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And<00:11:57.360><c> it</c><00:11:57.500><c> is</c><00:11:57.720><c> no</c><00:11:57.940><c> easier</c><00:11:58.360><c> for</c><00:11:58.940><c> any</c><00:11:59.340><c> one</c><00:11:59.539><c> of</c><00:11:59.620><c> us</c><00:11:59.820><c> in</c><00:12:00.080><c> this</c><00:12:00.419><c> room</c>

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than<00:12:02.480><c> the</c><00:12:02.720><c> other.</c>

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And<00:12:04.059><c> the</c><00:12:04.240><c> words</c><00:12:04.559><c> of</c><00:12:04.799><c> the</c><00:12:04.919><c> Lord</c><00:12:05.139><c> Jesus</c><00:12:05.600><c> Christ</c><00:12:05.940><c> in</c><00:12:06.100><c> Matthew</c><00:12:06.580><c> chapter</c><00:12:06.980><c> 11</c>

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that<00:12:11.220><c> we</c><00:12:11.620><c> live</c><00:12:11.840><c> the</c><00:12:12.139><c> truth</c><00:12:12.559><c> in</c><00:12:13.519><c> an</c><00:12:13.700><c> easy</c><00:12:14.039><c> way</c><00:12:14.700><c> or</c><00:12:15.240><c> a</c><00:12:15.360><c> difficult</c><00:12:15.860><c> way.</c>

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He<00:12:18.620><c> says</c><00:12:18.919><c> to</c><00:12:19.179><c> us,</c><00:12:20.399><c> the</c><00:12:20.559><c> truth</c><00:12:21.059><c> is</c><00:12:21.340><c> as</c><00:12:21.659><c> easy</c><00:12:22.059><c> or</c><00:12:22.360><c> as</c><00:12:22.659><c> difficult</c>

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Four,<00:12:33.379><c> my</c><00:12:33.779><c> burden</c><00:12:34.500><c> is</c><00:12:35.240><c> light,</c><00:12:35.919><c> my</c><00:12:36.279><c> yoke</c><00:12:36.840><c> is</c><00:12:37.299><c> easy.</c>

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It's<00:12:39.679><c> as</c><00:12:40.019><c> easy</c><00:12:40.480><c> or</c><00:12:40.779><c> as</c><00:12:41.059><c> difficult</c><00:12:41.600><c> as</c><00:12:42.220><c> we</c><00:12:42.539><c> make</c><00:12:42.799><c> it,</c><00:12:43.179><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:12:43.519><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:12:45.399><c> when</c><00:12:45.639><c> we</c><00:12:45.940><c> next</c><00:12:46.200><c> sit</c><00:12:46.419><c> down</c><00:12:46.799><c> and</c><00:12:46.980><c> make</c><00:12:47.259><c> a</c><00:12:48.539><c> half</c><00:12:48.899><c>-hearted</c><00:12:49.200><c> attempt</c>

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to<00:12:50.019><c> excuse</c><00:12:50.519><c> ourselves</c><00:12:51.379><c> from</c><00:12:52.080><c> opening</c><00:12:52.440><c> the</c><00:12:52.759><c> word</c><00:12:52.960><c> to</c><00:12:53.179><c> do</c><00:12:53.360><c> the</c><00:12:53.580><c> readings</c>

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with<00:12:55.740><c> ourselves,</c><00:12:57.399><c> preferably</c><00:12:57.720><c> with</c><00:12:58.000><c> our</c><00:12:58.139><c> children,</c>

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think<00:12:59.960><c> on</c><00:13:00.220><c> these</c><00:13:00.480><c> things.</c>

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And<00:13:02.340><c> think</c><00:13:02.720><c> about</c><00:13:03.080><c> the</c><00:13:03.340><c> man,</c><00:13:04.139><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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because<00:13:07.460><c> it</c><00:13:07.620><c> is</c><00:13:07.840><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:13:08.679><c> brothers</c><00:13:08.779><c> and</c><00:13:08.960><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:13:10.659><c> is</c><00:13:10.799><c> gonna</c><00:13:10.980><c> take</c><00:13:11.279><c> up</c><00:13:11.460><c> our</c><00:13:11.779><c> own</c><00:13:12.039><c> attention</c><00:13:12.440><c> now</c>

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Here<00:13:27.580><c> was</c><00:13:27.860><c> a</c><00:13:28.080><c> man,</c><00:13:28.379><c> brothers</c><00:13:28.620><c> and</c><00:13:28.779><c> sisters,</c>

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who<00:13:29.740><c> worked</c><00:13:30.120><c> in</c><00:13:30.360><c> the</c><00:13:30.679><c> purpose</c><00:13:31.080><c> of</c><00:13:31.419><c> God</c><00:13:32.279><c> for</c><00:13:34.080><c> Israel,</c>

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when<00:13:43.360><c> their</c><00:13:43.799><c> development</c><00:13:44.620><c> could</c><00:13:45.700><c> not</c><00:13:45.980><c> be</c><00:13:46.419><c> seen</c><00:13:46.659><c> to</c><00:13:46.860><c> be</c><00:13:47.100><c> a</c><00:13:47.240><c> development,</c>

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a<00:13:48.559><c> time</c><00:13:49.059><c> in</c><00:13:49.340><c> the</c><00:13:49.519><c> history</c><00:13:49.940><c> of</c><00:13:50.320><c> Israel's</c><00:13:50.899><c> development</c>

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when<00:13:51.899><c> conditions</c><00:13:52.399><c> could</c><00:13:52.759><c> not</c><00:13:52.940><c> have</c><00:13:53.179><c> been</c><00:13:53.399><c> worse.</c>

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Did<00:13:57.019><c> that</c><00:13:57.340><c> stop</c><00:13:57.700><c> him</c><00:13:58.440><c> from</c><00:13:59.019><c> working</c><00:13:59.500><c> in</c><00:13:59.960><c> the</c><00:14:00.200><c> truth?</c>

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He<00:14:03.779><c> worked</c><00:14:04.220><c> in</c><00:14:04.440><c> a</c><00:14:04.740><c> time</c><00:14:05.340><c> willingly,</c><00:14:06.940><c> underlined</c><00:14:07.860><c> willingly,</c>

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when<00:14:09.840><c> he</c><00:14:10.039><c> had</c><00:14:10.360><c> very</c><00:14:11.019><c> few</c><00:14:11.340><c> supporters.</c>

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Not<00:14:13.100><c> only</c><00:14:13.440><c> that,</c><00:14:14.200><c> he</c><00:14:14.580><c> worked</c><00:14:14.980><c> in</c><00:14:15.159><c> a</c><00:14:15.399><c> time</c>

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when<00:14:15.820><c> there</c><00:14:15.940><c> was</c><00:14:16.220><c> a</c><00:14:16.539><c> great</c><00:14:16.820><c> opposition</c><00:14:17.519><c> to</c><00:14:18.039><c> God's</c><00:14:18.559><c> people.</c>

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There<00:14:19.559><c> was</c><00:14:19.799><c> a</c><00:14:20.059><c> great</c><00:14:20.259><c> opposition</c><00:14:20.860><c> to</c><00:14:21.279><c> the</c><00:14:21.519><c> worship</c><00:14:21.860><c> of</c><00:14:22.200><c> Yahweh</c>

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from<00:14:23.600><c> outside</c><00:14:24.360><c> that</c><00:14:24.879><c> we</c><00:14:25.080><c> would</c><00:14:25.299><c> expect.</c>

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But<00:14:27.220><c> worse</c><00:14:27.559><c> than</c><00:14:27.820><c> that,</c><00:14:28.200><c> brothers</c><00:14:28.320><c> and</c><00:14:28.559><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:14:30.360><c> worked</c><00:14:30.799><c> for</c><00:14:31.120><c> Israel</c><00:14:31.899><c> in</c><00:14:32.700><c> the</c><00:14:32.980><c> truth</c>

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at<00:14:34.059><c> a</c><00:14:34.299><c> time</c><00:14:34.580><c> when</c><00:14:34.740><c> there</c><00:14:34.899><c> was</c><00:14:35.120><c> great</c><00:14:35.440><c> opposition</c>

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from<00:14:37.759><c> his</c><00:14:38.080><c> own</c><00:14:38.740><c> brothers</c><00:14:39.159><c> and</c><00:14:39.419><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:14:41.720><c> think</c><00:14:42.000><c> about</c><00:14:42.360><c> that.</c>

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Those<00:14:44.460><c> who</c><00:14:44.759><c> should</c><00:14:45.000><c> have</c><00:14:45.159><c> been</c><00:14:45.399><c> supporting</c><00:14:45.940><c> him</c>

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But<00:14:51.159><c> worse</c><00:14:51.440><c> than</c><00:14:51.779><c> that,</c><00:14:52.779><c> there</c><00:14:52.879><c> were</c><00:14:53.139><c> those</c>

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who<00:14:56.039><c> were</c><00:14:56.539><c> openly</c><00:14:57.019><c> antagonizing</c><00:14:58.100><c> his</c><00:14:58.340><c> efforts,</c>

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who<00:14:59.399><c> were</c><00:14:59.759><c> openly</c><00:15:00.259><c> standing</c><00:15:00.720><c> against</c><00:15:01.179><c> him,</c>

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who<00:15:01.980><c> were</c><00:15:02.279><c> openly</c><00:15:02.799><c> decrying</c><00:15:03.620><c> everything</c><00:15:04.080><c> he</c><00:15:04.299><c> set</c><00:15:04.440><c> his</c><00:15:04.639><c> hand</c><00:15:04.799><c> to.</c>

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But<00:15:07.879><c> he</c><00:15:07.940><c> put</c><00:15:08.159><c> his</c><00:15:08.320><c> head</c><00:15:08.519><c> down.</c>

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He<00:15:10.500><c> trusted</c><00:15:10.840><c> in</c><00:15:11.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

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He<00:15:12.480><c> went</c><00:15:12.799><c> to</c><00:15:12.980><c> him</c><00:15:13.200><c> in</c><00:15:13.519><c> prayer</c><00:15:13.779><c> on</c><00:15:14.200><c> every</c><00:15:14.659><c> occasion.</c>

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And<00:15:17.940><c> he</c><00:15:18.279><c> carried</c><00:15:18.480><c> on</c><00:15:19.360><c> with</c><00:15:19.600><c> the</c><00:15:19.779><c> work.</c>

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And<00:15:22.120><c> so</c><00:15:22.279><c> we</c><00:15:22.580><c> see</c><00:15:22.860><c> throughout</c><00:15:23.500><c> the</c><00:15:24.580><c> Book</c><00:15:24.860><c> of</c><00:15:25.100><c> Nehemiah</c>

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a<00:15:27.080><c> shining</c><00:15:27.759><c> example</c><00:15:28.799><c> of</c><00:15:29.740><c> a</c><00:15:29.940><c> man</c><00:15:30.179><c> of</c><00:15:30.600><c> impeccable</c><00:15:31.399><c> character.</c>

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We<00:15:33.980><c> see</c><00:15:34.360><c> throughout</c><00:15:34.940><c> the</c><00:15:35.259><c> Book</c><00:15:35.559><c> of</c><00:15:35.799><c> Nehemiah</c>

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a<00:15:37.240><c> man</c><00:15:37.639><c> determined,</c><00:15:39.899><c> a</c><00:15:40.139><c> man</c><00:15:40.600><c> courageous,</c>

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that<00:15:42.519><c> no</c><00:15:42.799><c> matter</c><00:15:43.080><c> how</c><00:15:43.759><c> great</c><00:15:44.080><c> the</c><00:15:44.340><c> odds</c><00:15:44.620><c> were,</c>

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he<00:15:46.580><c> was</c><00:15:46.820><c> going</c><00:15:47.000><c> to</c><00:15:47.240><c> fulfill</c><00:15:47.960><c> that</c><00:15:48.799><c> to</c><00:15:49.200><c> which</c><00:15:49.460><c> he</c><00:15:49.779><c> had</c><00:15:50.139><c> set</c><00:15:50.519><c> his</c><00:15:51.000><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:15:52.820><c> think</c><00:15:53.080><c> upon</c><00:15:53.399><c> that</c><00:15:53.700><c> for</c><00:15:53.940><c> a</c><00:15:54.080><c> moment.</c>

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How<00:15:55.320><c> many</c><00:15:55.720><c> times</c><00:15:56.440><c> do</c><00:15:56.720><c> we</c><00:15:56.940><c> go</c><00:15:57.200><c> rushing</c><00:15:57.620><c> out</c>

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and<00:16:02.019><c> get</c><00:16:02.320><c> distracted</c><00:16:02.919><c> from</c><00:16:03.240><c> it,</c>

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or<00:16:04.179><c> then</c><00:16:04.500><c> leave</c><00:16:04.779><c> it</c><00:16:04.980><c> for</c><00:16:05.120><c> somebody</c><00:16:05.419><c> else</c><00:16:05.679><c> to</c><00:16:06.019><c> complete,</c>

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or<00:16:07.419><c> turn</c><00:16:07.759><c> away</c><00:16:08.120><c> from</c><00:16:08.279><c> it</c><00:16:08.460><c> and</c><00:16:08.559><c> say,</c>

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oh<00:16:08.960><c> well,</c><00:16:09.340><c> I'm</c><00:16:09.559><c> getting</c><00:16:09.860><c> nowhere</c><00:16:10.200><c> anyhow?</c>

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Not<00:16:12.940><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:16:13.559><c> brethren</c><00:16:13.759><c> and</c><00:16:14.000><c> sisters.</c>

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No<00:16:16.779><c> matter</c><00:16:17.320><c> how</c><00:16:17.860><c> momentous</c><00:16:18.580><c> the</c><00:16:18.919><c> difficulties</c><00:16:19.360><c> were</c><00:16:20.000><c> to</c><00:16:20.580><c> overcome,</c>

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he<00:16:22.659><c> would</c><00:16:23.019><c> face</c><00:16:23.399><c> them</c><00:16:23.759><c> all.</c>

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And<00:16:25.559><c> in</c><00:16:26.080><c> the</c><00:16:26.379><c> faith</c><00:16:26.679><c> of</c><00:16:26.919><c> the</c><00:16:27.120><c> God</c><00:16:27.279><c> of</c><00:16:27.519><c> Israel,</c>

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he<00:16:28.820><c> would</c><00:16:29.299><c> overcome</c><00:16:29.820><c> them</c><00:16:30.179><c> all</c>

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through<00:16:32.600><c> not</c><00:16:33.240><c> only</c><00:16:33.740><c> his</c><00:16:34.200><c> faith,</c>

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but<00:16:36.340><c> through</c><00:16:36.679><c> his</c><00:16:37.139><c> faith</c><00:16:37.659><c> working</c><00:16:39.080><c> from</c><00:16:39.500><c> within</c><00:16:39.820><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:42.600><c> that's</c><00:16:42.960><c> why</c><00:16:43.059><c> Brother</c><00:16:43.279><c> John</c><00:16:43.639><c> said,</c>

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the<00:16:44.679><c> truth</c><00:16:44.860><c> is</c><00:16:45.100><c> in</c><00:16:45.240><c> us,</c><00:16:45.559><c> brethren</c><00:16:45.659><c> and</c><00:16:46.159><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:16:46.679><c> it</c><00:16:46.919><c> is.</c>

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But<00:16:48.259><c> it's</c><00:16:48.440><c> no</c><00:16:48.580><c> good</c><00:16:48.679><c> if</c><00:16:48.820><c> it</c><00:16:48.960><c> just</c><00:16:49.220><c> stays</c><00:16:49.440><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:16:50.820><c> gotta</c><00:16:50.980><c> work.</c>

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The<00:16:52.940><c> psalmist</c><00:16:53.299><c> says</c><00:16:53.700><c> in</c><00:16:54.000><c> Psalm</c><00:16:54.299><c> 15,</c>

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a<00:16:55.639><c> psalmist</c><00:16:56.000><c> described</c><00:16:56.620><c> the</c><00:16:56.940><c> true</c><00:16:57.139><c> citizens</c><00:16:57.419><c> of</c><00:16:57.679><c> Zion.</c>

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It<00:16:58.460><c> asks</c><00:16:58.820><c> the</c><00:16:59.019><c> question,</c><00:16:59.700><c> who</c><00:16:59.940><c> will</c><00:17:00.659><c> serve</c><00:17:01.120><c> thee</c><00:17:01.379><c> now,</c><00:17:01.799><c> verse</c><00:17:02.120><c> one?</c>

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Who<00:17:02.759><c> will</c><00:17:03.159><c> serve</c><00:17:03.480><c> thee</c><00:17:03.700><c> in</c><00:17:03.820><c> the</c><00:17:03.960><c> age</c><00:17:04.119><c> to</c><00:17:04.400><c> come?</c>

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And<00:17:04.940><c> it</c><00:17:05.039><c> gives</c><00:17:05.359><c> three</c><00:17:05.859><c> answers.</c>

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He<00:17:08.740><c> that</c><00:17:09.420><c> walketh</c><00:17:09.920><c> uprightly.</c>

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He<00:17:12.759><c> that</c><00:17:13.440><c> worketh</c><00:17:14.119><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:17:16.140><c> he</c><00:17:16.900><c> that</c><00:17:17.619><c> speaketh</c><00:17:18.079><c> the</c><00:17:18.359><c> truth</c><00:17:19.319><c> in</c><00:17:20.799><c> his</c><00:17:22.259><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:17:24.960><c> it,</c><00:17:25.279><c> brethren</c><00:17:25.339><c> and</c><00:17:25.559><c> sisters.</c>

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That's<00:17:26.759><c> how</c><00:17:26.940><c> we</c><00:17:27.079><c> do</c><00:17:27.259><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:17:28.180><c> how</c><00:17:28.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:28.859><c> did</c><00:17:29.079><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:29.759><c> we're</c><00:17:29.940><c> going</c><00:17:30.019><c> to</c><00:17:30.299><c> see</c><00:17:30.519><c> that</c>

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throughout<00:17:31.759><c> the</c><00:17:32.480><c> book</c><00:17:32.859><c> that</c><00:17:33.079><c> we</c><00:17:33.240><c> have</c><00:17:33.460><c> before</c><00:17:33.859><c> us.</c>

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Sad<00:17:35.960><c> to</c><00:17:36.200><c> say</c><00:17:36.400><c> we</c><00:17:36.539><c> have</c><00:17:36.880><c> five</c><00:17:37.279><c> sessions</c><00:17:37.779><c> to</c><00:17:38.339><c> deal</c><00:17:38.500><c> with</c><00:17:38.720><c> 13</c><00:17:39.180><c> chapters.</c>

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We<00:17:41.579><c> will</c><00:17:41.880><c> therefore</c><00:17:42.660><c> be</c><00:17:43.420><c> sketching</c><00:17:44.000><c> certain</c><00:17:44.339><c> areas.</c>

