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idea</c><00:17:47.420><c> how</c><00:17:47.579><c> we're</c><00:17:47.720><c> going</c><00:17:47.720><c> to</c><00:17:47.839><c> start</c><00:17:48.000><c> practice,</c> 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:50.259 x that<00:17:48.660><c> these</c><00:17:48.900><c> kids</c><00:17:49.119><c> can't</c><00:17:49.339><c> even</c><00:17:49.539><c> look</c><00:17:49.740><c> at</c><00:17:49.880><c> each</c><00:17:50.059><c> other,</c> 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:53.500 x and<00:17:50.339><c> we</c><00:17:50.460><c> have</c><00:17:50.559><c> to</c><00:17:50.660><c> do</c><00:17:50.740><c> all</c><00:17:50.920><c> these</c><00:17:51.140><c> drills,</c><00:17:51.599><c> like,</c><00:17:53.039><c> right</c><00:17:53.299><c> next</c> 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.599 x to<00:17:53.579><c> each</c><00:17:53.740><c> other.</c> 00:17:57.500 --> 00:18:01.079 x But<00:17:57.680><c> the</c><00:17:57.799><c> thing</c><00:17:57.920><c> was,</c><00:17:58.700><c> these</c><00:17:58.960><c> kids</c><00:17:59.240><c> individually</c><00:17:59.740><c> are</c><00:18:00.000><c> great</c><00:18:00.240><c> kids.</c> 00:18:01.239 --> 00:18:02.640 x They<00:18:01.639><c> are</c><00:18:02.039><c> always</c><00:18:02.299><c> listening.</c> 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.079 x They're<00:18:03.019><c> always</c><00:18:03.420><c> trying</c><00:18:03.599><c> their</c><00:18:03.779><c> hardest</c><00:18:03.960><c> at</c><00:18:04.380><c> practice</c><00:18:04.920><c> and</c> 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.559 x in<00:18:05.279><c> class.</c> 00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:07.079 x They're<00:18:05.779><c> very</c><00:18:06.079><c> polite.</c> 00:18:10.159 --> 00:18:14.039 x And<00:18:10.799><c> if</c><00:18:11.440><c> I</c><00:18:11.619><c> just</c><00:18:11.819><c> had</c><00:18:12.160><c> a</c><00:18:12.480><c> relationship</c><00:18:12.880><c> with</c><00:18:13.339><c> those</c><00:18:13.680><c> kids</c> 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.240 x and<00:18:14.640><c> was</c><00:18:15.099><c> totally</c><00:18:15.400><c> 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politely,</c> 00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.500 x whatever. 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:36.319 x 1<00:18:34.900><c> John</c><00:18:35.119><c> 4,</c><00:18:35.420><c> verse</c><00:18:35.640><c> 20</c><00:18:35.960><c> says,</c> 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:42.500 x "'Whoever<00:18:36.740><c> claims</c><00:18:37.059><c> to</c><00:18:37.240><c> love</c><00:18:37.460><c> God,</c><00:18:37.799><c> yet</c><00:18:37.980><c> hates</c><00:18:38.279><c> his</c><00:18:38.539><c> brother</c><00:18:38.859><c> or</c><00:18:39.000><c> sister,</c><00:18:40.119><c> is</c><00:18:40.440><c> a</c><00:18:40.619><c> liar.'"</c> 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:49.720 x It's<00:18:44.500><c> not</c><00:18:44.700><c> that</c><00:18:44.859><c> God</c><00:18:45.599><c> wants</c><00:18:46.099><c> us</c><00:18:46.359><c> to</c><00:18:46.500><c> love</c><00:18:46.660><c> him</c><00:18:47.539><c> by</c><00:18:49.119><c> loving</c><00:18:49.299><c> each</c><00:18:49.559><c> other.</c> 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:53.359 x It's<00:18:49.900><c> that</c><00:18:50.039><c> if</c><00:18:50.180><c> you</c><00:18:50.359><c> don't</c><00:18:50.599><c> love</c><00:18:50.859><c> each</c><00:18:51.160><c> other,</c><00:18:52.140><c> you</c><00:18:52.299><c> just</c><00:18:52.519><c> don't</c><00:18:52.720><c> love</c><00:18:52.960><c> God.