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that<00:11:08.860><c> are</c><00:11:09.159><c> despondent</c><00:11:09.659><c> about</c><00:11:09.980><c> something,</c>

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and<00:11:10.919><c> they</c><00:11:11.200><c> band</c><00:11:11.399><c> together</c><00:11:11.879><c> with</c><00:11:12.240><c> others</c><00:11:12.600><c> of</c><00:11:12.919><c> like</c><00:11:13.139><c> mind,</c>

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He<00:11:19.940><c> didn't</c><00:11:20.220><c> gather</c><00:11:20.539><c> other</c><00:11:20.940><c> complainers</c><00:11:21.580><c> around</c><00:11:22.019><c> him.</c>

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Instead,<00:11:23.440><c> he</c><00:11:23.700><c> spoke</c><00:11:24.019><c> of</c><00:11:24.179><c> his</c><00:11:24.519><c> difficulties</c><00:11:25.279><c> and</c><00:11:26.059><c> told</c><00:11:26.480><c> God</c>

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Now<00:11:29.480><c> I</c><00:11:29.480><c> know</c><00:11:29.679><c> that</c><00:11:29.940><c> sounds</c><00:11:30.200><c> pretty</c><00:11:30.500><c> ordinary,</c><00:11:31.220><c> brethren</c><00:11:31.360><c> and</c><00:11:31.600><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:11:35.200><c> I</c><00:11:35.399><c> hope</c><00:11:35.539><c> you</c><00:11:35.679><c> will</c><00:11:35.899><c> take</c><00:11:36.139><c> the</c><00:11:36.340><c> point</c><00:11:36.679><c> nonetheless.</c>

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If<00:11:38.620><c> a</c><00:11:38.879><c> man</c><00:11:39.059><c> is</c><00:11:39.399><c> beset</c><00:11:39.840><c> by</c><00:11:40.179><c> difficulties</c><00:11:40.980><c> and</c><00:11:41.480><c> doubts,</c>

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it<00:11:42.940><c> will</c><00:11:43.320><c> not</c><00:11:43.620><c> help</c><00:11:43.879><c> him</c><00:11:44.179><c> to</c><00:11:44.539><c> consort</c><00:11:45.039><c> with</c><00:11:45.379><c> others</c>

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in<00:11:47.620><c> the</c><00:11:47.879><c> same</c><00:11:48.240><c> situation</c><00:11:49.080><c> who</c><00:11:49.419><c> are</c><00:11:49.820><c> like</c><00:11:50.159><c> minded.</c>

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He<00:11:56.100><c> did</c><00:11:56.419><c> not</c><00:11:56.659><c> find</c><00:11:57.019><c> the</c><00:11:57.299><c> answer</c><00:11:57.700><c> in</c><00:11:57.919><c> that</c><00:11:58.179><c> direction.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:12:00.700><c> did</c><00:12:00.940><c> the</c><00:12:01.240><c> right</c><00:12:01.600><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:12:02.860><c> put</c><00:12:03.120><c> his</c><00:12:03.500><c> problem</c><00:12:04.200><c> to</c><00:12:04.700><c> God,</c>

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Oh<00:12:12.500><c> Lord,</c><00:12:13.000><c> how</c><00:12:13.399><c> long</c><00:12:13.799><c> shall</c><00:12:14.019><c> I</c><00:12:14.279><c> cry</c><00:12:14.659><c> and</c><00:12:14.860><c> thou</c><00:12:15.059><c> wilt</c><00:12:15.299><c> not</c><00:12:15.679><c> hear?</c>

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Even<00:12:16.779><c> cry</c><00:12:17.200><c> unto</c><00:12:17.460><c> thee</c><00:12:17.700><c> of</c><00:12:17.919><c> violence</c><00:12:18.340><c> and</c><00:12:18.580><c> thou</c><00:12:18.820><c> wilt</c><00:12:19.080><c> not</c><00:12:19.480><c> save.</c>

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He<00:12:20.340><c> put</c><00:12:20.620><c> his</c><00:12:20.919><c> problem</c><00:12:21.340><c> to</c><00:12:21.539><c> God.</c>

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Notice<00:12:24.820><c> another</c><00:12:25.200><c> thing</c><00:12:25.519><c> that</c><00:12:25.740><c> Habakkuk</c><00:12:26.159><c> did.</c>

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He<00:12:32.919><c> said,</c><00:12:33.480><c> I</c><00:12:33.480><c> will</c><00:12:33.779><c> stand</c><00:12:34.299><c> upon</c><00:12:34.679><c> my</c><00:12:35.120><c> watch</c><00:12:35.440><c> and</c><00:12:35.779><c> set</c><00:12:36.000><c> me</c><00:12:36.259><c> upon</c>

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and<00:12:38.019><c> will</c><00:12:38.259><c> watch</c><00:12:38.519><c> to</c><00:12:38.899><c> see</c><00:12:39.200><c> what</c><00:12:39.600><c> God</c><00:12:39.960><c> will</c><00:12:40.360><c> say</c><00:12:40.519><c> unto</c><00:12:40.840><c> me,</c>

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and<00:12:42.120><c> what</c><00:12:42.299><c> I</c><00:12:42.539><c> shall</c><00:12:42.740><c> answer</c><00:12:43.399><c> when</c><00:12:43.700><c> I</c><00:12:43.960><c> am</c><00:12:44.080><c> reprieved.</c>

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Now<00:12:46.799><c> I</c><00:12:46.799><c> don't</c><00:12:47.039><c> want</c><00:12:47.179><c> to</c><00:12:47.340><c> read</c><00:12:47.500><c> more</c><00:12:47.779><c> into</c><00:12:48.019><c> that</c><00:12:48.279><c> verse</c><00:12:48.480><c> than</c><00:12:48.639><c> is</c><00:12:48.879><c> justified,</c>

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to<00:12:56.179><c> get</c><00:12:56.379><c> away</c><00:12:56.639><c> from</c><00:12:56.840><c> all</c><00:12:57.080><c> the</c><00:12:57.320><c> confusion</c><00:12:57.799><c> and</c><00:12:58.179><c> clamour</c><00:12:58.500><c> of</c>

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He<00:13:07.320><c> said,</c><00:13:08.200><c> there</c><00:13:08.259><c> are</c><00:13:08.820><c> so</c><00:13:09.200><c> many</c><00:13:09.600><c> kinds</c><00:13:10.120><c> of</c><00:13:10.419><c> voices</c><00:13:10.740><c> in</c><00:13:11.019><c> the</c><00:13:11.259><c> world,</c>

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It<00:13:16.980><c> is</c><00:13:17.279><c> possible,</c><00:13:17.840><c> therefore,</c><00:13:18.360><c> for</c><00:13:18.639><c> a</c><00:13:18.779><c> man's</c><00:13:19.399><c> mind</c><00:13:19.759><c> to</c><00:13:19.960><c> become</c>

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full<00:13:22.320><c> of</c><00:13:22.679><c> turmoil</c><00:13:23.120><c> and</c><00:13:23.500><c> noise,</c><00:13:24.340><c> with</c><00:13:24.460><c> everything</c><00:13:24.879><c> sounding</c>

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So<00:13:35.620><c> getting</c><00:13:35.919><c> away</c><00:13:36.340><c> from</c><00:13:36.539><c> the</c><00:13:36.840><c> pressure</c>

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getting<00:13:47.279><c> away</c><00:13:47.799><c> from</c><00:13:47.919><c> the</c><00:13:48.159><c> pressure,</c>

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Now,<00:13:53.720><c> the</c><00:13:54.039><c> particular</c><00:13:54.399><c> form</c><00:13:54.820><c> that</c><00:13:55.100><c> that</c><00:13:55.399><c> tower</c><00:13:55.639><c> will</c><00:13:55.960><c> take</c>

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It<00:13:59.500><c> will</c><00:13:59.659><c> not</c><00:13:59.840><c> be</c><00:14:00.059><c> a</c><00:14:00.220><c> literal</c><00:14:00.600><c> tower</c><00:14:01.000><c> for</c><00:14:01.240><c> each</c><00:14:01.519><c> of</c><00:14:01.700><c> us,</c>

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but<00:14:02.179><c> it</c><00:14:02.259><c> will</c><00:14:02.440><c> be</c><00:14:02.620><c> a</c><00:14:02.799><c> place</c><00:14:03.039><c> of</c><00:14:03.360><c> quiet</c><00:14:03.799><c> and</c><00:14:04.419><c> solitude.</c>

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And<00:14:06.039><c> it's</c><00:14:06.179><c> interesting</c><00:14:06.580><c> to</c><00:14:06.899><c> note</c><00:14:07.139><c> that</c><00:14:07.419><c> the</c><00:14:07.720><c> tower</c><00:14:08.039><c> is</c><00:14:08.980><c> presented</c>

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The<00:14:13.919><c> name</c><00:14:14.179><c> of</c><00:14:14.419><c> the</c><00:14:14.559><c> Lord</c><00:14:14.779><c> is</c><00:14:14.980><c> a</c><00:14:15.240><c> strong</c><00:14:15.559><c> tower,</c>

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and<00:14:16.440><c> the</c><00:14:16.679><c> righteous</c><00:14:17.100><c> runneth</c><00:14:17.559><c> into</c><00:14:17.779><c> it</c><00:14:18.000><c> and</c><00:14:18.200><c> are</c><00:14:18.440><c> safe.</c>

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but<00:14:22.820><c> to</c><00:14:23.139><c> climb</c><00:14:23.440><c> the</c><00:14:23.720><c> tower</c><00:14:24.179><c> is</c><00:14:24.679><c> to</c><00:14:24.980><c> lengthen</c><00:14:25.840><c> the</c><00:14:26.120><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:14:32.340><c> in</c><00:14:32.500><c> the</c><00:14:32.639><c> Bible,</c><00:14:33.659><c> to</c><00:14:33.940><c> use</c><00:14:34.059><c> another</c><00:14:34.279><c> one</c><00:14:34.419><c> of</c><00:14:34.460><c> those</c><00:14:34.740><c> catchphrases,</c>

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elevation<00:14:36.519><c> often</c><00:14:37.179><c> brings</c><00:14:37.759><c> revelation,</c>

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Get<00:14:47.120><c> thee</c><00:14:47.500><c> up!</c>

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And<00:14:49.480><c> Moses</c><00:14:49.860><c> went</c><00:14:50.100><c> up</c><00:14:50.320><c> into</c><00:14:50.559><c> the</c><00:14:50.759><c> mount,</c><00:14:51.080><c> forty</c><00:14:51.360><c> days.</c>

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And<00:14:53.240><c> there</c><00:14:53.340><c> are</c><00:14:53.480><c> many</c><00:14:53.700><c> other</c><00:14:54.000><c> instances</c><00:14:54.500><c> like</c><00:14:54.919><c> that</c><00:14:55.159><c> in</c><00:14:55.379><c> Scripture.</c>

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Get<00:14:56.120><c> thee</c><00:14:56.580><c> up!</c>

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So<00:14:59.000><c> detachment</c><00:14:59.600><c> from</c><00:15:00.000><c> the</c><00:15:00.320><c> perspiring</c><00:15:01.120><c> haste,</c>

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which<00:15:02.600><c> characterizes</c><00:15:03.299><c> the</c><00:15:03.539><c> world's</c><00:15:04.080><c> activities,</c>

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is<00:15:04.700><c> vital</c><00:15:05.299><c> if</c><00:15:05.779><c> the</c><00:15:06.059><c> important</c><00:15:06.759><c> voice</c><00:15:07.500><c> is</c><00:15:08.159><c> to</c><00:15:08.320><c> be</c><00:15:08.580><c> heard.</c>

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Be<00:15:10.259><c> still</c><00:15:11.080><c> and</c><00:15:11.779><c> know</c><00:15:12.340><c> that</c><00:15:12.960><c> I</c><00:15:13.399><c> am</c><00:15:13.759><c> God.</c>

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That<00:15:15.600><c> teaches</c><00:15:15.860><c> us</c><00:15:16.100><c> something</c><00:15:16.379><c> of</c><00:15:16.639><c> great</c><00:15:16.840><c> value,</c>

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brethren<00:15:17.519><c> and</c><00:15:17.779><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:15:19.139><c> know</c><00:15:19.279><c> it</c><00:15:19.519><c> sounds</c><00:15:19.759><c> simple,</c><00:15:20.559><c> but</c><00:15:20.700><c> it</c><00:15:20.840><c> is</c><00:15:21.139><c> far</c><00:15:21.600><c> from</c><00:15:21.940><c> simple</c><00:15:22.279><c> in</c><00:15:22.720><c> practice,</c>

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because<00:15:24.000><c> of</c><00:15:24.220><c> the</c><00:15:24.440><c> hustle</c><00:15:24.720><c> and</c><00:15:24.980><c> bustle</c><00:15:25.259><c> of</c><00:15:25.419><c> daily</c><00:15:25.659><c> life,</c>

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all<00:15:26.639><c> the</c><00:15:26.860><c> pressures</c><00:15:27.139><c> of</c><00:15:27.419><c> living</c><00:15:27.580><c> in</c><00:15:27.779><c> the</c><00:15:27.940><c> twentieth</c><00:15:28.340><c> century,</c>