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Certain<00:17:45.839><c> areas</c><00:17:46.200><c> we</c><00:17:46.400><c> will</c><00:17:46.740><c> attempt</c><00:17:47.140><c> to</c><00:17:47.400><c> deal</c><00:17:47.559><c> with</c>

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on<00:17:48.160><c> a</c><00:17:48.319><c> verse</c><00:17:48.559><c> by</c><00:17:48.759><c> verse</c><00:17:49.000><c> basis,</c>

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where<00:17:49.859><c> we</c><00:17:50.140><c> feel</c><00:17:50.420><c> there</c><00:17:50.579><c> is</c><00:17:50.759><c> a</c><00:17:50.859><c> lot</c><00:17:51.000><c> of</c><00:17:51.200><c> exhortation</c><00:17:51.720><c> for</c><00:17:52.019><c> us.</c>

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There<00:17:52.740><c> are</c><00:17:52.940><c> two</c><00:17:53.160><c> chapters</c><00:17:53.559><c> full</c><00:17:53.779><c> of</c><00:17:53.980><c> names.</c>

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We'll<00:17:55.099><c> briefly</c><00:17:55.440><c> mention</c><00:17:55.759><c> them.</c>

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But<00:17:57.759><c> what</c><00:17:57.900><c> we're</c><00:17:58.160><c> going</c><00:17:58.319><c> to</c><00:17:58.460><c> see,</c><00:17:58.660><c> brethren</c><00:17:58.819><c> and</c><00:17:59.059><c> sisters,</c>

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with<00:17:59.500><c> this</c><00:17:59.859><c> man,</c><00:18:00.200><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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is<00:18:02.420><c> everything</c><00:18:03.119><c> he</c><00:18:03.700><c> did,</c>

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everything<00:18:05.519><c> he</c><00:18:05.940><c> thought,</c>

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everything<00:18:07.640><c> he</c><00:18:08.079><c> prayed,</c>

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he<00:18:09.920><c> wrote</c><00:18:10.140><c> down</c><00:18:10.799><c> in</c><00:18:11.980><c> a</c><00:18:12.140><c> diary.</c>

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Hence<00:18:14.579><c> that</c><00:18:14.819><c> title,</c><00:18:15.299><c> the</c><00:18:15.660><c> Diary</c><00:18:16.519><c> of</c><00:18:16.960><c> a</c><00:18:17.140><c> Faithful</c><00:18:17.519><c> Servant.</c>

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And<00:18:18.859><c> in</c><00:18:19.059><c> my</c><00:18:19.299><c> Bible</c><00:18:19.559><c> I</c><00:18:19.740><c> have</c><00:18:19.940><c> actually</c><00:18:20.200><c> got</c><00:18:20.460><c> written,</c>

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not<00:18:21.019><c> the</c><00:18:21.180><c> book</c><00:18:21.380><c> of</c><00:18:21.619><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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I've<00:18:22.579><c> changed</c><00:18:22.880><c> it</c><00:18:23.140><c> to</c><00:18:23.319><c> the</c><00:18:23.900><c> Diary</c><00:18:24.460><c> of</c><00:18:24.680><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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What's<00:18:25.500><c> so</c><00:18:25.740><c> important</c><00:18:26.259><c> about</c><00:18:26.619><c> that?</c>

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We're<00:18:28.859><c> talking</c><00:18:29.099><c> with</c><00:18:29.319><c> our</c><00:18:29.559><c> young</c><00:18:29.740><c> ones</c><00:18:30.000><c> earlier</c>

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about<00:18:31.200><c> the</c><00:18:31.519><c> keeping</c><00:18:31.819><c> of</c><00:18:32.259><c> diaries.</c>

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And<00:18:33.440><c> we</c><00:18:33.579><c> all</c><00:18:33.819><c> go</c><00:18:34.059><c> through</c><00:18:34.299><c> phases</c><00:18:34.759><c> in</c><00:18:35.000><c> our</c><00:18:35.180><c> life</c>

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when<00:18:35.660><c> we</c><00:18:35.980><c> tend</c><00:18:36.359><c> to</c><00:18:36.660><c> keep</c><00:18:36.900><c> a</c><00:18:37.220><c> little</c><00:18:37.539><c> diary</c>

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of<00:18:38.279><c> the</c><00:18:38.559><c> things</c><00:18:38.819><c> we</c><00:18:39.200><c> did</c><00:18:39.579><c> on</c><00:18:40.079><c> this</c><00:18:40.299><c> day</c><00:18:40.460><c> or</c><00:18:40.599><c> that</c><00:18:40.900><c> day,</c>

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a<00:18:41.579><c> new</c><00:18:41.880><c> job,</c><00:18:42.880><c> a</c><00:18:43.039><c> new</c><00:18:43.279><c> friend,</c><00:18:43.980><c> a</c><00:18:44.119><c> new</c><00:18:44.319><c> enemy,</c>

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a<00:18:46.079><c> very</c><00:18:46.339><c> close</c><00:18:46.579><c> friend,</c><00:18:47.019><c> a</c><00:18:47.119><c> very</c><00:18:47.380><c> dear</c><00:18:47.599><c> friend,</c><00:18:48.319><c> our</c><00:18:48.559><c> first</c><00:18:48.880><c> love.</c>

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The<00:18:50.220><c> work</c><00:18:50.440><c> that</c><00:18:50.660><c> we</c><00:18:50.819><c> did,</c><00:18:51.200><c> the</c><00:18:51.420><c> work</c><00:18:51.640><c> that</c><00:18:51.839><c> we</c><00:18:52.119><c> pretended</c><00:18:52.559><c> we</c><00:18:52.859><c> did.</c>

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It's<00:18:53.859><c> our</c><00:18:54.119><c> personal</c><00:18:54.799><c> diary.</c>

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We<00:18:55.579><c> keep</c><00:18:55.819><c> it</c><00:18:56.039><c> to</c><00:18:56.200><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:18:56.880><c> hide</c><00:18:57.299><c> it</c><00:18:57.539><c> away.</c>

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But<00:19:00.880><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:19:01.980><c> inspired</c><00:19:02.640><c> as</c><00:19:02.900><c> he</c><00:19:03.180><c> was,</c>

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wrote<00:19:04.160><c> everything</c><00:19:04.819><c> down.</c>

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And<00:19:06.079><c> therefore,</c><00:19:06.640><c> brothers</c><00:19:06.779><c> and</c><00:19:07.000><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:19:07.359><c> have</c><00:19:07.619><c> got</c><00:19:07.880><c> to</c><00:19:08.200><c> realize</c><00:19:08.819><c> how</c><00:19:09.420><c> privileged</c><00:19:10.079><c> we</c><00:19:10.460><c> are</c>

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that<00:19:11.720><c> we</c><00:19:11.920><c> can</c><00:19:12.200><c> open</c><00:19:12.720><c> this</c><00:19:13.099><c> very</c><00:19:13.640><c> intimate</c><00:19:14.279><c> diary</c>

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and<00:19:15.980><c> that</c><00:19:16.200><c> we</c><00:19:16.339><c> can</c><00:19:16.640><c> look</c><00:19:16.960><c> at</c><00:19:17.160><c> what</c><00:19:17.339><c> he</c><00:19:17.559><c> has</c><00:19:17.740><c> written.</c>

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It's<00:19:18.460><c> almost</c><00:19:18.720><c> as</c><00:19:18.940><c> though</c><00:19:19.059><c> we're</c><00:19:19.259><c> looking</c><00:19:19.579><c> over</c><00:19:19.920><c> his</c><00:19:20.279><c> shoulder</c>

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and<00:19:21.720><c> we</c><00:19:21.960><c> can</c><00:19:22.339><c> joy</c><00:19:22.559><c> when</c><00:19:22.819><c> he</c><00:19:23.140><c> joins.</c>

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And<00:19:25.579><c> we</c><00:19:25.779><c> can</c><00:19:26.000><c> be</c><00:19:26.279><c> despondent</c><00:19:26.740><c> when</c><00:19:26.920><c> he</c><00:19:27.160><c> becomes</c><00:19:27.500><c> despondent.</c>

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And<00:19:29.140><c> we</c><00:19:29.299><c> can</c><00:19:29.579><c> be</c><00:19:30.059><c> sorrowful</c><00:19:30.539><c> when</c><00:19:30.759><c> he</c><00:19:31.059><c> is</c><00:19:31.220><c> sorrowful.</c>

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And<00:19:33.160><c> we</c><00:19:33.339><c> can</c><00:19:33.519><c> be</c><00:19:33.799><c> angry</c><00:19:34.119><c> when</c><00:19:34.380><c> he</c><00:19:34.619><c> is</c><00:19:34.859><c> angry.</c>

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And<00:19:36.440><c> we</c><00:19:36.599><c> can</c><00:19:36.839><c> show</c><00:19:37.079><c> love</c><00:19:37.339><c> when</c><00:19:37.599><c> he</c><00:19:37.839><c> shows</c><00:19:38.079><c> love.</c>

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And<00:19:38.720><c> all</c><00:19:38.940><c> of</c><00:19:39.119><c> these</c><00:19:39.319><c> things</c><00:19:39.559><c> are</c><00:19:39.859><c> here</c><00:19:40.039><c> in</c><00:19:40.220><c> the</c><00:19:40.420><c> book,</c>

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The<00:19:41.119><c> Diary</c><00:19:41.539><c> of</c><00:19:41.740><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:19:43.640><c> they</c><00:19:43.819><c> are</c><00:19:43.819><c> wonderful</c><00:19:44.259><c> things,</c><00:19:44.859><c> brothers</c><00:19:44.960><c> and</c><00:19:45.140><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:19:46.079><c> when</c><00:19:46.279><c> we</c><00:19:46.539><c> realize</c><00:19:47.019><c> it's</c><00:19:47.339><c> a</c><00:19:47.440><c> very</c><00:19:47.740><c> personal</c><00:19:48.140><c> diary,</c>

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everything<00:19:50.140><c> that</c><00:19:50.619><c> is</c><00:19:50.720><c> written</c><00:19:50.940><c> becomes</c><00:19:51.319><c> very</c><00:19:51.660><c> exciting</c>

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because<00:19:53.220><c> it</c><00:19:53.400><c> is</c><00:19:53.660><c> a</c><00:19:53.720><c> personal</c><00:19:54.299><c> glimpse</c>

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into<00:19:54.960><c> the</c><00:19:55.200><c> life</c><00:19:55.539><c> of</c><00:19:55.980><c> the</c><00:19:56.140><c> faithful</c><00:19:56.460><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:19:58.339><c> as</c><00:19:58.440><c> we</c><00:19:58.640><c> go</c><00:19:58.880><c> through</c><00:19:59.460><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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we're<00:20:00.519><c> going</c><00:20:00.660><c> to</c><00:20:00.839><c> see</c><00:20:01.059><c> that</c><00:20:01.279><c> it</c><00:20:01.500><c> reflects</c><00:20:01.900><c> also</c>

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the<00:20:03.240><c> life,</c><00:20:03.940><c> the</c><00:20:04.240><c> works,</c><00:20:04.940><c> the</c><00:20:05.160><c> words,</c>

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the<00:20:06.059><c> actions</c><00:20:06.799><c> of</c><00:20:08.220><c> that</c><00:20:08.880><c> one</c><00:20:09.319><c> faithful</c><00:20:09.799><c> servant,</c>

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the<00:20:10.440><c> Lord</c><00:20:10.660><c> Jesus</c><00:20:11.000><c> Christ.</c>

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Here,<00:20:13.660><c> reflected</c><00:20:14.019><c> in</c><00:20:14.319><c> this</c><00:20:14.640><c> diary</c><00:20:15.099><c> of</c><00:20:15.759><c> this</c><00:20:16.079><c> faithful</c><00:20:16.400><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:20:18.279><c> because</c><00:20:18.900><c> it</c><00:20:19.420><c> is</c><00:20:19.680><c> a</c><00:20:19.779><c> personal</c><00:20:20.319><c> diary,</c>

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it<00:20:21.559><c> is</c><00:20:21.839><c> a</c><00:20:22.000><c> narrative</c><00:20:22.519><c> that</c><00:20:22.920><c> lives,</c><00:20:23.400><c> brothers</c><00:20:23.619><c> and</c><00:20:23.839><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:20:25.240><c> if</c><00:20:25.420><c> we</c><00:20:25.779><c> cannot</c><00:20:26.039><c> get</c><00:20:26.440><c> excited</c><00:20:27.200><c> by</c><00:20:27.539><c> this</c><00:20:27.880><c> narrative,</c>

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as<00:20:30.700><c> we</c><00:20:30.880><c> said</c><00:20:31.039><c> earlier,</c>

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there's<00:20:33.240><c> nothing</c><00:20:33.519><c> wrong</c><00:20:33.980><c> with</c><00:20:34.240><c> what</c><00:20:34.460><c> Nehemiah</c><00:20:34.920><c> had</c><00:20:35.180><c> written</c>

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because<00:20:37.359><c> it</c><00:20:37.619><c> is</c><00:20:37.920><c> inspired.</c>

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What<00:20:42.299><c> do</c><00:20:42.500><c> we</c><00:20:42.599><c> know</c><00:20:42.859><c> about</c><00:20:43.200><c> the</c><00:20:43.500><c> man</c><00:20:43.660><c> Nehemiah?</c>

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Of<00:20:45.140><c> his</c><00:20:45.400><c> birth,</c><00:20:46.059><c> nothing.</c>

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Of<00:20:47.720><c> his</c><00:20:48.000><c> early</c><00:20:48.380><c> life,</c><00:20:49.200><c> nothing.</c>

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Of<00:20:51.859><c> his</c><00:20:52.240><c> family</c><00:20:52.779><c> history,</c><00:20:54.700><c> nothing</c><00:20:55.019><c> except</c><00:20:55.720><c> one</c><00:20:56.460><c> thing.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:20:58.319><c> chapter</c><00:20:58.680><c> one</c><00:20:59.039><c> and</c><00:20:59.240><c> verse</c><00:20:59.500><c> one,</c><00:21:00.000><c> we</c><00:21:00.079><c> read.</c>

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The<00:21:01.779><c> words</c><00:21:02.279><c> of</c><00:21:02.599><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:21:03.880><c> the</c><00:21:04.019><c> son</c><00:21:04.220><c> of</c><00:21:04.460><c> Hacaliah.</c>

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That's<00:21:08.000><c> all</c><00:21:08.200><c> we're</c><00:21:08.579><c> told</c><00:21:08.940><c> about</c><00:21:09.960><c> the</c><00:21:10.319><c> genealogy</c>

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and<00:21:11.539><c> the</c><00:21:11.720><c> history</c><00:21:12.059><c> of</c><00:21:12.279><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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That<00:21:14.839><c> his</c><00:21:15.140><c> father</c><00:21:15.460><c> was</c><00:21:15.759><c> Hacaliah.</c>

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It's<00:21:17.380><c> repeated</c><00:21:17.720><c> again</c><00:21:18.119><c> in</c><00:21:18.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:18.579><c> 10</c><00:21:18.880><c> and</c><00:21:19.039><c> verse</c><00:21:19.259><c> one.</c>

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The<00:21:19.859><c> son</c><00:21:20.240><c> of</c><00:21:20.720><c> Hacaliah.</c>

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So<00:21:22.319><c> what</c><00:21:22.579><c> we've</c><00:21:22.960><c> got</c><00:21:23.140><c> here,</c><00:21:23.779><c> brothers</c><00:21:23.920><c> and</c><00:21:24.059><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:21:24.920><c> someone</c><00:21:25.539><c> we</c><00:21:26.119><c> perhaps</c><00:21:26.599><c> would</c><00:21:26.900><c> not</c><00:21:27.079><c> allow</c>

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on<00:21:27.579><c> our</c><00:21:27.839><c> platforms</c><00:21:28.460><c> at</c><00:21:29.079><c> first</c><00:21:29.380><c> glimpse</c>

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because<00:21:30.559><c> we've</c><00:21:30.920><c> got</c><00:21:31.079><c> someone</c><00:21:31.420><c> here</c>

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who<00:21:32.279><c> doesn't</c><00:21:32.640><c> seem</c><00:21:32.960><c> to</c><00:21:33.200><c> have</c><00:21:33.380><c> a</c><00:21:33.559><c> good</c><00:21:33.859><c> Christadelphian</c><00:21:34.480><c> pedigree.</c>

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There's<00:21:35.359><c> no</c><00:21:35.680><c> background,</c><00:21:36.339><c> no</c><00:21:36.539><c> history</c><00:21:36.819><c> to</c><00:21:37.000><c> the</c><00:21:37.079><c> matter.</c>

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We<00:21:37.460><c> can't</c><00:21:37.799><c> check</c><00:21:38.019><c> up</c><00:21:38.259><c> on</c><00:21:38.460><c> him.</c>

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What<00:21:42.980><c> a</c><00:21:43.220><c> warning</c><00:21:43.500><c> to</c><00:21:43.819><c> us</c><00:21:44.619><c> in</c><00:21:45.059><c> how</c><00:21:45.299><c> careful</c><00:21:45.680><c> we</c><00:21:45.900><c> should</c><00:21:46.140><c> now</c><00:21:46.500><c> be</c>

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when<00:21:47.940><c> we</c><00:21:48.180><c> consider</c><00:21:48.680><c> our</c><00:21:49.039><c> brethren</c><00:21:49.299><c> and</c><00:21:49.539><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:21:51.880><c> is</c><00:21:52.180><c> also</c><00:21:52.579><c> interesting</c><00:21:53.140><c> that</c><00:21:53.460><c> Hacaliah</c><00:21:54.140><c> means</c><00:21:54.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:55.880><c> is</c><00:21:56.400><c> hidden</c>

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because<00:21:58.359><c> the</c><00:21:58.680><c> life</c><00:21:59.059><c> of</c><00:21:59.380><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:00.160><c> prior</c><00:22:00.539><c> to</c><00:22:00.779><c> this</c><00:22:01.019><c> time</c><00:22:01.339><c> was</c><00:22:01.779><c> hidden.</c>

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And<00:22:04.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:05.299><c> remains</c><00:22:05.880><c> hidden</c><00:22:06.279><c> in</c><00:22:06.779><c> the</c><00:22:07.039><c> lives</c><00:22:07.339><c> of</c><00:22:07.819><c> all</c><00:22:08.200><c> people,</c>

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brethren<00:22:08.960><c> and</c><00:22:09.220><c> sisters,</c><00:22:10.500><c> until</c><00:22:11.039><c> we</c><00:22:11.880><c> seek</c><00:22:12.359><c> him,</c>

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as<00:22:14.680><c> did</c><00:22:14.900><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:22:18.119><c> he</c><00:22:18.539><c> sought</c><00:22:18.799><c> him</c><00:22:19.700><c> in</c><00:22:20.319><c> prayer</c><00:22:20.740><c> in</c><00:22:21.880><c> these</c><00:22:22.200><c> 13</c><00:22:22.599><c> chapters</c>

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on<00:22:24.099><c> 12</c><00:22:24.940><c> separate</c><00:22:25.700><c> occasions.</c>

