00:14:50.929><c> while</c><00:14:51.090><c> they're</c><00:14:51.309><c> cooking.</c>

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We've<00:14:53.110><c> got</c><00:14:53.269><c> lots</c><00:14:53.769><c> to</c><00:14:54.490><c> be</c><00:14:54.710><c> thankful</c><00:14:55.070><c> for.</c>

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And<00:14:56.509><c> I</c><00:14:56.590><c> think</c><00:14:56.710><c> about</c><00:14:56.889><c> my</c><00:14:57.669><c> bathroom,</c><00:14:58.629><c> I</c><00:14:58.710><c> could</c><00:14:58.830><c> use</c><00:14:58.990><c> a</c><00:14:59.129><c> remodel.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:00.289><c> I</c><00:15:00.429><c> get</c><00:15:00.549><c> issues</c><00:15:00.909><c> like</c><00:15:01.450><c> hard</c><00:15:01.710><c> water</c><00:15:02.090><c> stains</c><00:15:02.350><c> on</c><00:15:02.549><c> the</c><00:15:02.769><c> toilet.</c>

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But,<00:15:04.889><c> you</c><00:15:05.190><c> know,</c><00:15:05.710><c> it's</c><00:15:06.090><c> not</c><00:15:06.250><c> just</c><00:15:06.429><c> a</c><00:15:06.570><c> hole</c><00:15:06.669><c> in</c><00:15:06.789><c> the</c><00:15:06.970><c> ground.</c>

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I<00:15:08.389><c> need</c><00:15:08.509><c> to</c><00:15:08.610><c> be</c><00:15:08.789><c> thankful.</c><00:15:09.470><c> We've</c><00:15:09.990><c> got</c><00:15:10.210><c> plenty.</c>

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So.

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Our<00:15:17.610><c> time</c><00:15:17.769><c> in</c><00:15:17.990><c> Africa</c><00:15:18.350><c> as</c><00:15:18.889><c> a</c><00:15:19.049><c> family</c><00:15:19.269><c> has</c><00:15:19.850><c> helped</c><00:15:20.210><c> us</c><00:15:20.529><c> see</c><00:15:20.769><c> the</c>

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abundance<00:15:21.570><c> that</c><00:15:22.429><c> we</c><00:15:22.690><c> have</c><00:15:22.909><c> here.</c>

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And<00:15:25.049><c> and</c><00:15:25.269><c> the</c><00:15:25.389><c> kind</c><00:15:25.429><c> of</c><00:15:25.570><c> the</c><00:15:25.710><c> danger</c><00:15:25.970><c> of</c><00:15:26.190><c> the</c><00:15:26.730><c> of</c><00:15:26.789><c> the</c><00:15:26.970><c> mindset</c>

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appetite<00:15:33.690><c> for</c><00:15:33.950><c> more</c><00:15:34.309><c> and</c><00:15:34.570><c> more.</c>

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And<00:15:36.070><c> you</c><00:15:36.269><c> look</c><00:15:36.389><c> at</c><00:15:36.769><c> how</c><00:15:37.029><c> things</c><00:15:37.230><c> have</c><00:15:37.490><c> changed</c><00:15:37.950><c> in</c><00:15:38.250><c> our</c><00:15:38.389><c> country</c><00:15:38.690><c> in</c><00:15:39.169><c> colonial</c><00:15:39.549><c> times,</c><00:15:40.889><c> or</c>

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in<00:15:45.570><c> the</c><00:15:45.730><c> U</c><00:15:45.830><c>.S.</c><00:15:46.049><c> was</c><00:15:46.230><c> eight</c><00:15:46.450><c> hundred</c>

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and<00:15:46.830><c> thirty</c><00:15:47.009><c> one.</c>

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Or<00:15:50.610><c> just</c><00:15:50.929><c> under</c><00:15:51.210><c> six</c><00:15:51.490><c> for</c><00:15:51.669><c> the</c><00:15:51.950><c> average.</c>

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But<00:15:53.629><c> as</c><00:15:53.889><c> time</c><00:15:54.110><c> continued,</c><00:15:55.750><c> the</c><00:15:55.889><c> houses</c><00:15:56.190><c> got</c><00:15:56.769><c> a</c><00:15:56.870><c> little</c><00:15:56.990><c> bit</c><00:15:57.149><c> bigger,</c><00:15:57.710><c> a</c>

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little<00:15:57.889><c> bit</c><00:15:58.070><c> bigger,</c><00:15:58.750><c> and</c><00:15:59.730><c> the</c><00:16:00.350><c> family</c>

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sizes<00:16:00.889><c> are</c><00:16:01.090><c> getting</c><00:16:01.289><c> smaller.</c>

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hundred<00:16:06.750><c> and</c><00:16:06.850><c> thirty</c><00:16:07.029><c> one</c><00:16:07.210><c> square</c><00:16:07.450><c> feet</c><00:16:07.649><c> is</c>

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now<00:16:08.769><c> fifteen</c><00:16:09.289><c> hundred</c><00:16:09.690><c> square</c><00:16:10.049><c> feet.</c>

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And,<00:16:11.950><c> you</c><00:16:12.149><c> know,</c><00:16:12.450><c> a</c><00:16:12.450><c> little</c><00:16:12.710><c> closer</c><00:16:13.029><c> to</c><00:16:13.210><c> today,</c><00:16:14.090><c> the</c><00:16:14.350><c> average</c>

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That<00:16:18.549><c> trends</c><00:16:18.750><c> reversed</c><00:16:19.090><c> a</c><00:16:19.289><c> little</c><00:16:19.490><c> bit</c><00:16:19.809><c> because</c><00:16:20.149><c> of</c><00:16:20.350><c> the</c><00:16:20.629><c> lumber</c><00:16:20.830><c> prices</c><00:16:21.389><c> going</c><00:16:21.990><c> through</c><00:16:22.250><c> the</c><00:16:22.409><c> roof</c>

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during<00:16:22.769><c> COVID.</c><00:16:23.710><c> But</c><00:16:23.750><c> but</c><00:16:24.470><c> that's</c><00:16:24.789><c> generally</c><00:16:25.110><c> the</c><00:16:25.370><c> trajectory</c>

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that<00:16:25.929><c> we've</c><00:16:26.210><c> seen.</c>

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And,<00:16:26.429><c> of</c><00:16:27.769><c> course,</c><00:16:28.629><c> I</c><00:16:29.590><c> have</c><00:16:29.750><c> to</c><00:16:29.889><c> geek</c><00:16:30.029><c> out</c><00:16:30.409><c> and</c><00:16:31.049><c> look</c><00:16:31.629><c> at</c><00:16:31.889><c> it</c><00:16:32.409><c> graphically</c><00:16:32.889><c> and</c>

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try<00:16:33.330><c> to</c><00:16:33.549><c> fit</c><00:16:33.710><c> a</c><00:16:34.669><c> exponential</c>

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curve<00:16:35.470><c> to</c><00:16:35.690><c> it</c><00:16:35.889><c> and</c><00:16:36.250><c> to</c><00:16:36.629><c> look</c><00:16:36.830><c> at</c><00:16:37.090><c> it</c><00:16:37.250><c> and</c><00:16:37.309><c> everything.</c>

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This<00:16:38.529><c> is</c><00:16:39.110><c> this</c><00:16:39.110><c> is</c><00:16:39.250><c> what</c><00:16:39.389><c> it</c><00:16:39.570><c> looks</c><00:16:39.750><c> like.</c>

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And<00:16:40.029><c> you</c><00:16:40.110><c> can</c><00:16:40.289><c> see</c><00:16:40.389><c> it's</c><00:16:40.610><c> just</c><00:16:41.009><c> it's</c><00:16:41.330><c> just</c><00:16:41.610><c> taken</c><00:16:41.809><c> off.</c>

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The<00:16:45.450><c> square</c><00:16:45.590><c> footage</c><00:16:45.950><c> per</c><00:16:46.230><c> person</c><00:16:47.110><c> was</c><00:16:48.250><c> under</c><00:16:48.690><c> two</c><00:16:48.970><c> hundred</c>

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and<00:16:49.289><c> hundred</c><00:16:49.490><c> and</c><00:16:50.110><c> eighty</c><00:16:50.389><c> square</c><00:16:50.730><c> feet,</c>

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roughly<00:16:51.690><c> the</c><00:16:52.129><c> time</c><00:16:52.429><c> time</c><00:16:52.789><c> of</c><00:16:53.509><c> the</c><00:16:54.029><c> Revolutionary</c><00:16:54.789><c> War.</c>

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And<00:16:55.750><c> now</c><00:16:56.070><c> we're</c><00:16:56.230><c> up</c><00:16:56.350><c> to</c><00:16:56.509><c> over</c><00:16:56.909><c> a</c><00:16:56.990><c> thousand</c><00:16:57.490><c> feet,</c><00:16:58.190><c> square</c><00:16:58.330><c> feet</c>

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per<00:16:58.909><c> person</c><00:16:59.509><c> with</c><00:17:00.009><c> those</c><00:17:00.250><c> smaller</c>

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families<00:17:00.970><c> and</c><00:17:01.169><c> bigger</c><00:17:01.309><c> houses.</c>

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And<00:17:01.690><c> we</c><00:17:01.730><c> got</c><00:17:01.870><c> like</c><00:17:02.129><c> a</c><00:17:04.569><c> person</c><00:17:05.049><c> we</c><00:17:06.450><c> keep</c><00:17:06.769><c> thinking</c><00:17:07.769><c> we've</c><00:17:08.289><c> got</c>

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to<00:17:08.470><c> get</c><00:17:08.569><c> bigger</c><00:17:08.829><c> and</c><00:17:09.049><c> bigger,</c><00:17:09.589><c> but</c><00:17:10.670><c> we</c>

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don't.<00:17:12.049><c> You</c><00:17:12.230><c> know,</c><00:17:12.369><c> that's</c><00:17:13.069><c> that's</c><00:17:13.369><c> a</c><00:17:13.490><c> lie</c><00:17:13.730><c> that</c><00:17:13.849><c> we</c><00:17:14.029><c> somehow</c>

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get<00:17:14.910><c> sucked</c><00:17:15.150><c> into.</c>

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I<00:17:17.210><c> encourage</c><00:17:17.490><c> you</c><00:17:17.650><c> to</c><00:17:18.690><c> to</c><00:17:19.029><c> buck</c><00:17:19.150><c> that</c><00:17:19.470><c> trend.</c>

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Think<00:17:20.230><c> about</c><00:17:20.890><c> maybe</c><00:17:21.529><c> living</c><00:17:21.809><c> simpler.</c>

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Here's<00:17:25.349><c> a</c><00:17:26.269><c> quote</c><00:17:26.589><c> from</c><00:17:27.750><c> a</c><00:17:28.069><c> medieval</c><00:17:28.390><c> Jewish</c><00:17:29.309><c> poet.</c>

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Seeks<00:17:31.789><c> more</c><00:17:32.150><c> than</c><00:17:32.329><c> he</c><00:17:32.529><c> needs,</c><00:17:33.430><c> hinders</c><00:17:33.769><c> himself</c><00:17:34.269><c> from</c><00:17:34.930><c> enjoying</c><00:17:35.329><c> what</c>

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he<00:17:35.750><c> has.</c>

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Seek<00:17:37.569><c> what</c><00:17:37.750><c> you</c><00:17:38.049><c> need</c><00:17:38.490><c> and</c><00:17:39.130><c> give</c><00:17:39.390><c> up</c><00:17:40.130><c> what</c><00:17:40.529><c> you</c><00:17:40.710><c> do</c><00:17:40.869><c> not</c><00:17:41.269><c> need,</c>

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what<00:17:41.910><c> you</c><00:17:42.089><c> need</c><00:17:42.309><c> not.</c>

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For<00:17:42.829><c> in</c><00:17:42.990><c> giving</c><00:17:43.150><c> up</c><00:17:43.650><c> what</c><00:17:43.809><c> you</c><00:17:44.049><c> don't</c><00:17:44.549><c> need,</c><00:17:45.410><c> you'll</c><00:17:45.769><c> learn</c><00:17:46.089><c> what</c><00:17:46.289><c> you</c><00:17:46.529><c> really</c><00:17:46.990><c> do</c><00:17:47.410><c> need.</c>

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Let's<00:17:50.589><c> live</c><00:17:50.829><c> simply.</c>

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Unfortunately,<00:17:53.730><c> our</c><00:17:53.829><c> society,</c><00:17:54.910><c> we</c><00:17:55.250><c> think</c><00:17:55.509><c> that,</c><00:17:56.109><c> you</c><00:17:56.490><c> know,</c>

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it's<00:17:57.109><c> all</c><00:17:57.329><c> about</c><00:17:57.569><c> pursuing</c><00:17:57.990><c> happiness</c>

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and<00:17:58.849><c> we</c><00:17:59.089><c> equate</c><00:17:59.329><c> happiness</c><00:17:59.910><c> with</c><00:18:00.869><c> wealth</c><00:18:01.250><c> and</c><00:18:01.490><c> more</c><00:18:01.769><c> stuff,</c><00:18:02.269><c> a</c>

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nicer<00:18:02.549><c> car,</c><00:18:03.069><c> a</c><00:18:03.130><c> nicer</c><00:18:03.369><c> house.</c>

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You<00:18:07.630><c> know,</c><00:18:07.869><c> that's</c><00:18:08.670><c> we</c><00:18:09.369><c> keep</c><00:18:09.569><c> telling</c><00:18:09.809><c> ourselves</c><00:18:10.130><c> if</c><00:18:10.329><c> we</c><00:18:10.450><c> get</c>

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a<00:18:10.750><c> little</c><00:18:10.970><c> bit</c><00:18:11.150><c> more</c><00:18:11.410><c> stuff,</c><00:18:11.809><c> we'll</c>

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eventually<00:18:12.269><c> read.</c>

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But,<00:18:16.609><c> you</c><00:18:16.829><c> know,</c><00:18:16.869><c> you</c><00:18:17.029><c> can</c><00:18:17.150><c> look</c><00:18:17.309><c> at</c><00:18:17.410><c> some</c><00:18:17.549><c> of</c><00:18:17.609><c> the</c><00:18:17.730><c> richest</c><00:18:17.910><c> people</c><00:18:18.269><c> in</c>

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history<00:18:18.849><c> and</c>

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think,<00:18:19.829><c> you</c><00:18:19.829><c> know,</c><00:18:19.829><c> if</c><00:18:21.509><c> I</c><00:18:21.769><c> get</c><00:18:21.769><c> a</c><00:18:21.769><c> little</c><00:18:21.769><c> bit</c><00:18:21.789><c> more,</c><00:18:22.589><c> then</c><00:18:23.109><c> I'll</c><00:18:23.450><c> be</c><00:18:23.609><c> content.</c>

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Now,<00:18:25.509><c> Rockefeller</c><00:18:25.970><c> may</c><00:18:26.250><c> have</c><00:18:26.450><c> meant</c><00:18:26.569><c> that</c><00:18:26.789><c> with</c><00:18:27.009><c> a</c><00:18:27.150><c> wink,</c><00:18:28.009><c> but</c>

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that's<00:18:29.329><c> that</c><00:18:29.630><c> in</c><00:18:29.890><c> reality,</c><00:18:30.609><c> he's</c>

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he's<00:18:31.289><c> commenting</c><00:18:31.529><c> on</c><00:18:31.910><c> basically</c><00:18:32.390><c> the</c><00:18:33.009><c> attitude</c><00:18:33.430><c> of</c><00:18:33.650><c> society,</c>

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just<00:18:34.450><c> a</c><00:18:34.670><c> little</c><00:18:34.849><c> bit</c><00:18:35.049><c> more.</c>

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It's<00:18:35.630><c> this</c><00:18:35.829><c> like</c><00:18:36.670><c> carrot</c><00:18:36.890><c> at</c><00:18:37.450><c> the</c><00:18:37.549><c> end</c><00:18:37.650><c> of</c><00:18:37.769><c> the</c><00:18:37.990><c> string</c><00:18:38.130><c> that</c>

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keeps<00:18:38.690><c> causing</c><00:18:39.730><c> us</c><00:18:39.970><c> to</c><00:18:40.250><c> strive</c><00:18:40.549><c> for</c>

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more<00:18:41.069><c> and</c><00:18:41.250><c> more.</c>

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And<00:18:42.829><c> we're</c><00:18:43.049><c> never</c><00:18:43.309><c> content.</c>

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And<00:18:45.730><c> that's</c><00:18:46.069><c> a</c><00:18:46.170><c> danger.</c>

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Distinctly<00:18:51.990><c> coming,</c><00:18:53.210><c> getting</c><00:18:53.329><c> off</c><00:18:53.569><c> a</c><00:18:53.789><c> plane</c><00:18:54.109><c> in</c><00:18:54.769><c> Washington,</c>

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D<00:18:55.630><c>.C.</c><00:18:56.210><c> after</c><00:18:56.549><c> a</c><00:18:56.769><c> year</c><00:18:57.190><c> in</c><00:18:57.690><c> Africa.</c>

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And<00:18:59.589><c> it</c><00:19:00.029><c> felt</c><00:19:00.250><c> to</c><00:19:00.470><c> me</c><00:19:00.809><c> like</c><00:19:01.589><c> like</c><00:19:02.369><c> that</c><00:19:02.869><c> proverbial</c><00:19:03.450><c> frog</c><00:19:03.809><c> being</c><00:19:04.089><c> dropped</c><00:19:04.410><c> into</c><00:19:04.630><c> the</c>

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boiling<00:19:05.029><c> water</c><00:19:05.569><c> and</c><00:19:06.069><c> wanting</c><00:19:06.390><c> to</c><00:19:06.710><c> jump</c><00:19:06.950><c> out</c><00:19:07.250><c> and</c><00:19:07.470><c> saying,</c><00:19:07.829><c> oh,</c>

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look<00:19:08.470><c> at</c><00:19:09.049><c> look</c><00:19:09.369><c> at</c><00:19:09.630><c> all</c><00:19:09.849><c> this,</c><00:19:10.369><c> you</c>

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know,<00:19:12.369><c> striving</c><00:19:12.970><c> after</c><00:19:13.390><c> wealth</c><00:19:13.869><c> that's</c><00:19:14.569><c> all</c><00:19:14.869><c> around</c><00:19:15.190><c> here.</c>

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You<00:19:16.009><c> know,</c><00:19:16.109><c> I'd</c><00:19:16.250><c> grown</c><00:19:16.430><c> up</c><00:19:16.670><c> in</c><00:19:16.829><c> it.</c>

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I'd<00:19:17.529><c> slowly</c><00:19:17.829><c> felt</c><00:19:18.109><c> the</c><00:19:18.289><c> temperature</c><00:19:19.170><c> easing</c><00:19:20.410><c> up</c><00:19:20.690><c> more</c><00:19:21.109><c> and</c><00:19:21.130><c> more</c><00:19:21.349><c> and</c><00:19:21.369><c> more</c><00:19:21.650><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:21.950><c> boiling</c>

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point,<00:19:22.309><c> but</c><00:19:22.450><c> I</c><00:19:22.670><c> hadn't</c><00:19:22.769><c> really</c><00:19:23.049><c> noticed</c><00:19:23.390><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:25.369><c> stepping</c><00:19:26.109><c> out</c><00:19:26.349><c> of</c><00:19:26.490><c> that</c><00:19:26.730><c> society</c><00:19:27.170><c> for</c><00:19:27.730><c> a</c><00:19:27.910><c> while,</c><00:19:29.410><c> it</c><00:19:29.410><c> changes</c><00:19:29.650><c> your</c>

