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and<00:10:52.240><c> then</c><00:10:52.519><c> ask</c><00:10:52.840><c> you</c><00:10:53.379><c> to</c><00:10:53.679><c> love</c><00:10:53.899><c> them.</c>

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God's<00:10:57.440><c> going</c><00:10:57.559><c> to</c><00:10:57.679><c> put</c><00:10:57.779><c> you</c><00:10:57.899><c> in</c><00:10:58.059><c> situations</c><00:10:58.659><c> where</c><00:10:59.080><c> you</c><00:10:59.259><c> are</c><00:10:59.799><c> having</c><00:11:00.240><c> to</c><00:11:00.500><c> relate</c>

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someone<00:11:09.419><c> who's</c><00:11:09.659><c> not</c><00:11:09.860><c> warm,</c><00:11:10.940><c> not</c><00:11:11.080><c> fuzzy,</c><00:11:12.019><c> not</c><00:11:12.259><c> friendly,</c>

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and<00:11:14.399><c> God's</c><00:11:14.659><c> going</c><00:11:14.759><c> to</c><00:11:14.919><c> say,</c><00:11:15.799><c> this</c><00:11:16.100><c> is</c><00:11:16.679><c> your</c><00:11:16.879><c> brother,</c><00:11:18.799><c> this</c><00:11:19.000><c> is</c>

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Love<00:11:21.399><c> them,</c><00:11:22.700><c> and</c><00:11:22.820><c> in</c><00:11:23.000><c> loving</c><00:11:23.159><c> them,</c><00:11:24.000><c> prove</c><00:11:24.259><c> that</c><00:11:24.419><c> you</c><00:11:24.580><c> love</c><00:11:24.700><c> me.</c>

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Obviously,<00:11:30.500><c> it's</c><00:11:31.059><c> not</c><00:11:31.259><c> a</c><00:11:31.379><c> matter</c><00:11:31.659><c> of</c><00:11:31.840><c> God</c><00:11:32.019><c> just</c><00:11:32.240><c> putting</c><00:11:32.360><c> us</c><00:11:32.620><c> around</c>

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who<00:11:37.759><c> smells</c><00:11:38.460><c> of</c><00:11:38.740><c> baked</c><00:11:39.019><c> cookies</c><00:11:39.500><c> and</c><00:11:40.259><c> says,</c>

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if<00:11:41.539><c> you</c><00:11:41.740><c> love</c><00:11:41.940><c> her,</c><00:11:42.379><c> then</c><00:11:42.379><c> you</c><00:11:42.580><c> can</c><00:11:42.799><c> show</c><00:11:42.960><c> that</c><00:11:43.080><c> you</c><00:11:43.200><c> love</c><00:11:43.340><c> me.</c>

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Well,<00:11:44.639><c> everyone</c><00:11:45.639><c> does</c><00:11:46.000><c> that,</c><00:11:46.840><c> that's</c><00:11:47.259><c> easy.</c>

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You're<00:11:50.120><c> going</c><00:11:50.179><c> to</c><00:11:50.340><c> specifically</c><00:11:50.899><c> find</c><00:11:51.220><c> yourself</c><00:11:51.639><c> in</c><00:11:51.879><c> situations</c>

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where<00:11:53.519><c> you're</c><00:11:54.259><c> asked</c><00:11:54.740><c> to</c><00:11:55.120><c> love</c><00:11:56.259><c> people</c><00:11:56.899><c> that</c><00:11:57.860><c> don't</c><00:11:58.539><c> deserve</c><00:11:58.899><c> it,</c>

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people<00:12:00.419><c> that</c><00:12:00.600><c> you</c><00:12:00.820><c> feel</c><00:12:01.259><c> have</c><00:12:02.320><c> done</c><00:12:02.620><c> nothing</c><00:12:03.240><c> to</c><00:12:04.679><c> warrant</c>

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your<00:12:05.879><c> behavior</c>

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or<00:12:06.860><c> your</c><00:12:07.059><c> action</c><00:12:07.299><c> towards</c><00:12:07.580><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:12:09.320><c> how</c><00:12:09.500><c> God</c><00:12:09.700><c> does</c><00:12:10.019><c> it.</c>

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God<00:12:10.720><c> teaches</c><00:12:11.039><c> us</c><00:12:11.299><c> the</c><00:12:11.500><c> fruit</c><00:12:11.600><c> of</c><00:12:11.720><c> the</c><00:12:11.919><c> Spirit</c><00:12:12.440><c> by</c><00:12:12.879><c> putting</c><00:12:13.100><c> us</c>

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in<00:12:13.539><c> circumstances</c>

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where<00:12:14.659><c> we're</c><00:12:14.879><c> tempted</c><00:12:15.379><c> to</c><00:12:15.879><c> do</c><00:12:16.019><c> the</c><00:12:16.200><c> exact</c><00:12:16.559><c> opposite.</c>

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We<00:12:19.600><c> want</c><00:12:19.740><c> to</c><00:12:19.840><c> learn</c><00:12:20.000><c> love?</c><00:12:21.779><c> That's</c><00:12:22.399><c> how</c><00:12:22.500><c> he</c><00:12:22.539><c> does</c><00:12:22.759><c> it.</c>

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God<00:12:23.600><c> teaches</c><00:12:23.820><c> us</c><00:12:24.100><c> joy</c><00:12:24.559><c> by</c><00:12:25.860><c> times</c><00:12:26.559><c> of</c><00:12:27.059><c> sorrow,</c>

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putting<00:12:28.120><c> us</c><00:12:28.340><c> in</c><00:12:28.559><c> the</c><00:12:29.000><c> midst</c><00:12:29.299><c> of</c><00:12:29.580><c> situations.</c>

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Happiness<00:12:30.840><c> depends</c><00:12:31.580><c> on</c><00:12:31.779><c> external</c><00:12:32.159><c> circumstances,</c>

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but<00:12:33.220><c> joy</c><00:12:34.100><c> is</c><00:12:34.740><c> based</c><00:12:34.960><c> on</c><00:12:35.100><c> your</c><00:12:35.259><c> relationship</c><00:12:35.659><c> to</c><00:12:35.820><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:12:37.740><c> every</c><00:12:38.120><c> event,</c><00:12:39.159><c> not</c><00:12:39.200><c> every</c><00:12:39.500><c> circumstance</c><00:12:40.100><c> in</c><00:12:40.259><c> your</c><00:12:40.440><c> life</c>

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is<00:12:41.320><c> going</c><00:12:41.460><c> to</c><00:12:41.559><c> be</c><00:12:41.720><c> pleasant,</c><00:12:43.039><c> newsflash,</c>

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but<00:12:45.340><c> that</c><00:12:45.559><c> doesn't</c><00:12:45.820><c> affect</c><00:12:46.179><c> the</c><00:12:46.500><c> feelings</c><00:12:46.860><c> that</c><00:12:47.059><c> you</c><00:12:47.279><c> have</c>

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because<00:12:48.360><c> of</c><00:12:48.519><c> your</c><00:12:48.659><c> father.</c>

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God<00:12:51.779><c> has</c><00:12:52.059><c> forgiven</c><00:12:52.320><c> us</c><00:12:52.559><c> an</c><00:12:52.759><c> incredible</c><00:12:53.159><c> debt,</c>

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and<00:12:54.000><c> the</c><00:12:54.220><c> joy</c><00:12:54.399><c> produced</c><00:12:54.740><c> by</c><00:12:54.940><c> an</c><00:12:55.139><c> understanding</c><00:12:55.419><c> of</c><00:12:55.600><c> that</c><00:12:55.759><c> grace</c>

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is<00:12:56.740><c> stronger</c><00:12:57.159><c> than</c><00:12:57.659><c> any</c><00:12:57.919><c> sorrow.</c>

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You<00:13:00.779><c> want</c><00:13:00.960><c> to</c><00:13:01.120><c> learn</c><00:13:01.340><c> joy?</c>

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You<00:13:02.419><c> want</c><00:13:02.639><c> to</c><00:13:04.240><c> reap</c><00:13:04.559><c> or</c><00:13:05.240><c> bear</c><00:13:05.740><c> the</c><00:13:06.259><c> fruit</c><00:13:06.419><c> of</c><00:13:06.559><c> the</c><00:13:06.759><c> Spirit?</c>

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You<00:13:07.299><c> want</c><00:13:07.480><c> to</c><00:13:07.620><c> bear</c><00:13:07.899><c> joy?</c>

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You're<00:13:10.820><c> going</c><00:13:10.919><c> to</c><00:13:11.039><c> do</c><00:13:11.220><c> that</c><00:13:11.899><c> by</c><00:13:12.259><c> God</c><00:13:12.539><c> putting</c><00:13:12.779><c> you</c><00:13:13.299><c> in</c><00:13:13.480><c> times</c>

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of<00:13:14.000><c> sorrow,</c>

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not<00:13:15.840><c> in</c><00:13:16.019><c> times</c><00:13:16.179><c> of</c><00:13:16.419><c> joy.</c>

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When<00:13:18.600><c> everything</c><00:13:18.820><c> is</c><00:13:19.059><c> just</c><00:13:19.519><c> peachy</c><00:13:19.879><c> and</c><00:13:20.059><c> fine</c><00:13:20.299><c> and</c><00:13:20.519><c> great</c>

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and<00:13:20.779><c> everything's</c><00:13:21.399><c> going</c><00:13:22.379><c> lovely,</c>

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I'm<00:13:23.419><c> sure</c><00:13:23.419><c> anyone</c><00:13:23.759><c> can</c><00:13:23.960><c> be</c><00:13:24.240><c> joyful</c><00:13:24.559><c> at</c><00:13:24.779><c> that</c><00:13:25.000><c> time.</c>

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God<00:13:27.659><c> wants</c><00:13:27.860><c> you</c><00:13:28.019><c> to</c><00:13:28.179><c> learn</c><00:13:28.379><c> this,</c>

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and<00:13:29.080><c> he's</c><00:13:29.200><c> going</c><00:13:29.440><c> to</c><00:13:29.740><c> bring</c><00:13:29.919><c> you</c><00:13:30.139><c> into</c><00:13:30.360><c> situations</c>

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where<00:13:31.620><c> it's</c><00:13:31.860><c> completely</c><00:13:32.440><c> the</c><00:13:32.960><c> opposite,</c>

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and<00:13:33.919><c> he</c><00:13:34.000><c> wants</c><00:13:34.120><c> you</c><00:13:34.279><c> to</c><00:13:34.399><c> rejoice</c><00:13:34.980><c> and</c><00:13:35.320><c> be</c><00:13:35.500><c> glad</c><00:13:35.919><c> at</c><00:13:36.340><c> that</c><00:13:36.620><c> point</c><00:13:37.100><c> also.</c>

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God<00:13:39.840><c> teaches</c><00:13:40.120><c> us</c><00:13:40.399><c> peace</c><00:13:41.259><c> by</c><00:13:42.139><c> putting</c><00:13:42.299><c> us</c><00:13:42.940><c> in</c><00:13:43.159><c> times</c><00:13:43.480><c> of</c><00:13:43.740><c> chaos,</c>

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by<00:13:46.919><c> not</c><00:13:47.080><c> allowing</c><00:13:47.320><c> things</c><00:13:47.580><c> to</c><00:13:47.820><c> go</c><00:13:47.960><c> the</c><00:13:48.080><c> way</c><00:13:48.240><c> that</c><00:13:48.340><c> we</c><00:13:48.559><c> planned,</c>

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allowing<00:13:49.620><c> times</c><00:13:49.940><c> of</c><00:13:50.159><c> confusion</c><00:13:50.639><c> into</c><00:13:50.919><c> our</c><00:13:51.100><c> life.</c>

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God<00:13:52.480><c> calls</c><00:13:52.840><c> us</c><00:13:53.039><c> to</c><00:13:53.139><c> reach</c><00:13:53.360><c> out</c><00:13:53.580><c> to</c><00:13:53.779><c> peace.</c>

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Anyone<00:13:54.720><c> can</c><00:13:54.919><c> be</c><00:13:55.200><c> peaceful</c><00:13:55.820><c> sitting</c><00:13:56.460><c> on</c><00:13:56.659><c> the</c><00:13:56.799><c> edge</c><00:13:56.940><c> of</c><00:13:57.080><c> a</c><00:13:57.139><c> beautiful</c><00:13:57.519><c> lake</c>

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watching<00:13:58.600><c> the</c><00:13:58.879><c> sunset</c><00:13:59.320><c> while</c><00:13:59.559><c> on</c><00:13:59.759><c> vacation?</c>

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Sure.

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Be<00:14:05.480><c> peaceful</c><00:14:06.100><c> when</c><00:14:07.059><c> your</c><00:14:07.679><c> engine</c><00:14:07.860><c> is</c><00:14:08.179><c> overheating</c>

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and<00:14:09.179><c> the</c><00:14:09.399><c> freeway</c><00:14:09.799><c> is</c><00:14:10.240><c> jam</c><00:14:10.620><c>-packed,</c>

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and<00:14:11.460><c> you</c><00:14:11.620><c> can't</c><00:14:12.320><c> get</c><00:14:12.740><c> to</c><00:14:13.000><c> the</c><00:14:13.460><c> most</c><00:14:13.759><c> important</c><00:14:14.220><c> appointment</c>

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of<00:14:14.779><c> your</c><00:14:15.019><c> life</c>

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that<00:14:15.639><c> you're</c><00:14:15.860><c> 15</c><00:14:16.200><c> minutes</c><00:14:16.500><c> late</c><00:14:16.779><c> to.</c>

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That's<00:14:20.100><c> when</c><00:14:20.399><c> God</c><00:14:20.639><c> teaches</c><00:14:20.960><c> us</c><00:14:21.259><c> peace.</c>

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We<00:14:22.019><c> learn</c><00:14:22.220><c> real</c><00:14:22.519><c> peace</c><00:14:22.960><c> by</c><00:14:23.460><c> choosing</c><00:14:23.759><c> to</c><00:14:24.059><c> trust</c><00:14:24.379><c> God</c>

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in<00:14:26.080><c> circumstances</c><00:14:26.580><c> in</c><00:14:26.720><c> which</c><00:14:26.820><c> we're</c><00:14:27.059><c> tempted</c><00:14:27.419><c> to</c><00:14:28.000><c> worry,</c>

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we're<00:14:29.779><c> tempted</c><00:14:29.919><c> to</c><00:14:30.059><c> be</c><00:14:30.279><c> afraid.</c>

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God<00:14:33.480><c> says,</c><00:14:34.100><c> I'm</c><00:14:34.279><c> going</c><00:14:34.360><c> to</c><00:14:34.480><c> set</c><00:14:34.620><c> you</c><00:14:34.779><c> in</c><00:14:34.919><c> this</c><00:14:35.179><c> circumstance,</c>

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and<00:14:36.240><c> I</c><00:14:36.399><c> want</c><00:14:36.620><c> to</c><00:14:36.879><c> see</c><00:14:36.980><c> how</c><00:14:37.120><c> you</c><00:14:37.399><c> react</c><00:14:37.740><c> now.</c>

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Sure,<00:14:40.460><c> Hawaii</c><00:14:40.860><c> on</c><00:14:41.200><c> a</c><00:14:41.379><c> beach,</c><00:14:43.460><c> you</c><00:14:43.460><c> know,</c><00:14:43.879><c> peace.</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:44.580><c> that's</c><00:14:44.840><c> easy.</c>

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That's<00:14:46.179><c> not</c><00:14:46.340><c> what</c><00:14:46.460><c> God</c><00:14:46.679><c> wants.</c>

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God<00:14:47.960><c> wants</c><00:14:48.200><c> to</c><00:14:48.279><c> put</c><00:14:48.460><c> you</c><00:14:48.659><c> in</c><00:14:48.740><c> New</c><00:14:48.940><c> Jersey,</c><00:14:49.980><c> you</c><00:14:50.139><c> know,</c><00:14:50.580><c> on</c><00:14:51.100><c> a</c><00:14:51.440><c> freeway.</c>

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That's<00:14:53.220><c> where</c><00:14:53.360><c> you're</c><00:14:53.580><c> really</c><00:14:53.860><c> going</c><00:14:54.000><c> to</c><00:14:54.019><c> learn</c><00:14:54.279><c> it,</c><00:14:54.519><c> right?</c>

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How<00:14:55.519><c> about</c><00:14:55.679><c> patience?</c>

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God<00:14:58.019><c> teaches</c><00:14:58.299><c> us</c><00:14:58.539><c> patience</c><00:14:59.039><c> by</c><00:14:59.840><c> putting</c><00:15:00.080><c> us</c><00:15:00.279><c> in</c><00:15:00.360><c> places</c><00:15:00.600><c> where</c>

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we<00:15:00.779><c> have</c><00:15:00.960><c> to</c><00:15:01.100><c> wait.</c>

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Duh!<00:15:03.379><c> Right?</c>

