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he<00:10:59.440><c> identifies</c><00:10:59.940><c> their</c><00:11:00.279><c> dreadful</c><00:11:00.779><c> situation.</c>

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From<00:11:01.740><c> whence</c><00:11:02.080><c> come</c><00:11:02.240><c> wars</c><00:11:02.580><c> and</c><00:11:02.860><c> fighting</c><00:11:03.080><c> among</c><00:11:03.419><c> you?</c>

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Come<00:11:04.419><c> they</c><00:11:04.600><c> not</c><00:11:04.759><c> hence</c><00:11:05.039><c> even</c><00:11:05.299><c> of</c><00:11:05.419><c> your</c><00:11:05.620><c> lust</c>

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that<00:11:06.179><c> war</c><00:11:06.440><c> in</c><00:11:06.620><c> your</c><00:11:06.820><c> members?</c>

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Ye<00:11:07.940><c> lust</c><00:11:08.399><c> and</c><00:11:08.960><c> have</c><00:11:09.200><c> not,</c><00:11:09.519><c> ye</c><00:11:09.779><c> kill</c><00:11:10.159><c> and</c><00:11:10.399><c> desire</c><00:11:10.659><c> to</c><00:11:10.899><c> have</c>

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and<00:11:11.720><c> cannot</c><00:11:11.980><c> obtain,</c><00:11:12.919><c> ye</c><00:11:13.179><c> fight</c><00:11:13.559><c> and</c><00:11:13.919><c> war</c><00:11:14.200><c> yet</c><00:11:14.399><c> ye</c><00:11:14.679><c> have</c><00:11:14.899><c> not</c>

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because<00:11:15.840><c> ye</c><00:11:16.159><c> ask</c><00:11:16.440><c> not.</c>

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Ye<00:11:17.919><c> ask</c><00:11:18.139><c> and</c><00:11:18.320><c> receive</c><00:11:18.659><c> not</c><00:11:18.960><c> because</c><00:11:19.299><c> ye</c><00:11:19.620><c> ask</c><00:11:19.919><c> a</c><00:11:20.200><c> mist</c>

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that<00:11:20.639><c> you</c><00:11:20.840><c> may</c><00:11:21.019><c> consume</c><00:11:21.559><c> it</c><00:11:21.940><c> upon</c><00:11:22.379><c> your</c><00:11:23.000><c> lust.</c>

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You<00:11:23.740><c> can</c><00:11:23.940><c> hardly</c><00:11:24.179><c> believe</c><00:11:24.539><c> he's</c><00:11:24.779><c> writing</c><00:11:25.059><c> to</c><00:11:25.299><c> a</c><00:11:25.399><c> group</c><00:11:25.519><c> of</c><00:11:25.759><c> believers.</c>

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It<00:11:26.840><c> was</c><00:11:27.059><c> a</c><00:11:27.259><c> deplorable</c><00:11:27.820><c> spiritual</c><00:11:28.480><c> environment</c><00:11:29.039><c> that</c><00:11:29.340><c> existed.</c>

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And<00:11:30.899><c> it's</c><00:11:31.080><c> little</c><00:11:31.320><c> wonder</c><00:11:31.580><c> that</c><00:11:31.820><c> James</c><00:11:32.039><c> uses</c><00:11:32.340><c> such</c><00:11:32.600><c> strong</c><00:11:32.879><c> language</c>

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to<00:11:33.919><c> describe</c><00:11:34.240><c> their</c><00:11:34.399><c> situation.</c>

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Wars<00:11:35.940><c> and</c><00:11:36.379><c> fighting</c><00:11:36.740><c> and</c><00:11:37.299><c> killings</c>

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and<00:11:38.080><c> being</c><00:11:38.340><c> consumed</c><00:11:38.860><c> in</c><00:11:39.039><c> their</c><00:11:39.200><c> lusts.</c>

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And<00:11:40.659><c> brethren</c><00:11:40.879><c> and</c><00:11:41.120><c> sisters</c><00:11:41.440><c> praying</c><00:11:41.919><c> for</c><00:11:42.200><c> things</c>

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that<00:11:42.679><c> they</c><00:11:42.820><c> could</c><00:11:43.000><c> use</c><00:11:43.240><c> to</c><00:11:43.480><c> satisfy</c><00:11:44.019><c> their</c><00:11:44.259><c> lusts.</c>

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They<00:11:45.539><c> weren't</c><00:11:45.720><c> praying</c><00:11:46.240><c> for</c><00:11:46.620><c> those</c><00:11:46.820><c> things</c>

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consistent<00:11:47.679><c> with</c><00:11:47.879><c> God's</c><00:11:48.299><c> will.</c>

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They<00:11:48.679><c> were</c><00:11:48.960><c> praying</c><00:11:49.360><c> for</c><00:11:49.659><c> their</c><00:11:49.860><c> own</c><00:11:50.139><c> fleshly</c><00:11:50.600><c> gratification.</c>

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And<00:11:52.259><c> it's</c><00:11:52.440><c> little</c><00:11:52.659><c> wonder</c><00:11:52.860><c> in</c><00:11:53.019><c> verse</c><00:11:53.240><c> three</c>

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that<00:11:53.700><c> James</c><00:11:54.000><c> uses</c><00:11:54.440><c> the</c><00:11:54.840><c> term</c><00:11:55.100><c> adulterers</c><00:11:56.000><c> and</c><00:11:56.220><c> adulteresses.</c>

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And<00:11:57.539><c> the</c><00:11:57.600><c> sisters</c><00:11:57.919><c> are</c><00:11:58.299><c> participating</c><00:11:58.980><c> in</c><00:11:59.980><c> this</c><00:12:01.240><c> vile</c><00:12:01.620><c> conduct.</c>

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In<00:12:02.960><c> verse</c><00:12:03.139><c> four,</c><00:12:03.460><c> he</c><00:12:03.600><c> talks</c><00:12:03.879><c> about</c><00:12:04.080><c> them</c><00:12:04.240><c> being</c><00:12:04.500><c> friends</c>

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of<00:12:04.960><c> the</c><00:12:05.200><c> world,</c><00:12:05.519><c> you</c><00:12:05.600><c> can't</c><00:12:05.960><c> be</c><00:12:06.200><c> friends</c><00:12:06.519><c> of</c><00:12:06.700><c> the</c><00:12:06.860><c> world</c>

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and<00:12:07.299><c> friends</c><00:12:07.580><c> of</c><00:12:07.740><c> God.</c>

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He<00:12:10.080><c> reiterates</c><00:12:10.500><c> in</c><00:12:10.639><c> verse</c><00:12:10.879><c> five</c><00:12:11.159><c> of</c><00:12:11.320><c> chapter</c><00:12:11.580><c> four,</c>

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his<00:12:12.559><c> admonition</c><00:12:13.139><c> when</c><00:12:13.279><c> he</c><00:12:13.480><c> speaks</c><00:12:13.659><c> of</c><00:12:13.860><c> how</c><00:12:13.940><c> their</c><00:12:14.200><c> natural</c><00:12:14.539><c> spirit</c>

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was<00:12:15.220><c> lusting</c><00:12:15.679><c> to</c><00:12:15.980><c> envy.</c>

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They<00:12:16.799><c> would</c><00:12:17.059><c> see</c><00:12:17.259><c> what</c><00:12:17.399><c> others</c><00:12:17.620><c> had</c><00:12:18.000><c> and</c><00:12:18.220><c> because</c><00:12:18.480><c> of</c><00:12:18.720><c> their</c><00:12:18.899><c> lust,</c>

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they<00:12:21.559><c> would</c><00:12:21.799><c> seek</c><00:12:22.059><c> for</c><00:12:22.299><c> those</c><00:12:22.600><c> things</c>

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out<00:12:23.179><c> of</c><00:12:23.379><c> having</c><00:12:23.600><c> a</c><00:12:23.860><c> covetous</c><00:12:24.480><c> spirit.</c>

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They<00:12:27.159><c> were</c><00:12:27.399><c> catering</c><00:12:27.840><c> to</c><00:12:28.000><c> the</c><00:12:28.240><c> flesh,</c><00:12:29.000><c> not</c><00:12:29.340><c> crucifying.</c>

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And<00:12:30.960><c> in</c><00:12:31.100><c> verses</c><00:12:31.299><c> seven</c><00:12:31.620><c> and</c><00:12:31.759><c> eight,</c><00:12:32.120><c> James</c><00:12:32.279><c> identifies</c>

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how<00:12:33.240><c> they</c><00:12:33.360><c> need</c><00:12:33.659><c> to</c><00:12:33.940><c> submit</c><00:12:34.200><c> themselves</c><00:12:34.679><c> to</c><00:12:34.879><c> God</c>

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to<00:12:35.399><c> resist</c><00:12:35.759><c> the</c><00:12:36.000><c> devil,</c><00:12:36.440><c> which</c><00:12:36.440><c> they</c><00:12:36.700><c> hadn't</c><00:12:36.860><c> been</c><00:12:37.139><c> doing,</c>

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to<00:12:38.240><c> cleanse</c><00:12:38.600><c> their</c><00:12:38.940><c> hands,</c><00:12:39.320><c> ye</c><00:12:39.480><c> sinners,</c>

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and<00:12:40.139><c> to</c><00:12:40.360><c> purify</c><00:12:41.080><c> your</c><00:12:41.480><c> hearts,</c><00:12:42.039><c> ye</c><00:12:42.220><c> double</c><00:12:42.500><c>-minded.</c>

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James<00:12:43.620><c> is</c><00:12:43.899><c> pointing</c><00:12:44.080><c> out</c><00:12:44.379><c> those</c><00:12:44.639><c> to</c><00:12:44.820><c> whom</c><00:12:44.899><c> he</c><00:12:45.059><c> was</c><00:12:45.200><c> writing</c>

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were<00:12:45.960><c> very,</c><00:12:46.620><c> very</c><00:12:47.460><c> sick.</c>

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Fighting<00:12:50.120><c> and</c><00:12:50.399><c> using</c><00:12:50.700><c> the</c><00:12:51.019><c> tongue</c><00:12:51.259><c> against</c><00:12:51.639><c> one</c><00:12:51.840><c> another</c>

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is<00:12:52.399><c> a</c><00:12:52.600><c> sign</c><00:12:52.860><c> of</c><00:12:53.159><c> spiritual</c><00:12:53.679><c> sickness.</c>

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Letting<00:12:54.539><c> the</c><00:12:54.740><c> devil</c><00:12:54.940><c> rule</c><00:12:55.259><c> over</c><00:12:55.679><c> you</c>

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is<00:12:56.179><c> a</c><00:12:56.419><c> sign</c><00:12:56.700><c> of</c><00:12:57.019><c> spiritual</c><00:12:57.519><c> sickness.</c>

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Praying<00:12:58.899><c> for</c><00:12:59.200><c> things</c><00:12:59.460><c> that</c><00:12:59.659><c> you</c><00:12:59.840><c> can</c><00:13:00.080><c> use</c><00:13:00.320><c> to</c><00:13:00.559><c> gratify</c><00:13:01.080><c> your</c><00:13:01.379><c> lusts</c>

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is<00:13:02.279><c> a</c><00:13:02.539><c> sign</c><00:13:02.799><c> of</c><00:13:03.139><c> spiritual</c><00:13:03.620><c> sickness.</c>

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Being<00:13:04.379><c> friends</c><00:13:04.700><c> of</c><00:13:04.860><c> the</c><00:13:05.039><c> world</c><00:13:05.639><c> and</c><00:13:06.039><c> not</c><00:13:06.279><c> friends</c><00:13:06.559><c> of</c><00:13:06.820><c> God</c>

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is<00:13:07.279><c> a</c><00:13:07.539><c> sign</c><00:13:07.840><c> of</c><00:13:08.259><c> spiritual</c><00:13:08.720><c> sickness.</c>

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Being<00:13:10.480><c> called</c><00:13:10.879><c> adulterers</c><00:13:11.759><c> and</c><00:13:12.019><c> adulteresses</c>

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is<00:13:14.279><c> a</c><00:13:14.580><c> sign</c><00:13:14.840><c> of</c><00:13:15.240><c> spiritual</c><00:13:15.720><c> sickness.</c>

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That<00:13:16.379><c> was</c><00:13:16.659><c> their</c><00:13:16.940><c> true</c><00:13:17.220><c> state,</c><00:13:17.799><c> their</c><00:13:18.019><c> true</c><00:13:18.279><c> spiritual</c><00:13:18.759><c> state,</c>

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and<00:13:19.659><c> they</c><00:13:19.860><c> couldn't</c><00:13:20.159><c> see</c><00:13:20.399><c> it,</c>