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mindset<00:19:30.289><c> somewhat.</c>

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Part<00:19:32.849><c> of</c><00:19:32.910><c> that</c><00:19:33.089><c> trip.</c>

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So<00:19:35.589><c> we</c><00:19:36.150><c> stopped.</c>

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We<00:19:36.769><c> landed</c><00:19:37.109><c> in</c><00:19:37.390><c> D</c><00:19:37.630><c>.C.</c>

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We<00:19:38.630><c> went</c><00:19:38.849><c> to</c><00:19:39.230><c> the</c><00:19:39.369><c> Williamsburg</c><00:19:39.829><c> Conference</c><00:19:40.309><c> that</c><00:19:41.130><c> that</c><00:19:41.349><c> year</c>

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and<00:19:41.690><c> spent</c><00:19:41.809><c> some</c><00:19:42.150><c> time</c><00:19:42.369><c> with</c>

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believers<00:19:44.230><c> in</c><00:19:44.670><c> Maryland</c><00:19:45.130><c> before</c><00:19:46.170><c> coming</c><00:19:46.609><c> back</c><00:19:47.009><c> home.</c>

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On<00:19:48.269><c> the</c><00:19:48.369><c> way</c><00:19:48.470><c> home,</c><00:19:48.690><c> we</c><00:19:48.930><c> stopped</c><00:19:49.130><c> in</c><00:19:49.309><c> a</c><00:19:49.470><c> mall.</c>

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I<00:19:50.069><c> don't</c><00:19:50.170><c> know</c><00:19:50.349><c> what</c><00:19:50.569><c> I</c><00:19:50.769><c> was</c><00:19:50.910><c> thinking,</c><00:19:51.329><c> but</c><00:19:51.430><c> I</c><00:19:51.769><c> don't</c><00:19:51.890><c> know.</c>

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We<00:19:52.210><c> needed</c><00:19:52.509><c> something.</c>

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I<00:19:53.490><c> don't</c><00:19:53.650><c> remember</c><00:19:53.930><c> what</c><00:19:54.109><c> it</c><00:19:54.289><c> was,</c><00:19:54.609><c> but</c><00:19:54.930><c> I</c><00:19:55.029><c> was</c><00:19:55.430><c> I</c><00:19:55.430><c> was</c><00:19:55.630><c> kind</c><00:19:55.750><c> of</c><00:19:55.910><c> shocked.</c>

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One<00:19:56.529><c> of</c><00:19:56.670><c> the</c><00:19:56.809><c> things</c><00:19:56.970><c> that's</c><00:19:57.430><c> distinctly</c><00:19:58.029><c> again</c><00:19:58.509><c> burned</c><00:19:59.049><c> into</c>

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my<00:19:59.509><c> memory</c><00:19:59.990><c> is</c><00:20:00.890><c> right</c><00:20:01.190><c> in</c><00:20:01.390><c> the</c>

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door<00:20:01.849><c> as</c><00:20:02.089><c> we</c><00:20:02.309><c> walk</c><00:20:02.470><c> in</c><00:20:02.630><c> the</c><00:20:02.750><c> door</c><00:20:03.089><c> was</c><00:20:03.329><c> this</c><00:20:03.690><c> store</c><00:20:04.410><c> called</c>

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shrine<00:20:14.329><c> to</c><00:20:14.549><c> the</c><00:20:14.730><c> God</c><00:20:14.869><c> of</c><00:20:15.029><c> this</c>

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We<00:20:22.549><c> want</c><00:20:22.690><c> to</c><00:20:22.910><c> have</c><00:20:23.730><c> nicer</c><00:20:24.109><c> clothes</c><00:20:24.789><c> and</c><00:20:25.450><c> more</c><00:20:25.849><c> stuff.</c>

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We<00:20:47.089><c> need</c><00:20:47.230><c> to</c><00:20:47.450><c> hear</c><00:20:47.569><c> this</c><00:20:47.829><c> warning</c><00:20:48.150><c> for</c><00:20:48.470><c> as</c><00:20:48.710><c> for</c><00:20:48.890><c> what</c><00:20:49.490><c> was</c><00:20:50.049><c> sown</c>

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but<00:20:54.369><c> the</c><00:20:54.710><c> cares</c><00:20:54.970><c> of</c><00:20:55.130><c> this</c><00:20:55.450><c> world</c><00:20:55.930><c> and</c><00:20:56.210><c> the</c><00:20:56.529><c> deceitfulness</c><00:20:57.069><c> of</c><00:20:57.349><c> riches</c>

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choke<00:20:58.670><c> the</c><00:20:58.930><c> word</c><00:20:59.269><c> and</c><00:20:59.730><c> it</c><00:21:00.009><c> proves</c><00:21:00.589><c> unfruitful.</c>

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We<00:21:03.069><c> need</c><00:21:03.230><c> to</c><00:21:03.569><c> heed</c><00:21:04.029><c> our</c><00:21:04.470><c> master's</c><00:21:05.049><c> warning.</c>

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Don't<00:21:06.309><c> let</c><00:21:06.549><c> the</c><00:21:06.890><c> cares</c><00:21:07.170><c> of</c><00:21:07.450><c> this</c><00:21:07.829><c> world,</c><00:21:08.670><c> the</c><00:21:08.930><c> deceitfulness</c>

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of<00:21:09.769><c> riches</c><00:21:10.150><c> choke</c><00:21:11.210><c> God's</c><00:21:11.950><c> word</c><00:21:12.430><c> in</c><00:21:12.809><c> your</c><00:21:13.009><c> life.</c>

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What<00:21:15.890><c> if</c><00:21:15.990><c> we</c><00:21:16.230><c> pursued</c><00:21:16.509><c> contentment</c><00:21:17.890><c> rather</c><00:21:18.430><c> than</c><00:21:18.690><c> happiness,</c>

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also<00:21:20.029><c> known</c><00:21:20.210><c> as</c><00:21:20.390><c> more</c><00:21:20.630><c> wealth?</c>

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I<00:21:24.250><c> think</c><00:21:24.509><c> we're</c><00:21:24.829><c> going</c><00:21:24.930><c> to</c><00:21:25.049><c> find</c><00:21:25.170><c> ourselves</c><00:21:25.970><c> actually</c><00:21:26.730><c> more</c><00:21:27.789><c> happy.</c>

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Another<00:21:31.710><c> strategy</c><00:21:32.309><c> in</c><00:21:33.569><c> this</c><00:21:34.069><c> in</c><00:21:34.069><c> this</c><00:21:34.369><c> battle</c><00:21:34.670><c> that</c><00:21:34.910><c> we</c><00:21:35.150><c> have</c>

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the<00:21:37.690><c> words</c><00:21:37.869><c> of</c><00:21:38.029><c> our</c><00:21:38.170><c> master</c><00:21:38.710><c> in</c><00:21:39.410><c> the</c><00:21:39.589><c> Lord's</c><00:21:39.990><c> Prayer,</c><00:21:40.210><c> give</c><00:21:40.390><c> us</c>

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this<00:21:40.990><c> day,</c><00:21:41.509><c> our</c><00:21:41.690><c> daily</c><00:21:42.069><c> bread,</c>

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look<00:21:43.789><c> to</c><00:21:43.890><c> him</c><00:21:44.009><c> for</c><00:21:44.309><c> our</c><00:21:44.509><c> needs</c><00:21:45.049><c> and</c><00:21:46.369><c> thank</c><00:21:46.589><c> him</c><00:21:46.769><c> for</c><00:21:47.029><c> our</c><00:21:47.230><c> blessings</c><00:21:47.769><c> and</c>

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And<00:21:54.309><c> and</c><00:21:54.690><c> be</c><00:21:55.609><c> recognizing</c><00:21:56.190><c> and</c><00:21:56.529><c> thankful</c><00:21:56.829><c> for</c><00:21:57.069><c> those</c><00:21:57.349><c> things.</c>

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And<00:21:58.589><c> not</c><00:21:58.869><c> and</c><00:21:59.450><c> as</c><00:21:59.609><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:00.309><c> you</c><00:22:00.410><c> know,</c><00:22:00.529><c> his</c><00:22:00.750><c> commentary</c><00:22:01.049><c> came</c>

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Do<00:22:02.950><c> not</c><00:22:03.289><c> store</c><00:22:03.529><c> up</c><00:22:03.690><c> for</c><00:22:03.829><c> yourselves</c><00:22:04.269><c> treasures</c><00:22:04.789><c> on</c><00:22:05.170><c> earth</c><00:22:05.390><c> where</c><00:22:05.609><c> moth</c><00:22:06.029><c> and</c>

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rust<00:22:06.509><c> destroy</c>

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and<00:22:08.109><c> where</c><00:22:08.349><c> thieves</c><00:22:08.569><c> break</c><00:22:08.849><c> in</c><00:22:09.049><c> and</c><00:22:09.269><c> steal,</c><00:22:09.569><c> but</c><00:22:10.170><c> store</c><00:22:10.470><c> up</c><00:22:10.690><c> for</c><00:22:10.869><c> yourselves</c><00:22:11.269><c> treasures</c><00:22:11.809><c> in</c><00:22:12.190><c> heaven</c>

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where<00:22:13.430><c> moth</c><00:22:13.670><c> and</c><00:22:13.849><c> rust</c><00:22:14.009><c> do</c><00:22:14.269><c> not</c><00:22:14.529><c> destroy</c><00:22:15.049><c> and</c><00:22:15.690><c> where</c><00:22:15.849><c> thieves</c>

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For<00:22:17.410><c> where</c><00:22:17.569><c> your</c><00:22:17.869><c> treasure</c><00:22:18.150><c> is</c><00:22:18.430><c> there</c><00:22:18.849><c> will</c><00:22:19.049><c> your</c><00:22:19.269><c> heart</c><00:22:19.470><c> be</c><00:22:19.769><c> also.</c>

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Invest<00:22:22.269><c> in</c><00:22:22.950><c> the</c><00:22:23.170><c> spiritual</c><00:22:23.690><c> rather</c><00:22:24.750><c> than</c><00:22:24.950><c> the</c><00:22:25.170><c> material.</c>

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know,<00:22:34.190><c> advice</c><00:22:34.470><c> from</c><00:22:34.710><c> Jesus.</c>

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Timothy,<00:22:47.170><c> that</c><00:22:47.410><c> godliness</c><00:22:48.009><c> with</c><00:22:48.730><c> contentment</c><00:22:49.789><c> is</c><00:22:50.430><c> great</c><00:22:50.690><c> gain.</c><00:22:52.470><c> We</c>

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need<00:22:53.130><c> to</c><00:22:53.829><c> work</c><00:22:54.150><c> at</c><00:22:54.930><c> being</c><00:22:55.390><c> content.</c>

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One<00:23:03.009><c> is</c><00:23:03.210><c> to</c><00:23:03.390><c> accumulate</c>

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glimmers<00:23:23.990><c> of</c><00:23:24.210><c> hope,</c><00:23:24.650><c> one</c><00:23:24.690><c> of</c><00:23:24.869><c> which</c><00:23:25.029><c> is</c><00:23:25.549><c> I</c><00:23:25.829><c> see</c><00:23:26.130><c> a</c><00:23:26.250><c> number</c><00:23:26.490><c> of</c>

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young<00:23:27.509><c> people</c><00:23:28.109><c> that</c><00:23:28.890><c> actually</c><00:23:29.970><c> are</c><00:23:30.410><c> kind</c><00:23:30.549><c> of</c><00:23:30.670><c> taking</c>

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a<00:23:31.009><c> different</c><00:23:31.650><c> tack</c><00:23:32.089><c> on</c><00:23:32.450><c> the</c><00:23:32.730><c> whole</c><00:23:32.950><c> materialism</c><00:23:33.549><c> thing,</c><00:23:33.910><c> and</c>

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they're<00:23:34.190><c> actually</c><00:23:34.769><c> kind</c><00:23:35.109><c> of</c><00:23:35.390><c> pursuing</c>

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minimalism<00:23:36.430><c> and</c><00:23:37.049><c> trying</c><00:23:37.329><c> to</c><00:23:37.470><c> get</c><00:23:37.630><c> by</c><00:23:37.849><c> on</c><00:23:38.089><c> less.</c><00:23:39.289><c> It's</c><00:23:39.549><c> a</c>

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countercultural<00:23:40.769><c> thing,</c><00:23:42.009><c> doesn't</c><00:23:42.349><c> really</c>

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against<00:24:03.930><c> that,</c>

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Another<00:24:11.069><c> quote</c><00:24:11.329><c> from</c><00:24:11.549><c> the</c><00:24:11.690><c> Mishnah,</c><00:24:12.490><c> Benzoma</c><00:24:12.890><c> said,</c><00:24:13.190><c> Who</c><00:24:13.289><c> is</c>

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rich?<00:24:14.450><c> Those</c><00:24:14.910><c> who</c><00:24:15.329><c> are</c><00:24:15.529><c> happy</c><00:24:16.009><c> with</c><00:24:16.529><c> their</c><00:24:16.730><c> portion</c>

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you<00:25:07.190><c> know,</c><00:25:07.309><c> in</c><00:25:07.369><c> all</c><00:25:07.509><c> my</c><00:25:07.670><c> digital</c>

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smart,<00:25:13.450><c> it</c><00:25:13.789><c> came</c><00:25:13.970><c> up</c><00:25:14.190><c> with</c><00:25:14.390><c> some</c><00:25:14.569><c> interesting,</c>

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key<00:25:27.710><c> in</c><00:25:29.109><c> our</c><00:25:29.349><c> battle.</c><00:25:30.269><c> And</c><00:25:30.549><c> that</c><00:25:30.670><c> is</c><00:25:31.069><c> being</c><00:25:31.529><c> content</c>

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my<00:25:42.089><c> love</c><00:25:42.670><c> as</c><00:25:43.589><c> a</c><00:25:43.750><c> young</c><00:25:43.910><c> baby,</c>

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we<00:25:45.809><c> can</c><00:25:46.210><c> become</c><00:25:46.849><c> and</c><00:25:50.089><c> find</c><00:25:50.490><c> contentment</c><00:25:51.150><c> as</c><00:25:51.329><c> we</c><00:25:51.589><c> come</c><00:25:51.890><c> to</c><00:25:52.109><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:25:52.529><c> Father,</c><00:25:53.950><c> knowing</c><00:25:54.509><c> that</c><00:25:54.789><c> He</c><00:25:55.009><c> cares</c><00:25:55.450><c> for</c><00:25:55.650><c> us.</c>

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This<00:25:57.670><c> is</c><00:25:57.890><c> the</c><00:25:57.990><c> message</c><00:25:58.329><c> again</c><00:25:58.849><c> and</c><00:25:59.029><c> again</c><00:25:59.529><c> that</c><00:25:59.849><c> Jesus</c><00:26:00.509><c> teaches</c><00:26:01.170><c> in</c><00:26:01.369><c> the</c>

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Sermon<00:26:01.750><c> on</c><00:26:01.930><c> the</c><00:26:02.069><c> Mount.</c><00:26:02.309><c> Your</c><00:26:02.529><c> Father</c>

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cares<00:26:03.809><c> for</c><00:26:04.150><c> you.</c><00:26:04.390><c> He</c><00:26:04.650><c> knows</c><00:26:05.109><c> your</c><00:26:05.369><c> needs.</c><00:26:07.089><c> And</c><00:26:07.410><c> we</c><00:26:07.529><c> need</c><00:26:07.710><c> to</c><00:26:07.910><c> just</c><00:26:08.950><c> soak</c><00:26:09.250><c> in</c>

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that<00:26:09.650><c> reality</c>

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going<00:26:20.970><c> to</c><00:26:21.150><c> find</c><00:26:21.450><c> content</c><00:26:21.710><c> in</c><00:26:21.910><c> this</c><00:26:22.170><c> and</c><00:26:22.890><c> striving</c><00:26:23.450><c> after</c><00:26:23.890><c> riches,</c><00:26:24.289><c> but</c>

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we<00:26:24.630><c> can</c><00:26:24.910><c> find</c><00:26:25.210><c> it</c><00:26:25.690><c> in</c><00:26:25.970><c> our</c><00:26:26.170><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:26:28.769><c> this</c><00:26:29.309><c> was</c><00:26:29.490><c> another</c><00:26:29.690><c> one</c><00:26:29.890><c> that</c><00:26:30.089><c> came</c><00:26:30.230><c> up</c><00:26:30.390><c> in</c><00:26:30.549><c> that</c><00:26:30.769><c> search.</c>

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Here<00:26:32.690><c> Aaliyah</c><00:26:33.410><c> is</c><00:26:34.309><c> finding</c><00:26:34.710><c> joy</c><00:26:35.390><c> in</c><00:26:35.930><c> a</c><00:26:36.089><c> gift</c>

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that<00:26:37.069><c> she</c><00:26:37.329><c> had,</c><00:26:38.210><c> a</c><00:26:39.789><c> flower,</c><00:26:40.450><c> and</c><00:26:40.710><c> in</c><00:26:40.890><c> the</c><00:26:41.069><c> love</c><00:26:41.569><c> of</c><00:26:42.049><c> her</c><00:26:42.430><c> grandmother.</c>

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We<00:26:45.029><c> can</c><00:26:45.289><c> find</c><00:26:45.470><c> joy</c><00:26:45.809><c> in</c><00:26:46.230><c> the</c><00:26:46.390><c> gifts</c><00:26:46.869><c> from</c><00:26:47.390><c> our</c><00:26:47.549><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:47.809><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:26:49.769><c> the</c><00:26:49.950><c> love</c><00:26:50.170><c> that</c><00:26:50.349><c> we</c><00:26:50.549><c> have</c><00:26:50.670><c> from</c><00:26:50.890><c> Him,</c><00:26:51.829><c> the</c><00:26:52.029><c> love</c><00:26:52.230><c> we</c><00:26:52.609><c> receive</c><00:26:52.910><c> from</c>

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with.<00:27:00.029><c> Another</c><00:27:01.049><c> quote</c><00:27:01.569><c> I'll</c><00:27:02.069><c> give</c><00:27:02.289><c> is,</c><00:27:02.930><c> Our</c><00:27:03.009><c> hearts</c><00:27:03.569><c> are</c><00:27:04.589><c> restless</c><00:27:05.150><c> until</c><00:27:06.009><c> they</c>

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find<00:27:06.670><c> rest</c><00:27:07.230><c> in</c><00:27:07.890><c> you.</c>

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So<00:27:10.069><c> we</c><00:27:10.289><c> can</c><00:27:10.450><c> seek</c><00:27:10.789><c> for</c><00:27:11.490><c> contentedness</c><00:27:12.549><c> in</c><00:27:13.130><c> our</c><00:27:13.329><c> Father's</c><00:27:13.869><c> love.</c><00:27:15.829><c> Thank</c><00:27:16.170><c> you.</c>

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So<00:27:21.230><c> I</c><00:27:22.250><c> want</c><00:27:22.329><c> to</c><00:27:22.430><c> take</c><00:27:22.529><c> us</c><00:27:22.650><c> on</c><00:27:22.809><c> another</c><00:27:23.029><c> trip</c><00:27:23.529><c> back</c><00:27:24.049><c> to</c><00:27:24.309><c> Africa.</c>

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Lessons<00:27:27.369><c> in</c><00:27:27.509><c> this</c><00:27:27.750><c> fight</c><00:27:28.250><c> against</c><00:27:29.089><c> materialism.</c><00:27:30.769><c> Only</c><00:27:31.009><c> now</c>