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I'm<00:15:04.460><c> an</c><00:15:04.679><c> extremely</c><00:15:05.240><c> patient</c><00:15:05.679><c> person</c><00:15:06.460><c> until</c><00:15:06.919><c> I</c><00:15:07.139><c> actually</c><00:15:07.379><c> don't</c><00:15:07.580><c> get</c>

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my<00:15:07.940><c> way,</c>

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until<00:15:09.279><c> I</c><00:15:09.460><c> actually</c><00:15:09.639><c> have</c><00:15:09.720><c> to</c><00:15:09.799><c> wait</c><00:15:10.019><c> for</c><00:15:10.259><c> something,</c>

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until<00:15:11.659><c> I'm</c><00:15:11.899><c> forced</c><00:15:12.480><c> to</c><00:15:12.919><c> do</c><00:15:13.200><c> something</c><00:15:13.740><c> on</c><00:15:14.720><c> someone</c><00:15:15.200><c> else's</c><00:15:15.899><c> schedule.</c>

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Right,<00:15:17.480><c> Kel?</c>

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As<00:15:19.100><c> long</c><00:15:19.320><c> as</c><00:15:20.000><c> everything's</c><00:15:20.220><c> working</c><00:15:20.539><c> the</c><00:15:20.740><c> way</c><00:15:20.840><c> I</c><00:15:21.259><c> planned</c><00:15:21.559><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:15:24.440><c> a</c><00:15:24.919><c> control</c><00:15:25.320><c> freak.</c>

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I'll<00:15:25.980><c> admit</c><00:15:26.139><c> it</c><00:15:26.259><c> right</c><00:15:26.360><c> up</c><00:15:26.519><c> front.</c>

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My<00:15:27.240><c> name</c><00:15:27.320><c> is</c><00:15:27.480><c> Jeff,</c><00:15:27.740><c> and</c><00:15:27.860><c> I</c><00:15:27.899><c> have</c><00:15:28.019><c> a</c><00:15:28.080><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:15:29.519><c> I</c><00:15:30.379><c> will</c><00:15:31.100><c> organize</c><00:15:31.519><c> everything,</c><00:15:32.080><c> and</c><00:15:32.240><c> as</c><00:15:32.440><c> long</c><00:15:32.679><c> as</c><00:15:32.779><c> it</c><00:15:32.940><c> all</c>

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works<00:15:33.279><c> out,</c>

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as<00:15:34.039><c> long</c><00:15:34.259><c> as</c><00:15:34.399><c> you</c><00:15:34.539><c> all</c><00:15:34.700><c> go...</c>

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I<00:15:35.200><c> described</c><00:15:35.700><c> my</c><00:15:36.860><c> office.</c>

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I<00:15:37.320><c> had</c><00:15:37.340><c> about</c><00:15:37.580><c> 33</c><00:15:38.080><c> employees,</c><00:15:38.899><c> and</c><00:15:39.059><c> someone</c><00:15:39.279><c> said,</c>

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everything<00:15:39.879><c> works</c><00:15:40.080><c> together</c><00:15:40.320><c> here</c><00:15:40.460><c> as</c><00:15:40.580><c> a</c><00:15:40.700><c> team.</c>

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How<00:15:41.259><c> do</c><00:15:41.399><c> you</c><00:15:41.480><c> define</c><00:15:41.840><c> what</c><00:15:42.120><c> you</c><00:15:42.279><c> do?</c>

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And<00:15:42.460><c> I</c><00:15:42.580><c> say,</c><00:15:43.139><c> teamwork</c><00:15:43.519><c> is</c><00:15:44.220><c> everyone</c><00:15:44.820><c> doing</c><00:15:45.019><c> what</c><00:15:45.159><c> I</c><00:15:45.279><c> tell</c><00:15:45.379><c> them</c><00:15:45.480><c> to</c><00:15:45.620><c> do.</c>

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That's<00:15:47.700><c> what</c><00:15:47.820><c> I</c><00:15:48.059><c> think,</c><00:15:48.279><c> right?</c>

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And<00:15:50.240><c> as</c><00:15:50.580><c> long</c><00:15:50.820><c> as</c><00:15:51.039><c> things</c><00:15:51.279><c> work</c><00:15:51.679><c> out</c><00:15:52.059><c> in</c><00:15:52.220><c> my</c><00:15:52.519><c> schedule,</c><00:15:54.100><c> then</c>

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I'm<00:15:54.379><c> patient.</c>

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I<00:15:55.539><c> can</c><00:15:55.679><c> put</c><00:15:55.820><c> up</c><00:15:55.940><c> with</c><00:15:56.120><c> it.</c>

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But<00:15:57.340><c> when</c><00:15:58.019><c> I'm</c><00:15:58.220><c> forced</c><00:15:58.539><c> to</c><00:15:58.679><c> do</c><00:15:58.759><c> something</c><00:15:59.059><c> on</c><00:15:59.279><c> someone</c><00:15:59.580><c> else's</c><00:16:00.000><c> schedule,</c>

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I<00:16:02.419><c> actually</c><00:16:02.759><c> find</c><00:16:02.960><c> myself</c><00:16:03.659><c> yelling</c><00:16:04.179><c> at</c><00:16:04.379><c> the</c><00:16:04.639><c> car</c><00:16:04.799><c> in</c><00:16:05.000><c> front</c><00:16:05.139><c> of</c><00:16:05.320><c> me,</c>

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knowing<00:16:06.779><c> full</c><00:16:07.080><c> well</c><00:16:07.200><c> that</c><00:16:07.299><c> they</c><00:16:07.440><c> can't</c><00:16:07.740><c> hear,</c>

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but<00:16:08.220><c> don't</c><00:16:09.259><c> you</c><00:16:09.360><c> know</c><00:16:09.500><c> that</c><00:16:09.620><c> I'm</c><00:16:09.659><c> running</c><00:16:09.899><c> late?</c>

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Get<00:16:11.100><c> out</c><00:16:11.240><c> of</c><00:16:11.299><c> the</c><00:16:11.399><c> way!</c><00:16:11.700><c> Why</c><00:16:11.799><c> are</c><00:16:11.899><c> you</c><00:16:11.919><c> doing</c><00:16:12.159><c> that?</c>

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That's<00:16:15.960><c> how</c><00:16:16.179><c> God</c><00:16:16.440><c> wants</c><00:16:16.679><c> me</c><00:16:16.840><c> to</c><00:16:16.980><c> learn.</c>

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He<00:16:17.860><c> doesn't</c><00:16:18.620><c> put</c><00:16:19.139><c> me</c><00:16:19.799><c> in</c><00:16:19.919><c> a</c><00:16:20.340><c> situation</c><00:16:20.340><c> where</c><00:16:20.960><c> everything</c><00:16:21.440><c> just</c><00:16:21.720><c> works</c><00:16:21.899><c> out</c>

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real<00:16:22.379><c> fine,</c>

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and<00:16:22.940><c> everything's</c><00:16:23.279><c> real</c><00:16:23.779><c> mellow.</c>

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No.

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God<00:16:25.299><c> puts</c><00:16:25.440><c> me</c><00:16:25.620><c> in</c><00:16:25.620><c> a</c><00:16:25.620><c> situation</c><00:16:26.100><c> where</c><00:16:26.639><c> I</c><00:16:27.179><c> don't</c><00:16:27.980><c> have</c><00:16:28.440><c> control.</c>

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I<00:16:29.019><c> have</c><00:16:29.360><c> to</c><00:16:29.500><c> wait.</c>

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I<00:16:30.740><c> have</c><00:16:30.960><c> to</c><00:16:31.080><c> sit</c><00:16:31.240><c> there.</c>

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I<00:16:32.220><c> have</c><00:16:32.419><c> to</c><00:16:32.539><c> acknowledge</c><00:16:32.919><c> that</c><00:16:33.139><c> there's</c><00:16:33.320><c> things</c><00:16:33.600><c> beyond</c><00:16:33.820><c> my</c><00:16:34.120><c> control,</c>

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or<00:16:34.860><c> people's</c><00:16:36.019><c> emotions</c><00:16:36.460><c> and</c><00:16:36.639><c> their</c><00:16:36.879><c> feelings,</c><00:16:37.580><c> their</c><00:16:37.740><c> sensitivities,</c>

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are<00:16:38.460><c> more</c><00:16:38.659><c> important</c><00:16:39.220><c> than</c><00:16:39.519><c> me</c><00:16:39.759><c> following</c><00:16:40.019><c> my</c><00:16:40.279><c> schedule.</c>

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That's<00:16:43.259><c> where</c><00:16:43.500><c> I</c><00:16:43.659><c> learn</c><00:16:43.779><c> patience.</c>

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God<00:16:46.879><c> teaches</c><00:16:47.179><c> us</c><00:16:47.419><c> kindness,</c><00:16:48.480><c> I</c><00:16:48.480><c> think,</c><00:16:48.700><c> by</c><00:16:48.799><c> putting</c><00:16:48.960><c> us</c>

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around<00:16:49.220><c> people</c>

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that<00:16:49.720><c> are</c><00:16:49.940><c> undeserving</c><00:16:50.600><c> of</c><00:16:51.360><c> our</c><00:16:51.559><c> kindness.</c>

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Being<00:16:54.299><c> kind</c><00:16:54.779><c> to</c><00:16:55.240><c> the</c><00:16:55.460><c> sales</c><00:16:55.820><c> clerk</c><00:16:56.240><c> who</c><00:16:57.059><c> went</c><00:16:57.240><c> out</c><00:16:57.440><c> of</c><00:16:57.539><c> their</c><00:16:57.720><c> way,</c>

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dug<00:16:58.779><c> through</c><00:16:59.000><c> all</c><00:16:59.179><c> the</c><00:16:59.419><c> storage</c><00:16:59.659><c> racks</c><00:16:59.899><c> in</c><00:17:00.059><c> the</c><00:17:00.220><c> back,</c>

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and<00:17:00.799><c> found</c><00:17:01.200><c> the</c><00:17:01.379><c> last</c><00:17:01.679><c> yellow</c><00:17:01.940><c> one</c><00:17:02.100><c> they</c><00:17:02.299><c> have</c><00:17:02.919><c> is</c><00:17:03.460><c> easy.</c>

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Being<00:17:06.599><c> kind</c><00:17:06.920><c> to</c><00:17:07.099><c> the</c><00:17:07.259><c> waitress</c><00:17:07.980><c> who</c><00:17:08.400><c> was</c><00:17:08.700><c> rude,</c>

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completely<00:17:10.119><c> ignored</c><00:17:10.440><c> you</c><00:17:10.579><c> during</c><00:17:10.720><c> the</c><00:17:10.900><c> entire</c><00:17:11.180><c> meal,</c>

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never<00:17:12.019><c> brought</c><00:17:12.220><c> you</c><00:17:12.339><c> the</c><00:17:12.539><c> ketchup,</c><00:17:13.119><c> and</c><00:17:13.220><c> got</c><00:17:13.400><c> your</c><00:17:13.640><c> bill</c><00:17:13.859><c> wrong</c>

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is<00:17:15.299><c> what</c><00:17:15.460><c> God</c><00:17:15.740><c> really</c><00:17:16.059><c> wants</c><00:17:16.279><c> you</c><00:17:16.420><c> to</c><00:17:16.539><c> do.</c>

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Being<00:17:19.980><c> kind</c><00:17:20.200><c> to</c><00:17:20.440><c> kind</c><00:17:20.660><c> people</c><00:17:21.240><c> is</c><00:17:21.660><c> easy.</c>

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Even<00:17:22.759><c> the</c><00:17:23.000><c> publicans</c><00:17:23.339><c> do</c><00:17:23.519><c> that.</c>

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When<00:17:25.700><c> someone</c><00:17:26.119><c> has</c><00:17:26.720><c> gone</c><00:17:27.000><c> out</c><00:17:27.119><c> of</c><00:17:27.180><c> their</c><00:17:27.319><c> way,</c>

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or<00:17:28.400><c> said</c><00:17:28.599><c> something</c><00:17:28.779><c> nice</c><00:17:29.039><c> to</c><00:17:29.140><c> you,</c>

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or<00:17:29.559><c> the</c><00:17:29.660><c> way</c><00:17:29.859><c> you</c><00:17:30.059><c> all</c><00:17:30.259><c> treat</c><00:17:30.480><c> me</c><00:17:31.200><c> as</c><00:17:31.500><c> a</c><00:17:31.680><c> visiting</c><00:17:31.900><c> speaker,</c>

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it's<00:17:32.779><c> easy</c><00:17:32.980><c> for</c><00:17:33.140><c> me</c><00:17:33.259><c> to</c><00:17:33.380><c> be</c><00:17:33.599><c> kind</c><00:17:33.839><c> to</c><00:17:34.019><c> you.</c>

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Let<00:17:36.000><c> me</c><00:17:36.180><c> transfer</c><00:17:36.619><c> here,</c><00:17:37.380><c> and</c><00:17:37.539><c> you</c><00:17:37.660><c> guys</c><00:17:37.779><c> have</c><00:17:37.960><c> to</c><00:17:38.059><c> live</c><00:17:38.200><c> with</c>

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me<00:17:38.480><c> for</c><00:17:38.700><c> a</c><00:17:38.799><c> while.</c>

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Then<00:17:40.460><c> we'll</c><00:17:40.619><c> see</c><00:17:40.779><c> how</c><00:17:40.920><c> you</c><00:17:41.160><c> treat</c><00:17:41.299><c> me</c><00:17:41.880><c> when</c><00:17:42.140><c> you</c><00:17:42.359><c> realize</c>

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that<00:17:42.779><c> this</c><00:17:43.059><c> control</c><00:17:43.279><c> freak</c><00:17:43.460><c> is</c><00:17:43.660><c> a</c><00:17:43.720><c> real</c><00:17:43.880><c> problem</c><00:17:44.200><c> in</c><00:17:44.339><c> our</c><00:17:44.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Then<00:17:48.160><c> I</c><00:17:48.579><c> have</c><00:17:48.740><c> to</c><00:17:48.880><c> be</c><00:17:49.059><c> kind</c><00:17:49.279><c> to</c><00:17:49.380><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:17:51.160><c> how</c><00:17:51.380><c> God</c><00:17:52.000><c> teaches</c><00:17:52.380><c> us</c><00:17:52.640><c> kindness.</c>

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God<00:17:53.119><c> doesn't</c><00:17:53.359><c> teach</c><00:17:53.539><c> us</c><00:17:53.720><c> kindness</c><00:17:53.940><c> by</c><00:17:54.480><c> filling</c><00:17:54.779><c> our</c><00:17:55.000><c> life</c><00:17:55.200><c> full</c><00:17:55.420><c> of</c>

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nice<00:17:56.059><c> people.</c>

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He<00:17:57.759><c> teaches</c><00:17:58.000><c> us</c><00:17:58.259><c> kindness</c><00:17:58.819><c> by</c><00:17:59.440><c> bringing</c><00:17:59.700><c> people</c><00:18:00.019><c> into</c><00:18:00.220><c> our</c><00:18:00.440><c> life</c>

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who<00:18:01.779><c> it's</c><00:18:02.819><c> hard</c><00:18:03.460><c> for</c><00:18:04.279><c> us</c><00:18:04.500><c> to</c><00:18:04.619><c> be</c><00:18:04.819><c> kind</c><00:18:04.980><c> to</c><00:18:05.019><c> them</c>

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because<00:18:05.559><c> they</c><00:18:05.980><c> haven't</c><00:18:06.099><c> done</c><00:18:06.259><c> anything</c><00:18:06.579><c> to</c><00:18:06.819><c> deserve</c><00:18:07.180><c> it.</c>

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God<00:18:08.700><c> wants</c><00:18:08.960><c> you</c><00:18:09.140><c> to</c><00:18:09.519><c> go</c><00:18:09.880><c> out</c><00:18:10.079><c> of</c><00:18:10.180><c> your</c><00:18:10.440><c> way</c><00:18:10.759><c> to</c><00:18:10.960><c> help</c><00:18:11.200><c> someone.</c>

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God<00:18:13.819><c> wants</c><00:18:14.039><c> you</c><00:18:14.180><c> to</c><00:18:14.279><c> actually</c><00:18:14.500><c> go</c><00:18:14.920><c> beyond</c><00:18:15.259><c> your</c><00:18:15.539><c> comfort</c><00:18:15.920><c> zone.</c>

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What<00:18:17.220><c> does</c><00:18:17.380><c> that</c><00:18:17.559><c> mean,</c><00:18:18.039><c> to</c><00:18:18.480><c> go</c><00:18:18.859><c> beyond</c><00:18:19.180><c> your</c><00:18:19.440><c> comfort</c><00:18:19.779><c> zone?</c>

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We<00:18:20.480><c> talk</c><00:18:20.720><c> about</c><00:18:20.980><c> that,</c><00:18:21.880><c> right?</c>

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God<00:18:23.019><c> wants</c><00:18:23.259><c> you</c><00:18:23.440><c> to</c><00:18:23.880><c> reach</c><00:18:24.359><c> out</c><00:18:25.180><c> to</c><00:18:25.480><c> someone</c>

