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prays<00:11:20.659><c> to</c><00:11:20.840><c> God</c><00:11:21.440><c> before</c><00:11:22.259><c> God</c><00:11:22.600><c> opens</c><00:11:23.039><c> the</c><00:11:23.240><c> door</c>

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help<00:12:02.080><c> remedy</c><00:12:02.480><c> a</c><00:12:02.779><c> situation?</c>

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he's<00:12:08.419><c> prayed</c><00:12:08.519><c> for</c><00:12:08.720><c> the</c><00:12:08.840><c> community</c><00:12:09.240><c> and</c><00:12:09.440><c> now</c><00:12:09.700><c> God</c>

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Nehemiah<00:12:36.019><c> cared</c><00:12:36.299><c> deeply</c><00:12:36.820><c> for</c><00:12:37.080><c> the</c><00:12:37.240><c> people,</c><00:12:37.539><c> he</c><00:12:37.720><c> was</c><00:12:37.919><c> committed</c><00:12:38.240><c> to</c><00:12:38.419><c> their</c><00:12:38.600><c> situation,</c>

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done.<00:13:47.289><c> But</c><00:13:47.590><c> because</c><00:13:47.970><c> of</c><00:13:48.110><c> his</c><00:13:48.389><c> faith</c><00:13:48.690><c> and</c><00:13:48.970><c> because</c>

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I'm<00:14:41.309><c> the</c><00:14:41.509><c> cup</c><00:14:41.649><c> bearer.</c><00:14:41.909><c> I'm</c><00:14:42.090><c> in</c><00:14:42.230><c> good</c><00:14:42.309><c> with</c><00:14:42.490><c> the</c><00:14:42.669><c> king.</c><00:14:43.269><c> If</c><00:14:43.450><c> an</c>

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issue<00:14:43.710><c> comes</c><00:14:43.929><c> up</c><00:14:44.190><c> affecting</c><00:14:44.490><c> the</c><00:14:44.750><c> Jews,</c>

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maybe<00:14:45.970><c> I'll</c><00:14:46.129><c> be</c><00:14:46.230><c> able</c><00:14:46.389><c> to</c><00:14:46.570><c> talk</c><00:14:46.750><c> to</c><00:14:46.889><c> him.</c><00:14:47.950><c> But</c><00:14:48.110><c> you</c><00:14:48.190><c> see,</c><00:14:48.690><c> spiritual</c><00:14:48.730><c> men</c>

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and<00:14:49.110><c> women,</c><00:14:49.769><c> spiritual</c><00:14:50.149><c> leaders,</c>

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don't<00:14:50.649><c> put</c><00:14:50.889><c> their</c><00:14:51.149><c> careers</c><00:14:51.769><c> ahead</c><00:14:52.269><c> of</c><00:14:52.450><c> the</c><00:14:52.610><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:14:53.169><c> They</c>

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don't<00:14:53.409><c> put</c><00:14:53.570><c> their</c><00:14:53.789><c> temporal</c><00:14:54.110><c> needs</c><00:14:54.370><c> ahead</c><00:14:54.549><c> of</c><00:14:54.649><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia.<00:14:55.750><c> Here's</c><00:14:56.070><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:14:56.470><c> do</c><00:14:56.570><c> I</c><00:14:56.710><c> stay</c><00:14:56.950><c> in</c><00:14:57.169><c> Shushan,</c><00:14:57.690><c> keep</c>

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my<00:14:58.169><c> job,</c><00:14:58.929><c> and</c><00:14:59.049><c> help</c><00:14:59.269><c> the</c><00:14:59.450><c> community</c><00:14:59.830><c> there?</c><00:15:00.090><c> Because</c>

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it's<00:15:00.490><c> evident</c><00:15:00.769><c> from</c><00:15:01.070><c> Daniel,</c><00:15:02.110><c> from</c><00:15:02.370><c> Esther,</c><00:15:03.490><c> that</c><00:15:03.730><c> when</c><00:15:03.909><c> you're</c><00:15:04.190><c> in</c><00:15:04.330><c> well</c><00:15:04.470><c> with</c><00:15:04.669><c> the</c><00:15:04.850><c> king</c><00:15:05.009><c> and</c><00:15:05.129><c> you're</c><00:15:05.370><c> a</c><00:15:05.549><c> Jew,</c>

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you<00:15:06.009><c> can</c><00:15:06.289><c> have</c><00:15:06.610><c> a</c><00:15:06.929><c> beneficial</c><00:15:07.389><c> influence.</c><00:15:08.470><c> That</c><00:15:08.830><c> is</c><00:15:09.029><c> not</c><00:15:09.350><c> to</c><00:15:09.690><c> be</c><00:15:09.850><c> treated</c><00:15:10.110><c> lightly.</c><00:15:10.909><c> Or</c><00:15:11.309><c> do</c><00:15:11.509><c> I</c>

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risk<00:15:11.909><c> it</c><00:15:12.149><c> all,</c>

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give<00:15:12.750><c> up</c><00:15:13.090><c> all</c><00:15:13.309><c> that</c><00:15:13.429><c> I</c><00:15:13.629><c> have,</c><00:15:14.509><c> and</c><00:15:14.669><c> go</c><00:15:14.830><c> and</c><00:15:15.070><c> risk</c><00:15:15.269><c> my</c><00:15:15.570><c> life</c><00:15:15.830><c> for</c>

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the<00:15:16.169><c> sake</c><00:15:16.289><c> of</c><00:15:16.409><c> the</c><00:15:16.549><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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There<00:15:18.210><c> was</c><00:15:18.370><c> no</c><00:15:18.610><c> doubt</c><00:15:18.809><c> in</c><00:15:19.049><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:15:19.590><c> mind</c><00:15:19.850><c> what</c><00:15:20.090><c> the</c><00:15:20.289><c> right</c>