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we're<00:27:32.690><c> going</c><00:27:32.789><c> to</c><00:27:32.829><c> go</c><00:27:32.990><c> back</c><00:27:33.170><c> in</c><00:27:33.369><c> history</c><00:27:33.730><c> as</c><00:27:34.049><c> well.</c>

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Let's<00:27:34.869><c> go</c><00:27:35.289><c> back</c><00:27:35.529><c> to</c><00:27:35.769><c> Africa</c><00:27:36.309><c> where</c><00:27:37.970><c> Joseph</c><00:27:38.509><c> found</c><00:27:38.809><c> himself</c><00:27:39.769><c> when</c><00:27:40.730><c> he</c>

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was<00:27:42.289><c> in</c><00:27:43.490><c> Egypt.</c>

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lot<00:27:56.329><c> lately</c><00:27:56.730><c> in</c><00:27:57.529><c> the</c><00:27:57.869><c> Old</c><00:27:58.069><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:27:58.869><c> my</c><00:27:59.029><c> Bible</c><00:27:59.269><c> classes</c><00:27:59.690><c> have</c><00:27:59.930><c> been</c><00:28:00.069><c> more</c><00:28:00.410><c> Old</c><00:28:00.609><c> Testament</c><00:28:00.890><c> focused.</c><00:28:02.410><c> I'm</c>

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doing<00:28:03.150><c> a</c><00:28:03.309><c> New</c><00:28:03.450><c> Testament</c><00:28:03.750><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.589><c> today.</c>

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1<00:28:05.910><c> Timothy</c><00:28:06.190><c> 6</c><00:28:06.650><c> is</c><00:28:06.890><c> our</c><00:28:07.049><c> focus,</c><00:28:07.910><c> but</c><00:28:08.210><c> I</c><00:28:09.009><c> can't</c><00:28:09.269><c> help</c><00:28:09.630><c> but</c><00:28:09.970><c> going</c>

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back<00:28:11.410><c> to</c><00:28:12.849><c> the</c><00:28:13.730><c> Old</c><00:28:13.970><c> Testament,</c><00:28:14.349><c> to</c><00:28:14.549><c> Genesis.</c>

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I<00:28:17.009><c> think</c><00:28:17.170><c> there's</c><00:28:17.390><c> a</c><00:28:17.470><c> good</c><00:28:17.609><c> reason</c><00:28:17.890><c> for</c><00:28:18.049><c> that,</c><00:28:18.549><c> because</c><00:28:19.829><c> as</c><00:28:20.690><c> I</c>

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keep<00:28:21.069><c> seeing,</c><00:28:21.970><c> I've</c><00:28:23.390><c> been</c><00:28:23.829><c> seeing</c><00:28:24.390><c> Bible</c><00:28:24.829><c> echoes</c>

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again<00:28:25.789><c> and</c><00:28:25.990><c> again</c><00:28:26.470><c> in</c><00:28:26.849><c> the</c><00:28:27.009><c> Scriptures,</c><00:28:28.069><c> and</c><00:28:28.730><c> they</c><00:28:29.150><c> bring</c><00:28:29.410><c> out</c>

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powerful<00:28:31.170><c> meanings.</c><00:28:32.150><c> I</c><00:28:32.410><c> think</c><00:28:32.609><c> we're</c><00:28:32.750><c> going</c><00:28:32.809><c> to</c>

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find<00:28:33.170><c> that</c><00:28:33.309><c> that's</c><00:28:33.650><c> the</c><00:28:33.849><c> case</c><00:28:34.589><c> for</c><00:28:37.430><c> this</c><00:28:40.950><c> chapter</c><00:28:41.630><c> as</c><00:28:41.910><c> well.</c><00:28:43.769><c> There</c><00:28:43.930><c> are</c><00:28:47.009><c> 35</c><00:28:48.329><c> echoes</c><00:28:50.329><c> that</c><00:28:50.769><c> I</c>

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saw<00:28:51.569><c> scanning</c>

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feel,<00:29:01.309><c> that</c><00:29:01.609><c> are</c><00:29:01.930><c> there.</c>

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I'm<00:29:02.670><c> not</c><00:29:02.829><c> going</c><00:29:03.009><c> to</c><00:29:03.109><c> take</c><00:29:03.250><c> you</c><00:29:03.390><c> through</c><00:29:03.549><c> all</c><00:29:03.769><c> of</c><00:29:03.970><c> those</c><00:29:04.690><c> today.</c>

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I<00:29:07.670><c> do</c><00:29:07.710><c> want</c><00:29:08.529><c> to</c><00:29:08.650><c> take</c><00:29:08.750><c> you</c><00:29:08.950><c> through</c><00:29:09.450><c> the</c><00:29:09.670><c> ones</c>

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because<00:29:14.209><c> there's</c><00:29:14.849><c> an</c><00:29:15.309><c> awful</c><00:29:15.490><c> lot</c><00:29:15.890><c> of</c><00:29:17.730><c> additional</c><00:29:19.109><c> insight</c><00:29:19.630><c> I</c>

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think<00:29:19.910><c> we</c><00:29:20.009><c> can</c><00:29:20.269><c> have.</c><00:29:21.569><c> The</c><00:29:21.869><c> Scripture</c>

00:29:22.269 --> 00:29:28.349
just<00:29:22.970><c> takes</c><00:29:23.170><c> on</c><00:29:23.569><c> a</c><00:29:24.170><c> deeper</c><00:29:24.809><c> depth</c><00:29:25.730><c> of</c><00:29:26.009><c> meaning</c><00:29:26.509><c> when</c><00:29:27.049><c> we</c><00:29:28.029><c> can</c>

00:29:28.349 --> 00:29:31.589
see<00:29:29.109><c> kind</c><00:29:29.410><c> of</c><00:29:29.529><c> the</c><00:29:29.750><c> context</c><00:29:30.250><c> that</c><00:29:30.470><c> the</c><00:29:30.670><c> writers</c><00:29:30.930><c> are</c>

00:29:31.589 --> 00:29:39.329
hinting<00:29:32.009><c> at</c><00:29:32.490><c> in</c><00:29:32.950><c> other</c><00:29:33.190><c> passages.</c><00:29:36.490><c> So</c><00:29:36.789><c> just</c><00:29:37.670><c> jumping</c><00:29:37.990><c> back</c><00:29:38.309><c> to,</c><00:29:38.950><c> or</c>

00:29:39.329 --> 00:29:40.690
going<00:29:39.470><c> back</c><00:29:39.710><c> a</c><00:29:39.890><c> little</c><00:29:40.049><c> bit</c><00:29:40.170><c> from</c><00:29:40.369><c> before</c>

00:29:40.690 --> 00:29:44.190
chapter<00:29:41.130><c> 6,</c><00:29:41.910><c> you</c><00:29:41.990><c> hear</c><00:29:42.369><c> things</c><00:29:42.609><c> like,</c><00:29:43.549><c> you</c><00:29:43.549><c> shall</c><00:29:43.710><c> not</c><00:29:43.930><c> muzzle</c>

00:29:44.190 --> 00:29:46.990
out<00:29:44.430><c> an</c><00:29:44.650><c> ox</c><00:29:44.950><c> while</c><00:29:45.190><c> it's</c><00:29:45.470><c> treading</c><00:29:45.609><c> out</c><00:29:45.890><c> the</c><00:29:46.089><c> grain.</c>

00:29:48.910 --> 00:29:53.529
It<00:29:49.529><c> made</c><00:29:49.730><c> me</c><00:29:49.930><c> think</c><00:29:50.089><c> about,</c><00:29:51.009><c> oh,</c><00:29:52.210><c> grain</c><00:29:52.569><c> stored</c><00:29:52.950><c> up</c><00:29:53.109><c> in</c><00:29:53.269><c> Egypt</c>

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during<00:29:54.329><c> Joseph's</c><00:29:55.109><c> life.</c>

00:29:57.630 --> 00:30:02.109
Is<00:29:58.230><c> Paul</c><00:29:58.829><c> thinking</c><00:29:59.190><c> about</c><00:29:59.490><c> this</c><00:29:59.710><c> as</c><00:29:59.849><c> he's</c><00:30:00.230><c> writing</c><00:30:00.390><c> this?</c><00:30:01.250><c> That's</c><00:30:01.750><c> just</c><00:30:01.990><c> an</c>

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example<00:30:02.509><c> of</c><00:30:02.769><c> one</c><00:30:03.109><c> of</c><00:30:03.309><c> these</c><00:30:03.730><c> many,</c>

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many<00:30:05.450><c> again</c><00:30:05.710><c> and</c><00:30:05.849><c> again</c><00:30:06.109><c> places</c><00:30:06.569><c> where</c><00:30:06.990><c> we</c><00:30:07.190><c> see</c><00:30:07.450><c> it.</c><00:30:09.130><c> If</c><00:30:09.509><c> you</c>

00:30:09.650 --> 00:30:12.029
think<00:30:09.809><c> about</c><00:30:10.089><c> it,</c><00:30:10.609><c> Joseph</c><00:30:10.950><c> is</c><00:30:11.170><c> writing</c><00:30:11.430><c> to</c><00:30:11.730><c> Timothy,</c>

00:30:12.089 --> 00:30:17.950
a<00:30:12.230><c> young</c><00:30:12.490><c> man</c><00:30:13.109><c> in</c><00:30:13.529><c> the</c><00:30:13.769><c> truth,</c><00:30:14.089><c> and</c><00:30:15.509><c> I'm</c><00:30:16.049><c> not</c><00:30:16.250><c> surprised</c><00:30:16.809><c> that</c>

00:30:17.950 --> 00:30:20.450
it<00:30:18.349><c> seems</c><00:30:18.609><c> as</c><00:30:18.750><c> if</c><00:30:18.890><c> Paul</c><00:30:19.170><c> was</c><00:30:19.509><c> meditating</c><00:30:19.930><c> on</c><00:30:20.250><c> the</c>

00:30:20.450 --> 00:30:26.009
Joseph<00:30:20.650><c> story,</c><00:30:21.150><c> another</c><00:30:21.609><c> young</c><00:30:22.089><c> man</c><00:30:22.430><c> in</c><00:30:22.589><c> the</c><00:30:22.789><c> faith</c><00:30:23.109><c> who</c><00:30:24.809><c> endured</c><00:30:25.369><c> a</c><00:30:25.490><c> lot</c><00:30:25.690><c> of</c>

00:30:26.009 --> 00:30:30.349
trials<00:30:26.349><c> and</c><00:30:27.630><c> served</c><00:30:28.150><c> God</c><00:30:28.670><c> in</c><00:30:29.150><c> his</c><00:30:29.390><c> life,</c>

00:30:30.589 --> 00:30:34.170
and<00:30:31.009><c> as</c><00:30:31.430><c> Paul's</c><00:30:31.789><c> trying</c><00:30:31.930><c> to</c><00:30:32.109><c> inspire</c><00:30:32.809><c> his</c><00:30:33.289><c> young</c><00:30:33.569><c> protege,</c><00:30:34.130><c> I</c>

00:30:34.170 --> 00:30:37.710
think<00:30:34.769><c> he</c><00:30:34.950><c> was</c><00:30:35.230><c> meditating</c><00:30:35.690><c> on</c><00:30:36.450><c> his</c><00:30:36.730><c> scriptures.</c>

00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:46.089
One<00:30:41.589><c> little</c><00:30:41.910><c> verse</c><00:30:42.089><c> like</c><00:30:42.410><c> that,</c><00:30:42.809><c> or</c><00:30:42.950><c> one</c><00:30:43.029><c> little</c><00:30:43.809><c> word,</c><00:30:44.450><c> grain,</c><00:30:45.730><c> maybe</c>

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doesn't<00:30:46.490><c> prove</c><00:30:46.750><c> anything,</c>

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but<00:30:47.569><c> let's</c><00:30:48.069><c> keep</c><00:30:48.309><c> going.</c><00:30:49.490><c> In</c><00:30:50.210><c> verse</c><00:30:50.390><c> 19</c><00:30:50.990><c> of</c><00:30:51.210><c> chapter</c><00:30:51.450><c> 5,</c><00:30:51.769><c> never</c>

00:30:52.170 --> 00:30:54.829
accept<00:30:52.769><c> any</c><00:30:53.490><c> accusation</c><00:30:54.130><c> against</c><00:30:54.470><c> an</c><00:30:54.630><c> elder</c>

00:30:54.829 --> 00:30:57.910
except<00:30:55.190><c> on</c><00:30:55.390><c> the</c><00:30:55.630><c> evidence</c><00:30:55.950><c> of</c><00:30:56.170><c> two</c><00:30:56.269><c> or</c><00:30:56.349><c> three</c><00:30:56.549><c> witnesses.</c><00:30:57.609><c> An</c>

00:30:57.910 --> 00:31:03.289
accusation.<00:31:00.210><c> Joseph</c><00:31:00.930><c> had</c><00:31:01.609><c> a</c><00:31:02.430><c> false</c><00:31:02.670><c> accusation</c>

00:31:03.289 --> 00:31:06.569
against<00:31:03.650><c> him.</c><00:31:03.930><c> Remember</c><00:31:04.329><c> Potiphar's</c><00:31:04.950><c> wife</c><00:31:05.509><c> and</c><00:31:06.089><c> that</c><00:31:06.269><c> false</c>

00:31:06.569 --> 00:31:09.069
accusation<00:31:07.150><c> ended</c><00:31:07.829><c> him</c><00:31:08.009><c> in</c><00:31:08.210><c> jail.</c>

00:31:15.110 --> 00:31:18.650
Um,<00:31:15.670><c> but</c><00:31:16.230><c> in</c><00:31:16.890><c> the</c><00:31:17.089><c> Joseph</c><00:31:17.309><c> story,</c><00:31:17.769><c> there's</c><00:31:17.970><c> also</c><00:31:18.210><c> the</c><00:31:18.430><c> story</c>

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of<00:31:18.950><c> Judah</c><00:31:19.210><c> in</c><00:31:19.549><c> Genesis</c><00:31:19.849><c> 38.</c>

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Judah<00:31:21.769><c> was</c><00:31:21.990><c> publicly</c><00:31:22.390><c> rebuked</c><00:31:23.190><c> by</c><00:31:23.450><c> Tamar,</c><00:31:23.990><c> and</c><00:31:24.210><c> I</c><00:31:24.309><c> wonder</c><00:31:24.490><c> if</c>

00:31:24.950 --> 00:31:26.829
Paul<00:31:25.190><c> was</c><00:31:25.430><c> thinking</c><00:31:25.710><c> about</c><00:31:26.049><c> that.</c>

00:31:30.109 --> 00:31:33.170
Moving<00:31:30.430><c> on</c><00:31:30.569><c> to</c><00:31:30.630><c> verse</c><00:31:30.809><c> 21,</c><00:31:31.630><c> I</c><00:31:31.769><c> charge</c><00:31:32.150><c> you</c><00:31:32.309><c> to</c><00:31:32.529><c> keep</c><00:31:32.750><c> these</c>

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instructions<00:31:33.769><c> without</c><00:31:34.309><c> partiality</c>

00:31:35.269 --> 00:31:41.289
and<00:31:35.690><c> do</c><00:31:35.890><c> nothing</c><00:31:36.569><c> out</c><00:31:36.950><c> of</c><00:31:37.170><c> favoritism.</c><00:31:38.970><c> There</c><00:31:39.529><c> was</c><00:31:39.930><c> definitely</c><00:31:40.349><c> a</c><00:31:40.829><c> lot</c><00:31:41.089><c> of</c>

00:31:41.289 --> 00:31:42.589
favoritism<00:31:41.789><c> in</c><00:31:42.170><c> the</c><00:31:42.329><c> Joseph</c>

00:31:42.589 --> 00:31:48.210
story.<00:31:43.269><c> His</c><00:31:43.369><c> father</c><00:31:43.670><c> Jacob</c><00:31:44.150><c> was</c><00:31:44.910><c> totally</c><00:31:45.809><c> showing</c><00:31:46.890><c> favoritism</c><00:31:47.589><c> to</c><00:31:47.789><c> Joseph</c>

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and<00:31:48.390><c> then</c><00:31:48.609><c> later</c><00:31:48.849><c> towards</c><00:31:49.130><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:31:52.029 --> 00:31:57.829
Keep<00:31:52.230><c> yourself</c><00:31:52.630><c> pure.</c><00:31:53.789><c> Well,</c><00:31:54.069><c> Joseph</c><00:31:54.529><c> remained</c><00:31:55.029><c> pure</c><00:31:55.289><c> by</c><00:31:55.569><c> fleeing</c><00:31:55.849><c> temptation.</c><00:31:57.809><c> So</c>

00:31:57.829 --> 00:31:59.349
now<00:31:58.210><c> that</c><00:31:58.710><c> just</c><00:31:58.869><c> gives</c><00:31:58.950><c> you</c><00:31:59.170><c> a</c>

00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:01.509
feel<00:31:59.509><c> for</c><00:31:59.769><c> a</c><00:31:59.910><c> little</c><00:32:00.029><c> bit.</c><00:32:00.170><c> Now</c><00:32:00.329><c> let's</c><00:32:00.470><c> focus</c><00:32:00.789><c> on</c><00:32:01.150><c> what</c><00:32:01.390><c> about</c>

00:32:01.509 --> 00:32:03.150
the<00:32:01.730><c> Joseph</c><00:32:01.990><c> allusions</c><00:32:02.369><c> in</c><00:32:02.630><c> our</c><00:32:02.809><c> chapter,</c>

00:32:03.150 --> 00:32:11.369
chapter<00:32:03.509><c> 6.</c><00:32:05.170><c> He's</c><00:32:05.329><c> talking</c><00:32:05.650><c> about</c><00:32:06.150><c> those</c><00:32:06.529><c> under</c><00:32:06.809><c> a</c><00:32:06.910><c> yoke</c><00:32:07.069><c> of</c><00:32:07.289><c> slavery.</c><00:32:08.450><c> Well,</c><00:32:10.490><c> Joseph</c><00:32:10.490><c> was</c><00:32:10.750><c> a</c><00:32:11.009><c> slave.</c>

00:32:11.549 --> 00:32:20.170
He<00:32:11.710><c> was</c><00:32:11.869><c> sold</c><00:32:12.049><c> into</c><00:32:12.269><c> slavery,</c><00:32:13.130><c> and</c><00:32:15.430><c> he</c><00:32:16.049><c> served</c><00:32:16.589><c> his</c><00:32:16.789><c> master</c><00:32:17.369><c> with</c><00:32:18.289><c> full</c><00:32:18.650><c> respect,</c><00:32:19.849><c> so</c>

00:32:20.170 --> 00:32:21.909
much<00:32:20.410><c> respect</c><00:32:20.869><c> that</c><00:32:21.049><c> he</c>

00:32:22.529 --> 00:32:27.750
was<00:32:23.250><c> not</c><00:32:23.630><c> willing</c><00:32:23.990><c> to</c><00:32:24.589><c> give</c><00:32:24.849><c> in</c><00:32:24.990><c> to</c><00:32:25.150><c> the</c><00:32:25.250><c> temptation</c><00:32:25.730><c> that</c><00:32:26.049><c> Potiphar's</c><00:32:26.509><c> wife</c><00:32:26.769><c> was</c>

00:32:27.750 --> 00:32:29.849
calling<00:32:28.569><c> him</c><00:32:28.910><c> to.</c>