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and<00:13:20.919><c> they</c><00:13:21.059><c> were</c><00:13:21.340><c> deceived</c><00:13:21.779><c> as</c><00:13:22.139><c> a</c><00:13:22.240><c> result.</c>

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Well,<00:13:24.899><c> in</c><00:13:25.039><c> chapter</c><00:13:25.320><c> five,</c><00:13:26.080><c> James</c><00:13:26.340><c> will</c><00:13:26.639><c> then</c><00:13:26.919><c> give</c><00:13:27.080><c> them</c><00:13:27.460><c> counsel</c>

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on<00:13:28.299><c> how</c><00:13:28.580><c> to</c><00:13:28.960><c> address</c><00:13:29.559><c> their</c><00:13:30.139><c> spiritual</c><00:13:30.940><c> sickness.</c>

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He<00:13:33.039><c> spends</c><00:13:33.240><c> the</c><00:13:33.460><c> first</c><00:13:33.620><c> few</c><00:13:33.779><c> verses</c><00:13:34.120><c> talking</c><00:13:34.460><c> about</c><00:13:34.759><c> the</c><00:13:35.039><c> rich</c>

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and<00:13:36.440><c> further</c><00:13:37.200><c> identifies</c><00:13:37.779><c> the</c><00:13:38.039><c> mistakes</c><00:13:38.419><c> they</c><00:13:38.759><c> made,</c>

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but<00:13:39.700><c> we</c><00:13:39.860><c> come</c><00:13:40.019><c> down</c><00:13:40.179><c> to</c><00:13:40.299><c> verse</c><00:13:40.480><c> 13</c>

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and<00:13:41.259><c> identifies</c><00:13:41.779><c> two</c><00:13:42.019><c> groups</c><00:13:42.279><c> of</c><00:13:42.539><c> believers,</c>

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those<00:13:43.159><c> suffering</c><00:13:43.600><c> persecution.</c>

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They<00:13:45.700><c> should</c><00:13:45.940><c> seek</c><00:13:46.200><c> out</c><00:13:46.440><c> God</c><00:13:46.639><c> in</c><00:13:46.980><c> prayer,</c>

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and<00:13:48.460><c> those</c><00:13:48.759><c> who</c><00:13:48.960><c> are</c><00:13:49.120><c> merry,</c><00:13:49.659><c> they</c><00:13:49.779><c> should</c><00:13:50.059><c> sing</c><00:13:50.559><c> songs</c><00:13:51.159><c> of</c><00:13:51.779><c> praise.</c>

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And<00:13:58.159><c> then</c><00:13:58.259><c> in</c><00:13:58.360><c> verse</c><00:13:58.580><c> 14,</c><00:13:59.179><c> he</c><00:13:59.299><c> will</c><00:13:59.519><c> spend</c><00:13:59.759><c> the</c><00:14:00.000><c> final</c><00:14:00.480><c> seven</c><00:14:01.399><c> verses</c>

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of<00:14:02.460><c> his</c><00:14:02.759><c> epistle</c><00:14:03.600><c> addressing</c><00:14:05.179><c> those</c><00:14:06.480><c> who</c><00:14:06.980><c> are</c><00:14:07.519><c> spiritually</c><00:14:08.340><c> sick,</c>

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and<00:14:10.200><c> there</c><00:14:10.419><c> were</c><00:14:10.659><c> many</c><00:14:11.019><c> of</c><00:14:11.320><c> them.</c>

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They<00:14:12.299><c> represented</c><00:14:12.820><c> a</c><00:14:13.220><c> large</c><00:14:13.519><c> portion</c>

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of<00:14:14.820><c> the</c><00:14:15.039><c> audience</c><00:14:15.320><c> to</c><00:14:15.519><c> whom</c><00:14:15.639><c> he</c><00:14:15.840><c> wrote,</c>

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and<00:14:16.480><c> he</c><00:14:16.620><c> will</c><00:14:16.820><c> identify</c><00:14:17.320><c> specific</c><00:14:17.899><c> steps</c>

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that<00:14:18.500><c> they</c><00:14:18.720><c> needed</c><00:14:18.899><c> to</c><00:14:19.240><c> take</c>

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when<00:14:19.860><c> they</c><00:14:20.159><c> find</c><00:14:20.320><c> themselves</c><00:14:20.899><c> in</c><00:14:21.220><c> such</c><00:14:21.600><c> sickness.</c>

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And<00:14:23.240><c> step</c><00:14:23.379><c> number</c><00:14:23.720><c> one,</c><00:14:24.039><c> the</c><00:14:24.159><c> person</c><00:14:24.460><c> who</c><00:14:24.679><c> is</c><00:14:24.919><c> sick</c>

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needs<00:14:25.460><c> to</c><00:14:25.860><c> ask</c><00:14:26.299><c> for</c><00:14:26.799><c> help,</c>

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to<00:14:28.100><c> call</c><00:14:28.360><c> for</c><00:14:28.559><c> the</c><00:14:28.740><c> elders,</c><00:14:29.000><c> he</c><00:14:29.279><c> says,</c><00:14:29.539><c> to</c><00:14:29.679><c> pray</c><00:14:29.899><c> over</c><00:14:30.159><c> him.</c>

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So<00:14:31.460><c> it's</c><00:14:31.639><c> the</c><00:14:31.799><c> person</c><00:14:32.100><c> who</c><00:14:32.340><c> is</c><00:14:32.779><c> sick</c>

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who<00:14:33.379><c> initiates</c><00:14:34.019><c> the</c><00:14:34.360><c> request</c><00:14:34.720><c> for</c><00:14:35.019><c> help,</c>

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because<00:14:36.759><c> God</c><00:14:37.039><c> knows</c><00:14:37.360><c> when</c><00:14:37.539><c> we</c><00:14:37.720><c> are</c><00:14:37.860><c> in</c><00:14:37.940><c> a</c><00:14:38.220><c> situation</c>

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that<00:14:39.139><c> James</c><00:14:39.480><c> is</c><00:14:39.840><c> describing,</c>

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we<00:14:42.200><c> are</c><00:14:42.559><c> unable</c><00:14:42.919><c> to</c><00:14:43.360><c> get</c><00:14:43.539><c> better</c><00:14:43.899><c> on</c><00:14:44.200><c> our</c><00:14:44.360><c> own.</c>

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It's<00:14:45.720><c> the</c><00:14:45.919><c> last</c><00:14:46.259><c> thing</c><00:14:46.539><c> the</c><00:14:46.799><c> flesh</c><00:14:46.940><c> wants</c><00:14:47.279><c> to</c><00:14:47.519><c> do</c>

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when<00:14:47.879><c> the</c><00:14:48.159><c> spirit</c><00:14:48.340><c> is</c><00:14:48.539><c> ailing</c><00:14:48.740><c> is</c><00:14:49.000><c> to</c><00:14:49.279><c> ask</c><00:14:49.500><c> others</c><00:14:49.820><c> for</c><00:14:50.100><c> help.</c>

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The<00:14:51.440><c> flesh</c><00:14:51.620><c> would</c><00:14:51.919><c> rather</c><00:14:52.159><c> hide</c><00:14:52.580><c> it,</c>

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the<00:14:53.000><c> flesh</c><00:14:53.200><c> would</c><00:14:53.480><c> rather</c><00:14:53.720><c> ignore</c><00:14:54.220><c> it,</c>

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the<00:14:54.639><c> flesh</c><00:14:54.759><c> would</c><00:14:54.980><c> rather</c><00:14:55.240><c> pretend</c><00:14:55.620><c> it</c><00:14:55.840><c> didn't</c><00:14:56.080><c> exist,</c>

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the<00:14:57.820><c> flesh</c><00:14:57.940><c> would</c><00:14:58.159><c> rather</c><00:14:58.379><c> exacerbate</c><00:14:59.039><c> the</c><00:14:59.240><c> situation,</c>

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anything<00:15:00.220><c> but</c><00:15:00.440><c> ask</c><00:15:00.679><c> for</c><00:15:00.899><c> help.</c>

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But<00:15:02.720><c> God</c><00:15:02.860><c> is</c><00:15:03.120><c> reminding</c><00:15:03.460><c> us,</c><00:15:04.100><c> he's</c><00:15:04.500><c> warning</c><00:15:04.639><c> us</c>

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we<00:15:05.000><c> can't</c><00:15:05.299><c> cure</c><00:15:05.500><c> ourselves,</c><00:15:06.220><c> we're</c><00:15:06.259><c> in</c><00:15:06.340><c> that</c><00:15:06.539><c> kind</c><00:15:06.659><c> of</c><00:15:06.779><c> a</c><00:15:07.019><c> situation.</c>

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Which<00:15:08.580><c> means,</c><00:15:08.840><c> you</c><00:15:09.059><c> see,</c><00:15:09.259><c> in</c><00:15:09.500><c> our</c><00:15:09.740><c> ecclesias,</c><00:15:10.700><c> brethren,</c>

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especially<00:15:11.799><c> arranging</c><00:15:12.299><c> brethren,</c>

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we<00:15:13.379><c> have</c><00:15:13.620><c> to</c><00:15:13.779><c> have</c><00:15:13.919><c> a</c><00:15:14.299><c> simple,</c><00:15:14.899><c> almost</c><00:15:15.419><c> effortless</c><00:15:16.539><c> means</c>

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for<00:15:18.559><c> a</c><00:15:19.000><c> person</c><00:15:19.440><c> who</c><00:15:19.779><c> is</c><00:15:20.159><c> in</c><00:15:20.500><c> trouble</c><00:15:20.779><c> to</c><00:15:21.000><c> get</c><00:15:21.159><c> help.</c>

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We<00:15:22.399><c> need</c><00:15:22.620><c> to</c><00:15:22.899><c> create</c><00:15:23.120><c> an</c><00:15:23.519><c> environment</c>

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which<00:15:25.019><c> encourages</c><00:15:26.120><c> the</c><00:15:27.059><c> sick</c><00:15:27.559><c> to</c><00:15:29.200><c> seek</c><00:15:29.500><c> out</c><00:15:29.759><c> help.</c>

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That's<00:15:30.480><c> our</c><00:15:31.139><c> responsibility.</c>

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It<00:15:33.559><c> doesn't</c><00:15:33.820><c> all</c><00:15:34.240><c> rest</c><00:15:34.500><c> with</c><00:15:34.720><c> the</c><00:15:34.919><c> individual</c><00:15:35.320><c> who</c><00:15:36.039><c> needs</c><00:15:36.379><c> help.</c>

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And<00:15:37.080><c> remember,</c><00:15:37.559><c> we're</c><00:15:37.759><c> living</c><00:15:38.139><c> in</c><00:15:38.379><c> a</c><00:15:38.679><c> time,</c><00:15:39.100><c> in</c><00:15:39.259><c> a</c><00:15:39.460><c> generation,</c>

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in<00:15:40.679><c> an</c><00:15:40.980><c> era</c><00:15:41.200><c> where</c><00:15:41.460><c> Christ</c><00:15:41.840><c> has</c><00:15:42.200><c> warned</c><00:15:42.440><c> us</c>

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it<00:15:43.200><c> will</c><00:15:43.419><c> be</c><00:15:43.659><c> more</c><00:15:44.159><c> spiritually</c><00:15:44.840><c> sick,</c>

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the<00:15:46.279><c> environment</c><00:15:46.840><c> that</c><00:15:47.320><c> will</c><00:15:47.659><c> impact</c><00:15:48.700><c> the</c><00:15:48.940><c> household</c><00:15:49.259><c> of</c><00:15:49.539><c> faith,</c>

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because<00:15:50.419><c> of</c><00:15:50.620><c> what's</c><00:15:50.960><c> happening</c><00:15:51.200><c> in</c><00:15:51.519><c> society</c>

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and<00:15:52.980><c> the</c><00:15:53.259><c> degradation</c><00:15:53.759><c> that's</c><00:15:54.159><c> happening</c><00:15:54.379><c> in</c><00:15:54.679><c> society,</c>

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you<00:15:55.139><c> will</c><00:15:55.340><c> see</c><00:15:55.480><c> more</c><00:15:55.820><c> spiritual</c><00:15:56.419><c> sickness</c><00:15:56.940><c> in</c><00:15:57.580><c> the</c><00:15:57.840><c> brotherhood,</c>

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in<00:15:58.460><c> the</c><00:15:58.659><c> community,</c><00:15:59.220><c> in</c><00:15:59.340><c> our</c><00:15:59.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:00.580><c> than</c><00:16:01.960><c> we've</c><00:16:02.200><c> ever</c><00:16:02.519><c> seen.</c>

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So<00:16:04.480><c> we</c><00:16:04.720><c> have</c><00:16:04.960><c> to</c><00:16:05.220><c> be</c><00:16:05.500><c> prepared,</c><00:16:07.559><c> not</c><00:16:07.740><c> only</c><00:16:08.039><c> to</c><00:16:08.379><c> deal</c><00:16:08.600><c> with</c><00:16:08.879><c> this,</c>