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course<00:15:20.830><c> of</c><00:15:21.110><c> events</c><00:15:21.450><c> was</c><00:15:22.269><c> to</c><00:15:22.450><c> go</c><00:15:23.409><c> or</c><00:15:24.509><c> was</c><00:15:24.690><c> to</c><00:15:24.870><c> unfold.</c>

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You<00:15:26.450><c> notice,</c><00:15:26.909><c> too,</c><00:15:26.909><c> the</c><00:15:26.990><c> kind</c><00:15:27.169><c> of</c><00:15:27.389><c> relationship</c><00:15:28.090><c> that</c><00:15:28.690><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:29.110><c> had</c>

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with<00:15:29.889><c> his</c><00:15:30.110><c> employer.</c>

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to<00:15:39.509><c> garner</c><00:15:39.850><c> the</c><00:15:40.090><c> king's</c><00:15:40.570><c> favor,</c>

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like<00:15:41.809><c> some</c><00:15:42.049><c> of</c><00:15:42.210><c> us</c><00:15:42.470><c> might</c><00:15:42.710><c> do</c><00:15:42.909><c> in</c><00:15:43.129><c> situations</c><00:15:43.669><c> where</c><00:15:43.929><c> we're</c><00:15:44.110><c> trying</c><00:15:44.309><c> to</c>

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get<00:15:44.529><c> people</c><00:15:44.830><c> to</c><00:15:45.090><c> notice</c>

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there's<00:15:46.149><c> something</c><00:15:46.409><c> wrong.</c><00:15:47.490><c> You</c><00:15:47.750><c> act</c><00:15:48.129><c> sad</c><00:15:48.429><c> in</c><00:15:48.669><c> the</c><00:15:48.870><c> presence</c>

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of<00:15:49.309><c> the</c><00:15:49.470><c> king,</c><00:15:49.809><c> you</c><00:15:50.009><c> could</c><00:15:50.309><c> die.</c><00:15:51.470><c> You</c><00:15:51.730><c> put</c>

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your<00:15:52.110><c> life</c><00:15:52.289><c> at</c><00:15:52.549><c> jeopardy,</c><00:15:53.070><c> which</c><00:15:53.289><c> is</c><00:15:53.529><c> why</c><00:15:53.990><c> he</c><00:15:54.289><c> was</c><00:15:54.590><c> very</c><00:15:55.210><c> much</c>

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afraid,<00:15:55.769><c> in</c><00:15:55.909><c> verse</c><00:15:56.149><c> 2,</c><00:15:56.409><c> when</c><00:15:56.570><c> the</c><00:15:56.669><c> king</c><00:15:56.870><c> calls</c><00:15:57.129><c> him</c>

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out<00:15:57.710><c> on</c><00:15:57.889><c> the</c><00:15:58.049><c> fact</c><00:15:58.169><c> that</c><00:15:58.289><c> he</c><00:15:58.370><c> was</c><00:15:58.590><c> sad.</c><00:16:00.190><c> His</c><00:16:00.450><c> life</c><00:16:00.830><c> is</c><00:16:01.110><c> now</c><00:16:01.330><c> in</c>

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jeopardy<00:16:01.950><c> because</c><00:16:02.169><c> he</c><00:16:02.350><c> cares</c><00:16:02.549><c> for</c><00:16:02.730><c> the</c><00:16:02.850><c> community.</c>

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Whether<00:16:03.830><c> or</c><00:16:03.929><c> not</c><00:16:04.009><c> he</c><00:16:04.269><c> served</c><00:16:04.429><c> the</c><00:16:04.549><c> king</c><00:16:04.750><c> for</c><00:16:04.929><c> the</c><00:16:05.090><c> four</c><00:16:05.250><c> months</c>

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or<00:16:05.710><c> other</c><00:16:06.009><c> compares</c><00:16:06.389><c> came</c><00:16:06.690><c> in</c><00:16:06.850><c> on</c><00:16:06.990><c> rotation,</c>

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we<00:16:07.509><c> don't</c><00:16:07.750><c> know.</c><00:16:08.389><c> But</c><00:16:08.529><c> on</c><00:16:08.690><c> this</c><00:16:08.850><c> particular</c><00:16:09.309><c> day,</c><00:16:09.690><c> the</c><00:16:09.730><c> king</c>

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calls<00:16:11.190><c> him</c><00:16:11.389><c> out</c><00:16:11.590><c> because</c><00:16:11.830><c> he</c><00:16:11.929><c> can</c><00:16:12.230><c> tell</c><00:16:12.389><c> that</c><00:16:12.570><c> Nehemiah</c>

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presence<00:16:16.490><c> of</c><00:16:16.690><c> the</c><00:16:16.809><c> king.</c><00:16:19.169><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:16:19.690><c> response</c>

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shows<00:16:24.009><c> his</c><00:16:24.570><c> faithfulness</c><00:16:25.649><c> because</c><00:16:26.710><c> his</c><00:16:26.990><c> immediate</c><00:16:27.350><c> response</c>

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to<00:16:28.110><c> the</c>

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life<00:16:29.850><c>-threatening</c><00:16:30.190><c> situation</c><00:16:30.850><c> is</c><00:16:31.230><c> to</c><00:16:31.470><c> pray.</c><00:16:32.230><c> This</c><00:16:32.450><c> is</c><00:16:32.610><c> how</c><00:16:32.769><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:33.230><c> responded</c><00:16:33.649><c> to</c>

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faced<00:16:34.950><c> in</c><00:16:35.090><c> his</c><00:16:35.250><c> life.</c><00:16:35.690><c> It's</c><00:16:35.990><c> a</c><00:16:36.190><c> spiritual</c><00:16:36.830><c> response</c><00:16:37.590><c> of</c><00:16:38.629><c> spiritual</c><00:16:39.070><c> men</c>