00:32:30.150 --> 00:32:37.470
Um,<00:32:32.569><c> what</c><00:32:32.730><c> about</c><00:32:32.970><c> verse</c><00:32:33.289><c> 2?</c><00:32:36.069><c> Believing</c><00:32:36.250><c> masters</c><00:32:36.630><c> must</c><00:32:37.029><c> not</c><00:32:37.349><c> be</c>

00:32:37.470 --> 00:32:39.250
disrespectful<00:32:38.190><c> on</c><00:32:38.369><c> the</c><00:32:38.490><c> ground</c><00:32:38.650><c> that</c><00:32:38.890><c> they</c>

00:32:39.250 --> 00:32:44.549
are<00:32:39.670><c> brothers.</c><00:32:41.630><c> Better</c><00:32:42.430><c> since</c><00:32:42.809><c> they</c><00:32:43.150><c> who</c><00:32:43.390><c> benefit</c><00:32:43.910><c> by</c><00:32:44.289><c> their</c>

00:32:44.549 --> 00:32:48.069
good<00:32:44.789><c> service</c><00:32:45.369><c> are</c><00:32:45.910><c> believers</c><00:32:46.509><c> and</c><00:32:47.170><c> beloved.</c>

00:32:49.429 --> 00:32:56.470
I<00:32:49.829><c> wonder</c><00:32:50.130><c> if</c><00:32:50.250><c> Paul</c><00:32:50.509><c> was</c><00:32:50.710><c> thinking</c><00:32:50.970><c> about</c><00:32:52.029><c> the</c><00:32:52.509><c> fact</c><00:32:52.690><c> that</c><00:32:53.349><c> Joseph's</c><00:32:54.049><c> service</c><00:32:54.990><c> for</c><00:32:55.829><c> Pharaoh</c>

00:32:56.470 --> 00:33:03.549
led<00:32:58.309><c> to</c><00:32:59.250><c> the</c><00:32:59.670><c> salvation</c><00:33:00.190><c> of</c><00:33:00.890><c> his</c><00:33:01.069><c> family.</c><00:33:02.269><c> Joseph's</c><00:33:02.670><c> brothers</c>

00:33:03.549 --> 00:33:06.109
benefited<00:33:04.349><c> from</c><00:33:04.829><c> his</c><00:33:05.109><c> service.</c>

00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:14.849
In<00:33:08.609><c> verse</c><00:33:08.750><c> 4,</c><00:33:11.069><c> there</c><00:33:11.069><c> was</c><00:33:11.829><c> discussion</c><00:33:12.490><c> of</c><00:33:13.250><c> envy,</c><00:33:14.190><c> dissension,</c>

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strife,<00:33:15.750><c> slander.</c><00:33:17.549><c> You</c><00:33:17.549><c> know,</c>

00:33:18.390 --> 00:33:21.650
a<00:33:18.890><c> lot</c><00:33:19.130><c> of</c><00:33:19.250><c> those</c><00:33:19.769><c> attributes</c><00:33:20.309><c> sound</c><00:33:20.589><c> a</c><00:33:20.769><c> lot</c><00:33:20.890><c> like</c><00:33:21.150><c> Joseph's</c>

00:33:21.650 --> 00:33:24.369
brothers<00:33:22.130><c> and</c><00:33:22.710><c> how</c><00:33:22.869><c> they</c><00:33:23.009><c> were</c><00:33:23.250><c> envious</c><00:33:23.549><c> of</c><00:33:23.730><c> him,</c>

00:33:24.369 --> 00:33:28.309
and<00:33:24.829><c> they</c><00:33:24.930><c> had</c><00:33:25.470><c> that</c><00:33:25.769><c> strife.</c><00:33:27.369><c> There</c><00:33:27.470><c> was</c><00:33:27.650><c> definitely</c><00:33:27.990><c> strife</c>

00:33:28.309 --> 00:33:29.769
in<00:33:28.490><c> that</c><00:33:28.650><c> family.</c>

00:33:31.910 --> 00:33:35.450
Verse<00:33:32.130><c> 11,</c><00:33:32.890><c> but</c><00:33:32.970><c> as</c><00:33:33.470><c> for</c><00:33:33.710><c> you,</c><00:33:33.990><c> O</c><00:33:34.049><c> man</c><00:33:34.150><c> of</c><00:33:34.349><c> God,</c><00:33:34.710><c> flee</c><00:33:35.089><c> these</c>

00:33:35.450 --> 00:33:37.549
things.<00:33:35.789><c> Pursue</c><00:33:36.150><c> righteousness,</c><00:33:37.210><c> godliness,</c>

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faith,<00:33:38.750><c> love,</c><00:33:39.109><c> steadfastness,</c><00:33:40.089><c> and</c><00:33:40.309><c> gentleness.</c><00:33:41.950><c> That</c><00:33:42.430><c> fleeing</c><00:33:43.009><c> reminds</c><00:33:44.609><c> me</c>

00:33:44.829 --> 00:33:45.969
of<00:33:45.029><c> Joseph,</c><00:33:45.569><c> you</c><00:33:45.569><c> know,</c>

00:33:45.970 --> 00:33:49.329
fleeing<00:33:46.470><c> from</c><00:33:46.730><c> Potiphar's</c><00:33:47.329><c> wife's</c><00:33:48.369><c> advances.</c>

00:33:51.970 --> 00:33:56.329
The<00:33:52.250><c> verse</c><00:33:52.490><c> in</c><00:33:52.609><c> verse</c><00:33:52.809><c> 13</c><00:33:53.329><c> of</c><00:33:53.750><c> speaking,</c><00:33:54.809><c> Paul's</c><00:33:55.509><c> looking</c><00:33:55.829><c> at</c>

00:33:56.329 --> 00:33:58.730
that<00:33:56.490><c> image</c><00:33:56.690><c> of</c><00:33:56.890><c> Jesus</c><00:33:57.230><c> making</c><00:33:57.569><c> his</c><00:33:57.809><c> good</c><00:33:58.150><c> confession</c>

00:33:58.730 --> 00:34:04.109
before<00:33:59.549><c> Pontius</c><00:33:59.990><c> Pilate,</c><00:34:00.490><c> the</c><00:34:00.630><c> ruler</c><00:34:01.190><c> of</c><00:34:02.690><c> Israel</c><00:34:03.349><c> at</c><00:34:03.529><c> the</c><00:34:03.710><c> time,</c><00:34:03.950><c> one</c>

00:34:04.109 --> 00:34:05.890
of<00:34:04.230><c> the</c><00:34:04.430><c> representatives</c><00:34:04.930><c> of</c><00:34:05.509><c> the</c><00:34:05.630><c> Roman</c>

00:34:05.890 --> 00:34:09.650
Empire,<00:34:06.589><c> the</c><00:34:06.730><c> biggest</c><00:34:06.950><c> empire</c><00:34:07.369><c> in</c><00:34:07.529><c> the</c><00:34:07.630><c> world.</c><00:34:08.409><c> Well,</c><00:34:09.349><c> Joseph</c>

00:34:09.650 --> 00:34:12.510
made<00:34:09.889><c> testimony</c><00:34:10.429><c> before</c><00:34:10.829><c> a</c><00:34:10.989><c> ruler.</c><00:34:11.929><c> He</c><00:34:12.170><c> said,</c>

00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:15.550
God's<00:34:13.570><c> going</c><00:34:13.750><c> to</c><00:34:14.110><c> interpret</c><00:34:14.429><c> your</c><00:34:14.730><c> dream.</c>

00:34:20.269 --> 00:34:26.090
Keep<00:34:20.909><c> oneself</c><00:34:21.489><c> unstained</c><00:34:22.630><c> and</c><00:34:23.949><c> free</c><00:34:24.170><c> from</c><00:34:24.389><c> reproach.</c><00:34:25.690><c> You</c><00:34:25.690><c> know,</c><00:34:25.889><c> one</c><00:34:26.010><c> of</c>

00:34:26.090 --> 00:34:27.369
the<00:34:26.170><c> things</c><00:34:26.269><c> about</c><00:34:26.489><c> Joseph</c><00:34:26.889><c> is,</c>

00:34:27.369 --> 00:34:31.690
you<00:34:27.429><c> know,</c><00:34:27.750><c> unlike</c><00:34:28.170><c> almost</c><00:34:29.510><c> every</c><00:34:29.750><c> other</c><00:34:30.030><c> character</c><00:34:30.289><c> in</c><00:34:30.429><c> the</c><00:34:30.570><c> Bible,</c>

00:34:33.050 --> 00:34:37.690
accepting<00:34:33.449><c> our</c><00:34:33.670><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.869><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:35.210><c> there</c><00:34:35.829><c> are</c><00:34:36.329><c> blemishes</c><00:34:36.750><c> in</c><00:34:36.949><c> their</c><00:34:37.130><c> character</c><00:34:37.489><c> that</c>

00:34:37.690 --> 00:34:38.849
we<00:34:37.929><c> see.</c>

00:34:38.929 --> 00:34:43.050
Joseph,<00:34:39.530><c> it</c><00:34:39.769><c> seems</c><00:34:40.030><c> like,</c><00:34:40.389><c> though,</c><00:34:40.750><c> seems</c><00:34:40.929><c> kind</c><00:34:41.130><c> of</c><00:34:41.309><c> blameless.</c><00:34:42.789><c> I</c><00:34:42.909><c> don't</c>

00:34:43.050 --> 00:34:43.929
know,<00:34:43.150><c> maybe</c><00:34:43.329><c> that's</c><00:34:43.590><c> a</c><00:34:43.730><c> stretch,</c>

00:34:43.929 --> 00:34:50.889
but<00:34:44.269><c> that</c><00:34:44.610><c> came</c><00:34:44.849><c> to</c><00:34:45.070><c> mind.</c><00:34:46.809><c> Verse</c><00:34:47.030><c> 17,</c><00:34:50.050><c> don't</c><00:34:50.429><c> set</c><00:34:50.570><c> your</c><00:34:50.750><c> hopes</c>

00:34:50.889 --> 00:34:51.730
on<00:34:51.090><c> uncertain</c><00:34:51.429><c> riches,</c>

00:34:51.769 --> 00:34:55.789
but<00:34:51.909><c> on</c><00:34:52.190><c> God</c><00:34:52.510><c> who</c><00:34:52.789><c> richly</c><00:34:53.469><c> provides</c><00:34:53.889><c> us</c><00:34:54.190><c> with</c><00:34:54.650><c> everything.</c>

00:34:58.429 --> 00:35:06.769
Joseph's<00:34:58.989><c> story</c><00:34:59.110><c> sure</c><00:34:59.590><c> has</c><00:35:00.530><c> a</c><00:35:00.769><c> big</c><00:35:00.929><c> focus</c><00:35:01.289><c> on</c><00:35:01.510><c> God's</c><00:35:01.969><c> provision,</c><00:35:03.469><c> which</c><00:35:04.150><c> saved</c><00:35:04.469><c> his</c><00:35:04.750><c> people</c><00:35:05.269><c> during</c><00:35:05.610><c> a</c><00:35:05.849><c> famine.</c>

00:35:08.730 --> 00:35:13.309
Verse<00:35:09.170><c> 18,</c><00:35:09.610><c> they</c><00:35:10.210><c> that</c><00:35:10.369><c> are</c><00:35:10.530><c> to</c><00:35:10.690><c> do</c><00:35:10.889><c> good,</c><00:35:11.769><c> to</c><00:35:12.190><c> be</c><00:35:12.389><c> rich</c><00:35:12.610><c> in</c><00:35:12.769><c> good</c><00:35:12.989><c> works,</c><00:35:13.170><c> to</c>

00:35:13.309 --> 00:35:15.829
be<00:35:13.590><c> generous</c><00:35:14.110><c> and</c><00:35:14.349><c> ready</c><00:35:14.690><c> to</c><00:35:15.110><c> share.</c>

00:35:19.109 --> 00:35:24.610
Joseph<00:35:19.549><c> had</c><00:35:19.989><c> the</c><00:35:20.190><c> opportunity</c><00:35:20.889><c> to</c><00:35:23.429><c> have</c><00:35:23.849><c> vengeance</c><00:35:24.269><c> on</c><00:35:24.429><c> his</c>

00:35:24.610 --> 00:35:26.989
brothers<00:35:25.050><c> when</c><00:35:25.449><c> they</c><00:35:25.650><c> came</c><00:35:25.949><c> looking</c><00:35:26.369><c> for</c><00:35:26.630><c> food</c>

00:35:26.989 --> 00:35:29.590
to<00:35:27.349><c> Egypt.</c><00:35:28.130><c> He</c><00:35:28.409><c> could</c><00:35:28.449><c> have</c><00:35:28.570><c> shut</c><00:35:28.690><c> up</c><00:35:28.909><c> shop</c><00:35:29.050><c> and</c><00:35:29.170><c> said,</c><00:35:29.329><c> sorry,</c>

00:35:29.730 --> 00:35:31.750
folks,<00:35:30.250><c> no</c><00:35:30.309><c> more</c><00:35:30.449><c> business.</c><00:35:31.150><c> We're</c><00:35:31.409><c> closed</c><00:35:31.590><c> for</c>

00:35:31.750 --> 00:35:34.989
the<00:35:31.869><c> day,</c><00:35:32.130><c> or,</c><00:35:32.389><c> you</c><00:35:32.489><c> know,</c><00:35:32.590><c> we</c><00:35:32.750><c> don't</c><00:35:33.070><c> sell</c><00:35:33.309><c> to</c><00:35:33.789><c> outsiders,</c><00:35:34.389><c> or</c>

00:35:34.989 --> 00:35:36.670
he<00:35:35.190><c> could</c><00:35:35.349><c> have</c><00:35:35.449><c> come</c><00:35:35.590><c> up</c><00:35:35.730><c> with</c><00:35:35.889><c> any</c><00:35:36.070><c> excuse</c><00:35:36.289><c> he</c><00:35:36.489><c> wanted</c>

00:35:36.670 --> 00:35:47.409
to.<00:35:37.409><c> But</c><00:35:37.869><c> he</c><00:35:38.550><c> instead</c><00:35:39.030><c> shared</c><00:35:39.449><c> his</c><00:35:40.329><c> grain</c><00:35:40.710><c> with</c><00:35:41.610><c> his</c><00:35:41.869><c> brethren.</c><00:35:44.590><c> And</c><00:35:44.590><c> he</c>

00:35:47.409 --> 00:35:51.530
did<00:35:47.650><c> so,</c><00:35:48.530><c> you</c><00:35:50.510><c> know,</c><00:35:50.650><c> even</c><00:35:50.909><c> before</c>

00:35:51.530 --> 00:35:58.210
he<00:35:52.110><c> saw</c><00:35:52.349><c> the</c><00:35:53.590><c> inklings</c><00:35:54.130><c> of</c><00:35:54.949><c> changes</c><00:35:55.670><c> of</c><00:35:55.989><c> heart</c><00:35:56.349><c> that</c><00:35:57.869><c> Judah,</c>

00:35:58.210 --> 00:36:00.590
for<00:35:58.409><c> example,</c><00:35:58.929><c> showed</c><00:35:59.050><c> when</c><00:35:59.170><c> he</c><00:35:59.309><c> was</c><00:35:59.429><c> willing</c><00:35:59.690><c> to</c>

00:36:00.609 --> 00:36:07.349
give<00:36:00.889><c> of</c><00:36:01.070><c> himself</c><00:36:01.570><c> and</c><00:36:01.849><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:02.389><c> for</c><00:36:02.630><c> his</c><00:36:02.869><c> brother.</c><00:36:05.210><c> Storing</c><00:36:05.469><c> up</c><00:36:05.730><c> good</c><00:36:05.929><c> treasure,</c><00:36:06.630><c> storing</c><00:36:06.829><c> up</c><00:36:07.050><c> treasure,</c>

00:36:07.409 --> 00:36:11.550
I'm<00:36:07.590><c> sorry,</c><00:36:08.010><c> reminded</c><00:36:08.550><c> me</c><00:36:08.829><c> of</c><00:36:08.929><c> that</c><00:36:09.110><c> image</c><00:36:09.429><c> of</c><00:36:09.809><c> Joseph</c><00:36:10.590><c> storing</c><00:36:11.010><c> up</c><00:36:11.250><c> the</c>

00:36:11.550 --> 00:36:14.290
grain.<00:36:13.070><c> In</c><00:36:13.250><c> verse</c><00:36:13.510><c> 20,</c>

00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:18.909
Paul<00:36:16.230><c> says</c><00:36:16.489><c> to</c><00:36:16.650><c> Timothy,</c><00:36:16.949><c> guard</c><00:36:17.409><c> what</c><00:36:17.630><c> has</c><00:36:17.869><c> been</c><00:36:18.250><c> entrusted</c>

00:36:18.909 --> 00:36:20.489
to<00:36:19.250><c> your</c><00:36:19.530><c> care.</c>

00:36:21.950 --> 00:36:26.090
Those<00:36:22.510><c> words</c><00:36:23.070><c> kind</c><00:36:23.429><c> of</c><00:36:23.590><c> make</c><00:36:23.670><c> me</c><00:36:23.949><c> think</c><00:36:24.210><c> very</c><00:36:24.550><c> much</c><00:36:25.070><c> that</c><00:36:25.750><c> Paul</c>

00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:28.489
was<00:36:26.389><c> kind</c><00:36:26.530><c> of</c><00:36:26.670><c> thinking</c><00:36:26.809><c> about</c><00:36:27.190><c> how</c><00:36:27.530><c> Joseph</c>

00:36:28.970 --> 00:36:33.130
was<00:36:29.570><c> entrusted</c><00:36:30.170><c> to</c><00:36:30.429><c> care</c><00:36:30.750><c> for</c><00:36:31.050><c> those</c><00:36:31.590><c> stores</c><00:36:31.949><c> of</c><00:36:32.230><c> food</c><00:36:32.449><c> and</c><00:36:32.909><c> to</c>

00:36:33.130 --> 00:36:35.329
make<00:36:33.389><c> sure</c><00:36:33.829><c> that</c><00:36:34.130><c> they</c><00:36:34.889><c> lasted</c>

00:36:35.329 --> 00:36:43.409
through<00:36:36.190><c> those</c><00:36:36.690><c> seven</c><00:36:36.989><c> years</c><00:36:37.329><c> of</c><00:36:37.590><c> famine.</c><00:36:39.750><c> So,</c><00:36:40.750><c> you</c><00:36:40.869><c> know,</c><00:36:41.150><c> that's</c><00:36:41.309><c> just</c><00:36:41.550><c> focused</c><00:36:43.190><c> on</c>

00:36:43.409 --> 00:36:44.030
the<00:36:43.650><c> last,</c>

00:36:44.030 --> 00:36:47.889
you<00:36:44.329><c> know,</c><00:36:44.670><c> chapter</c><00:36:44.869><c> and</c><00:36:45.170><c> a</c><00:36:45.269><c> half,</c><00:36:45.750><c> and</c><00:36:46.429><c> there's</c><00:36:46.730><c> many</c><00:36:47.050><c> others,</c><00:36:47.449><c> I</c><00:36:47.590><c> could</c><00:36:47.670><c> say</c>

00:36:47.889 --> 00:36:49.869
35<00:36:48.570><c> different</c><00:36:48.909><c> illusions.</c>

00:36:51.130 --> 00:36:54.849
So<00:36:51.349><c> when</c><00:36:52.050><c> we</c><00:36:52.309><c> look</c><00:36:52.449><c> at</c><00:36:52.650><c> that,</c><00:36:53.210><c> you</c><00:36:53.230><c> can</c><00:36:53.489><c> see</c><00:36:53.690><c> that</c><00:36:53.969><c> Joseph</c><00:36:54.269><c> is,</c>