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There<00:22:27.880><c> are</c><00:22:28.220><c> 14</c><00:22:28.859><c> prayers</c><00:22:29.339><c> recorded</c><00:22:29.900><c> in</c><00:22:30.220><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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one<00:22:31.359><c> by</c><00:22:31.640><c> Ezra,</c><00:22:32.720><c> one</c><00:22:32.940><c> by</c><00:22:33.200><c> the</c><00:22:33.420><c> people,</c>

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and<00:22:34.519><c> 12</c><00:22:35.099><c> by</c><00:22:35.460><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:36.140><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:22:37.859><c> will</c><00:22:38.039><c> glimpse</c><00:22:38.319><c> at</c><00:22:38.539><c> the</c><00:22:38.740><c> prayers.</c>

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We<00:22:39.140><c> will</c><00:22:39.380><c> spend</c><00:22:39.660><c> some</c><00:22:40.019><c> time</c><00:22:40.619><c> on</c><00:22:40.980><c> this</c><00:22:41.259><c> first</c><00:22:41.539><c> prayer</c>

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because<00:22:42.000><c> we</c><00:22:42.279><c> believe</c><00:22:42.460><c> it</c><00:22:42.640><c> to</c><00:22:42.779><c> be</c><00:22:43.079><c> important.</c>

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That's<00:22:45.579><c> the</c><00:22:45.740><c> man,</c><00:22:46.519><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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So<00:22:48.240><c> as</c><00:22:48.539><c> far</c><00:22:48.799><c> as</c><00:22:49.039><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:49.720><c> is</c><00:22:50.019><c> concerned,</c>

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how<00:22:51.720><c> are</c><00:22:52.039><c> we</c><00:22:52.259><c> to</c><00:22:52.500><c> judge</c><00:22:52.799><c> him?</c>

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How<00:22:54.200><c> are</c><00:22:54.500><c> we</c><00:22:54.759><c> to</c><00:22:55.000><c> consider</c><00:22:55.579><c> what</c><00:22:56.119><c> sort</c><00:22:56.420><c> of</c><00:22:56.579><c> a</c><00:22:56.779><c> man</c><00:22:57.119><c> that</c><00:22:57.440><c> he</c><00:22:57.680><c> was?</c>

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We<00:22:59.980><c> must</c><00:23:00.319><c> be</c><00:23:00.640><c> left,</c><00:23:01.059><c> brethren</c><00:23:01.259><c> and</c><00:23:01.519><c> sisters,</c>

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with<00:23:02.200><c> the</c><00:23:02.640><c> one</c><00:23:03.000><c> basic</c><00:23:03.920><c> scriptural</c><00:23:04.599><c> principle</c>

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that<00:23:05.240><c> is</c><00:23:05.480><c> laid</c><00:23:05.839><c> down</c><00:23:06.180><c> for</c><00:23:06.500><c> us.</c>

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Turn<00:23:08.160><c> with</c><00:23:08.460><c> me,</c><00:23:08.680><c> if</c><00:23:08.859><c> you</c><00:23:09.160><c> will,</c>

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to<00:23:09.599><c> Matthew's</c><00:23:10.180><c> Gospel</c><00:23:10.680><c> and</c><00:23:11.140><c> chapter</c><00:23:11.480><c> seven.</c>

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Here<00:23:13.400><c> is</c><00:23:13.640><c> a</c><00:23:13.859><c> principle</c><00:23:14.220><c> that</c><00:23:14.420><c> is</c><00:23:14.579><c> set</c><00:23:14.819><c> down</c>

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by<00:23:15.440><c> the</c><00:23:15.599><c> Lord</c><00:23:15.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:16.279><c> Christ</c><00:23:16.779><c> for</c><00:23:17.259><c> all</c><00:23:17.660><c> time.</c>

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Matthew<00:23:20.180><c> chapter</c><00:23:20.680><c> seven.</c>

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And<00:23:22.160><c> have</c><00:23:22.319><c> a</c><00:23:22.440><c> look</c><00:23:22.539><c> at</c><00:23:22.779><c> these</c><00:23:23.059><c> words.</c>

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We're<00:23:24.579><c> gonna</c><00:23:24.660><c> start</c><00:23:25.000><c> reading</c><00:23:25.500><c> in</c><00:23:26.099><c> Matthew</c><00:23:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.839><c> seven</c>

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and<00:23:29.019><c> at</c><00:23:29.220><c> verse</c><00:23:29.440><c> 15.</c>

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Matthew<00:23:32.960><c> 7,</c><00:23:33.359><c> 15.</c>

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Beware<00:23:35.099><c> of</c><00:23:35.460><c> false</c><00:23:35.720><c> prophets,</c>

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which<00:23:37.079><c> come</c><00:23:37.339><c> to</c><00:23:37.500><c> you</c><00:23:37.660><c> in</c><00:23:37.859><c> sheep's</c><00:23:38.259><c> clothing,</c>

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but<00:23:39.460><c> in</c><00:23:39.759><c> the</c><00:23:39.880><c> lily</c><00:23:40.140><c> they</c><00:23:40.440><c> are</c><00:23:40.859><c> ravening</c><00:23:41.319><c> wolves.</c>

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Ye<00:23:42.940><c> shall</c><00:23:43.119><c> know</c><00:23:43.420><c> them</c><00:23:43.660><c> by</c><00:23:43.900><c> their</c><00:23:44.160><c> fruit.</c>

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Do<00:23:45.440><c> men</c><00:23:45.799><c> gather</c><00:23:46.160><c> grapes</c><00:23:46.640><c> of</c><00:23:47.019><c> thorns</c><00:23:47.400><c> or</c><00:23:47.619><c> figs</c><00:23:48.099><c> of</c><00:23:48.160><c> thistles?</c>

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Even<00:23:49.720><c> so,</c><00:23:50.259><c> every</c><00:23:50.480><c> good</c><00:23:50.759><c> tree</c><00:23:51.000><c> bringeth</c><00:23:51.500><c> forth</c><00:23:51.740><c> good</c><00:23:52.099><c> fruit,</c>

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but<00:23:53.240><c> a</c><00:23:53.579><c> corrupt</c><00:23:53.819><c> tree</c><00:23:54.140><c> bringeth</c><00:23:54.619><c> forth</c><00:23:54.920><c> evil</c><00:23:55.279><c> fruit.</c>

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A<00:23:56.579><c> good</c><00:23:56.759><c> tree</c><00:23:57.019><c> cannot</c><00:23:57.440><c> bring</c><00:23:57.819><c> forth</c><00:23:58.079><c> evil</c><00:23:58.359><c> fruit,</c>

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neither<00:23:59.579><c> can</c><00:23:59.880><c> a</c><00:24:00.119><c> corrupt</c><00:24:00.440><c> tree</c><00:24:00.680><c> bring</c><00:24:00.960><c> forth</c><00:24:01.299><c> good</c><00:24:01.559><c> fruit.</c>

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Every<00:24:03.339><c> tree</c><00:24:03.680><c> that</c><00:24:04.000><c> bringeth</c><00:24:04.420><c> not</c><00:24:04.819><c> forth</c><00:24:05.079><c> good</c><00:24:05.359><c> fruit</c>

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is<00:24:05.839><c> hewn</c><00:24:06.019><c> down</c><00:24:06.380><c> and</c><00:24:06.720><c> cast</c><00:24:07.000><c> into</c><00:24:07.240><c> the</c><00:24:07.480><c> fire.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:24:11.599><c> by</c><00:24:12.099><c> their</c><00:24:12.579><c> fruit</c><00:24:13.059><c> ye</c><00:24:14.599><c> shall</c><00:24:14.779><c> know</c><00:24:15.140><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:24:19.200><c> the</c><00:24:19.500><c> divine</c><00:24:20.019><c> scriptural</c><00:24:20.619><c> principle,</c>

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brothers<00:24:21.559><c> and</c><00:24:21.799><c> sisters.</c>

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By<00:24:23.859><c> their</c><00:24:24.319><c> fruit</c><00:24:24.819><c> ye</c><00:24:26.019><c> shall</c><00:24:26.180><c> know</c><00:24:26.480><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:27.839><c> of</c><00:24:28.160><c> course,</c><00:24:28.500><c> in</c><00:24:28.640><c> the</c><00:24:28.940><c> final</c><00:24:29.460><c> analysis,</c>

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when<00:24:31.400><c> we</c><00:24:31.859><c> have</c><00:24:32.099><c> to</c><00:24:32.460><c> stand,</c>

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the<00:24:33.119><c> stand</c><00:24:33.400><c> we</c><00:24:33.700><c> must</c><00:24:33.980><c> individually</c>

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before<00:24:35.259><c> the</c><00:24:35.559><c> judgment</c><00:24:35.920><c> seat</c><00:24:36.119><c> of</c><00:24:36.339><c> the</c><00:24:36.480><c> Lord</c><00:24:36.660><c> Jesus</c><00:24:37.019><c> Christ,</c>

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very<00:24:38.140><c> soon</c><00:24:38.660><c> to</c><00:24:38.859><c> be</c><00:24:39.039><c> revealed</c><00:24:39.440><c> in</c><00:24:39.599><c> this</c><00:24:39.859><c> earthly</c><00:24:40.099><c> belief.</c>

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That<00:24:42.680><c> is</c><00:24:43.019><c> the</c><00:24:44.640><c> rule</c><00:24:45.019><c> of</c><00:24:45.359><c> thumb.</c>

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That<00:24:46.900><c> is</c><00:24:47.319><c> the</c><00:24:47.619><c> yardstick.</c>

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By<00:24:49.940><c> their</c><00:24:50.420><c> fruit</c><00:24:50.819><c> ye</c><00:24:52.000><c> shall</c><00:24:52.339><c> know</c><00:24:52.720><c> them.</c>

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:58.900
Now<00:24:54.980><c> stop</c><00:24:55.380><c> and</c><00:24:56.259><c> ask</c><00:24:56.599><c> ourselves</c><00:24:57.059><c> a</c><00:24:57.299><c> question</c><00:24:57.680><c> now.</c>

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If<00:25:00.039><c> we</c><00:25:00.279><c> were</c><00:25:00.559><c> taken</c><00:25:01.019><c> now,</c><00:25:01.839><c> brethren</c><00:25:02.039><c> and</c><00:25:02.259><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:25:02.779><c> it</c><00:25:02.980><c> can</c><00:25:03.200><c> be</c><00:25:03.400><c> that</c><00:25:03.720><c> soon,</c>

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it<00:25:05.579><c> is</c><00:25:05.900><c> our</c><00:25:06.200><c> firm</c><00:25:06.400><c> belief</c><00:25:06.880><c> that</c><00:25:07.160><c> there</c><00:25:07.420><c> is</c><00:25:07.759><c> no</c><00:25:08.200><c> recorded</c><00:25:08.759><c> prophecy</c>

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in<00:25:09.579><c> the</c><00:25:09.740><c> scriptures</c><00:25:10.039><c> of</c><00:25:10.339><c> truth</c>

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that<00:25:10.940><c> have</c><00:25:11.180><c> to</c><00:25:11.400><c> be</c><00:25:11.559><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:11.900><c> before</c><00:25:12.160><c> we</c><00:25:12.339><c> are</c><00:25:12.500><c> taken.</c>

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It<00:25:13.940><c> can</c><00:25:14.220><c> be</c><00:25:14.539><c> now,</c><00:25:14.880><c> this</c><00:25:15.140><c> very</c><00:25:15.440><c> night.</c>

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:22.200
By<00:25:18.740><c> their</c><00:25:19.200><c> fruit</c><00:25:19.619><c> ye</c><00:25:20.900><c> shall</c><00:25:21.059><c> know</c><00:25:21.380><c> them.</c>

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Ask<00:25:23.660><c> ourselves</c><00:25:24.119><c> the</c><00:25:24.359><c> question,</c>

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:30.019
how<00:25:27.259><c> will</c><00:25:27.619><c> we</c><00:25:27.859><c> then</c><00:25:28.240><c> stand</c><00:25:28.779><c> now</c>

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at<00:25:31.559><c> the</c><00:25:31.779><c> judgment</c><00:25:32.019><c> seat</c><00:25:32.200><c> of</c><00:25:32.440><c> Christ?</c>

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Not<00:25:39.279><c> a</c><00:25:39.660><c> couple</c><00:25:39.960><c> of</c><00:25:40.220><c> overheads,</c>

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if<00:25:40.619><c> we</c><00:25:40.740><c> can</c><00:25:40.900><c> have</c><00:25:41.079><c> the</c><00:25:41.299><c> first</c><00:25:41.519><c> one</c><00:25:41.680><c> on</c><00:25:41.859><c> please,</c><00:25:42.200><c> Curtis.</c>

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This<00:25:44.700><c> is</c><00:25:44.960><c> just</c><00:25:45.240><c> showing</c><00:25:45.440><c> the</c><00:25:46.359><c> basis,</c>

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I<00:25:47.059><c> hope</c><00:25:47.359><c> most</c><00:25:47.579><c> of</c><00:25:47.680><c> you</c><00:25:47.720><c> can</c><00:25:47.940><c> see</c><00:25:48.079><c> that,</c>

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.940
we'll<00:25:48.420><c> move</c><00:25:48.579><c> it</c><00:25:48.700><c> up</c><00:25:48.779><c> in</c><00:25:48.920><c> a</c><00:25:49.059><c> moment,</c>

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of<00:25:51.099><c> what</c><00:25:51.420><c> is</c><00:25:51.759><c> happening</c><00:25:52.099><c> in</c><00:25:52.380><c> and</c><00:25:52.619><c> around</c><00:25:52.859><c> this</c><00:25:53.140><c> period.</c>

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We've<00:25:53.700><c> been</c><00:25:53.880><c> talking</c><00:25:54.220><c> already</c><00:25:54.640><c> this</c><00:25:54.900><c> week</c>

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about<00:25:55.799><c> the</c><00:25:56.119><c> 70</c><00:25:56.440><c> years</c><00:25:56.759><c> captivity.</c>

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:02.319
Joshua<00:25:59.559><c> and</c><00:25:59.799><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:26:00.460><c> start</c><00:26:01.119><c> to</c><00:26:01.519><c> lead</c><00:26:01.700><c> the</c><00:26:02.059><c> return</c>

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from<00:26:02.559><c> the</c><00:26:02.779><c> captivity.</c>

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Haggai<00:26:03.920><c> and</c><00:26:04.059><c> Zechariah</c><00:26:04.920><c> prophesy</c><00:26:05.579><c> words</c><00:26:06.019><c> of</c><00:26:06.339><c> encouragement</c>

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of<00:26:07.680><c> this</c><00:26:07.980><c> basis.</c>

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Ezra<00:26:09.200><c> then</c><00:26:09.460><c> returns,</c>

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already<00:26:10.559><c> started</c><00:26:10.880><c> to</c><00:26:11.140><c> look</c><00:26:11.299><c> at</c><00:26:11.559><c> these</c><00:26:11.799><c> things.</c>

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After<00:26:14.079><c> eight</c><00:26:14.299><c> years</c><00:26:14.539><c> later,</c>

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which<00:26:15.000><c> we'll</c><00:26:15.200><c> look</c><00:26:15.400><c> at</c><00:26:15.519><c> later</c><00:26:15.799><c> on</c><00:26:15.900><c> in</c><00:26:16.099><c> the</c><00:26:16.200><c> week,</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:17.660><c> returns</c><00:26:18.380><c> to</c><00:26:19.220><c> be</c><00:26:19.480><c> the</c><00:26:19.819><c> governor</c><00:26:20.299><c> of</c><00:26:20.740><c> the</c><00:26:20.960><c> land,</c>

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not<00:26:22.799><c> the</c><00:26:23.339><c> king,</c><00:26:24.400><c> he</c><00:26:24.579><c> could</c><00:26:24.759><c> have</c><00:26:25.019><c> been.</c>

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He<00:26:26.099><c> returned</c><00:26:26.519><c> as</c><00:26:26.839><c> the</c><00:26:27.140><c> governor.</c>

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During<00:26:28.940><c> that</c><00:26:29.220><c> period</c><00:26:29.539><c> of</c><00:26:29.859><c> time,</c><00:26:30.420><c> 12</c><00:26:30.900><c> years,</c>

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whilst<00:26:31.700><c> he</c><00:26:31.819><c> was</c><00:26:32.079><c> there</c><00:26:32.420><c> in</c><00:26:32.619><c> the</c><00:26:32.819><c> land,</c>

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:36.940
there<00:26:33.480><c> was</c><00:26:33.779><c> a</c><00:26:34.059><c> covenant</c><00:26:34.279><c> made</c><00:26:34.720><c> between</c><00:26:35.059><c> the</c><00:26:35.299><c> people</c><00:26:35.619><c> and</c><00:26:35.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

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After<00:26:38.519><c> that</c><00:26:38.839><c> covenant,</c><00:26:39.500><c> he</c><00:26:39.599><c> returned</c><00:26:40.119><c> to</c><00:26:40.440><c> Persia</c>

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as<00:26:42.160><c> he</c><00:26:42.400><c> had</c><00:26:42.740><c> promised</c><00:26:43.200><c> the</c><00:26:43.720><c> king</c><00:26:44.359><c> that</c><00:26:44.880><c> he</c><00:26:44.980><c> would</c><00:26:45.259><c> do.</c>

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Can<00:26:47.299><c> you</c><00:26:47.480><c> just</c><00:26:47.660><c> move</c><00:26:47.759><c> it</c><00:26:47.880><c> up</c><00:26:48.019><c> a</c><00:26:48.119><c> bit</c><00:26:48.319><c> for</c><00:26:48.480><c> me?</c>

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Then<00:26:51.579><c> we</c><00:26:51.799><c> have</c><00:26:52.039><c> Malachi</c><00:26:52.839><c> sent</c><00:26:53.460><c> as</c><00:26:53.819><c> Yahweh's</c><00:26:54.519><c> messenger.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:57.660><c> returns</c><00:26:58.220><c> back</c><00:26:58.619><c> to</c><00:26:58.920><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:27:00.440><c> we</c><00:27:00.539><c> make</c><00:27:00.839><c> the</c><00:27:01.140><c> statement,</c>

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who<00:27:01.779><c> may</c><00:27:02.059><c> abide</c><00:27:02.500><c> the</c><00:27:02.720><c> day</c><00:27:02.960><c> of</c><00:27:03.079><c> his</c><00:27:03.299><c> coming?</c>

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The<00:27:04.000><c> principle</c><00:27:04.460><c> of</c><00:27:04.680><c> the</c><00:27:04.880><c> coming</c><00:27:05.079><c> of</c><00:27:05.319><c> the</c><00:27:05.480><c> Lord</c><00:27:05.660><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:09.900
There<00:27:06.960><c> is</c><00:27:07.200><c> then</c><00:27:07.380><c> a</c><00:27:07.619><c> period</c><00:27:07.680><c> of</c><00:27:08.019><c> 400</c><00:27:08.420><c> years</c><00:27:08.819><c> of</c><00:27:09.099><c> prophetic</c><00:27:09.480><c> silence,</c>