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and<00:16:39.450><c> women</c><00:16:39.809><c> to</c><00:16:40.350><c> dangerous</c><00:16:40.769><c> situations</c>

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or<00:16:41.929><c> to</c><00:16:42.230><c> bad</c><00:16:42.509><c> news,</c><00:16:43.230><c> as</c><00:16:43.470><c> we</c><00:16:43.649><c> saw</c><00:16:43.889><c> in</c><00:16:44.230><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.470><c> 1</c><00:16:45.309><c> at</c><00:16:45.429><c> verse</c><00:16:45.610><c> 3.</c><00:16:46.549><c> When</c><00:16:46.629><c> the</c><00:16:46.870><c> bad</c><00:16:47.049><c> news</c><00:16:47.230><c> comes</c><00:16:47.570><c> or</c>

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when<00:16:47.889><c> the</c><00:16:48.009><c> difficult</c>

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situation<00:16:48.870><c> comes,</c><00:16:49.970><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:50.269><c> turns</c><00:16:50.610><c> to</c><00:16:50.889><c> prayer</c><00:16:51.370><c> and</c><00:16:51.750><c> he</c><00:16:52.029><c> stays</c><00:16:52.190><c> with</c>

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prayer<00:16:52.750><c> for</c><00:16:52.990><c> the</c><00:16:53.129><c> duration</c><00:16:53.490><c> of</c><00:16:53.690><c> the</c><00:16:53.870><c> situation.</c>

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responds<00:16:58.289><c> to</c><00:16:58.490><c> the</c><00:16:58.610><c> king.</c><00:16:59.490><c> If</c><00:16:59.549><c> it</c><00:16:59.830><c> pleased</c><00:17:00.029><c> the</c><00:17:00.309><c> king,</c>

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do.<00:17:05.789><c> You</c><00:17:06.009><c> see,</c><00:17:06.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:06.789><c> was</c><00:17:07.029><c> not</c><00:17:07.329><c> a</c><00:17:07.549><c> troublesome</c>

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employee.<00:17:09.289><c> You</c><00:17:09.589><c> know,</c><00:17:09.589><c> you</c><00:17:09.690><c> got</c><00:17:09.849><c> your</c><00:17:10.069><c> employees</c><00:17:10.410><c> that</c><00:17:10.569><c> are</c>

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productive<00:17:11.150><c> and</c><00:17:11.349><c> then</c><00:17:11.490><c> your</c><00:17:11.690><c> employees</c><00:17:11.970><c> that</c><00:17:12.210><c> are</c>

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sometimes<00:17:13.029><c> productive</c><00:17:13.470><c> and</c><00:17:13.589><c> then</c><00:17:13.730><c> you</c><00:17:13.829><c> got</c><00:17:13.930><c> your</c><00:17:14.109><c> troubling</c><00:17:14.589><c> employees.</c>

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faithful<00:17:25.970><c> employees</c><00:17:27.369><c> because</c><00:17:28.549><c> we</c><00:17:28.809><c> are</c><00:17:29.049><c> living</c><00:17:29.369><c> by</c><00:17:29.769><c> godly</c><00:17:30.269><c> principles.</c><00:17:31.829><c> The</c>

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king<00:17:32.410><c> is</c><00:17:32.670><c> not</c><00:17:32.849><c> going</c><00:17:33.089><c> to</c><00:17:33.349><c> take</c><00:17:33.509><c> a</c>

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troublesome<00:17:34.220><c> employee</c><00:17:34.859><c> and</c><00:17:35.160><c> make</c><00:17:35.339><c> him</c><00:17:35.619><c> governor</c><00:17:36.059><c> of</c><00:17:36.359><c> Judah.</c>

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trustworthy,<00:17:41.740><c> who</c><00:17:41.819><c> is</c><00:17:42.119><c> faithful,</c><00:17:42.599><c> who</c><00:17:42.759><c> does</c><00:17:42.980><c> what</c><00:17:43.119><c> he</c><00:17:43.339><c> says,</c>

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kind<00:17:47.880><c> of</c><00:17:48.000><c> person</c><00:17:48.400><c> he's</c><00:17:48.700><c> going</c><00:17:48.799><c> to</c><00:17:48.940><c> make</c><00:17:49.299><c> as</c><00:17:49.779><c> the</c><00:17:49.980><c> governor</c><00:17:50.299><c> of</c>

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Judah.<00:17:52.059><c> So</c><00:17:52.299><c> as</c><00:17:52.779><c> remnant</c><00:17:53.160><c> living</c><00:17:53.480><c> in</c><00:17:53.720><c> these</c><00:17:53.960><c> Gentile</c>

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times,<00:17:54.980><c> we</c><00:17:55.140><c> are</c><00:17:55.339><c> to</c><00:17:55.519><c> be</c><00:17:56.099><c> faithful,</c><00:17:56.839><c> reliable</c><00:17:57.319><c> servants</c><00:17:57.779><c> in</c><00:17:58.480><c> our</c><00:17:58.759><c> employment.</c><00:17:59.660><c> Same</c><00:17:59.900><c> principle</c><00:18:00.420><c> of</c><00:18:00.680><c> Esther,</c>

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same<00:18:01.400><c> principle</c><00:18:01.880><c> of</c><00:18:02.160><c> Daniel.</c><00:18:03.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:04.319><c> requests</c><00:18:05.059><c> several</c>

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things<00:18:05.920><c> from</c><00:18:06.099><c> the</c><00:18:06.279><c> king</c><00:18:06.519><c> and</c><00:18:07.660><c> you</c><00:18:07.819><c> notice</c>