00:36:54.849 --> 00:36:56.550
I<00:36:55.070><c> think,</c><00:36:55.730><c> thinking</c><00:36:55.750><c> about,</c>

00:36:57.010 --> 00:37:01.869
I'm<00:36:57.570><c> sorry,</c><00:36:57.710><c> Paul</c><00:36:57.929><c> is</c><00:36:58.130><c> thinking</c><00:36:58.389><c> about</c><00:36:58.730><c> Joseph</c><00:36:59.230><c> as</c><00:37:00.110><c> he's</c><00:37:00.809><c> communicating</c><00:37:01.289><c> to</c>

00:37:01.869 --> 00:37:04.590
Timothy.<00:37:03.289><c> And</c><00:37:03.550><c> when</c><00:37:03.690><c> we</c><00:37:04.210><c> have</c><00:37:04.349><c> that</c>

00:37:04.590 --> 00:37:07.550
perspective<00:37:05.130><c> and</c><00:37:05.349><c> we</c><00:37:05.510><c> can</c><00:37:06.230><c> kind</c><00:37:06.409><c> of</c><00:37:06.530><c> think</c><00:37:06.710><c> about</c><00:37:07.050><c> how</c><00:37:07.269><c> these</c>

00:37:07.550 --> 00:37:11.090
things<00:37:07.769><c> kind</c><00:37:07.989><c> of</c><00:37:08.230><c> tie</c><00:37:08.489><c> in,</c><00:37:09.449><c> these</c><00:37:10.230><c> themes</c><00:37:10.849><c> and</c>

00:37:11.090 --> 00:37:16.269
these<00:37:11.409><c> words</c><00:37:11.889><c> tie</c><00:37:12.349><c> into</c><00:37:12.550><c> the</c><00:37:12.789><c> Joseph</c><00:37:13.050><c> story,</c><00:37:15.070><c> the</c><00:37:15.269><c> opportunity</c><00:37:15.289><c> to</c><00:37:15.849><c> reflect</c>

00:37:16.269 --> 00:37:17.329
on<00:37:16.489><c> those</c><00:37:16.849><c> illusions,</c>

00:37:17.469 --> 00:37:21.190
and<00:37:17.789><c> I</c><00:37:17.789><c> think</c><00:37:17.949><c> it</c><00:37:18.110><c> really</c><00:37:18.389><c> adds</c><00:37:18.909><c> to</c><00:37:19.110><c> the</c><00:37:19.309><c> richness</c><00:37:19.829><c> of</c><00:37:20.789><c> Paul's</c>

00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:24.989
message.<00:37:22.530><c> Let's</c><00:37:22.769><c> go</c><00:37:22.989><c> back</c><00:37:23.250><c> and</c><00:37:23.789><c> think</c><00:37:24.070><c> about</c>

00:37:24.989 --> 00:37:28.010
chapter<00:37:25.730><c> six</c><00:37:26.030><c> and</c><00:37:26.230><c> think</c><00:37:26.449><c> about,</c><00:37:27.030><c> you</c><00:37:27.289><c> know,</c><00:37:27.550><c> again,</c><00:37:28.010><c> towards</c>

00:37:28.010 --> 00:37:31.169
our<00:37:28.289><c> strategy</c><00:37:28.750><c> of</c><00:37:29.630><c> fighting</c><00:37:30.010><c> materialism.</c>

00:37:33.349 --> 00:37:37.710
So<00:37:33.789><c> lack</c><00:37:34.269><c> of</c><00:37:34.550><c> contentment</c><00:37:35.590><c> that's</c><00:37:36.130><c> described</c><00:37:36.449><c> of</c><00:37:37.050><c> the</c><00:37:37.210><c> people</c>

00:37:37.710 --> 00:37:40.689
in<00:37:38.130><c> verses</c><00:37:38.369><c> three</c><00:37:38.929><c> through</c><00:37:39.730><c> five</c>

00:37:42.109 --> 00:37:49.710
seems<00:37:42.949><c> to</c><00:37:43.110><c> be</c><00:37:43.309><c> connected</c><00:37:43.730><c> to</c><00:37:45.309><c> dysfunction</c><00:37:45.789><c> in</c><00:37:46.070><c> relationships.</c><00:37:48.349><c> There</c><00:37:48.510><c> seems</c><00:37:48.710><c> to</c><00:37:48.849><c> be</c><00:37:48.989><c> a</c><00:37:49.130><c> correlation</c>

00:37:49.710 --> 00:37:54.210
that<00:37:49.989><c> Paul's</c><00:37:51.690><c> drawing</c><00:37:51.829><c> out</c><00:37:52.130><c> here.</c><00:37:52.769><c> These</c><00:37:52.829><c> people</c><00:37:53.349><c> who</c>

00:37:59.690 --> 00:38:05.250
slander,<00:38:00.410><c> evil</c><00:38:01.130><c> suspicions,</c><00:38:02.389><c> there</c><00:38:02.610><c> was</c><00:38:02.769><c> a</c><00:38:02.949><c> constant</c><00:38:03.409><c> friction</c><00:38:04.190><c> among</c>

00:38:05.250 --> 00:38:07.670
people<00:38:05.650><c> with</c><00:38:06.329><c> these</c><00:38:06.889><c> people</c><00:38:07.389><c> who</c><00:38:07.510><c> are</c>

00:38:07.670 --> 00:38:10.530
depraved<00:38:08.170><c> in</c><00:38:08.449><c> mind</c><00:38:08.630><c> and</c><00:38:08.829><c> deprived</c><00:38:09.150><c> of</c><00:38:09.349><c> the</c><00:38:09.510><c> truth,</c><00:38:09.989><c> imagining</c>

00:38:10.530 --> 00:38:13.570
that<00:38:10.909><c> godliness</c><00:38:11.449><c> is</c><00:38:11.849><c> a</c><00:38:12.030><c> means</c><00:38:12.309><c> of</c><00:38:12.670><c> gain.</c>

00:38:13.230 --> 00:38:25.390
They<00:38:14.010><c> seem</c><00:38:14.150><c> to</c><00:38:14.289><c> be</c><00:38:14.570><c> striving</c><00:38:14.869><c> after</c><00:38:15.949><c> material</c><00:38:16.949><c> gain,</c><00:38:18.889><c> and</c><00:38:19.550><c> that</c><00:38:20.969><c> attitude</c><00:38:22.170><c> is</c><00:38:24.110><c> also</c>

00:38:27.030 --> 00:38:33.329
affecting<00:38:27.869><c> or</c><00:38:28.929><c> correlating</c><00:38:29.449><c> with</c><00:38:30.190><c> that</c><00:38:31.230><c> attitude</c><00:38:31.969><c> that's</c>

00:38:33.329 --> 00:38:35.590
causing<00:38:33.590><c> dysfunction</c><00:38:34.369><c> among</c><00:38:35.150><c> their</c><00:38:35.369><c> brother,</c>

00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:41.489
this<00:38:36.250><c> envying,</c><00:38:37.110><c> this</c><00:38:37.289><c> dissension,</c><00:38:37.670><c> these</c><00:38:38.429><c> tensions.</c><00:38:40.349><c> And</c><00:38:40.989><c> there's</c><00:38:41.389><c> a</c>

00:38:41.489 --> 00:38:43.409
big<00:38:41.710><c> contrast</c><00:38:42.269><c> with</c><00:38:42.670><c> the</c><00:38:43.030><c> instructions</c>

00:38:43.409 --> 00:38:51.829
for<00:38:43.730><c> the</c><00:38:43.969><c> slaves</c><00:38:44.230><c> in</c><00:38:44.429><c> verses</c><00:38:44.630><c> one</c><00:38:44.849><c> and</c><00:38:45.070><c> two</c><00:38:45.510><c> who</c><00:38:46.250><c> are</c><00:38:46.989><c> to</c><00:38:47.329><c> serve,</c><00:38:48.389><c> to</c><00:38:48.849><c> benefit</c><00:38:49.250><c> others.</c><00:38:50.829><c> The</c><00:38:51.110><c> people</c><00:38:51.389><c> in</c><00:38:51.590><c> verses</c>

00:38:51.829 --> 00:38:57.190
three<00:38:52.110><c> through</c><00:38:52.289><c> five</c><00:38:52.530><c> are</c><00:38:52.690><c> all</c><00:38:52.849><c> about</c><00:38:53.050><c> themselves,</c><00:38:54.349><c> and</c><00:38:54.829><c> Paul's</c><00:38:55.250><c> trying</c><00:38:55.389><c> to</c>

00:38:57.190 --> 00:38:58.230
encourage,<00:38:57.190><c> to</c><00:38:57.570><c> tell</c><00:38:57.710><c> Timothy</c><00:38:57.989><c> to</c>

00:38:58.230 --> 00:39:07.090
encourage<00:38:58.429><c> people</c><00:38:58.809><c> to</c><00:38:59.710><c> live</c><00:38:59.949><c> lives</c><00:39:00.329><c> of</c><00:39:00.590><c> service</c><00:39:01.329><c> instead.</c><00:39:04.050><c> There's</c><00:39:04.250><c> another</c><00:39:04.469><c> contrast,</c><00:39:05.650><c> and</c><00:39:06.030><c> the</c><00:39:06.230><c> real</c><00:39:06.510><c> core</c><00:39:06.849><c> of</c>

00:39:07.090 --> 00:39:17.610
Paul's<00:39:07.429><c> message</c><00:39:07.829><c> and</c><00:39:08.090><c> the</c><00:39:08.550><c> strategy</c><00:39:09.110><c> of</c><00:39:09.690><c> fighting</c><00:39:10.730><c> materialism</c><00:39:13.590><c> and</c><00:39:15.750><c> envying</c><00:39:16.329><c> and</c><00:39:16.630><c> covetousness</c>

00:39:18.130 --> 00:39:23.690
is<00:39:18.750><c> in</c><00:39:18.929><c> verses</c><00:39:19.230><c> six</c><00:39:19.510><c> and</c><00:39:19.670><c> seven.</c><00:39:20.670><c> But</c><00:39:20.909><c> godliness</c><00:39:21.369><c> with</c><00:39:21.650><c> contentment</c><00:39:22.250><c> is</c><00:39:22.690><c> great</c><00:39:23.010><c> gain,</c><00:39:23.590><c> for</c>

00:39:23.690 --> 00:39:24.650
we<00:39:23.989><c> brought</c><00:39:24.250><c> nothing</c>

00:39:24.650 --> 00:39:27.610
into<00:39:24.849><c> the</c><00:39:25.050><c> world,</c><00:39:25.289><c> and</c><00:39:25.409><c> we</c><00:39:25.530><c> can</c><00:39:25.730><c> take</c><00:39:25.969><c> nothing</c><00:39:26.309><c> out</c><00:39:26.530><c> of</c><00:39:26.610><c> the</c><00:39:26.750><c> world.</c><00:39:27.429><c> But</c><00:39:27.510><c> if</c>

00:39:27.610 --> 00:39:29.349
we<00:39:27.730><c> have</c><00:39:27.869><c> food</c><00:39:28.070><c> and</c><00:39:28.309><c> clothing</c><00:39:28.650><c> with</c>

00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:39.530
these,<00:39:30.050><c> we</c><00:39:30.230><c> will</c><00:39:30.429><c> be</c><00:39:31.090><c> content.</c><00:39:34.389><c> Just</c><00:39:34.869><c> being</c><00:39:37.250><c> thankful</c><00:39:37.909><c> for</c><00:39:38.230><c> the</c><00:39:38.690><c> essentials</c><00:39:39.110><c> that</c><00:39:39.309><c> we</c>

00:39:39.530 --> 00:39:40.610
have<00:39:39.730><c> rather</c><00:39:40.030><c> than</c><00:39:40.309><c> striving</c>

00:39:40.610 --> 00:39:45.889
for<00:39:40.909><c> more</c><00:39:41.150><c> and</c><00:39:41.309><c> more.</c><00:39:41.670><c> This</c><00:39:41.849><c> is</c><00:39:42.869><c> hugely</c><00:39:43.230><c> important</c><00:39:44.309><c> strategy.</c>

00:39:48.389 --> 00:39:51.729
And<00:39:48.389><c> well,</c><00:39:50.070><c> let's</c><00:39:50.369><c> see.</c><00:39:51.489><c> And</c><00:39:51.489><c> there's</c>

00:39:51.730 --> 00:39:56.309
another<00:39:52.110><c> contrast</c><00:39:53.289><c> with</c><00:39:53.730><c> that.</c><00:39:54.269><c> We</c><00:39:54.269><c> have</c><00:39:55.050><c> these</c><00:39:55.510><c> people</c><00:39:56.070><c> in</c>

00:39:56.309 --> 00:39:59.289
verse<00:39:56.550><c> nine.</c><00:39:57.409><c> Those</c><00:39:57.670><c> who</c><00:39:57.909><c> desire</c><00:39:58.250><c> to</c><00:39:58.449><c> be</c><00:39:58.789><c> rich</c>

00:39:59.289 --> 00:40:03.829
fall<00:39:59.730><c> into</c><00:40:00.050><c> temptation,</c><00:40:00.989><c> into</c><00:40:01.230><c> a</c><00:40:01.510><c> snare,</c><00:40:02.409><c> into</c><00:40:02.670><c> many</c><00:40:03.010><c> senseless</c><00:40:03.590><c> and</c>

00:40:03.829 --> 00:40:06.190
harmful<00:40:04.110><c> desires</c><00:40:04.650><c> that</c><00:40:05.210><c> plunge</c><00:40:05.670><c> people</c>

00:40:06.190 --> 00:40:12.190
into<00:40:06.969><c> ruin</c><00:40:07.590><c> and</c><00:40:08.389><c> destruction.</c><00:40:11.050><c> Remember</c><00:40:11.329><c> Jesus'</c><00:40:11.969><c> warning.</c>

00:40:12.550 --> 00:40:14.610
The<00:40:12.869><c> cares</c><00:40:13.150><c> of</c><00:40:13.329><c> this</c><00:40:13.610><c> world</c><00:40:13.989><c> and</c><00:40:14.289><c> the</c>

00:40:14.610 --> 00:40:18.090
deceitfulness<00:40:15.210><c> of</c><00:40:15.489><c> riches</c><00:40:15.829><c> choke</c><00:40:16.369><c> the</c><00:40:16.610><c> word,</c><00:40:17.349><c> and</c><00:40:17.650><c> it</c><00:40:17.829><c> proves</c>

00:40:18.090 --> 00:40:21.329
unfruitful.<00:40:19.510><c> This</c><00:40:19.909><c> is</c><00:40:20.190><c> the</c><00:40:20.550><c> snare</c><00:40:21.030><c> that</c>

00:40:21.329 --> 00:40:29.769
Paul's<00:40:21.690><c> talking</c><00:40:21.949><c> about</c><00:40:22.170><c> that</c><00:40:22.489><c> deceives</c><00:40:23.469><c> so</c><00:40:24.610><c> many</c><00:40:25.530><c> in</c><00:40:26.230><c> our</c><00:40:26.510><c> world</c><00:40:26.730><c> today.</c><00:40:28.690><c> This</c><00:40:29.190><c> desire</c><00:40:29.610><c> to</c>

00:40:29.769 --> 00:40:30.809
be<00:40:30.130><c> rich</c>

00:40:30.809 --> 00:40:35.250
is<00:40:31.489><c> really</c><00:40:31.750><c> the</c><00:40:32.170><c> antithesis</c><00:40:32.889><c> of</c><00:40:33.530><c> contentment.</c><00:40:34.690><c> It's</c><00:40:34.929><c> a</c><00:40:34.989><c> real</c>

00:40:35.250 --> 00:40:43.289
danger.<00:40:40.150><c> Look</c><00:40:40.489><c> at</c><00:40:40.650><c> the</c><00:40:40.869><c> language</c><00:40:41.550><c> that</c><00:40:42.150><c> Paul</c><00:40:42.510><c> uses</c>

00:40:43.289 --> 00:40:55.389
to<00:40:43.869><c> describe</c><00:40:44.389><c> it.</c><00:40:48.469><c> The</c><00:40:49.090><c> snare,</c><00:40:49.789><c> like</c><00:40:50.030><c> a</c><00:40:50.329><c> trap,</c><00:40:52.010><c> and</c><00:40:52.230><c> being</c><00:40:52.510><c> plunged</c><00:40:53.210><c> into</c><00:40:53.489><c> ruin</c><00:40:54.150><c> and</c><00:40:54.489><c> destruction,</c>

00:41:00.309 --> 00:41:04.389
do<00:41:00.929><c> we</c><00:41:01.130><c> think</c><00:41:01.289><c> of</c><00:41:01.869><c> that</c><00:41:02.190><c> desire</c><00:41:02.510><c> to</c><00:41:02.670><c> be</c><00:41:02.829><c> rich</c><00:41:03.010><c> that</c><00:41:03.309><c> way?</c><00:41:03.590><c> Do</c><00:41:03.590><c> we</c>

00:41:04.389 --> 00:41:06.550
have<00:41:04.610><c> that</c><00:41:04.849><c> mindset</c><00:41:05.269><c> that</c><00:41:05.610><c> the</c><00:41:05.889><c> desire</c><00:41:06.210><c> to</c><00:41:06.369><c> be</c>

00:41:06.550 --> 00:41:10.909
rich<00:41:06.730><c> is</c><00:41:07.730><c> a</c><00:41:08.090><c> snare,</c><00:41:08.989><c> is</c><00:41:09.429><c> something</c><00:41:09.690><c> that</c><00:41:09.929><c> can</c><00:41:10.250><c> plunge</c><00:41:10.469><c> us</c><00:41:10.670><c> into</c>

00:41:10.909 --> 00:41:13.050
ruin<00:41:11.150><c> and</c><00:41:11.389><c> destruction?</c><00:41:12.190><c> Or</c><00:41:12.730><c> do</c><00:41:12.849><c> we</c><00:41:12.869><c> think</c>

00:41:13.050 --> 00:41:17.369
that's<00:41:13.269><c> just</c><00:41:13.510><c> the</c><00:41:13.710><c> American</c><00:41:13.969><c> way</c><00:41:14.289><c> to</c><00:41:14.530><c> strive</c><00:41:14.869><c> for</c><00:41:15.349><c> the</c><00:41:15.710><c> successful</c><00:41:16.230><c> life?</c>

00:41:17.469 --> 00:41:18.590
You<00:41:17.469><c> know,</c><00:41:17.730><c> remember</c><00:41:18.030><c> that</c><00:41:18.250><c> boiling</c>

00:41:18.590 --> 00:41:26.550
frog.<00:41:20.590><c> We</c><00:41:20.710><c> don't</c><00:41:20.989><c> want</c><00:41:21.170><c> to</c><00:41:21.409><c> be</c><00:41:22.269><c> caught</c><00:41:22.590><c> up</c><00:41:22.809><c> in</c><00:41:23.590><c> it.</c><00:41:25.829><c> Continuing</c>

00:41:26.550 --> 00:41:30.309
in<00:41:26.769><c> verse</c><00:41:26.969><c> 10,</c><00:41:29.230><c> Paul</c><00:41:29.409><c> goes,</c>

00:41:31.710 --> 00:41:36.230
root<00:41:32.429><c> of</c><00:41:32.829><c> all</c><00:41:33.210><c> kinds</c><00:41:33.590><c> of</c><00:41:33.929><c> evil.</c><00:41:34.909><c> It's</c><00:41:35.030><c> through</c><00:41:35.250><c> this</c><00:41:35.630><c> craving</c>