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who<00:18:25.960><c> you</c><00:18:26.119><c> normally</c><00:18:26.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:18:26.779><c> even</c><00:18:27.200><c> associate</c><00:18:27.740><c> with.</c>

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Someone<00:18:29.880><c> who</c><00:18:30.019><c> you</c><00:18:30.180><c> don't</c><00:18:30.500><c> feel</c><00:18:30.980><c> comfortable</c><00:18:31.799><c> with.</c>

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The<00:18:33.740><c> person</c><00:18:33.980><c> who's</c><00:18:34.240><c> a</c><00:18:34.339><c> little</c><00:18:34.519><c> weird.</c>

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The<00:18:36.740><c> brother</c><00:18:37.140><c> that</c><00:18:37.799><c> comes</c><00:18:38.539><c> in</c><00:18:38.859><c> late</c><00:18:39.079><c> and</c><00:18:39.279><c> doesn't</c><00:18:39.500><c> really</c><00:18:39.759><c> talk</c><00:18:40.019><c> to</c><00:18:40.099><c> anybody,</c>

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and<00:18:41.299><c> no</c><00:18:41.480><c> one</c><00:18:41.539><c> really</c><00:18:41.819><c> knows</c><00:18:42.099><c> much</c><00:18:42.339><c> about</c><00:18:42.640><c> him,</c>

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he's<00:18:42.920><c> just</c><00:18:43.160><c> a</c><00:18:43.240><c> little</c><00:18:43.900><c> off.</c>

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That's<00:18:47.000><c> the</c><00:18:47.099><c> person</c><00:18:47.339><c> that</c><00:18:47.519><c> God</c><00:18:47.640><c> wants</c><00:18:47.839><c> you</c><00:18:47.980><c> to</c><00:18:48.039><c> be</c><00:18:48.259><c> kind</c><00:18:48.559><c> to.</c>

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To<00:18:51.039><c> go</c><00:18:51.480><c> outside</c><00:18:51.740><c> your</c><00:18:51.960><c> comfort</c><00:18:52.240><c> zone</c><00:18:52.440><c> is</c><00:18:52.599><c> to</c><00:18:52.819><c> actually...</c>

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You<00:18:56.559><c> have</c><00:18:56.880><c> in</c><00:18:57.039><c> your</c><00:18:57.279><c> mind</c><00:18:57.859><c> a</c><00:18:58.420><c> picture</c><00:18:58.599><c> of</c><00:18:58.740><c> a</c><00:18:58.839><c> good</c><00:18:59.000><c> Christadelphian.</c>

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God<00:19:03.180><c> wants</c><00:19:03.420><c> you</c><00:19:03.579><c> to</c><00:19:03.700><c> be</c><00:19:03.920><c> kind</c><00:19:04.480><c> to</c><00:19:04.900><c> the</c><00:19:05.039><c> person</c><00:19:05.220><c> who's</c><00:19:05.480><c> not.</c>

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A<00:19:09.059><c> person</c><00:19:09.259><c> who's</c><00:19:10.640><c> messed</c><00:19:10.920><c> up.</c>

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A<00:19:12.680><c> person</c><00:19:12.680><c> who</c><00:19:12.680><c> has</c><00:19:12.980><c> not</c><00:19:13.279><c> followed</c><00:19:13.839><c> a</c><00:19:14.779><c> clear</c><00:19:15.880><c> direction</c><00:19:17.859><c> of</c><00:19:19.140><c> God</c><00:19:19.420><c> in</c>

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their<00:19:19.759><c> life.</c>

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A<00:19:21.119><c> person</c><00:19:21.279><c> who's</c><00:19:21.700><c> made</c><00:19:22.240><c> mistakes</c><00:19:22.880><c> and</c><00:19:23.039><c> a</c><00:19:23.119><c> person</c><00:19:23.380><c> who's</c><00:19:24.140><c> lost</c>

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their<00:19:24.680><c> way.</c>

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One<00:19:27.440><c> where</c><00:19:27.660><c> it's</c><00:19:28.099><c> much</c><00:19:28.319><c> easier</c><00:19:28.559><c> to</c><00:19:28.819><c> kind</c><00:19:28.980><c> of</c><00:19:29.799><c> keep</c><00:19:30.119><c> an</c><00:19:31.220><c> arm's</c>

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length<00:19:32.000><c> from</c><00:19:32.319><c> them</c>

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because<00:19:33.859><c> they're</c><00:19:34.119><c> probably</c><00:19:34.359><c> going</c><00:19:34.500><c> to</c><00:19:34.539><c> be</c><00:19:34.700><c> disfellowshipped</c>

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some<00:19:35.720><c> time</c><00:19:36.039><c> soon</c><00:19:36.640><c> anyway.</c>

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God<00:19:40.599><c> teaches</c><00:19:40.920><c> us</c><00:19:41.180><c> goodness</c><00:19:41.799><c> by</c><00:19:43.539><c> putting</c><00:19:43.779><c> us</c><00:19:44.000><c> where</c><00:19:44.200><c> it's</c><00:19:44.779><c> inconvenient</c><00:19:45.559><c> to</c><00:19:46.480><c> help.</c>

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I'm<00:19:49.039><c> always</c><00:19:49.480><c> more</c><00:19:49.740><c> inclined</c><00:19:50.039><c> to</c><00:19:50.220><c> hold</c><00:19:50.460><c> the</c><00:19:50.640><c> door</c><00:19:50.839><c> for</c><00:19:51.079><c> someone</c>

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when<00:19:52.200><c> I'm</c><00:19:52.440><c> standing</c><00:19:52.619><c> there</c><00:19:52.759><c> waiting</c><00:19:52.960><c> for</c><00:19:53.160><c> someone</c><00:19:53.319><c> else</c><00:19:53.480><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:53.779><c> anyways.</c>

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Because<00:19:55.839><c> my</c><00:19:56.039><c> wife</c><00:19:56.180><c> takes</c><00:19:56.380><c> everybody</c><00:19:56.599><c> out</c><00:19:56.759><c> of</c><00:19:56.819><c> the</c><00:19:56.960><c> car.</c>

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No,<00:19:57.779><c> just</c><00:19:57.940><c> kidding.</c>

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But<00:19:59.099><c> you</c><00:19:59.240><c> hold</c><00:19:59.380><c> the</c><00:19:59.500><c> door</c><00:19:59.980><c> and</c><00:20:00.099><c> you're</c><00:20:00.259><c> waiting</c><00:20:00.319><c> for</c><00:20:00.500><c> someone.</c>

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Oh<00:20:00.960><c> yeah,</c><00:20:01.180><c> sure,</c><00:20:01.420><c> come</c><00:20:01.500><c> on</c><00:20:01.500><c> in.</c><00:20:01.720><c> I'm</c><00:20:01.799><c> a</c><00:20:01.839><c> very</c><00:20:02.039><c> polite</c><00:20:02.259><c> person,</c><00:20:02.579><c> right?</c>

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Being<00:20:04.400><c> good</c><00:20:04.680><c> when</c><00:20:04.799><c> it's</c><00:20:05.140><c> convenient</c><00:20:05.799><c> is</c><00:20:06.559><c> not</c><00:20:06.759><c> what</c><00:20:06.900><c> God</c><00:20:07.099><c> wants</c>

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from<00:20:07.599><c> us.</c>

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So<00:20:09.039><c> God's</c><00:20:09.299><c> going</c><00:20:09.380><c> to</c><00:20:09.579><c> find</c><00:20:09.759><c> a</c><00:20:09.940><c> way</c><00:20:10.059><c> in</c><00:20:10.200><c> your</c><00:20:10.420><c> life</c><00:20:10.880><c> to</c><00:20:11.339><c> tempt</c>

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you<00:20:13.240><c> with</c><00:20:14.819><c> the</c><00:20:15.119><c> exact</c><00:20:15.460><c> opposite.</c>

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He's<00:20:18.299><c> going</c><00:20:18.400><c> to</c><00:20:18.579><c> bring</c><00:20:18.740><c> up</c><00:20:18.980><c> situations</c><00:20:19.700><c> where</c><00:20:20.680><c> it</c><00:20:21.599><c> would</c><00:20:21.779><c> be</c>

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pretty<00:20:22.160><c> easy</c>

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to<00:20:23.200><c> not</c><00:20:23.799><c> be</c><00:20:25.140><c> nice</c><00:20:25.460><c> to</c><00:20:25.640><c> this</c><00:20:25.799><c> person,</c><00:20:26.119><c> to</c><00:20:26.220><c> not</c><00:20:26.400><c> show</c><00:20:26.880><c> goodness</c>

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to<00:20:28.119><c> this</c><00:20:28.339><c> person.</c>

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God<00:20:30.380><c> wants</c><00:20:30.619><c> you</c><00:20:30.779><c> to</c><00:20:30.900><c> do</c><00:20:31.059><c> good</c><00:20:31.200><c> for</c><00:20:31.440><c> others</c><00:20:31.759><c> even</c><00:20:32.240><c> when</c><00:20:32.380><c> it</c>

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hurts<00:20:32.799><c> yourself.</c>

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Not<00:20:34.980><c> just</c><00:20:35.180><c> when</c><00:20:35.279><c> it's</c><00:20:35.460><c> easy,</c><00:20:36.319><c> not</c><00:20:36.539><c> just</c><00:20:36.700><c> when</c><00:20:36.779><c> it's</c><00:20:37.000><c> convenient.</c>

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God<00:20:39.440><c> wants</c><00:20:39.880><c> us</c><00:20:40.079><c> to</c><00:20:40.319><c> make</c><00:20:40.460><c> ourselves</c><00:20:40.839><c> available</c><00:20:41.319><c> to</c><00:20:41.539><c> help</c>

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even<00:20:42.299><c> when</c><00:20:42.420><c> it's</c><00:20:42.619><c> not</c><00:20:42.960><c> really</c><00:20:43.359><c> a</c><00:20:43.519><c> good</c><00:20:43.720><c> time</c><00:20:44.240><c> for</c><00:20:44.640><c> you.</c>

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But<00:20:47.359><c> it's</c><00:20:47.440><c> what</c><00:20:47.539><c> the</c><00:20:47.680><c> other</c><00:20:47.839><c> person</c><00:20:48.079><c> needs</c><00:20:48.380><c> at</c><00:20:48.579><c> that</c><00:20:48.779><c> time.</c>

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God<00:20:50.539><c> teaches</c><00:20:50.839><c> us</c><00:20:51.160><c> faithfulness</c><00:20:52.400><c> by</c><00:20:52.839><c> putting</c><00:20:53.119><c> us</c><00:20:53.359><c> in</c><00:20:53.519><c> situations</c>

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where<00:20:55.099><c> it's</c><00:20:55.359><c> easy</c><00:20:56.420><c> to</c><00:20:57.019><c> sin.</c>

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Fear<00:21:00.339><c> of</c><00:21:00.559><c> getting</c><00:21:00.799><c> caught</c><00:21:01.480><c> is</c><00:21:02.900><c> not</c><00:21:03.559><c> a</c><00:21:04.200><c> good</c><00:21:04.460><c> motivator</c>

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to<00:21:06.039><c> help</c><00:21:06.220><c> you</c><00:21:06.420><c> avoid</c><00:21:06.660><c> unfaithfulness.</c>

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There's<00:21:10.420><c> an</c><00:21:10.519><c> old</c><00:21:10.680><c> joke</c><00:21:11.059><c> about</c><00:21:11.799><c> a,</c><00:21:12.059><c> now</c><00:21:12.279><c> Bob</c><00:21:12.440><c> Lloyd</c><00:21:12.599><c> tells</c><00:21:12.819><c> this</c><00:21:13.019><c> joke</c>

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so<00:21:13.259><c> it's</c><00:21:13.400><c> okay</c><00:21:13.559><c> if</c><00:21:13.720><c> I</c><00:21:13.799><c> repeat</c><00:21:14.039><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:21:14.779><c> an</c><00:21:14.880><c> old</c><00:21:15.019><c> joke</c><00:21:15.200><c> about</c><00:21:15.359><c> a</c><00:21:15.559><c> man</c><00:21:15.720><c> that</c><00:21:15.920><c> asks</c><00:21:16.099><c> a</c><00:21:16.220><c> woman</c>

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if<00:21:17.180><c> she</c><00:21:17.319><c> will</c><00:21:17.519><c> cheat</c><00:21:17.680><c> on</c><00:21:17.839><c> her</c><00:21:17.940><c> husband</c><00:21:18.539><c> and</c><00:21:19.400><c> sleep</c><00:21:19.559><c> with</c><00:21:19.700><c> him</c><00:21:21.079><c> for</c><00:21:21.700><c> a</c>

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million<00:21:22.039><c> dollars.</c>

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And<00:21:24.640><c> the</c><00:21:24.680><c> woman,</c><00:21:25.059><c> she'd</c><00:21:25.359><c> never</c><00:21:25.559><c> consider</c><00:21:25.839><c> something</c><00:21:26.000><c> like</c><00:21:26.259><c> that</c>

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but<00:21:26.799><c> a</c><00:21:27.079><c> million</c><00:21:27.299><c> dollars</c><00:21:27.559><c> is</c><00:21:27.759><c> a</c><00:21:27.880><c> lot</c><00:21:28.099><c> of</c><00:21:28.259><c> money.</c>

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So<00:21:30.579><c> she</c><00:21:30.700><c> thinks</c><00:21:30.960><c> over</c><00:21:31.160><c> it</c><00:21:31.299><c> for</c><00:21:31.359><c> a</c><00:21:31.440><c> while</c><00:21:31.579><c> and</c><00:21:31.740><c> eventually</c><00:21:32.000><c> she</c><00:21:32.240><c> agrees.</c>

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Then<00:21:35.160><c> he</c><00:21:35.299><c> asks</c><00:21:35.539><c> if</c><00:21:35.640><c> she'll</c><00:21:35.819><c> do</c><00:21:35.920><c> it</c><00:21:36.039><c> for</c><00:21:36.200><c> 50.</c>

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And<00:21:38.059><c> she</c><00:21:38.160><c> says,</c><00:21:38.599><c> what</c><00:21:38.779><c> kind</c><00:21:39.019><c> of</c><00:21:39.119><c> woman</c><00:21:39.240><c> do</c><00:21:39.380><c> you</c><00:21:39.480><c> think</c><00:21:39.619><c> I</c><00:21:39.900><c> am?</c>

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And<00:21:41.579><c> he</c><00:21:41.720><c> says,</c><00:21:42.619><c> we've</c><00:21:42.880><c> already</c><00:21:43.059><c> determined</c><00:21:43.599><c> what</c><00:21:43.799><c> kind</c><00:21:43.960><c> of</c>

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woman<00:21:44.200><c> you</c><00:21:44.420><c> are</c>

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and<00:21:44.559><c> now</c><00:21:44.680><c> we're</c><00:21:44.880><c> just</c><00:21:45.079><c> haggling</c><00:21:45.259><c> over</c><00:21:45.440><c> the</c><00:21:45.619><c> price.</c>

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Faithfulness<00:21:49.420><c> doesn't</c><00:21:49.839><c> have</c><00:21:50.019><c> a</c><00:21:50.240><c> price.</c>

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Faithfulness<00:21:52.740><c> won't</c><00:21:52.960><c> do</c><00:21:53.119><c> it</c><00:21:53.259><c> for</c><00:21:53.440><c> a</c><00:21:53.579><c> million</c>

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and<00:21:55.000><c> it</c><00:21:55.099><c> won't</c><00:21:55.200><c> do</c><00:21:55.339><c> it</c><00:21:55.460><c> for</c><00:21:55.619><c> 50.</c>

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God's<00:21:58.440><c> going</c><00:21:58.599><c> to</c><00:21:58.740><c> tempt</c><00:21:58.940><c> you</c><00:21:59.400><c> by</c><00:21:59.680><c> putting</c><00:21:59.940><c> you</c><00:22:00.119><c> in</c><00:22:00.119><c> situations</c>

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where<00:22:01.240><c> it's</c><00:22:01.400><c> easy</c><00:22:01.759><c> for</c><00:22:01.839><c> you</c><00:22:01.960><c> to</c><00:22:02.119><c> sin.</c>

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No<00:22:04.099><c> one</c><00:22:04.180><c> will</c><00:22:04.319><c> ever</c><00:22:04.539><c> know.</c>

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I'm<00:22:08.880><c> in</c><00:22:09.299><c> Vegas,</c><00:22:10.299><c> I'm</c><00:22:10.440><c> on</c><00:22:10.559><c> the</c><00:22:10.759><c> sales</c><00:22:10.940><c> convention,</c>

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there's<00:22:12.619><c> no</c><00:22:12.859><c> one</c><00:22:13.000><c> else</c><00:22:13.220><c> here,</c><00:22:14.079><c> no</c><00:22:14.220><c> other</c><00:22:14.420><c> Chris</c><00:22:14.680><c> Adelphians,</c>