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another<00:18:08.539><c> characteristic</c><00:18:09.160><c> of</c><00:18:09.519><c> spiritual</c><00:18:09.859><c> leaders</c><00:18:10.200><c> is</c><00:18:10.500><c> they</c>

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have<00:18:10.940><c> foresight.</c><00:18:12.279><c> They</c><00:18:12.519><c> anticipate.</c><00:18:14.099><c> The</c><00:18:14.200><c> king</c>

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doesn't<00:18:14.599><c> turn</c><00:18:14.819><c> to</c><00:18:14.980><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:15.420><c> and</c><00:18:15.519><c> say,</c><00:18:15.960><c> okay,</c><00:18:16.000><c> what</c><00:18:16.180><c> would</c><00:18:16.359><c> you</c><00:18:16.539><c> like?</c><00:18:17.900><c> Let</c><00:18:18.339><c> me</c>

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get<00:18:18.579><c> back</c><00:18:18.759><c> to</c><00:18:18.859><c> you</c><00:18:18.920><c> on</c><00:18:19.000><c> it.</c>

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letters<00:18:24.480><c> of</c><00:18:24.740><c> permission</c><00:18:25.279><c> and</c><00:18:26.059><c> he</c><00:18:26.200><c> goes</c><00:18:26.380><c> right</c><00:18:26.660><c> down</c>

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that,<00:18:30.940><c> you</c><00:18:31.160><c> can</c><00:18:31.319><c> have</c><00:18:31.440><c> that,</c><00:18:31.720><c> you</c><00:18:31.799><c> can</c><00:18:31.960><c> have</c><00:18:32.059><c> that.</c><00:18:33.079><c> Because</c><00:18:33.400><c> this</c><00:18:33.599><c> has</c><00:18:33.779><c> been</c><00:18:34.039><c> so</c><00:18:34.460><c> much</c><00:18:34.880><c> a</c>

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part<00:18:35.420><c> of</c><00:18:35.579><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:18:36.140><c> mind</c>

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over<00:18:36.640><c> the</c><00:18:36.720><c> past</c><00:18:36.980><c> four</c><00:18:37.200><c> months.</c><00:18:38.019><c> He's</c><00:18:38.359><c> envisioned</c><00:18:38.700><c> himself</c><00:18:39.259><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:18:40.140><c> helping</c><00:18:41.039><c> rebuild</c><00:18:41.480><c> the</c><00:18:41.740><c> wall</c>

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because<00:18:43.059><c> that's</c><00:18:43.380><c> how</c><00:18:43.680><c> faithful</c><00:18:44.119><c> men</c><00:18:44.380><c> and</c><00:18:44.539><c> women</c><00:18:44.759><c> live</c><00:18:45.240><c> in</c><00:18:45.779><c> times</c><00:18:46.079><c> surrounded</c><00:18:46.539><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:46.940><c> Gentiles.</c><00:18:48.000><c> Their</c><00:18:48.200><c> minds</c><00:18:48.460><c> are</c>

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not<00:18:48.920><c> occupied</c><00:18:49.440><c> with</c><00:18:49.619><c> what</c><00:18:49.799><c> the</c><00:18:49.920><c> Gentile</c><00:18:50.299><c> minds</c><00:18:50.480><c> are</c><00:18:50.700><c> occupied</c>

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with.<00:18:51.380><c> Their</c><00:18:51.640><c> thoughts</c><00:18:52.319><c> are</c><00:18:53.000><c> on</c><00:18:53.220><c> spiritual</c>

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things.<00:18:54.059><c> If</c><00:18:54.160><c> God</c><00:18:54.359><c> opens</c><00:18:54.640><c> the</c><00:18:54.759><c> door</c><00:18:54.920><c> of</c><00:18:55.119><c> opportunity,</c><00:18:56.039><c> this</c><00:18:56.319><c> is</c>

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what<00:18:56.700><c> I'll</c><00:18:56.880><c> do</c><00:18:57.240><c> and</c><00:18:57.619><c> therefore</c><00:18:57.940><c> when</c><00:18:58.140><c> the</c><00:18:58.259><c> door</c><00:18:58.420><c> of</c>

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opportunity<00:18:59.039><c> is</c><00:18:59.420><c> opened</c><00:18:59.920><c> they</c><00:19:00.480><c> are</c><00:19:00.740><c> ready</c><00:19:01.000><c> to</c><00:19:01.259><c> act.</c><00:19:02.720><c> Not</c><00:19:02.859><c> because</c><00:19:03.180><c> they</c>

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can<00:19:03.480><c> all</c><00:19:03.599><c> of</c><00:19:03.799><c> a</c><00:19:03.839><c> sudden</c><00:19:03.960><c> think</c><00:19:04.299><c> quickly</c>

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but<00:19:05.200><c> because</c><00:19:05.519><c> this</c><00:19:05.799><c> has</c><00:19:05.980><c> been</c><00:19:06.220><c> occupying</c><00:19:06.900><c> their</c><00:19:07.359><c> thoughts</c>

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and<00:19:08.519><c> that's</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:08.980><c> exact</c><00:19:09.380><c> situation</c><00:19:10.099><c> that</c><00:19:10.339><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:10.579><c> was</c>

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in.<00:19:12.859><c> It</c><00:19:13.059><c> pleased</c><00:19:13.359><c> the</c><00:19:13.619><c> king</c><00:19:13.859><c> to</c><00:19:14.140><c> give</c><00:19:14.299><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:14.819><c> everything</c>

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he<00:19:15.500><c> wanted.</c><00:19:16.400><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:16.880><c> will</c><00:19:17.119><c> leave</c><00:19:17.339><c> Shushan</c><00:19:17.839><c> with</c><00:19:18.019><c> the</c>