00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:39.429
that<00:41:36.809><c> some</c><00:41:37.030><c> have</c><00:41:37.389><c> wandered</c><00:41:37.909><c> away</c><00:41:38.369><c> from</c><00:41:38.869><c> the</c><00:41:39.110><c> faith</c>

00:41:39.429 --> 00:41:43.110
and<00:41:39.989><c> pierced</c><00:41:40.309><c> themselves</c><00:41:41.010><c> with</c><00:41:41.489><c> many</c><00:41:41.869><c> pangs.</c>

00:41:44.949 --> 00:41:50.530
This<00:41:45.230><c> language</c><00:41:45.809><c> also</c><00:41:47.269><c> seems</c><00:41:47.550><c> to</c><00:41:47.809><c> connect.</c><00:41:48.789><c> Well,</c><00:41:49.110><c> so</c><00:41:49.829><c> before</c>

00:41:50.530 --> 00:41:54.610
I<00:41:50.650><c> get</c><00:41:50.769><c> there,</c><00:41:51.510><c> this</c><00:41:52.909><c> word</c><00:41:53.230><c> for</c><00:41:53.550><c> wandered</c><00:41:54.010><c> away</c>

00:41:54.610 --> 00:42:05.150
in<00:41:55.190><c> Mounce's</c><00:41:56.730><c> lexicon</c><00:41:57.570><c> is</c><00:41:57.949><c> described</c><00:41:58.429><c> as</c><00:42:00.269><c> pervert</c><00:42:02.750><c> and</c><00:42:03.309><c> seduce,</c><00:42:05.030><c> and</c>

00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:06.550
it's<00:42:05.409><c> only</c><00:42:05.590><c> used</c><00:42:05.730><c> one</c><00:42:05.909><c> other</c><00:42:06.090><c> place</c><00:42:06.329><c> in</c><00:42:06.449><c> the</c>

00:42:06.550 --> 00:42:10.730
New<00:42:06.690><c> Testament.</c><00:42:07.190><c> However,</c><00:42:08.250><c> that</c><00:42:08.449><c> same</c><00:42:08.750><c> word</c><00:42:09.210><c> is</c><00:42:10.010><c> used</c><00:42:10.389><c> in</c><00:42:10.610><c> the</c>

00:42:10.730 --> 00:42:16.110
Septuagint<00:42:11.369><c> in</c><00:42:11.750><c> Proverbs</c><00:42:12.150><c> 7</c><00:42:12.510><c>.21</c><00:42:13.210><c> of</c><00:42:14.670><c> seduction.</c>

00:42:16.449 --> 00:42:22.210
The<00:42:16.750><c> image</c><00:42:17.070><c> of</c><00:42:17.989><c> the</c><00:42:19.070><c> woman</c><00:42:19.329><c> who</c><00:42:19.510><c> was</c><00:42:20.030><c> trying</c><00:42:20.349><c> to</c><00:42:21.610><c> seduce</c><00:42:22.070><c> the</c>

00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:25.489
man<00:42:22.469><c> walking</c><00:42:23.230><c> by</c><00:42:23.570><c> with</c><00:42:23.829><c> much</c><00:42:24.230><c> seductive</c><00:42:25.090><c> speech,</c>

00:42:25.610 --> 00:42:29.670
she<00:42:25.849><c> persuades</c><00:42:26.469><c> him.</c><00:42:27.489><c> With</c><00:42:27.730><c> her</c><00:42:28.010><c> smooth</c><00:42:28.369><c> talk,</c><00:42:28.849><c> she</c><00:42:29.130><c> compels</c>

00:42:29.670 --> 00:42:34.469
him,<00:42:30.829><c> and</c><00:42:31.550><c> he's</c><00:42:32.010><c> brought</c><00:42:32.269><c> off</c><00:42:32.610><c> to</c><00:42:33.269><c> his</c><00:42:34.150><c> death</c>

00:42:34.469 --> 00:42:42.869
as<00:42:34.630><c> the</c><00:42:34.869><c> lamb</c><00:42:35.050><c> to</c><00:42:35.230><c> the</c><00:42:35.449><c> slaughter.</c><00:42:40.389><c> The</c><00:42:40.949><c> love</c><00:42:41.190><c> of</c><00:42:41.429><c> money</c><00:42:42.190><c> that</c>

00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:45.469
Paul's<00:42:43.369><c> talking</c><00:42:43.550><c> about</c><00:42:43.869><c> in</c><00:42:44.130><c> verse</c><00:42:44.349><c> 10</c>

00:42:45.529 --> 00:42:49.690
is<00:42:45.809><c> being</c><00:42:46.349><c> described</c><00:42:47.590><c> with</c><00:42:47.809><c> the</c><00:42:47.989><c> same</c><00:42:48.190><c> kind</c><00:42:48.429><c> of</c><00:42:48.570><c> language</c><00:42:49.030><c> as</c>

00:42:49.690 --> 00:42:54.150
the<00:42:49.969><c> seductress.</c><00:42:53.190><c> Well,</c>

00:42:56.349 --> 00:43:00.949
look<00:42:56.909><c> at</c><00:42:57.050><c> the</c><00:42:57.210><c> next</c><00:42:57.510><c> verse</c><00:42:57.889><c> and</c><00:42:58.230><c> see</c><00:42:58.349><c> how</c><00:42:58.469><c> that</c><00:42:58.750><c> fits</c><00:42:58.929><c> in.</c><00:43:00.670><c> But</c>

00:43:00.949 --> 00:43:04.889
as<00:43:01.230><c> for</c><00:43:01.429><c> you,</c><00:43:01.750><c> O</c><00:43:01.869><c> man</c><00:43:02.010><c> of</c><00:43:02.230><c> God,</c><00:43:02.750><c> flee</c><00:43:03.230><c> these</c><00:43:03.730><c> things.</c>

00:43:06.489 --> 00:43:12.869
Paul<00:43:07.250><c> seems</c><00:43:07.570><c> to</c><00:43:07.829><c> be</c><00:43:08.929><c> linking</c><00:43:09.309><c> back</c><00:43:10.610><c> to</c><00:43:11.650><c> Joseph</c><00:43:12.110><c> fleeing</c><00:43:12.590><c> from</c>

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Potiphar's<00:43:13.489><c> wife.</c>

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Just<00:43:16.210><c> like</c><00:43:16.570><c> she</c><00:43:16.909><c> could</c><00:43:17.070><c> have</c><00:43:17.190><c> pulled</c><00:43:17.409><c> Joseph</c><00:43:17.849><c> away</c><00:43:18.230><c> to</c><00:43:18.489><c> immorality,</c><00:43:19.489><c> the</c><00:43:19.690><c> love</c><00:43:19.889><c> of</c>

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money<00:43:20.489><c> can</c><00:43:20.969><c> pull</c><00:43:21.329><c> us</c><00:43:21.630><c> away</c>

00:43:22.150 --> 00:43:26.590
from<00:43:22.550><c> our</c><00:43:22.789><c> faith.</c><00:43:23.989><c> Paul</c><00:43:24.269><c> is</c><00:43:26.150><c> talking</c><00:43:26.150><c> about</c><00:43:26.150><c> the</c><00:43:26.269><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:43:26.849><c> riches</c><00:43:27.389><c> so</c><00:43:28.050><c> that</c><00:43:28.170><c> we're</c><00:43:28.289><c> not</c><00:43:28.670><c> pierced</c>

00:43:29.750 --> 00:43:34.269
by<00:43:30.090><c> the</c><00:43:30.429><c> thorns</c><00:43:30.849><c> that</c><00:43:31.090><c> Jesus</c><00:43:31.510><c> was</c><00:43:31.909><c> speaking</c><00:43:33.110><c> about</c><00:43:33.489><c> in</c><00:43:33.670><c> the</c><00:43:33.829><c> parable</c><00:43:34.110><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:34.449><c> sower.</c>

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If<00:43:37.449><c> you</c><00:43:37.590><c> think</c><00:43:37.750><c> about</c><00:43:37.949><c> that</c><00:43:38.130><c> image</c><00:43:38.449><c> of</c><00:43:39.030><c> Potiphar's</c><00:43:39.590><c> wife,</c><00:43:41.110><c> contentment?</c><00:43:42.710><c> Was</c>

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she<00:43:43.530><c> content?</c>

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She<00:43:45.889><c> was</c><00:43:46.889><c> a</c><00:43:47.130><c> foil</c><00:43:47.389><c> for</c><00:43:48.150><c> godliness</c><00:43:48.610><c> with</c><00:43:48.889><c> contentment,</c><00:43:49.670><c> total</c>

00:43:50.030 --> 00:43:59.030
contrast.<00:43:51.869><c> She</c><00:43:52.050><c> was</c><00:43:52.230><c> the</c><00:43:52.389><c> wife</c><00:43:52.630><c> of</c><00:43:52.690><c> one</c><00:43:52.829><c> of</c><00:43:52.889><c> the</c>

00:43:59.030 --> 00:44:02.170
needs.<00:43:59.030><c> All</c><00:43:59.090><c> her</c><00:43:59.289><c> needs</c><00:43:59.570><c> were</c><00:43:59.889><c> met,</c><00:44:01.349><c> but</c><00:44:01.429><c> that</c><00:44:01.650><c> wasn't</c><00:44:01.929><c> enough</c>

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for<00:44:02.329><c> her.</c><00:44:03.090><c> She</c><00:44:03.309><c> wanted</c><00:44:03.610><c> something</c><00:44:03.949><c> else.</c><00:44:04.190><c> She</c>

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wanted<00:44:04.610><c> the</c><00:44:04.849><c> one</c><00:44:05.130><c> thing</c><00:44:05.670><c> that</c><00:44:06.150><c> wasn't</c><00:44:06.469><c> hers.</c><00:44:07.489><c> She</c><00:44:07.710><c> wanted</c><00:44:07.989><c> Joseph.</c><00:44:08.849><c> She</c>

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reached<00:44:09.449><c> out</c><00:44:09.769><c> for</c><00:44:10.010><c> Joseph,</c><00:44:10.429><c> just</c><00:44:10.570><c> like</c>

00:44:11.449 --> 00:44:19.010
Adam<00:44:11.769><c> and</c><00:44:11.949><c> Eve</c><00:44:12.050><c> were</c><00:44:12.329><c> reaching</c><00:44:12.630><c> for</c><00:44:12.909><c> that</c><00:44:13.070><c> forbidden</c><00:44:13.610><c> fruit</c><00:44:14.369><c> of</c><00:44:18.869><c> a</c>

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different<00:44:19.510><c> kind</c><00:44:19.869><c> of</c><00:44:20.130><c> fruit.</c><00:44:20.969><c> Instead</c><00:44:21.210><c> of</c>

00:44:21.369 --> 00:44:25.170
the<00:44:21.489><c> forbidden</c><00:44:21.909><c> fruit,</c><00:44:22.190><c> grasping</c><00:44:22.769><c> for</c><00:44:23.010><c> riches,</c><00:44:24.070><c> instead</c><00:44:24.369><c> reach</c><00:44:24.809><c> for</c>

00:44:25.170 --> 00:44:28.510
eternal<00:44:25.630><c> life.</c><00:44:27.369><c> Fight</c><00:44:27.710><c> the</c><00:44:27.849><c> good</c><00:44:28.090><c> fight</c><00:44:28.309><c> of</c>

00:44:28.510 --> 00:44:34.090
faith.<00:44:29.269><c> Take</c><00:44:29.650><c> hold</c><00:44:30.329><c> of</c><00:44:31.550><c> the</c><00:44:31.650><c> eternal</c><00:44:32.070><c> life</c><00:44:32.489><c> to</c><00:44:32.730><c> which</c><00:44:32.909><c> you</c><00:44:33.150><c> were</c><00:44:33.409><c> called</c><00:44:33.750><c> and</c>

00:44:34.090 --> 00:44:36.030
about<00:44:34.409><c> which</c><00:44:34.750><c> you</c><00:44:35.269><c> made</c><00:44:35.550><c> the</c><00:44:35.809><c> good</c>

00:44:36.030 --> 00:44:40.570
confession<00:44:36.570><c> in</c><00:44:36.789><c> the</c><00:44:36.929><c> presence</c><00:44:37.329><c> of</c><00:44:37.769><c> many</c><00:44:38.030><c> witnesses.</c><00:44:40.289><c> Reach</c>

00:44:40.570 --> 00:44:45.809
for<00:44:40.829><c> eternal</c><00:44:41.090><c> life.</c><00:44:43.030><c> Reach</c><00:44:43.269><c> for</c><00:44:43.510><c> Jesus</c><00:44:44.190><c> who</c><00:44:44.650><c> chose</c>

00:44:46.090 --> 00:44:51.550
to<00:44:46.769><c> die</c><00:44:47.050><c> on</c><00:44:47.250><c> the</c><00:44:47.530><c> tree</c><00:44:48.070><c> and</c><00:44:49.469><c> gain</c><00:44:49.750><c> true</c><00:44:50.150><c> riches</c><00:44:50.590><c> rather</c><00:44:51.289><c> than</c>

00:44:51.550 --> 00:44:54.349
the<00:44:51.769><c> riches</c><00:44:52.150><c> of</c><00:44:53.070><c> this</c><00:44:53.389><c> world.</c>

00:44:55.130 --> 00:44:59.170
Instead<00:44:55.610><c> of</c><00:44:55.809><c> the</c><00:44:56.050><c> tree,</c><00:44:56.369><c> the</c><00:44:56.530><c> forbidden</c><00:44:56.889><c> tree,</c><00:44:58.670><c> we</c><00:44:58.849><c> need</c><00:44:58.989><c> to</c>

00:44:59.170 --> 00:45:07.010
reach<00:44:59.670><c> up</c><00:45:00.730><c> to</c><00:45:01.250><c> Jesus</c><00:45:01.929><c> whose</c><00:45:03.429><c> death</c><00:45:04.670><c> on</c><00:45:04.849><c> the</c><00:45:05.269><c> tree</c><00:45:05.889><c> became</c>

00:45:07.010 --> 00:45:14.050
a<00:45:07.250><c> tree</c><00:45:07.429><c> of</c><00:45:07.630><c> life</c><00:45:08.329><c> for</c><00:45:08.829><c> us.</c><00:45:12.929><c> Paul's</c><00:45:13.170><c> mind,</c><00:45:13.369><c> I</c><00:45:13.389><c> think,</c><00:45:13.610><c> is</c><00:45:13.769><c> going</c>

00:45:14.050 --> 00:45:15.989
there<00:45:14.349><c> because</c><00:45:14.590><c> in</c><00:45:14.769><c> verse</c><00:45:14.949><c> 13</c><00:45:15.489><c> he</c><00:45:15.730><c> says,</c>

00:45:16.190 --> 00:45:18.789
I<00:45:16.190><c> charge</c><00:45:16.590><c> you</c><00:45:16.690><c> in</c><00:45:16.809><c> the</c><00:45:17.030><c> presence</c><00:45:17.250><c> of</c><00:45:17.469><c> God</c><00:45:17.690><c> who</c><00:45:17.869><c> gives</c><00:45:18.190><c> life</c><00:45:18.570><c> to</c>

00:45:18.789 --> 00:45:21.969
all<00:45:19.070><c> things</c><00:45:19.610><c> and</c><00:45:20.110><c> of</c><00:45:20.269><c> Christ</c><00:45:21.130><c> Jesus</c><00:45:21.590><c> who</c><00:45:21.829><c> in</c>

00:45:21.969 --> 00:45:25.929
testimony<00:45:22.710><c> before</c><00:45:23.110><c> Pontius</c><00:45:23.570><c> Pilate</c><00:45:23.869><c> made</c><00:45:24.150><c> the</c><00:45:24.329><c> good</c><00:45:24.530><c> confession</c><00:45:25.110><c> to</c><00:45:25.730><c> keep</c>

00:45:25.929 --> 00:45:27.329
the<00:45:26.150><c> commandment</c><00:45:26.590><c> unstained</c>

00:45:27.329 --> 00:45:29.929
and<00:45:27.690><c> free</c><00:45:27.949><c> from</c><00:45:28.190><c> reproach</c><00:45:28.670><c> until</c><00:45:28.909><c> the</c><00:45:29.130><c> appearing</c><00:45:29.510><c> of</c><00:45:29.829><c> our</c>

00:45:29.929 --> 00:45:31.750
Lord<00:45:30.110><c> Jesus</c><00:45:30.510><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:32.909 --> 00:45:36.190
Paul<00:45:33.150><c> brings</c><00:45:33.489><c> us</c><00:45:33.750><c> to</c><00:45:33.869><c> that</c><00:45:34.070><c> image</c><00:45:34.369><c> of</c><00:45:34.610><c> Jesus'</c><00:45:35.289><c> confession</c><00:45:35.670><c> before</c><00:45:35.989><c> the</c>

00:45:36.190 --> 00:45:37.909
ruler<00:45:36.510><c> of</c><00:45:36.670><c> this</c><00:45:36.929><c> world,</c>

00:45:38.250 --> 00:45:43.250
before<00:45:38.510><c> whom</c><00:45:38.650><c> he</c><00:45:38.809><c> explained</c><00:45:39.190><c> that</c><00:45:39.409><c> my</c><00:45:39.750><c> kingdom</c><00:45:40.230><c> is</c><00:45:40.690><c> not</c><00:45:41.010><c> of</c><00:45:41.210><c> this</c><00:45:41.449><c> world</c><00:45:41.969><c> shortly</c><00:45:42.710><c> before</c><00:45:43.130><c> he</c>

00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:44.550
gave<00:45:43.530><c> his</c><00:45:43.730><c> life.</c>

00:45:46.050 --> 00:45:50.230
Likewise,<00:45:46.969><c> and</c><00:45:47.010><c> think</c><00:45:47.230><c> about</c><00:45:47.449><c> the</c><00:45:47.630><c> Joseph</c><00:45:47.969><c> parallels,</c><00:45:48.550><c> Joseph,</c><00:45:49.050><c> he</c><00:45:49.869><c> made</c><00:45:50.010><c> a</c>

00:45:50.230 --> 00:45:51.630
good<00:45:50.429><c> confession</c><00:45:50.889><c> before</c><00:45:51.269><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:45:51.630 --> 00:45:56.750
teaching<00:45:52.170><c> Pharaoh</c><00:45:52.389><c> that</c><00:45:52.869><c> God</c><00:45:53.349><c> would</c><00:45:53.769><c> give</c><00:45:54.110><c> the</c><00:45:54.409><c> answer</c><00:45:54.889><c> of</c><00:45:55.150><c> peace</c><00:45:56.090><c> to</c>

00:45:56.750 --> 00:45:58.389
just<00:45:56.889><c> to</c><00:45:57.150><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:45:57.510><c> dreams.</c>

00:45:59.769 --> 00:46:05.690
Then<00:46:00.529><c> Joseph</c><00:46:01.289><c> instructed</c><00:46:02.230><c> Pharaoh</c><00:46:03.070><c> on</c><00:46:03.590><c> the</c><00:46:03.909><c> plan</c><00:46:04.110><c> of</c><00:46:04.409><c> salvation</c><00:46:05.010><c> that</c>

00:46:05.690 --> 00:46:07.570
God<00:46:06.150><c> had</c><00:46:06.650><c> provided,</c>

00:46:07.730 --> 00:46:11.670
and<00:46:08.110><c> then</c><00:46:08.289><c> he</c><00:46:08.469><c> helped</c><00:46:08.690><c> act</c><00:46:09.130><c> to</c><00:46:09.409><c> bring</c><00:46:09.510><c> about</c><00:46:09.849><c> that</c><00:46:10.110><c> plan</c><00:46:10.349><c> of</c><00:46:10.570><c> salvation.</c>