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my<00:22:17.180><c> wife</c><00:22:17.500><c> thinks</c><00:22:17.779><c> the</c><00:22:18.019><c> convention</c><00:22:18.279><c> was</c><00:22:18.460><c> in</c><00:22:18.579><c> Ohio</c>

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and<00:22:21.059><c> I've</c><00:22:21.619><c> got</c><00:22:21.700><c> the</c><00:22:21.859><c> company</c><00:22:22.180><c> credit</c><00:22:22.460><c> card.</c>

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Faithful<00:22:25.900><c> people</c><00:22:26.460><c> don't</c><00:22:27.160><c> respond</c><00:22:27.660><c> differently</c><00:22:28.240><c> when</c><00:22:29.099><c> others</c>

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are<00:22:29.599><c> watching</c>

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as<00:22:31.240><c> they</c><00:22:31.440><c> would</c><00:22:31.720><c> when</c><00:22:32.000><c> they're</c><00:22:32.180><c> all</c><00:22:32.380><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:22:35.440><c> God</c><00:22:35.559><c> knows</c><00:22:35.819><c> that</c><00:22:36.019><c> and</c><00:22:36.140><c> he</c><00:22:36.319><c> wants</c><00:22:36.480><c> you</c><00:22:36.599><c> to</c><00:22:36.680><c> be</c><00:22:36.839><c> faithful.</c>

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And<00:22:37.940><c> he's</c><00:22:38.099><c> going</c><00:22:38.299><c> to</c><00:22:38.400><c> tempt</c><00:22:38.539><c> you</c><00:22:39.039><c> by</c><00:22:39.240><c> putting</c><00:22:39.500><c> you</c><00:22:39.619><c> in</c><00:22:39.700><c> situations</c>

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where<00:22:42.059><c> no</c><00:22:42.200><c> one</c><00:22:42.259><c> will</c><00:22:42.460><c> know.</c>

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So<00:22:43.940><c> no</c><00:22:44.039><c> matter</c><00:22:44.279><c> if</c><00:22:44.740><c> no</c><00:22:44.940><c> one's</c><00:22:45.099><c> going</c><00:22:45.220><c> to</c><00:22:45.299><c> get</c><00:22:45.460><c> hurt</c>

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or<00:22:47.140><c> no</c><00:22:47.259><c> matter</c><00:22:47.460><c> if</c><00:22:47.599><c> no</c><00:22:47.720><c> one</c><00:22:47.839><c> will</c><00:22:47.940><c> ever</c><00:22:48.140><c> know,</c>

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God<00:22:49.700><c> wants</c><00:22:49.880><c> you</c><00:22:50.019><c> to</c><00:22:50.160><c> remain</c><00:22:50.380><c> faithful.</c>

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And<00:22:53.400><c> God</c><00:22:53.539><c> teaches</c><00:22:53.779><c> us</c><00:22:54.079><c> gentleness,</c><00:22:54.380><c> I</c><00:22:54.660><c> think,</c>

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by<00:22:55.400><c> putting</c><00:22:55.640><c> us</c><00:22:55.900><c> in</c><00:22:56.039><c> positions</c><00:22:56.339><c> of</c><00:22:56.579><c> power.</c>

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There<00:22:58.460><c> are</c><00:22:58.720><c> few</c><00:22:59.440><c> gentle</c><00:23:00.059><c> souls</c><00:23:00.539><c> born</c><00:23:00.819><c> into</c><00:23:01.000><c> this</c><00:23:01.240><c> world.</c>

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The<00:23:02.480><c> rest</c><00:23:02.680><c> of</c><00:23:02.799><c> us</c><00:23:02.900><c> need</c><00:23:03.019><c> to</c><00:23:03.279><c> learn</c><00:23:03.579><c> about</c><00:23:04.160><c> meekness</c><00:23:04.579><c> and</c><00:23:04.720><c> humility</c><00:23:04.980><c> the</c>

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hard<00:23:05.380><c> way.</c>

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And<00:23:07.160><c> God</c><00:23:07.380><c> puts</c><00:23:07.579><c> us</c><00:23:07.779><c> in</c><00:23:07.859><c> positions</c><00:23:08.460><c> where</c><00:23:08.960><c> it's</c><00:23:09.059><c> hard</c><00:23:09.400><c> to</c><00:23:09.559><c> be</c><00:23:09.720><c> humble.</c>

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Situations<00:23:12.440><c> where</c><00:23:12.559><c> we</c><00:23:12.700><c> have</c><00:23:12.839><c> succeeded</c><00:23:13.240><c> against</c><00:23:13.660><c> all</c><00:23:13.960><c> odds,</c>

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:18.039
where<00:23:14.740><c> we</c><00:23:14.960><c> excel</c><00:23:15.440><c> at</c><00:23:15.660><c> things</c><00:23:15.920><c> that</c><00:23:16.180><c> others</c><00:23:16.359><c> fear</c><00:23:16.640><c> to</c><00:23:16.799><c> even</c><00:23:17.059><c> attempt.</c>

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Situations<00:23:19.059><c> where</c><00:23:19.200><c> we</c><00:23:19.339><c> have</c><00:23:19.599><c> power</c><00:23:20.160><c> that</c><00:23:20.440><c> we</c><00:23:20.579><c> can</c><00:23:20.839><c> wield</c><00:23:21.259><c> on</c>

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those<00:23:21.799><c> around</c><00:23:22.140><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:23.400><c> then</c><00:23:23.960><c> he</c><00:23:24.660><c> asks</c><00:23:24.880><c> us</c><00:23:25.039><c> to</c><00:23:25.099><c> be</c><00:23:25.279><c> humble.</c>

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Then<00:23:27.019><c> he</c><00:23:27.420><c> asks</c><00:23:27.640><c> us</c><00:23:27.900><c> to</c><00:23:28.019><c> be</c><00:23:28.220><c> meek.</c>

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He<00:23:29.680><c> asks</c><00:23:29.880><c> us</c><00:23:30.019><c> to</c><00:23:30.119><c> be</c><00:23:30.359><c> gentle</c><00:23:31.039><c> to</c><00:23:31.440><c> those</c><00:23:31.640><c> around</c><00:23:31.940><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:23:34.200><c> easy</c><00:23:34.460><c> to</c><00:23:34.619><c> be</c><00:23:34.720><c> gentle</c><00:23:35.000><c> when</c><00:23:35.140><c> you're</c><00:23:35.440><c> the</c><00:23:35.920><c> school</c><00:23:36.500><c> yard</c><00:23:36.740><c> weakling.</c>

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:42.200
God's<00:23:39.559><c> going</c><00:23:40.019><c> to</c><00:23:40.200><c> tempt</c><00:23:40.339><c> you</c><00:23:40.619><c> by</c><00:23:41.160><c> putting</c><00:23:41.519><c> you</c><00:23:41.680><c> in</c><00:23:41.759><c> a</c><00:23:41.819><c> position</c>

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:46.740
where<00:23:42.660><c> you've</c><00:23:43.059><c> got</c><00:23:43.259><c> some</c><00:23:43.539><c> power</c><00:23:44.240><c> to</c><00:23:44.859><c> sway</c><00:23:45.200><c> over</c><00:23:45.759><c> someone.</c>

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:50.460
And<00:23:48.299><c> then</c><00:23:48.880><c> he</c><00:23:49.059><c> wants</c><00:23:49.259><c> you</c><00:23:49.400><c> to</c><00:23:49.480><c> be</c><00:23:49.579><c> gentle.</c>

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And<00:23:51.319><c> self</c><00:23:51.539><c>-control?</c>

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I<00:23:53.599><c> believe</c><00:23:53.819><c> that</c><00:23:54.019><c> God</c><00:23:54.220><c> teaches</c><00:23:54.579><c> us</c><00:23:54.859><c> self</c><00:23:55.059><c>-control</c>

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:58.859
by<00:23:55.539><c> putting</c><00:23:55.799><c> us</c><00:23:56.460><c> in</c><00:23:56.680><c> areas</c><00:23:57.180><c> of</c><00:23:57.900><c> excess.</c>

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It<00:24:02.339><c> struck</c><00:24:02.640><c> me</c><00:24:02.839><c> that</c><00:24:03.599><c> a</c><00:24:04.039><c> poor</c><00:24:04.220><c> man</c><00:24:05.559><c> takes</c><00:24:06.859><c> no</c><00:24:07.160><c> pride</c>

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:13.240
in<00:24:08.500><c> the</c><00:24:08.680><c> fact</c><00:24:08.960><c> that</c><00:24:09.500><c> he</c><00:24:09.619><c> has</c><00:24:09.880><c> resisted</c><00:24:10.579><c> the</c><00:24:10.740><c> lust</c><00:24:11.180><c> of</c><00:24:11.859><c> buying</c><00:24:12.140><c> a</c><00:24:12.400><c> Ferrari.</c>

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Because<00:24:15.099><c> he's</c><00:24:15.259><c> got</c><00:24:15.380><c> no</c><00:24:15.519><c> money.</c>

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Self<00:24:18.380><c>-control</c><00:24:18.700><c> is</c><00:24:18.880><c> all</c><00:24:19.099><c> about</c><00:24:19.460><c> not</c><00:24:19.940><c> doing</c><00:24:20.220><c> things</c>

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.299
that<00:24:20.980><c> you</c><00:24:21.160><c> actually</c><00:24:21.460><c> have</c><00:24:21.619><c> the</c><00:24:21.799><c> ability</c><00:24:22.140><c> to</c><00:24:22.359><c> do.</c>

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:27.059
And<00:24:26.000><c> God</c><00:24:26.180><c> knows</c><00:24:26.480><c> that.</c>

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And<00:24:28.019><c> God</c><00:24:28.259><c> wants</c><00:24:28.500><c> you</c><00:24:28.640><c> to</c><00:24:28.859><c> learn</c><00:24:29.299><c> that.</c>

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So<00:24:31.339><c> he's</c><00:24:31.500><c> going</c><00:24:31.660><c> to</c><00:24:31.960><c> give</c><00:24:32.220><c> you</c><00:24:32.480><c> more</c><00:24:32.779><c> than</c><00:24:32.920><c> you</c><00:24:33.140><c> need.</c>

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:38.839
And<00:24:35.700><c> you're</c><00:24:35.799><c> going</c><00:24:35.900><c> to</c><00:24:35.940><c> see</c><00:24:36.500><c> what</c><00:24:36.839><c> you</c><00:24:37.000><c> do</c><00:24:37.160><c> with</c><00:24:37.319><c> it.</c>

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The<00:24:40.599><c> temptation</c><00:24:41.019><c> comes</c><00:24:41.319><c> only</c><00:24:41.559><c> when</c><00:24:41.680><c> you</c><00:24:41.799><c> have</c><00:24:42.180><c> more</c><00:24:42.500><c> than</c><00:24:42.640><c> enough</c>

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:46.380
and<00:24:43.559><c> you're</c><00:24:43.920><c> still</c><00:24:44.339><c> able</c><00:24:44.759><c> to</c><00:24:45.059><c> control</c><00:24:45.339><c> yourself.</c>

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That's<00:24:47.319><c> when</c><00:24:47.440><c> you</c><00:24:47.660><c> learn</c><00:24:48.039><c> what</c><00:24:48.660><c> self</c><00:24:48.880><c>-control</c><00:24:49.180><c> is.</c>

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We<00:24:51.619><c> do</c><00:24:51.819><c> marriage</c><00:24:52.180><c> counseling.</c>

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My<00:24:52.900><c> wife</c><00:24:53.079><c> and</c><00:24:53.200><c> I</c><00:24:53.339><c> had</c><00:24:53.539><c> pre</c><00:24:53.759><c>-marriage</c><00:24:53.980><c> counseling.</c>

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We<00:24:54.880><c> always</c><00:24:55.160><c> tell</c><00:24:55.299><c> the</c><00:24:55.839><c> newly</c><00:24:56.019><c> married</c><00:24:56.200><c> couples</c>

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there's<00:24:56.740><c> two</c><00:24:56.940><c> ways</c><00:24:57.140><c> to</c><00:24:57.339><c> live.</c>

00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:01.140
You<00:24:58.940><c> can</c><00:24:59.259><c> spend</c><00:24:59.460><c> less</c><00:24:59.740><c> than</c><00:24:59.819><c> you</c><00:25:00.019><c> make,</c>

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or<00:25:01.480><c> you</c><00:25:01.539><c> can</c><00:25:01.759><c> make</c><00:25:01.940><c> more</c><00:25:02.140><c> than</c><00:25:02.240><c> you</c><00:25:02.440><c> spend.</c>

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One<00:25:04.579><c> of</c><00:25:04.720><c> these</c><00:25:04.880><c> you</c><00:25:05.039><c> have</c><00:25:05.259><c> control</c><00:25:05.579><c> over,</c>

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another<00:25:06.019><c> one</c><00:25:06.200><c> you</c><00:25:06.480><c> don't</c><00:25:06.740><c> have</c><00:25:06.859><c> very</c><00:25:07.039><c> much</c><00:25:07.200><c> control</c><00:25:07.519><c> over.</c>

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One<00:25:09.740><c> teaches</c><00:25:10.079><c> you</c><00:25:10.339><c> self</c><00:25:10.559><c>-control,</c>

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and<00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.200><c> other</c><00:25:12.299><c> doesn't.</c>

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God<00:25:16.079><c> wants</c><00:25:16.440><c> us</c><00:25:16.799><c> to</c><00:25:17.099><c> learn</c><00:25:17.519><c> self</c><00:25:18.420><c>-control.</c>

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Not<00:25:19.559><c> just</c><00:25:19.900><c> in</c><00:25:20.400><c> money,</c><00:25:21.079><c> but</c><00:25:21.220><c> in</c><00:25:21.359><c> all</c><00:25:21.539><c> of</c><00:25:21.700><c> our</c><00:25:21.880><c> behaviors.</c>

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And<00:25:24.640><c> he's</c><00:25:24.759><c> going</c><00:25:24.920><c> to</c><00:25:25.000><c> do</c><00:25:25.220><c> that</c><00:25:25.779><c> by</c><00:25:26.119><c> giving</c><00:25:26.359><c> us</c><00:25:27.019><c> the</c><00:25:27.240><c> ability</c>

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to<00:25:28.660><c> do</c><00:25:28.859><c> more.</c>

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And<00:25:33.160><c> wanting</c><00:25:33.359><c> us</c><00:25:33.680><c> to</c><00:25:34.019><c> control</c><00:25:34.400><c> ourselves.</c>

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So<00:25:36.960><c> these</c><00:25:37.099><c> are</c><00:25:37.259><c> the</c><00:25:37.740><c> nine</c><00:25:38.460><c> fruits</c><00:25:38.940><c> that</c><00:25:39.859><c> kind</c><00:25:40.680><c> of</c><00:25:40.839><c> make</c><00:25:41.019><c> up</c>

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this<00:25:41.460><c> character</c><00:25:41.880><c> of</c><00:25:42.019><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:42.500><c> God</c><00:25:42.980><c> uses</c><00:25:43.460><c> the</c><00:25:43.759><c> opposite</c><00:25:44.359><c> of</c><00:25:45.240><c> each</c><00:25:45.420><c> one</c><00:25:45.539><c> of</c><00:25:45.619><c> these</c><00:25:45.799><c> fruits</c>

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to<00:25:47.640><c> allow</c><00:25:47.920><c> you</c><00:25:48.119><c> a</c><00:25:48.339><c> choice.</c>

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You<00:25:51.960><c> can't</c><00:25:52.420><c> claim</c><00:25:52.640><c> to</c><00:25:52.799><c> be</c><00:25:53.000><c> good</c>

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if<00:25:54.440><c> you've</c><00:25:54.640><c> never</c><00:25:54.900><c> been</c><00:25:55.140><c> tempted</c><00:25:55.319><c> to</c><00:25:55.480><c> be</c><00:25:55.660><c> bad.</c>

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That's<00:25:58.420><c> why</c><00:25:58.779><c> God</c><00:25:59.140><c> allowed</c><00:25:59.440><c> a</c><00:25:59.700><c> serpent</c><00:26:00.000><c> into</c><00:26:00.319><c> his</c><00:26:00.599><c> garden</c>

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:03.299
in<00:26:01.039><c> the</c><00:26:01.160><c> first</c><00:26:01.420><c> place.</c>

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.400
Every<00:26:05.200><c> time</c><00:26:05.359><c> you</c><00:26:05.519><c> defeat</c><00:26:05.759><c> a</c><00:26:05.920><c> temptation,</c>

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:09.440
you<00:26:07.079><c> become</c><00:26:07.460><c> more</c><00:26:08.019><c> like</c><00:26:08.359><c> Jesus.</c>

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:14.039
So<00:26:11.619><c> the</c><00:26:11.660><c> most</c><00:26:11.920><c> important</c><00:26:12.339><c> step</c><00:26:12.779><c> for</c><00:26:13.279><c> us</c><00:26:13.420><c> to</c><00:26:13.579><c> learn</c><00:26:13.740><c> here,</c>