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king's<00:19:18.500><c> full</c><00:19:18.680><c> support.</c><00:19:20.039><c> He'll</c><00:19:20.279><c> have</c><00:19:20.420><c> the</c><00:19:20.859><c> financial</c><00:19:21.279><c> support</c>

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he<00:19:21.740><c> needs</c><00:19:21.940><c> for</c><00:19:22.119><c> the</c><00:19:22.259><c> building.</c><00:19:22.900><c> He's</c><00:19:23.160><c> been</c><00:19:23.539><c> made</c>

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governor<00:19:24.039><c> by</c><00:19:24.299><c> the</c><00:19:24.500><c> king.</c><00:19:25.339><c> It's</c><00:19:25.859><c> similar</c><00:19:26.259><c> to</c><00:19:26.519><c> Ezra's</c><00:19:26.880><c> commission</c><00:19:27.200><c> when</c><00:19:27.539><c> Ezra</c><00:19:27.819><c> was</c>

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given<00:19:28.359><c> the</c><00:19:28.559><c> law</c><00:19:28.799><c> and</c><00:19:28.960><c> was</c>

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got<00:19:32.059><c> the</c><00:19:32.319><c> express</c><00:19:32.619><c> command</c><00:19:32.920><c> of</c><00:19:33.059><c> the</c><00:19:33.160><c> king.</c><00:19:33.420><c> You</c><00:19:33.420><c> see</c>

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Nehemiah<00:19:33.960><c> arrives</c><00:19:34.279><c> back</c><00:19:34.559><c> in</c><00:19:34.700><c> the</c><00:19:34.859><c> land</c><00:19:35.039><c> as</c><00:19:35.259><c> an</c><00:19:35.619><c> employee</c><00:19:36.000><c> of</c>

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Ezra<00:19:40.359><c> had</c><00:19:40.559><c> in</c><00:19:40.779><c> his</c><00:19:41.059><c> pocket</c><00:19:41.299><c> when</c><00:19:41.460><c> he</c><00:19:41.680><c> showed</c><00:19:41.819><c> up,</c><00:19:42.119><c> a</c><00:19:42.400><c> royal</c><00:19:42.660><c> decree</c><00:19:43.059><c> that</c><00:19:43.420><c> says</c><00:19:43.799><c> the</c>

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wall<00:19:44.579><c> shall</c><00:19:44.779><c> be</c><00:19:45.019><c> built.</c>

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God<00:19:48.039><c> provided</c><00:19:48.559><c> the</c><00:19:48.819><c> community</c><00:19:49.279><c> with</c><00:19:49.900><c> everything</c><00:19:50.359><c> it</c><00:19:50.839><c> needed</c>

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to<00:19:51.420><c> build</c><00:19:51.599><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> wall.</c><00:19:53.240><c> He</c><00:19:53.400><c> did</c><00:19:53.700><c> not</c><00:19:54.019><c> remove</c><00:19:54.420><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:19:55.099><c> opposition</c><00:19:55.660><c> and</c><00:19:56.440><c> you</c><00:19:56.640><c> see</c><00:19:56.799><c> the</c><00:19:57.019><c> parallel</c><00:19:57.400><c> with</c><00:19:57.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:58.259><c> brethren</c><00:19:58.400><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:19:58.839><c> and</c><00:19:59.039><c> young</c><00:19:59.220><c> people.</c>

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to<00:20:05.559><c> live</c><00:20:05.779><c> the</c><00:20:06.039><c> truth.</c><00:20:07.420><c> We</c><00:20:07.759><c> may</c><00:20:08.000><c> not</c><00:20:08.220><c> have</c><00:20:08.480><c> everything</c>

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we<00:20:09.200><c> think</c><00:20:09.359><c> we</c><00:20:09.579><c> need</c><00:20:09.920><c> and</c><00:20:10.700><c> we</c><00:20:10.900><c> may</c><00:20:11.079><c> think</c><00:20:11.220><c> we</c><00:20:11.359><c> could</c><00:20:11.500><c> be</c><00:20:11.680><c> better</c>

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disciples<00:20:12.380><c> if</c><00:20:12.579><c> we</c><00:20:12.759><c> had</c><00:20:12.900><c> other</c><00:20:13.180><c> things</c><00:20:13.400><c> in</c><00:20:13.559><c> our</c>

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life<00:20:13.819><c> but</c><00:20:13.980><c> we</c><00:20:14.359><c> have</c><00:20:14.779><c> by</c><00:20:15.000><c> God's</c><00:20:15.700><c> blessing</c><00:20:16.059><c> and</c><00:20:16.660><c> some</c><00:20:16.920><c> of</c><00:20:17.000><c> us</c>

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have<00:20:17.319><c> things</c><00:20:17.579><c> that</c><00:20:17.779><c> others</c><00:20:18.000><c> don't</c><00:20:18.339><c> have.</c>

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individually<00:20:22.119><c> and</c><00:20:22.380><c> we</c><00:20:22.599><c> as</c><00:20:22.799><c> a</c><00:20:23.000><c> community</c><00:20:23.319><c> have</c>

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everything<00:20:24.259><c> we</c><00:20:24.539><c> need</c><00:20:25.160><c> to</c><00:20:25.819><c> build</c><00:20:26.059><c> our</c><00:20:26.319><c> wall</c><00:20:26.440><c> of</c><00:20:26.740><c> separation</c><00:20:27.160><c> and</c><00:20:27.460><c> to</c>

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live<00:20:27.839><c> faithfully</c><00:20:28.319><c> before</c><00:20:28.640><c> God.</c>

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warning,<00:20:47.640><c> if</c><00:20:48.160><c> the</c><00:20:48.680><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:49.180><c> or</c><00:20:49.460><c> community</c><00:20:49.980><c> in</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:20:50.900><c> day</c><00:20:51.279><c> failed</c><00:20:51.799><c> to</c><00:20:52.259><c> respond</c><00:20:52.680><c> faithfully</c><00:20:53.500><c> it</c><00:20:54.700><c> would</c>