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:12.619
the<00:27:10.500><c> time,</c><00:27:11.000><c> the</c><00:27:11.099><c> period</c><00:27:11.200><c> of</c><00:27:11.400><c> the</c><00:27:11.559><c> Maccabees.</c>

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Then<00:27:13.160><c> comes</c><00:27:13.500><c> John</c><00:27:13.819><c> the</c><00:27:14.000><c> Baptist</c><00:27:14.359><c> on</c><00:27:14.579><c> the</c><00:27:14.720><c> scene,</c>

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my<00:27:15.380><c> messenger,</c><00:27:17.500><c> followed</c><00:27:17.819><c> by</c><00:27:18.200><c> the</c><00:27:18.400><c> Lord</c><00:27:18.640><c> Jesus</c><00:27:19.160><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:24.000
the<00:27:20.440><c> one,</c><00:27:21.339><c> the</c><00:27:21.519><c> true</c><00:27:21.740><c> messenger</c><00:27:22.339><c> of</c><00:27:22.900><c> the</c><00:27:23.160><c> covenant.</c>

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But<00:27:25.460><c> you</c><00:27:25.579><c> will</c><00:27:25.799><c> see</c><00:27:26.000><c> from</c><00:27:26.220><c> those</c><00:27:26.500><c> things,</c>

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brothers<00:27:27.099><c> and</c><00:27:27.420><c> sisters,</c><00:27:27.839><c> the</c><00:27:28.079><c> way</c><00:27:28.319><c> we</c><00:27:28.539><c> have</c><00:27:28.680><c> put</c><00:27:28.880><c> it</c><00:27:29.140><c> down,</c>

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:34.680
that<00:27:31.119><c> we</c><00:27:31.400><c> are</c><00:27:31.700><c> suggesting,</c><00:27:33.279><c> historically</c><00:27:33.700><c> proven,</c>

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:38.460
that<00:27:35.299><c> Malachi</c><00:27:35.759><c> is</c><00:27:36.039><c> not</c><00:27:36.359><c> the</c><00:27:36.539><c> last</c><00:27:36.859><c> book</c><00:27:37.059><c> of</c><00:27:37.240><c> the</c><00:27:37.319><c> Old</c><00:27:37.539><c> Testament.</c>

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Malachi,<00:27:39.759><c> in</c><00:27:39.980><c> actual</c><00:27:40.220><c> fact,</c><00:27:40.619><c> fits</c><00:27:40.819><c> into</c><00:27:41.180><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:46.940
Ezra<00:27:43.819><c> and</c><00:27:43.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:44.359><c> are</c><00:27:44.579><c> one</c><00:27:44.759><c> book,</c><00:27:45.839><c> and</c><00:27:46.059><c> they</c><00:27:46.279><c> intermingle.</c>

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:50.839
Malachi<00:27:47.920><c> fits</c><00:27:48.200><c> into</c><00:27:48.480><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:27:49.079><c> and</c><00:27:49.279><c> it</c><00:27:49.420><c> is</c><00:27:49.680><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.980
which<00:27:51.359><c> is</c><00:27:51.579><c> the</c><00:27:51.779><c> last</c><00:27:52.099><c> book</c><00:27:52.420><c> of</c><00:27:52.640><c> the</c><00:27:52.720><c> Old</c><00:27:52.940><c> Testament.</c>

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:59.079
Nehemiah<00:27:57.140><c> is</c><00:27:57.539><c> the</c><00:27:57.740><c> last</c><00:27:58.059><c> book</c><00:27:58.339><c> of</c><00:27:58.539><c> the</c><00:27:58.640><c> Old</c><00:27:58.900><c> Testament.</c>

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Remember<00:27:59.740><c> that,</c><00:28:00.779><c> because</c><00:28:01.140><c> we're</c><00:28:01.380><c> going</c><00:28:01.500><c> to</c><00:28:01.640><c> show</c><00:28:01.779><c> you</c>

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:05.740
something<00:28:02.200><c> very</c><00:28:02.700><c> beautiful,</c><00:28:03.779><c> something</c><00:28:04.099><c> very</c><00:28:05.079><c> exciting,</c>

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:09.240
and<00:28:06.539><c> something</c><00:28:06.900><c> very</c><00:28:07.460><c> important</c><00:28:07.819><c> in</c><00:28:08.079><c> our</c><00:28:08.240><c> very</c><00:28:08.500><c> last</c><00:28:08.799><c> address</c>

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to<00:28:10.319><c> do</c><00:28:10.460><c> with</c><00:28:10.700><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:11.619><c> being</c><00:28:11.900><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> last</c><00:28:12.420><c> book</c><00:28:12.819><c> of</c><00:28:13.039><c> the</c><00:28:13.119><c> Old</c><00:28:13.380><c> Testament.</c>

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Thanks,<00:28:15.140><c> brother.</c>

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So<00:28:18.200><c> that's</c><00:28:18.460><c> where</c><00:28:18.640><c> we</c><00:28:18.920><c> are,</c><00:28:19.859><c> as</c><00:28:20.099><c> far</c><00:28:20.380><c> as</c><00:28:20.819><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:21.380><c> is</c><00:28:21.740><c> concerned.</c>

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.599
The<00:28:24.980><c> general</c><00:28:25.380><c> view</c><00:28:25.599><c> of</c><00:28:25.839><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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when<00:28:26.960><c> they</c><00:28:27.279><c> read</c><00:28:27.539><c> through</c><00:28:27.759><c> these</c><00:28:27.960><c> opening</c><00:28:28.339><c> verses,</c>

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:33.319
is<00:28:29.920><c> that</c><00:28:30.140><c> here</c><00:28:30.339><c> was</c><00:28:30.579><c> a</c><00:28:30.779><c> man</c><00:28:31.140><c> who</c><00:28:32.700><c> found</c><00:28:33.019><c> out</c>

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there<00:28:33.420><c> were</c><00:28:33.579><c> problems</c><00:28:33.980><c> in</c><00:28:34.220><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:38.380
He<00:28:36.140><c> rushed</c><00:28:36.460><c> out</c><00:28:36.799><c> to</c><00:28:37.059><c> do</c><00:28:37.259><c> it</c><00:28:37.420><c> and</c><00:28:37.579><c> put</c><00:28:37.759><c> it</c><00:28:38.019><c> right,</c>

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regardless<00:28:39.140><c> of</c><00:28:39.380><c> the</c><00:28:39.579><c> cost.</c>

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He<00:28:40.819><c> just</c><00:28:41.000><c> put</c><00:28:41.160><c> his</c><00:28:41.359><c> head</c><00:28:41.500><c> down</c><00:28:41.799><c> like</c><00:28:42.480><c> an</c><00:28:42.940><c> expression</c><00:28:43.299><c> we</c><00:28:43.599><c> have</c>

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:45.660
in<00:28:43.920><c> England,</c><00:28:44.539><c> a</c><00:28:44.720><c> bull</c><00:28:44.799><c> in</c><00:28:44.980><c> a</c><00:28:45.180><c> china</c><00:28:45.400><c> shop,</c>

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:48.259
and<00:28:45.940><c> he</c><00:28:46.039><c> just</c><00:28:46.339><c> rushed</c><00:28:46.519><c> over</c><00:28:46.900><c> there,</c><00:28:47.400><c> I'll</c><00:28:47.740><c> sort</c><00:28:47.900><c> them</c><00:28:48.119><c> out,</c>

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.819
I<00:28:48.559><c> will</c><00:28:48.799><c> do</c><00:28:49.000><c> it.</c>

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.500
Nobody<00:28:50.680><c> can</c><00:28:50.940><c> stand</c><00:28:51.160><c> in</c><00:28:51.359><c> my</c><00:28:51.599><c> way.</c>

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:57.039
That's<00:28:53.359><c> the</c><00:28:53.480><c> general</c><00:28:53.859><c> view,</c><00:28:54.039><c> that's</c><00:28:54.319><c> the</c><00:28:54.440><c> general</c><00:28:54.720><c> idea</c><00:28:55.339><c> of</c><00:28:55.740><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.740
He<00:29:00.440><c> was</c><00:29:00.640><c> headstrong.</c>

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:05.920
Somebody<00:29:03.180><c> should</c><00:29:03.440><c> do</c><00:29:03.640><c> something,</c><00:29:04.079><c> I</c><00:29:04.259><c> better</c><00:29:04.480><c> do</c><00:29:04.660><c> it</c><00:29:04.779><c> myself.</c>

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:12.299
But<00:29:08.019><c> when</c><00:29:08.240><c> we</c><00:29:08.539><c> look</c><00:29:08.940><c> closely</c><00:29:09.519><c> at</c><00:29:10.440><c> the</c><00:29:10.640><c> words</c><00:29:10.880><c> of</c><00:29:11.140><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:18.319
whose<00:29:13.460><c> name</c><00:29:13.779><c> means</c><00:29:14.160><c> to</c><00:29:14.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:15.559><c> comfort,</c><00:29:17.039><c> that's</c><00:29:17.380><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> root.</c>

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:20.980
The<00:29:18.759><c> suggestion</c><00:29:19.079><c> is,</c><00:29:19.920><c> generally</c><00:29:19.980><c> accepted,</c>

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:23.400
for<00:29:21.359><c> the</c><00:29:21.559><c> consolation</c><00:29:22.259><c> of</c><00:29:22.559><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:26.779
The<00:29:23.619><c> correct</c><00:29:23.900><c> root</c><00:29:24.160><c> is</c><00:29:24.480><c> whom</c><00:29:24.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:25.779><c> comforts.</c>

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:30.440
When<00:29:28.180><c> we</c><00:29:28.359><c> look</c><00:29:28.559><c> at</c><00:29:28.799><c> this</c><00:29:29.039><c> man,</c><00:29:29.619><c> brothers</c><00:29:29.779><c> and</c><00:29:30.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:36.500
and<00:29:31.180><c> we</c><00:29:31.420><c> consider</c><00:29:32.059><c> the</c><00:29:32.640><c> man,</c><00:29:33.799><c> we</c><00:29:33.980><c> will</c><00:29:34.299><c> find</c><00:29:34.640><c> in</c><00:29:34.839><c> this</c><00:29:35.140><c> first</c><00:29:35.400><c> chapter</c>

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:40.380
that<00:29:36.980><c> we</c><00:29:37.240><c> have</c><00:29:37.440><c> a</c><00:29:37.660><c> man</c><00:29:37.839><c> here</c><00:29:38.400><c> who</c><00:29:39.460><c> was</c><00:29:39.779><c> a</c><00:29:40.000><c> man</c>

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:43.599
of<00:29:40.880><c> deep</c><00:29:41.599><c> spiritual</c><00:29:42.400><c> development.</c>

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:47.960
We<00:29:44.400><c> will</c><00:29:44.700><c> find</c><00:29:44.960><c> we</c><00:29:45.240><c> have</c><00:29:45.500><c> a</c><00:29:45.960><c> servant</c><00:29:46.279><c> of</c><00:29:46.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:47.180><c> here</c>

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:53.779
who<00:29:48.460><c> is</c><00:29:48.700><c> a</c><00:29:48.920><c> man</c><00:29:49.220><c> of</c><00:29:49.640><c> very</c><00:29:50.559><c> sound</c><00:29:51.220><c> spiritual</c><00:29:52.059><c> education.</c>

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.900
Exhortation<00:29:55.700><c> for</c><00:29:55.980><c> us.</c>

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.240
Why<00:29:57.980><c> should</c><00:29:58.279><c> we</c><00:29:58.559><c> worry</c><00:29:58.900><c> about</c><00:29:59.279><c> the</c><00:29:59.599><c> education</c>

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.160
that<00:30:00.619><c> universities</c><00:30:01.319><c> can</c><00:30:01.700><c> offer</c><00:30:01.960><c> in</c><00:30:02.279><c> colleges?</c>

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:06.960
We<00:30:03.940><c> need</c><00:30:04.160><c> an</c><00:30:04.420><c> education,</c><00:30:05.480><c> there's</c><00:30:05.740><c> no</c><00:30:05.960><c> better</c><00:30:06.299><c> education</c>

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:08.059
than<00:30:07.240><c> this.</c>

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:11.859
Don't<00:30:09.619><c> get</c><00:30:09.920><c> education</c><00:30:10.519><c> in</c><00:30:10.660><c> the</c><00:30:10.839><c> world</c><00:30:11.019><c> for</c><00:30:11.240><c> the</c><00:30:11.460><c> sake</c><00:30:11.680><c> of</c><00:30:11.779><c> it.</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:15.200
There<00:30:12.039><c> are</c><00:30:12.359><c> occasions,</c><00:30:12.940><c> it</c><00:30:13.099><c> is</c><00:30:13.359><c> necessary,</c><00:30:14.380><c> fine,</c>

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:18.559
to<00:30:16.140><c> get</c><00:30:16.339><c> the</c><00:30:16.660><c> balance</c><00:30:17.019><c> in</c><00:30:17.339><c> our</c><00:30:17.539><c> lives,</c><00:30:17.839><c> brothers</c><00:30:18.140><c> and</c><00:30:18.299><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.619
Here<00:30:19.099><c> is</c><00:30:19.359><c> the</c><00:30:19.640><c> education,</c><00:30:20.380><c> the</c><00:30:20.599><c> education</c><00:30:21.259><c> that</c><00:30:21.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:22.240><c> had,</c>

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:25.759
of<00:30:23.200><c> which</c><00:30:23.400><c> there</c><00:30:23.640><c> is</c><00:30:23.859><c> no</c><00:30:24.140><c> doubt</c><00:30:24.500><c> was</c><00:30:25.000><c> based</c><00:30:25.460><c> upon</c>

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:28.619
the<00:30:26.079><c> principles</c><00:30:26.619><c> of</c><00:30:27.119><c> divine</c><00:30:27.599><c> wisdom.</c>

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:33.119
He<00:30:30.299><c> didn't</c><00:30:30.660><c> just</c><00:30:31.019><c> rush</c><00:30:31.299><c> out</c><00:30:31.599><c> without</c><00:30:32.059><c> thought.</c>

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:38.180
We've<00:30:35.400><c> only</c><00:30:35.640><c> got</c><00:30:35.819><c> to</c><00:30:36.000><c> read</c><00:30:36.160><c> verses</c><00:30:36.519><c> five</c><00:30:36.980><c> through</c><00:30:37.140><c> 11.</c>

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:41.859
Having<00:30:40.000><c> found</c><00:30:40.500><c> out</c><00:30:40.779><c> there</c><00:30:40.940><c> were</c><00:30:41.220><c> problems,</c>

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:44.579
he<00:30:42.299><c> didn't</c><00:30:42.599><c> go</c><00:30:42.960><c> helter</c><00:30:43.339><c>-skelter</c><00:30:43.980><c> headlong</c>

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:47.000
into<00:30:44.880><c> something</c><00:30:45.160><c> he</c><00:30:45.319><c> didn't</c><00:30:45.619><c> understand.</c>

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.259
He<00:30:48.819><c> gave</c><00:30:49.079><c> it</c><00:30:49.440><c> thought.</c>

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:53.660
He<00:30:51.039><c> gave</c><00:30:51.359><c> it</c><00:30:51.799><c> prayerful</c><00:30:52.299><c> consideration.</c>

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:58.420
Let's<00:30:55.359><c> just</c><00:30:55.579><c> look</c><00:30:55.740><c> at</c><00:30:55.940><c> the</c><00:30:56.059><c> first</c><00:30:56.420><c> three</c><00:30:56.960><c> verses</c><00:30:57.279><c> first.</c>

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:02.319
The<00:30:59.200><c> words</c><00:30:59.539><c> of</c><00:30:59.799><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:31:00.579><c> the</c><00:31:00.660><c> son</c><00:31:00.859><c> of</c><00:31:01.059><c> Hacaliah.</c>

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:06.299
He<00:31:02.819><c> came</c><00:31:03.079><c> to</c><00:31:03.380><c> pass</c><00:31:03.660><c> in</c><00:31:03.859><c> the</c><00:31:03.980><c> month</c><00:31:04.220><c> of</c><00:31:04.400><c> Chisleu</c><00:31:04.720><c> in</c><00:31:04.960><c> the</c><00:31:05.259><c> 20th</c><00:31:05.880><c> year,</c>

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.599
as<00:31:06.859><c> I</c><00:31:07.039><c> was</c><00:31:07.200><c> in</c><00:31:07.480><c> Shushan</c><00:31:07.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.019><c> palace,</c>

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:12.259
that<00:31:09.180><c> Hanani,</c><00:31:10.099><c> one</c><00:31:10.339><c> of</c><00:31:10.539><c> my</c><00:31:10.779><c> brethren</c><00:31:11.099><c> came,</c>

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:14.420
he<00:31:12.700><c> and</c><00:31:13.000><c> certain</c><00:31:13.240><c> men</c><00:31:13.460><c> of</c><00:31:13.700><c> Judah,</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.299
and<00:31:14.880><c> I</c><00:31:15.160><c> asked</c><00:31:15.480><c> them</c><00:31:15.880><c> concerning</c><00:31:16.400><c> the</c><00:31:16.700><c> Jews</c><00:31:16.880><c> that</c><00:31:17.099><c> had</c><00:31:17.319><c> escaped,</c>

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.500
which<00:31:18.839><c> were</c><00:31:19.059><c> left</c><00:31:19.359><c> of</c><00:31:19.539><c> the</c><00:31:19.740><c> captivity</c><00:31:20.200><c> and</c><00:31:20.880><c> concerning</c><00:31:21.339><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:25.940
And<00:31:23.779><c> they</c><00:31:23.940><c> said</c><00:31:24.079><c> unto</c><00:31:24.299><c> me,</c><00:31:24.640><c> the</c><00:31:24.819><c> remnant</c><00:31:25.299><c> that</c><00:31:25.519><c> are</c><00:31:25.680><c> left</c>

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:28.680
of<00:31:26.160><c> the</c><00:31:26.400><c> captivity</c><00:31:26.880><c> there</c><00:31:27.279><c> in</c><00:31:27.460><c> the</c><00:31:27.680><c> province</c>

00:31:29.089 --> 00:31:33.579
are<00:31:29.400><c> in</c><00:31:29.740><c> great</c><00:31:29.980><c> affliction</c><00:31:31.019><c> and</c><00:31:32.180><c> reproach.</c>

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.740
The<00:31:34.359><c> wall</c><00:31:34.640><c> of</c><00:31:34.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:35.519><c> also</c><00:31:36.059><c> is</c><00:31:36.400><c> broken</c><00:31:36.759><c> down</c>

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.500
and<00:31:38.079><c> the</c><00:31:38.339><c> gates</c><00:31:38.740><c> thereof</c><00:31:39.299><c> are</c><00:31:39.680><c> burned</c><00:31:40.019><c> with</c><00:31:40.460><c> fire.</c>