00:46:12.090 --> 00:46:15.969
In<00:46:12.590><c> the</c><00:46:12.710><c> same</c><00:46:12.829><c> way,</c><00:46:12.989><c> Jesus</c><00:46:13.690><c> made</c><00:46:14.630><c> a</c><00:46:14.809><c> good</c><00:46:14.989><c> confession</c><00:46:15.409><c> before</c>

00:46:15.969 --> 00:46:21.610
the<00:46:16.349><c> ruler</c><00:46:16.610><c> of</c><00:46:16.809><c> his</c><00:46:17.070><c> day,</c><00:46:17.730><c> and</c><00:46:18.130><c> he</c><00:46:18.269><c> went</c><00:46:18.389><c> on</c><00:46:18.590><c> to</c>

00:46:21.610 --> 00:46:25.150
plan<00:46:22.010><c> of</c><00:46:22.210><c> salvation.</c><00:46:23.469><c> Just</c><00:46:23.670><c> like</c><00:46:23.909><c> Joseph</c><00:46:24.250><c> suffered</c><00:46:24.750><c> in</c><00:46:24.929><c> his</c>

00:46:25.150 --> 00:46:27.369
faithful<00:46:25.429><c> action</c><00:46:25.869><c> and</c><00:46:26.030><c> saved</c><00:46:26.289><c> his</c><00:46:26.530><c> brethren,</c>

00:46:27.710 --> 00:46:31.190
Jesus'<00:46:28.309><c> suffering</c><00:46:28.650><c> saved</c><00:46:29.130><c> his</c><00:46:29.449><c> brethren</c><00:46:29.929><c> in</c><00:46:30.630><c> his</c><00:46:30.809><c> generous</c>

00:46:31.190 --> 00:46:33.050
gift<00:46:31.769><c> of</c><00:46:32.030><c> life.</c>

00:46:33.949 --> 00:46:38.289
So<00:46:34.190><c> we</c><00:46:34.250><c> need</c><00:46:34.429><c> to</c><00:46:35.090><c> take</c><00:46:35.369><c> hold</c><00:46:35.769><c> of</c><00:46:36.730><c> a</c><00:46:36.929><c> different</c><00:46:37.150><c> fruit</c><00:46:37.489><c> so</c><00:46:37.750><c> that,</c>

00:46:38.289 --> 00:46:41.469
you<00:46:38.409><c> know,</c><00:46:38.869><c> just</c><00:46:39.130><c> like</c><00:46:39.269><c> God</c><00:46:39.530><c> provided</c><00:46:40.010><c> the</c><00:46:40.329><c> grain</c>

00:46:41.690 --> 00:46:45.690
and<00:46:42.030><c> Egypt</c><00:46:42.489><c> and</c><00:46:42.789><c> the</c><00:46:42.989><c> famine</c><00:46:43.670><c> and</c><00:46:44.849><c> our</c>

00:46:47.230 --> 00:46:51.849
of<00:46:47.909><c> death,</c><00:46:48.409><c> the</c><00:46:48.590><c> oppression</c><00:46:49.010><c> of</c><00:46:49.349><c> a</c><00:46:49.550><c> different</c><00:46:49.889><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:46:51.630><c> the</c>

00:46:51.849 --> 00:46:55.130
sin,<00:46:52.309><c> the</c><00:46:52.530><c> king</c><00:46:52.769><c> sin</c><00:46:53.090><c> in</c><00:46:53.650><c> the</c><00:46:53.869><c> world</c><00:46:54.050><c> today,</c>

00:46:55.550 --> 00:47:02.170
God<00:46:55.789><c> provided</c><00:46:56.210><c> Jesus</c><00:46:57.030><c> the</c><00:46:58.030><c> bread</c><00:46:58.230><c> of</c><00:46:58.489><c> life</c><00:46:59.329><c> to</c><00:47:00.630><c> save</c><00:47:00.949><c> us.</c>

00:47:04.310 --> 00:47:11.829
So,<00:47:06.010><c> continuing,</c><00:47:06.469><c> jumping</c><00:47:06.889><c> ahead</c><00:47:07.309><c> to</c><00:47:09.170><c> verse</c><00:47:10.349><c> 17</c><00:47:11.030><c> and</c><00:47:11.469><c> chapter</c>

00:47:11.829 --> 00:47:15.110
6<00:47:12.269><c> of</c><00:47:12.789><c> verse</c><00:47:13.010><c> Timothy,</c><00:47:14.469><c> Paul</c><00:47:14.710><c> says,</c>

00:47:15.469 --> 00:47:22.010
as<00:47:15.469><c> for</c><00:47:15.650><c> the</c><00:47:15.889><c> rich</c><00:47:16.289><c> in</c><00:47:16.530><c> this</c><00:47:16.690><c> present</c><00:47:16.969><c> age,</c><00:47:17.949><c> you</c><00:47:17.949><c> know,</c><00:47:20.769><c> we</c><00:47:21.010><c> might</c><00:47:21.269><c> feel</c><00:47:21.550><c> like</c><00:47:21.829><c> not</c>

00:47:22.010 --> 00:47:24.710
so<00:47:22.250><c> rich</c><00:47:22.489><c> compared</c><00:47:22.809><c> to</c><00:47:22.969><c> other</c><00:47:23.130><c> people</c>

00:47:27.090 --> 00:47:31.510
in<00:47:27.750><c> the</c><00:47:27.750><c> wide</c><00:47:27.750><c> context.</c><00:47:29.170><c> We're</c><00:47:29.250><c> the</c><00:47:29.409><c> rich</c><00:47:29.510><c> in</c><00:47:29.650><c> this</c><00:47:29.929><c> world.</c><00:47:31.170><c> What</c><00:47:31.289><c> are</c><00:47:31.429><c> we</c>

00:47:31.510 --> 00:47:33.110
to<00:47:31.650><c> do?</c><00:47:32.610><c> Charge?</c>

00:47:33.269 --> 00:47:37.670
Paul's<00:47:33.590><c> telling</c><00:47:34.030><c> Timothy</c><00:47:34.670><c> to</c><00:47:34.909><c> charge</c><00:47:35.269><c> them</c><00:47:35.590><c> not</c><00:47:35.869><c> to</c><00:47:36.030><c> be</c><00:47:36.269><c> haughty</c><00:47:37.489><c> nor</c>

00:47:37.670 --> 00:47:39.250
to<00:47:37.869><c> set</c><00:47:37.969><c> their</c><00:47:38.309><c> hopes</c><00:47:38.769><c> on</c>

00:47:39.250 --> 00:47:44.789
and<00:47:39.289><c> then</c><00:47:39.409><c> the</c><00:47:39.769><c> uncertainty</c><00:47:40.250><c> of</c><00:47:40.570><c> riches,</c><00:47:42.070><c> but</c><00:47:42.489><c> on</c><00:47:42.769><c> God</c><00:47:43.110><c> who</c><00:47:43.369><c> richly</c><00:47:43.909><c> provides</c><00:47:44.289><c> us</c>

00:47:44.789 --> 00:47:46.869
with<00:47:45.230><c> everything</c><00:47:45.590><c> to</c><00:47:45.869><c> enjoy.</c>

00:47:47.609 --> 00:47:52.690
Remember<00:47:48.529><c> the</c><00:47:49.449><c> uncertainty</c><00:47:49.989><c> of</c><00:47:50.730><c> our</c><00:47:51.010><c> riches</c><00:47:51.409><c> and</c><00:47:52.230><c> remember</c>

00:47:52.690 --> 00:47:56.050
the<00:47:53.210><c> certainty</c><00:47:53.650><c> of</c><00:47:54.050><c> God's</c><00:47:55.050><c> provision.</c>

00:47:57.130 --> 00:48:01.250
You<00:47:57.289><c> know,</c><00:47:57.289><c> you</c><00:47:57.369><c> think</c><00:47:57.530><c> about,</c><00:47:58.250><c> you</c><00:47:58.449><c> know,</c><00:47:58.769><c> Joseph,</c><00:47:59.409><c> his</c><00:48:00.150><c> father</c><00:48:00.610><c> Jacob</c><00:48:01.010><c> was</c>

00:48:01.250 --> 00:48:03.010
a<00:48:01.389><c> man</c><00:48:01.590><c> blessed</c><00:48:01.949><c> with</c><00:48:02.170><c> great</c><00:48:02.550><c> flocks</c>

00:48:03.010 --> 00:48:12.690
and<00:48:03.309><c> herds,</c><00:48:04.269><c> but</c><00:48:05.349><c> those</c><00:48:06.329><c> riches,</c><00:48:07.389><c> they</c><00:48:10.889><c> needed</c><00:48:11.429><c> provision</c>

00:48:12.690 --> 00:48:15.349
from<00:48:13.010><c> God,</c><00:48:14.369><c> from</c><00:48:14.630><c> that</c><00:48:14.889><c> grain</c>

00:48:15.349 --> 00:48:21.909
that<00:48:15.969><c> Joseph</c><00:48:16.409><c> had</c><00:48:16.750><c> stored</c><00:48:16.929><c> up</c><00:48:17.329><c> for</c><00:48:18.090><c> them</c><00:48:18.269><c> to</c><00:48:18.489><c> survive.</c><00:48:20.610><c> And</c><00:48:20.969><c> God</c><00:48:21.210><c> provided</c><00:48:21.690><c> it</c>

00:48:21.909 --> 00:48:23.570
in<00:48:22.030><c> the</c><00:48:22.150><c> midst</c><00:48:22.409><c> of</c><00:48:22.690><c> famine,</c>

00:48:23.630 --> 00:48:29.429
God<00:48:23.969><c> provides.</c><00:48:25.289><c> We</c><00:48:25.869><c> need</c><00:48:26.030><c> to</c><00:48:26.110><c> have</c><00:48:26.170><c> that</c><00:48:26.389><c> mindset</c><00:48:26.829><c> on</c><00:48:27.349><c> the</c><00:48:27.610><c> things,</c><00:48:28.849><c> the</c>

00:48:29.429 --> 00:48:32.969
amazing<00:48:30.750><c> wealth</c><00:48:32.210><c> that</c><00:48:32.389><c> we</c><00:48:32.630><c> have</c><00:48:32.809><c> in</c>

00:48:32.969 --> 00:48:37.489
this<00:48:33.130><c> country</c><00:48:33.429><c> is</c><00:48:33.809><c> so</c><00:48:34.269><c> uncertain.</c><00:48:35.570><c> Things</c><00:48:35.829><c> could</c><00:48:36.170><c> crash,</c><00:48:37.489><c> you</c>

00:48:37.489 --> 00:48:39.190
know,<00:48:37.750><c> think</c><00:48:37.949><c> back</c><00:48:38.130><c> to</c><00:48:38.289><c> the</c><00:48:38.449><c> Great</c><00:48:38.610><c> Depression,</c>

00:48:39.190 --> 00:48:47.199
all<00:48:40.010><c> of</c><00:48:40.190><c> the</c><00:48:41.070><c> vast</c><00:48:41.889><c> riches</c><00:48:42.690><c> that</c><00:48:43.010><c> people</c><00:48:43.309><c> thought</c><00:48:43.530><c> they</c><00:48:43.809><c> had</c><00:48:44.070><c> can</c><00:48:44.269><c> just</c><00:48:44.530><c> evaporate</c><00:48:45.670><c> in</c><00:48:46.050><c> a</c><00:48:46.289><c> flash.</c>

00:48:49.590 --> 00:48:54.889
Looking<00:48:49.929><c> to</c><00:48:50.150><c> God</c><00:48:50.670><c> and</c><00:48:51.369><c> recognizing</c><00:48:51.829><c> our</c><00:48:52.110><c> provision</c><00:48:52.469><c> comes</c><00:48:52.809><c> from</c><00:48:53.130><c> him</c><00:48:53.530><c> and</c><00:48:53.909><c> the</c><00:48:54.469><c> things</c><00:48:54.710><c> of</c>

00:48:54.889 --> 00:48:56.000
this<00:48:55.090><c> world</c>

00:48:56.420 --> 00:49:03.809
are<00:48:56.829><c> not,</c><00:48:57.969><c> you</c><00:48:58.369><c> know,</c><00:48:59.230><c> where</c><00:49:00.230><c> satisfaction</c><00:49:02.150><c> or</c><00:49:03.110><c> security</c>

00:49:03.809 --> 00:49:06.650
comes.<00:49:04.889><c> That's</c><00:49:05.510><c> insecure.</c>

00:49:07.289 --> 00:49:11.390
I<00:49:07.849><c> think</c><00:49:08.050><c> of</c><00:49:08.230><c> Paul</c><00:49:08.869><c> elsewhere</c><00:49:09.389><c> when</c><00:49:09.610><c> he</c><00:49:09.710><c> said</c><00:49:09.949><c> in</c><00:49:10.170><c> Philippians</c><00:49:10.610><c> that</c>

00:49:13.450 --> 00:49:18.070
not<00:49:14.010><c> that</c><00:49:14.190><c> I'm</c><00:49:14.309><c> speaking</c><00:49:14.750><c> of</c><00:49:14.909><c> being</c><00:49:15.110><c> in</c><00:49:15.369><c> need,</c><00:49:16.949><c> for</c><00:49:17.150><c> I</c><00:49:17.329><c> have</c><00:49:17.510><c> learned</c><00:49:17.849><c> in</c>

00:49:18.070 --> 00:49:20.130
whatever<00:49:18.329><c> situation</c><00:49:18.829><c> I</c><00:49:19.030><c> am</c><00:49:19.190><c> to</c><00:49:19.469><c> be</c>

00:49:20.130 --> 00:49:25.389
content.<00:49:22.130><c> I</c><00:49:22.690><c> know</c><00:49:23.190><c> how</c><00:49:23.469><c> to</c><00:49:23.570><c> be</c><00:49:23.769><c> brought</c><00:49:23.929><c> low,</c><00:49:24.650><c> I</c><00:49:24.889><c> know</c><00:49:25.070><c> how</c><00:49:25.269><c> to</c>

00:49:25.389 --> 00:49:28.610
abound.<00:49:26.769><c> In</c><00:49:27.130><c> any</c><00:49:27.429><c> and</c><00:49:27.710><c> every</c><00:49:27.989><c> circumstance,</c>

00:49:28.610 --> 00:49:37.849
I've<00:49:28.869><c> learned</c><00:49:29.110><c> the</c><00:49:29.389><c> secret</c><00:49:29.969><c> of</c><00:49:30.429><c> facing</c><00:49:30.710><c> plenty</c><00:49:31.610><c> and</c><00:49:33.630><c> need.</c><00:49:36.030><c> That's</c><00:49:36.369><c> the</c><00:49:36.610><c> important</c><00:49:36.849><c> context</c><00:49:37.389><c> of</c>

00:49:37.849 --> 00:49:42.779
I<00:49:38.329><c> can</c><00:49:38.510><c> do</c><00:49:38.750><c> all</c><00:49:39.130><c> things</c><00:49:39.650><c> through</c><00:49:40.010><c> Christ</c><00:49:40.510><c> or</c><00:49:40.989><c> him</c><00:49:41.190><c> who</c><00:49:41.449><c> strengthens</c><00:49:41.909><c> me.</c>

00:49:44.769 --> 00:49:49.960
Paul's<00:49:45.050><c> not</c><00:49:45.210><c> talking</c><00:49:45.349><c> about,</c><00:49:45.929><c> you</c><00:49:46.050><c> know,</c><00:49:46.269><c> doing,</c><00:49:46.829><c> you</c><00:49:49.090><c> know,</c>

00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:56.920
in<00:49:52.360><c> the</c><00:49:52.500><c> world.</c><00:49:52.800><c> He's</c><00:49:53.000><c> talking</c><00:49:53.260><c> about</c><00:49:54.000><c> surviving</c><00:49:54.920><c> and</c><00:49:56.420><c> being</c>

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:59.599
content<00:49:57.559><c> through</c><00:49:57.920><c> whatever</c><00:49:58.360><c> circumstances</c><00:49:59.099><c> we</c>

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:04.719
find<00:49:59.960><c> ourselves</c><00:50:00.400><c> in,</c><00:50:02.380><c> both,</c><00:50:02.380><c> you</c><00:50:02.780><c> know,</c><00:50:03.300><c> plenty</c><00:50:03.840><c> and</c><00:50:04.420><c> times</c>

00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:08.940
of<00:50:05.000><c> want.</c><00:50:05.800><c> We</c><00:50:05.920><c> can</c><00:50:06.460><c> get</c><00:50:06.760><c> through</c><00:50:07.119><c> all</c><00:50:07.480><c> those</c><00:50:07.739><c> things.</c>

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:16.099
In<00:50:11.840><c> verse</c><00:50:12.039><c> 19,</c><00:50:12.659><c> and</c><00:50:12.840><c> my</c><00:50:13.139><c> God</c><00:50:13.420><c> will</c><00:50:13.780><c> supply</c><00:50:14.199><c> every</c><00:50:14.800><c> need</c><00:50:14.980><c> of</c><00:50:15.159><c> yours</c><00:50:15.440><c> according</c><00:50:15.840><c> to</c>

00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:18.460
his<00:50:16.360><c> riches</c><00:50:16.800><c> in</c><00:50:17.559><c> glory</c><00:50:17.900><c> in</c><00:50:18.139><c> Christ</c>

00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:25.880
Jesus.<00:50:23.159><c> So</c><00:50:23.159><c> thinking</c><00:50:24.239><c> about</c><00:50:24.480><c> those</c><00:50:24.880><c> back</c><00:50:25.179><c> to</c><00:50:25.420><c> Joseph</c><00:50:25.659><c> again,</c>

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:29.199
those<00:50:26.139><c> 14</c><00:50:26.539><c> years</c><00:50:27.360><c> and</c><00:50:28.219><c> kind</c><00:50:28.360><c> of</c><00:50:28.559><c> closing</c><00:50:28.800><c> out</c>

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:36.340
here<00:50:29.519><c> in</c><00:50:30.079><c> first</c><00:50:30.340><c> Timothy</c><00:50:30.699><c> six.</c><00:50:33.940><c> In</c><00:50:34.019><c> verse</c><00:50:34.199><c> 18,</c><00:50:35.099><c> we</c><00:50:35.300><c> read</c><00:50:35.480><c> that,</c>

00:50:36.340 --> 00:50:38.519
again,<00:50:36.900><c> speaking</c><00:50:37.239><c> to</c><00:50:37.460><c> those</c><00:50:37.820><c> those</c><00:50:38.119><c> who</c><00:50:38.280><c> are</c><00:50:38.360><c> rich</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:43.340
in<00:50:38.639><c> this</c><00:50:38.920><c> world,</c><00:50:39.280><c> we</c><00:50:39.420><c> are</c><00:50:39.599><c> to</c><00:50:39.900><c> do</c><00:50:40.360><c> good,</c><00:50:41.559><c> to</c><00:50:41.780><c> be</c><00:50:42.039><c> rich</c><00:50:42.579><c> and</c><00:50:43.059><c> good</c>

00:50:43.340 --> 00:50:48.000
works,<00:50:44.280><c> to</c><00:50:44.559><c> be</c><00:50:44.800><c> generous</c><00:50:45.480><c> and</c><00:50:46.599><c> ready</c><00:50:46.840><c> to</c><00:50:47.179><c> share.</c>