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it<00:15:28.960><c> is</c><00:15:29.139><c> far</c><00:15:29.559><c> from</c><00:15:29.919><c> simple</c><00:15:30.419><c> in</c><00:15:31.200><c> practice</c><00:15:31.659><c> to</c><00:15:32.019><c> be</c><00:15:32.620><c> still</c>

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and<00:15:34.039><c> know</c><00:15:34.659><c> that</c><00:15:35.679><c> I</c><00:15:36.000><c> am</c><00:15:36.279><c> God,</c><00:15:37.279><c> saith</c><00:15:37.419><c> the</c><00:15:37.700><c> Lord.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:15:40.740><c> knew</c><00:15:41.120><c> that</c><00:15:41.320><c> to</c><00:15:41.500><c> obtain</c><00:15:41.759><c> an</c><00:15:41.960><c> answer</c><00:15:42.200><c> from</c><00:15:42.500><c> God,</c>

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he<00:15:43.480><c> needed</c><00:15:43.700><c> to</c><00:15:43.899><c> get</c><00:15:44.019><c> up</c><00:15:44.200><c> into</c><00:15:44.440><c> the</c><00:15:44.720><c> tower</c><00:15:45.059><c> and</c><00:15:46.159><c> wait.</c>

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Well,<00:15:48.059><c> that</c><00:15:48.179><c> was</c><00:15:48.419><c> the</c><00:15:48.600><c> procedure</c><00:15:48.940><c> he</c><00:15:49.240><c> adopted.</c>

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And<00:15:50.500><c> notice</c><00:15:50.740><c> the</c><00:15:50.919><c> answer</c><00:15:51.240><c> that</c><00:15:51.480><c> came</c><00:15:51.720><c> to</c><00:15:51.860><c> him</c><00:15:51.980><c> in</c><00:15:52.159><c> the</c><00:15:52.360><c> tower.</c>

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The<00:15:53.559><c> words</c><00:15:53.779><c> are</c><00:15:54.039><c> recorded</c><00:15:54.399><c> in</c><00:15:54.659><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.059><c> two,</c>

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which<00:15:55.740><c> we</c><00:15:55.899><c> didn't</c><00:15:56.240><c> read</c><00:15:56.500><c> together.</c>

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But<00:15:57.960><c> in</c><00:15:58.159><c> effect,</c><00:15:58.539><c> God</c><00:15:58.720><c> said</c><00:15:58.960><c> to</c><00:15:59.120><c> the</c><00:15:59.279><c> prophet,</c>

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I<00:15:59.620><c> may</c><00:16:00.759><c> be</c><00:16:01.039><c> invisible,</c><00:16:01.460><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:16:02.899><c> but</c><00:16:03.120><c> I</c><00:16:03.279><c> am</c><00:16:03.320><c> not</c><00:16:03.620><c> indifferent.</c>

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I<00:16:05.519><c> have</c><00:16:05.879><c> not</c><00:16:06.179><c> forsaken</c><00:16:06.720><c> my</c><00:16:07.059><c> people,</c><00:16:07.399><c> of</c><00:16:07.620><c> that</c><00:16:07.779><c> you</c><00:16:07.899><c> may</c><00:16:08.120><c> be</c><00:16:08.480><c> certain.</c>

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I<00:16:09.980><c> have</c><00:16:10.220><c> not</c><00:16:10.399><c> resigned</c><00:16:10.779><c> the</c><00:16:11.000><c> government</c><00:16:11.320><c> of</c><00:16:11.500><c> the</c><00:16:11.679><c> nation.</c>

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Everything<00:16:13.259><c> I</c><00:16:13.639><c> am</c><00:16:14.000><c> showing</c><00:16:14.299><c> you</c><00:16:14.620><c> has</c><00:16:14.820><c> its</c><00:16:15.179><c> appointed</c><00:16:15.679><c> time</c><00:16:16.220><c> and</c><00:16:16.659><c> place</c><00:16:17.059><c> in</c>

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my<00:16:17.919><c> purpose.</c>

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Verse<00:16:19.440><c> three,</c>

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For<00:16:21.139><c> the</c><00:16:21.340><c> vision</c><00:16:21.559><c> is</c><00:16:21.840><c> yet</c><00:16:22.080><c> for</c><00:16:22.379><c> an</c><00:16:22.639><c> appointed</c><00:16:23.059><c> time,</c>

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but<00:16:24.019><c> at</c><00:16:24.399><c> the</c><00:16:24.639><c> end</c><00:16:24.960><c> it</c><00:16:25.299><c> shall</c><00:16:25.700><c> speak</c><00:16:26.259><c> and</c><00:16:26.659><c> not</c><00:16:27.000><c> lie,</c>

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though<00:16:28.480><c> it</c><00:16:28.879><c> tarry,</c><00:16:29.200><c> wait</c><00:16:29.559><c> for</c><00:16:29.840><c> it,</c>

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because<00:16:31.299><c> it</c><00:16:31.539><c> will</c><00:16:31.860><c> surely</c><00:16:32.220><c> come</c><00:16:32.840><c> and</c><00:16:33.440><c> it</c><00:16:33.600><c> will</c><00:16:33.879><c> not</c><00:16:34.159><c> tarry.</c>

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You<00:16:36.100><c> think</c><00:16:36.279><c> that</c><00:16:36.480><c> I</c><00:16:36.559><c> am</c><00:16:36.620><c> not</c><00:16:36.919><c> working,</c><00:16:37.539><c> Habakkuk,</c>

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in<00:16:38.019><c> the</c><00:16:38.080><c> midst</c><00:16:38.220><c> of</c><00:16:38.419><c> all</c><00:16:38.500><c> this</c><00:16:38.659><c> apparent</c><00:16:39.059><c> chaos,</c>

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but<00:16:40.019><c> you're</c><00:16:40.279><c> wrong,</c><00:16:41.240><c> I</c><00:16:41.620><c> am</c><00:16:41.899><c> there.</c>

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Everything<00:16:42.799><c> has</c><00:16:43.100><c> its</c><00:16:43.360><c> place.</c>

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You<00:16:44.639><c> see</c><00:16:44.840><c> the</c><00:16:45.100><c> Chordeans,</c><00:16:46.279><c> I</c><00:16:46.519><c> am</c><00:16:46.659><c> bringing</c><00:16:46.919><c> them</c><00:16:47.179><c> to</c><00:16:47.360><c> do</c><00:16:47.539><c> my</c><00:16:47.860><c> work.</c>

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They<00:16:49.360><c> will</c><00:16:49.600><c> sweep</c><00:16:49.820><c> through</c><00:16:50.059><c> the</c><00:16:50.279><c> nation</c><00:16:50.580><c> and</c><00:16:50.940><c> purge</c><00:16:51.200><c> it</c><00:16:51.340><c> of</c>

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all<00:16:51.620><c> its</c><00:16:51.879><c> filth,</c>

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and<00:16:53.840><c> yet</c><00:16:53.940><c> I</c><00:16:54.059><c> have</c><00:16:54.259><c> the</c><00:16:54.440><c> situation</c><00:16:54.940><c> fully</c><00:16:55.220><c> under</c><00:16:55.580><c> control.</c>

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In<00:16:57.240><c> the</c><00:16:57.399><c> midst</c><00:16:57.519><c> of</c><00:16:57.720><c> all</c><00:16:57.860><c> the</c><00:16:58.120><c> shattering</c><00:16:58.419><c> events</c><00:16:58.779><c> which</c><00:16:59.019><c> are</c>

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undermining<00:16:59.620><c> your</c><00:16:59.940><c> confidence,</c>

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I<00:17:01.820><c> am</c><00:17:02.139><c> there,</c><00:17:03.240><c> and</c><00:17:03.519><c> I</c><00:17:03.740><c> will</c><00:17:04.000><c> reveal</c><00:17:04.480><c> to</c><00:17:04.700><c> you</c><00:17:04.980><c> the</c><00:17:05.220><c> secret</c><00:17:05.799><c> of</c><00:17:06.099><c> how</c><00:17:06.500><c> to</c><00:17:06.819><c> live.</c>

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Verse<00:17:09.359><c> four,</c>

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Behold,<00:17:11.319><c> his</c><00:17:11.779><c> soul</c><00:17:12.240><c> which</c><00:17:12.500><c> is</c><00:17:12.819><c> lifted</c><00:17:13.079><c> up</c><00:17:13.480><c> is</c><00:17:13.779><c> not</c><00:17:14.200><c> upright</c><00:17:14.819><c> in</c><00:17:15.160><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:16.559><c> that,</c><00:17:17.339><c> brethren</c><00:17:17.339><c> and</c><00:17:17.640><c> sisters,</c><00:17:17.819><c> I</c><00:17:18.119><c> believe</c><00:17:18.420><c> is</c><00:17:18.640><c> a</c><00:17:18.779><c> reference</c><00:17:19.240><c> to</c><00:17:19.500><c> God's</c><00:17:20.059><c> servant</c><00:17:20.380><c> the</c><00:17:20.700><c> Chaldean.</c>

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But,<00:17:23.940><c> by</c><00:17:24.180><c> contrast,</c><00:17:24.980><c> in</c><00:17:25.140><c> the</c><00:17:25.319><c> second</c><00:17:25.579><c> half</c><00:17:25.880><c> of</c><00:17:26.119><c> the</c><00:17:26.259><c> chapter,</c>

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the<00:17:27.559><c> just</c><00:17:28.079><c> shall</c><00:17:28.579><c> live</c><00:17:29.099><c> by</c><00:17:29.599><c> his</c><00:17:30.099><c> faith.</c>

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For<00:17:32.180><c> God</c><00:17:32.299><c> is</c><00:17:32.500><c> saying</c><00:17:32.759><c> to</c><00:17:33.000><c> his</c><00:17:33.259><c> servant,</c>

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the<00:17:34.299><c> Chordeans</c><00:17:34.779><c> are</c><00:17:35.019><c> coming,</c><00:17:35.420><c> Habakkuk,</c>

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but<00:17:36.299><c> they</c><00:17:36.480><c> are</c><00:17:36.740><c> coming</c><00:17:37.000><c> in</c><00:17:37.480><c> pride.</c>

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Their<00:17:40.319><c> soul</c><00:17:40.599><c> is</c><00:17:40.940><c> puffed</c><00:17:41.299><c> up,</c>

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and<00:17:42.299><c> therefore</c><00:17:42.660><c> eventually</c><00:17:43.200><c> they</c><00:17:43.480><c> must</c><00:17:43.819><c> pass</c><00:17:44.180><c> on</c><00:17:44.599><c> and</c><00:17:44.940><c> perish.</c>

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But,<00:17:47.059><c> by</c><00:17:47.059><c> contrast,</c><00:17:47.880><c> let</c><00:17:47.940><c> the</c><00:17:48.119><c> principle</c><00:17:48.519><c> of</c><00:17:48.680><c> your</c><00:17:48.920><c> life</c><00:17:49.279><c> be</c><00:17:50.220><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:17:52.000><c> ye</c><00:17:52.160><c> shall</c><00:17:52.339><c> live,</c><00:17:52.799><c> for</c><00:17:53.119><c> the</c><00:17:53.440><c> righteous</c><00:17:54.039><c> or</c><00:17:54.339><c> the</c><00:17:54.599><c> just</c><00:17:55.099><c> shall</c><00:17:55.599><c> live</c>

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by<00:17:56.299><c> his</c><00:17:56.640><c> faith.</c>

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Habakkuk,<00:17:59.279><c> despite</c><00:17:59.759><c> what</c><00:17:59.980><c> is</c><00:18:00.279><c> happening</c><00:18:00.539><c> around</c><00:18:00.980><c> you,</c>

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the<00:18:01.299><c> day</c><00:18:01.559><c> is</c><00:18:01.759><c> coming,</c><00:18:02.039><c> verse</c><00:18:02.380><c> fourteen,</c>

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when<00:18:03.619><c> the</c><00:18:03.819><c> earth</c><00:18:04.000><c> shall</c><00:18:04.200><c> be</c><00:18:04.460><c> filled</c><00:18:04.700><c> with</c><00:18:04.900><c> the</c><00:18:05.180><c> knowledge</c><00:18:05.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:05.980><c> glory</c><00:18:06.380><c> of</c><00:18:06.579><c> the</c><00:18:06.759><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:18:07.759><c> the</c><00:18:08.059><c> waters</c><00:18:08.440><c> cover</c><00:18:08.759><c> the</c><00:18:09.059><c> sea.</c>

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You<00:18:10.859><c> will</c><00:18:11.200><c> not</c><00:18:11.460><c> be</c><00:18:11.700><c> able</c><00:18:12.019><c> to</c><00:18:12.319><c> measure</c><00:18:12.519><c> my</c><00:18:12.859><c> purpose</c><00:18:13.299><c> by</c><00:18:13.599><c> your</c>

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human<00:18:14.220><c> standards</c>

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and<00:18:14.859><c> your</c><00:18:15.099><c> human</c><00:18:15.480><c> statistics,</c>

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but<00:18:16.819><c> in</c><00:18:17.059><c> the</c><00:18:17.259><c> things</c><00:18:17.480><c> which</c><00:18:17.779><c> perplex</c><00:18:18.200><c> you</c>