</c> 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:56.640 x And<00:18:53.839><c> that's</c><00:18:54.799><c> one</c><00:18:54.960><c> of</c><00:18:55.059><c> the</c><00:18:55.119><c> things</c><00:18:55.240><c> that</c><00:18:55.400><c> I</c><00:18:55.500><c> was</c><00:18:55.700><c> realizing.</c> 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:02.900 x That<00:18:59.460><c> no</c><00:18:59.759><c> matter</c><00:19:00.200><c> how</c><00:19:01.160><c> well</c><00:19:01.579><c> these</c><00:19:01.859><c> kids</c><00:19:02.119><c> could</c><00:19:02.339><c> have</c><00:19:02.500><c> behaved</c> 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:04.920 x to<00:19:03.940><c> me,</c> 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:11.480 x at<00:19:05.640><c> that</c><00:19:05.900><c> 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loud</c><00:21:01.579><c> as</c><00:21:01.759><c> you</c><00:21:01.940><c> can.</c> 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.359 x If<00:21:02.720><c> my</c><00:21:02.900><c> ears</c><00:21:03.140><c> don't</c><00:21:03.359><c> hurt</c><00:21:03.539><c> by</c><00:21:03.720><c> any</c><00:21:03.819><c> of</c><00:21:03.859><c> this</c><00:21:04.000><c> drill,</c> 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:06.299 x you<00:21:04.799><c> guys</c><00:21:05.000><c> are</c><00:21:05.140><c> running</c><00:21:05.279><c> more.</c> 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:10.160 x So<00:21:08.440><c> they</c><00:21:08.799><c> start</c><00:21:09.059><c> running.</c> 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:19.119 x And<00:21:15.759><c> so</c><00:21:16.119><c> Abbott's</c><00:21:16.480><c> behind</c><00:21:16.700><c> Logan,</c><00:21:17.119><c> and</c><00:21:17.220><c> he's</c><00:21:17.460><c> cheering</c><00:21:17.660><c> so</c><00:21:18.059><c> hard.</c> 00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:24.980 x And<00:21:20.259><c> Logan's</c><00:21:20.700><c> running</c><00:21:20.980><c> his</c><00:21:21.279><c> hardest</c><00:21:21.779><c> for</c><00:21:24.400><c> Abbott's</c><00:21:24.900><c> sake,</c> 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:28.539 x because<00:21:25.160><c> if</c><00:21:25.440><c> Abbott</c><00:21:25.559><c> doesn't</c><00:21:25.799><c> cheer</c><00:21:26.019><c> him</c><00:21:26.279><c> on</c><00:21:27.000><c> to</c><00:21:27.279><c> get</c><00:21:27.440><c> to</c><00:21:27.599><c> the</c><00:21:27.779><c> end,</c> 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:31.039 x then<00:21:29.119><c> they're</c><00:21:29.299><c> going</c><00:21:29.380><c> to</c><00:21:29.440><c> have</c><00:21:29.559><c> to</c><00:21:29.599><c> run</c><00:21:29.779><c> more</c><00:21:30.059><c> altogether.</c> 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:33.579 x So<00:21:31.839><c> Logan's</c><00:21:32.259><c> running,</c><00:21:32.579><c> and</c><00:21:32.740><c> then</c><00:21:32.839><c> he</c><00:21:32.900><c> gets</c><00:21:33.039><c> to</c><00:21:33.240><c> the</c><00:21:33.319><c> end,</c> 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:37.660 x 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John</c><00:24:06.680><c> 17.</c> 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:26.779 x So<00:24:23.720><c> John</c><00:24:23.900><c> 17,</c><00:24:24.799><c> starting</c><00:24:24.980><c> in</c><00:24:25.160><c> verse</c><00:24:25.400><c> 20.