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but<00:16:09.259><c> be</c><00:16:09.519><c> prepared</c><00:16:09.879><c> to</c><00:16:10.179><c> offer</c><00:16:10.419><c> the</c><00:16:10.659><c> help</c>

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and<00:16:11.539><c> to</c><00:16:11.759><c> make</c><00:16:11.879><c> it</c><00:16:12.139><c> as</c><00:16:12.440><c> absolutely</c><00:16:13.100><c> simple</c><00:16:13.740><c> and</c><00:16:14.039><c> easy</c><00:16:14.340><c> as</c><00:16:14.659><c> possible.</c>

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Secondly,<00:16:16.279><c> the</c><00:16:16.480><c> prayers</c><00:16:16.679><c> are</c><00:16:16.960><c> offered</c>

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on<00:16:17.279><c> behalf</c><00:16:17.639><c> of</c><00:16:17.840><c> the</c><00:16:17.980><c> sick</c><00:16:18.120><c> person,</c>

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both<00:16:18.840><c> he</c><00:16:19.179><c> and</c><00:16:19.360><c> the</c><00:16:19.580><c> elders</c><00:16:19.899><c> are</c><00:16:20.159><c> to</c><00:16:20.399><c> seek</c><00:16:20.600><c> God's</c><00:16:21.080><c> help.</c>

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And<00:16:22.620><c> James</c><00:16:22.820><c> is</c><00:16:23.080><c> emphatic.</c>

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The<00:16:23.759><c> prayer</c><00:16:24.019><c> of</c><00:16:24.220><c> the</c><00:16:24.440><c> faith,</c><00:16:24.659><c> he</c><00:16:24.940><c> says,</c><00:16:25.200><c> shall</c><00:16:25.399><c> save</c><00:16:26.019><c> the</c><00:16:26.299><c> sick.</c>

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Every<00:16:27.620><c> time,</c><00:16:28.600><c> they</c><00:16:28.799><c> will</c><00:16:29.320><c> save</c><00:16:29.659><c> the</c><00:16:29.919><c> sick</c>

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because<00:16:30.899><c> the</c><00:16:31.139><c> Lord</c><00:16:31.299><c> will</c><00:16:31.539><c> restore</c><00:16:31.919><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> one</c><00:16:32.220><c> who</c><00:16:32.379><c> was</c><00:16:32.580><c> sick</c>

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and<00:16:32.919><c> raise</c><00:16:33.080><c> him</c><00:16:33.259><c> up</c><00:16:33.720><c> and</c><00:16:34.179><c> place</c><00:16:34.340><c> him</c><00:16:34.539><c> back</c>

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on<00:16:34.899><c> the</c><00:16:35.059><c> path</c><00:16:35.200><c> to</c><00:16:35.419><c> eternal</c><00:16:35.639><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:36.860><c> if</c><00:16:37.000><c> he</c><00:16:37.159><c> has</c><00:16:37.340><c> committed</c><00:16:37.700><c> and</c><00:16:37.980><c> confessed</c><00:16:38.360><c> any</c><00:16:38.620><c> sins</c>

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in<00:16:39.200><c> connection</c><00:16:39.500><c> with</c><00:16:39.700><c> his</c><00:16:39.899><c> sickness,</c><00:16:40.259><c> they</c><00:16:40.440><c> will</c><00:16:40.659><c> be</c><00:16:40.879><c> forgiven</c><00:16:41.120><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:45.539><c> James</c><00:16:46.139><c> isn't</c><00:16:46.440><c> just</c><00:16:47.000><c> applying</c><00:16:47.399><c> this</c>

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to<00:16:48.059><c> one</c><00:16:48.259><c> or</c><00:16:48.480><c> two</c><00:16:48.820><c> extreme</c><00:16:49.279><c> cases.</c>

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He's<00:16:50.899><c> saying</c><00:16:51.179><c> this</c><00:16:51.580><c> is</c><00:16:51.940><c> the</c><00:16:52.399><c> godly</c><00:16:53.059><c> protocol</c><00:16:53.659><c> to</c><00:16:54.080><c> follow</c>

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when<00:16:55.799><c> any</c><00:16:56.179><c> who</c><00:16:56.379><c> are</c><00:16:56.700><c> sick.</c>

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Verse<00:16:59.200><c> 16,</c><00:16:59.860><c> he</c><00:16:59.960><c> says,</c><00:17:00.620><c> confess</c><00:17:00.620><c> your</c><00:17:00.960><c> faults,</c><00:17:02.700><c> one</c><00:17:03.120><c> to</c><00:17:03.379><c> another,</c>

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and<00:17:04.079><c> pray</c><00:17:04.539><c> one</c><00:17:04.839><c> for</c><00:17:05.099><c> another</c><00:17:05.339><c> that</c><00:17:05.480><c> ye</c><00:17:05.700><c> may</c><00:17:05.900><c> be</c><00:17:06.140><c> healed.</c>

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So<00:17:06.539><c> we</c><00:17:06.599><c> don't</c><00:17:06.759><c> wanna</c><00:17:06.960><c> leave</c><00:17:07.740><c> you</c><00:17:08.460><c> with</c><00:17:08.599><c> the</c><00:17:08.839><c> impression</c>

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that<00:17:09.279><c> this</c><00:17:09.500><c> is</c><00:17:09.680><c> just</c><00:17:09.880><c> the</c><00:17:10.200><c> responsibility</c>

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of<00:17:11.160><c> the</c><00:17:11.319><c> arranging</c><00:17:11.579><c> of</c><00:17:11.579><c> the</c><00:17:11.579><c> body,</c>

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and<00:17:13.119><c> the</c><00:17:13.119><c> body</c><00:17:13.119><c> of</c><00:17:13.119><c> the</c><00:17:13.119><c> one</c><00:17:13.119><c> who</c><00:17:13.119><c> was</c><00:17:13.119><c> sick.</c>

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And<00:17:13.119><c> he's</c><00:17:13.119><c> saying</c><00:17:13.220><c> this</c><00:17:13.480><c> is</c><00:17:13.759><c> an</c><00:17:13.839><c> opportunity</c>

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for<00:17:14.759><c> all</c><00:17:14.980><c> to</c><00:17:15.200><c> be</c><00:17:15.339><c> helpful.</c>

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And<00:17:17.519><c> he's</c><00:17:17.759><c> not</c><00:17:18.240><c> advocating</c><00:17:18.700><c> like</c><00:17:18.960><c> the</c><00:17:19.200><c> church</c><00:17:19.380><c> does</c>

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that<00:17:19.900><c> we</c><00:17:20.000><c> need</c><00:17:20.200><c> to</c><00:17:20.380><c> go</c><00:17:20.539><c> and</c><00:17:20.940><c> confess</c><00:17:21.220><c> all</c><00:17:21.539><c> our</c><00:17:21.839><c> sins</c><00:17:22.339><c> to</c><00:17:23.240><c> one</c><00:17:23.460><c> another.</c>

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James<00:17:24.859><c> is</c><00:17:25.119><c> dealing,</c><00:17:25.579><c> as</c><00:17:25.740><c> we've</c><00:17:26.099><c> seen</c><00:17:26.220><c> from</c><00:17:26.440><c> the</c><00:17:26.619><c> context</c>

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of<00:17:27.180><c> the</c><00:17:27.299><c> first</c><00:17:27.500><c> four</c><00:17:27.680><c> chapters,</c>

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with<00:17:28.299><c> some</c><00:17:28.619><c> fairly</c><00:17:29.019><c> serious</c><00:17:30.079><c> spiritual</c><00:17:31.039><c> sickness</c>

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that<00:17:31.980><c> existed</c><00:17:32.539><c> among</c><00:17:33.200><c> those</c><00:17:33.740><c> to</c><00:17:34.119><c> whom</c><00:17:34.259><c> he</c><00:17:34.400><c> was</c><00:17:34.619><c> writing.</c>

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The<00:17:36.059><c> wars</c><00:17:36.299><c> and</c><00:17:36.460><c> the</c><00:17:36.660><c> fightings</c><00:17:36.980><c> and</c><00:17:37.099><c> the</c><00:17:37.299><c> killings</c>

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and<00:17:37.819><c> the</c><00:17:38.000><c> praying</c><00:17:38.140><c> for</c><00:17:38.380><c> things</c><00:17:38.579><c> to</c><00:17:38.779><c> gratify</c><00:17:39.160><c> their</c><00:17:39.339><c> own</c><00:17:39.519><c> loss.</c>

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Now<00:17:41.440><c> it's</c><00:17:41.660><c> recognized</c><00:17:42.099><c> that</c><00:17:42.319><c> some</c><00:17:42.480><c> brethren</c>

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will<00:17:43.480><c> see</c><00:17:43.759><c> these</c><00:17:44.240><c> verses</c><00:17:44.579><c> and</c><00:17:44.859><c> say</c><00:17:44.960><c> it</c><00:17:45.140><c> all</c><00:17:45.279><c> has</c><00:17:45.539><c> to</c><00:17:45.700><c> do</c>

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with<00:17:45.960><c> physical</c><00:17:46.440><c> sickness.</c>

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And<00:17:47.019><c> we</c><00:17:47.059><c> don't</c><00:17:47.279><c> really</c><00:17:47.539><c> wanna</c><00:17:48.200><c> contend</c><00:17:48.900><c> against</c><00:17:49.359><c> that</c>

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because<00:17:50.200><c> I</c><00:17:50.420><c> think</c><00:17:50.539><c> in</c><00:17:50.839><c> some</c><00:17:51.039><c> respects</c><00:17:51.579><c> there</c><00:17:52.240><c> is,</c>

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there<00:17:52.980><c> are</c><00:17:53.279><c> common</c><00:17:53.539><c> denominators</c><00:17:54.200><c> that</c><00:17:54.619><c> exist</c>

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between<00:17:56.059><c> those</c><00:17:56.420><c> who</c><00:17:56.619><c> are</c><00:17:56.839><c> physically</c><00:17:57.220><c> sick</c>

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and<00:17:58.259><c> those</c><00:17:58.559><c> who</c><00:17:58.740><c> are</c><00:17:59.019><c> spiritually</c><00:17:59.420><c> sick.</c>

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So<00:17:59.960><c> some</c><00:18:00.160><c> of</c><00:18:00.279><c> these</c><00:18:00.700><c> same</c><00:18:01.079><c> principles</c><00:18:01.799><c> can</c><00:18:02.220><c> apply.</c>

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But<00:18:05.339><c> I</c><00:18:05.500><c> don't</c><00:18:05.720><c> think</c><00:18:05.880><c> it's</c><00:18:06.160><c> the</c><00:18:06.359><c> physical</c><00:18:06.759><c> sickness</c>

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that<00:18:07.420><c> is</c><00:18:07.660><c> James'</c><00:18:08.539><c> focus.</c>

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And<00:18:08.839><c> the</c><00:18:09.140><c> reason</c><00:18:09.400><c> we</c><00:18:09.660><c> say</c><00:18:09.900><c> that</c><00:18:10.380><c> is</c><00:18:10.900><c> because</c>

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there's<00:18:11.880><c> a</c><00:18:12.400><c> few</c><00:18:12.680><c> thorny</c><00:18:13.119><c> issues,</c><00:18:13.779><c> as</c><00:18:14.059><c> we</c><00:18:14.299><c> refer</c><00:18:14.559><c> to</c><00:18:14.759><c> them</c><00:18:14.980><c> as,</c>

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that<00:18:16.140><c> call</c><00:18:16.480><c> such</c><00:18:16.740><c> an</c><00:18:17.000><c> understanding</c><00:18:17.440><c> into</c><00:18:17.700><c> doubt.</c>

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The<00:18:19.099><c> thorny</c><00:18:19.339><c> issue</c><00:18:19.539><c> number</c><00:18:19.839><c> one</c><00:18:19.940><c> is</c><00:18:20.099><c> the</c><00:18:20.299><c> context</c><00:18:20.700><c> of</c><00:18:20.900><c> his</c><00:18:21.059><c> epistle</c>

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is<00:18:21.640><c> about</c><00:18:21.920><c> severe</c><00:18:22.359><c> spiritual</c><00:18:22.940><c> sickness.</c>

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And<00:18:24.240><c> so</c><00:18:24.319><c> at</c><00:18:24.460><c> the</c><00:18:24.539><c> end</c><00:18:24.640><c> of</c><00:18:24.740><c> his</c><00:18:24.920><c> epistle</c>