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and<00:18:19.920><c> which</c><00:18:20.099><c> you</c><00:18:20.319><c> are</c><00:18:20.460><c> not</c><00:18:20.640><c> able</c><00:18:20.900><c> to</c><00:18:21.220><c> explain,</c>

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know<00:18:23.380><c> that</c><00:18:23.680><c> I</c><00:18:24.140><c> am</c><00:18:24.500><c> there.</c>

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Trust<00:18:26.380><c> me,</c><00:18:26.859><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:18:27.319><c> I</c><00:18:27.640><c> know</c><00:18:27.920><c> what</c><00:18:28.180><c> I'm</c><00:18:28.460><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:18:29.960><c> apply</c><00:18:30.200><c> the</c><00:18:30.420><c> principle</c><00:18:30.740><c> of</c><00:18:31.039><c> faith</c><00:18:31.519><c> to</c><00:18:32.019><c> all</c><00:18:32.420><c> those</c><00:18:32.720><c> things</c>

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that<00:18:33.400><c> puzzle</c><00:18:33.660><c> you.</c>

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Remember,<00:18:36.559><c> verse</c><00:18:36.839><c> twenty,</c>

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that<00:18:38.319><c> the</c><00:18:38.460><c> Lord</c><00:18:38.900><c> is</c><00:18:39.259><c> in</c><00:18:39.539><c> his</c><00:18:39.880><c> holy</c><00:18:40.299><c> temple,</c>

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in<00:18:42.039><c> the</c><00:18:42.240><c> place</c><00:18:42.460><c> of</c><00:18:42.819><c> authority,</c><00:18:43.559><c> in</c><00:18:43.599><c> the</c><00:18:43.799><c> place</c><00:18:44.019><c> of</c><00:18:44.240><c> his</c><00:18:44.480><c> government.</c>

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Nothing<00:18:46.660><c> can</c><00:18:47.119><c> dethrone</c><00:18:47.880><c> or</c><00:18:48.200><c> hinder</c><00:18:48.579><c> his</c><00:18:48.880><c> purpose.</c>

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All<00:18:50.640><c> the</c><00:18:50.859><c> earth</c><00:18:51.079><c> shall</c><00:18:51.319><c> be</c><00:18:51.539><c> in</c><00:18:51.720><c> submission</c><00:18:52.160><c> to</c><00:18:52.420><c> his</c><00:18:52.700><c> will,</c>

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so<00:18:53.980><c> let</c><00:18:54.279><c> all</c><00:18:54.700><c> the</c><00:18:54.940><c> earth</c><00:18:55.759><c> keep</c><00:18:56.140><c> silence</c><00:18:57.000><c> before</c><00:18:57.839><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:00.460><c> that,</c><00:19:00.940><c> brethren</c><00:19:00.980><c> and</c><00:19:01.240><c> sisters,</c><00:19:01.539><c> in</c><00:19:01.880><c> essence,</c>

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although<00:19:02.700><c> very</c><00:19:03.140><c> imperfectly</c><00:19:03.880><c> paraphrased,</c>

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seems<00:19:05.799><c> to</c><00:19:05.960><c> me</c><00:19:06.119><c> to</c><00:19:06.240><c> be</c><00:19:06.339><c> the</c><00:19:06.480><c> message</c><00:19:06.779><c> that</c><00:19:07.059><c> came</c><00:19:07.559><c> from</c><00:19:08.079><c> God</c><00:19:08.500><c> to</c><00:19:08.880><c> Habakkuk</c>

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when<00:19:10.000><c> he</c><00:19:10.200><c> sat</c><00:19:10.400><c> upon</c><00:19:10.640><c> his</c><00:19:10.920><c> watchtower.</c>

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And<00:19:14.220><c> as</c><00:19:14.359><c> chapter</c><00:19:14.619><c> three</c><00:19:14.960><c> indicates,</c>

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he<00:19:16.859><c> believed</c><00:19:17.400><c> the</c><00:19:17.559><c> word</c><00:19:17.759><c> of</c><00:19:17.940><c> the</c><00:19:18.119><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:19:19.140><c> he</c><00:19:19.380><c> rested</c><00:19:19.720><c> upon</c><00:19:20.099><c> his</c><00:19:20.480><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:22.059><c> he</c><00:19:22.180><c> was</c><00:19:22.359><c> able</c><00:19:22.619><c> to</c><00:19:22.980><c> joy</c><00:19:23.359><c> in</c><00:19:23.680><c> the</c><00:19:23.819><c> midst</c><00:19:24.059><c> of</c><00:19:24.299><c> all</c><00:19:24.460><c> the</c><00:19:24.680><c> tribulation.</c>

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So<00:19:27.960><c> there</c><00:19:28.079><c> was</c><00:19:28.220><c> no</c><00:19:28.500><c> change</c><00:19:28.779><c> in</c><00:19:29.000><c> the</c><00:19:29.099><c> surrounding</c><00:19:29.559><c> circumstances,</c>

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no<00:19:32.380><c> amelioration</c><00:19:32.900><c> of</c><00:19:33.059><c> the</c><00:19:33.279><c> danger,</c>

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no<00:19:34.019><c> lessening</c><00:19:34.539><c> of</c><00:19:34.700><c> the</c><00:19:34.920><c> pressure,</c>

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and<00:19:37.180><c> yet</c><00:19:37.460><c> there</c><00:19:37.680><c> is</c><00:19:37.920><c> this</c><00:19:38.200><c> profound</c><00:19:39.059><c> change</c><00:19:39.839><c> in</c><00:19:40.140><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:19:40.619><c> attitude.</c>

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The<00:19:41.819><c> Chordians</c><00:19:42.359><c> are</c><00:19:42.859><c> coming.</c>

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The<00:19:43.920><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.140><c> has</c><00:19:44.420><c> spoken,</c>

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and<00:19:45.839><c> yet</c><00:19:45.960><c> he</c><00:19:46.079><c> is</c><00:19:46.240><c> able</c><00:19:46.460><c> to</c><00:19:46.740><c> rejoice.</c>

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He<00:19:47.380><c> dares</c><00:19:47.779><c> to</c><00:19:48.079><c> rejoice.</c>

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He<00:19:49.319><c> is</c><00:19:49.519><c> singing</c><00:19:49.779><c> a</c><00:19:49.960><c> song</c><00:19:50.299><c> of</c><00:19:50.599><c> salvation.</c>

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You<00:19:53.799><c> see,</c><00:19:54.140><c> brethren</c><00:19:54.299><c> and</c><00:19:54.519><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:19:55.059><c> is</c><00:19:55.400><c> acting</c><00:19:55.940><c> upon</c><00:19:56.599><c> the</c><00:19:56.859><c> secret</c><00:19:57.400><c> revealed</c><00:19:57.940><c> to</c><00:19:58.099><c> him</c><00:19:58.240><c> in</c><00:19:58.420><c> the</c><00:19:58.640><c> tower.</c>

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He<00:19:59.579><c> has</c><00:19:59.900><c> discovered</c><00:20:00.640><c> that</c><00:20:01.259><c> all</c><00:20:01.660><c> things</c><00:20:02.039><c> do</c><00:20:02.559><c> work</c><00:20:02.940><c> together</c>

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for<00:20:03.880><c> good.</c>

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To<00:20:05.440><c> them</c><00:20:05.680><c> that</c><00:20:05.960><c> love</c><00:20:06.160><c> God</c><00:20:06.460><c> and</c><00:20:06.700><c> are</c><00:20:06.900><c> called</c><00:20:07.099><c> according</c><00:20:07.519><c> to</c><00:20:07.720><c> his</c><00:20:07.940><c> purpose,</c>

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they<00:20:08.980><c> really</c><00:20:09.440><c> do.</c>

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It<00:20:11.359><c> is</c><00:20:11.579><c> the</c><00:20:11.680><c> song</c><00:20:11.819><c> of</c><00:20:12.019><c> a</c><00:20:12.140><c> man</c><00:20:12.299><c> who</c><00:20:12.480><c> has</c><00:20:12.680><c> come</c><00:20:12.900><c> to</c><00:20:13.119><c> that</c><00:20:13.359><c> conviction.</c>

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And<00:20:15.559><c> though</c><00:20:15.759><c> all</c><00:20:15.920><c> the</c><00:20:16.140><c> material</c><00:20:16.519><c> blessings</c><00:20:16.960><c> of</c><00:20:17.140><c> life</c><00:20:17.400><c> should</c><00:20:17.700><c> fail,</c>

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and<00:20:19.420><c> the</c><00:20:19.519><c> very</c><00:20:19.799><c> fabric</c><00:20:20.160><c> of</c><00:20:20.460><c> society</c><00:20:20.880><c> should</c><00:20:21.180><c> crumble</c><00:20:21.619><c> and</c><00:20:21.940><c> decay</c><00:20:22.279><c> around</c><00:20:22.759><c> us,</c>

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yet<00:20:24.059><c> God</c><00:20:24.500><c> will</c><00:20:24.960><c> never</c><00:20:25.259><c> fail.</c>

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His<00:20:26.559><c> purpose</c><00:20:27.339><c> shall</c><00:20:27.940><c> stand.</c>

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Brethren<00:20:30.859><c> and</c><00:20:31.119><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:20:31.680><c> grant</c><00:20:32.180><c> the</c><00:20:32.640><c> first</c><00:20:33.119><c> wonder</c><00:20:33.579><c> of</c><00:20:33.920><c> creation</c><00:20:34.440><c> in</c><00:20:34.740><c> Genesis</c><00:20:35.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:35.900><c> 1,</c>

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in<00:20:37.220><c> the</c><00:20:37.480><c> beginning</c><00:20:37.839><c> God</c><00:20:38.299><c> created</c><00:20:38.839><c> the</c><00:20:39.119><c> heavens</c><00:20:39.359><c> and</c><00:20:39.579><c> the</c><00:20:39.779><c> earth,</c>

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if<00:20:40.099><c> we</c><00:20:40.380><c> grant</c><00:20:40.740><c> that</c><00:20:41.059><c> wonder,</c>

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then<00:20:43.279><c> all</c><00:20:43.920><c> things</c><00:20:44.200><c> are</c><00:20:44.519><c> possible.</c>

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Everything<00:20:45.900><c> thereafter</c><00:20:46.599><c> is</c><00:20:47.079><c> possible.</c>

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The<00:20:48.640><c> deserts</c><00:20:49.019><c> may</c><00:20:49.220><c> blossom</c><00:20:49.599><c> as</c><00:20:49.779><c> the</c><00:20:50.039><c> rose.</c>

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The<00:20:51.279><c> high</c><00:20:51.539><c> mountains</c><00:20:51.940><c> may</c><00:20:52.220><c> be</c><00:20:52.460><c> brought</c><00:20:52.700><c> low.</c>

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The<00:20:53.960><c> deepest</c><00:20:54.279><c> valleys</c><00:20:54.640><c> may</c><00:20:54.960><c> be</c><00:20:55.140><c> lifted</c><00:20:55.380><c> up</c><00:20:55.619><c> to</c><00:20:55.819><c> the</c><00:20:55.940><c> height</c><00:20:56.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:56.539><c> everlasting</c><00:20:57.099><c> hills.</c>

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All<00:20:58.880><c> things</c><00:20:59.279><c> are</c><00:20:59.539><c> possible</c><00:21:00.079><c> to</c><00:21:00.519><c> men</c><00:21:00.900><c> who</c><00:21:01.200><c> live</c><00:21:01.359><c> by</c><00:21:01.660><c> their</c><00:21:02.000><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:21:04.220><c> it's</c><00:21:04.359><c> just</c><00:21:04.539><c> interesting</c><00:21:05.000><c> to</c><00:21:05.299><c> notice</c><00:21:05.619><c> how</c><00:21:06.180><c> Habakkuk</c><00:21:06.720><c> frames</c><00:21:07.200><c> his</c>

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song<00:21:07.759><c> of</c><00:21:08.079><c> rejoicing.</c>

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He<00:21:09.779><c> looks</c><00:21:10.160><c> back</c><00:21:11.140><c> in</c><00:21:11.700><c> remembrance.</c>

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He<00:21:13.359><c> thinks</c><00:21:13.640><c> upon</c><00:21:14.019><c> all</c><00:21:14.339><c> the</c><00:21:14.599><c> mighty</c><00:21:14.980><c> acts</c><00:21:15.519><c> of</c><00:21:15.759><c> God</c><00:21:16.039><c> in</c><00:21:16.279><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> past.</c>

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And<00:21:17.579><c> he</c><00:21:17.839><c> says,</c><00:21:18.240><c> in</c><00:21:18.240><c> effect,</c><00:21:18.680><c> if</c><00:21:18.900><c> God</c><00:21:19.240><c> did</c><00:21:19.519><c> it</c><00:21:19.839><c> then,</c>

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he<00:21:20.920><c> can</c><00:21:21.400><c> certainly</c><00:21:21.859><c> do</c><00:21:22.079><c> it</c><00:21:22.339><c> again</c><00:21:22.740><c> now.</c>

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And<00:21:24.599><c> this</c><00:21:24.799><c> is</c><00:21:25.000><c> the</c><00:21:25.160><c> great</c><00:21:25.539><c> antidote,</c><00:21:26.460><c> brethren</c><00:21:26.619><c> and</c><00:21:26.920><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:21:28.039><c> uncertainty</c><00:21:28.980><c> and</c><00:21:29.599><c> doubt.</c>