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.460
the<00:26:14.339><c> last</c><00:26:14.559><c> thing</c><00:26:14.700><c> I</c><00:26:14.779><c> want</c><00:26:14.839><c> to</c><00:26:14.839><c> leave</c><00:26:15.019><c> you</c><00:26:15.160><c> with,</c>

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:19.559
is<00:26:16.279><c> how</c><00:26:17.500><c> to</c><00:26:17.619><c> defeat</c><00:26:18.339><c> temptation.</c>

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.940
In<00:26:20.240><c> order</c><00:26:20.440><c> to</c><00:26:20.759><c> successfully</c><00:26:21.299><c> defeat</c><00:26:21.660><c> it,</c>

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.339
it's<00:26:22.359><c> important</c><00:26:22.680><c> first</c><00:26:22.940><c> for</c><00:26:23.059><c> us</c><00:26:23.319><c> to</c><00:26:23.640><c> fully</c><00:26:23.819><c> come</c><00:26:23.940><c> to</c><00:26:24.079><c> understand</c>

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:26.900
where<00:26:24.539><c> your</c><00:26:24.740><c> temptations</c><00:26:25.099><c> come</c><00:26:25.319><c> from</c><00:26:25.519><c> and</c><00:26:25.579><c> how</c><00:26:25.799><c> they</c><00:26:26.019><c> work.</c>

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:29.279
Although<00:26:27.279><c> God</c><00:26:27.519><c> allows</c><00:26:28.000><c> temptation</c><00:26:28.599><c> in</c><00:26:28.759><c> our</c><00:26:28.940><c> life,</c>

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:31.160
he<00:26:29.720><c> does</c><00:26:30.119><c> not</c><00:26:30.380><c> tempt</c><00:26:30.660><c> us,</c><00:26:30.960><c> right?</c>

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.740
We<00:26:31.240><c> know</c><00:26:31.440><c> James</c><00:26:31.759><c> is</c><00:26:32.019><c> clear</c><00:26:32.180><c> on</c><00:26:32.380><c> that.</c>

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.740
James<00:26:33.359><c> says,</c>

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.480
When<00:26:34.099><c> tempted,</c><00:26:34.619><c> no</c><00:26:34.740><c> one</c><00:26:34.859><c> should</c><00:26:35.059><c> say,</c>

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.279
God<00:26:36.119><c> is</c><00:26:36.400><c> tempting</c><00:26:36.640><c> me.</c>

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.920
For<00:26:37.579><c> God</c><00:26:37.799><c> cannot</c><00:26:38.019><c> be</c><00:26:38.200><c> tempted</c><00:26:38.339><c> by</c><00:26:38.599><c> evil,</c>

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.920
nor<00:26:39.460><c> does</c><00:26:39.619><c> he</c><00:26:39.839><c> tempt</c><00:26:40.019><c> anyone.</c>

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:44.200
So<00:26:41.420><c> where</c><00:26:41.539><c> do</c><00:26:41.599><c> these</c><00:26:41.859><c> rumblings</c><00:26:42.259><c> deep</c><00:26:42.559><c> in</c><00:26:42.700><c> our</c><00:26:42.819><c> heart</c><00:26:42.980><c> originate?</c>

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:47.140
Where<00:26:45.200><c> do</c><00:26:45.319><c> these</c><00:26:45.539><c> feelings</c><00:26:45.900><c> come</c><00:26:46.220><c> from?</c>

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.859
Don't<00:26:47.420><c> look</c><00:26:47.599><c> out</c><00:26:47.799><c> the</c><00:26:47.920><c> window</c><00:26:48.259><c> to</c><00:26:48.400><c> see</c><00:26:48.539><c> the</c><00:26:48.680><c> devil,</c>

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.619
my<00:26:49.039><c> grandfather</c><00:26:49.339><c> said.</c>

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:51.200
Look<00:26:49.839><c> in</c><00:26:50.019><c> the</c><00:26:50.140><c> mirror.</c>

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:55.460
Keep<00:26:52.680><c> reading</c><00:26:52.960><c> in</c><00:26:53.180><c> James,</c><00:26:54.220><c> verse</c><00:26:54.400><c> 14.</c>

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.559
Each<00:26:55.680><c> one</c><00:26:55.920><c> is</c><00:26:56.140><c> tempted.</c>

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.380
When<00:26:56.980><c> he</c><00:26:57.140><c> is</c><00:26:57.400><c> by</c><00:26:57.480><c> his</c><00:26:57.720><c> own</c><00:26:57.859><c> evil</c><00:26:58.000><c> desire,</c>

00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:00.339
he<00:26:58.559><c> is</c><00:26:58.779><c> drawn</c><00:26:59.039><c> away</c><00:26:59.319><c> and</c><00:26:59.539><c> enticed.</c>

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.619
After<00:27:00.759><c> desire</c><00:27:01.119><c> has</c><00:27:01.380><c> conceived,</c>

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.619
it<00:27:01.759><c> gives</c><00:27:01.920><c> birth</c><00:27:02.220><c> to</c><00:27:02.460><c> sin,</c>

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.039
and<00:27:02.900><c> sin</c><00:27:03.079><c> when</c><00:27:03.220><c> it</c><00:27:03.359><c> is</c><00:27:03.539><c> full</c><00:27:03.740><c> grown,</c>

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.960
gives<00:27:04.579><c> birth</c><00:27:04.880><c> to</c><00:27:05.160><c> death.</c>

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.799
I<00:27:06.200><c> love</c><00:27:06.460><c> James'</c><00:27:06.819><c> description</c><00:27:07.220><c> of</c><00:27:07.359><c> this</c><00:27:07.500><c> process</c>

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:11.400
because<00:27:08.319><c> he</c><00:27:08.680><c> makes</c><00:27:08.880><c> almost</c><00:27:09.099><c> like</c><00:27:09.279><c> this</c><00:27:09.539><c> mathematical</c><00:27:10.160><c> equation.</c>

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.079
The<00:27:12.099><c> process</c><00:27:12.299><c> is</c><00:27:12.539><c> always</c><00:27:12.700><c> the</c><00:27:12.859><c> same.</c>

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:18.000
First,<00:27:14.259><c> you're</c><00:27:14.440><c> drawn</c><00:27:14.819><c> away</c><00:27:15.480><c> by</c><00:27:15.819><c> your</c><00:27:16.160><c> evil</c><00:27:16.460><c> desires.</c>

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:25.119
You<00:27:22.579><c> begin</c><00:27:22.839><c> to</c><00:27:23.119><c> doubt</c><00:27:23.579><c> in</c><00:27:24.640><c> your</c><00:27:24.859><c> mind</c>

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.519
what<00:27:25.440><c> God</c><00:27:25.700><c> has</c><00:27:25.880><c> said</c><00:27:25.980><c> about</c><00:27:26.240><c> sin.</c>

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.680
Maybe<00:27:27.059><c> it's</c><00:27:27.220><c> not</c><00:27:27.400><c> that</c><00:27:27.579><c> wrong.</c>

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:31.299
Maybe<00:27:27.900><c> we</c><00:27:28.079><c> won't</c><00:27:28.299><c> die</c><00:27:28.940><c> if</c><00:27:29.299><c> we</c><00:27:29.460><c> eat</c><00:27:29.559><c> of</c><00:27:29.700><c> this</c><00:27:29.859><c> tree,</c><00:27:30.279><c> right?</c>

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:35.319
And<00:27:31.839><c> then</c><00:27:32.279><c> you</c><00:27:32.740><c> add</c><00:27:33.180><c> something</c><00:27:33.720><c> to</c><00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:34.920><c> temptation</c>

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.240
in<00:27:35.480><c> order</c><00:27:35.579><c> for</c><00:27:35.799><c> it</c><00:27:35.859><c> to</c><00:27:35.880><c> conceive.</c>

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.839
My<00:27:36.779><c> grandfather</c><00:27:37.039><c> always</c><00:27:37.259><c> used</c><00:27:37.440><c> to</c><00:27:37.539><c> say,</c>

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.200
It<00:27:38.339><c> takes</c><00:27:38.700><c> two</c><00:27:38.920><c> to</c><00:27:39.099><c> tango.</c>

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:42.420
I<00:27:40.480><c> never</c><00:27:40.720><c> knew</c><00:27:40.880><c> what</c><00:27:41.000><c> he</c><00:27:41.160><c> meant,</c><00:27:41.619><c> you</c><00:27:41.779><c> know,</c>

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.960
until<00:27:42.839><c> I</c><00:27:42.960><c> realized.</c>

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.019
You<00:27:44.839><c> have</c><00:27:45.039><c> to</c><00:27:45.279><c> add</c><00:27:45.599><c> something.</c>

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:48.640
The<00:27:46.440><c> evil</c><00:27:46.559><c> desire</c><00:27:46.960><c> drags</c><00:27:47.460><c> you</c><00:27:47.539><c> away</c><00:27:47.680><c> and</c><00:27:47.839><c> entices</c><00:27:48.240><c> you,</c>

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.680
but<00:27:48.859><c> that's</c><00:27:49.039><c> not</c><00:27:49.240><c> necessarily</c><00:27:49.480><c> the</c><00:27:49.680><c> problem.</c>

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.480
Without<00:27:51.759><c> conception,</c><00:27:52.619><c> it's</c><00:27:52.839><c> lifeless.</c>

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.839
It's<00:27:54.220><c> stillborn.</c>

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.400
It's<00:27:55.400><c> dead.</c>

00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:00.740
You<00:27:57.880><c> are</c><00:27:58.339><c> the</c><00:27:58.480><c> one</c><00:27:58.579><c> that's</c><00:27:58.799><c> needed</c><00:27:58.940><c> to</c><00:27:59.220><c> bring</c><00:27:59.400><c> it</c><00:27:59.500><c> to</c><00:27:59.720><c> life.</c>

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.480
So<00:28:01.319><c> if</c><00:28:01.420><c> you</c><00:28:01.539><c> don't</c><00:28:01.660><c> add</c><00:28:01.839><c> anything</c><00:28:02.039><c> to</c><00:28:02.279><c> it,</c>

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.660
it<00:28:02.740><c> does</c><00:28:03.039><c> not</c><00:28:03.319><c> conceive.</c>

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.660
It<00:28:03.799><c> does</c><00:28:04.099><c> not</c><00:28:04.279><c> come</c><00:28:04.519><c> to</c><00:28:04.700><c> life.</c>

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:08.319
You<00:28:06.180><c> are</c><00:28:06.359><c> the</c><00:28:06.480><c> one</c><00:28:06.640><c> that</c><00:28:06.900><c> adds</c><00:28:07.119><c> something</c><00:28:07.519><c> to</c><00:28:07.680><c> the</c><00:28:07.839><c> temptation.</c>

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.700
And<00:28:08.839><c> after</c><00:28:09.180><c> conception,</c>

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.619
it<00:28:10.039><c> gives</c><00:28:10.319><c> birth</c><00:28:10.640><c> to</c><00:28:10.880><c> sin</c><00:28:11.140><c> every</c><00:28:12.059><c> time,</c>

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.839
not<00:28:13.000><c> sometimes,</c><00:28:14.000><c> every</c><00:28:14.460><c> time.</c>

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:17.200
You<00:28:15.099><c> can't</c><00:28:15.380><c> play</c><00:28:15.460><c> with</c><00:28:15.599><c> this</c><00:28:15.819><c> fire</c><00:28:16.140><c> and</c><00:28:16.519><c> not</c><00:28:16.740><c> get</c><00:28:16.960><c> burned.</c>

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.819
It<00:28:17.319><c> will</c><00:28:17.680><c> always</c><00:28:18.200><c> give</c><00:28:18.480><c> birth</c><00:28:18.779><c> to</c><00:28:19.000><c> sin.</c>

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.660
If<00:28:20.279><c> you</c><00:28:20.519><c> add</c><00:28:20.779><c> something</c><00:28:21.019><c> to</c><00:28:21.180><c> that</c><00:28:21.299><c> temptation,</c>

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:26.319
it<00:28:22.099><c> will</c><00:28:22.380><c> happen,</c><00:28:23.279><c> and</c><00:28:23.460><c> the</c><00:28:23.819><c> sin</c><00:28:24.259><c> gives</c><00:28:24.720><c> birth</c><00:28:25.240><c> to</c><00:28:25.480><c> death.</c>

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.980
Unchecked,<00:28:27.640><c> unstopped,</c><00:28:28.500><c> uncontrolled,</c>

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:31.420
your<00:28:29.539><c> temptations</c><00:28:30.220><c> will</c><00:28:30.579><c> lead</c><00:28:30.799><c> to</c><00:28:31.099><c> sin,</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.099
and<00:28:31.859><c> your</c><00:28:32.119><c> sins</c><00:28:32.460><c> will</c><00:28:32.920><c> kill</c><00:28:33.160><c> you.</c>

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.359
It's<00:28:35.039><c> a</c><00:28:35.259><c> clear,</c><00:28:35.759><c> simple</c><00:28:35.980><c> mathematical</c><00:28:36.579><c> process.</c>

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.980
It's<00:28:37.980><c> a</c><00:28:38.059><c> progression</c><00:28:38.660><c> that</c><00:28:39.180><c> James</c><00:28:39.480><c> describes.</c>

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.500
How<00:28:40.579><c> do</c><00:28:40.700><c> you</c><00:28:40.759><c> control</c><00:28:41.200><c> it</c><00:28:41.420><c> then?</c>

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:43.160
How<00:28:41.619><c> do</c><00:28:41.720><c> we</c><00:28:41.819><c> stop</c><00:28:41.940><c> it</c><00:28:42.079><c> from</c><00:28:42.200><c> beating</c><00:28:42.460><c> us?</c>

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:46.279
By<00:28:43.619><c> stop</c><00:28:44.059><c> giving</c><00:28:44.380><c> in</c><00:28:44.579><c> to</c><00:28:44.680><c> the</c><00:28:44.819><c> temptation.</c>

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.460
Galatians<00:28:47.440><c> says,</c><00:28:47.759><c> do</c><00:28:47.759><c> not</c><00:28:47.880><c> be</c><00:28:48.079><c> deceived.</c>

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.960
God<00:28:49.160><c> cannot</c><00:28:49.420><c> be</c><00:28:49.619><c> mocked.</c>

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.400
A<00:28:50.160><c> man</c><00:28:50.440><c> reaps</c><00:28:50.680><c> what</c><00:28:50.839><c> he</c><00:28:51.099><c> sows.</c>

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:54.599
The<00:28:51.880><c> one</c><00:28:52.119><c> who</c><00:28:52.420><c> sows</c><00:28:52.740><c> to</c><00:28:53.019><c> please</c><00:28:53.319><c> his</c><00:28:53.599><c> sinful</c><00:28:53.980><c> nature</c>

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:57.940
from<00:28:55.200><c> that</c><00:28:55.539><c> nature</c><00:28:55.980><c> will</c><00:28:56.440><c> reap</c><00:28:56.700><c> destruction.</c>

00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:00.200
The<00:28:58.500><c> one</c><00:28:58.660><c> who</c><00:28:58.839><c> sows</c><00:28:59.019><c> to</c><00:28:59.279><c> please</c><00:28:59.420><c> the</c><00:28:59.720><c> spirit</c>

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:02.059
from<00:29:00.539><c> the</c><00:29:00.819><c> spirit</c><00:29:01.019><c> will</c><00:29:01.200><c> reap</c><00:29:01.359><c> eternal</c><00:29:01.619><c> life.</c>

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.779
It's<00:29:02.700><c> no</c><00:29:02.839><c> secret.</c>

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.819
There's<00:29:04.019><c> no</c><00:29:04.359><c> great</c><00:29:04.599><c> mystery</c><00:29:05.039><c> in</c><00:29:05.200><c> how</c><00:29:05.279><c> to</c><00:29:05.420><c> do</c><00:29:05.420><c> this.</c>

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.140
Garbage<00:29:06.480><c> in,</c><00:29:06.680><c> garbage</c><00:29:06.980><c> out.</c>

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.299
We're<00:29:07.259><c> all</c><00:29:07.420><c> familiar</c><00:29:07.660><c> with</c><00:29:07.859><c> it.</c>

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:13.240
We<00:29:09.720><c> alone</c><00:29:10.140><c> are</c><00:29:10.599><c> the</c><00:29:10.880><c> biggest</c><00:29:11.180><c> source</c><00:29:11.599><c> of</c><00:29:11.740><c> our</c><00:29:11.940><c> own</c><00:29:12.240><c> problems,</c>

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:17.099
of<00:29:13.500><c> our</c><00:29:13.720><c> own</c><00:29:13.960><c> sins,</c><00:29:14.960><c> and</c><00:29:15.180><c> we</c><00:29:15.500><c> alone</c><00:29:15.960><c> can</c><00:29:16.599><c> take</c><00:29:16.819><c> steps</c>