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:45.819
He<00:31:42.539><c> asked</c><00:31:42.859><c> the</c><00:31:43.059><c> question,</c><00:31:44.140><c> and</c><00:31:44.299><c> he</c><00:31:44.400><c> got</c><00:31:44.579><c> his</c><00:31:44.799><c> answer.</c>

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:49.299
He<00:31:46.579><c> could</c><00:31:46.779><c> have</c><00:31:46.940><c> left</c><00:31:47.279><c> it</c><00:31:47.539><c> at</c><00:31:47.680><c> that,</c><00:31:48.099><c> brethren</c><00:31:48.220><c> and</c><00:31:48.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.920
as<00:31:50.500><c> we</c><00:31:50.720><c> may</c><00:31:50.920><c> have</c><00:31:51.119><c> done.</c>

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:54.119
Oh,<00:31:52.400><c> that's</c><00:31:52.859><c> their</c><00:31:53.019><c> problem.</c>

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.279
They're<00:31:54.539><c> a</c><00:31:54.700><c> way</c><00:31:54.880><c> away.</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.619
Could<00:31:55.640><c> we</c><00:31:55.839><c> see</c><00:31:55.960><c> the</c><00:31:56.119><c> other</c><00:31:56.299><c> overhead,</c><00:31:56.900><c> please?</c>

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:02.400
Just<00:31:58.400><c> to</c><00:31:58.559><c> give</c><00:31:58.640><c> us</c><00:31:58.819><c> an</c><00:31:59.059><c> idea</c><00:31:59.480><c> of</c><00:32:00.440><c> where</c><00:32:00.839><c> we</c><00:32:01.099><c> actually</c><00:32:01.519><c> are.</c>

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.880
Here<00:32:03.039><c> is</c><00:32:03.240><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:04.799><c> and</c><00:32:05.119><c> he</c><00:32:05.400><c> was</c><00:32:05.700><c> in</c><00:32:06.279><c> Shushan,</c>

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:10.460
or<00:32:07.279><c> Susa,</c><00:32:07.920><c> the</c><00:32:08.079><c> palace,</c><00:32:09.099><c> way</c><00:32:09.299><c> over,</c><00:32:10.000><c> beyond</c><00:32:10.000><c> Babylon,</c>

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.779
beyond<00:32:11.000><c> Ur</c><00:32:11.279><c> of</c><00:32:11.440><c> the</c><00:32:11.660><c> Chaldeans,</c>

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:17.420
something<00:32:13.720><c> close</c><00:32:14.359><c> on</c><00:32:14.759><c> 800</c><00:32:15.680><c> miles</c><00:32:16.400><c> away.</c>

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:24.319
And<00:32:19.880><c> he</c><00:32:20.019><c> said,</c><00:32:21.000><c> what's</c><00:32:21.559><c> happening</c><00:32:21.940><c> to</c><00:32:22.400><c> my</c><00:32:22.660><c> people</c><00:32:22.960><c> in</c><00:32:23.160><c> Jerusalem?</c>

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:28.299
And<00:32:24.799><c> he</c><00:32:24.920><c> was</c><00:32:25.200><c> told,</c><00:32:27.000><c> well,</c><00:32:27.180><c> there's</c><00:32:27.380><c> not</c><00:32:27.599><c> a</c><00:32:27.700><c> lot</c><00:32:27.799><c> I</c><00:32:28.019><c> can</c><00:32:28.220><c> do.</c>

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.700
It's<00:32:28.619><c> 800</c><00:32:28.940><c> miles</c><00:32:29.460><c> away.</c>

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.599
Why<00:32:30.019><c> should</c><00:32:30.279><c> I</c><00:32:30.500><c> worry?</c>

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:33.259
Somebody<00:32:31.400><c> else</c><00:32:31.759><c> will</c><00:32:32.039><c> sort</c><00:32:32.200><c> it</c><00:32:32.500><c> out.</c>

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.299
I'll<00:32:34.240><c> have</c><00:32:34.380><c> a</c><00:32:34.559><c> word</c><00:32:34.660><c> with</c><00:32:34.880><c> the</c><00:32:35.059><c> king.</c>

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:37.099
He<00:32:35.660><c> can</c><00:32:35.960><c> send</c><00:32:36.200><c> somebody.</c>

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.259
That's<00:32:39.319><c> the</c><00:32:39.519><c> easy</c><00:32:39.779><c> way,</c><00:32:40.140><c> brethren</c><00:32:40.339><c> and</c><00:32:40.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:44.759
And<00:32:42.000><c> that's</c><00:32:42.299><c> probably</c><00:32:42.700><c> the</c><00:32:42.920><c> way</c><00:32:43.119><c> we</c><00:32:43.440><c> would</c><00:32:43.599><c> have</c><00:32:43.720><c> done</c><00:32:43.859><c> it.</c>

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.920
But<00:32:46.619><c> not</c><00:32:46.920><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.660
We'll<00:32:48.700><c> come</c><00:32:48.920><c> back</c><00:32:49.160><c> to</c><00:32:49.279><c> this</c><00:32:49.500><c> slide</c>

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:51.539
because<00:32:49.920><c> there's</c><00:32:50.119><c> another</c><00:32:50.339><c> overlay</c><00:32:50.700><c> on</c><00:32:50.819><c> it</c><00:32:50.980><c> later</c><00:32:51.279><c> on.</c>

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.759
Thanks,<00:32:51.920><c> everyone.</c>

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:55.799
But<00:32:54.240><c> that's</c><00:32:54.559><c> the</c><00:32:54.680><c> picture.</c>

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.539
800<00:32:56.680><c> miles</c><00:32:57.140><c> away.</c>

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:03.920
No<00:32:58.019><c> jet</c><00:32:58.319><c> planes,</c><00:32:59.480><c> no</c><00:32:59.759><c> fast</c><00:33:00.140><c> cars,</c><00:33:01.039><c> no</c><00:33:01.359><c> motorbikes,</c><00:33:02.599><c> no</c><00:33:02.859><c> boats.</c>

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:11.599
The<00:33:06.000><c> donkey,</c><00:33:06.819><c> the</c><00:33:07.019><c> ass,</c><00:33:07.859><c> the</c><00:33:08.059><c> camel,</c><00:33:10.680><c> the</c><00:33:10.759><c> thief.</c>

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:19.220
We're<00:33:17.220><c> gonna</c><00:33:17.339><c> see,</c><00:33:17.859><c> brothers</c><00:33:18.019><c> and</c><00:33:18.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:21.420
and<00:33:19.900><c> we're</c><00:33:20.079><c> gonna</c><00:33:20.240><c> be</c><00:33:20.559><c> with</c><00:33:20.900><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.539
throughout<00:33:21.819><c> the</c><00:33:21.980><c> rest</c><00:33:22.160><c> of</c><00:33:22.299><c> this</c><00:33:22.500><c> week</c>

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:28.940
as<00:33:24.339><c> he</c><00:33:25.259><c> travels</c><00:33:26.180><c> those</c><00:33:27.160><c> 800</c><00:33:27.619><c> miles</c>

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:33.099
in<00:33:30.160><c> faith</c><00:33:30.859><c> and</c><00:33:32.019><c> in</c><00:33:32.319><c> prayer.</c>

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:37.380
Verse<00:33:35.740><c> four</c><00:33:36.140><c> says,</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:41.720
and<00:33:37.819><c> it</c><00:33:38.039><c> came</c><00:33:38.319><c> to</c><00:33:38.660><c> pass</c><00:33:38.900><c> when</c><00:33:39.140><c> I</c><00:33:39.460><c> heard</c><00:33:39.880><c> these</c><00:33:40.359><c> words</c>

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:47.480
that<00:33:42.519><c> I</c><00:33:42.720><c> sat</c><00:33:43.000><c> down</c><00:33:44.000><c> and</c><00:33:44.619><c> wept</c><00:33:45.420><c> and</c><00:33:46.279><c> mourned</c><00:33:46.759><c> for</c><00:33:47.079><c> days.</c>

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:49.759
Not<00:33:47.859><c> certain</c><00:33:48.259><c> days,</c><00:33:48.880><c> that</c><00:33:49.119><c> limits</c><00:33:49.400><c> it.</c>

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.440
Certain<00:33:50.319><c> isn't</c><00:33:50.660><c> there</c><00:33:50.900><c> in</c><00:33:51.099><c> the</c><00:33:51.240><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.559
I<00:33:51.940><c> mourned</c><00:33:52.180><c> for</c><00:33:52.440><c> days.</c>

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:59.200
And<00:33:54.500><c> I</c><00:33:54.740><c> fasted</c><00:33:55.819><c> and</c><00:33:56.480><c> prayed</c><00:33:56.940><c> before</c><00:33:57.579><c> the</c><00:33:57.839><c> God</c><00:33:57.980><c> of</c><00:33:58.200><c> heaven.</c>

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:03.799
Is<00:34:02.039><c> that</c><00:34:02.200><c> a</c><00:34:02.400><c> man</c><00:34:02.680><c> who</c><00:34:02.940><c> rushes</c><00:34:03.299><c> headlong</c>

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:06.200
without<00:34:04.099><c> giving</c><00:34:04.480><c> thought</c><00:34:04.960><c> for</c><00:34:05.359><c> anything?</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:12.179
Here<00:34:08.079><c> was</c><00:34:08.360><c> a</c><00:34:08.659><c> man</c><00:34:09.059><c> who</c><00:34:09.619><c> was</c><00:34:10.079><c> moved,</c><00:34:10.800><c> brothers</c><00:34:10.940><c> and</c><00:34:11.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:17.360
moved<00:34:12.739><c> to</c><00:34:13.159><c> tears</c><00:34:13.679><c> for</c><00:34:14.639><c> his</c><00:34:14.940><c> people</c><00:34:15.539><c> and</c><00:34:15.900><c> his</c><00:34:16.179><c> land.</c>

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:19.980
And<00:34:18.280><c> he</c><00:34:18.440><c> hadn't</c><00:34:18.679><c> been</c><00:34:18.920><c> there.</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:25.880
Moved<00:34:21.639><c> to</c><00:34:21.820><c> the</c><00:34:21.980><c> extent</c><00:34:22.519><c> where</c><00:34:22.940><c> he</c><00:34:23.380><c> sat</c><00:34:23.659><c> down</c><00:34:24.400><c> and</c><00:34:25.019><c> he</c><00:34:25.360><c> wept.</c>

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:29.019
And,<00:34:26.440><c> brothers</c><00:34:26.619><c> and</c><00:34:26.820><c> sisters,</c><00:34:27.000><c> I</c><00:34:27.219><c> believe</c><00:34:27.659><c> before</c><00:34:28.039><c> this</c><00:34:28.340><c> week's</c><00:34:28.719><c> out</c>

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:34.239
many<00:34:29.800><c> of</c><00:34:30.059><c> us</c><00:34:30.179><c> will</c><00:34:30.519><c> weep</c><00:34:30.860><c> with</c><00:34:31.119><c> him</c><00:34:31.840><c> in</c><00:34:32.460><c> sadness</c><00:34:32.760><c> and</c><00:34:33.199><c> in</c><00:34:33.420><c> joy.</c>

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:36.239
I<00:34:34.619><c> believe</c><00:34:34.900><c> before</c><00:34:35.300><c> this</c><00:34:35.559><c> week</c><00:34:35.719><c> is</c><00:34:35.980><c> out</c>

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.400
many<00:34:36.820><c> of</c><00:34:37.000><c> us</c><00:34:37.119><c> are</c><00:34:37.300><c> going</c><00:34:37.440><c> to</c><00:34:37.599><c> go</c><00:34:37.860><c> home</c>

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.300
with<00:34:39.159><c> sore</c><00:34:39.460><c> hands</c><00:34:39.940><c> from</c><00:34:40.260><c> building</c><00:34:40.659><c> with</c><00:34:40.920><c> him</c>

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:46.400
and<00:34:41.739><c> working</c><00:34:42.179><c> with</c><00:34:42.420><c> him</c><00:34:42.679><c> and</c><00:34:43.139><c> sore</c><00:34:43.500><c> feet</c><00:34:44.199><c> from</c><00:34:44.840><c> walking</c><00:34:45.260><c> with</c><00:34:45.500><c> him.</c>

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.679
Because<00:34:51.300><c> it</c><00:34:51.500><c> is</c><00:34:51.739><c> an</c><00:34:51.920><c> active</c><00:34:52.519><c> word.</c>

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:56.199
It<00:34:54.059><c> is</c><00:34:54.340><c> a</c><00:34:54.659><c> living</c><00:34:55.039><c> narrative.</c>

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:58.519
It<00:34:56.559><c> is</c><00:34:56.880><c> something</c><00:34:57.280><c> which</c><00:34:57.659><c> cannot</c><00:34:58.000><c> help</c>

00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:02.019
but<00:34:59.340><c> move</c><00:34:59.880><c> us,</c><00:35:00.139><c> brothers</c><00:35:00.460><c> and</c><00:35:00.719><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:09.219
The<00:35:06.719><c> words</c><00:35:07.300><c> of</c><00:35:07.880><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:13.400
But<00:35:10.300><c> if</c><00:35:10.480><c> they're</c><00:35:10.679><c> only</c><00:35:11.000><c> the</c><00:35:11.300><c> words</c><00:35:11.599><c> of</c><00:35:12.139><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.760
what's<00:35:13.920><c> the</c><00:35:14.239><c> importance</c><00:35:14.659><c> in</c><00:35:14.960><c> them?</c>

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:17.440
They're<00:35:16.579><c> only</c><00:35:16.980><c> words.</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:20.599
That<00:35:18.019><c> word</c><00:35:18.320><c> for</c><00:35:18.539><c> words</c><00:35:18.800><c> is</c><00:35:19.039><c> the</c><00:35:19.119><c> word</c><00:35:19.380><c> door</c><00:35:19.780><c> bar.</c>

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:26.000
And<00:35:21.800><c> it's</c><00:35:22.019><c> quite</c><00:35:22.219><c> interesting</c><00:35:22.860><c> and</c><00:35:24.260><c> important</c><00:35:24.739><c> to</c><00:35:25.059><c> us.</c>

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:30.280
Come<00:35:26.719><c> back</c><00:35:26.980><c> with</c><00:35:27.179><c> me</c><00:35:27.480><c> to</c><00:35:27.719><c> Proverbs</c><00:35:28.400><c> chapter</c><00:35:28.880><c> 25.</c>

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:33.219
Have<00:35:31.139><c> a</c><00:35:31.159><c> look</c><00:35:31.340><c> at</c><00:35:31.480><c> the</c><00:35:31.719><c> words</c><00:35:31.980><c> of</c><00:35:32.260><c> the</c><00:35:32.460><c> wise</c><00:35:32.760><c> man</c>

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:36.780
in<00:35:33.579><c> the</c><00:35:33.760><c> 25th</c><00:35:34.300><c> chapter</c><00:35:34.920><c> and</c><00:35:35.260><c> at</c><00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.599><c> second</c><00:35:35.860><c> man.</c>

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:41.579
In<00:35:38.619><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:35:39.699><c> we</c><00:35:39.940><c> have</c><00:35:40.219><c> this</c><00:35:40.519><c> man</c>

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:46.139
who<00:35:41.940><c> is</c><00:35:42.139><c> a</c><00:35:42.300><c> man</c><00:35:42.480><c> of</c><00:35:42.860><c> prayer</c><00:35:43.360><c> and</c><00:35:43.960><c> of</c><00:35:44.159><c> action,</c><00:35:44.719><c> not</c><00:35:44.940><c> just</c><00:35:45.239><c> words.</c>

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:50.300
Here<00:35:47.400><c> is</c><00:35:47.659><c> a</c><00:35:47.820><c> man</c><00:35:48.000><c> who</c><00:35:48.199><c> is</c><00:35:48.400><c> an</c><00:35:48.579><c> upright</c><00:35:48.960><c> example</c><00:35:49.599><c> to</c><00:35:49.900><c> every</c><00:35:50.139><c> one</c>

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.239
of<00:35:50.400><c> us.</c>

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.820
Proverbs<00:35:53.360><c> 25,</c><00:35:54.059><c> verse</c><00:35:54.340><c> one.</c>

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:57.380
These<00:35:55.400><c> are</c><00:35:55.780><c> also</c><00:35:56.300><c> Proverbs</c><00:35:56.699><c> of</c><00:35:56.940><c> Solomon</c>

00:35:57.380 --> 00:36:01.380
which<00:35:57.900><c> the</c><00:35:58.079><c> men</c><00:35:58.260><c> of</c><00:35:58.440><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:35:59.039><c> king</c><00:35:59.340><c> of</c><00:35:59.599><c> Judah,</c><00:36:00.219><c> copied</c><00:36:00.340><c> out.</c>

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:03.519
That's<00:36:02.119><c> how</c><00:36:02.420><c> important</c><00:36:02.840><c> they</c><00:36:03.139><c> were.</c>

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:05.820
They<00:36:04.019><c> were</c><00:36:04.480><c> copied</c><00:36:04.780><c> out.</c>

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.059
Think<00:36:06.300><c> about</c><00:36:06.619><c> it.</c>

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:11.260
When<00:36:07.619><c> you</c><00:36:08.039><c> tell</c><00:36:08.500><c> people</c><00:36:09.000><c> it's</c><00:36:09.260><c> not</c><00:36:09.440><c> important</c><00:36:10.039><c> to</c><00:36:10.360><c> mark</c><00:36:10.599><c> your</c><00:36:10.860><c> Bible,</c>

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.780
mark<00:36:11.960><c> your</c><00:36:12.219><c> heart</c><00:36:12.420><c> instead.</c>

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:14.679
Yes,<00:36:13.460><c> brothers</c><00:36:13.659><c> and</c><00:36:13.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:16.880
It's<00:36:15.099><c> gotta</c><00:36:15.260><c> be</c><00:36:15.619><c> engraved</c><00:36:16.019><c> upon</c><00:36:16.300><c> our</c><00:36:16.619><c> heart.</c>

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:19.880
It's<00:36:17.599><c> gotta</c><00:36:17.739><c> be</c><00:36:18.079><c> engraved</c><00:36:18.360><c> upon</c><00:36:18.659><c> our</c><00:36:18.960><c> mind.</c>

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:23.699
But<00:36:21.960><c> if</c><00:36:22.139><c> we</c><00:36:22.340><c> want</c><00:36:22.500><c> to</c><00:36:22.820><c> really</c><00:36:23.099><c> remember</c><00:36:23.539><c> it</c>

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.360
and<00:36:23.780><c> have</c><00:36:24.019><c> a</c><00:36:24.260><c> ready</c><00:36:24.480><c> recollection,</c>

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:28.659
it<00:36:25.980><c> is</c><00:36:26.219><c> useful</c><00:36:26.539><c> to</c><00:36:26.800><c> make</c><00:36:27.039><c> notes</c><00:36:27.340><c> in</c><00:36:27.579><c> our</c><00:36:27.739><c> Bible.</c>