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to<00:18:25.440><c> all</c><00:18:25.599><c> of</c><00:18:25.779><c> a</c><00:18:25.839><c> sudden</c><00:18:26.000><c> turn</c><00:18:26.279><c> to</c><00:18:26.440><c> physical</c><00:18:26.839><c> sickness</c>

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would<00:18:27.819><c> seem</c><00:18:28.000><c> to</c><00:18:28.140><c> be</c><00:18:28.299><c> inconsistent</c><00:18:28.819><c> with</c><00:18:29.900><c> the</c><00:18:30.099><c> context.</c>

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They<00:18:30.700><c> are</c><00:18:31.099><c> severely</c><00:18:31.619><c> mistreating</c><00:18:32.160><c> one</c><00:18:32.400><c> another</c>

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and<00:18:32.759><c> they</c><00:18:32.940><c> don't</c><00:18:33.099><c> realize</c><00:18:33.480><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:34.019><c> they</c><00:18:34.140><c> don't</c><00:18:34.420><c> realize</c><00:18:34.720><c> how</c><00:18:34.900><c> that</c><00:18:35.200><c> presents</c><00:18:35.519><c> themselves</c>

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and<00:18:36.140><c> they're</c><00:18:36.319><c> standing</c><00:18:36.559><c> before</c><00:18:36.920><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:37.720><c> they</c><00:18:37.900><c> needed</c><00:18:38.140><c> to</c><00:18:38.420><c> make</c><00:18:38.579><c> changes.</c>

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And<00:18:40.740><c> secondly,</c><00:18:41.119><c> the</c><00:18:41.359><c> process</c><00:18:41.720><c> that</c><00:18:41.980><c> James</c><00:18:42.240><c> identifies</c>

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oftentimes<00:18:44.839><c> fails</c><00:18:45.339><c> for</c><00:18:45.660><c> those</c><00:18:45.920><c> who</c><00:18:46.099><c> are</c><00:18:46.299><c> physically</c><00:18:46.680><c> sick.</c>

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We<00:18:49.119><c> pray</c><00:18:49.619><c> for</c><00:18:49.839><c> those</c><00:18:50.119><c> who</c><00:18:50.299><c> are</c><00:18:50.519><c> physically</c><00:18:50.900><c> sick</c>

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and<00:18:51.500><c> they're</c><00:18:51.660><c> not</c><00:18:51.859><c> restored</c>

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because<00:18:52.920><c> it's</c><00:18:53.200><c> not</c><00:18:53.339><c> God's</c><00:18:53.700><c> will</c><00:18:53.819><c> that</c><00:18:53.960><c> they</c><00:18:54.099><c> be</c><00:18:54.299><c> restored.</c>

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And<00:18:55.680><c> we're</c><00:18:55.980><c> certainly</c><00:18:56.240><c> not</c><00:18:56.579><c> going</c><00:18:56.779><c> to</c><00:18:57.019><c> go</c><00:18:57.180><c> to</c><00:18:57.319><c> the</c><00:18:57.619><c> family</c>

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or<00:18:58.059><c> to</c><00:18:58.220><c> the</c><00:18:58.420><c> loved</c><00:18:58.619><c> ones,</c><00:18:58.819><c> those</c><00:18:59.000><c> who</c><00:18:59.180><c> are</c><00:18:59.259><c> not</c><00:18:59.380><c> restored</c>

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and<00:18:59.880><c> say,</c><00:19:00.319><c> well,</c><00:19:00.539><c> you</c><00:19:00.680><c> didn't</c><00:19:00.920><c> find</c><00:19:01.200><c> a</c><00:19:01.420><c> righteous</c><00:19:01.779><c> enough</c><00:19:02.000><c> person</c>

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or<00:19:02.579><c> the</c><00:19:02.759><c> prayers</c><00:19:02.980><c> weren't</c><00:19:03.299><c> fervent</c><00:19:03.779><c> and</c><00:19:05.220><c> intense</c><00:19:06.319><c> enough.</c>

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But<00:19:07.819><c> this</c><00:19:08.140><c> process</c><00:19:08.640><c> that</c><00:19:08.839><c> James</c><00:19:09.059><c> is</c><00:19:09.299><c> talking</c><00:19:09.539><c> about</c><00:19:09.740><c> in</c><00:19:09.920><c> chapter</c><00:19:10.180><c> five</c>

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will<00:19:10.619><c> work</c><00:19:10.839><c> 100</c><00:19:11.440><c>%</c><00:19:12.039><c> of</c><00:19:12.259><c> the</c><00:19:12.480><c> time,</c><00:19:12.880><c> every</c><00:19:13.299><c> single</c><00:19:13.819><c> time</c>

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that<00:19:15.160><c> someone</c><00:19:15.480><c> who</c><00:19:15.680><c> is</c><00:19:16.019><c> spiritually</c><00:19:16.420><c> sick,</c>

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if<00:19:17.039><c> they</c><00:19:17.240><c> will</c><00:19:17.539><c> follow</c><00:19:18.019><c> these</c><00:19:18.640><c> steps,</c>

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the<00:19:21.039><c> Lord</c><00:19:21.240><c> will</c><00:19:21.519><c> raise</c><00:19:21.799><c> them</c><00:19:21.980><c> up</c><00:19:22.240><c> and</c><00:19:22.480><c> restore</c><00:19:22.839><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:23.140><c> if</c><00:19:23.259><c> they</c><00:19:23.420><c> have</c><00:19:23.640><c> committed</c><00:19:23.940><c> sins,</c><00:19:24.319><c> which</c><00:19:24.500><c> they</c><00:19:24.720><c> have</c><00:19:24.900><c> confessed,</c>

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they<00:19:25.740><c> will</c><00:19:25.980><c> be</c><00:19:26.279><c> forgiven</c><00:19:26.680><c> every</c><00:19:27.400><c> single</c><00:19:28.059><c> time.</c>

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This<00:19:30.400><c> process</c><00:19:30.759><c> works</c><00:19:31.480><c> and</c><00:19:32.200><c> it</c><00:19:32.359><c> will</c><00:19:32.519><c> result</c><00:19:32.819><c> in</c><00:19:32.980><c> their</c><00:19:33.140><c> healing.</c>

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And<00:19:36.160><c> the</c><00:19:36.579><c> third</c><00:19:37.220><c> issue,</c>

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if<00:19:38.640><c> James</c><00:19:38.940><c> is</c><00:19:39.200><c> dealing</c><00:19:39.380><c> with</c><00:19:39.619><c> physical</c><00:19:40.079><c> sickness</c>

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instead<00:19:40.819><c> of</c><00:19:41.039><c> spiritual</c><00:19:41.460><c> sickness,</c>

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is<00:19:43.819><c> this</c><00:19:44.119><c> issue</c><00:19:44.420><c> of</c><00:19:45.140><c> calling</c><00:19:45.400><c> for</c><00:19:46.160><c> a</c><00:19:46.240><c> righteous</c><00:19:47.099><c> man</c>

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to<00:19:47.779><c> offer</c><00:19:48.000><c> the</c><00:19:48.660><c> fervent</c><00:19:48.940><c> prayers</c>

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and<00:19:50.480><c> the</c><00:19:50.940><c> difficulties</c><00:19:51.680><c> that</c><00:19:52.200><c> we</c><00:19:52.420><c> end</c><00:19:52.599><c> up</c><00:19:52.839><c> with</c>

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if<00:19:54.180><c> the</c><00:19:54.599><c> person</c><00:19:54.900><c> is</c><00:19:55.279><c> not</c><00:19:55.500><c> restored.</c>

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And<00:19:56.460><c> certainly</c><00:19:56.700><c> it</c><00:19:56.799><c> is</c><00:19:56.980><c> not</c><00:19:57.160><c> the</c><00:19:57.400><c> result</c><00:19:57.619><c> of</c><00:19:57.900><c> failed</c><00:19:58.079><c> prayers.</c>

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We've<00:19:58.859><c> all</c><00:19:59.039><c> probably</c><00:19:59.400><c> been</c><00:19:59.640><c> involved</c><00:19:59.980><c> where</c><00:20:00.519><c> at</c><00:20:00.940><c> certain</c><00:20:01.140><c> times,</c>

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ecclesias<00:20:01.900><c> will</c><00:20:02.059><c> get</c><00:20:02.299><c> together</c><00:20:02.559><c> and</c><00:20:02.700><c> then</c><00:20:02.839><c> groups</c><00:20:03.079><c> of</c><00:20:03.299><c> ecclesians</c>

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to<00:20:03.819><c> have</c><00:20:04.000><c> prayer</c><00:20:04.319><c> meetings,</c>

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imploring<00:20:05.180><c> God</c><00:20:05.519><c> to</c><00:20:06.119><c> act</c><00:20:06.420><c> in</c><00:20:06.599><c> a</c><00:20:06.700><c> certain</c><00:20:06.859><c> way.</c>

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And<00:20:08.200><c> certainly,</c><00:20:09.380><c> if</c><00:20:10.079><c> it</c><00:20:10.420><c> doesn't</c><00:20:10.759><c> turn</c><00:20:11.039><c> out</c>

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that<00:20:11.359><c> the</c><00:20:11.559><c> person</c><00:20:11.779><c> is</c><00:20:12.059><c> healed</c><00:20:12.279><c> or</c><00:20:12.759><c> physically</c><00:20:13.180><c> restored,</c>

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it<00:20:14.019><c> cannot</c><00:20:14.279><c> be</c><00:20:14.559><c> a</c><00:20:14.680><c> reflection</c><00:20:15.160><c> of</c><00:20:16.059><c> the</c><00:20:16.240><c> lack</c><00:20:16.380><c> of</c><00:20:16.819><c> intensity</c>

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or<00:20:17.680><c> the</c><00:20:17.980><c> appeal</c><00:20:18.180><c> on</c><00:20:18.339><c> the</c><00:20:18.480><c> part</c><00:20:18.599><c> of</c><00:20:18.720><c> the</c><00:20:18.839><c> brethren</c><00:20:19.039><c> and</c><00:20:19.240><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:20:21.779><c> the</c><00:20:21.900><c> suggestion</c><00:20:22.319><c> is</c><00:20:22.579><c> that</c><00:20:22.900><c> James</c><00:20:23.220><c> is</c><00:20:23.819><c> not</c><00:20:24.279><c> introducing</c><00:20:24.960><c> here</c>

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an<00:20:25.740><c> entirely</c><00:20:26.099><c> new</c><00:20:26.339><c> thought</c><00:20:26.619><c> in</c><00:20:26.799><c> these</c><00:20:27.019><c> final</c><00:20:27.279><c> seven</c><00:20:27.559><c> verses.</c>

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He's<00:20:28.680><c> still</c><00:20:28.960><c> dealing</c><00:20:29.180><c> with</c><00:20:29.339><c> the</c><00:20:29.579><c> same</c><00:20:29.839><c> fundamental</c><00:20:30.339><c> issue</c>

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that<00:20:31.400><c> is</c><00:20:31.799><c> the</c><00:20:32.460><c> context</c><00:20:33.240><c> for</c><00:20:33.579><c> his</c><00:20:34.019><c> epistle</c>

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and<00:20:35.019><c> the</c><00:20:35.359><c> predominant</c><00:20:36.099><c> issue</c><00:20:36.420><c> that</c><00:20:36.599><c> he</c><00:20:36.759><c> is</c><00:20:37.000><c> dealing</c><00:20:37.279><c> with.</c>

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And<00:20:38.259><c> that</c><00:20:38.400><c> is</c><00:20:38.640><c> the</c><00:20:38.839><c> deep</c><00:20:39.059><c> spiritual</c><00:20:39.579><c> sickness</c>

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that<00:20:40.299><c> pervaded</c><00:20:40.680><c> those</c><00:20:41.019><c> to</c><00:20:41.220><c> whom</c><00:20:41.319><c> he</c><00:20:41.539><c> wrote,</c>

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which<00:20:41.940><c> is</c><00:20:42.259><c> why</c><00:20:42.799><c> in</c><00:20:43.380><c> the</c><00:20:43.599><c> midst</c><00:20:43.819><c> of</c><00:20:44.059><c> this,</c>

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he<00:20:44.380><c> then</c><00:20:44.779><c> says,</c><00:20:45.319><c> let's</c><00:20:45.539><c> now</c><00:20:46.059><c> turn</c><00:20:46.440><c> to</c><00:20:46.640><c> the</c><00:20:46.779><c> Old</c><00:20:46.980><c> Testament</c>

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and<00:20:49.160><c> recall</c><00:20:49.619><c> that</c><00:20:49.960><c> wonderful</c><00:20:50.619><c> example</c><00:20:51.279><c> of</c><00:20:51.660><c> Elijah.</c>