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.740
to<00:29:17.359><c> overcome</c><00:29:18.200><c> those</c><00:29:18.759><c> temptations.</c>

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:25.200
Cut<00:29:20.339><c> it</c><00:29:20.559><c> off</c><00:29:20.980><c> at</c><00:29:21.259><c> the</c><00:29:21.460><c> point</c><00:29:21.819><c> where</c><00:29:22.380><c> we</c><00:29:22.960><c> add</c><00:29:23.359><c> something</c><00:29:23.839><c> to</c><00:29:24.099><c> it.</c>

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:28.859
Do<00:29:26.319><c> not</c><00:29:26.740><c> add</c><00:29:27.059><c> anything</c><00:29:27.359><c> to</c><00:29:27.640><c> it.</c>

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.920
Here's<00:29:29.920><c> seven</c><00:29:30.240><c> steps</c><00:29:30.619><c> to</c><00:29:30.799><c> help</c><00:29:30.859><c> us</c><00:29:31.119><c> overcome</c><00:29:31.400><c> temptations.</c>

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:35.200
Number<00:29:32.200><c> one,</c><00:29:33.019><c> refuse</c><00:29:33.380><c> to</c><00:29:33.579><c> be</c><00:29:33.779><c> demoralized.</c>

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:39.400
I<00:29:36.200><c> can't</c><00:29:36.500><c> stress</c><00:29:36.799><c> enough</c><00:29:37.140><c> how</c><00:29:37.519><c> important</c><00:29:37.920><c> this</c><00:29:38.180><c> is.</c>

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.519
Many<00:29:39.740><c> brothers</c><00:29:40.039><c> and</c><00:29:40.299><c> sisters</c><00:29:40.599><c> feel</c><00:29:40.880><c> ashamed</c>

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:43.660
just<00:29:42.160><c> because</c><00:29:42.440><c> they're</c><00:29:42.660><c> tempted.</c>

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:47.940
Many<00:29:45.079><c> feel</c><00:29:45.339><c> guilty,</c><00:29:46.000><c> like</c><00:29:46.220><c> somehow</c><00:29:46.799><c> after</c><00:29:47.299><c> all</c><00:29:47.539><c> these</c><00:29:47.740><c> years</c>

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:50.000
I<00:29:48.059><c> should</c><00:29:48.200><c> be</c><00:29:48.400><c> beyond</c><00:29:48.859><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.220
I<00:29:51.059><c> think</c><00:29:51.180><c> this</c><00:29:51.380><c> is</c><00:29:51.559><c> a</c><00:29:51.660><c> misunderstanding</c>

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.200
of<00:29:52.460><c> spiritual</c><00:29:52.759><c> maturity.</c>

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:56.900
You<00:29:53.880><c> will</c><00:29:54.259><c> never</c><00:29:54.819><c> outgrow</c><00:29:55.740><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:01.720
Be<00:29:59.119><c> realistic</c><00:29:59.619><c> about</c><00:29:59.920><c> the</c><00:30:00.079><c> inevitability</c><00:30:00.579><c> of</c><00:30:00.740><c> temptation.</c>

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:04.440
You're<00:30:02.460><c> never</c><00:30:02.740><c> going</c><00:30:02.880><c> to</c><00:30:02.920><c> be</c><00:30:02.980><c> able</c><00:30:03.119><c> to</c><00:30:03.279><c> completely</c><00:30:03.599><c> avoid</c><00:30:03.940><c> it.</c>

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.599
Don't<00:30:04.920><c> be</c><00:30:05.180><c> shocked.</c>

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:08.500
Don't<00:30:06.180><c> be</c><00:30:06.400><c> surprised</c><00:30:06.980><c> or</c><00:30:07.180><c> discouraged</c><00:30:07.740><c> by</c><00:30:08.019><c> it.</c>

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.140
Don't<00:30:08.980><c> be</c><00:30:09.180><c> ashamed</c><00:30:09.460><c> that</c><00:30:09.579><c> you're</c><00:30:09.779><c> facing</c>

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:12.460
these<00:30:10.420><c> same</c><00:30:10.640><c> temptations</c><00:30:11.359><c> over</c><00:30:11.900><c> and</c><00:30:12.039><c> over</c><00:30:12.220><c> again</c>

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:14.160
after<00:30:12.680><c> all</c><00:30:12.900><c> these</c><00:30:13.140><c> years.</c>

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:17.599
Shame<00:30:15.279><c> and</c><00:30:15.759><c> guilt</c><00:30:16.220><c> and</c><00:30:16.799><c> discouragement</c>

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:20.720
only<00:30:18.500><c> serve</c><00:30:18.759><c> to</c><00:30:19.160><c> weaken</c><00:30:19.440><c> your</c><00:30:19.759><c> resolve.</c>

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:24.019
It's<00:30:21.619><c> not</c><00:30:21.980><c> a</c><00:30:22.319><c> sin</c><00:30:22.559><c> to</c><00:30:22.900><c> be</c><00:30:23.099><c> tempted.</c>

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:27.460
We<00:30:25.940><c> do</c><00:30:26.380><c> not</c><00:30:26.440><c> have</c><00:30:26.539><c> a</c><00:30:26.640><c> high</c><00:30:26.819><c> priest</c><00:30:27.039><c> who's</c><00:30:27.259><c> unable</c>

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:29.220
to<00:30:27.640><c> sympathize</c><00:30:28.079><c> with</c><00:30:28.200><c> our</c><00:30:28.319><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:31.480
We<00:30:29.319><c> have</c><00:30:29.460><c> one</c><00:30:29.640><c> who's</c><00:30:29.920><c> been</c><00:30:30.160><c> tempted</c><00:30:30.440><c> in</c><00:30:30.640><c> every</c><00:30:30.940><c> way,</c>

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:35.839
just<00:30:32.079><c> as</c><00:30:32.240><c> we</c><00:30:32.460><c> are,</c><00:30:33.759><c> yet</c><00:30:33.920><c> was</c><00:30:34.200><c> without</c><00:30:34.640><c> sin.</c>

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:40.440
Temptation<00:30:36.940><c> only</c><00:30:37.240><c> becomes</c><00:30:37.619><c> a</c><00:30:37.859><c> sin</c><00:30:38.099><c> when</c><00:30:38.519><c> you</c><00:30:38.720><c> give</c><00:30:38.920><c> into</c><00:30:39.220><c> it.</c>

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.960
Don't<00:30:41.319><c> be</c><00:30:41.480><c> caught</c><00:30:41.640><c> off</c><00:30:41.920><c> guard</c><00:30:42.099><c> thinking</c><00:30:42.440><c> that</c>

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.539
this<00:30:43.299><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:43.559><c> be</c><00:30:43.920><c> happening</c><00:30:44.160><c> to</c><00:30:44.380><c> you</c>

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:47.700
and<00:30:44.700><c> the</c><00:30:44.859><c> fact</c><00:30:45.000><c> that</c><00:30:45.119><c> you're</c><00:30:45.299><c> tempted</c><00:30:45.660><c> is</c><00:30:46.900><c> just</c><00:30:47.420><c> embarrassing</c>

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.579
and<00:30:48.460><c> you</c><00:30:49.079><c> feel</c><00:30:49.279><c> so</c><00:30:49.619><c> guilty.</c>

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:59.579
Refuse<00:30:54.500><c> to</c><00:30:55.099><c> be</c><00:30:55.539><c> demoralized</c><00:30:57.240><c> by</c><00:30:58.319><c> your</c><00:30:58.519><c> temptations.</c>

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:04.799
Number<00:31:00.539><c> two,</c><00:31:01.339><c> recognize</c><00:31:01.940><c> your</c><00:31:02.940><c> pattern</c><00:31:03.559><c> of</c><00:31:04.200><c> temptations.</c>

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.660
There<00:31:05.180><c> are</c><00:31:05.380><c> certain</c><00:31:05.599><c> situations</c><00:31:06.140><c> that</c><00:31:06.380><c> make</c><00:31:06.519><c> you</c>

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:08.859
more<00:31:07.019><c> vulnerable</c><00:31:07.480><c> to</c><00:31:07.940><c> temptations</c><00:31:08.440><c> than</c><00:31:08.640><c> others.</c>

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:12.460
These<00:31:09.460><c> situations</c><00:31:09.880><c> are</c><00:31:10.119><c> unique</c><00:31:10.599><c> to</c><00:31:10.980><c> each</c><00:31:11.180><c> person's</c><00:31:11.640><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.579
Don't<00:31:13.400><c> think</c><00:31:13.619><c> that</c><00:31:13.779><c> because</c><00:31:14.079><c> you</c><00:31:14.200><c> don't</c><00:31:14.420><c> have</c>

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.420
another<00:31:14.779><c> brother's</c><00:31:15.140><c> weaknesses</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:17.859
that<00:31:16.099><c> you</c><00:31:16.160><c> don't</c><00:31:16.319><c> have</c><00:31:16.480><c> to</c><00:31:16.559><c> worry</c><00:31:16.680><c> about</c><00:31:16.859><c> your</c><00:31:17.059><c> own.</c>

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:22.519
I<00:31:19.059><c> have</c><00:31:19.400><c> never</c><00:31:20.200><c> been</c><00:31:20.819><c> tempted</c><00:31:21.180><c> to</c><00:31:21.460><c> gamble.</c>

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:27.920
I<00:31:24.200><c> know</c><00:31:24.339><c> there's</c><00:31:25.500><c> plenty</c><00:31:25.859><c> of</c><00:31:26.220><c> thin</c><00:31:26.480><c> gamblers</c><00:31:26.880><c> out</c><00:31:27.140><c> there,</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.160
so<00:31:28.960><c> obviously</c><00:31:29.680><c> they're</c><00:31:29.859><c> not</c><00:31:30.039><c> tempted</c>

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:32.059
by<00:31:30.319><c> the</c><00:31:30.400><c> same</c><00:31:30.559><c> things</c><00:31:30.700><c> I'm</c><00:31:30.960><c> tempted</c><00:31:31.259><c> with.</c>

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.220
Just<00:31:33.640><c> because</c><00:31:33.960><c> one</c><00:31:34.200><c> person</c><00:31:34.559><c> is</c><00:31:34.720><c> tempted</c><00:31:34.819><c> by</c><00:31:34.980><c> one</c><00:31:35.119><c> thing</c>

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.900
and<00:31:35.440><c> one</c><00:31:35.619><c> is</c><00:31:35.920><c> by</c><00:31:35.980><c> another,</c>

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:40.799
learn<00:31:38.180><c> what</c><00:31:38.740><c> circumstances</c><00:31:39.319><c> make</c><00:31:39.579><c> you</c><00:31:39.779><c> the</c><00:31:39.900><c> most</c><00:31:40.180><c> vulnerable</c>

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:43.640
and<00:31:41.779><c> learn</c><00:31:42.039><c> to</c><00:31:42.319><c> avoid</c><00:31:42.559><c> them.</c>

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.900
I<00:31:44.500><c> like</c><00:31:44.680><c> to</c><00:31:44.839><c> ask</c><00:31:44.960><c> myself</c><00:31:45.279><c> some</c><00:31:45.500><c> questions.</c>

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.980
When<00:31:46.740><c> am</c><00:31:46.859><c> I</c><00:31:46.960><c> most</c><00:31:47.180><c> tempted?</c>

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:51.920
What<00:31:49.359><c> specific</c><00:31:49.880><c> time</c><00:31:50.200><c> of</c><00:31:50.359><c> the</c><00:31:50.460><c> day</c><00:31:51.079><c> am</c><00:31:51.579><c> I</c><00:31:51.619><c> most</c><00:31:51.799><c> tempted?</c>

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:54.079
Pay<00:31:52.140><c> attention</c><00:31:52.519><c> to</c><00:31:52.720><c> that.</c>

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:57.299
Where<00:31:54.980><c> am</c><00:31:55.279><c> I</c><00:31:56.119><c> when</c><00:31:56.720><c> I'm</c><00:31:56.839><c> most</c><00:31:57.039><c> tempted?</c>

00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.079
Am<00:31:57.539><c> I</c><00:31:57.640><c> at</c><00:31:57.779><c> work,</c><00:31:58.779><c> at</c><00:31:58.960><c> home,</c><00:31:59.859><c> in</c><00:32:00.000><c> a</c><00:32:00.019><c> hotel,</c>

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.740
hanging<00:32:01.440><c> out</c><00:32:01.579><c> with</c><00:32:01.680><c> the</c><00:32:01.859><c> neighbors,</c>

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.339
hanging<00:32:03.740><c> out</c><00:32:03.880><c> with</c><00:32:03.980><c> brothers</c><00:32:04.180><c> and</c><00:32:04.359><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:09.119
Who's<00:32:06.599><c> with</c><00:32:06.799><c> me</c><00:32:07.579><c> when</c><00:32:07.920><c> I'm</c><00:32:08.039><c> most</c><00:32:08.259><c> tempted?</c>

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:12.140
My<00:32:09.700><c> friends?</c><00:32:10.880><c> My</c><00:32:11.140><c> co</c><00:32:11.299><c>-workers?</c>

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:16.059
And<00:32:13.420><c> how</c><00:32:13.599><c> do</c><00:32:13.740><c> I</c><00:32:13.779><c> usually</c><00:32:14.000><c> feel</c><00:32:14.640><c> when</c><00:32:14.940><c> I'm</c><00:32:15.079><c> most</c><00:32:15.240><c> tempted?</c>

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.660
Am<00:32:16.319><c> I</c><00:32:16.480><c> tired?</c><00:32:17.460><c> Am</c><00:32:17.460><c> I</c><00:32:17.700><c> bored?</c>

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:22.240
Lonely?<00:32:19.900><c> Depressed?</c><00:32:21.299><c> Stressed?</c>

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:27.259
Develop<00:32:24.200><c> this</c><00:32:24.759><c> kind</c><00:32:24.960><c> of</c><00:32:25.480><c> character</c><00:32:26.039><c> of</c><00:32:26.480><c> your</c><00:32:26.680><c> temptations.</c>

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.380
Identify<00:32:28.380><c> your</c><00:32:28.660><c> typical</c><00:32:29.140><c> pattern</c><00:32:29.599><c> of</c><00:32:29.859><c> temptations</c>

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:32.720
and<00:32:30.740><c> then</c><00:32:30.940><c> avoid</c><00:32:31.259><c> those</c><00:32:31.519><c> situations.</c>

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:37.440
Dieters<00:32:34.400><c> have,</c><00:32:35.319><c> what</c><00:32:36.519><c> are</c><00:32:36.579><c> those</c><00:32:36.859><c> bad</c><00:32:37.160><c> foods,</c>

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:42.240
like,<00:32:37.740><c> you</c><00:32:37.940><c> know,</c><00:32:39.960><c> problem</c><00:32:40.220><c> foods,</c><00:32:40.859><c> like</c><00:32:41.079><c> pizza</c><00:32:41.339><c> for</c><00:32:41.579><c> one.</c>

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:44.059
I<00:32:42.920><c> can't</c><00:32:43.180><c> have</c><00:32:43.279><c> one</c><00:32:43.480><c> slice</c><00:32:43.619><c> of</c><00:32:43.759><c> pizza.</c>

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.700
I<00:32:44.480><c> have</c><00:32:44.599><c> a</c><00:32:44.700><c> whole</c><00:32:44.819><c> pizza,</c><00:32:45.220><c> therefore</c><00:32:45.400><c> I</c><00:32:45.579><c> avoid</c><00:32:45.819><c> pizza.</c>

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:49.960
Learn<00:32:48.059><c> your</c><00:32:48.460><c> pattern</c><00:32:48.779><c> of</c><00:32:49.000><c> temptation.</c>

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:52.980
Every<00:32:51.000><c> time</c><00:32:51.160><c> I</c><00:32:51.259><c> go</c><00:32:51.359><c> to</c><00:32:51.420><c> lunch</c><00:32:51.519><c> with</c><00:32:51.680><c> the</c><00:32:51.779><c> guys</c><00:32:51.900><c> from</c><00:32:52.079><c> work,</c>

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:55.059
we<00:32:53.200><c> end</c><00:32:53.420><c> up</c><00:32:53.980><c> talking</c><00:32:54.480><c> about</c><00:32:54.819><c> things</c>

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.660
that<00:32:55.220><c> I</c><00:32:55.500><c> don't</c><00:32:55.740><c> feel</c><00:32:55.900><c> good</c><00:32:56.059><c> about</c><00:32:56.259><c> talking</c><00:32:56.480><c> about.</c>

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.559
So<00:32:57.299><c> next</c><00:32:57.480><c> time</c><00:32:57.599><c> you</c><00:32:57.680><c> say,</c><00:32:57.839><c> hey,</c><00:32:58.000><c> want</c><00:32:58.099><c> to</c><00:32:58.160><c> go</c><00:32:58.259><c> to</c><00:32:58.259><c> lunch?</c>

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.259
Say,<00:32:58.960><c> no,</c><00:32:59.019><c> I</c><00:32:59.039><c> brought</c><00:32:59.200><c> a</c><00:32:59.339><c> sandwich.</c>