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The<00:21:31.720><c> stronghold</c><00:21:32.339><c> of</c><00:21:32.519><c> a</c><00:21:32.680><c> man's</c><00:21:33.200><c> trust</c><00:21:33.759><c> is</c><00:21:34.400><c> what</c><00:21:34.619><c> he</c><00:21:34.940><c> knows</c><00:21:35.240><c> of</c><00:21:35.519><c> God</c>

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and<00:21:36.680><c> what</c><00:21:36.859><c> he</c><00:21:37.299><c> understands</c><00:21:37.980><c> of</c><00:21:38.200><c> his</c><00:21:38.420><c> purpose.</c>

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That<00:21:40.339><c> is</c><00:21:40.519><c> to</c><00:21:40.740><c> say,</c><00:21:41.380><c> the</c><00:21:41.579><c> certainties</c><00:21:42.259><c> of</c><00:21:42.480><c> the</c><00:21:42.700><c> divine</c><00:21:43.140><c> character</c>

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are<00:21:44.500><c> the</c><00:21:44.799><c> guarantee</c><00:21:45.599><c> of</c><00:21:46.140><c> our</c><00:21:46.460><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:21:48.819><c> even</c><00:21:48.980><c> though</c><00:21:49.299><c> outward</c><00:21:49.720><c> appearances</c><00:21:50.339><c> might</c><00:21:50.700><c> be</c><00:21:50.900><c> on</c><00:21:51.099><c> the</c>

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side<00:21:51.420><c> of</c><00:21:51.680><c> doubt</c><00:21:51.839><c> from</c><00:21:52.160><c> time</c><00:21:52.440><c> to</c><00:21:52.680><c> time,</c>

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through<00:21:54.279><c> it</c><00:21:54.599><c> all,</c><00:21:55.319><c> God</c><00:21:55.720><c> bids</c><00:21:56.059><c> us</c><00:21:56.519><c> trust</c><00:21:56.940><c> him,</c>

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trust<00:21:58.539><c> his</c><00:21:58.900><c> word</c><00:21:59.519><c> and</c><00:22:00.039><c> trust</c><00:22:00.380><c> that</c><00:22:00.599><c> he</c><00:22:00.720><c> knows</c><00:22:01.059><c> exactly</c><00:22:01.759><c> what</c>

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he's<00:22:02.240><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:22:03.680><c> does,</c><00:22:04.259><c> brethren</c><00:22:04.440><c> and</c><00:22:04.680><c> sisters,</c><00:22:05.559><c> and</c><00:22:05.880><c> we</c><00:22:06.099><c> must</c><00:22:06.619><c> rest</c><00:22:07.359><c> in</c><00:22:08.359><c> trust</c><00:22:08.599><c> on</c><00:22:08.920><c> that.</c>

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Now,<00:22:11.599><c> if</c><00:22:11.859><c> we</c><00:22:11.980><c> can</c><00:22:12.160><c> just</c><00:22:12.440><c> take</c><00:22:12.740><c> away</c><00:22:13.140><c> one</c><00:22:13.799><c> lesson</c><00:22:14.359><c> from</c><00:22:14.700><c> this</c>

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this<00:22:15.259><c> morning,</c>

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I<00:22:16.700><c> shall</c><00:22:16.880><c> be</c><00:22:17.180><c> content.</c>

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And<00:22:19.039><c> that</c><00:22:19.299><c> is,</c><00:22:19.819><c> never</c><00:22:20.519><c> doubt</c><00:22:21.039><c> your</c><00:22:21.640><c> own</c><00:22:22.220><c> experience</c><00:22:23.200><c> of</c><00:22:23.559><c> God.</c>

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Look<00:22:26.660><c> back</c><00:22:26.980><c> over</c><00:22:27.279><c> your</c><00:22:27.519><c> life,</c><00:22:28.480><c> see</c><00:22:28.680><c> the</c><00:22:28.920><c> hand</c><00:22:29.180><c> of</c><00:22:29.319><c> God</c><00:22:29.559><c> at</c><00:22:29.799><c> work,</c>

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and<00:22:30.200><c> you</c><00:22:30.500><c> surely</c><00:22:30.799><c> will</c><00:22:31.079><c> be</c><00:22:31.299><c> able</c><00:22:31.539><c> to.</c>

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There<00:22:31.900><c> are</c><00:22:31.980><c> many</c><00:22:32.180><c> in</c><00:22:32.319><c> this</c><00:22:32.579><c> house</c><00:22:32.759><c> that</c><00:22:32.960><c> can</c><00:22:33.160><c> testify</c><00:22:33.640><c> to</c><00:22:33.920><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:35.500><c> never</c><00:22:35.799><c> doubt</c><00:22:36.140><c> it</c><00:22:36.440><c> again.</c>

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Say<00:22:39.539><c> with</c><00:22:39.799><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:22:40.319><c> what</c><00:22:40.519><c> God</c><00:22:40.839><c> did</c><00:22:41.160><c> then,</c><00:22:41.539><c> he</c><00:22:41.700><c> can</c><00:22:41.900><c> do</c><00:22:42.079><c> again</c><00:22:42.519><c> now.</c>

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Because<00:22:45.460><c> when</c><00:22:45.759><c> men</c><00:22:45.980><c> of</c><00:22:46.180><c> old</c><00:22:46.319><c> were</c><00:22:46.559><c> faced</c><00:22:46.819><c> with</c><00:22:47.099><c> calamity</c><00:22:48.119><c> or</c>

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difficulty<00:22:49.140><c> or</c><00:22:49.519><c> adversity,</c>

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they<00:22:51.079><c> immediately</c><00:22:51.700><c> fell</c><00:22:51.960><c> back</c><00:22:52.220><c> on</c><00:22:52.420><c> the</c><00:22:52.680><c> past</c><00:22:53.019><c> and</c><00:22:53.279><c> reflected</c>

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upon<00:22:53.859><c> what</c><00:22:54.039><c> they</c><00:22:54.359><c> knew</c><00:22:54.539><c> of</c><00:22:54.779><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:56.079><c> his</c><00:22:56.299><c> hand</c><00:22:56.579><c> in</c><00:22:56.819><c> their</c><00:22:57.039><c> lives,</c><00:22:58.180><c> and</c><00:22:58.460><c> they</c><00:22:58.740><c> gained</c><00:22:58.960><c> strength</c>

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to<00:22:59.779><c> endure</c>

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and<00:23:00.740><c> continue</c><00:23:01.259><c> through</c><00:23:01.579><c> the</c><00:23:02.140><c> present</c><00:23:02.440><c> difficulties.</c>

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Take<00:23:05.599><c> for</c><00:23:05.779><c> example</c><00:23:06.099><c> the</c><00:23:06.319><c> occasion</c><00:23:06.640><c> when</c><00:23:06.859><c> David</c><00:23:07.160><c> was</c><00:23:07.380><c> surrounded</c><00:23:07.819><c> by</c><00:23:08.240><c> agnostics.</c>

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It's<00:23:09.579><c> recorded</c><00:23:09.920><c> back</c><00:23:10.200><c> in</c><00:23:10.400><c> the</c><00:23:10.619><c> Psalms,</c><00:23:10.920><c> you</c><00:23:11.019><c> needn't</c><00:23:11.319><c> look</c>

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there,<00:23:11.779><c> but</c><00:23:11.920><c> it's</c><00:23:12.079><c> Psalm</c><00:23:12.279><c> 42.</c>

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They<00:23:14.240><c> said</c><00:23:14.500><c> to</c><00:23:14.599><c> him</c><00:23:14.880><c> continually,</c><00:23:15.900><c> where</c><00:23:15.900><c> is</c><00:23:16.299><c> thy</c><00:23:16.579><c> God?</c>

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Where<00:23:18.240><c> is</c><00:23:18.460><c> he</c><00:23:18.660><c> now,</c><00:23:18.960><c> David?</c>

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And<00:23:21.059><c> initially</c><00:23:21.400><c> David</c><00:23:21.759><c> was</c><00:23:22.019><c> perplexed.</c>

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The<00:23:23.220><c> Psalm</c><00:23:23.420><c> says</c><00:23:23.799><c> so.</c>

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He<00:23:24.980><c> said,</c><00:23:25.380><c> why</c><00:23:25.539><c> art</c><00:23:25.799><c> thou</c><00:23:26.160><c> cast</c><00:23:26.599><c> down,</c><00:23:27.039><c> O</c><00:23:27.299><c> my</c><00:23:27.700><c> soul?</c>

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Why<00:23:28.579><c> art</c><00:23:28.839><c> thou</c><00:23:29.119><c> disquieted</c><00:23:30.039><c> within</c><00:23:30.319><c> me?</c>

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:35.440
He<00:23:31.319><c> was</c><00:23:31.579><c> unsettled</c><00:23:32.380><c> by</c><00:23:32.759><c> the</c><00:23:33.039><c> agnosticism</c><00:23:33.740><c> which</c><00:23:34.019><c> surrounded</c><00:23:34.460><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:23:36.480><c> he</c><00:23:36.819><c> regained</c><00:23:37.200><c> his</c><00:23:37.519><c> composure.</c>

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And<00:23:39.000><c> he</c><00:23:39.140><c> fell</c><00:23:39.380><c> back</c><00:23:39.660><c> on</c><00:23:39.819><c> his</c><00:23:40.140><c> remembrance</c><00:23:40.539><c> of</c><00:23:40.799><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:41.619><c> he</c><00:23:41.779><c> said,</c><00:23:42.500><c> hope</c><00:23:42.500><c> thou</c><00:23:42.940><c> in</c><00:23:43.359><c> God,</c><00:23:44.079><c> for</c><00:23:44.220><c> I</c><00:23:44.500><c> shall</c><00:23:44.680><c> yet</c><00:23:45.039><c> praise</c>

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him<00:23:45.660><c> for</c><00:23:45.819><c> the</c><00:23:46.019><c> help</c><00:23:46.140><c> of</c><00:23:46.339><c> his</c><00:23:46.519><c> countenance.</c>

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Therefore<00:23:48.799><c> will</c><00:23:49.359><c> I</c><00:23:49.880><c> remember</c><00:23:50.579><c> thee</c><00:23:51.240><c> from</c><00:23:52.259><c> the</c><00:23:52.500><c> land</c><00:23:52.660><c> of</c><00:23:52.960><c> Jordan,</c>

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from<00:23:54.000><c> the</c><00:23:54.240><c> heights</c><00:23:54.500><c> of</c><00:23:54.839><c> Hermon,</c><00:23:55.420><c> from</c><00:23:55.680><c> the</c><00:23:55.940><c> hill</c><00:23:56.160><c> Mazar.</c>

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He<00:23:58.359><c> thinks</c><00:23:58.660><c> back</c><00:23:59.079><c> on</c><00:23:59.319><c> all</c><00:23:59.680><c> those</c><00:23:59.980><c> occasions</c><00:24:00.460><c> when</c><00:24:00.779><c> God</c><00:24:01.099><c> came</c>

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to<00:24:01.700><c> his</c><00:24:01.980><c> help</c>

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in<00:24:02.680><c> time</c><00:24:02.920><c> of</c><00:24:03.180><c> great</c><00:24:03.380><c> adversity</c><00:24:03.920><c> and</c><00:24:04.240><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:24:05.220><c> he</c><00:24:05.319><c> said</c><00:24:05.519><c> to</c><00:24:05.640><c> himself,</c><00:24:06.519><c> well</c><00:24:06.599><c> if</c><00:24:06.779><c> God</c><00:24:06.980><c> did</c><00:24:07.200><c> it</c><00:24:07.339><c> for</c><00:24:07.480><c> me</c><00:24:07.720><c> then,</c>

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he<00:24:08.259><c> will</c><00:24:08.579><c> surely</c><00:24:08.920><c> see</c><00:24:09.180><c> me</c><00:24:09.359><c> through</c><00:24:09.579><c> the</c><00:24:09.819><c> present</c><00:24:10.059><c> difficulty.</c>

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Never<00:24:11.839><c> doubt</c><00:24:12.299><c> your</c><00:24:12.700><c> own</c><00:24:13.000><c> experience</c><00:24:13.720><c> of</c><00:24:13.920><c> God,</c><00:24:14.500><c> brethren</c><00:24:14.660><c> and</c><00:24:14.920><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:24:17.759><c> is</c><00:24:17.900><c> a</c><00:24:18.180><c> strong</c><00:24:18.500><c> tower,</c><00:24:19.599><c> and</c><00:24:19.720><c> the</c><00:24:19.880><c> righteous</c><00:24:20.200><c> runneth</c><00:24:20.559><c> into</c>

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it,<00:24:21.480><c> and</c><00:24:21.660><c> are</c><00:24:21.859><c> safe.</c>

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Now<00:24:26.579><c> this</c><00:24:27.279><c> is</c><00:24:28.359><c> ever</c><00:24:28.539><c> the</c><00:24:28.799><c> experience</c><00:24:29.420><c> of</c><00:24:29.660><c> men</c><00:24:29.859><c> of</c><00:24:30.099><c> God.</c>

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Remember<00:24:32.140><c> the</c><00:24:32.480><c> past.</c>