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You<00:20:53.380><c> want</c><00:20:53.519><c> an</c><00:20:53.779><c> example</c><00:20:54.359><c> of</c><00:20:54.660><c> what</c><00:20:54.799><c> an</c><00:20:55.099><c> effectual</c><00:20:55.660><c> fervent</c><00:20:56.079><c> prayer</c>

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of<00:20:57.099><c> a</c><00:20:57.319><c> righteous</c><00:20:57.700><c> man</c><00:20:58.279><c> who</c><00:20:58.720><c> was,</c>

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the<00:20:59.119><c> prayers</c><00:20:59.359><c> were</c><00:20:59.660><c> made</c><00:20:59.880><c> on</c><00:21:00.079><c> behalf</c><00:21:00.420><c> of</c><00:21:00.599><c> a</c><00:21:00.819><c> people</c>

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who<00:21:01.119><c> were</c><00:21:01.339><c> very</c><00:21:01.759><c> spiritually</c><00:21:02.160><c> sick</c>

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so<00:21:02.640><c> they</c><00:21:02.759><c> could</c><00:21:02.940><c> be</c><00:21:03.240><c> spiritually</c><00:21:03.579><c> restored.</c>

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Remember<00:21:06.200><c> Elijah,</c><00:21:06.839><c> he</c><00:21:07.099><c> says.</c>

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And<00:21:07.579><c> recall,</c><00:21:07.900><c> his</c><00:21:08.119><c> audience</c><00:21:08.420><c> is</c><00:21:08.619><c> all</c><00:21:08.779><c> Jewish,</c>

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so<00:21:09.700><c> they</c><00:21:09.859><c> would</c><00:21:10.059><c> all</c><00:21:10.400><c> be</c><00:21:10.779><c> intimately</c><00:21:11.259><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:21:12.980><c> the</c><00:21:13.319><c> story</c><00:21:13.619><c> of</c><00:21:13.920><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:21:15.299><c> it</c><00:21:15.359><c> was</c><00:21:15.519><c> out</c><00:21:15.680><c> of</c><00:21:15.819><c> his</c><00:21:16.119><c> love</c><00:21:16.339><c> and</c><00:21:16.680><c> compassion</c><00:21:17.160><c> for</c><00:21:17.380><c> the</c><00:21:17.619><c> people</c>

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that<00:21:19.160><c> Elijah</c><00:21:19.519><c> prayed</c><00:21:19.859><c> earnestly</c><00:21:20.500><c> and</c><00:21:21.119><c> fervently</c>

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for<00:21:21.759><c> them</c><00:21:21.980><c> to</c><00:21:22.180><c> be</c><00:21:22.380><c> healed.</c>

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We<00:21:23.920><c> don't</c><00:21:24.140><c> have</c><00:21:24.359><c> his</c><00:21:24.700><c> prayer</c><00:21:24.900><c> recorded</c><00:21:25.380><c> for</c><00:21:25.700><c> withholding</c><00:21:26.380><c> the</c><00:21:26.599><c> reign,</c>

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even<00:21:27.900><c> though</c><00:21:28.180><c> James</c><00:21:28.740><c> makes</c><00:21:29.039><c> mention</c><00:21:29.339><c> of</c><00:21:29.480><c> it.</c>

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We<00:21:29.740><c> do</c><00:21:30.000><c> have</c><00:21:30.180><c> his</c><00:21:30.519><c> prayer</c><00:21:30.720><c> recorded</c>

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for<00:21:32.099><c> when</c><00:21:32.359><c> he</c><00:21:32.599><c> was</c><00:21:32.880><c> asking</c><00:21:33.220><c> God</c><00:21:33.539><c> to</c><00:21:33.859><c> send</c><00:21:34.140><c> the</c><00:21:34.400><c> reign.</c>

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You<00:21:35.740><c> turn</c><00:21:35.940><c> back</c><00:21:36.279><c> to</c><00:21:36.940><c> 1</c><00:21:37.140><c> Kings</c><00:21:37.420><c> 18</c><00:21:38.259><c> when</c><00:21:38.440><c> he's</c><00:21:38.740><c> on</c><00:21:38.900><c> Mount</c><00:21:39.200><c> Carmel</c>

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and<00:21:40.400><c> you</c><00:21:40.619><c> can</c><00:21:41.079><c> see</c><00:21:41.559><c> the</c><00:21:42.039><c> prayer</c><00:21:42.380><c> of</c><00:21:42.740><c> Elijah</c>

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requesting<00:21:44.319><c> God</c><00:21:44.980><c> to</c><00:21:45.420><c> intervene</c><00:21:46.039><c> to</c><00:21:47.039><c> spiritually</c><00:21:47.859><c> heal</c><00:21:48.799><c> the</c><00:21:49.279><c> people,</c>

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which<00:21:50.940><c> again</c><00:21:51.279><c> we</c><00:21:51.480><c> suggest</c><00:21:51.920><c> is</c><00:21:52.319><c> the</c><00:21:52.579><c> focus</c><00:21:52.980><c> of</c><00:21:53.299><c> James'</c><00:21:54.000><c> comments.</c>

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And<00:21:55.180><c> verse</c><00:21:55.420><c> 36,</c><00:21:56.619><c> what</c><00:21:56.819><c> does</c><00:21:57.099><c> Elijah</c><00:21:57.400><c> pray</c><00:21:57.700><c> for?</c>

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He<00:21:58.240><c> prays</c><00:21:58.559><c> for</c><00:21:58.680><c> them</c><00:21:58.920><c> to</c><00:21:59.140><c> be</c><00:21:59.359><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:21:59.680><c> it</c><00:21:59.859><c> came</c><00:22:00.059><c> to</c><00:22:00.359><c> pass,</c><00:22:00.559><c> this</c><00:22:00.740><c> is</c><00:22:00.940><c> 1</c><00:22:01.079><c> Kings</c><00:22:01.440><c> 18,</c>

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sorry,<00:22:02.720><c> verses</c><00:22:03.000><c> 36</c><00:22:03.539><c> and</c><00:22:03.740><c> seven.</c>

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And<00:22:04.460><c> it</c><00:22:04.559><c> came</c><00:22:04.799><c> to</c><00:22:05.000><c> pass</c><00:22:05.180><c> at</c><00:22:05.359><c> the</c><00:22:05.519><c> time</c><00:22:05.680><c> of</c><00:22:05.799><c> the</c><00:22:05.980><c> offering</c>

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of<00:22:06.400><c> the</c><00:22:06.480><c> evening</c><00:22:06.680><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:07.460><c> that</c><00:22:08.019><c> Elijah</c><00:22:08.420><c> the</c><00:22:08.599><c> prophet</c><00:22:08.940><c> came</c><00:22:09.400><c> near</c>

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and<00:22:10.119><c> said,</c><00:22:10.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:10.700><c> Elohim</c><00:22:11.099><c> of</c><00:22:11.279><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:11.700><c> Isaac,</c><00:22:12.059><c> and</c><00:22:12.259><c> Israel,</c>

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let<00:22:13.339><c> it</c><00:22:13.500><c> be</c><00:22:13.660><c> known</c><00:22:13.819><c> this</c><00:22:14.119><c> day</c><00:22:14.339><c> that</c><00:22:14.519><c> thou</c><00:22:14.720><c> art</c><00:22:14.819><c> God</c><00:22:15.119><c> in</c><00:22:15.359><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:22:15.920><c> that</c><00:22:16.180><c> I</c><00:22:16.400><c> am</c><00:22:16.539><c> thy</c><00:22:16.720><c> servant</c>

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and<00:22:17.599><c> that</c><00:22:17.799><c> I</c><00:22:17.960><c> have</c><00:22:18.099><c> done</c><00:22:18.279><c> all</c><00:22:18.619><c> these</c><00:22:18.880><c> things</c><00:22:19.119><c> at</c><00:22:19.339><c> thy</c><00:22:19.519><c> word.</c>

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Hear<00:22:21.079><c> me,</c><00:22:21.599><c> oh</c><00:22:21.839><c> Yahweh,</c><00:22:22.400><c> hear</c><00:22:22.660><c> me,</c>

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that<00:22:23.559><c> this</c><00:22:23.839><c> people</c><00:22:24.259><c> may</c><00:22:24.599><c> know</c><00:22:25.019><c> that</c><00:22:25.339><c> thou</c><00:22:25.619><c> art</c><00:22:26.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:26.740><c> Elohim</c>

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and<00:22:28.119><c> that</c><00:22:28.359><c> thou</c><00:22:28.640><c> has</c><00:22:29.079><c> turned</c><00:22:29.759><c> their</c><00:22:30.539><c> heart</c><00:22:31.079><c> back</c><00:22:31.779><c> again.</c>

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So<00:22:34.599><c> Elijah</c><00:22:34.819><c> wasn't</c><00:22:35.200><c> praying</c><00:22:35.619><c> for</c><00:22:35.940><c> a</c><00:22:36.200><c> fireball</c><00:22:36.900><c> to</c><00:22:38.359><c> be</c><00:22:38.539><c> vindicated.</c>

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He<00:22:40.279><c> was</c><00:22:40.599><c> praying</c><00:22:40.880><c> for</c><00:22:41.119><c> the</c><00:22:41.359><c> nation</c><00:22:41.680><c> to</c><00:22:41.880><c> be</c><00:22:42.180><c> spiritually</c><00:22:42.599><c> healed.</c>

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If<00:22:44.319><c> you</c><00:22:44.480><c> want</c><00:22:44.579><c> to</c><00:22:44.799><c> know</c><00:22:45.019><c> his</c><00:22:45.599><c> motivation</c>

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during<00:22:46.839><c> that</c><00:22:47.079><c> three</c><00:22:47.279><c> and</c><00:22:47.420><c> a</c><00:22:47.460><c> half</c><00:22:47.579><c> year</c><00:22:47.759><c> drought,</c>

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his<00:22:48.839><c> motivation</c><00:22:49.319><c> was</c><00:22:49.539><c> to</c><00:22:49.880><c> save</c><00:22:50.099><c> his</c><00:22:50.420><c> people.</c>

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And<00:22:50.779><c> that's</c><00:22:51.019><c> why</c><00:22:51.279><c> James</c><00:22:51.779><c> cites</c><00:22:52.400><c> Elijah</c>

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in<00:22:53.759><c> the</c><00:22:54.140><c> context</c><00:22:54.700><c> of</c><00:22:55.019><c> what</c><00:22:55.200><c> he's</c><00:22:55.720><c> describing,</c>

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the<00:22:57.099><c> spiritual</c><00:22:57.700><c> sickness</c><00:22:58.119><c> that</c><00:22:58.420><c> existed</c>

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among<00:22:59.079><c> those</c><00:22:59.420><c> to</c><00:22:59.579><c> whom</c><00:22:59.640><c> he</c><00:22:59.859><c> wrote.</c>

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That's<00:23:01.160><c> why</c><00:23:01.319><c> he</c><00:23:01.599><c> cites</c><00:23:01.940><c> Elijah</c><00:23:02.500><c> as</c><00:23:02.759><c> this</c><00:23:02.980><c> outstanding</c><00:23:03.519><c> example.</c>

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Remember,<00:23:04.440><c> he</c><00:23:04.680><c> had</c><00:23:04.799><c> just</c><00:23:05.059><c> mentioned</c><00:23:05.460><c> Job</c>

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in<00:23:06.480><c> relation</c><00:23:06.920><c> to</c><00:23:07.119><c> those</c><00:23:07.359><c> who</c><00:23:07.519><c> were</c><00:23:07.759><c> suffering</c>

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because<00:23:08.980><c> Job</c><00:23:09.299><c> was</c><00:23:09.539><c> an</c><00:23:09.799><c> outstanding</c><00:23:10.319><c> example</c>

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for<00:23:11.460><c> those</c><00:23:11.759><c> who</c><00:23:11.920><c> were</c><00:23:12.160><c> suffering</c><00:23:12.559><c> to</c><00:23:13.059><c> endure</c><00:23:13.480><c> patiently.</c>

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And<00:23:14.240><c> now</c><00:23:14.500><c> he</c><00:23:14.619><c> turns</c><00:23:14.900><c> to</c><00:23:15.119><c> the</c><00:23:15.339><c> spiritual</c><00:23:15.779><c> sickness</c>

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and<00:23:16.920><c> he</c><00:23:17.059><c> says</c><00:23:17.480><c> Elijah</c><00:23:18.240><c> becomes</c><00:23:18.960><c> our</c><00:23:20.240><c> principal</c><00:23:20.940><c> model</c><00:23:21.440><c> to</c><00:23:21.759><c> follow.</c>

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He<00:23:23.240><c> doesn't</c><00:23:23.579><c> recall</c><00:23:24.039><c> Elijah</c>