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.180
Define<00:33:03.319><c> what</c><00:33:03.440><c> the</c><00:33:03.619><c> pattern</c><00:33:03.799><c> is</c><00:33:04.119><c> and</c><00:33:04.480><c> avoid</c><00:33:04.759><c> it.</c>

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:08.039
James<00:33:06.140><c> tells</c><00:33:06.420><c> us,</c><00:33:06.779><c> submit</c><00:33:06.859><c> yourselves</c><00:33:07.240><c> then</c><00:33:07.420><c> to</c><00:33:07.559><c> God,</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:10.640
resist<00:33:08.839><c> the</c><00:33:09.079><c> devil</c><00:33:09.359><c> and</c><00:33:09.759><c> he</c><00:33:09.900><c> will</c><00:33:10.079><c> flee</c><00:33:10.240><c> from</c><00:33:10.440><c> you.</c>

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.660
Now<00:33:11.059><c> as</c><00:33:11.200><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:33:11.759><c> we</c><00:33:11.819><c> understand</c><00:33:12.119><c> this</c><00:33:12.319><c> concept</c>

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:14.940
of<00:33:12.900><c> devil</c><00:33:13.259><c> a</c><00:33:13.599><c> little</c><00:33:13.960><c> differently,</c>

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:18.160
but<00:33:15.619><c> don't</c><00:33:15.880><c> miss</c><00:33:16.380><c> the</c><00:33:16.680><c> message</c><00:33:16.900><c> of</c><00:33:17.079><c> that</c><00:33:17.240><c> verse.</c>

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:23.440
Resist<00:33:19.960><c> the</c><00:33:20.140><c> devil</c><00:33:20.700><c> and</c><00:33:21.319><c> he</c><00:33:21.460><c> will</c><00:33:21.660><c> flee</c><00:33:21.799><c> from</c><00:33:22.019><c> you.</c>

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:27.579
Remove<00:33:24.440><c> yourself</c><00:33:24.880><c> from</c><00:33:25.059><c> the</c><00:33:25.220><c> temptation</c><00:33:25.720><c> and</c><00:33:26.319><c> it</c><00:33:26.400><c> will</c><00:33:26.539><c> go</c><00:33:26.740><c> away.</c>

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:30.460
Number<00:33:27.960><c> three</c><00:33:28.119><c> is</c><00:33:28.339><c> obvious,</c><00:33:28.799><c> request</c><00:33:29.240><c> God's</c><00:33:29.680><c> help.</c>

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:33.220
God<00:33:30.819><c> wants</c><00:33:31.180><c> you</c><00:33:31.339><c> to</c><00:33:31.640><c> call</c><00:33:31.880><c> on</c><00:33:31.980><c> him</c><00:33:32.140><c> in</c><00:33:32.299><c> times</c><00:33:32.480><c> of</c><00:33:32.680><c> temptation</c>

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:36.400
and<00:33:33.740><c> he</c><00:33:33.900><c> will</c><00:33:34.140><c> rescue</c><00:33:34.480><c> you,</c><00:33:35.480><c> rescue</c><00:33:35.859><c> you.</c>

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:41.200
Unfortunately,<00:33:39.000><c> sometimes</c><00:33:39.339><c> you</c><00:33:39.440><c> don't</c><00:33:39.599><c> really</c><00:33:39.900><c> want</c><00:33:40.000><c> to</c><00:33:40.099><c> be</c><00:33:40.279><c> helped.</c>

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:45.339
Sometimes<00:33:43.420><c> you</c><00:33:43.559><c> just</c><00:33:43.700><c> kind</c><00:33:43.819><c> of</c><00:33:43.900><c> want</c><00:33:44.019><c> to</c><00:33:44.400><c> give</c><00:33:44.539><c> into</c><00:33:44.680><c> the</c><00:33:44.859><c> temptation</c>

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:47.180
even<00:33:45.980><c> though</c><00:33:46.119><c> you</c><00:33:46.200><c> know</c><00:33:46.319><c> it's</c><00:33:46.559><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:51.099
Sometimes<00:33:47.539><c> we're</c><00:33:49.019><c> actually</c><00:33:49.220><c> embarrassed</c><00:33:49.799><c> to</c><00:33:50.059><c> ask</c><00:33:50.240><c> God</c><00:33:50.460><c> for</c><00:33:50.720><c> help</c>

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:53.480
because<00:33:51.539><c> we</c><00:33:51.740><c> keep</c><00:33:51.920><c> giving</c><00:33:52.119><c> into</c><00:33:52.299><c> the</c><00:33:52.579><c> same</c><00:33:52.859><c> temptation</c>

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.500
over<00:33:54.019><c> and</c><00:33:54.160><c> over</c><00:33:54.480><c> again.</c>

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:58.140
But<00:33:56.180><c> God</c><00:33:56.660><c> is</c><00:33:57.099><c> everlasting.</c>

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.119
God's<00:33:59.000><c> patience</c><00:33:59.380><c> endures</c><00:33:59.799><c> forever.</c>

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:04.180
God<00:34:00.859><c> doesn't</c><00:34:01.180><c> get</c><00:34:01.519><c> irritated</c><00:34:02.059><c> or</c><00:34:02.519><c> bored</c><00:34:02.940><c> when</c><00:34:03.519><c> you</c><00:34:03.720><c> continually</c>

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:07.779
come<00:34:04.519><c> back</c><00:34:04.779><c> to</c><00:34:04.859><c> him</c><00:34:05.319><c> day</c><00:34:05.839><c> after</c><00:34:06.200><c> day,</c><00:34:06.579><c> year</c><00:34:06.819><c> after</c><00:34:07.140><c> year,</c>

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:10.119
asking<00:34:08.380><c> him</c><00:34:08.679><c> for</c><00:34:08.900><c> help</c><00:34:09.079><c> with</c><00:34:09.260><c> the</c><00:34:09.480><c> same</c><00:34:09.739><c> things</c>

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.719
over<00:34:10.679><c> and</c><00:34:11.000><c> over</c><00:34:11.320><c> and</c><00:34:11.440><c> over.</c>

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.880
He's<00:34:12.079><c> not</c><00:34:12.260><c> like</c><00:34:12.579><c> a</c><00:34:12.760><c> man.</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.840
Every<00:34:15.659><c> time</c><00:34:15.820><c> you</c><00:34:15.940><c> stand</c><00:34:16.139><c> up</c><00:34:16.300><c> against</c><00:34:16.480><c> temptation,</c>

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:19.159
you<00:34:17.420><c> become</c><00:34:17.679><c> more</c><00:34:17.940><c> like</c><00:34:18.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:21.539
So<00:34:19.960><c> ask</c><00:34:20.219><c> God</c><00:34:20.460><c> to</c><00:34:20.719><c> help</c><00:34:20.960><c> you</c><00:34:21.199><c> in</c><00:34:21.320><c> that.</c>

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.300
And<00:34:21.840><c> always</c><00:34:21.980><c> remember</c><00:34:22.260><c> that</c><00:34:22.420><c> there</c><00:34:22.559><c> is</c><00:34:22.780><c> a</c><00:34:22.860><c> way</c><00:34:23.039><c> out.</c>

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.860
We<00:34:23.659><c> know</c><00:34:23.800><c> 1</c><00:34:23.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:24.340><c> tells</c><00:34:24.619><c> us,</c>

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:27.079
no<00:34:25.400><c> test</c><00:34:25.659><c> or</c><00:34:25.820><c> temptation</c><00:34:26.219><c> that</c><00:34:26.460><c> comes</c><00:34:26.639><c> your</c><00:34:26.820><c> way</c>

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:30.380
is<00:34:27.500><c> beyond</c><00:34:27.960><c> the</c><00:34:28.260><c> course</c><00:34:28.460><c> of</c><00:34:28.639><c> what</c><00:34:28.840><c> others</c><00:34:29.139><c> had</c><00:34:29.320><c> to</c><00:34:29.539><c> face.</c>

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:32.880
All<00:34:30.699><c> you</c><00:34:30.800><c> need</c><00:34:30.940><c> to</c><00:34:31.079><c> remember</c><00:34:31.260><c> is</c><00:34:31.519><c> that</c><00:34:31.800><c> God</c><00:34:32.119><c> will</c><00:34:32.440><c> never</c><00:34:32.679><c> let</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.460
you<00:34:33.059><c> down.</c>

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.880
He<00:34:34.019><c> will</c><00:34:34.320><c> never</c><00:34:34.619><c> let</c><00:34:34.760><c> you</c><00:34:34.880><c> be</c><00:34:35.059><c> pushed</c><00:34:35.199><c> past</c><00:34:35.480><c> your</c><00:34:35.639><c> limit.</c>

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:39.380
He'll<00:34:36.480><c> always</c><00:34:36.820><c> be</c><00:34:37.000><c> there</c><00:34:37.119><c> to</c><00:34:37.300><c> help</c><00:34:37.440><c> you</c><00:34:37.619><c> come</c><00:34:37.800><c> through</c><00:34:38.000><c> it.</c>

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.840
It<00:34:39.960><c> may</c><00:34:40.119><c> seem</c><00:34:40.280><c> that</c><00:34:40.460><c> the</c><00:34:40.460><c> problem</c><00:34:40.760><c> is</c><00:34:41.019><c> too</c><00:34:41.280><c> overpowering</c><00:34:41.780><c> for</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.880
you<00:34:41.900><c> to</c><00:34:42.079><c> bear,</c>

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.840
but<00:34:43.119><c> that's</c><00:34:43.539><c> not</c><00:34:43.820><c> true.</c>

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:50.519
No<00:34:47.260><c> temptation</c><00:34:47.659><c> is</c><00:34:48.199><c> beyond</c><00:34:48.800><c> what</c><00:34:49.219><c> you</c><00:34:49.380><c> can</c><00:34:49.599><c> bear.</c>

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:53.860
If<00:34:51.980><c> it</c><00:34:52.139><c> feels</c><00:34:52.340><c> like</c><00:34:52.539><c> it</c><00:34:52.699><c> is,</c><00:34:53.179><c> then</c><00:34:53.300><c> get</c><00:34:53.500><c> on</c><00:34:53.619><c> your</c><00:34:53.699><c> knees</c>

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:56.300
and<00:34:54.059><c> pray</c><00:34:54.360><c> to</c><00:34:54.480><c> God</c><00:34:54.719><c> to</c><00:34:54.920><c> help</c><00:34:55.099><c> you</c><00:34:55.239><c> with</c><00:34:55.420><c> that.</c>

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:59.159
And<00:34:57.059><c> number</c><00:34:57.300><c> four,</c><00:34:57.719><c> refocus.</c>

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.659
Trying<00:34:59.519><c> to</c><00:34:59.800><c> block</c><00:35:00.000><c> a</c><00:35:00.260><c> thought</c>

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:03.559
only<00:35:01.199><c> drives</c><00:35:01.440><c> it</c><00:35:01.800><c> deeper</c><00:35:02.179><c> into</c><00:35:02.579><c> your</c><00:35:02.780><c> memory.</c>

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:06.800
You<00:35:04.219><c> can't</c><00:35:04.460><c> stop</c><00:35:04.699><c> thinking</c><00:35:05.000><c> about</c><00:35:05.159><c> something</c><00:35:05.420><c> by</c><00:35:05.599><c> not</c><00:35:05.880><c> trying</c><00:35:06.139><c> to.</c>

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.599
You're<00:35:07.639><c> all</c><00:35:07.719><c> familiar</c><00:35:07.840><c> with</c><00:35:07.960><c> the</c><00:35:08.059><c> pink</c><00:35:08.300><c> elephant</c><00:35:08.599><c> story.</c>

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.239
If<00:35:10.300><c> I</c><00:35:10.500><c> tell</c><00:35:10.679><c> you,</c>

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.019
don't<00:35:13.420><c> think</c><00:35:13.679><c> about</c><00:35:13.860><c> a</c><00:35:14.000><c> pink</c><00:35:14.179><c> elephant</c><00:35:14.440><c> right</c><00:35:14.699><c> now.</c>

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:17.059
Close<00:35:15.480><c> your</c><00:35:15.659><c> eyes</c><00:35:15.780><c> and</c><00:35:15.960><c> don't</c><00:35:16.179><c> think</c><00:35:16.380><c> about</c><00:35:16.519><c> a</c><00:35:16.639><c> pink</c><00:35:16.780><c> elephant.</c>

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.960
Don't<00:35:17.519><c> think</c><00:35:17.699><c> about</c><00:35:17.840><c> a</c><00:35:18.059><c> giant</c><00:35:18.400><c> elephant</c>

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:21.320
with<00:35:19.280><c> a</c><00:35:19.460><c> pink</c><00:35:19.739><c> tail</c><00:35:20.179><c> and</c><00:35:20.539><c> a</c><00:35:20.739><c> pink</c><00:35:20.960><c> trunk,</c>

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.320
all<00:35:21.760><c> covered</c><00:35:21.980><c> in</c><00:35:22.179><c> pink.</c>

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.420
Don't<00:35:22.539><c> think</c><00:35:22.719><c> about</c><00:35:22.840><c> a</c><00:35:22.960><c> pink</c><00:35:23.119><c> elephant.</c>

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.699
Did<00:35:24.019><c> you</c><00:35:24.219><c> think</c><00:35:24.619><c> about</c><00:35:24.820><c> a</c><00:35:24.940><c> pink</c><00:35:25.079><c> elephant?</c><00:35:25.679><c> Duh.</c>

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.960
Right.

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:30.139
If<00:35:28.260><c> I</c><00:35:28.320><c> tell</c><00:35:28.380><c> you</c><00:35:28.460><c> to</c><00:35:28.519><c> think</c><00:35:28.619><c> about</c><00:35:28.739><c> a</c><00:35:28.860><c> hot</c><00:35:29.019><c> fudge</c><00:35:29.199><c> Sunday</c>

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:32.239
with<00:35:30.699><c> hot</c><00:35:31.099><c> fudge</c><00:35:31.320><c> dripping</c><00:35:31.579><c> down</c><00:35:31.760><c> the</c><00:35:32.019><c> side</c>

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:34.739
and<00:35:32.420><c> whipped</c><00:35:32.619><c> cream</c><00:35:32.840><c> and</c><00:35:33.440><c> crushed</c><00:35:33.699><c> almonds</c><00:35:34.179><c> on</c><00:35:34.460><c> top</c>

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:38.460
and<00:35:35.219><c> a</c><00:35:35.539><c> cherry</c><00:35:36.059><c> and</c><00:35:37.000><c> chocolate</c><00:35:37.500><c> chip</c><00:35:37.840><c> ice</c><00:35:38.199><c> cream</c>

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.280
and<00:35:38.699><c> great</c><00:35:38.840><c> hot</c><00:35:39.059><c> fudge,</c>

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.960
did<00:35:39.619><c> you</c><00:35:39.719><c> think</c><00:35:39.860><c> about</c><00:35:39.980><c> a</c><00:35:40.079><c> pink</c><00:35:40.199><c> elephant?</c>

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.820
No.