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operate.<00:24:14.819><c> They</c><00:24:14.980><c> don't</c><00:24:15.240><c> canvas</c><00:24:15.579><c> for</c><00:24:15.859><c> support</c><00:24:16.160><c> behind</c><00:24:16.500><c> the</c><00:24:16.700><c> scenes.</c><00:24:17.400><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:17.660><c> didn't</c><00:24:17.940><c> try</c>

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and<00:24:18.440><c> line</c><00:24:18.559><c> up</c><00:24:18.740><c> a</c><00:24:18.880><c> few</c><00:24:19.019><c> people</c>

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and<00:24:20.000><c> then</c><00:24:20.200><c> have</c><00:24:20.359><c> them</c><00:24:20.579><c> say</c><00:24:20.779><c> the</c><00:24:20.980><c> right</c><00:24:21.180><c> things</c><00:24:21.460><c> at</c><00:24:21.599><c> the</c><00:24:21.779><c> right</c>

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time.<00:24:22.700><c> This</c><00:24:22.920><c> was</c><00:24:23.200><c> a</c><00:24:23.559><c> community</c><00:24:24.140><c>-wide</c><00:24:24.579><c> decision</c>

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so<00:24:25.319><c> that</c><00:24:25.500><c> the</c><00:24:25.680><c> whole</c><00:24:25.920><c> community</c><00:24:26.619><c> could</c><00:24:26.940><c> be</c><00:24:27.519><c> in</c><00:24:27.740><c> support</c><00:24:28.000><c> of</c><00:24:28.160><c> it.</c><00:24:30.500><c> What</c><00:24:30.680><c> he</c>

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did<00:24:31.079><c> do</c>

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in<00:24:36.539><c> gathering</c><00:24:36.900><c> his</c><00:24:37.180><c> homework</c><00:24:37.599><c> and</c><00:24:38.279><c> using</c><00:24:38.579><c> discretion</c><00:24:39.099><c> intact</c>

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he<00:24:40.059><c> doesn't</c><00:24:40.460><c> start</c><00:24:40.779><c> out</c><00:24:41.200><c> by</c><00:24:41.500><c> telling</c><00:24:41.680><c> people</c>

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what<00:24:42.160><c> he's</c><00:24:42.480><c> doing.</c><00:24:42.839><c> He</c><00:24:42.940><c> goes</c><00:24:43.200><c> out</c><00:24:43.400><c> remember</c><00:24:43.720><c> the</c><00:24:43.839><c> first</c><00:24:44.099><c> three</c>

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days<00:24:44.519><c> and</c><00:24:44.619><c> he</c><00:24:44.720><c> doesn't</c><00:24:44.960><c> tell</c><00:24:45.220><c> anyone.</c><00:24:46.099><c> I</c><00:24:46.240><c> think</c><00:24:46.440><c> the</c>

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reason<00:24:46.859><c> is</c><00:24:47.059><c> because</c><00:24:47.279><c> he</c><00:24:47.420><c> didn't</c><00:24:47.640><c> know</c><00:24:47.880><c> who</c><00:24:48.039><c> he</c><00:24:48.180><c> can</c><00:24:48.380><c> trust</c><00:24:48.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:24:49.720><c> evidence</c><00:24:50.000><c> there</c><00:24:50.400><c> is</c><00:24:50.660><c> that</c><00:24:51.839><c> time</c><00:24:52.259><c> will</c><00:24:52.559><c> disclose</c>

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that<00:24:53.460><c> some</c><00:24:53.759><c> of</c><00:24:53.980><c> the</c><00:24:54.099><c> leading</c><00:24:54.339><c> brethren</c><00:24:54.619><c> in</c><00:24:54.779><c> the</c><00:24:54.960><c> community</c><00:24:55.400><c> can't</c><00:24:55.859><c> be</c>

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trusted<00:24:56.539><c> and</c><00:24:57.420><c> when</c><00:24:57.599><c> the</c><00:24:57.779><c> opportunity</c><00:24:58.299><c> presents</c>

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itself<00:24:59.059><c> they</c><00:24:59.259><c> will</c><00:24:59.460><c> try</c><00:24:59.700><c> and</c><00:25:00.000><c> derail</c><00:25:00.839><c> the</c><00:25:01.380><c> building</c><00:25:01.579><c> of</c><00:25:01.700><c> the</c>

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wall<00:25:02.220><c> but</c><00:25:03.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:03.880><c> does</c><00:25:04.140><c> come</c><00:25:04.400><c> to</c><00:25:04.559><c> the</c><00:25:04.720><c> point</c>

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verse<00:25:05.079><c> 17</c><00:25:05.559><c> when</c><00:25:05.700><c> they</c><00:25:05.940><c> finally</c><00:25:06.220><c> have</c><00:25:06.460><c> their</c><00:25:06.700><c> full</c><00:25:07.140><c> ecclesial</c>

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business<00:25:08.019><c> meeting</c><00:25:08.299><c> all</c><00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:08.940><c> cards</c><00:25:09.140><c> are</c>

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laid<00:25:09.420><c> out</c><00:25:09.599><c> on</c><00:25:09.759><c> the</c><00:25:09.900><c> table</c><00:25:10.319><c> and</c><00:25:11.200><c> he</c><00:25:11.619><c> fully</c><00:25:11.799><c> discloses</c><00:25:12.900><c> what</c><00:25:13.599><c> needs</c><00:25:13.940><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:14.259><c> done</c><00:25:14.559><c> why</c><00:25:15.000><c> it</c><00:25:15.160><c> needs</c><00:25:15.339><c> to</c><00:25:15.500><c> be</c><00:25:15.640><c> done.</c>