</c> 00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:35.160 x My<00:24:31.940><c> prayer</c><00:24:32.440><c> is</c><00:24:33.579><c> not</c><00:24:33.839><c> for</c><00:24:33.960><c> them</c><00:24:34.180><c> alone.</c> 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:38.339 x I<00:24:36.500><c> pray</c><00:24:36.599><c> for</c><00:24:36.720><c> those</c><00:24:36.940><c> who</c><00:24:37.099><c> will</c><00:24:37.339><c> believe</c><00:24:37.519><c> in</c><00:24:37.759><c> me</c> 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:41.960 x through<00:24:38.680><c> their</c><00:24:38.940><c> message</c><00:24:39.700><c> as</c><00:24:40.779><c> us.</c> 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:45.880 x That<00:24:43.200><c> all</c><00:24:43.460><c> of</c><00:24:43.640><c> them</c><00:24:44.359><c> may</c><00:24:44.720><c> be</c><00:24:44.940><c> one.</c> 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:50.519 x Father,<00:24:46.740><c> just</c><00:24:47.140><c> as</c><00:24:47.420><c> you</c><00:24:47.779><c> are</c><00:24:48.140><c> in</c><00:24:48.380><c> me</c><00:24:49.140><c> and</c><00:24:49.519><c> I</c><00:24:49.779><c> am</c><00:24:49.920><c> in</c><00:24:50.099><c> you,</c> 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:53.980 x may<00:24:50.980><c> they</c><00:24:51.440><c> also</c><00:24:52.240><c> be</c><00:24:52.759><c> in</c><00:24:52.920><c> us</c> 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.259 x so<00:24:55.000><c> that</c><00:24:55.160><c> the</c><00:24:55.380><c> world</c><00:24:55.720><c> may</c><00:24:56.019><c> believe</c> 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:59.160 x that<00:24:56.359><c> you</c><00:24:57.279><c> have</c><00:24:57.500><c> sent</c><00:24:57.720><c> me.</c> 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:05.160 x I<00:25:02.099><c> have</c><00:25:02.259><c> given</c><00:25:02.400><c> them</c><00:25:02.640><c> the</c><00:25:02.900><c> glory</c><00:25:03.259><c> that</c><00:25:03.559><c> you</c><00:25:03.720><c> gave</c><00:25:03.960><c> me,</c> 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:09.140 x that<00:25:05.619><c> they</c><00:25:05.839><c> may</c><00:25:05.980><c> be</c><00:25:06.259><c> one</c><00:25:06.720><c> as</c><00:25:07.380><c> we</c><00:25:08.000><c> are</c><00:25:08.299><c> one.</c> 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:19.759 x To<00:25:13.799><c> close,</c><00:25:15.079><c> I'm</c><00:25:15.079><c> going</c><00:25:15.180><c> to</c><00:25:15.180><c> read</c><00:25:15.339><c> a</c><00:25:15.480><c> passage</c><00:25:15.740><c> from</c><00:25:16.839><c> Job,</c><00:25:17.440><c> chapter</c><00:25:17.740><c> 26.</c> 00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:29.960 x Starting<00:25:26.160><c> in</c><00:25:26.380><c> verse</c><00:25:26.599><c> 7.</c> 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:39.039 x This<00:25:37.619><c> passage</c><00:25:38.000><c> is</c><00:25:38.299><c> about,</c> 00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:43.460 x this<00:25:40.920><c> passage</c><00:25:41.259><c> is</c><00:25:41.500><c> Job</c><00:25:41.720><c> talking</c><00:25:42.220><c> about</c><00:25:42.500><c> God.</c> 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:48.980 x And<00:25:45.539><c> he's,</c><00:25:46.119><c> he's</c><00:25:47.319><c> kind</c><00:25:47.480><c> of</c><00:25:47.559><c> coming</c><00:25:47.740><c> to</c><00:25:47.900><c> the</c><00:25:48.079><c> same</c><00:25:48.519><c> questions</c> 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.240 x that<00:25:49.140><c> I've</c><00:25:49.240><c> been</c><00:25:49.240><c> asked,</c> 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:54.259 x asking<00:25:49.980><c> and</c><00:25:51.019><c> not</c><00:25:51.200><c> getting</c><00:25:51.339><c> answers</c><00:25:51.619><c> to,</c><00:25:52.460><c> but</c><00:25:52.660><c> a</c><00:25:52.839><c> little</c><00:25:53.000><c> bit.