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What<00:24:34.099><c> God</c><00:24:34.400><c> did</c><00:24:34.700><c> then,</c><00:24:35.799><c> he</c><00:24:35.980><c> can</c><00:24:36.160><c> do</c><00:24:36.339><c> again</c><00:24:36.700><c> now.</c>

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They<00:24:38.880><c> came</c><00:24:39.099><c> to</c><00:24:39.259><c> the</c><00:24:39.339><c> Red</c><00:24:39.700><c> Sea,</c><00:24:40.559><c> and</c><00:24:40.619><c> it</c><00:24:40.900><c> parted.</c>

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They<00:24:42.640><c> sang</c><00:24:42.900><c> a</c><00:24:43.059><c> song</c><00:24:43.220><c> of</c><00:24:43.440><c> success</c><00:24:43.799><c> on</c><00:24:44.039><c> the</c><00:24:44.160><c> other</c><00:24:44.420><c> side,</c><00:24:44.720><c> didn't</c><00:24:44.880><c> they?</c>

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They<00:24:46.460><c> came</c><00:24:46.759><c> to</c><00:24:47.039><c> Elam,</c><00:24:48.400><c> and</c><00:24:48.619><c> they</c><00:24:48.880><c> found</c><00:24:49.160><c> rest.</c>

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:53.140
They<00:24:50.940><c> came</c><00:24:51.180><c> to</c><00:24:51.339><c> the</c><00:24:51.519><c> Jordan,</c><00:24:51.819><c> and</c><00:24:51.960><c> it</c><00:24:52.180><c> looked</c><00:24:52.400><c> deep.</c>

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But<00:24:53.759><c> they</c><00:24:53.940><c> went</c><00:24:54.200><c> over</c><00:24:54.480><c> Dry</c><00:24:54.880><c> Shod.</c>

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So<00:24:56.880><c> whatever</c><00:24:57.180><c> men</c><00:24:57.400><c> may</c><00:24:57.700><c> say</c><00:24:57.940><c> to</c><00:24:58.180><c> you,</c>

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:02.420
never<00:24:59.859><c> doubt</c><00:25:00.160><c> what</c><00:25:00.400><c> you</c><00:25:00.680><c> remember</c><00:25:00.960><c> of</c><00:25:01.160><c> the</c><00:25:01.420><c> past.</c>

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Never<00:25:03.299><c> doubt</c><00:25:03.579><c> your</c><00:25:03.880><c> own</c><00:25:04.160><c> experience</c><00:25:04.759><c> of</c><00:25:04.920><c> God.</c>

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Men<00:25:06.680><c> may</c><00:25:06.960><c> confuse</c><00:25:07.519><c> us</c><00:25:07.880><c> about</c><00:25:08.140><c> the</c><00:25:08.480><c> problems</c><00:25:08.839><c> of</c><00:25:09.160><c> this</c><00:25:09.480><c> year,</c>

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and<00:25:10.599><c> the</c><00:25:10.859><c> problems</c><00:25:11.220><c> of</c><00:25:11.480><c> next</c><00:25:11.900><c> year,</c>

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but<00:25:13.400><c> let</c><00:25:13.660><c> them</c><00:25:13.960><c> not</c><00:25:14.299><c> confuse</c><00:25:14.819><c> us</c><00:25:15.200><c> about</c><00:25:15.500><c> the</c><00:25:15.779><c> solutions</c><00:25:16.319><c> to</c>

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last<00:25:17.019><c> year's</c><00:25:17.500><c> problems</c>

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by<00:25:18.259><c> the</c><00:25:18.480><c> hand</c><00:25:18.660><c> of</c><00:25:18.819><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:20.720><c> opening</c><00:25:21.180><c> year</c><00:25:21.720><c> thy</c><00:25:22.000><c> mercy</c><00:25:22.579><c> shows,</c>

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that<00:25:24.059><c> mercy</c><00:25:24.559><c> crowns</c><00:25:25.279><c> it</c><00:25:25.619><c> till</c><00:25:25.819><c> it</c><00:25:26.160><c> close.</c>

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You<00:25:27.339><c> know</c><00:25:27.480><c> the</c><00:25:27.619><c> words</c><00:25:27.880><c> of</c><00:25:28.160><c> our</c><00:25:28.359><c> hymn.</c>

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And<00:25:30.000><c> so</c><00:25:30.180><c> it</c><00:25:30.359><c> means,</c><00:25:30.680><c> you</c><00:25:30.940><c> see,</c><00:25:31.319><c> that</c><00:25:31.519><c> our</c><00:25:31.799><c> serenity</c><00:25:32.519><c> and</c><00:25:33.160><c> our</c><00:25:33.460><c> joy,</c>

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like<00:25:34.059><c> Habakkuk's,</c><00:25:34.579><c> will</c><00:25:34.759><c> be</c><00:25:35.039><c> in</c><00:25:35.319><c> proportion</c><00:25:36.039><c> to</c><00:25:36.680><c> our</c><00:25:37.019><c> trust.</c>

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And<00:25:38.819><c> our</c><00:25:39.099><c> trust</c><00:25:39.380><c> will</c><00:25:39.640><c> be</c><00:25:39.880><c> in</c><00:25:40.119><c> proportion</c><00:25:40.759><c> to</c><00:25:41.299><c> our</c><00:25:41.599><c> knowledge</c>

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and<00:25:42.299><c> understanding</c><00:25:43.039><c> of</c><00:25:43.319><c> God's</c><00:25:43.839><c> ways.</c>

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Looking<00:25:46.180><c> back</c><00:25:46.660><c> over</c><00:25:47.039><c> life</c><00:25:47.700><c> in</c><00:25:48.819><c> little</c><00:25:49.140><c> bits</c><00:25:49.619><c> and</c><00:25:50.160><c> episode</c><00:25:50.640><c> by</c><00:25:50.960><c> episode</c>

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:55.299
may<00:25:51.920><c> seem</c><00:25:52.359><c> to</c><00:25:52.599><c> make</c><00:25:52.839><c> God</c><00:25:53.140><c> a</c><00:25:53.380><c> liar</c><00:25:53.579><c> at</c><00:25:53.960><c> times,</c>

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but<00:25:55.960><c> brethren</c><00:25:56.220><c> and</c><00:25:56.460><c> sisters,</c><00:25:56.720><c> looking</c><00:25:57.000><c> back</c><00:25:57.359><c> in</c><00:25:57.680><c> perspective,</c>

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:03.500
over<00:25:59.579><c> the</c><00:25:59.859><c> years</c><00:26:00.539><c> bears</c><00:26:01.220><c> witness</c><00:26:01.700><c> to</c><00:26:01.900><c> His</c><00:26:02.220><c> unfailing</c><00:26:02.740><c> power,</c>

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:07.960
His<00:26:04.039><c> unfailing</c><00:26:04.700><c> love,</c><00:26:05.759><c> His</c><00:26:05.920><c> unfailing</c><00:26:06.779><c> purpose</c><00:26:07.359><c> with</c><00:26:07.619><c> each</c>

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one<00:26:08.160><c> of</c><00:26:08.319><c> us.</c>

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So<00:26:09.900><c> can</c><00:26:10.099><c> we</c><00:26:10.200><c> put</c><00:26:10.400><c> ourselves</c><00:26:10.920><c> in</c><00:26:11.119><c> the</c><00:26:11.299><c> place</c><00:26:11.500><c> of</c><00:26:11.720><c> Habakkuk?</c>

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:16.200
Stand<00:26:13.799><c> by</c><00:26:14.099><c> his</c><00:26:14.420><c> side</c><00:26:14.640><c> on</c><00:26:14.880><c> the</c><00:26:15.119><c> tower.</c>

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And<00:26:17.380><c> can</c><00:26:17.500><c> we</c><00:26:17.640><c> do</c><00:26:17.819><c> so</c><00:26:18.000><c> with</c><00:26:18.200><c> the</c><00:26:18.359><c> words</c><00:26:18.599><c> of</c><00:26:18.819><c> the</c><00:26:18.960><c> Apostle</c><00:26:19.359><c> Peter</c>

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in<00:26:19.819><c> the</c><00:26:19.960><c> forefront</c><00:26:20.200><c> of</c><00:26:20.519><c> our</c><00:26:20.779><c> minds?</c>

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He<00:26:22.420><c> said,</c>

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We<00:26:23.859><c> have</c><00:26:24.279><c> the</c><00:26:24.539><c> word</c><00:26:24.940><c> of</c><00:26:25.359><c> prophecy</c><00:26:25.799><c> made</c><00:26:26.460><c> more</c><00:26:27.279><c> sure,</c>

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revised<00:26:28.380><c> version,</c>

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whereunto<00:26:30.559><c> you</c><00:26:30.759><c> do</c><00:26:30.980><c> well</c><00:26:31.240><c> that</c><00:26:31.420><c> you</c><00:26:31.599><c> take</c><00:26:31.900><c> heed,</c>

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as<00:26:32.920><c> unto</c><00:26:33.079><c> a</c><00:26:33.339><c> lamp</c><00:26:33.680><c> shining</c><00:26:34.099><c> in</c><00:26:34.359><c> a</c><00:26:34.420><c> dark</c><00:26:34.759><c> place,</c>

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:41.099
until<00:26:36.019><c> the</c><00:26:36.259><c> day</c><00:26:36.539><c> dawn</c><00:26:36.960><c> and</c><00:26:37.339><c> the</c><00:26:37.559><c> day</c><00:26:37.839><c> star</c><00:26:38.160><c> arise</c><00:26:38.960><c> in</c><00:26:39.779><c> our</c><00:26:40.019><c> hearts.</c>

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:45.420
All<00:26:42.579><c> the</c><00:26:42.759><c> great</c><00:26:43.059><c> principles</c><00:26:43.599><c> revealed</c><00:26:44.039><c> in</c><00:26:44.200><c> the</c><00:26:44.240><c> book</c><00:26:44.440><c> of</c><00:26:44.660><c> Habakkuk</c>

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:48.539
have<00:26:45.799><c> for</c><00:26:46.019><c> us</c><00:26:46.460><c> been</c><00:26:46.740><c> made</c><00:26:47.140><c> more</c><00:26:47.940><c> sure</c>

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:51.700
in<00:26:49.579><c> Christ</c><00:26:49.980><c> Jesus</c><00:26:50.339><c> our</c><00:26:50.640><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:55.819
All<00:26:52.579><c> the</c><00:26:52.880><c> arguments</c><00:26:53.180><c> for</c><00:26:53.500><c> rejoicing</c><00:26:54.140><c> are</c><00:26:54.500><c> made</c><00:26:54.839><c> more</c><00:26:55.319><c> certain</c>

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.380
in<00:26:56.480><c> Him.</c>

00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:01.059
Now<00:26:58.980><c> if</c><00:26:59.079><c> there's</c><00:26:59.339><c> anyone</c><00:26:59.700><c> present</c><00:27:00.140><c> this</c><00:27:00.500><c> morning</c>

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:05.920
who<00:27:02.420><c> has</c><00:27:02.680><c> a</c><00:27:02.920><c> life</c><00:27:03.180><c> that</c><00:27:03.380><c> is</c><00:27:03.680><c> completely</c><00:27:04.279><c> free</c><00:27:04.779><c> from</c><00:27:05.059><c> anxiety</c>

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:08.940
or<00:27:06.700><c> worry</c><00:27:07.220><c> or</c><00:27:07.940><c> fear,</c>

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:12.039
without<00:27:09.420><c> any</c><00:27:09.740><c> adversity,</c><00:27:10.500><c> without</c><00:27:10.799><c> any</c><00:27:11.160><c> perplexity,</c>

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:14.200
free<00:27:12.819><c> from</c><00:27:13.079><c> sorrow</c><00:27:13.380><c> and</c><00:27:13.700><c> anguish,</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:16.539
well<00:27:14.839><c> then</c><00:27:15.039><c> let</c><00:27:15.259><c> us</c><00:27:15.500><c> thank</c><00:27:15.819><c> God</c><00:27:16.140><c> and</c><00:27:16.380><c> say,</c>

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:18.299
Long<00:27:16.759><c> may</c><00:27:17.039><c> it</c><00:27:17.299><c> last,</c>

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.359
but<00:27:18.640><c> for</c><00:27:18.819><c> the</c><00:27:19.019><c> rest</c><00:27:19.240><c> of</c><00:27:19.440><c> us</c><00:27:19.619><c> in</c><00:27:19.779><c> this</c><00:27:20.079><c> room,</c>

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:23.119
for<00:27:20.819><c> those</c><00:27:21.119><c> who</c><00:27:21.299><c> are</c><00:27:21.500><c> conscious</c><00:27:21.920><c> of</c><00:27:22.200><c> perplexity,</c>

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:27.000
anxiety,<00:27:24.859><c> sorrow,</c><00:27:25.819><c> adversity.</c>

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:31.059
The<00:27:28.279><c> word</c><00:27:28.480><c> of</c><00:27:28.720><c> God</c><00:27:28.940><c> speaks</c><00:27:29.339><c> to</c><00:27:29.539><c> us</c><00:27:29.680><c> with</c><00:27:30.079><c> all</c><00:27:30.420><c> earnestness</c>

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.640
this<00:27:31.339><c> morning,</c>