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because<00:23:24.900><c> of</c><00:23:25.079><c> the</c><00:23:25.559><c> miracle</c><00:23:26.039><c> of</c><00:23:26.259><c> the</c><00:23:26.460><c> drought</c><00:23:26.660><c> and</c><00:23:26.859><c> then</c><00:23:27.000><c> the</c><00:23:27.180><c> rain.</c>

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He<00:23:27.579><c> recalls</c><00:23:28.339><c> Elijah</c><00:23:28.660><c> because</c><00:23:28.960><c> of</c><00:23:29.119><c> his</c><00:23:29.279><c> compassion</c>

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and<00:23:30.559><c> caring</c><00:23:30.880><c> spirit</c><00:23:31.259><c> for</c><00:23:31.460><c> the</c><00:23:31.640><c> people.</c>

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He<00:23:33.059><c> desperately</c><00:23:33.420><c> wanted</c><00:23:33.720><c> to</c><00:23:34.000><c> see</c><00:23:34.160><c> the</c><00:23:34.400><c> people</c><00:23:34.680><c> healed.</c>

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Again,<00:23:36.059><c> we</c><00:23:36.240><c> mentioned</c><00:23:36.440><c> in</c><00:23:36.660><c> class</c><00:23:36.900><c> one,</c>

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you<00:23:37.140><c> won't</c><00:23:37.400><c> see</c><00:23:37.700><c> the</c><00:23:37.880><c> words</c><00:23:38.119><c> love</c><00:23:38.460><c> and</c><00:23:38.680><c> compassion</c>

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and<00:23:39.460><c> caring</c><00:23:39.740><c> spirit</c><00:23:40.180><c> back</c><00:23:40.420><c> in</c><00:23:40.559><c> the</c><00:23:40.740><c> account</c><00:23:40.940><c> in</c><00:23:41.160><c> First</c><00:23:41.339><c> Kings.</c>

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But<00:23:43.740><c> that</c><00:23:44.059><c> is</c><00:23:44.339><c> Elijah's</c><00:23:44.859><c> motivation</c>

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when<00:23:45.559><c> we</c><00:23:45.740><c> look</c><00:23:45.940><c> at</c><00:23:46.079><c> how</c><00:23:46.359><c> James</c><00:23:46.819><c> is</c><00:23:47.779><c> adding</c><00:23:48.039><c> to</c><00:23:48.579><c> the</c><00:23:48.859><c> story,</c>

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the<00:23:50.140><c> motivation</c><00:23:50.640><c> that</c><00:23:50.900><c> Elijah</c><00:23:51.200><c> had.</c>

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And<00:23:52.519><c> James</c><00:23:52.759><c> says,</c><00:23:53.160><c> you</c><00:23:53.200><c> see,</c><00:23:53.299><c> that's</c><00:23:53.700><c> the</c><00:23:54.099><c> same</c><00:23:54.700><c> loving</c>

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and<00:23:56.160><c> caring</c><00:23:56.579><c> and</c><00:23:57.200><c> compassionate</c><00:23:58.000><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:23:59.319><c> they</c><00:23:59.619><c> needed</c><00:23:59.920><c> to</c><00:24:00.539><c> have</c><00:24:00.880><c> for</c><00:24:01.259><c> one</c><00:24:01.720><c> another.</c>

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Use<00:24:03.880><c> Elijah</c><00:24:04.700><c> as</c><00:24:05.099><c> your</c><00:24:05.339><c> model,</c><00:24:05.660><c> he</c><00:24:05.960><c> says.</c>

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James<00:24:07.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:07.420><c> cite</c><00:24:07.759><c> Elijah</c>

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unless<00:24:09.279><c> Elijah</c><00:24:09.920><c> did</c><00:24:10.220><c> for</c><00:24:10.500><c> his</c><00:24:10.880><c> people</c>

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exactly<00:24:12.539><c> what</c><00:24:12.859><c> James</c><00:24:13.240><c> is</c><00:24:13.680><c> telling</c><00:24:14.039><c> his</c><00:24:14.680><c> people</c>

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to<00:24:15.319><c> do</c><00:24:15.519><c> for</c><00:24:15.779><c> one</c><00:24:15.940><c> another.</c>

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Adopt<00:24:17.539><c> the</c><00:24:17.859><c> same</c><00:24:18.180><c> spirit</c><00:24:18.559><c> and</c><00:24:18.940><c> desire</c><00:24:19.240><c> as</c><00:24:19.559><c> Elijah</c><00:24:19.900><c> had,</c><00:24:20.240><c> he</c><00:24:20.420><c> says.</c>

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Pray<00:24:21.240><c> earnestly</c><00:24:21.799><c> and</c><00:24:22.339><c> fervently</c><00:24:22.779><c> for</c><00:24:23.059><c> the</c><00:24:23.299><c> sick</c>

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that<00:24:24.539><c> they</c><00:24:24.779><c> might</c><00:24:25.019><c> be</c><00:24:25.279><c> healed.</c>

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So<00:24:25.660><c> you</c><00:24:25.839><c> see</c><00:24:25.980><c> how</c><00:24:26.240><c> James</c><00:24:26.819><c> is</c><00:24:27.319><c> turning</c><00:24:27.599><c> the</c><00:24:27.900><c> focus</c>

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of<00:24:28.460><c> those</c><00:24:28.700><c> to</c><00:24:28.900><c> whom</c><00:24:29.000><c> he</c><00:24:29.240><c> wrote</c><00:24:29.559><c> 180</c><00:24:30.980><c> degrees.</c>

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They<00:24:33.619><c> were</c><00:24:33.900><c> busy</c><00:24:34.240><c> in</c><00:24:34.500><c> their</c><00:24:34.799><c> fighting</c><00:24:35.079><c> and</c><00:24:35.680><c> their</c><00:24:35.980><c> wars</c>

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.900
and<00:24:36.839><c> their</c><00:24:37.180><c> killings</c><00:24:37.680><c> and</c><00:24:38.019><c> their</c><00:24:38.279><c> adultery</c>

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:41.180
and<00:24:39.240><c> their</c><00:24:39.480><c> friendship</c><00:24:39.839><c> with</c><00:24:40.059><c> the</c><00:24:40.279><c> world.</c>

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Spiritually<00:24:42.819><c> sick</c><00:24:43.160><c> and</c><00:24:43.380><c> they</c><00:24:43.559><c> couldn't</c><00:24:43.839><c> see</c><00:24:44.079><c> it.</c>

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:49.700
And<00:24:46.279><c> James</c><00:24:46.599><c> cites</c><00:24:47.180><c> Elijah</c><00:24:47.859><c> to</c><00:24:48.200><c> point</c><00:24:48.400><c> out</c><00:24:48.680><c> to</c><00:24:48.819><c> them,</c>

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:53.400
you<00:24:50.160><c> stand,</c><00:24:50.700><c> he</c><00:24:51.019><c> says,</c><00:24:51.420><c> in</c><00:24:51.619><c> the</c><00:24:51.880><c> very</c><00:24:52.259><c> place</c><00:24:52.640><c> of</c><00:24:52.900><c> Israel</c>

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:55.180
in<00:24:53.720><c> the</c><00:24:53.900><c> days</c><00:24:54.059><c> of</c><00:24:54.339><c> Elijah.</c>

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It<00:24:56.259><c> wasn't</c><00:24:56.700><c> idolatry.</c>

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It<00:24:58.680><c> wasn't</c><00:24:59.099><c> Baal</c><00:24:59.500><c> and</c><00:24:59.859><c> Asherah.</c>

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:04.640
It<00:25:01.539><c> was</c><00:25:01.839><c> the</c><00:25:02.079><c> mistreatment</c><00:25:03.019><c> of</c><00:25:03.279><c> each</c><00:25:03.619><c> other.</c>

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:08.359
And<00:25:05.119><c> it</c><00:25:05.380><c> brought</c><00:25:05.500><c> them</c><00:25:05.740><c> to</c><00:25:05.940><c> the</c><00:25:06.180><c> same</c><00:25:06.579><c> spiritual</c><00:25:07.200><c> sickness</c>

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:11.480
that<00:25:08.819><c> the</c><00:25:09.059><c> idolatry</c><00:25:10.299><c> of</c><00:25:10.700><c> Baal</c><00:25:10.900><c> and</c><00:25:11.160><c> Asherah</c>

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.960
brought<00:25:11.559><c> in</c><00:25:11.720><c> the</c><00:25:11.819><c> days</c><00:25:11.940><c> of</c><00:25:12.180><c> Elijah.</c>

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:18.220
So<00:25:13.359><c> James</c><00:25:13.680><c> is</c><00:25:14.140><c> putting</c><00:25:14.640><c> an</c><00:25:15.079><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:15.779><c> application</c><00:25:16.559><c> for</c><00:25:17.799><c> us</c>

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:20.400
on<00:25:18.619><c> the</c><00:25:18.839><c> principles</c><00:25:19.259><c> that</c><00:25:19.460><c> we</c><00:25:19.640><c> see</c><00:25:19.759><c> at</c><00:25:20.000><c> work</c>

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:22.319
in<00:25:20.900><c> the</c><00:25:21.079><c> life</c><00:25:21.220><c> of</c><00:25:21.480><c> Elijah.</c>

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:25.380
He<00:25:22.559><c> says</c><00:25:22.700><c> you</c><00:25:22.920><c> stand</c><00:25:23.380><c> in</c><00:25:23.579><c> that</c><00:25:23.980><c> same</c><00:25:24.279><c> place</c>

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:28.420
and<00:25:25.660><c> you</c><00:25:25.880><c> need</c><00:25:26.059><c> to</c><00:25:26.299><c> adopt</c><00:25:26.740><c> the</c><00:25:27.220><c> spirit</c><00:25:27.519><c> of</c><00:25:27.940><c> Elijah</c>

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:31.980
so<00:25:29.160><c> that</c><00:25:29.400><c> instead</c><00:25:30.079><c> of</c><00:25:30.839><c> fighting</c><00:25:31.180><c> with</c><00:25:31.460><c> each</c><00:25:31.759><c> other,</c>

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.839
instead<00:25:32.420><c> of</c><00:25:32.599><c> mistreating</c><00:25:33.180><c> each</c><00:25:33.519><c> other,</c>

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.180
instead<00:25:34.460><c> of</c><00:25:34.660><c> the</c><00:25:34.880><c> bickering</c><00:25:35.220><c> and</c><00:25:35.380><c> all</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c><00:25:35.720><c> other</c><00:25:35.920><c> things,</c>

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:42.339
instead<00:25:38.319><c> you</c><00:25:38.700><c> should</c><00:25:39.000><c> be</c><00:25:39.519><c> praying</c><00:25:40.160><c> for</c><00:25:40.880><c> each</c><00:25:41.240><c> other</c>

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.319
that<00:25:42.799><c> you</c><00:25:43.019><c> may</c><00:25:43.240><c> be</c><00:25:43.480><c> healed.</c>

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.359
And<00:25:45.759><c> I</c><00:25:45.859><c> don't</c><00:25:45.980><c> know</c><00:25:46.140><c> about</c><00:25:46.299><c> your</c><00:25:46.619><c> life</c><00:25:46.819><c> experience,</c>

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brethren<00:25:47.640><c> and</c><00:25:47.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:50.480
but<00:25:48.380><c> I</c><00:25:48.539><c> have</c><00:25:48.779><c> found</c><00:25:49.059><c> in</c><00:25:49.319><c> my</c><00:25:49.599><c> life</c><00:25:49.779><c> experience</c>

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:53.240
and<00:25:51.200><c> the</c><00:25:51.420><c> ecclesias</c><00:25:51.880><c> I</c><00:25:52.019><c> have</c><00:25:52.279><c> participated</c><00:25:52.940><c> in</c>

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:55.440
and<00:25:53.380><c> the</c><00:25:53.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:25:54.000><c> I</c><00:25:54.119><c> am</c><00:25:54.299><c> aware</c><00:25:54.519><c> of,</c>

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:59.099
the<00:25:56.380><c> bickering</c><00:25:56.880><c> and</c><00:25:57.079><c> the</c><00:25:57.319><c> mistreatment</c><00:25:58.039><c> and</c><00:25:58.220><c> the</c><00:25:58.420><c> infighting</c>

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:01.700
and<00:25:59.240><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> ill</c><00:25:59.740><c> treatment</c><00:26:00.039><c> of</c><00:26:00.259><c> brethren</c><00:26:00.500><c> and</c><00:26:00.740><c> sisters</c><00:26:01.059><c> to</c><00:26:01.279><c> each</c><00:26:01.500><c> other</c>

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.700
because<00:26:02.059><c> we're</c><00:26:02.359><c> all</c><00:26:02.579><c> dealing</c><00:26:02.839><c> with</c><00:26:03.039><c> the</c><00:26:03.279><c> flesh</c>