</c> 00:25:54.960 --> 00:26:00.279 x That<00:25:55.140><c> God</c><00:25:55.339><c> is</c><00:25:55.720><c> so</c><00:25:56.019><c> much</c><00:25:56.240><c> bigger</c><00:25:56.700><c> than</c><00:25:57.640><c> any</c><00:25:58.200><c> of</c><00:25:58.319><c> us</c><00:25:58.460><c> can</c><00:25:58.640><c> ever</c><00:25:58.839><c> imagine.</c> 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:05.880 x Starting<00:26:03.700><c> in</c><00:26:03.859><c> verse</c><00:26:04.019><c> 7</c><00:26:04.299><c> of</c><00:26:04.480><c> Job</c><00:26:04.619><c> 26.</c> 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:11.240 x He<00:26:07.619><c> spreads</c><00:26:08.000><c> out</c><00:26:08.640><c> the</c><00:26:08.819><c> northern</c><00:26:09.099><c> skies</c><00:26:09.480><c> over</c><00:26:09.759><c> empty</c><00:26:10.039><c> space.</c> 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:14.339 x He<00:26:12.400><c> suspends</c><00:26:12.680><c> the</c><00:26:12.920><c> earth</c><00:26:13.099><c> over</c><00:26:13.339><c> nothing.</c> 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.680 x He<00:26:16.799><c> wraps</c><00:26:16.920><c> up</c><00:26:17.200><c> the</c><00:26:17.400><c> waters</c><00:26:17.839><c> in</c><00:26:18.059><c> his</c><00:26:18.259><c> clouds.</c> 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:21.400 x Yet<00:26:19.099><c> the</c><00:26:19.240><c> clouds</c><00:26:19.400><c> don't</c><00:26:19.720><c> burst</c><00:26:20.000><c> under</c><00:26:20.180><c> their</c><00:26:20.380><c> weight.</c> 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:25.920 x He<00:26:23.819><c> covers</c><00:26:24.039><c> the</c><00:26:24.299><c> face</c><00:26:24.460><c> of</c><00:26:24.599><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> full</c><00:26:24.900><c> moon,</c> 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:29.160 x spreading<00:26:26.819><c> his</c><00:26:27.140><c> clouds</c><00:26:27.359><c> over</c><00:26:27.700><c> it.</c> 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.299 x He<00:26:30.299><c> marks</c><00:26:30.440><c> out</c><00:26:30.640><c> the</c><00:26:30.839><c> horizon</c><00:26:31.200><c> on</c><00:26:31.400><c> the</c><00:26:31.519><c> face</c><00:26:31.680><c> of</c><00:26:31.839><c> the</c><00:26:31.940><c> waters</c> 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:35.240 x for<00:26:32.799><c> a</c><00:26:32.940><c> boundary</c><00:26:33.279><c> between</c><00:26:33.700><c> light</c><00:26:33.980><c> and</c><00:26:34.240><c> darkness.</c> 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:38.579 x The<00:26:36.500><c> pillars</c><00:26:36.720><c> of</c><00:26:36.880><c> the</c><00:26:37.000><c> heavens</c><00:26:37.259><c> quake,</c> 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:40.920 x aghast<00:26:39.180><c> at</c><00:26:39.380><c> his</c><00:26:39.619><c> rebuke.</c> 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:43.880 x By<00:26:41.819><c> his</c><00:26:42.039><c> power,</c><00:26:42.400><c> he</c><00:26:42.559><c> turned</c><00:26:42.680><c> up</c><00:26:42.839><c> the</c><00:26:43.079><c> sea.</c> 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.539 x By<00:26:44.559><c> his</c><00:26:44.859><c> wisdom,</c><00:26:45.559><c> he</c><00:26:45.700><c> cut</c><00:26:45.880><c> Rahab</c><00:26:46.279><c> to</c><00:26:46.500><c> pieces.