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brethren<00:27:32.019><c> and</c><00:27:32.299><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:36.019
If<00:27:33.940><c> Habakkuk</c><00:27:34.259><c> of</c><00:27:34.460><c> old</c><00:27:34.640><c> could</c><00:27:34.900><c> rejoice</c><00:27:35.339><c> in</c><00:27:35.700><c> God,</c>

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.940
as<00:27:36.559><c> revealed</c><00:27:36.940><c> to</c><00:27:37.119><c> him</c><00:27:37.299><c> at</c><00:27:37.579><c> that</c><00:27:37.900><c> time,</c>

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:44.059
how<00:27:39.440><c> much</c><00:27:40.019><c> more</c><00:27:40.640><c> can</c><00:27:41.220><c> we</c><00:27:41.579><c> rejoice</c><00:27:42.339><c> in</c><00:27:43.339><c> Him</c>

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:48.619
as<00:27:44.960><c> revealed</c><00:27:45.460><c> in</c><00:27:45.680><c> the</c><00:27:45.940><c> grace</c><00:27:46.519><c> and</c><00:27:47.000><c> truth</c><00:27:47.480><c> and</c><00:27:48.000><c> glory</c>

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:52.039
of<00:27:49.359><c> the</c><00:27:49.500><c> only</c><00:27:49.779><c> begotten</c><00:27:50.299><c> Son</c><00:27:50.539><c> of</c><00:27:50.720><c> the</c><00:27:50.900><c> Father.</c>

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.880
And<00:27:53.059><c> we</c><00:27:53.180><c> shall</c><00:27:53.299><c> be</c><00:27:53.519><c> able</c><00:27:53.680><c> to</c><00:27:53.839><c> do</c><00:27:53.940><c> it,</c><00:27:54.240><c> brethren</c><00:27:54.400><c> and</c><00:27:54.660><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.859
on<00:27:55.119><c> the</c><00:27:55.279><c> basis</c><00:27:55.539><c> of</c><00:27:55.799><c> the</c><00:27:55.980><c> same</c><00:27:56.259><c> principles</c>

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:59.579
which<00:27:57.259><c> are</c><00:27:57.460><c> set</c><00:27:57.680><c> forth</c><00:27:57.920><c> in</c><00:27:58.079><c> this</c><00:27:58.279><c> little</c><00:27:58.579><c> prophecy.</c>

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:05.619
First,<00:28:02.119><c> by</c><00:28:02.359><c> recognition</c><00:28:03.160><c> that</c><00:28:04.259><c> in</c><00:28:04.460><c> the</c><00:28:04.619><c> center</c><00:28:04.859><c> of</c><00:28:05.119><c> those</c><00:28:05.339><c> things</c>

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:08.400
which<00:28:05.819><c> may</c><00:28:06.119><c> seem</c><00:28:06.400><c> to</c><00:28:06.640><c> perplex</c><00:28:06.960><c> us,</c>

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.599
may<00:28:08.900><c> even</c><00:28:09.140><c> at</c><00:28:09.380><c> times</c><00:28:09.740><c> appall</c><00:28:10.240><c> us,</c>

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:14.299
Christ<00:28:12.519><c> is</c><00:28:12.819><c> at</c><00:28:13.119><c> work.</c>

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:18.559
In<00:28:15.079><c> the</c><00:28:15.279><c> very</c><00:28:15.480><c> things</c><00:28:15.740><c> which</c><00:28:15.920><c> may</c><00:28:16.200><c> seem</c><00:28:16.400><c> to</c><00:28:16.599><c> be</c><00:28:16.799><c> against</c><00:28:17.319><c> us,</c>

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:20.519
the<00:28:18.900><c> Lord</c><00:28:19.079><c> can</c><00:28:19.299><c> be</c><00:28:19.539><c> discovered.</c>

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:26.859
There<00:28:23.079><c> were</c><00:28:23.420><c> once</c><00:28:23.960><c> some</c><00:28:24.380><c> men</c><00:28:24.779><c> on</c><00:28:25.180><c> the</c><00:28:25.420><c> Sea</c><00:28:25.640><c> of</c><00:28:25.900><c> Galilee,</c>

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:31.240
and<00:28:27.420><c> they</c><00:28:27.599><c> were</c><00:28:27.859><c> trying</c><00:28:28.220><c> to</c><00:28:28.539><c> turn</c><00:28:28.799><c> their</c><00:28:29.079><c> boat</c><00:28:29.420><c> towards</c><00:28:29.920><c> the</c><00:28:30.259><c> shore,</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.200
and<00:28:31.759><c> the</c><00:28:31.920><c> wind</c><00:28:32.119><c> was</c><00:28:32.539><c> contrary</c><00:28:33.140><c> unto</c><00:28:33.539><c> them,</c>

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.660
and<00:28:34.680><c> the</c><00:28:34.920><c> harder</c><00:28:35.039><c> they</c><00:28:35.380><c> tried,</c><00:28:35.759><c> the</c><00:28:35.900><c> less</c><00:28:36.200><c> progress</c><00:28:36.579><c> they</c><00:28:36.960><c> made,</c>

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:42.519
and<00:28:38.680><c> the</c><00:28:38.779><c> waves</c><00:28:39.099><c> were</c><00:28:39.400><c> boisterous,</c>

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:47.480
and<00:28:42.759><c> across</c><00:28:43.039><c> the</c><00:28:43.319><c> sea</c><00:28:43.579><c> came</c><00:28:44.339><c> what</c><00:28:44.859><c> seemed</c><00:28:45.160><c> to</c><00:28:45.240><c> them</c><00:28:45.480><c> to</c><00:28:45.640><c> be</c><00:28:45.779><c> an</c><00:28:46.000><c> apparition,</c>

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:54.039
a<00:28:48.200><c> phantom,</c><00:28:49.599><c> and</c><00:28:49.660><c> they</c><00:28:49.839><c> were</c><00:28:50.000><c> filled</c><00:28:50.339><c> with</c><00:28:50.619><c> fear</c><00:28:51.500><c> and</c><00:28:52.680><c> distress.</c>

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.279
And<00:28:55.039><c> it</c><00:28:55.099><c> wasn't</c><00:28:55.359><c> the</c><00:28:55.559><c> wind</c><00:28:55.740><c> and</c><00:28:55.900><c> the</c><00:28:56.079><c> waves</c>

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:58.180
that<00:28:56.519><c> made</c><00:28:56.640><c> them</c><00:28:56.859><c> fearful,</c><00:28:57.359><c> brethren</c><00:28:57.519><c> and</c><00:28:57.779><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:02.940
They<00:28:58.859><c> were</c><00:28:59.039><c> men</c><00:28:59.259><c> with</c><00:28:59.759><c> weather</c><00:29:00.000><c>-beaten</c><00:29:00.420><c> faces</c><00:29:00.859><c> and</c><00:29:01.460><c> rugged</c><00:29:01.759><c> hearts.</c>

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:05.500
They<00:29:03.599><c> were</c><00:29:03.819><c> accustomed</c><00:29:04.220><c> to</c><00:29:04.420><c> the</c><00:29:04.579><c> ever</c><00:29:04.799><c>-changing</c><00:29:05.119><c> face</c>

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:08.839
of<00:29:05.660><c> the</c><00:29:05.880><c> Galilean</c><00:29:06.279><c> lake.</c><00:29:06.960><c> They</c><00:29:07.259><c> knew</c><00:29:07.420><c> it</c><00:29:07.720><c> well.</c>

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:12.200
No,<00:29:09.680><c> it</c><00:29:09.759><c> was</c><00:29:09.980><c> the</c><00:29:10.259><c> apparition</c><00:29:10.799><c> that</c><00:29:11.099><c> filled</c><00:29:11.259><c> them</c><00:29:11.480><c> with</c><00:29:11.779><c> fear.</c>

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:14.960
Was<00:29:12.859><c> it</c><00:29:13.099><c> spirit</c><00:29:13.359><c> or</c><00:29:13.519><c> was</c><00:29:13.740><c> it</c><00:29:13.940><c> ghost?</c>

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.519
And<00:29:15.759><c> then</c><00:29:15.940><c> a</c><00:29:16.059><c> voice</c><00:29:16.259><c> spoke</c><00:29:16.619><c> to</c><00:29:16.759><c> them</c><00:29:16.900><c> out</c><00:29:17.099><c> of</c><00:29:17.240><c> the</c><00:29:17.460><c> darkness,</c>

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:23.940
Be<00:29:18.960><c> of</c><00:29:19.160><c> good</c><00:29:19.339><c> courage,</c><00:29:20.519><c> it</c><00:29:20.740><c> is</c><00:29:21.039><c> I,</c><00:29:22.299><c> be</c><00:29:22.480><c> not</c><00:29:22.799><c> afraid.</c>

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:27.039
And<00:29:24.779><c> Jesus</c><00:29:25.079><c> went</c><00:29:25.319><c> to</c><00:29:25.460><c> them</c><00:29:25.619><c> into</c><00:29:25.839><c> the</c><00:29:26.059><c> ship,</c>

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.660
and<00:29:27.680><c> the</c><00:29:27.819><c> wind</c><00:29:28.019><c> ceased,</c>

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:34.779
and<00:29:29.660><c> there</c><00:29:29.900><c> was</c><00:29:30.200><c> for</c><00:29:30.400><c> those</c><00:29:30.799><c> men</c><00:29:31.119><c> on</c><00:29:31.420><c> that</c><00:29:31.619><c> occasion</c><00:29:32.279><c> a</c><00:29:32.779><c> great</c><00:29:33.440><c> calm.</c>

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:39.900
You<00:29:36.440><c> see,</c><00:29:36.700><c> in</c><00:29:36.880><c> the</c><00:29:37.099><c> very</c><00:29:37.420><c> thing</c><00:29:37.700><c> which</c><00:29:37.960><c> seemed</c><00:29:38.240><c> so</c><00:29:38.680><c> frightening</c><00:29:39.099><c> to</c><00:29:39.420><c> them</c>

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:44.880
and<00:29:40.720><c> overwhelming,</c><00:29:42.059><c> they</c><00:29:42.319><c> discovered</c><00:29:42.700><c> that</c><00:29:42.980><c> Christ</c><00:29:43.359><c> was</c><00:29:43.819><c> there</c><00:29:44.460><c> as</c>

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.039
their<00:29:45.099><c> Savior.</c>

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:48.859
Initially<00:29:46.880><c> they</c><00:29:47.079><c> did</c><00:29:47.359><c> not</c><00:29:47.579><c> recognize</c><00:29:48.180><c> Him,</c>

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.779
for<00:29:49.259><c> they</c><00:29:49.460><c> only</c><00:29:49.680><c> had</c><00:29:49.880><c> a</c><00:29:50.000><c> dim</c><00:29:50.160><c> vision</c><00:29:50.440><c> of</c><00:29:50.599><c> what</c><00:29:50.819><c> He</c><00:29:50.960><c> was</c><00:29:51.200><c> like,</c>

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:55.700
but<00:29:52.299><c> He</c><00:29:52.400><c> was</c><00:29:52.900><c> there,</c><00:29:53.420><c> working</c><00:29:53.660><c> in</c><00:29:54.000><c> those</c><00:29:54.279><c> circumstances,</c>

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:59.200
and<00:29:57.019><c> He</c><00:29:57.299><c> saved</c><00:29:57.579><c> them.</c>

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:04.119
Now<00:30:00.019><c> that</c><00:30:00.339><c> little</c><00:30:00.839><c> story</c><00:30:01.299><c> might</c><00:30:01.779><c> be</c><00:30:02.019><c> the</c><00:30:02.099><c> cause</c><00:30:02.240><c> of</c><00:30:02.400><c> our</c><00:30:02.640><c> own</c><00:30:02.960><c> life.</c>

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:08.779
And<00:30:05.039><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> appeal</c><00:30:05.539><c> is</c><00:30:05.839><c> that</c><00:30:06.039><c> we</c><00:30:06.440><c> shall</c><00:30:06.839><c> trust</c><00:30:07.299><c> Him,</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:12.500
though<00:30:09.500><c> His</c><00:30:09.720><c> method</c><00:30:09.980><c> of</c><00:30:10.220><c> working</c><00:30:10.519><c> may</c><00:30:10.819><c> at</c><00:30:11.019><c> times</c><00:30:11.440><c> seem</c><00:30:11.740><c> so</c><00:30:12.220><c> strange</c>

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:15.160
and<00:30:12.819><c> unfathomable</c><00:30:13.559><c> to</c><00:30:13.799><c> us.</c>

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:18.319
Sometimes<00:30:16.160><c> in</c><00:30:16.339><c> the</c><00:30:16.460><c> very</c><00:30:16.660><c> circumstances</c><00:30:17.420><c> which</c><00:30:17.720><c> seem</c><00:30:17.940><c> to</c><00:30:18.099><c> be</c>

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:19.700
against<00:30:18.720><c> us,</c>

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.599
the<00:30:20.460><c> Savior</c><00:30:20.680><c> may</c><00:30:20.900><c> be</c><00:30:21.140><c> discovered</c><00:30:21.480><c> and</c><00:30:21.819><c> recognized.</c>

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:25.019
That<00:30:23.759><c> is</c><00:30:23.980><c> our</c><00:30:24.220><c> first</c><00:30:24.519><c> point.</c>