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.219
Not<00:36:30.519><c> parrot</c><00:36:30.900><c> flapping.</c>

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:34.880
None<00:36:31.920><c> of</c><00:36:32.079><c> us</c><00:36:32.219><c> would</c><00:36:32.440><c> ever</c><00:36:33.219><c> expect</c><00:36:33.900><c> that.</c>

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.579
But<00:36:35.159><c> it</c><00:36:35.400><c> is</c><00:36:35.519><c> useful</c><00:36:35.719><c> to</c><00:36:35.980><c> make</c><00:36:36.239><c> notes</c>

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:39.059
that<00:36:36.760><c> it</c><00:36:36.940><c> will</c><00:36:37.119><c> help</c><00:36:37.380><c> us</c><00:36:37.579><c> in</c><00:36:37.699><c> our</c><00:36:37.980><c> understanding</c>

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.360
that<00:36:39.400><c> these</c><00:36:39.760><c> Proverbs</c><00:36:40.239><c> were</c><00:36:40.579><c> copied</c><00:36:40.900><c> out.</c>

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.960
And<00:36:42.019><c> look</c><00:36:42.199><c> at</c><00:36:42.320><c> what</c><00:36:42.480><c> they</c><00:36:42.820><c> copied</c><00:36:43.079><c> out.</c>

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:46.159
Verse<00:36:45.099><c> two.</c>

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:52.039
It<00:36:46.780><c> is</c><00:36:47.039><c> the</c><00:36:47.320><c> glory</c><00:36:47.679><c> of</c><00:36:48.039><c> God</c><00:36:48.639><c> to</c><00:36:50.139><c> conceal</c><00:36:50.780><c> a</c><00:36:51.000><c> thing,</c>

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:57.119
but<00:36:52.719><c> the</c><00:36:53.000><c> honor</c><00:36:53.219><c> of</c><00:36:53.559><c> kings</c><00:36:54.019><c> is</c><00:36:54.940><c> to</c><00:36:55.219><c> search</c><00:36:55.460><c> out</c><00:36:55.719><c> a</c><00:36:55.900><c> matter.</c>

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.719
So<00:36:57.780><c> what?</c>

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.860
It<00:37:00.300><c> is</c><00:37:00.539><c> the</c><00:37:00.900><c> time</c><00:37:01.179><c> to</c><00:37:01.480><c> open</c><00:37:01.800><c> our</c><00:37:02.179><c> concordances,</c>

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.599
brothers<00:37:03.219><c> and</c><00:37:03.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:05.619
and<00:37:04.000><c> see</c><00:37:04.300><c> what</c><00:37:04.480><c> it</c><00:37:04.739><c> says</c><00:37:04.920><c> in</c><00:37:05.179><c> the</c><00:37:05.320><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:09.139
And<00:37:06.159><c> this</c><00:37:06.360><c> is</c><00:37:06.639><c> exactly</c><00:37:07.179><c> what</c><00:37:07.360><c> it</c><00:37:07.559><c> says</c><00:37:07.820><c> in</c><00:37:08.039><c> the</c><00:37:08.219><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:16.639
It<00:37:09.820><c> is</c><00:37:10.079><c> the</c><00:37:10.360><c> glory</c><00:37:10.699><c> of</c><00:37:11.019><c> God</c><00:37:11.440><c> to</c><00:37:12.780><c> hide</c><00:37:13.360><c> by</c><00:37:13.920><c> covering</c><00:37:14.440><c> the</c><00:37:15.420><c> word.</c>

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:20.579
Conceal<00:37:18.880><c> is</c><00:37:19.219><c> hide</c><00:37:19.380><c> by</c><00:37:19.719><c> covering.</c>

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:24.639
The<00:37:21.460><c> thing</c><00:37:21.900><c> in</c><00:37:22.239><c> the</c><00:37:22.559><c> original</c><00:37:22.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:37:23.139><c> is</c><00:37:23.440><c> the</c><00:37:23.659><c> door</c><00:37:23.900><c> bar,</c><00:37:24.199><c> the</c><00:37:24.400><c> word.</c>

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:29.599
It<00:37:25.039><c> is</c><00:37:25.280><c> the</c><00:37:25.400><c> glory</c><00:37:25.960><c> of</c><00:37:26.119><c> God</c><00:37:26.599><c> to</c><00:37:27.099><c> hide</c><00:37:27.480><c> by</c><00:37:27.900><c> covering</c><00:37:28.300><c> the</c><00:37:28.619><c> word.</c>

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:31.460
Honor<00:37:30.000><c> is</c><00:37:30.260><c> the</c><00:37:30.460><c> same</c><00:37:30.679><c> word</c><00:37:30.880><c> for</c><00:37:31.119><c> glory.</c>

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:33.340
It<00:37:31.860><c> is</c><00:37:32.139><c> the</c><00:37:32.360><c> glory</c><00:37:32.659><c> of</c><00:37:33.000><c> kings,</c>

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:36.699
and<00:37:33.679><c> the</c><00:37:33.900><c> apocalypse</c><00:37:34.280><c> tells</c><00:37:34.579><c> us</c><00:37:34.760><c> we</c><00:37:35.019><c> call</c><00:37:35.219><c> to</c><00:37:35.400><c> be</c><00:37:35.539><c> king</c><00:37:35.860><c>-priests,</c>

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:42.139
therefore<00:37:37.320><c> it</c><00:37:37.500><c> is</c><00:37:37.739><c> our</c><00:37:37.960><c> glory</c><00:37:38.539><c> to</c><00:37:39.739><c> examine</c><00:37:40.699><c> intimately,</c>

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:46.559
is<00:37:42.820><c> the</c><00:37:43.039><c> word</c><00:37:43.219><c> for</c><00:37:43.500><c> search,</c><00:37:44.159><c> to</c><00:37:44.440><c> examine</c><00:37:45.139><c> intimately.</c>

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:48.119
Not<00:37:47.079><c> a</c><00:37:47.280><c> matter.</c>

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:53.079
Because<00:37:48.760><c> matter</c><00:37:49.300><c> and</c><00:37:49.719><c> thing</c><00:37:49.940><c> in</c><00:37:50.199><c> the</c><00:37:50.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:37:50.659><c> are</c><00:37:51.280><c> both</c><00:37:51.780><c> door</c><00:37:52.260><c> bar.</c>

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:56.159
So<00:37:53.639><c> it</c><00:37:53.800><c> says,</c><00:37:54.780><c> it</c><00:37:54.780><c> is</c><00:37:54.980><c> the</c><00:37:55.260><c> glory</c><00:37:55.519><c> of</c><00:37:55.800><c> God</c>

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:58.300
to<00:37:56.699><c> hide</c><00:37:57.079><c> by</c><00:37:57.400><c> covering</c><00:37:57.679><c> the</c><00:37:58.019><c> word.</c>

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.940
It<00:37:58.719><c> is</c><00:37:58.940><c> the</c><00:37:59.159><c> glory</c><00:37:59.380><c> of</c><00:37:59.659><c> kings</c><00:37:59.820><c> to</c><00:38:00.179><c> examine</c><00:38:00.420><c> intimately.</c>

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:05.099
That<00:38:01.539><c> word,</c><00:38:02.420><c> that's</c><00:38:02.800><c> why</c><00:38:02.900><c> it's</c><00:38:03.300><c> important,</c><00:38:03.599><c> brothers</c><00:38:04.000><c> and</c><00:38:04.179><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:07.960
That's<00:38:05.900><c> why</c><00:38:06.099><c> we</c><00:38:06.280><c> should</c><00:38:06.440><c> be</c><00:38:06.820><c> moved</c><00:38:07.079><c> by</c><00:38:07.380><c> these</c><00:38:07.619><c> things.</c>

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:11.199
That's<00:38:08.719><c> why</c><00:38:08.940><c> we</c><00:38:09.079><c> should</c><00:38:09.320><c> spend</c><00:38:09.579><c> time</c><00:38:10.159><c> opening</c><00:38:10.659><c> the</c><00:38:10.920><c> word,</c>

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:13.880
getting<00:38:11.739><c> the</c><00:38:12.059><c> concordances,</c><00:38:12.920><c> going</c><00:38:13.300><c> through</c><00:38:13.639><c> them,</c>

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:15.159
finding<00:38:14.360><c> out</c><00:38:14.639><c> what</c><00:38:14.800><c> it</c><00:38:15.000><c> says,</c>

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:19.820
see<00:38:15.719><c> how</c><00:38:15.980><c> it</c><00:38:16.119><c> affects</c><00:38:16.400><c> us,</c><00:38:17.039><c> and</c><00:38:17.480><c> work</c><00:38:17.900><c> on</c><00:38:18.280><c> that</c><00:38:18.599><c> basis.</c>

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:23.380
As<00:38:22.019><c> did</c><00:38:22.199><c> Leah</c><00:38:22.440><c> Meyer.</c>

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:28.599
That<00:38:26.679><c> prayer,</c><00:38:27.539><c> in</c><00:38:27.719><c> chapter</c><00:38:28.019><c> one,</c>

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:31.599
we<00:38:29.079><c> refer</c><00:38:29.400><c> to</c><00:38:29.659><c> as</c><00:38:29.880><c> a</c><00:38:30.099><c> magnificent</c><00:38:30.679><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:35.179
But<00:38:32.320><c> he</c><00:38:32.519><c> was</c><00:38:32.800><c> not</c><00:38:33.159><c> just</c><00:38:33.579><c> a</c><00:38:33.800><c> man</c><00:38:33.960><c> of</c><00:38:34.320><c> prayer.</c>

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:37.840
He<00:38:35.619><c> was</c><00:38:35.900><c> a</c><00:38:36.079><c> man</c><00:38:36.199><c> of</c><00:38:36.480><c> faith,</c><00:38:36.860><c> we've</c><00:38:37.179><c> already</c><00:38:37.500><c> said.</c>

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:40.420
He<00:38:38.340><c> was</c><00:38:38.619><c> a</c><00:38:38.780><c> man</c><00:38:38.860><c> of</c><00:38:39.139><c> prayer,</c><00:38:39.460><c> we've</c><00:38:39.719><c> already</c><00:38:40.019><c> mentioned.</c>

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:43.460
He<00:38:40.800><c> was</c><00:38:41.059><c> a</c><00:38:41.199><c> man</c><00:38:41.280><c> of</c><00:38:41.500><c> action,</c><00:38:41.840><c> we've</c><00:38:42.059><c> already</c><00:38:42.400><c> intimated.</c>

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:45.900
And<00:38:43.900><c> it</c><00:38:44.059><c> is</c><00:38:44.380><c> those</c><00:38:44.880><c> three</c><00:38:45.380><c> things</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:49.639
which<00:38:46.460><c> we</c><00:38:46.940><c> must</c><00:38:47.199><c> have,</c><00:38:47.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:47.900><c> and</c><00:38:48.019><c> sisters,</c><00:38:48.199><c> in</c><00:38:48.380><c> our</c><00:38:48.719><c> lives.</c>

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:52.659
Faith,<00:38:51.539><c> prayer,</c><00:38:52.159><c> and</c><00:38:52.340><c> action.</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:55.519
Go<00:38:53.059><c> over</c><00:38:53.300><c> to</c><00:38:53.480><c> chapter</c><00:38:53.800><c> four</c><00:38:54.179><c> of</c><00:38:54.420><c> Leah</c><00:38:54.599><c> Meyer</c>

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:58.920
and<00:38:55.800><c> have</c><00:38:56.039><c> a</c><00:38:56.179><c> look</c><00:38:56.320><c> with</c><00:38:56.519><c> us</c><00:38:56.980><c> at</c><00:38:57.260><c> verse</c><00:38:57.480><c> nine.</c>

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:06.380
Because<00:39:02.920><c> we</c><00:39:03.219><c> see</c><00:39:03.380><c> here</c><00:39:03.659><c> we</c><00:39:03.800><c> have</c><00:39:04.099><c> these</c><00:39:04.599><c> three</c><00:39:04.860><c> things</c><00:39:05.159><c> mentioned.</c>

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:10.119
When<00:39:07.539><c> we</c><00:39:07.780><c> have</c><00:39:07.920><c> the</c><00:39:08.260><c> time</c><00:39:08.480><c> and</c><00:39:08.760><c> Sam</c><00:39:09.059><c> Ballath</c><00:39:09.340><c> and</c><00:39:09.539><c> Tobiah</c>

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:14.139
were<00:39:10.679><c> conversing</c><00:39:11.739><c> together,</c><00:39:12.920><c> conspiring</c><00:39:13.500><c> together,</c>

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:17.099
how<00:39:14.639><c> they</c><00:39:14.860><c> should</c><00:39:15.079><c> get</c><00:39:15.320><c> them</c><00:39:15.780><c> on</c><00:39:15.980><c> against</c><00:39:16.360><c> the</c><00:39:16.559><c> children</c><00:39:16.760><c> of</c><00:39:16.920><c> Israel,</c>

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:18.539
how<00:39:17.480><c> they</c><00:39:17.699><c> should</c><00:39:17.880><c> attack</c><00:39:18.280><c> them,</c>

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:20.719
how<00:39:18.960><c> they</c><00:39:19.320><c> could</c><00:39:19.639><c> do</c><00:39:20.360><c> something</c>

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:22.960
before<00:39:21.019><c> the</c><00:39:21.300><c> breaches</c><00:39:21.539><c> were</c><00:39:21.840><c> totally</c><00:39:22.280><c> filled,</c>

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:24.840
the<00:39:23.260><c> gates</c><00:39:23.420><c> were</c><00:39:23.719><c> laid.</c>

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:30.000
Leah<00:39:26.420><c> Meyer</c><00:39:26.860><c> records</c><00:39:27.840><c> in</c><00:39:28.019><c> his</c><00:39:28.300><c> diary,</c><00:39:28.659><c> verse</c><00:39:28.900><c> nine.</c>

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:36.980
Nevertheless,<00:39:32.579><c> we</c><00:39:33.179><c> made</c><00:39:33.739><c> our</c><00:39:34.380><c> prayer</c><00:39:35.159><c> unto</c><00:39:35.539><c> our</c><00:39:35.960><c> God</c>

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:42.739
and<00:39:38.179><c> set</c><00:39:38.480><c> a</c><00:39:38.760><c> watch</c><00:39:39.000><c> against</c><00:39:39.519><c> them</c><00:39:39.719><c> day</c><00:39:40.019><c> and</c><00:39:40.239><c> night</c><00:39:40.880><c> because</c><00:39:41.539><c> of</c><00:39:41.820><c> them.</c>

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.139
He<00:39:43.659><c> demonstrates</c><00:39:44.300><c> here,</c><00:39:44.719><c> as</c><00:39:44.800><c> he</c><00:39:44.980><c> does</c><00:39:45.179><c> throughout</c><00:39:45.579><c> his</c><00:39:45.860><c> life,</c>

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:48.619
he<00:39:46.420><c> was</c><00:39:46.699><c> a</c><00:39:46.880><c> man</c><00:39:46.960><c> of</c><00:39:47.199><c> faith</c><00:39:47.559><c> and</c><00:39:47.920><c> prayer</c><00:39:48.199><c> and</c><00:39:48.380><c> action.</c>

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:52.260
There<00:39:49.360><c> is</c><00:39:49.659><c> the</c><00:39:49.960><c> prayer</c><00:39:50.179><c> that</c><00:39:50.380><c> he</c><00:39:50.559><c> made</c><00:39:50.860><c> to</c><00:39:51.179><c> God.</c>

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:55.019
One<00:39:53.360><c> of</c><00:39:53.519><c> the</c><00:39:53.719><c> 12</c><00:39:53.980><c> prayers.</c>

00:39:55.480 --> 00:40:00.019
And<00:39:55.679><c> the</c><00:39:55.900><c> basis</c><00:39:56.300><c> that</c><00:39:56.840><c> he</c><00:39:57.539><c> expected</c><00:39:58.300><c> an</c><00:39:58.619><c> answer</c><00:39:59.039><c> from</c><00:39:59.320><c> God</c>

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:02.559
is<00:40:00.699><c> his</c><00:40:01.099><c> faith,</c><00:40:01.739><c> brothers</c><00:40:01.960><c> and</c><00:40:02.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:04.780
but<00:40:03.039><c> he</c><00:40:03.219><c> doesn't</c><00:40:03.539><c> just</c><00:40:03.920><c> leave</c><00:40:04.119><c> it</c><00:40:04.400><c> there.</c>

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:07.199
Not<00:40:05.380><c> just</c><00:40:05.760><c> prayer,</c><00:40:05.980><c> sit</c><00:40:06.239><c> back</c><00:40:06.559><c> and</c><00:40:06.739><c> do</c><00:40:06.940><c> nothing,</c>

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:10.119
leave<00:40:07.780><c> it</c><00:40:08.000><c> to</c><00:40:08.159><c> God,</c><00:40:08.380><c> he</c><00:40:08.519><c> will</c><00:40:08.800><c> sort</c><00:40:08.980><c> it</c><00:40:09.239><c> out.</c>

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:12.079
He<00:40:10.420><c> then</c><00:40:10.800><c> becomes</c><00:40:11.239><c> the</c><00:40:11.460><c> man</c><00:40:11.579><c> of</c><00:40:11.840><c> action</c>

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:15.599
and<00:40:12.960><c> he</c><00:40:13.460><c> sets</c><00:40:13.699><c> a</c><00:40:13.980><c> watch</c><00:40:14.159><c> against</c><00:40:14.579><c> them</c><00:40:14.760><c> day</c><00:40:15.059><c> and</c><00:40:15.280><c> night,</c>

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:19.280
a<00:40:16.039><c> man</c><00:40:16.139><c> of</c><00:40:16.460><c> prayer,</c><00:40:17.059><c> a</c><00:40:17.139><c> man</c><00:40:17.260><c> of</c><00:40:17.519><c> faith,</c><00:40:17.940><c> and</c><00:40:18.019><c> a</c><00:40:18.139><c> man</c><00:40:18.219><c> of</c><00:40:18.460><c> action.</c>

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:25.360
His<00:40:20.900><c> first</c><00:40:21.260><c> defense</c><00:40:21.760><c> on</c><00:40:22.280><c> every</c><00:40:22.500><c> occasion</c><00:40:23.039><c> is</c><00:40:23.860><c> that</c><00:40:24.219><c> prayer,</c>

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:28.920
based<00:40:25.780><c> upon</c><00:40:26.079><c> his</c><00:40:26.380><c> faith,</c><00:40:27.159><c> followed</c><00:40:27.460><c> by</c><00:40:27.739><c> his</c><00:40:27.940><c> action.</c>

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:32.940
Example<00:40:29.960><c> and</c><00:40:30.199><c> excitation</c><00:40:30.800><c> to</c><00:40:31.320><c> every</c><00:40:31.679><c> one</c><00:40:31.840><c> of</c><00:40:32.000><c> us.</c>