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He<00:25:18.059><c> also</c><00:25:18.579><c> avoids</c><00:25:19.279><c> placing</c><00:25:19.680><c> blame</c><00:25:20.140><c> and</c><00:25:20.579><c> instead</c><00:25:20.920><c> focuses</c><00:25:21.339><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:21.819><c> positive</c><00:25:22.900><c> resolution.</c>

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So<00:25:26.819><c> just</c><00:25:27.140><c> some</c><00:25:28.460><c> thoughts</c><00:25:29.559><c> regarding</c><00:25:30.119><c> where</c><00:25:30.559><c> we</c><00:25:30.819><c> are</c><00:25:31.420><c> in</c><00:25:32.099><c> terms</c>

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of<00:25:34.160><c> Nehemiah's</c>

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council<00:25:36.440><c> and</c><00:25:36.779><c> really</c><00:25:37.079><c> example</c><00:25:37.519><c> for</c><00:25:38.180><c> those</c><00:25:38.480><c> of</c><00:25:38.660><c> us</c><00:25:38.799><c> that</c><00:25:39.000><c> are</c>

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in<00:25:39.940><c> specific</c><00:25:40.480><c> leadership</c><00:25:40.920><c> positions</c><00:25:41.380><c> within</c>

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the<00:25:41.859><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:42.180><c> or</c><00:25:42.519><c> maybe</c><00:25:42.920><c> in</c><00:25:43.299><c> formal</c><00:25:43.779><c> positions</c><00:25:44.720><c> of</c><00:25:46.059><c> leadership</c><00:25:46.380><c> within</c>

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the<00:25:46.759><c> ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:25:55.319><c> end</c><00:25:55.559><c> of</c><00:25:57.140><c> chapter</c><00:25:57.859><c> two</c><00:25:58.960><c> deals</c><00:25:59.460><c> with</c><00:25:59.839><c> the</c><00:26:00.440><c> opposition</c><00:26:00.940><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:01.359><c> presented</c><00:26:01.660><c> by</c><00:26:02.019><c> the</c>

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Gentiles.<00:26:05.140><c> Just</c><00:26:05.579><c> point</c><00:26:05.799><c> out</c><00:26:05.980><c> one</c><00:26:06.240><c> thing</c><00:26:06.420><c> because</c><00:26:06.660><c> we</c><00:26:06.779><c> want</c><00:26:06.940><c> to</c>

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spend<00:26:07.440><c> the</c><00:26:08.220><c> rest</c><00:26:08.440><c> of</c><00:26:08.579><c> our</c><00:26:08.740><c> time</c><00:26:08.940><c> in</c><00:26:09.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:09.380><c> four.</c>

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You<00:26:10.980><c> see</c><00:26:11.140><c> in</c><00:26:11.279><c> verse</c><00:26:11.579><c> 10</c><00:26:12.039><c> the</c><00:26:12.240><c> opposition</c><00:26:12.740><c> really</c><00:26:13.140><c> begins</c><00:26:13.880><c> at</c>

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that<00:26:15.440><c> point.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:19.519><c> shows</c><00:26:19.799><c> up</c><00:26:20.059><c> at</c><00:26:21.640><c> the</c><00:26:21.640><c> at</c><00:26:22.619><c> the</c><00:26:22.900><c> city</c><00:26:23.400><c> and</c><00:26:23.920><c> Sanballet</c>

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and<00:26:24.619><c> Tobiah</c><00:26:25.079><c> are</c><00:26:25.279><c> there.</c><00:26:25.779><c> I'm</c><00:26:26.000><c> sorry</c><00:26:26.319><c> yeah</c><00:26:26.700><c> Sanballet</c>

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and<00:26:27.259><c> Tobiah</c><00:26:27.539><c> verse</c><00:26:27.759><c> 10</c><00:26:27.960><c> of</c><00:26:28.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:28.339><c> two.</c><00:26:29.279><c> As</c><00:26:29.579><c> we</c><00:26:29.779><c> mentioned</c>

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they<00:26:30.220><c> were</c><00:26:30.420><c> greatly</c><00:26:30.960><c> distressed</c><00:26:31.500><c> or</c><00:26:31.900><c> displeased</c>

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by<00:26:33.000><c> the</c><00:26:33.119><c> fact</c><00:26:33.299><c> that</c><00:26:33.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:33.799><c> shows</c><00:26:34.079><c> up.</c><00:26:35.640><c> Now</c><00:26:35.740><c> you</c><00:26:35.819><c> don't</c><00:26:36.059><c> need</c><00:26:36.160><c> to</c>

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know<00:26:36.480><c> anything</c><00:26:36.759><c> else</c><00:26:37.019><c> about</c><00:26:37.220><c> these</c><00:26:37.460><c> men.</c>

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Here's<00:26:40.640><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:41.119><c> you</c><00:26:41.539><c> know</c><00:26:41.700><c> we</c><00:26:42.200><c> could</c><00:26:42.359><c> bring</c><00:26:42.539><c> the</c><00:26:42.859><c> youngest</c>

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one<00:26:44.380><c> in</c><00:26:44.579><c> the</c><00:26:44.720><c> other</c><00:26:44.920><c> building</c><00:26:45.160><c> the</c><00:26:45.619><c> youngest</c>

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Sunday<00:26:46.500><c> school</c><00:26:46.720><c> scholar</c><00:26:46.980><c> up</c><00:26:47.180><c> here</c><00:26:47.380><c> this</c><00:26:47.599><c> morning</c><00:26:47.839><c> and</c><00:26:48.019><c> say</c><00:26:48.099><c> okay</c><00:26:48.640><c> here's</c><00:26:49.079><c> what</c><00:26:49.180><c> you</c><00:26:49.339><c> need</c><00:26:49.420><c> to</c><00:26:49.640><c> know.</c>