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:30.599
The<00:30:25.539><c> second</c><00:30:25.920><c> point</c><00:30:26.400><c> is</c><00:30:26.680><c> a</c><00:30:27.039><c> recognition</c><00:30:27.700><c> that</c><00:30:28.640><c> He</c><00:30:28.839><c> has</c><00:30:29.200><c> resources</c><00:30:29.880><c> of</c><00:30:30.240><c> which,</c>

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:33.059
really,<00:30:31.259><c> brethren</c><00:30:31.460><c> and</c><00:30:31.700><c> sisters,</c><00:30:31.859><c> we</c><00:30:32.039><c> know</c><00:30:32.299><c> very</c><00:30:32.619><c> little,</c><00:30:32.859><c> if</c>

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.640
anything,<00:30:33.420><c> at</c><00:30:33.680><c> all.</c>

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:39.700
All<00:30:35.559><c> power</c><00:30:36.200><c> is</c><00:30:36.980><c> given</c><00:30:37.240><c> unto</c><00:30:37.539><c> me</c><00:30:37.819><c> in</c><00:30:38.160><c> heaven</c><00:30:38.619><c> and</c><00:30:39.039><c> in</c><00:30:39.359><c> earth,</c>

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:41.279
the<00:30:40.000><c> King</c><00:30:40.319><c> said.</c>

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:43.619
What<00:30:41.720><c> does</c><00:30:41.920><c> that</c><00:30:42.240><c> mean,</c><00:30:42.619><c> brethren</c><00:30:42.960><c> and</c><00:30:43.319><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:46.579
We<00:30:44.500><c> do</c><00:30:44.880><c> not</c><00:30:45.240><c> know.</c>

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.359
The<00:30:48.420><c> King</c><00:30:48.599><c> is</c><00:30:48.859><c> able</c><00:30:49.099><c> to</c><00:30:49.339><c> meet</c><00:30:49.579><c> all</c><00:30:50.019><c> our</c><00:30:50.299><c> needs.</c>

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:56.220
Now<00:30:52.779><c> we</c><00:30:52.960><c> have</c><00:30:53.240><c> a</c><00:30:53.500><c> conviction,</c><00:30:54.759><c> a</c><00:30:54.960><c> conviction</c><00:30:55.440><c> learned</c><00:30:55.900><c> from</c>

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.240
this<00:30:56.519><c> Holy</c><00:30:56.880><c> Word,</c>

00:30:57.400 --> 00:31:01.779
and<00:30:57.460><c> the</c><00:30:57.640><c> conviction</c><00:30:58.140><c> is</c><00:30:58.480><c> this,</c><00:30:59.200><c> that</c><00:30:59.500><c> Christ</c><00:31:00.160><c> cannot</c><00:31:00.920><c> fail.</c>

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:04.960
We<00:31:02.599><c> may,</c><00:31:03.500><c> He</c><00:31:03.960><c> cannot.</c>

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.720
That<00:31:05.920><c> is</c><00:31:06.099><c> what</c><00:31:06.339><c> we</c><00:31:06.680><c> believe.</c>

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.380
We<00:31:08.519><c> also</c><00:31:08.859><c> have</c><00:31:09.079><c> a</c><00:31:09.299><c> testimony</c><00:31:09.619><c> in</c><00:31:09.839><c> this</c><00:31:10.160><c> Word,</c>

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:14.420
a<00:31:10.660><c> testimony</c><00:31:11.000><c> supported</c><00:31:11.440><c> by</c><00:31:11.779><c> Habakkuk</c><00:31:12.339><c> and</c><00:31:12.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:13.359><c> and</c><00:31:13.720><c> the</c><00:31:13.940><c> Apostles,</c>

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.859
especially<00:31:15.039><c> the</c><00:31:15.279><c> Apostle</c><00:31:15.779><c> Paul,</c><00:31:16.740><c> to</c><00:31:16.940><c> the</c><00:31:17.119><c> effect</c><00:31:17.319><c> that</c><00:31:17.599><c> that</c>

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:19.319
conviction<00:31:18.380><c> is</c><00:31:18.839><c> true.</c>

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:24.039
It<00:31:20.299><c> really</c><00:31:20.920><c> does</c><00:31:21.359><c> work.</c><00:31:21.599><c> It</c><00:31:21.660><c> is</c><00:31:22.079><c> not</c><00:31:22.339><c> a</c><00:31:22.559><c> matter</c><00:31:22.799><c> of</c><00:31:23.099><c> theory.</c>

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:27.579
It<00:31:25.559><c> really</c><00:31:25.940><c> does</c><00:31:26.319><c> work.</c>

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:33.119
And<00:31:29.000><c> after</c><00:31:29.440><c> 33</c><00:31:30.079><c> years</c><00:31:30.940><c> as</c><00:31:31.279><c> a</c><00:31:31.380><c> disciple</c><00:31:31.759><c> of</c><00:31:32.200><c> the</c><00:31:32.400><c> King,</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:36.599
Paul<00:31:33.980><c> wrote</c><00:31:34.240><c> a</c><00:31:34.359><c> letter</c><00:31:34.500><c> to</c><00:31:34.700><c> his</c><00:31:34.900><c> friends</c><00:31:35.099><c> at</c><00:31:35.339><c> Philippi.</c>

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:39.220
And<00:31:37.079><c> note</c><00:31:37.220><c> carefully</c><00:31:37.640><c> what</c><00:31:37.880><c> he</c><00:31:38.119><c> said.</c>

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:43.779
He<00:31:40.140><c> was</c><00:31:40.319><c> the</c><00:31:40.579><c> man</c><00:31:40.900><c> once</c><00:31:41.420><c> said</c><00:31:41.680><c> in</c><00:31:42.019><c> another</c><00:31:42.380><c> letter,</c>

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.279
Those<00:31:45.220><c> things</c><00:31:45.559><c> that</c><00:31:45.839><c> I</c><00:31:46.079><c> would,</c><00:31:46.539><c> I</c><00:31:46.880><c> do</c><00:31:47.200><c> not.</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:51.779
And<00:31:48.880><c> what</c><00:31:49.099><c> I</c><00:31:49.480><c> hate,</c><00:31:50.200><c> that</c><00:31:50.420><c> I</c><00:31:50.720><c> do.</c>

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.069
But<00:31:52.920><c> now,</c><00:31:53.559><c> 33</c><00:31:53.940><c> years</c><00:31:54.259><c> later,</c><00:31:54.599><c> he</c><00:31:54.700><c> said</c><00:31:54.880><c> to</c><00:31:55.059><c> the</c><00:31:55.240><c> Philippians,</c>

00:31:56.500 --> 00:32:01.640
I<00:31:56.500><c> can</c><00:31:56.799><c> do</c><00:31:57.259><c> all</c><00:31:57.700><c> things</c><00:31:58.359><c> through</c><00:31:58.839><c> Christ,</c><00:31:59.880><c> which</c><00:32:00.180><c> strengtheneth</c><00:32:00.759><c> me.</c>

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.680
That<00:32:02.160><c> was</c><00:32:02.440><c> his</c><00:32:02.700><c> testimony.</c>

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.759
The<00:32:03.859><c> conviction</c><00:32:04.519><c> works.</c>

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.579
It<00:32:06.279><c> really</c><00:32:06.640><c> does,</c><00:32:07.079><c> says</c><00:32:07.240><c> Paul.</c>

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:11.200
I<00:32:08.160><c> know,</c><00:32:08.859><c> because</c><00:32:09.099><c> I</c><00:32:09.380><c> speak</c><00:32:09.579><c> from</c><00:32:09.859><c> experience.</c>

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:14.240
And<00:32:12.259><c> I'm</c><00:32:12.440><c> sure</c><00:32:12.599><c> there's</c><00:32:12.819><c> some</c><00:32:12.960><c> in</c><00:32:13.099><c> this</c><00:32:13.339><c> house</c><00:32:13.539><c> this</c><00:32:13.839><c> morning</c>

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:17.000
that<00:32:14.960><c> can</c><00:32:15.099><c> give</c><00:32:15.240><c> that</c><00:32:15.539><c> same</c><00:32:15.799><c> testimony.</c>

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.220
So<00:32:18.180><c> that</c><00:32:18.299><c> is</c><00:32:18.539><c> our</c><00:32:18.779><c> second</c><00:32:19.079><c> point,</c>

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:24.279
that<00:32:20.859><c> there</c><00:32:21.180><c> are</c><00:32:21.599><c> concentrated</c><00:32:22.259><c> in</c><00:32:22.539><c> our</c><00:32:22.799><c> Lord</c><00:32:23.039><c> Jesus</c><00:32:23.519><c> Christ</c>

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:28.880
all<00:32:25.220><c> the</c><00:32:25.500><c> necessary</c><00:32:25.920><c> resources</c><00:32:26.519><c> to</c><00:32:26.839><c> meet</c><00:32:27.059><c> our</c><00:32:27.460><c> every</c><00:32:27.940><c> need.</c>

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:33.400
And<00:32:31.180><c> lastly,</c><00:32:31.599><c> our</c><00:32:31.799><c> third</c><00:32:32.099><c> point,</c>

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:37.839
the<00:32:34.359><c> great</c><00:32:34.720><c> principle</c><00:32:35.299><c> which</c><00:32:35.740><c> turned</c><00:32:36.220><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:32:37.059><c> joy,</c>

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:42.420
or<00:32:38.980><c> turned</c><00:32:39.240><c> his</c><00:32:39.519><c> desolation</c><00:32:40.119><c> rather</c><00:32:40.559><c> into</c><00:32:40.960><c> joy,</c>

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:47.220
was<00:32:42.880><c> that</c><00:32:43.140><c> the</c><00:32:43.440><c> just</c><00:32:43.940><c> shall</c><00:32:44.559><c> live</c><00:32:45.220><c> by</c><00:32:45.660><c> his</c><00:32:46.119><c> faith.</c>

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:51.039
And<00:32:49.099><c> in</c><00:32:49.279><c> those</c><00:32:49.559><c> few</c><00:32:49.799><c> words,</c><00:32:50.380><c> brethren</c><00:32:50.519><c> and</c><00:32:50.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:54.880
God<00:32:51.539><c> is</c><00:32:52.019><c> asking</c><00:32:52.420><c> the</c><00:32:52.579><c> most</c><00:32:53.119><c> difficult</c><00:32:53.720><c> thing</c><00:32:54.039><c> to</c><00:32:54.400><c> give</c>

00:32:54.880 --> 00:33:00.000
and<00:32:56.039><c> the</c><00:32:56.160><c> most</c><00:32:56.880><c> blessed</c><00:32:57.279><c> and</c><00:32:57.660><c> precious</c><00:32:58.019><c> thing</c><00:32:58.359><c> to</c><00:32:58.640><c> receive.</c>

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.759
Trust.

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:04.880
God<00:33:02.480><c> says,</c><00:33:03.420><c> trust</c><00:33:03.839><c> me.</c>

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:07.319
He<00:33:05.700><c> may</c><00:33:05.960><c> be</c><00:33:06.200><c> invisible,</c>

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.200
but<00:33:07.920><c> we</c><00:33:08.039><c> can</c><00:33:08.200><c> be</c><00:33:08.400><c> sure</c><00:33:08.539><c> of</c><00:33:08.759><c> one</c><00:33:09.019><c> thing,</c>

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:12.039
that<00:33:09.380><c> he</c><00:33:09.559><c> is</c><00:33:10.039><c> not</c><00:33:10.539><c> indifferent.</c>

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:14.180
Through<00:33:12.880><c> all</c><00:33:13.039><c> the</c><00:33:13.259><c> confusion</c><00:33:13.680><c> of</c><00:33:13.920><c> life,</c>

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.819
and<00:33:14.380><c> at</c><00:33:14.480><c> times</c><00:33:14.740><c> it</c><00:33:14.859><c> is</c><00:33:15.119><c> very</c><00:33:15.480><c> confused,</c>

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:20.200
and<00:33:17.920><c> in</c><00:33:18.059><c> all</c><00:33:18.220><c> the</c><00:33:18.480><c> turmoil</c><00:33:18.779><c> of</c><00:33:19.000><c> the</c><00:33:19.140><c> world</c><00:33:19.339><c> around</c><00:33:19.759><c> us,</c>

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:22.720
he<00:33:20.460><c> is</c><00:33:20.759><c> working</c><00:33:21.200><c> to</c><00:33:21.480><c> a</c><00:33:21.759><c> plan.</c>

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:28.160
And<00:33:24.500><c> so</c><00:33:24.579><c> when</c><00:33:24.740><c> we</c><00:33:24.900><c> get</c><00:33:25.180><c> distraught,</c><00:33:25.859><c> and</c><00:33:26.000><c> when</c><00:33:26.079><c> we</c><00:33:26.299><c> are</c><00:33:26.500><c> dismayed,</c>

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:30.059
when<00:33:28.559><c> we</c><00:33:28.779><c> are</c><00:33:29.000><c> desolate,</c>

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:33.599
let's<00:33:30.859><c> get</c><00:33:31.140><c> to</c><00:33:31.359><c> the</c><00:33:31.619><c> tower</c><00:33:31.960><c> if</c><00:33:32.220><c> we</c><00:33:32.500><c> can.</c>