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:36.360
You<00:40:35.480><c> know,</c><00:40:35.880><c> brothers</c><00:40:36.039><c> and</c><00:40:36.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:41.119
sometimes<00:40:37.179><c> we</c><00:40:38.340><c> do</c><00:40:38.480><c> an</c><00:40:38.639><c> awful</c><00:40:38.920><c> lot</c><00:40:39.159><c> of</c><00:40:39.460><c> praying,</c><00:40:40.079><c> don't</c><00:40:40.219><c> we?</c>

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:44.500
Sometimes<00:40:42.219><c> we</c><00:40:42.579><c> pray,</c><00:40:43.300><c> and</c><00:40:43.500><c> every</c><00:40:43.719><c> one</c><00:40:43.860><c> of</c><00:40:43.980><c> our</c><00:40:44.219><c> prayers,</c>

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:47.000
if<00:40:44.679><c> we</c><00:40:44.860><c> know</c><00:40:45.099><c> particularly</c><00:40:45.699><c> of</c><00:40:45.880><c> a</c><00:40:46.119><c> brother</c><00:40:46.360><c> or</c><00:40:46.539><c> a</c><00:40:46.780><c> sister</c>

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:51.380
or<00:40:47.239><c> a</c><00:40:47.420><c> family</c><00:40:47.860><c> or</c><00:40:48.179><c> an</c><00:40:48.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:48.760><c> in</c><00:40:49.019><c> trouble,</c><00:40:49.500><c> we</c><00:40:49.780><c> pray</c><00:40:50.099><c> for</c><00:40:50.320><c> them.</c>

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:53.639
And<00:40:51.699><c> we</c><00:40:51.960><c> pray</c><00:40:52.139><c> for</c><00:40:52.340><c> them,</c><00:40:52.639><c> and</c><00:40:52.840><c> we</c><00:40:53.099><c> pray</c><00:40:53.340><c> for</c><00:40:53.420><c> them,</c>

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.760
and<00:40:53.800><c> we</c><00:40:54.019><c> pray</c><00:40:54.159><c> for</c><00:40:54.260><c> them</c><00:40:54.460><c> a</c><00:40:54.559><c> dozen</c><00:40:54.760><c> times</c><00:40:55.139><c> a</c><00:40:55.380><c> day.</c>

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:58.860
And<00:40:56.119><c> we</c><00:40:56.219><c> can</c><00:40:56.400><c> never</c><00:40:56.639><c> pray</c><00:40:56.920><c> too</c><00:40:57.219><c> much,</c><00:40:57.460><c> brothers</c><00:40:57.739><c> and</c><00:40:57.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:01.639
We<00:40:59.260><c> can</c><00:40:59.599><c> never</c><00:40:59.900><c> pray</c><00:41:00.199><c> too</c><00:41:00.500><c> much.</c>

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:05.099
But<00:41:02.800><c> we</c><00:41:03.000><c> spend</c><00:41:03.239><c> so</c><00:41:03.559><c> much</c><00:41:03.780><c> time</c><00:41:04.059><c> praying,</c>

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:07.460
we<00:41:06.219><c> haven't</c><00:41:06.420><c> got</c><00:41:06.659><c> time</c><00:41:06.900><c> to</c><00:41:07.079><c> do</c><00:41:07.239><c> anything.</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.380
We've<00:41:08.059><c> taken</c><00:41:08.239><c> up</c><00:41:08.519><c> with</c><00:41:08.699><c> the</c><00:41:08.860><c> things</c><00:41:09.000><c> in</c><00:41:09.159><c> the</c><00:41:09.260><c> world,</c>

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:12.519
oh<00:41:09.599><c> well,</c><00:41:10.000><c> I'll</c><00:41:10.239><c> pray,</c><00:41:10.539><c> somebody</c><00:41:10.739><c> else</c><00:41:10.980><c> will</c><00:41:11.139><c> do</c><00:41:11.280><c> it.</c>

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.199
Happens,<00:41:13.800><c> doesn't</c><00:41:13.820><c> it?</c>

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.380
Happens<00:41:15.039><c> in</c><00:41:15.260><c> our</c><00:41:15.440><c> lives.</c>

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.940
We've<00:41:17.559><c> got</c><00:41:17.659><c> the</c><00:41:17.860><c> other</c><00:41:18.139><c> side</c><00:41:18.380><c> of</c><00:41:18.579><c> the</c><00:41:18.699><c> coin,</c>

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:22.199
where<00:41:19.260><c> we're</c><00:41:19.400><c> so</c><00:41:19.679><c> busy</c><00:41:19.940><c> rushing</c><00:41:20.260><c> around</c><00:41:20.679><c> and</c><00:41:20.940><c> doing</c><00:41:21.139><c> things,</c>

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:24.440
good<00:41:22.519><c> works,</c><00:41:22.800><c> good</c><00:41:22.980><c> works,</c><00:41:23.280><c> good</c><00:41:23.500><c> works,</c>

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:28.139
and<00:41:25.119><c> we</c><00:41:25.380><c> never</c><00:41:25.900><c> give</c><00:41:26.320><c> thought</c><00:41:26.780><c> to</c><00:41:27.179><c> prayer.</c>

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:32.599
Can<00:41:29.940><c> you</c><00:41:30.099><c> see</c><00:41:30.260><c> the</c><00:41:30.500><c> dangers</c><00:41:30.860><c> on</c><00:41:31.139><c> both</c><00:41:31.460><c> sides?</c>

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:36.559
Dangers<00:41:33.639><c> never</c><00:41:34.079><c> found</c><00:41:34.360><c> in</c><00:41:34.579><c> the</c><00:41:34.719><c> life</c><00:41:34.960><c> of</c><00:41:35.159><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:41.719
Faith,<00:41:39.280><c> prayer,</c><00:41:40.380><c> and</c><00:41:40.559><c> action.</c>

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.179
The<00:41:46.480><c> idea</c><00:41:46.880><c> of</c><00:41:47.539><c> doing</c><00:41:47.980><c> things.</c>

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:53.139
Again,<00:41:51.360><c> we</c><00:41:51.639><c> had</c><00:41:51.860><c> a</c><00:41:52.119><c> reference</c><00:41:52.380><c> given</c><00:41:52.679><c> to</c><00:41:52.960><c> us.</c>

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:56.400
Come<00:41:53.380><c> with</c><00:41:53.599><c> me</c><00:41:53.820><c> to</c><00:41:54.300><c> Philippians</c><00:41:54.820><c> chapter</c><00:41:55.199><c> four.</c>

00:41:58.139 --> 00:42:01.739
A<00:41:58.780><c> reference,</c><00:41:59.019><c> I</c><00:41:59.179><c> believe,</c><00:41:59.559><c> given</c><00:41:59.800><c> again</c><00:42:00.199><c> by</c><00:42:00.420><c> Brother</c><00:42:00.719><c> John.</c>

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.980
And<00:42:02.300><c> I'm</c><00:42:02.440><c> glad</c><00:42:02.559><c> he's</c><00:42:02.780><c> here,</c>

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:05.840
because<00:42:03.139><c> he's</c><00:42:03.300><c> making</c><00:42:03.579><c> up</c><00:42:03.760><c> my</c><00:42:03.920><c> addresses</c><00:42:04.179><c> for</c><00:42:04.420><c> me</c><00:42:04.539><c> as</c><00:42:04.639><c> we</c><00:42:04.739><c> go</c><00:42:04.940><c> along.</c>

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:11.579
But<00:42:07.639><c> in</c><00:42:07.800><c> chapter</c><00:42:08.059><c> four</c><00:42:08.320><c> of</c><00:42:08.460><c> Philippians,</c><00:42:09.800><c> verse</c><00:42:10.179><c> 13,</c>

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.699
Paul<00:42:12.559><c> says,</c>

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:18.699
I<00:42:14.639><c> can</c><00:42:15.139><c> do</c><00:42:15.699><c> all</c><00:42:16.300><c> things</c><00:42:16.960><c> through</c><00:42:18.119><c> Christ</c>

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:21.239
which<00:42:19.519><c> strengtheneth</c><00:42:20.159><c> me.</c>

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:25.920
I<00:42:22.179><c> can</c><00:42:22.519><c> do</c><00:42:22.800><c> all</c><00:42:23.119><c> things</c><00:42:23.500><c> through</c><00:42:23.820><c> Christ</c><00:42:24.219><c> which</c><00:42:24.559><c> strengtheneth</c><00:42:25.099><c> me.</c>

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:31.460
But<00:42:27.320><c> you</c><00:42:27.500><c> know,</c><00:42:27.980><c> again,</c><00:42:28.659><c> the</c><00:42:28.840><c> beauty</c><00:42:29.199><c> of</c><00:42:29.519><c> the</c><00:42:29.659><c> little</c><00:42:29.860><c> concordance.</c>

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:35.800
There<00:42:32.460><c> are</c><00:42:32.639><c> two</c><00:42:32.900><c> words</c><00:42:33.280><c> particularly</c><00:42:33.880><c> used</c><00:42:34.280><c> for</c><00:42:34.639><c> do</c><00:42:35.059><c> in</c><00:42:35.219><c> this</c><00:42:35.440><c> chapter.</c>

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:39.380
Verse<00:42:36.300><c> nine,</c><00:42:37.500><c> those</c><00:42:37.820><c> things</c><00:42:38.119><c> which</c><00:42:38.340><c> ye</c><00:42:38.519><c> have</c><00:42:38.679><c> both</c><00:42:39.039><c> learned</c>

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:42.980
and<00:42:39.639><c> received</c><00:42:40.079><c> and</c><00:42:40.400><c> heard</c><00:42:40.599><c> and</c><00:42:40.900><c> seen</c><00:42:41.059><c> in</c><00:42:41.360><c> me,</c><00:42:42.059><c> do,</c>

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:46.739
and<00:42:43.760><c> that</c><00:42:44.000><c> word</c><00:42:44.219><c> do</c><00:42:44.420><c> is</c><00:42:44.599><c> the</c><00:42:44.639><c> word</c><00:42:44.960><c> prato,</c><00:42:45.539><c> P</c><00:42:45.840><c>-R</c><00:42:46.000><c>-A</c><00:42:46.179><c>-S</c><00:42:46.460><c>-O,</c>

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:49.719
and<00:42:47.179><c> it</c><00:42:47.360><c> means</c><00:42:47.500><c> to</c><00:42:47.840><c> practice,</c><00:42:48.500><c> to</c><00:42:48.619><c> perform,</c>

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:54.260
to<00:42:50.539><c> perform</c><00:42:51.139><c> repeatedly,</c><00:42:52.460><c> to</c><00:42:52.699><c> become</c><00:42:53.119><c> a</c><00:42:53.440><c> habit.</c>

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:59.699
So<00:42:55.559><c> Paul</c><00:42:55.739><c> says,</c><00:42:56.000><c> everything</c><00:42:56.400><c> you've</c><00:42:56.679><c> seen</c><00:42:56.900><c> in</c><00:42:57.179><c> me,</c><00:42:57.920><c> do</c><00:42:58.320><c> those</c><00:42:58.719><c> things.</c>

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:02.000
Henceforth,<00:43:00.260><c> he</c><00:43:00.400><c> says,</c><00:43:00.960><c> there</c><00:43:01.059><c> is</c><00:43:01.300><c> laid</c><00:43:01.500><c> up</c><00:43:01.679><c> for</c><00:43:01.800><c> me</c>

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:04.400
a<00:43:02.119><c> crown</c><00:43:02.340><c> of</c><00:43:02.639><c> righteousness,</c><00:43:03.260><c> not</c><00:43:03.460><c> for</c><00:43:03.659><c> me</c><00:43:03.880><c> only,</c>

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:07.000
but<00:43:04.820><c> for</c><00:43:05.179><c> all</c><00:43:05.659><c> those</c><00:43:05.960><c> that</c><00:43:06.239><c> love</c><00:43:06.400><c> his</c><00:43:06.659><c> appearing.</c>

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.159
Do<00:43:07.400><c> we</c><00:43:07.599><c> love</c><00:43:07.679><c> his</c><00:43:07.920><c> appearing?</c>

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.599
There<00:43:08.659><c> it</c><00:43:08.860><c> is,</c><00:43:09.159><c> brethren</c><00:43:09.320><c> and</c><00:43:09.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:11.340
Show<00:43:10.199><c> it.</c>

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:13.019
Do<00:43:12.139><c> things.</c>

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:16.780
But<00:43:13.519><c> then</c><00:43:13.800><c> that</c><00:43:14.059><c> word</c><00:43:14.280><c> do</c><00:43:14.539><c> in</c><00:43:14.679><c> verse</c><00:43:14.920><c> 13</c><00:43:15.280><c> is</c><00:43:15.519><c> totally</c><00:43:15.860><c> different.</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:19.260
It<00:43:17.199><c> doesn't</c><00:43:17.420><c> mean</c><00:43:17.599><c> to</c><00:43:17.780><c> say,</c><00:43:17.900><c> well,</c><00:43:18.039><c> I'm</c><00:43:18.159><c> just</c><00:43:18.360><c> going</c><00:43:18.519><c> to</c><00:43:19.099><c> go</c>

00:43:19.260 --> 00:43:22.320
and<00:43:19.519><c> do</c><00:43:19.699><c> this,</c><00:43:20.179><c> move</c><00:43:20.320><c> that</c><00:43:20.639><c> glass</c><00:43:20.840><c> from</c><00:43:21.079><c> there</c><00:43:21.239><c> to</c><00:43:21.460><c> there.</c>

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:27.219
This<00:43:24.559><c> word</c><00:43:24.960><c> do</c><00:43:25.179><c> is</c><00:43:25.380><c> an</c><00:43:25.659><c> interesting</c><00:43:26.059><c> word.</c>

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:32.960
It<00:43:27.460><c> is</c><00:43:27.699><c> the</c><00:43:27.820><c> word</c><00:43:28.280><c> issu</c><00:43:28.980><c>-o,</c><00:43:29.280><c> I</c><00:43:29.820><c>-S</c><00:43:30.219><c>-C</c><00:43:30.500><c>-H</c><00:43:31.119><c>-U</c><00:43:31.699><c>-O,</c>

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:37.119
and<00:43:33.659><c> it</c><00:43:34.000><c> means</c><00:43:34.519><c> to</c><00:43:35.559><c> be</c><00:43:36.019><c> strong.</c>

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:40.559
It<00:43:37.840><c> means</c><00:43:38.820><c> to</c><00:43:39.539><c> prevail.</c>

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:44.880
It<00:43:41.599><c> means</c><00:43:42.400><c> to</c><00:43:43.440><c> have</c><00:43:43.800><c> force.</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.260
It<00:43:45.539><c> means</c><00:43:46.380><c> to</c><00:43:47.099><c> exercise</c><00:43:48.119><c> force.</c>

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:52.980
And<00:43:50.219><c> Paul</c><00:43:50.380><c> says,</c><00:43:51.920><c> I'm</c><00:43:52.099><c> strong.</c>

00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:55.099
I<00:43:53.760><c> have</c><00:43:54.119><c> power.</c>

00:43:55.239 --> 00:44:00.860
I<00:43:55.500><c> have</c><00:43:55.920><c> force</c><00:43:56.599><c> through</c><00:43:57.320><c> Jesus</c><00:43:57.880><c> Christ,</c><00:43:59.139><c> which</c><00:43:59.360><c> strengtheneth</c><00:43:59.940><c> me.</c>

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:05.159
And<00:44:01.820><c> I</c><00:44:01.960><c> believe</c><00:44:02.219><c> that</c><00:44:02.400><c> is</c><00:44:02.719><c> exactly</c><00:44:03.320><c> the</c><00:44:03.739><c> same</c><00:44:04.099><c> doing</c>

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:09.260
that<00:44:05.800><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:06.539><c> did</c><00:44:06.900><c> in</c><00:44:07.139><c> his</c><00:44:07.579><c> life,</c><00:44:08.139><c> brothers</c><00:44:08.139><c> and</c><00:44:08.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:15.440
Exactly<00:44:10.539><c> the</c><00:44:10.800><c> same</c><00:44:11.059><c> situation</c><00:44:11.920><c> that</c><00:44:13.440><c> should</c><00:44:13.739><c> be</c><00:44:14.260><c> with</c><00:44:14.519><c> us.</c>

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:21.639
Nehemiah,<00:44:19.219><c> when</c><00:44:19.480><c> he</c><00:44:19.780><c> heard</c><00:44:20.179><c> of</c><00:44:20.380><c> the</c><00:44:20.619><c> problems</c>

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:25.920
of<00:44:22.079><c> his</c><00:44:22.320><c> people</c><00:44:22.780><c> and</c><00:44:23.000><c> his</c><00:44:23.239><c> country</c><00:44:23.900><c> did</c><00:44:24.820><c> something,</c>

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:29.659
he<00:44:27.880><c> humbled</c><00:44:28.320><c> himself.</c>

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:36.280
He<00:44:32.360><c> sat</c><00:44:32.619><c> down</c><00:44:33.880><c> and</c><00:44:35.059><c> he</c><00:44:35.280><c> wept.</c>

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:44.820
How<00:44:40.900><c> many</c><00:44:41.179><c> brethren</c><00:44:41.659><c> and</c><00:44:41.980><c> sisters</c><00:44:43.039><c> do</c><00:44:43.599><c> you</c><00:44:43.820><c> know</c>

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:50.840
who<00:44:45.840><c> have</c><00:44:46.019><c> ever</c><00:44:46.340><c> sat</c><00:44:46.579><c> down</c><00:44:47.079><c> and</c><00:44:47.320><c> wept</c><00:44:48.000><c> over</c><00:44:49.079><c> the</c><00:44:49.380><c> situation</c>

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:58.539
of<00:44:53.699><c> our</c><00:44:54.239><c> people,</c><00:44:56.900><c> of</c><00:44:57.099><c> our</c><00:44:57.400><c> land?</c>

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:03.260
He<00:45:01.360><c> prayed</c><00:45:01.900><c> to</c><00:45:02.219><c> God.</c>

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:06.400
And<00:45:04.519><c> that</c><00:45:04.760><c> prayer,</c><00:45:05.219><c> we're</c><00:45:05.300><c> going</c><00:45:05.400><c> to</c><00:45:05.519><c> spend</c><00:45:05.719><c> a</c><00:45:05.800><c> lot</c><00:45:06.000><c> of</c><00:45:06.139><c> time</c>

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.760
on<00:45:06.559><c> tomorrow,</c><00:45:07.340><c> brothers</c><00:45:07.380><c> and</c><00:45:07.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:10.380
because<00:45:08.139><c> it</c><00:45:08.300><c> is</c><00:45:08.539><c> an</c><00:45:08.900><c> important</c><00:45:09.400><c> prayer.</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:13.920
But<00:45:11.920><c> before</c><00:45:12.179><c> we</c><00:45:12.340><c> get</c><00:45:12.519><c> into</c><00:45:12.800><c> that,</c>