</c> 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.099 x By<00:26:49.740><c> his</c><00:26:49.960><c> breath,</c><00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.000><c> skies</c><00:26:51.220><c> became</c><00:26:51.599><c> fair,</c> 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:55.259 x and<00:26:52.759><c> his</c><00:26:52.940><c> hand</c><00:26:53.279><c> pierced</c><00:26:53.660><c> the</c><00:26:53.859><c> gladdening</c><00:26:54.259><c> serpent.</c> 00:26:56.299 --> 00:27:00.380 x And<00:26:56.579><c> these</c><00:26:57.359><c> are</c><00:26:57.859><c> but</c><00:26:58.039><c> the</c><00:26:58.339><c> outer</c><00:26:58.700><c> fringe</c><00:26:59.059><c> of</c><00:26:59.240><c> his</c><00:26:59.480><c> works.</c> 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:04.720 x How<00:27:02.000><c> faint</c><00:27:02.220><c> the</c><00:27:02.519><c> whisper</c><00:27:02.980><c> we</c><00:27:03.339><c> hear</c><00:27:03.480><c> of</c><00:27:03.640><c> him.</c> 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:10.160 x Who<00:27:06.339><c> then</c><00:27:06.559><c> can</c><00:27:06.759><c> understand</c><00:27:07.339><c> the</c><00:27:07.779><c> thunder</c><00:27:08.180><c> of</c><00:27:08.819><c> his</c><00:27:09.079><c> power?</c> 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:16.319 x So<00:27:13.440><c> like</c><00:27:13.640><c> me,</c><00:27:15.460><c> being</c><00:27:15.640><c> just</c><00:27:15.900><c> a</c><00:27:16.079><c> son,</c> 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:20.339 x not<00:27:16.779><c> knowing</c><00:27:16.980><c> what</c><00:27:17.160><c> it's</c><00:27:17.380><c> like</c><00:27:17.559><c> to</c><00:27:19.140><c> love</c><00:27:19.599><c> children</c><00:27:19.880><c> of</c><00:27:20.039><c> my</c><00:27:20.200><c> own,</c> 00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:25.400 x I<00:27:20.480><c> have</c><00:27:20.660><c> no</c><00:27:20.900><c> idea</c><00:27:21.640><c> what</c><00:27:22.839><c> it's</c><00:27:23.140><c> like</c><00:27:23.279><c> for</c><00:27:23.500><c> God</c><00:27:23.779><c> to</c><00:27:24.079><c> love</c><00:27:24.259><c> us.</c> 00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:30.460 x For<00:27:26.240><c> the</c><00:27:26.460><c> parents</c><00:27:26.660><c> too,</c><00:27:29.039><c> he</c><00:27:29.220><c> has</c><00:27:29.240><c> something</c><00:27:29.500><c> cool.</c> 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:35.000 x But<00:27:31.259><c> we</c><00:27:31.420><c> still</c><00:27:31.660><c> have</c><00:27:31.940><c> no</c><00:27:32.180><c> idea</c><00:27:32.740><c> how</c><00:27:33.140><c> much</c><00:27:33.519><c> God</c><00:27:33.720><c> loves</c><00:27:33.980><c> us.</c> 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.720 x So<00:27:36.700><c> let's</c><00:27:36.839><c> think</c><00:27:36.980><c> about</c><00:27:37.140><c> that</c><00:27:37.400><c> today.</c> 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:43.440 x Let's<00:27:38.980><c> think</c><00:27:39.180><c> about</c><00:27:39.980><c> how</c><00:27:41.480><c> fully</c><00:27:41.920><c> Jesus</c><00:27:42.319><c> understood</c> 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:48.940 x how<00:27:46.359><c> God</c><00:27:46.680><c> wanted</c><00:27:47.240><c> him</c><00:27:47.599><c> to</c><00:27:48.039><c> love.</c> 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:51.559 x And<00:27:49.619><c> let</c><00:27:49.759><c> us</c><00:27:49.980><c> strive</c><00:27:50.259><c> to</c><00:27:50.440><c> do</c><00:27:50.539><c> the</c><00:27:50.680><c> same.</c>