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:56.679
Joseph<00:50:49.619><c> could</c><00:50:49.840><c> have,</c><00:50:50.619><c> as</c><00:50:50.960><c> we</c><00:50:51.199><c> said,</c><00:50:51.579><c> you</c><00:50:51.579><c> know,</c><00:50:52.719><c> out</c><00:50:52.940><c> of</c><00:50:54.199><c> vengeance</c><00:50:54.699><c> towards</c><00:50:55.099><c> his</c><00:50:55.380><c> brothers,</c><00:50:55.880><c> teach</c><00:50:56.099><c> him</c><00:50:56.280><c> a</c><00:50:56.400><c> lesson.</c>

00:50:56.760 --> 00:51:00.760
He<00:50:56.900><c> could</c><00:50:57.019><c> have</c><00:50:57.179><c> withheld</c><00:50:58.400><c> grain</c><00:50:58.840><c> from</c><00:50:59.039><c> his</c><00:50:59.260><c> brethren.</c><00:51:00.300><c> But</c>

00:51:00.760 --> 00:51:05.940
instead,<00:51:02.400><c> he</c><00:51:02.739><c> showed</c><00:51:02.900><c> love,</c><00:51:04.480><c> love</c><00:51:04.619><c> to</c><00:51:04.820><c> those</c><00:51:05.159><c> who</c>

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:11.559
almost<00:51:06.340><c> killed</c><00:51:06.639><c> him,</c><00:51:08.179><c> love</c><00:51:08.300><c> to</c><00:51:08.500><c> those</c><00:51:08.739><c> who</c><00:51:09.099><c> sold</c><00:51:09.340><c> him</c><00:51:09.960><c> into</c><00:51:10.380><c> slavery.</c>

00:51:12.700 --> 00:51:15.840
He<00:51:13.260><c> didn't</c><00:51:13.420><c> just</c><00:51:13.619><c> give</c><00:51:13.719><c> them</c><00:51:13.980><c> grain.</c><00:51:14.559><c> He</c><00:51:14.639><c> like</c><00:51:15.199><c> he</c><00:51:15.480><c> put</c><00:51:15.599><c> their</c>

00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:17.739
money<00:51:16.039><c> back</c><00:51:16.260><c> in</c><00:51:16.420><c> their</c><00:51:16.659><c> sacks.</c>

00:51:18.820 --> 00:51:20.780
That's<00:51:19.559><c> generosity.</c>

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:32.460
I<00:51:24.940><c> wonder,</c><00:51:26.159><c> you</c><00:51:26.159><c> know,</c><00:51:26.420><c> Jesus</c><00:51:26.840><c> teaching</c><00:51:27.559><c> of</c><00:51:28.559><c> love</c><00:51:28.719><c> your</c><00:51:29.000><c> enemies.</c><00:51:30.800><c> Did</c><00:51:31.300><c> Jesus,</c>

00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:36.400
you<00:51:33.719><c> know,</c><00:51:33.920><c> come</c><00:51:34.059><c> to</c><00:51:34.239><c> that</c><00:51:34.719><c> partly</c><00:51:35.119><c> out</c><00:51:35.460><c> of</c><00:51:35.559><c> a</c><00:51:35.760><c> meditation</c><00:51:36.159><c> on</c>

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:37.980
Joseph's<00:51:37.019><c> example?</c><00:51:37.420><c> I</c><00:51:37.500><c> don't</c><00:51:37.659><c> know.</c>

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:42.400
I<00:51:38.500><c> wonder,</c><00:51:38.820><c> I</c><00:51:38.940><c> wonder</c><00:51:39.260><c> if</c><00:51:39.920><c> Paul</c><00:51:40.360><c> is,</c><00:51:41.059><c> is</c><00:51:41.559><c> thinking</c><00:51:41.739><c> about</c><00:51:42.159><c> how</c>

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:45.059
he,<00:51:43.820><c> you</c><00:51:44.260><c> know,</c>

00:51:45.699 --> 00:51:51.039
was<00:51:46.139><c> rounding</c><00:51:47.739><c> up</c><00:51:48.000><c> the</c><00:51:48.219><c> apostles</c><00:51:48.760><c> and</c><00:51:49.199><c> the</c><00:51:49.440><c> disciples</c><00:51:49.760><c> of</c><00:51:49.960><c> Jesus</c><00:51:50.420><c> and</c>

00:51:51.039 --> 00:51:52.619
wanting<00:51:51.340><c> to</c><00:51:51.920><c> bring</c><00:51:52.099><c> them,</c><00:51:52.420><c> drag</c><00:51:52.500><c> them</c>

00:51:52.619 --> 00:52:01.099
to<00:51:52.840><c> prison.</c><00:51:54.460><c> And</c><00:51:54.860><c> yet</c><00:51:55.039><c> they,</c><00:51:55.760><c> when</c><00:51:56.000><c> he</c><00:51:57.119><c> saw</c><00:51:57.420><c> the</c><00:51:57.639><c> light,</c><00:51:59.960><c> showed</c><00:52:00.599><c> love</c>

00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:02.460
to<00:52:01.420><c> him.</c>

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:06.860
So<00:52:04.179><c> the</c><00:52:04.659><c> lesson</c><00:52:04.920><c> is</c><00:52:05.139><c> God</c><00:52:05.400><c> supplies</c><00:52:05.840><c> our</c><00:52:06.079><c> needs.</c><00:52:06.420><c> We've</c><00:52:06.699><c> been</c>

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:09.780
given<00:52:07.039><c> abundant</c><00:52:07.800><c> blessings</c><00:52:08.380><c> to</c><00:52:08.579><c> be</c><00:52:08.739><c> able</c><00:52:08.900><c> to,</c>

00:52:09.980 --> 00:52:14.179
to<00:52:09.980><c> save</c><00:52:10.159><c> others,</c><00:52:11.280><c> that</c><00:52:11.480><c> generosity</c><00:52:12.199><c> that</c><00:52:13.440><c> we</c><00:52:13.599><c> need</c><00:52:13.760><c> to</c><00:52:13.960><c> have</c>

00:52:14.179 --> 00:52:16.119
because<00:52:14.619><c> of</c><00:52:14.780><c> what</c><00:52:14.920><c> we've</c><00:52:15.059><c> been</c><00:52:15.260><c> given.</c>

00:52:16.719 --> 00:52:19.920
It's<00:52:16.920><c> a</c><00:52:17.039><c> choice.</c><00:52:17.920><c> Joseph</c><00:52:17.980><c> had</c><00:52:18.159><c> a</c><00:52:18.380><c> choice.</c><00:52:18.699><c> He</c><00:52:18.960><c> chose</c><00:52:19.340><c> to</c><00:52:19.619><c> give.</c>

00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:22.179
We<00:52:20.639><c> can</c><00:52:20.780><c> do</c><00:52:20.920><c> the</c><00:52:21.179><c> same.</c>

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And<00:52:24.000><c> thankfully,</c><00:52:25.119><c> the,</c><00:52:25.119><c> the</c><00:52:25.500><c> early,</c><00:52:25.719><c> the</c><00:52:26.119><c> brethren</c><00:52:26.300><c> in</c><00:52:26.460><c> the</c>

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early<00:52:26.780><c> church</c><00:52:27.099><c> did</c><00:52:27.300><c> the</c><00:52:27.519><c> same.</c><00:52:27.820><c> They,</c><00:52:28.019><c> they</c><00:52:28.239><c> gave</c><00:52:28.420><c> love</c>

00:52:29.719 --> 00:52:35.440
and<00:52:30.000><c> shared</c><00:52:30.360><c> with</c><00:52:30.619><c> Paul</c><00:52:31.159><c> as</c><00:52:31.840><c> well.</c><00:52:33.800><c> So</c><00:52:34.099><c> let</c><00:52:34.239><c> me</c><00:52:34.380><c> summarize</c>

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many<00:52:36.599><c> lessons</c><00:52:36.960><c> from</c><00:52:37.239><c> Africa</c><00:52:37.559><c> tonight,</c><00:52:38.920><c> both</c><00:52:38.920><c> from</c><00:52:40.800><c> Africa</c><00:52:41.099><c> today</c><00:52:41.480><c> and</c><00:52:41.780><c> Africa,</c><00:52:42.380><c> you</c><00:52:42.599><c> know,</c><00:52:43.780><c> a</c>

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few<00:52:43.980><c> thousand</c><00:52:44.280><c> years</c>

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back.<00:52:48.300><c> What</c><00:52:48.559><c> you</c><00:52:48.679><c> need</c><00:52:48.800><c> to</c><00:52:48.940><c> make</c><00:52:49.099><c> sure</c><00:52:49.320><c> that</c><00:52:49.460><c> we</c><00:52:49.780><c> have</c><00:52:50.000><c> an</c><00:52:50.360><c> abundance</c><00:52:50.840><c> mentality,</c><00:52:51.719><c> focus</c><00:52:52.139><c> on</c>

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what<00:52:52.460><c> we've</c><00:52:52.659><c> been</c>

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given,<00:52:53.340><c> not</c><00:52:53.539><c> on</c><00:52:53.639><c> what</c><00:52:53.780><c> we</c><00:52:53.940><c> don't</c><00:52:54.119><c> have.</c><00:52:55.599><c> Let's</c><00:52:55.860><c> try</c><00:52:56.000><c> to</c><00:52:56.260><c> replace</c><00:52:56.539><c> a</c><00:52:56.800><c> life</c>

00:52:56.960 --> 00:52:59.059
of<00:52:57.219><c> chasing</c><00:52:57.440><c> after</c><00:52:57.960><c> stuff</c><00:52:58.420><c> with</c><00:52:59.059><c> a</c>

00:52:59.059 --> 00:53:03.179
life<00:52:59.440><c> of</c><00:52:59.840><c> gratitude</c><00:53:00.440><c> for</c><00:53:00.760><c> our</c><00:53:00.980><c> blessings.</c><00:53:02.679><c> Let's</c><00:53:03.000><c> strive</c>

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after<00:53:03.579><c> godliness</c><00:53:04.239><c> with</c><00:53:04.980><c> contentment.</c>

00:53:06.420 --> 00:53:11.659
And<00:53:06.679><c> to</c><00:53:06.800><c> do</c><00:53:06.940><c> so,</c><00:53:07.219><c> let's</c><00:53:07.340><c> be</c><00:53:07.500><c> as</c><00:53:07.699><c> little</c><00:53:07.980><c> children</c><00:53:08.579><c> being</c><00:53:09.260><c> content</c><00:53:09.860><c> to</c><00:53:10.099><c> the</c>

00:53:13.019 --> 00:53:16.840
being<00:53:13.579><c> in</c><00:53:13.840><c> the</c><00:53:14.039><c> loving</c><00:53:14.199><c> arms</c><00:53:14.619><c> of</c><00:53:14.820><c> our</c><00:53:14.940><c> heavenly</c><00:53:15.199><c> father,</c><00:53:16.139><c> trusting</c><00:53:16.460><c> him</c>

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for<00:53:17.159><c> our</c><00:53:17.360><c> needs</c><00:53:17.840><c> and</c><00:53:18.960><c> recognizing</c><00:53:19.539><c> this</c>

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great<00:53:20.559><c> bounty</c><00:53:20.960><c> that</c><00:53:21.179><c> we've</c><00:53:21.320><c> been</c><00:53:21.559><c> given</c><00:53:21.880><c> and</c><00:53:22.039><c> the</c><00:53:22.219><c> fact</c><00:53:22.320><c> that</c>

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:25.519
we<00:53:23.179><c> have</c><00:53:23.360><c> the</c><00:53:23.519><c> ability</c><00:53:23.760><c> to</c><00:53:24.000><c> bring</c><00:53:24.159><c> salvation</c>

00:53:25.819 --> 00:53:30.579
to<00:53:26.159><c> others</c><00:53:26.619><c> in</c><00:53:27.039><c> desperate</c><00:53:27.480><c> situations.</c><00:53:29.000><c> Be</c><00:53:29.179><c> generous</c><00:53:29.840><c> and</c>

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share<00:53:31.360><c> your</c><00:53:31.920><c> wealth.</c>

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Let's<00:53:34.480><c> close</c><00:53:34.760><c> with</c><00:53:35.039><c> rereading</c><00:53:35.380><c> verses</c><00:53:35.739><c> 17</c><00:53:36.239><c> through</c><00:53:36.420><c> 19</c><00:53:37.239><c> and</c>

00:53:37.699 --> 00:53:39.659
think<00:53:37.940><c> about</c><00:53:38.179><c> how</c><00:53:38.460><c> important</c><00:53:38.920><c> this</c><00:53:39.219><c> wisdom</c>

00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:44.000
and<00:53:39.900><c> instruction</c><00:53:40.280><c> is</c><00:53:41.079><c> for</c><00:53:41.400><c> us</c><00:53:41.679><c> in</c><00:53:41.800><c> the</c><00:53:41.940><c> 21st</c><00:53:42.519><c> century,</c><00:53:43.800><c> North</c>

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American<00:53:44.420><c> society,</c><00:53:45.860><c> as</c><00:53:46.159><c> we</c><00:53:46.400><c> seek</c><00:53:46.699><c> godliness</c>

00:53:47.239 --> 00:53:50.300
with<00:53:47.500><c> the</c><00:53:47.760><c> contentment</c><00:53:48.099><c> and</c><00:53:48.239><c> a</c><00:53:48.539><c> world</c><00:53:48.900><c> that</c><00:53:49.179><c> seeks</c><00:53:49.340><c> to</c><00:53:49.619><c> build</c>

00:53:50.300 --> 00:53:52.739
the<00:53:50.860><c> opposite</c><00:53:51.139><c> in</c><00:53:51.360><c> us,</c><00:53:51.579><c> a</c><00:53:51.800><c> discontent</c><00:53:52.360><c> so</c><00:53:52.599><c> that</c>

00:53:52.739 --> 00:53:56.519
they<00:53:52.940><c> can</c><00:53:53.179><c> sell</c><00:53:53.500><c> more</c><00:53:53.860><c> of</c><00:53:54.179><c> their</c><00:53:54.659><c> wares</c><00:53:55.119><c> to</c><00:53:55.219><c> us.</c><00:53:56.099><c> Let's</c><00:53:56.280><c> stop</c>

00:53:56.519 --> 00:53:58.579
reaching<00:53:56.880><c> out</c><00:53:57.139><c> for</c><00:53:57.280><c> more</c><00:53:57.559><c> material</c><00:53:57.920><c> wealth</c><00:53:58.280><c> and</c>

00:53:58.579 --> 00:54:03.019
instead<00:53:58.880><c> reach</c><00:53:59.420><c> for</c><00:53:59.599><c> the</c><00:53:59.860><c> tree</c><00:54:00.039><c> of</c><00:54:00.280><c> life</c><00:54:01.039><c> in</c><00:54:01.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:54:01.900><c> sacrifice</c><00:54:02.639><c> and</c><00:54:02.840><c> the</c>

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new<00:54:03.239><c> life</c><00:54:03.619><c> that</c><00:54:03.800><c> we</c><00:54:03.960><c> have</c><00:54:04.199><c> in</c><00:54:04.420><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:54:06.719><c> 17,</c><00:54:07.739><c> as</c><00:54:08.039><c> for</c><00:54:08.260><c> the</c><00:54:08.440><c> rich</c><00:54:08.619><c> in</c><00:54:08.739><c> this</c><00:54:08.980><c> present</c><00:54:09.199><c> age,</c><00:54:09.539><c> charge</c>

00:54:09.860 --> 00:54:11.980
them<00:54:10.099><c> not</c><00:54:10.420><c> to</c><00:54:10.579><c> be</c><00:54:10.820><c> haughty</c><00:54:11.420><c> or</c><00:54:11.579><c> to</c><00:54:11.800><c> set</c><00:54:11.800><c> their</c>

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hopes<00:54:12.280><c> on</c><00:54:12.500><c> the</c><00:54:12.820><c> uncertainty</c><00:54:13.360><c> of</c><00:54:13.679><c> riches,</c><00:54:14.579><c> but</c><00:54:14.679><c> on</c><00:54:14.980><c> God,</c><00:54:16.440><c> who</c>

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richly<00:54:16.980><c> provides</c><00:54:17.380><c> us</c><00:54:18.099><c> with</c><00:54:18.500><c> everything</c><00:54:18.920><c> to</c><00:54:19.159><c> enjoy.</c>

00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:24.679
They<00:54:21.000><c> are</c><00:54:21.219><c> to</c><00:54:21.400><c> do</c><00:54:21.579><c> good,</c><00:54:22.599><c> to</c><00:54:22.639><c> be</c><00:54:22.980><c> rich</c><00:54:23.300><c> in</c><00:54:23.480><c> good</c><00:54:23.739><c> works,</c><00:54:24.260><c> to</c><00:54:24.360><c> be</c>

00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:27.340
generous<00:54:25.280><c> and</c><00:54:25.820><c> ready</c><00:54:26.159><c> to</c><00:54:26.539><c> share,</c>

00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:32.139
thus<00:54:28.079><c> storing</c><00:54:28.380><c> up</c><00:54:28.679><c> treasure</c><00:54:29.000><c> for</c><00:54:29.260><c> themselves</c><00:54:30.059><c> as</c><00:54:30.940><c> a</c><00:54:31.199><c> good</c><00:54:31.360><c> foundation</c><00:54:31.880><c> for</c>

00:54:32.139 --> 00:54:34.639
the<00:54:32.300><c> future</c><00:54:32.599><c> so</c><00:54:32.719><c> they</c><00:54:32.900><c> may</c><00:54:33.239><c> take</c><00:54:33.659><c> hold,</c>

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again,<00:54:36.159><c> taking</c><00:54:36.239><c> hold</c><00:54:36.699><c> of</c><00:54:37.500><c> the</c><00:54:38.420><c> tree,</c><00:54:40.320><c> the</c><00:54:40.500><c> better</c><00:54:40.619><c> choice,</c><00:54:41.260><c> not</c><00:54:41.579><c> the</c><00:54:41.760><c> tree</c><00:54:42.000><c> of</c>

00:54:42.099 --> 00:54:43.000
the<00:54:42.219><c> knowledge</c><00:54:42.420><c> of</c><00:54:42.599><c> good</c><00:54:42.719><c> and</c><00:54:42.840><c> evil,</c>

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:49.000
the<00:54:43.280><c> tree</c><00:54:43.480><c> of</c><00:54:43.719><c> life.</c><00:54:43.900><c> Take</c><00:54:44.179><c> hold</c><00:54:44.579><c> of</c><00:54:44.739><c> that</c><00:54:44.960><c> which</c><00:54:45.199><c> is</c><00:54:45.719><c> truly</c><00:54:46.239><c> life.</c><00:54:48.579><c> So</c>

00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:51.400
I<00:54:49.239><c> pray</c><00:54:49.440><c> that</c><00:54:50.239><c> God</c><00:54:50.800><c> will</c><00:54:51.079><c> strengthen</c>

00:54:51.400 --> 00:54:57.659
us<00:54:51.719><c> in</c><00:54:53.219><c> this</c><00:54:53.400><c> effort</c><00:54:53.820><c> to</c><00:54:54.760><c> fight</c><00:54:55.219><c> the</c><00:54:55.980><c> materialism</c><00:54:56.500><c> of</c><00:54:56.639><c> this</c><00:54:56.900><c> world</c><00:54:57.219><c> and</c><00:54:57.440><c> to</c>

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instead<00:54:59.679><c> have</c><00:55:02.219><c> godliness</c>

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with<00:55:02.980><c> contentment.</c><00:55:05.039><c> Thank</c><00:55:05.199><c> you,</c><00:55:05.500><c> everybody.</c>