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:17.679
we<00:45:14.420><c> want</c><00:45:14.559><c> to</c><00:45:14.820><c> see</c><00:45:15.000><c> in</c><00:45:15.179><c> this</c><00:45:15.500><c> man</c><00:45:15.719><c> Nehemiah</c><00:45:16.380><c> also</c>

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:23.400
that<00:45:18.820><c> he</c><00:45:18.980><c> was</c><00:45:19.360><c> so</c><00:45:20.519><c> enthusiastic</c><00:45:21.900><c> for</c><00:45:22.260><c> the</c><00:45:22.519><c> word,</c>

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:26.699
that<00:45:23.900><c> his</c><00:45:24.340><c> enthusiasm</c><00:45:24.920><c> went</c><00:45:25.500><c> and</c><00:45:25.960><c> fired</c><00:45:26.239><c> up</c>

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:28.900
everybody<00:45:27.400><c> he</c><00:45:27.719><c> talked</c><00:45:28.039><c> to.</c>

00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:33.320
Just<00:45:30.659><c> turn</c><00:45:31.099><c> over</c><00:45:31.679><c> and</c><00:45:32.639><c> have</c><00:45:32.860><c> a</c><00:45:32.980><c> look</c>

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:36.039
at<00:45:33.539><c> what</c><00:45:33.699><c> we</c><00:45:33.900><c> have</c><00:45:34.119><c> recorded</c><00:45:34.500><c> in</c><00:45:34.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:35.079><c> two.</c>

00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:40.940
Having<00:45:37.480><c> reached</c><00:45:37.880><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:45:39.179><c> having</c><00:45:39.420><c> spent</c><00:45:39.800><c> three</c><00:45:40.280><c> days</c>

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:43.159
having<00:45:41.599><c> a</c><00:45:41.880><c> look</c><00:45:42.000><c> at</c><00:45:42.199><c> the</c><00:45:42.360><c> situation,</c>

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:46.800
meditating<00:45:44.159><c> upon</c><00:45:44.539><c> the</c><00:45:44.840><c> next</c><00:45:45.460><c> best</c><00:45:46.019><c> course</c><00:45:46.340><c> of</c><00:45:46.599><c> action,</c>

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:49.860
going<00:45:47.480><c> to</c><00:45:47.760><c> the</c><00:45:47.960><c> Father</c><00:45:48.280><c> in</c><00:45:48.639><c> prayer.</c>

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:53.480
In<00:45:51.920><c> verse</c><00:45:52.179><c> 17.</c>

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:58.159
Then<00:45:54.579><c> said</c><00:45:54.880><c> I</c><00:45:55.079><c> unto</c><00:45:55.340><c> them,</c><00:45:56.139><c> his</c><00:45:56.440><c> jottings</c><00:45:56.940><c> in</c><00:45:57.000><c> his</c><00:45:57.260><c> diary,</c>

00:45:58.820 --> 00:46:01.840
ye<00:45:59.119><c> see</c><00:45:59.420><c> the</c><00:45:59.639><c> distress</c><00:46:00.179><c> that</c><00:46:00.500><c> we</c><00:46:00.699><c> are</c><00:46:00.900><c> in.</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:04.599
And<00:46:02.440><c> that</c><00:46:02.599><c> word</c><00:46:02.780><c> distress</c><00:46:03.139><c> is</c><00:46:03.380><c> the</c><00:46:03.539><c> same</c><00:46:03.760><c> word</c><00:46:04.000><c> affliction</c>

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:06.980
that<00:46:05.079><c> we</c><00:46:05.280><c> read</c><00:46:05.480><c> of</c><00:46:05.820><c> in</c><00:46:06.119><c> the</c><00:46:06.320><c> first</c><00:46:06.500><c> chapter.</c>

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:10.639
And<00:46:07.579><c> it</c><00:46:07.719><c> means</c><00:46:07.960><c> the</c><00:46:08.340><c> evil</c><00:46:08.699><c> that's</c><00:46:09.019><c> come</c><00:46:09.179><c> upon</c><00:46:09.460><c> us.</c>

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:14.280
Ye<00:46:11.280><c> see</c><00:46:11.519><c> the</c><00:46:11.719><c> distress,</c><00:46:12.280><c> the</c><00:46:12.539><c> evil</c><00:46:12.880><c> that</c><00:46:13.300><c> we</c><00:46:13.639><c> are</c><00:46:13.880><c> in.</c>

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:17.599
Nehemiah<00:46:15.019><c> could</c><00:46:15.239><c> walk</c><00:46:15.519><c> away</c><00:46:15.820><c> from</c><00:46:15.980><c> it</c><00:46:16.119><c> and</c><00:46:16.159><c> go</c><00:46:16.440><c> back</c>

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:20.500
to<00:46:17.960><c> the</c><00:46:18.000><c> king,</c><00:46:19.119><c> to</c><00:46:19.480><c> Shusha.</c>

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:22.760
But<00:46:21.219><c> he</c><00:46:21.380><c> accepts</c><00:46:21.659><c> his</c><00:46:21.960><c> responsibility.</c>

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:26.599
How<00:46:23.360><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:24.099><c> lieth</c><00:46:24.519><c> wait,</c><00:46:25.239><c> how</c><00:46:25.500><c> the</c><00:46:25.760><c> gates</c><00:46:26.119><c> thereof</c>

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:27.460
are<00:46:26.840><c> burnt</c><00:46:27.000><c> with</c><00:46:27.300><c> fire.</c>

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:31.019
Come,<00:46:28.280><c> let</c><00:46:28.500><c> us</c><00:46:28.739><c> build</c><00:46:28.940><c> up</c><00:46:29.199><c> the</c><00:46:29.380><c> wall</c><00:46:29.619><c> of</c><00:46:29.900><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:33.500
that<00:46:31.199><c> we</c><00:46:31.420><c> be</c><00:46:31.599><c> no</c><00:46:31.880><c> more</c><00:46:32.079><c> a</c><00:46:32.239><c> reproach.</c>

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:36.099
Then<00:46:34.079><c> I</c><00:46:34.380><c> told</c><00:46:34.719><c> them</c><00:46:34.920><c> of</c><00:46:35.119><c> the</c><00:46:35.280><c> hand</c><00:46:35.500><c> of</c><00:46:35.679><c> my</c><00:46:35.900><c> God,</c>

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:38.679
which<00:46:36.260><c> was</c><00:46:36.440><c> good</c><00:46:36.579><c> upon</c><00:46:36.800><c> me,</c><00:46:37.340><c> as</c><00:46:37.519><c> also</c><00:46:37.820><c> the</c><00:46:38.019><c> king's</c><00:46:38.440><c> words</c>

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:40.320
that<00:46:39.039><c> he</c><00:46:39.179><c> had</c><00:46:39.400><c> spoken</c><00:46:39.719><c> unto</c><00:46:39.960><c> me.</c>

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:42.940
And<00:46:40.559><c> they</c><00:46:40.739><c> said,</c><00:46:40.980><c> let</c><00:46:41.139><c> us</c><00:46:41.360><c> rise</c><00:46:41.599><c> up</c><00:46:41.800><c> and</c><00:46:42.039><c> build.</c>

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:45.699
Now<00:46:43.860><c> you</c><00:46:44.159><c> know</c><00:46:44.380><c> as</c><00:46:44.539><c> well</c><00:46:44.699><c> as</c><00:46:44.820><c> I</c><00:46:45.000><c> do,</c><00:46:45.260><c> brothers</c><00:46:45.400><c> and</c><00:46:45.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:49.059
if<00:46:46.079><c> you</c><00:46:46.300><c> keep</c><00:46:46.480><c> a</c><00:46:46.699><c> diary,</c><00:46:47.340><c> you</c><00:46:47.420><c> don't</c><00:46:47.780><c> keep</c><00:46:48.360><c> copious</c><00:46:48.739><c> notes.</c>

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:52.400
You<00:46:49.579><c> put</c><00:46:49.820><c> jottings,</c><00:46:50.539><c> headings</c><00:46:50.880><c> of</c><00:46:51.280><c> what</c><00:46:51.519><c> actually</c><00:46:51.860><c> went</c><00:46:52.039><c> on.</c>

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:56.079
And<00:46:53.019><c> I</c><00:46:53.260><c> believe</c><00:46:53.679><c> there</c><00:46:53.840><c> was</c><00:46:54.119><c> far</c><00:46:54.519><c> more</c><00:46:55.019><c> in</c><00:46:55.420><c> that</c><00:46:55.739><c> speech</c>

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:58.199
that<00:46:56.400><c> Nehemiah</c><00:46:56.780><c> gave</c><00:46:57.139><c> to</c><00:46:57.340><c> the</c><00:46:57.460><c> children</c><00:46:57.679><c> of</c><00:46:57.940><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:58.460 --> 00:47:01.579
but<00:46:58.679><c> even</c><00:46:59.000><c> in</c><00:46:59.260><c> that</c><00:46:59.400><c> which</c><00:46:59.599><c> he</c><00:46:59.860><c> says,</c><00:47:00.280><c> he</c><00:47:00.559><c> makes</c><00:47:00.900><c> them</c><00:47:01.159><c> aware</c>

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:05.900
that<00:47:02.099><c> he</c><00:47:02.300><c> knew</c><00:47:02.440><c> exactly</c><00:47:03.139><c> the</c><00:47:03.440><c> situation</c><00:47:04.019><c> that</c><00:47:04.219><c> they</c><00:47:04.440><c> were</c><00:47:04.639><c> all</c><00:47:04.880><c> in.</c>

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:09.659
And<00:47:07.099><c> he</c><00:47:07.239><c> knew</c><00:47:07.280><c> there</c><00:47:07.420><c> was</c><00:47:07.599><c> only</c><00:47:07.940><c> one</c><00:47:08.280><c> thing</c><00:47:08.400><c> to</c><00:47:08.659><c> do.</c>

00:47:09.699 --> 00:47:12.260
We<00:47:09.980><c> can</c><00:47:10.260><c> sit</c><00:47:10.539><c> down</c><00:47:10.960><c> and</c><00:47:11.179><c> wonder</c><00:47:11.480><c> about</c><00:47:11.840><c> it.</c>

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:15.420
We<00:47:12.699><c> can</c><00:47:12.940><c> sit</c><00:47:13.219><c> down</c><00:47:13.619><c> and</c><00:47:13.980><c> be</c><00:47:14.219><c> concerned</c><00:47:14.780><c> about</c><00:47:15.079><c> it.</c>

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:18.460
Or<00:47:15.960><c> we</c><00:47:16.179><c> can</c><00:47:16.559><c> get</c><00:47:16.800><c> up</c><00:47:17.039><c> and</c><00:47:17.239><c> work,</c><00:47:17.559><c> brothers</c><00:47:17.800><c> and</c><00:47:18.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:19.920
he<00:47:19.039><c> said</c><00:47:19.239><c> to</c><00:47:19.380><c> them.</c>

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:24.320
He<00:47:20.400><c> says,</c><00:47:21.079><c> let</c><00:47:21.300><c> us</c><00:47:21.820><c> get</c><00:47:22.179><c> up</c><00:47:22.519><c> and</c><00:47:22.820><c> build</c><00:47:23.199><c> a</c><00:47:23.460><c> wall.</c>

00:47:26.219 --> 00:47:28.139
And<00:47:26.539><c> he</c><00:47:26.780><c> infused</c><00:47:27.099><c> them.</c>

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:29.800
And<00:47:28.320><c> they</c><00:47:28.460><c> got</c><00:47:28.659><c> excited.</c>

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:31.940
Here<00:47:30.159><c> was</c><00:47:30.400><c> the</c><00:47:30.619><c> leader</c><00:47:30.800><c> they'd</c><00:47:31.139><c> been</c><00:47:31.260><c> waiting</c><00:47:31.619><c> for.</c>

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:35.239
Here<00:47:32.440><c> was</c><00:47:32.719><c> a</c><00:47:32.960><c> man</c><00:47:33.260><c> who</c><00:47:33.619><c> could</c><00:47:33.940><c> grasp</c><00:47:34.280><c> the</c><00:47:34.519><c> situation,</c>

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:40.059
analyze<00:47:36.199><c> it</c><00:47:36.800><c> and</c><00:47:37.539><c> start</c><00:47:38.139><c> to</c><00:47:38.500><c> do</c><00:47:38.719><c> something</c><00:47:39.039><c> about</c><00:47:39.420><c> it.</c>

00:47:40.340 --> 00:47:41.480
Oh<00:47:40.619><c> yeah,</c><00:47:40.820><c> we</c><00:47:40.900><c> know</c><00:47:41.219><c> that.</c>

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.639
That's<00:47:41.900><c> what</c><00:47:42.019><c> we</c><00:47:42.179><c> wanted</c><00:47:42.320><c> to</c><00:47:42.559><c> do.</c>

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:44.260
But<00:47:42.980><c> how</c><00:47:43.260><c> do</c><00:47:43.380><c> we</c><00:47:43.460><c> do</c><00:47:43.679><c> it,</c><00:47:43.920><c> Nehemiah?</c>

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:48.599
We<00:47:44.719><c> get</c><00:47:44.920><c> up</c><00:47:45.139><c> together</c><00:47:45.920><c> and</c><00:47:46.480><c> we</c><00:47:46.880><c> build</c><00:47:47.119><c> it</c><00:47:47.460><c> together.</c>

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:53.579
And<00:47:50.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:47:51.519><c> the</c><00:47:51.699><c> God</c><00:47:51.860><c> of</c><00:47:52.019><c> Israel</c><00:47:52.360><c> is</c><00:47:52.519><c> with</c><00:47:52.760><c> us.</c>

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:57.019
And<00:47:55.320><c> the</c><00:47:55.539><c> people</c><00:47:55.880><c> said,</c>

00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:02.119
let<00:47:59.760><c> us</c><00:48:00.320><c> rise</c><00:48:01.019><c> up</c><00:48:01.320><c> and</c><00:48:01.679><c> build.</c>

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:07.460
So<00:48:03.159><c> they</c><00:48:03.780><c> strengthened</c><00:48:04.380><c> their</c><00:48:04.800><c> hands</c><00:48:05.539><c> for</c><00:48:06.360><c> good.</c>

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:11.840
For<00:48:08.960><c> good,</c><00:48:09.179><c> not</c><00:48:09.460><c> this</c><00:48:09.780><c> work,</c><00:48:10.599><c> not</c><00:48:10.880><c> there.</c>

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:14.659
So<00:48:12.420><c> they</c><00:48:13.139><c> strengthened</c><00:48:13.719><c> their</c><00:48:14.059><c> hand</c><00:48:14.239><c> for</c><00:48:14.500><c> good.</c>

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:16.739
The<00:48:15.179><c> work</c><00:48:15.440><c> would</c><00:48:15.780><c> follow.</c>

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:20.699
But<00:48:17.079><c> they</c><00:48:17.519><c> now</c><00:48:17.820><c> said,</c><00:48:18.039><c> let</c><00:48:18.239><c> us</c><00:48:18.559><c> get</c><00:48:18.780><c> up</c><00:48:19.039><c> and</c><00:48:19.260><c> build</c><00:48:19.599><c> a</c><00:48:19.820><c> wall.</c>

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:23.360
And<00:48:21.159><c> that</c><00:48:21.380><c> was</c><00:48:21.719><c> good</c><00:48:21.960><c> in</c><00:48:22.159><c> the</c><00:48:22.400><c> sight</c><00:48:22.519><c> of</c><00:48:22.699><c> the</c><00:48:22.920><c> Father.</c>

00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:25.420
And<00:48:23.900><c> that</c><00:48:24.079><c> is</c><00:48:24.260><c> what</c><00:48:24.460><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:24.960><c> understood.</c>

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:29.599
And<00:48:25.719><c> so</c><00:48:25.920><c> he</c><00:48:26.119><c> wrote,</c><00:48:26.559><c> they</c><00:48:26.960><c> strengthened</c><00:48:27.480><c> their</c><00:48:27.840><c> hands</c><00:48:28.280><c> for</c><00:48:28.760><c> good.</c>

00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:35.440
Tomorrow,<00:48:34.179><c> we're</c><00:48:34.320><c> gonna</c><00:48:34.460><c> have</c><00:48:34.699><c> a</c><00:48:34.840><c> look</c>

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.360
at<00:48:35.900><c> the</c><00:48:36.099><c> building</c><00:48:36.440><c> of</c><00:48:36.679><c> the</c><00:48:36.920><c> wall</c>

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:39.780
when<00:48:37.880><c> we've</c><00:48:38.320><c> considered</c><00:48:38.519><c> this</c><00:48:38.900><c> prayer.</c>

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.780
Because<00:48:40.280><c> one</c><00:48:40.619><c> could</c><00:48:40.920><c> not</c><00:48:41.159><c> take</c><00:48:41.400><c> place</c>

00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:43.780
without<00:48:42.119><c> the</c><00:48:42.440><c> other</c><00:48:42.679><c> brother</c><00:48:42.900><c> and</c><00:48:43.139><c> sister.</c>

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:48.460
And<00:48:44.340><c> we</c><00:48:44.539><c> hope</c><00:48:44.780><c> and</c><00:48:45.079><c> pray</c><00:48:45.480><c> that</c><00:48:46.179><c> we</c><00:48:46.420><c> can</c><00:48:46.619><c> get</c><00:48:46.900><c> excited</c><00:48:47.539><c> by</c><00:48:47.840><c> this</c><00:48:48.159><c> word.</c>

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.219
That<00:48:48.960><c> we</c><00:48:49.139><c> can</c><00:48:49.440><c> gain</c><00:48:49.719><c> the</c><00:48:50.079><c> exaltation</c><00:48:50.760><c> from</c><00:48:51.079><c> this</c><00:48:51.380><c> word.</c>

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:58.480
That<00:48:54.619><c> wherever</c><00:48:55.039><c> we</c><00:48:55.440><c> set</c><00:48:55.599><c> our</c><00:48:55.920><c> hands</c><00:48:56.619><c> to</c><00:48:57.179><c> the</c><00:48:57.480><c> plow,</c>

00:48:58.420 --> 00:49:00.739
we<00:48:58.840><c> never</c><00:48:59.219><c> look</c><00:48:59.519><c> back.</c>

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:04.380
Because<00:49:01.320><c> we</c><00:49:01.699><c> become</c><00:49:02.699><c> the</c><00:49:03.599><c> brothers</c><00:49:03.840><c> and</c><00:49:04.179><c> sisters</c>

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:12.260
of<00:49:04.639><c> the</c><00:49:04.699><c> Lord</c><00:49:04.880><c> Jesus</c><00:49:05.300><c> Christ</c><00:49:05.860><c> of</c><00:49:07.659><c> faith,</c><00:49:09.340><c> of</c><00:49:09.519><c> prayer,</c><00:49:11.199><c> and</c><00:49:11.320><c> of</c><00:49:11.500><c> action.</c>