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:08.099
is<00:26:04.359><c> a</c><00:26:04.680><c> very,</c><00:26:05.440><c> very</c><00:26:06.319><c> common</c><00:26:07.079><c> problem.</c>

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:10.339
And<00:26:08.839><c> if</c><00:26:08.880><c> it's</c><00:26:09.119><c> not</c><00:26:09.380><c> true</c><00:26:09.519><c> in</c><00:26:09.700><c> one</c><00:26:09.880><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:12.099
it<00:26:10.460><c> can</c><00:26:10.660><c> be</c><00:26:10.839><c> true</c><00:26:10.980><c> between</c><00:26:11.380><c> two</c><00:26:11.680><c> ecclesias</c>

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.500
or<00:26:12.299><c> groups</c><00:26:12.599><c> of</c><00:26:12.839><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:16.660
And<00:26:14.160><c> we</c><00:26:14.359><c> have</c><00:26:14.539><c> no</c><00:26:14.900><c> single</c><00:26:15.299><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:15.859><c> in</c><00:26:16.140><c> mind</c>

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:19.079
in<00:26:17.220><c> all</c><00:26:17.420><c> of</c><00:26:17.559><c> our</c><00:26:17.720><c> comments</c><00:26:18.000><c> this</c><00:26:18.259><c> morning.</c>

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:22.059
Of<00:26:20.039><c> all</c><00:26:20.319><c> the</c><00:26:20.700><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:21.119><c> experience</c><00:26:21.599><c> I</c><00:26:21.900><c> have,</c>

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:24.059
James<00:26:22.400><c> could</c><00:26:22.579><c> be</c><00:26:22.819><c> writing</c><00:26:23.039><c> to</c><00:26:23.299><c> all</c><00:26:23.480><c> of</c><00:26:23.619><c> us,</c>

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:26.460
at<00:26:24.500><c> least</c><00:26:24.759><c> all</c><00:26:25.000><c> of</c><00:26:25.099><c> the</c><00:26:25.279><c> ecclesias</c><00:26:25.640><c> I</c><00:26:25.819><c> have</c><00:26:25.900><c> been</c><00:26:26.059><c> part</c><00:26:26.259><c> of.</c>

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:29.160
And<00:26:27.099><c> maybe</c><00:26:27.380><c> the</c><00:26:27.700><c> severity</c><00:26:28.180><c> isn't</c><00:26:28.619><c> as</c><00:26:28.980><c> bad</c>

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.940
as<00:26:29.380><c> appears</c><00:26:29.720><c> to</c><00:26:29.940><c> be</c><00:26:30.039><c> in</c><00:26:30.160><c> the</c><00:26:30.339><c> first</c><00:26:30.539><c> century</c>

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.900
to<00:26:31.140><c> the</c><00:26:31.279><c> group</c><00:26:31.420><c> James</c><00:26:31.759><c> wrote</c><00:26:32.059><c> to.</c>

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:37.500
But<00:26:33.420><c> the</c><00:26:33.839><c> tendency</c><00:26:34.519><c> for</c><00:26:35.180><c> the</c><00:26:35.500><c> flesh</c><00:26:35.799><c> to</c><00:26:36.119><c> dominate</c><00:26:36.660><c> relationships</c>

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.980
and<00:26:37.859><c> destroy</c><00:26:38.319><c> relationships</c><00:26:39.099><c> and</c><00:26:39.339><c> for</c><00:26:39.539><c> the</c><00:26:39.799><c> tongue</c>

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:44.779
to<00:26:40.180><c> have</c><00:26:40.440><c> this</c><00:26:42.960><c> ability</c><00:26:43.480><c> to</c><00:26:43.819><c> destroy</c><00:26:44.180><c> relationships,</c>

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:47.259
that's<00:26:45.119><c> a</c><00:26:45.259><c> very</c><00:26:45.799><c> real</c><00:26:46.180><c> issue</c>

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:50.000
in<00:26:47.559><c> nearly</c><00:26:47.839><c> all</c><00:26:48.160><c> of</c><00:26:48.279><c> our</c><00:26:48.480><c> ecclesias</c><00:26:48.900><c> today.</c>

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:57.660
So<00:26:54.400><c> the</c><00:26:54.559><c> solution</c><00:26:55.339><c> James</c><00:26:56.140><c> encourages</c><00:26:56.920><c> them</c><00:26:57.220><c> to</c><00:26:57.460><c> do</c>

00:26:57.660 --> 00:27:01.480
is<00:26:57.839><c> to</c><00:26:58.039><c> get</c><00:26:58.160><c> a</c><00:26:58.339><c> hold</c><00:26:58.720><c> of</c><00:26:59.579><c> this</c><00:26:59.819><c> example</c><00:27:00.319><c> of</c><00:27:00.619><c> Elijah.</c>

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.900
These<00:27:02.880><c> seven</c><00:27:03.259><c> verses</c><00:27:03.839><c> provide</c><00:27:04.299><c> the</c><00:27:04.519><c> blueprint</c>

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:08.099
for<00:27:05.160><c> the</c><00:27:05.380><c> spiritual</c><00:27:05.720><c> recovery</c><00:27:06.259><c> to</c><00:27:06.460><c> those</c><00:27:06.759><c> to</c><00:27:06.960><c> whom</c><00:27:07.059><c> he</c><00:27:07.240><c> wrote.</c>

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.660
He<00:27:08.640><c> had</c><00:27:08.799><c> already</c><00:27:09.059><c> stated</c><00:27:09.279><c> to</c><00:27:09.500><c> them</c>

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.339
they<00:27:09.819><c> needed</c><00:27:10.019><c> to</c><00:27:10.259><c> learn</c><00:27:10.380><c> to</c><00:27:10.579><c> resist</c><00:27:10.880><c> the</c><00:27:11.099><c> devil</c>

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.599
and<00:27:11.599><c> he</c><00:27:11.720><c> would</c><00:27:11.900><c> flee</c><00:27:12.099><c> from</c><00:27:12.380><c> them.</c>

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.240
And<00:27:13.079><c> he</c><00:27:13.259><c> already</c><00:27:13.619><c> stated</c><00:27:13.880><c> to</c><00:27:14.059><c> them</c>

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.779
they<00:27:14.380><c> needed</c><00:27:14.619><c> to</c><00:27:14.900><c> draw</c><00:27:15.079><c> nigh</c><00:27:15.299><c> to</c><00:27:15.480><c> God.</c>

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:19.259
And<00:27:16.400><c> you'll</c><00:27:16.640><c> see</c><00:27:16.799><c> in</c><00:27:16.940><c> our</c><00:27:17.140><c> study</c><00:27:17.380><c> in</c><00:27:18.400><c> 1</c><00:27:18.579><c> Kings</c><00:27:18.819><c> 18,</c>

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:21.380
that's<00:27:19.579><c> exactly</c><00:27:19.940><c> what</c><00:27:20.319><c> Elijah</c><00:27:20.519><c> tells</c><00:27:20.779><c> the</c><00:27:21.039><c> people</c>

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.839
as<00:27:21.720><c> he's</c><00:27:22.019><c> encouraging</c><00:27:22.380><c> them</c><00:27:22.579><c> to</c><00:27:22.740><c> be</c><00:27:23.019><c> spiritually</c><00:27:23.359><c> healed.</c>

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:26.960
And<00:27:24.339><c> once</c><00:27:24.559><c> the</c><00:27:24.799><c> worshipers</c><00:27:25.259><c> of</c><00:27:25.500><c> Baal,</c><00:27:25.799><c> the</c><00:27:25.980><c> prophets</c><00:27:26.220><c> had</c><00:27:26.559><c> failed,</c>

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:30.480
he<00:27:27.460><c> then</c><00:27:27.660><c> encourages</c><00:27:28.119><c> the</c><00:27:28.420><c> people</c><00:27:28.619><c> to</c><00:27:28.920><c> draw</c><00:27:29.099><c> nigh</c><00:27:29.380><c> to</c><00:27:29.599><c> God.</c>

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:33.819
And<00:27:31.579><c> he</c><00:27:31.740><c> had</c><00:27:32.000><c> already</c><00:27:32.440><c> encouraged</c><00:27:33.000><c> them</c>

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.619
to<00:27:34.380><c> be</c><00:27:34.640><c> aware</c><00:27:34.759><c> of</c><00:27:34.920><c> that</c><00:27:35.059><c> situation.</c>

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:37.079
And<00:27:35.779><c> now</c><00:27:35.940><c> he</c><00:27:36.079><c> adds</c><00:27:36.200><c> a</c><00:27:36.400><c> third</c><00:27:36.559><c> piece,</c>

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:39.900
get<00:27:37.700><c> back</c><00:27:37.940><c> to</c><00:27:38.160><c> righteousness</c><00:27:38.579><c> yourselves,</c><00:27:39.259><c> he</c><00:27:39.519><c> says,</c>

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:43.079
and<00:27:40.539><c> begin</c><00:27:40.819><c> to</c><00:27:41.180><c> pray</c><00:27:41.579><c> for</c><00:27:41.980><c> one</c><00:27:42.220><c> another</c>

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:45.680
and<00:27:43.299><c> be</c><00:27:43.539><c> willing</c><00:27:43.720><c> to</c><00:27:43.960><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:44.380><c> your</c><00:27:44.759><c> own</c><00:27:45.140><c> mistakes</c>

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.700
and<00:27:45.880><c> the</c><00:27:46.039><c> mistreatment</c><00:27:46.559><c> of</c><00:27:46.700><c> each</c><00:27:46.900><c> other.</c>

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.279
So<00:27:48.259><c> in</c><00:27:48.400><c> these</c><00:27:48.619><c> last</c><00:27:48.940><c> days,</c>

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:51.299
when<00:27:49.480><c> the</c><00:27:49.660><c> pull</c><00:27:49.819><c> of</c><00:27:50.039><c> the</c><00:27:50.220><c> world</c><00:27:50.380><c> is</c><00:27:50.599><c> so</c><00:27:50.920><c> strong,</c>

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:56.339
we<00:27:52.019><c> need</c><00:27:52.500><c> the</c><00:27:53.039><c> spirit</c><00:27:53.380><c> of</c><00:27:53.779><c> Elijah</c><00:27:54.119><c> at</c><00:27:54.500><c> work</c><00:27:54.660><c> in</c><00:27:54.839><c> our</c><00:27:55.019><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:03.039
Because<00:27:57.240><c> an</c><00:27:57.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:58.839><c> that</c><00:27:59.500><c> shares</c><00:28:00.279><c> the</c><00:28:01.339><c> spirit</c><00:28:01.900><c> of</c><00:28:02.299><c> Elijah,</c>

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:06.539
devoting<00:28:04.339><c> themselves</c><00:28:04.940><c> to</c><00:28:05.480><c> healing</c><00:28:05.859><c> the</c><00:28:06.160><c> sick</c>

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.440
and<00:28:07.200><c> functioning</c><00:28:07.740><c> all</c><00:28:08.200><c> together,</c>

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.859
will<00:28:08.880><c> function</c><00:28:09.200><c> altogether</c><00:28:09.720><c> differently</c>

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:12.619
than<00:28:11.059><c> an</c><00:28:11.299><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:11.720><c> that</c><00:28:11.900><c> is,</c>

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.799
in<00:28:13.079><c> which</c><00:28:13.279><c> the</c><00:28:13.660><c> spirit</c><00:28:13.859><c> of</c><00:28:14.079><c> healing</c><00:28:14.299><c> of</c><00:28:14.500><c> Elijah</c>

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.259
is<00:28:15.119><c> absent</c><00:28:15.480><c> from</c><00:28:15.759><c> their</c><00:28:15.940><c> midst.</c>

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.700
It<00:28:16.799><c> won't</c><00:28:17.059><c> be</c><00:28:17.460><c> a</c><00:28:17.740><c> critical</c><00:28:18.059><c> spirit</c>

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:21.880
that<00:28:19.299><c> pervades</c><00:28:19.720><c> the</c><00:28:19.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:20.339><c> and</c><00:28:20.500><c> the</c><00:28:20.740><c> relationships.</c>

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.440
It<00:28:22.259><c> will</c><00:28:22.440><c> be</c><00:28:22.579><c> one</c><00:28:22.740><c> of</c><00:28:22.920><c> compassion.</c>

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:26.000
It<00:28:23.579><c> won't</c><00:28:23.799><c> be</c><00:28:24.039><c> a</c><00:28:24.180><c> condemning</c><00:28:25.059><c> spirit.</c>

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:29.839
It<00:28:26.400><c> will</c><00:28:26.599><c> be</c><00:28:26.920><c> one</c><00:28:27.180><c> devoted</c><00:28:27.900><c> to</c><00:28:28.660><c> healing</c><00:28:29.079><c> the</c><00:28:29.500><c> sick.</c>