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:37.420
Let's<00:33:34.660><c> get</c><00:33:34.900><c> away</c><00:33:35.160><c> from</c><00:33:35.359><c> all</c><00:33:35.559><c> the</c><00:33:35.700><c> bustle</c><00:33:35.940><c> of</c><00:33:36.079><c> the</c><00:33:36.299><c> marketplace,</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:40.740
away<00:33:38.160><c> from</c><00:33:38.339><c> all</c><00:33:38.539><c> the</c><00:33:38.660><c> things</c><00:33:38.819><c> that</c><00:33:39.059><c> men</c><00:33:39.299><c> want</c><00:33:39.619><c> us</c><00:33:39.880><c> to</c><00:33:40.119><c> do,</c>

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.680
away<00:33:41.220><c> from</c><00:33:41.440><c> the</c><00:33:41.799><c> grind</c><00:33:42.180><c> of</c><00:33:42.380><c> it.</c>

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:45.200
Let's<00:33:43.420><c> get</c><00:33:43.660><c> to</c><00:33:43.839><c> the</c><00:33:44.079><c> tower,</c>

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:47.359
for<00:33:45.599><c> it</c><00:33:45.740><c> is</c><00:33:45.880><c> the</c><00:33:46.039><c> place</c><00:33:46.200><c> of</c><00:33:46.519><c> vision,</c>

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:49.500
it<00:33:47.740><c> is</c><00:33:47.880><c> the</c><00:33:48.059><c> place</c><00:33:48.240><c> of</c><00:33:48.519><c> wisdom,</c>

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:52.039
it<00:33:50.000><c> is</c><00:33:50.180><c> the</c><00:33:50.380><c> place</c><00:33:50.559><c> of</c><00:33:50.799><c> a</c><00:33:51.019><c> song.</c>

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:56.680
And<00:33:53.000><c> there</c><00:33:53.180><c> let</c><00:33:53.359><c> us</c><00:33:53.579><c> wait</c><00:33:53.920><c> to</c><00:33:54.200><c> see</c><00:33:54.440><c> what</c><00:33:54.660><c> God</c><00:33:54.900><c> will</c><00:33:55.180><c> say</c><00:33:55.380><c> to</c><00:33:55.619><c> us</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.559
in<00:33:57.259><c> all</c><00:33:57.440><c> the</c><00:33:57.680><c> turmoil</c><00:33:58.000><c> of</c><00:33:58.240><c> our</c><00:33:58.519><c> soul.</c>

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.519
And<00:34:00.640><c> while</c><00:34:00.819><c> we</c><00:34:01.119><c> wait,</c><00:34:01.519><c> we</c><00:34:01.579><c> could</c><00:34:01.799><c> pray</c>

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:04.839
the<00:34:02.940><c> prayer</c><00:34:03.119><c> of</c><00:34:03.319><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:34:03.660><c> couldn't</c><00:34:03.940><c> we?</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:09.019
We<00:34:05.519><c> could</c><00:34:05.779><c> say,</c><00:34:06.339><c> Oh</c><00:34:06.400><c> Lord,</c><00:34:06.740><c> keep</c><00:34:07.059><c> alive</c><00:34:07.519><c> thy</c><00:34:07.859><c> work.</c>

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:12.119
Even<00:34:09.639><c> though</c><00:34:09.940><c> I</c><00:34:10.079><c> do</c><00:34:10.320><c> not</c><00:34:10.519><c> always</c><00:34:10.920><c> understand</c><00:34:11.500><c> its</c><00:34:11.739><c> method,</c>

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.539
keep<00:34:12.559><c> alive</c><00:34:13.179><c> thy</c><00:34:13.460><c> work.</c>

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:18.019
Even<00:34:15.320><c> though</c><00:34:15.539><c> I</c><00:34:15.739><c> cannot</c><00:34:15.940><c> always</c><00:34:16.440><c> observe</c><00:34:16.900><c> its</c><00:34:17.099><c> secret</c><00:34:17.579><c> workings,</c>

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:21.219
I<00:34:18.219><c> do</c><00:34:18.440><c> not</c><00:34:18.719><c> understand</c><00:34:19.280><c> what</c><00:34:19.500><c> you</c><00:34:19.699><c> are</c><00:34:19.880><c> doing,</c><00:34:20.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:25.000
But<00:34:21.840><c> in</c><00:34:22.039><c> the</c><00:34:22.179><c> midst</c><00:34:22.400><c> of</c><00:34:22.659><c> the</c><00:34:22.840><c> years,</c><00:34:23.360><c> make</c><00:34:23.559><c> it</c><00:34:23.960><c> known.</c>

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:29.199
And<00:34:25.679><c> in</c><00:34:25.880><c> my</c><00:34:26.179><c> judgment,</c><00:34:27.599><c> remember</c><00:34:28.119><c> mercy.</c>

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.920
We<00:34:30.019><c> could</c><00:34:30.219><c> say</c><00:34:30.460><c> that,</c><00:34:30.780><c> couldn't</c><00:34:30.960><c> we?</c>

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And<00:34:33.739><c> finally,</c><00:34:34.579><c> let</c><00:34:34.699><c> us</c><00:34:34.940><c> remember</c>

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that<00:34:36.800><c> the</c><00:34:36.940><c> work</c><00:34:37.139><c> of</c><00:34:37.360><c> God</c><00:34:37.559><c> in</c><00:34:37.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:38.219><c> Christ</c><00:34:38.679><c> our</c><00:34:38.980><c> Saviour</c>

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is<00:34:40.000><c> all</c><00:34:40.519><c>-inclusive.</c>

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By<00:34:42.360><c> that</c><00:34:42.599><c> I</c><00:34:42.820><c> mean</c><00:34:43.019><c> it</c><00:34:43.300><c> encompasses</c><00:34:43.900><c> all</c><00:34:44.820><c> the</c><00:34:45.079><c> forces</c>

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of<00:34:45.699><c> this</c><00:34:45.940><c> present</c><00:34:46.280><c> life.</c>

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:50.900
And<00:34:47.460><c> it</c><00:34:47.679><c> reaches</c><00:34:47.960><c> forward</c><00:34:48.480><c> to</c><00:34:48.719><c> the</c><00:34:48.900><c> consummation</c><00:34:49.519><c> of</c><00:34:49.699><c> the</c><00:34:49.900><c> ages,</c>

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.940
with<00:34:51.239><c> the</c><00:34:51.500><c> result</c><00:34:51.780><c> that</c><00:34:51.980><c> we</c><00:34:52.219><c> can</c><00:34:52.519><c> venture</c>

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:57.940
everything<00:34:53.800><c> on</c><00:34:54.099><c> the</c><00:34:54.300><c> conviction</c><00:34:54.820><c> that</c><00:34:55.139><c> Christ</c><00:34:55.860><c> cannot</c><00:34:56.500><c> fail.</c>

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.460
And<00:34:59.079><c> I</c><00:34:59.280><c> affirm</c><00:34:59.440><c> that,</c><00:34:59.880><c> brethren</c><00:35:00.019><c> and</c><00:35:00.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:02.679
I<00:35:00.940><c> barely</c><00:35:01.280><c> believe</c><00:35:01.739><c> it</c><00:35:01.940><c> to</c><00:35:02.059><c> be</c><00:35:02.300><c> true.</c>

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:05.119
He<00:35:03.400><c> cannot</c><00:35:03.860><c> fail.</c>

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:09.639
Men<00:35:06.300><c> of</c><00:35:06.519><c> faith</c><00:35:06.840><c> can</c><00:35:07.239><c> venture</c><00:35:07.400><c> everything</c><00:35:08.099><c> on</c><00:35:08.340><c> that</c><00:35:08.599><c> conviction.</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.860
Christ<00:35:10.860><c> is</c><00:35:11.099><c> able</c><00:35:11.260><c> to</c><00:35:11.539><c> present</c><00:35:11.860><c> you</c><00:35:12.400><c> wholly,</c><00:35:13.860><c> unblameable,</c>

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unreprovable<00:35:16.079><c> in</c><00:35:16.400><c> His</c><00:35:16.699><c> sight.</c>

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:21.099
If<00:35:17.760><c> you</c><00:35:17.960><c> continue</c><00:35:18.500><c> in</c><00:35:18.699><c> the</c><00:35:18.940><c> faith,</c><00:35:19.559><c> grounded</c><00:35:20.059><c> and</c><00:35:20.659><c> settled,</c>

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:24.239
and<00:35:21.579><c> be</c><00:35:21.900><c> not</c><00:35:22.219><c> moved</c><00:35:22.579><c> away</c><00:35:23.000><c> from</c><00:35:23.199><c> the</c><00:35:23.360><c> hope</c><00:35:23.480><c> of</c><00:35:23.659><c> the</c><00:35:23.800><c> Gospel,</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.860
which<00:35:24.719><c> has</c><00:35:24.920><c> been</c><00:35:25.179><c> preached</c><00:35:25.539><c> unto</c><00:35:25.820><c> you,</c>

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.659
that<00:35:27.139><c> is</c><00:35:27.420><c> the</c><00:35:27.599><c> testimony.</c>

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:32.400
And<00:35:30.420><c> He</c><00:35:30.519><c> said</c><00:35:30.679><c> quite</c><00:35:31.139><c> unequivocally,</c><00:35:31.900><c> didn't</c><00:35:32.099><c> He?</c>

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:37.199
I<00:35:32.900><c> will</c><00:35:33.300><c> never,</c><00:35:34.119><c> ever</c><00:35:34.539><c> leave</c><00:35:34.940><c> you</c><00:35:35.340><c> or</c><00:35:35.599><c> forsake</c><00:35:36.119><c> you.</c>

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:40.019
Now<00:35:38.019><c> either</c><00:35:38.320><c> that</c><00:35:38.579><c> is</c><00:35:38.960><c> true,</c>

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:43.019
or<00:35:40.599><c> we</c><00:35:40.880><c> have</c><00:35:41.179><c> been</c><00:35:41.719><c> grossly</c><00:35:42.420><c> misled</c>

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:45.920
and<00:35:43.659><c> are</c><00:35:43.900><c> of</c><00:35:44.099><c> all</c><00:35:44.420><c> men</c><00:35:44.699><c> most</c><00:35:45.360><c> miserable</c>

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.320
and<00:35:46.519><c> pitiable</c><00:35:47.000><c> in</c><00:35:47.219><c> our</c><00:35:47.460><c> faith.</c>

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:52.460
I<00:35:50.539><c> trust</c><00:35:50.860><c> that</c><00:35:51.139><c> by</c><00:35:51.340><c> now,</c><00:35:51.820><c> brethren</c><00:35:51.940><c> and</c><00:35:52.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:56.820
we<00:35:52.800><c> shall</c><00:35:53.199><c> know</c><00:35:54.440><c> within</c><00:35:55.099><c> the</c><00:35:55.400><c> deep</c><00:35:55.619><c> recesses</c><00:35:56.139><c> of</c><00:35:56.340><c> our</c><00:35:56.579><c> heart</c>

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:59.500
that<00:35:57.019><c> the</c><00:35:57.280><c> promise</c><00:35:57.579><c> is</c><00:35:58.139><c> true.</c>

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.519
This<00:36:00.199><c> is</c><00:36:00.480><c> the</c><00:36:00.599><c> message</c><00:36:00.940><c> of</c><00:36:01.159><c> the</c><00:36:01.380><c> Torah.</c>

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:07.159
Come<00:36:03.960><c> what</c><00:36:04.300><c> may,</c><00:36:04.920><c> He</c><00:36:05.360><c> is</c><00:36:05.900><c> there.</c>

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:09.840
For<00:36:07.679><c> lo,</c><00:36:08.000><c> I</c><00:36:08.260><c> am</c><00:36:08.440><c> with</c><00:36:08.679><c> you</c><00:36:09.039><c> always,</c>

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.860
even<00:36:10.679><c> unto</c><00:36:10.960><c> the</c><00:36:11.139><c> end</c><00:36:11.340><c> of</c><00:36:11.539><c> the</c><00:36:11.719><c> age.</c>

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:16.239
And<00:36:13.920><c> that,</c><00:36:14.400><c> brethren</c><00:36:14.559><c> and</c><00:36:14.860><c> sisters,</c><00:36:15.039><c> in</c><00:36:15.199><c> the</c><00:36:15.400><c> final</c><00:36:15.699><c> analysis,</c>

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:18.420
is<00:36:16.400><c> what</c><00:36:16.659><c> turns</c><00:36:17.039><c> sorrow</c><00:36:17.460><c> and</c><00:36:17.679><c> perplexity</c>

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:21.199
into<00:36:18.980><c> joy</c><00:36:19.519><c> and</c><00:36:20.039><c> confidence.</c>

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.699
He<00:36:21.840><c> knows</c><00:36:22.239><c> what</c><00:36:22.460><c> He</c><00:36:22.679><c> is</c><00:36:22.820><c> doing,</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:26.340
and<00:36:23.880><c> that</c><00:36:24.059><c> enables</c><00:36:24.360><c> us</c><00:36:24.679><c> to</c><00:36:24.940><c> rejoice</c><00:36:25.320><c> in</c><00:36:25.579><c> tribulation</c>

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:30.980
and<00:36:27.119><c> rest</c><00:36:27.539><c> in</c><00:36:27.860><c> the</c><00:36:28.079><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.679><c> until</c><00:36:29.980><c> He</c><00:36:30.280><c> comes.</c>