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See<00:26:50.839><c> that</c><00:26:51.039><c> man</c><00:26:51.200><c> there</c><00:26:51.519><c> he's</c><00:26:51.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:52.839><c> and</c><00:26:53.319><c> he's</c><00:26:53.779><c> come</c><00:26:54.119><c> to</c><00:26:54.819><c> do</c>

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us<00:26:55.200><c> good.</c>

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Now<00:26:58.440><c> is</c><00:26:58.960><c> he</c><00:26:59.200><c> a</c><00:26:59.319><c> good</c><00:26:59.500><c> guy</c><00:26:59.900><c> or</c><00:27:00.359><c> a</c><00:27:00.539><c> bad</c><00:27:00.660><c> guy?</c><00:27:01.859><c> Not</c><00:27:02.079><c> a</c><00:27:02.259><c> problem.</c><00:27:02.839><c> See</c>

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these<00:27:03.220><c> two</c><00:27:03.400><c> men</c><00:27:03.500><c> over</c><00:27:03.779><c> here</c><00:27:04.119><c> they're</c><00:27:04.660><c> Sanballet</c>

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and<00:27:05.460><c> Tobiah.</c><00:27:07.079><c> They</c><00:27:07.380><c> are</c><00:27:07.759><c> not</c><00:27:08.059><c> just</c><00:27:08.420><c> a</c><00:27:08.599><c> little</c><00:27:08.799><c> upset</c><00:27:09.259><c> they</c><00:27:09.660><c> are</c>

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greatly<00:27:11.000><c> distressed</c><00:27:12.359><c> that</c><00:27:13.140><c> that</c><00:27:13.440><c> man</c><00:27:13.779><c> has</c><00:27:14.079><c> come</c><00:27:14.240><c> to</c>

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help<00:27:14.579><c> us.</c><00:27:15.940><c> Are</c><00:27:16.160><c> these</c><00:27:16.420><c> two</c><00:27:16.640><c> good</c><00:27:16.839><c> guys</c><00:27:17.140><c> or</c><00:27:17.400><c> bad</c><00:27:17.619><c> guys?</c><00:27:18.460><c> And</c><00:27:18.720><c> we</c>

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could<00:27:18.980><c> bring</c><00:27:19.140><c> our</c><00:27:19.359><c> little</c><00:27:19.519><c> Sunday</c><00:27:19.740><c> school</c><00:27:19.940><c> scholar</c>

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up<00:27:20.380><c> here</c><00:27:20.960><c> not</c><00:27:21.640><c> a</c><00:27:21.819><c> problem.</c><00:27:22.480><c> They</c><00:27:22.759><c> can</c><00:27:22.980><c> understand</c><00:27:23.440><c> the</c><00:27:23.680><c> difference</c><00:27:23.940><c> between</c><00:27:24.279><c> good</c>

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and<00:27:24.700><c> bad.</c>

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Two<00:27:26.259><c> men</c><00:27:26.579><c> who</c><00:27:26.859><c> are</c><00:27:27.220><c> greatly</c><00:27:27.720><c> distressed</c><00:27:28.480><c> at</c><00:27:28.680><c> the</c><00:27:28.819><c> fact</c><00:27:29.039><c> that</c>

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Nehemiah<00:27:29.720><c> has</c><00:27:30.039><c> come</c><00:27:30.400><c> to</c><00:27:30.960><c> help</c><00:27:31.180><c> the</c><00:27:31.380><c> community.</c>

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They<00:27:32.759><c> begin</c><00:27:33.099><c> their</c><00:27:33.380><c> opposition</c><00:27:33.900><c> at</c><00:27:34.259><c> the</c><00:27:34.359><c> end</c><00:27:34.519><c> of</c><00:27:34.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:35.000><c> two</c>

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when<00:27:36.559><c> they</c><00:27:37.000><c> make</c><00:27:37.279><c> the</c><00:27:37.599><c> same</c><00:27:37.880><c> type</c><00:27:38.180><c> of</c><00:27:38.680><c> requests</c><00:27:39.119><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:39.779><c> Gentiles</c><00:27:40.359><c> did</c><00:27:40.839><c> in</c><00:27:41.440><c> the</c><00:27:41.559><c> days</c><00:27:41.759><c> of</c><00:27:42.000><c> Jeshua</c><00:27:42.380><c> and</c><00:27:42.579><c> Zerubbabel.</c><00:27:43.400><c> Let</c><00:27:43.680><c> us</c><00:27:44.039><c> build</c><00:27:44.339><c> with</c><00:27:44.680><c> you</c>

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we<00:27:45.700><c> want</c><00:27:46.019><c> to</c>

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worship<00:27:46.599><c> with</c><00:27:46.920><c> you</c><00:27:47.319><c> and</c><00:27:47.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:48.140><c> has</c><00:27:48.359><c> to</c><00:27:48.619><c> rightly</c><00:27:48.880><c> stand</c><00:27:49.240><c> up</c>

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and<00:27:49.720><c> say</c><00:27:49.880><c> you</c><00:27:50.039><c> have</c><00:27:50.339><c> no</c><00:27:50.619><c> right</c><00:27:51.000><c> or</c><00:27:51.700><c> portion</c><00:27:52.160><c> or</c><00:27:52.740><c> memorial</c>

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in<00:27:53.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:54.099><c> and</c><00:27:54.960><c> we</c><00:27:55.079><c> won't</c><00:27:55.259><c> take</c><00:27:55.500><c> the</c><00:27:55.680><c> time</c><00:27:55.839><c> now</c><00:27:56.140><c> but</c><00:27:56.259><c> if</c><00:27:56.400><c> you</c><00:27:56.480><c> look</c><00:27:56.660><c> back</c><00:27:56.940><c> on</c>

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