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.480
And<00:28:30.579><c> it</c><00:28:30.700><c> won't</c><00:28:30.900><c> be</c><00:28:31.140><c> a</c><00:28:31.359><c> distancing</c><00:28:31.880><c> spirit.</c>

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:35.059
It<00:28:32.740><c> will</c><00:28:32.940><c> be</c><00:28:33.059><c> one</c><00:28:33.380><c> of</c><00:28:34.000><c> recovery.</c>

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And<00:28:36.359><c> James</c><00:28:36.619><c> concludes</c><00:28:37.079><c> his</c><00:28:37.339><c> epistle,</c>

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.140
not<00:28:37.900><c> with</c><00:28:38.079><c> a</c><00:28:38.200><c> new</c><00:28:38.420><c> thought</c><00:28:38.700><c> in</c><00:28:38.880><c> verses</c><00:28:39.200><c> 19</c><00:28:39.599><c> and</c><00:28:39.819><c> 20,</c>

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:45.200
but<00:28:40.799><c> continuing</c><00:28:41.440><c> on</c><00:28:41.759><c> this</c><00:28:42.059><c> theme</c><00:28:42.579><c> of</c><00:28:43.160><c> the</c><00:28:43.440><c> spiritual</c><00:28:43.960><c> recovery.</c>

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:49.359
Brethren,<00:28:47.160><c> if</c><00:28:47.319><c> any</c><00:28:47.480><c> of</c><00:28:47.619><c> you</c><00:28:47.720><c> do</c><00:28:47.980><c> err</c><00:28:48.180><c> from</c><00:28:48.359><c> the</c><00:28:48.640><c> truth</c>

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.900
and<00:28:49.859><c> one</c><00:28:50.140><c> convert</c><00:28:50.480><c> him,</c><00:28:50.799><c> let</c><00:28:50.940><c> him</c><00:28:51.140><c> know</c><00:28:51.400><c> that</c><00:28:51.599><c> he</c>

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:54.859
which<00:28:52.079><c> converteth</c><00:28:52.779><c> the</c><00:28:52.980><c> sinner</c><00:28:53.200><c> from</c><00:28:53.480><c> the</c><00:28:53.700><c> air</c><00:28:53.940><c> of</c><00:28:54.140><c> his</c><00:28:54.400><c> ways</c>

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.779
shall<00:28:55.279><c> save</c><00:28:55.559><c> a</c><00:28:55.819><c> soul</c><00:28:56.059><c> from</c><00:28:56.339><c> death</c>

00:28:56.779 --> 00:29:00.000
and<00:28:57.420><c> shall</c><00:28:57.660><c> hide</c><00:28:57.900><c> a</c><00:28:58.059><c> multitude</c><00:28:58.559><c> of</c><00:28:58.960><c> sins.</c>

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:02.680
God<00:29:00.720><c> has</c><00:29:01.039><c> provided</c><00:29:01.380><c> us,</c><00:29:01.839><c> brethren</c><00:29:01.900><c> and</c><00:29:02.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:05.940
this<00:29:03.279><c> week</c><00:29:03.839><c> with</c><00:29:04.440><c> an</c><00:29:04.779><c> excellent</c><00:29:05.140><c> opportunity</c>

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:10.099
to<00:29:06.359><c> strengthen</c><00:29:06.779><c> our</c><00:29:07.279><c> faith</c><00:29:07.599><c> and</c><00:29:08.480><c> to</c><00:29:08.720><c> grow</c><00:29:08.940><c> spiritually</c>

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:13.019
and<00:29:10.539><c> to</c><00:29:10.960><c> examine</c><00:29:11.599><c> our</c><00:29:12.099><c> walk</c>

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:16.299
and<00:29:13.319><c> to</c><00:29:13.680><c> hold</c><00:29:14.000><c> ourselves</c><00:29:14.799><c> accountable</c>

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.720
when<00:29:16.759><c> we</c><00:29:17.000><c> see</c><00:29:17.319><c> principles</c><00:29:18.000><c> discussed</c>

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.180
and<00:29:18.940><c> we</c><00:29:19.279><c> recognize</c><00:29:19.880><c> in</c><00:29:20.440><c> our</c><00:29:20.660><c> own</c><00:29:20.900><c> lives</c>

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:23.900
that<00:29:21.359><c> we</c><00:29:21.480><c> are</c><00:29:21.680><c> failing</c><00:29:21.920><c> to</c><00:29:22.140><c> live</c><00:29:22.279><c> up</c><00:29:22.460><c> to</c><00:29:22.599><c> those</c><00:29:22.839><c> principles.</c>

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:27.579
It's<00:29:24.759><c> an</c><00:29:25.119><c> excellent</c><00:29:25.599><c> environment</c><00:29:26.259><c> as</c><00:29:26.680><c> well</c>

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:31.619
to<00:29:28.059><c> find</c><00:29:28.519><c> help</c><00:29:28.960><c> and</c><00:29:29.339><c> to</c><00:29:29.579><c> talk</c><00:29:29.740><c> these</c><00:29:30.099><c> things</c><00:29:30.420><c> over</c>

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:35.059
in<00:29:32.079><c> private</c><00:29:32.519><c> with</c><00:29:33.180><c> those</c><00:29:33.559><c> who</c><00:29:33.700><c> can</c><00:29:33.900><c> be</c><00:29:34.119><c> helpful</c><00:29:34.400><c> to</c><00:29:34.720><c> us,</c>

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:37.779
be<00:29:35.779><c> receptive</c><00:29:36.400><c> to</c><00:29:36.680><c> those</c><00:29:37.000><c> conversations</c>

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.380
and<00:29:38.279><c> participate</c><00:29:39.059><c> in</c><00:29:39.359><c> those</c><00:29:39.640><c> conversations</c>

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:43.200
as<00:29:41.000><c> you</c><00:29:41.259><c> need</c><00:29:41.500><c> to</c><00:29:41.759><c> on</c><00:29:41.940><c> an</c><00:29:42.220><c> individual</c><00:29:42.640><c> basis.</c>

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:46.960
Because<00:29:44.119><c> in</c><00:29:44.339><c> the</c><00:29:44.500><c> end,</c><00:29:44.700><c> it's</c><00:29:45.039><c> the</c><00:29:45.279><c> flesh</c><00:29:45.480><c> that</c><00:29:45.720><c> is</c><00:29:45.960><c> humbled</c>

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:49.519
and<00:29:47.299><c> it</c><00:29:47.480><c> is</c><00:29:47.680><c> the</c><00:29:47.940><c> principles</c><00:29:48.380><c> of</c><00:29:48.740><c> God's</c><00:29:49.160><c> word</c>

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:51.079
that<00:29:49.779><c> will</c><00:29:49.960><c> be</c><00:29:50.220><c> exalted.</c>

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We<00:29:52.259><c> also</c><00:29:52.640><c> have</c><00:29:52.900><c> the</c><00:29:53.119><c> ample</c><00:29:53.380><c> time</c><00:29:53.740><c> and</c><00:29:53.940><c> opportunity</c><00:29:54.480><c> this</c><00:29:54.859><c> week</c>

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:59.400
to<00:29:55.980><c> quietly</c><00:29:56.559><c> meditate</c><00:29:57.140><c> and</c><00:29:57.619><c> to</c><00:29:57.900><c> reflect</c><00:29:58.259><c> upon</c><00:29:58.660><c> our</c><00:29:59.000><c> walk</c>

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:03.420
and<00:30:00.240><c> identifying</c><00:30:00.900><c> those</c><00:30:01.240><c> areas</c><00:30:01.640><c> that</c><00:30:02.299><c> need</c><00:30:02.640><c> to</c><00:30:02.839><c> be</c><00:30:03.059><c> changed.</c>

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And<00:30:03.640><c> there</c><00:30:03.779><c> may</c><00:30:04.039><c> be</c><00:30:04.220><c> some</c><00:30:04.460><c> areas</c><00:30:04.660><c> in</c><00:30:04.839><c> our</c><00:30:05.000><c> lives</c>

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.680
that<00:30:05.579><c> need</c><00:30:06.160><c> radical</c><00:30:06.619><c> changes.</c>

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But<00:30:08.279><c> God</c><00:30:08.420><c> has</c><00:30:08.720><c> provided</c><00:30:09.079><c> us</c><00:30:09.400><c> with</c><00:30:09.660><c> the</c><00:30:10.279><c> power</c>

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.660
of<00:30:11.059><c> the</c><00:30:11.259><c> still</c><00:30:11.500><c> small</c><00:30:11.839><c> voice</c><00:30:12.279><c> that</c><00:30:12.500><c> will</c><00:30:12.859><c> challenge</c><00:30:13.200><c> us,</c>

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:15.700
it<00:30:13.819><c> will</c><00:30:14.119><c> challenge</c><00:30:14.480><c> our</c><00:30:14.799><c> thinking.</c>

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.519
And<00:30:16.140><c> we</c><00:30:16.359><c> need</c><00:30:16.619><c> to</c><00:30:16.960><c> listen</c><00:30:17.400><c> to</c><00:30:17.680><c> that</c><00:30:17.920><c> voice</c>

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:21.160
and<00:30:19.099><c> we</c><00:30:19.279><c> need</c><00:30:19.519><c> to</c><00:30:19.819><c> cooperate</c><00:30:20.299><c> with</c><00:30:20.619><c> it</c>

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:23.819
and<00:30:21.380><c> we</c><00:30:21.519><c> need</c><00:30:21.779><c> to</c><00:30:22.000><c> submit</c><00:30:22.359><c> to</c><00:30:23.579><c> it</c>

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:27.539
and<00:30:24.299><c> we</c><00:30:24.420><c> need</c><00:30:24.559><c> to</c><00:30:24.759><c> bring</c><00:30:24.859><c> ourselves</c><00:30:25.579><c> into</c><00:30:25.880><c> conformity</c><00:30:26.460><c> with</c><00:30:26.700><c> it</c>

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:31.599
as<00:30:27.920><c> did</c><00:30:28.220><c> the</c><00:30:28.440><c> Lord</c><00:30:28.640><c> Jesus</c><00:30:29.019><c> Christ</c><00:30:29.839><c> at</c><00:30:30.440><c> every</c><00:30:30.740><c> step.</c>

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Because<00:30:32.599><c> only</c><00:30:32.859><c> then</c><00:30:33.039><c> if</c><00:30:33.200><c> we</c><00:30:33.380><c> do,</c>

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.019
will<00:30:33.880><c> God</c><00:30:34.039><c> be</c><00:30:34.319><c> successful</c><00:30:34.940><c> in</c><00:30:35.799><c> achieving</c><00:30:36.180><c> the</c><00:30:36.519><c> transformation</c>

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:39.059
of<00:30:37.220><c> our</c><00:30:37.440><c> character</c><00:30:37.720><c> that</c><00:30:37.940><c> he</c><00:30:38.140><c> desires.</c>

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Only<00:30:39.579><c> if</c><00:30:39.759><c> we</c><00:30:39.980><c> learn</c><00:30:40.160><c> to</c><00:30:40.480><c> hold</c><00:30:40.700><c> ourselves</c><00:30:41.339><c> accountable</c>

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.640
to<00:30:42.380><c> that</c><00:30:42.619><c> divine</c><00:30:43.099><c> process</c><00:30:43.720><c> of</c><00:30:44.119><c> hearing</c><00:30:44.339><c> the</c><00:30:44.579><c> word,</c>

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examining<00:30:46.200><c> our</c><00:30:46.640><c> walk,</c>

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:49.180
recognizing<00:30:47.799><c> where</c><00:30:48.079><c> changes</c><00:30:48.440><c> need</c><00:30:48.640><c> to</c><00:30:48.819><c> be</c><00:30:48.980><c> made</c>

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:51.420
and<00:30:49.480><c> committing</c><00:30:49.640><c> ourselves</c><00:30:50.099><c> to</c><00:30:50.299><c> those</c><00:30:50.480><c> changes.</c>

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Only<00:30:51.839><c> then</c><00:30:52.099><c> will</c><00:30:52.319><c> we</c><00:30:52.500><c> reap</c><00:30:52.720><c> the</c><00:30:53.460><c> true</c>

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:57.039
and<00:30:54.339><c> lasting</c><00:30:54.759><c> spiritual</c><00:30:55.279><c> benefits</c><00:30:55.799><c> of</c><00:30:56.440><c> this</c><00:30:56.720><c> place</c>

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:59.779
and<00:30:57.480><c> this</c><00:30:57.700><c> week</c><00:30:57.900><c> that</c><00:30:58.119><c> we</c><00:30:58.299><c> shall</c><00:30:58.460><c> all</c><00:30:58.640><c> spend</c><00:30:58.859><c> with</c><00:30:59.079><c> God.</c>