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.619
Refocus<00:35:44.119><c> your</c><00:35:44.559><c> attention.</c>

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.099
The<00:35:46.679><c> scriptures</c><00:35:46.900><c> tell</c><00:35:47.119><c> us</c><00:35:47.260><c> to</c><00:35:47.480><c> refocus</c><00:35:48.199><c> onto</c><00:35:48.480><c> something</c><00:35:48.760><c> else.</c>

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:52.760
Temptation<00:35:49.920><c> begins</c><00:35:50.519><c> by</c><00:35:51.099><c> capturing</c><00:35:51.519><c> your</c><00:35:51.840><c> attention.</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:57.280
And<00:35:54.659><c> what</c><00:35:54.880><c> gets</c><00:35:55.119><c> your</c><00:35:55.360><c> attention</c><00:35:55.920><c> arouses</c><00:35:56.659><c> your</c><00:35:56.920><c> emotions.</c>

00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:00.119
And<00:35:57.440><c> then</c><00:35:57.559><c> your</c><00:35:57.699><c> emotions</c><00:35:58.340><c> activate</c><00:35:59.280><c> your</c><00:35:59.539><c> behavior.</c>

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:02.539
And<00:36:00.599><c> you</c><00:36:00.780><c> act</c><00:36:01.099><c> on</c><00:36:01.239><c> what</c><00:36:01.380><c> you</c><00:36:01.599><c> feel.</c>

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.679
So<00:36:04.860><c> ignoring</c><00:36:05.340><c> a</c><00:36:05.619><c> temptation,</c><00:36:06.139><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:10.199
is<00:36:07.400><c> far</c><00:36:07.679><c> more</c><00:36:08.000><c> effective</c><00:36:08.300><c> than</c><00:36:08.500><c> fighting</c><00:36:08.940><c> it.</c>

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:13.579
It's<00:36:11.960><c> far</c><00:36:12.159><c> more</c><00:36:12.400><c> effective</c><00:36:12.599><c> just</c><00:36:12.860><c> to</c><00:36:12.960><c> ignore</c><00:36:13.360><c> it</c>

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.119
and<00:36:13.639><c> don't</c><00:36:13.800><c> let</c><00:36:13.940><c> it</c><00:36:14.179><c> capture</c><00:36:14.420><c> your</c><00:36:14.659><c> attention</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.400
than<00:36:15.619><c> to</c><00:36:15.900><c> focus</c><00:36:16.199><c> on</c><00:36:16.380><c> it</c><00:36:16.559><c> and</c><00:36:16.559><c> think</c><00:36:16.800><c> about</c><00:36:17.039><c> it</c>

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:21.099
and<00:36:17.500><c> try</c><00:36:17.659><c> to</c><00:36:17.840><c> see</c><00:36:17.940><c> how</c><00:36:18.079><c> you</c><00:36:18.260><c> can</c><00:36:18.659><c> work</c><00:36:19.039><c> your</c><00:36:19.199><c> way</c><00:36:19.320><c> past</c><00:36:19.699><c> it.</c>

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.599
Once<00:36:21.719><c> your</c><00:36:21.900><c> mind</c><00:36:22.219><c> is</c><00:36:22.400><c> on</c><00:36:22.559><c> something</c><00:36:22.940><c> else,</c>

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:25.960
the<00:36:24.019><c> temptation</c><00:36:24.519><c> loses</c><00:36:24.980><c> its</c><00:36:25.320><c> grip</c><00:36:25.539><c> over</c><00:36:25.820><c> you.</c>

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:27.519
It<00:36:26.059><c> loses</c><00:36:26.380><c> its</c><00:36:26.619><c> power.</c>

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:30.179
It's<00:36:27.980><c> a</c><00:36:28.119><c> psychological</c><00:36:28.519><c> principle</c><00:36:28.840><c> called</c><00:36:29.039><c> replacement.</c>

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:32.679
One<00:36:30.480><c> of</c><00:36:30.559><c> my</c><00:36:30.719><c> favorite</c><00:36:31.019><c> parables</c><00:36:31.440><c> tells</c><00:36:31.719><c> of</c><00:36:31.860><c> an</c><00:36:32.099><c> evil</c><00:36:32.280><c> spirit</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:34.099
that<00:36:33.139><c> finally</c><00:36:33.360><c> leaves</c><00:36:33.599><c> a</c><00:36:33.780><c> man</c>

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:36.420
and<00:36:34.800><c> it</c><00:36:34.940><c> wanders</c><00:36:35.219><c> around</c><00:36:35.400><c> the</c><00:36:35.579><c> desert</c><00:36:35.739><c> for</c><00:36:35.940><c> a</c><00:36:36.059><c> while</c>

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:38.500
and<00:36:36.659><c> when</c><00:36:36.739><c> it</c><00:36:36.940><c> decides</c><00:36:37.139><c> to</c><00:36:37.320><c> return</c><00:36:37.639><c> to</c><00:36:37.780><c> the</c><00:36:37.900><c> man</c><00:36:38.000><c> it</c><00:36:38.219><c> left,</c>

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:41.480
it<00:36:38.940><c> finds</c><00:36:39.179><c> him</c><00:36:39.440><c> unoccupied</c><00:36:40.099><c> and</c><00:36:40.280><c> swept</c><00:36:40.460><c> clean.</c>

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.360
So<00:36:42.059><c> does</c><00:36:42.320><c> the</c><00:36:42.320><c> desert</c><00:36:42.500><c> decide</c><00:36:42.780><c> to</c><00:36:43.000><c> stay</c><00:36:43.179><c> away</c>

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.840
because<00:36:43.559><c> the</c><00:36:43.719><c> man</c><00:36:43.840><c> has</c><00:36:44.019><c> finally</c><00:36:44.159><c> cleaned</c><00:36:44.300><c> up</c><00:36:44.440><c> his</c><00:36:44.639><c> act?</c>

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:46.219
No.

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.260
It<00:36:46.380><c> goes</c><00:36:46.619><c> out</c><00:36:46.780><c> and</c><00:36:46.900><c> it</c><00:36:47.019><c> finds</c><00:36:47.360><c> seven</c><00:36:47.780><c> of</c><00:36:47.880><c> its</c><00:36:48.019><c> friends</c>

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.239
that<00:36:48.460><c> come</c><00:36:48.579><c> and</c><00:36:48.780><c> join</c><00:36:48.900><c> it.</c>

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:52.619
And<00:36:49.579><c> the</c><00:36:49.739><c> final</c><00:36:50.019><c> condition</c><00:36:50.300><c> of</c><00:36:50.440><c> that</c><00:36:50.519><c> man</c><00:36:50.619><c> is</c><00:36:50.840><c> worse</c><00:36:51.119><c> than</c><00:36:51.260><c> the</c><00:36:51.480><c> first.</c>

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:57.079
Whatever<00:36:54.940><c> is</c><00:36:55.300><c> true,</c><00:36:56.159><c> whatever</c><00:36:56.400><c> is</c><00:36:56.760><c> noble,</c>

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:59.780
whatever<00:36:57.699><c> is</c><00:36:58.079><c> right,</c><00:36:58.780><c> whatever</c><00:36:59.019><c> is</c><00:36:59.360><c> pure,</c>

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:02.380
whatever<00:37:00.380><c> is</c><00:37:00.719><c> lovely,</c><00:37:01.460><c> whatever</c><00:37:01.699><c> is</c><00:37:02.119><c> admirable,</c>

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:04.380
if<00:37:02.659><c> anything</c><00:37:03.000><c> is</c><00:37:03.360><c> excellent</c><00:37:03.619><c> or</c><00:37:03.880><c> praiseworthy,</c>

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:06.480
think<00:37:04.940><c> about</c><00:37:05.260><c> such</c><00:37:05.519><c> things.</c>

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.860
Don't<00:37:08.500><c> think</c><00:37:08.699><c> about</c><00:37:08.920><c> the</c><00:37:09.079><c> other.</c>

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:13.880
Number<00:37:11.760><c> five,</c><00:37:12.860><c> please,</c>

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:16.519
reveal<00:37:14.460><c> your</c><00:37:14.739><c> struggle</c><00:37:15.159><c> to</c><00:37:15.719><c> a</c><00:37:15.880><c> godly</c><00:37:16.219><c> friend.</c>

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:19.920
Now<00:37:17.420><c> you</c><00:37:17.719><c> don't</c><00:37:17.860><c> have</c><00:37:18.079><c> to</c><00:37:18.579><c> broadcast</c><00:37:19.199><c> your</c><00:37:19.460><c> temptations</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.179
to<00:37:20.079><c> the</c><00:37:20.139><c> whole</c><00:37:20.360><c> world,</c><00:37:21.099><c> please</c><00:37:21.380><c> don't,</c>

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:25.300
but<00:37:22.800><c> you</c><00:37:23.139><c> do</c><00:37:23.380><c> need</c><00:37:23.579><c> to</c><00:37:23.719><c> have</c><00:37:23.840><c> at</c><00:37:23.960><c> least</c><00:37:24.199><c> one</c><00:37:24.500><c> person</c>

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.760
with<00:37:26.079><c> whom</c><00:37:26.179><c> you</c><00:37:26.260><c> can</c><00:37:26.579><c> honestly</c><00:37:27.000><c> share</c><00:37:27.320><c> your</c><00:37:27.539><c> struggles</c><00:37:27.820><c> with.</c>

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:31.360
This<00:37:30.019><c> has</c><00:37:30.199><c> to</c><00:37:30.340><c> be</c><00:37:30.519><c> stressed.</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.860
If<00:37:31.900><c> you</c><00:37:32.059><c> are</c><00:37:32.159><c> losing</c><00:37:32.460><c> the</c><00:37:32.719><c> battle</c><00:37:32.900><c> against</c><00:37:33.139><c> a</c><00:37:33.219><c> persistent</c><00:37:33.719><c> bad</c><00:37:34.000><c> habit,</c>

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:37.019
an<00:37:35.360><c> addiction</c><00:37:35.800><c> or</c><00:37:36.440><c> temptation,</c>

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.400
if<00:37:37.639><c> you</c><00:37:37.760><c> are</c><00:37:37.940><c> stuck</c><00:37:38.199><c> in</c><00:37:38.320><c> this</c><00:37:38.539><c> cycle</c><00:37:38.840><c> of</c>

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:42.059
good<00:37:39.639><c> intentions,</c><00:37:40.780><c> failure,</c><00:37:41.679><c> guilt,</c>

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:45.380
good<00:37:42.599><c> intentions,</c><00:37:43.599><c> failure,</c><00:37:44.219><c> guilt,</c>

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:49.679
you<00:37:46.420><c> will</c><00:37:46.619><c> not</c><00:37:46.960><c> get</c><00:37:47.119><c> better</c><00:37:47.380><c> on</c><00:37:47.579><c> your</c><00:37:47.760><c> own.</c>

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:51.179
Some<00:37:49.760><c> temptations</c><00:37:50.239><c> are</c><00:37:50.420><c> only</c><00:37:50.699><c> overcome</c>

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:54.380
with<00:37:51.619><c> the</c><00:37:51.719><c> help</c><00:37:51.840><c> of</c><00:37:52.039><c> a</c><00:37:52.159><c> partner</c><00:37:52.400><c> who</c><00:37:52.679><c> prays</c><00:37:53.119><c> for</c><00:37:53.320><c> you,</c>

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:58.139
who<00:37:55.099><c> encourages</c><00:37:55.599><c> you,</c><00:37:56.260><c> who</c><00:37:56.400><c> holds</c><00:37:56.619><c> you</c><00:37:56.880><c> accountable.</c>

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:00.440
Accountability<00:37:59.139><c> is</c><00:37:59.380><c> the</c><00:37:59.519><c> key</c><00:37:59.800><c> to</c><00:38:00.119><c> defeating</c>

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.559
the<00:38:00.559><c> most</c><00:38:00.900><c> heinous</c><00:38:01.639><c> of</c><00:38:01.980><c> temptations.</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:06.260
Pornography,<00:38:03.940><c> alcoholism,</c><00:38:05.139><c> child</c><00:38:05.260><c> abuse,</c>

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.460
these<00:38:06.800><c> things</c><00:38:06.980><c> can</c><00:38:07.320><c> only</c><00:38:07.679><c> go</c><00:38:07.940><c> away</c>

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.880
if<00:38:08.860><c> you</c><00:38:08.940><c> have</c><00:38:09.099><c> a</c><00:38:09.239><c> godly</c><00:38:09.579><c> friend</c><00:38:09.840><c> who</c><00:38:10.059><c> holds</c><00:38:10.280><c> you</c><00:38:10.519><c> accountable</c>

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.679
and<00:38:11.019><c> helps</c><00:38:11.219><c> you</c><00:38:11.400><c> with</c><00:38:11.559><c> it.</c>

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:14.039
God's<00:38:13.300><c> plan</c><00:38:13.500><c> for</c><00:38:13.619><c> your</c><00:38:13.860><c> growth</c>

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:16.360
involves<00:38:14.559><c> your</c><00:38:14.760><c> brothers</c><00:38:14.920><c> and</c><00:38:15.119><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:18.099
Don't<00:38:16.639><c> remove</c><00:38:17.019><c> yourself</c><00:38:17.440><c> from</c><00:38:17.599><c> that</c><00:38:17.860><c> plan</c>

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:20.280
by<00:38:18.619><c> being</c><00:38:19.000><c> too</c><00:38:19.300><c> private,</c>

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:23.539
too<00:38:21.920><c> fearful</c><00:38:22.460><c> of</c><00:38:23.139><c> exposing</c>

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:27.119
your<00:38:24.179><c> true</c><00:38:24.739><c> inner</c><00:38:25.179><c> side</c><00:38:25.340><c> to</c><00:38:25.519><c> someone</c><00:38:25.739><c> else.</c>

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:29.980
James<00:38:27.360><c> says,</c><00:38:28.099><c> make</c><00:38:28.219><c> this</c><00:38:28.460><c> your</c><00:38:28.699><c> common</c><00:38:28.940><c> practice,</c>

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.780
confess<00:38:30.659><c> your</c><00:38:30.920><c> sins</c><00:38:31.079><c> to</c><00:38:31.219><c> each</c><00:38:31.380><c> other,</c>

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.420
and<00:38:32.340><c> pray</c><00:38:32.559><c> for</c><00:38:32.719><c> each</c><00:38:32.920><c> other</c>

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:36.480
so<00:38:33.719><c> that</c><00:38:33.820><c> you</c><00:38:33.880><c> can</c><00:38:34.000><c> live</c><00:38:34.179><c> together</c><00:38:34.599><c> whole</c><00:38:35.139><c> and</c><00:38:35.679><c> healed.</c>

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:39.199
The<00:38:37.119><c> prayer</c><00:38:37.559><c> of</c><00:38:37.920><c> a</c><00:38:38.079><c> person</c><00:38:38.300><c> living</c><00:38:38.500><c> right</c><00:38:38.800><c> with</c><00:38:38.960><c> God</c>

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:41.280
is<00:38:39.340><c> something</c><00:38:39.679><c> powerful</c><00:38:40.360><c> to</c><00:38:40.699><c> be</c><00:38:40.860><c> reckoned</c><00:38:41.099><c> with.</c>

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:43.820
Don't<00:38:41.619><c> underestimate</c><00:38:42.280><c> that.</c>

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:47.980
Find<00:38:44.880><c> a</c><00:38:45.159><c> godly</c><00:38:45.639><c> friend,</c><00:38:46.739><c> a</c><00:38:47.159><c> righteous</c><00:38:47.639><c> man,</c>

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:49.599
a<00:38:48.159><c> person</c><00:38:48.380><c> living</c><00:38:48.639><c> right</c><00:38:48.980><c> with</c><00:38:49.179><c> God,</c>

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.199
and<00:38:50.079><c> have</c><00:38:50.380><c> them</c><00:38:51.139><c> pray</c><00:38:51.539><c> for</c><00:38:51.780><c> you.</c>

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:57.380
Don't<00:38:53.940><c> repress</c><00:38:54.400><c> it,</c><00:38:55.639><c> confess</c><00:38:55.960><c> it.</c>

00:38:57.619 --> 00:39:00.960
Hiding<00:38:57.980><c> your</c><00:38:58.239><c> hurt</c><00:38:58.579><c> only</c><00:38:59.300><c> makes</c><00:38:59.579><c> it</c><00:38:59.820><c> worse.</c>

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.880
Problems<00:39:03.539><c> grow</c><00:39:03.760><c> in</c><00:39:03.900><c> the</c><00:39:04.039><c> dark,</c>

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.920
and<00:39:05.179><c> they</c><00:39:05.360><c> shrink</c><00:39:05.619><c> in</c><00:39:05.760><c> the</c><00:39:05.900><c> light.</c>

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:10.900
You're<00:39:08.199><c> only</c><00:39:08.460><c> as</c><00:39:08.739><c> sick</c><00:39:09.260><c> as</c><00:39:09.699><c> your</c><00:39:09.860><c> secrets.</c>

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:14.179
So<00:39:12.019><c> stop</c><00:39:12.219><c> pretending</c><00:39:12.699><c> that</c><00:39:12.880><c> you're</c><00:39:13.059><c> perfect,</c>

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:17.559
that<00:39:14.780><c> you're</c><00:39:14.960><c> not</c><00:39:15.179><c> tempted</c><00:39:15.440><c> with</c><00:39:15.639><c> any</c><00:39:16.219><c> bad</c><00:39:16.679><c> things,</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.679
and<00:39:18.280><c> share</c><00:39:18.780><c> your</c><00:39:18.980><c> inner</c><00:39:19.219><c> self</c><00:39:19.820><c> with</c><00:39:20.420><c> a</c><00:39:20.579><c> godly</c><00:39:20.840><c> friend.</c>

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:25.980
The<00:39:22.679><c> main</c><00:39:22.800><c> reason</c><00:39:23.000><c> we</c><00:39:23.199><c> hide</c><00:39:23.460><c> our</c><00:39:24.239><c> faults</c><00:39:24.599><c> is</c><00:39:24.860><c> pride.</c>

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.260
You<00:39:26.460><c> don't</c><00:39:26.500><c> have</c><00:39:26.579><c> anyone</c><00:39:26.719><c> else</c><00:39:26.860><c> to</c><00:39:27.079><c> think</c>

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.300
that<00:39:27.380><c> we</c><00:39:27.460><c> have</c><00:39:27.579><c> everything</c><00:39:27.780><c> under</c><00:39:28.039><c> control.</c>

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:31.300
But<00:39:30.139><c> you</c><00:39:30.320><c> can't.</c>

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:35.420
Willpower<00:39:32.239><c> and</c><00:39:32.420><c> personal</c><00:39:32.760><c> resolutions</c><00:39:33.239><c> are</c><00:39:33.900><c> not</c><00:39:34.199><c> enough.</c>

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:41.239
You<00:39:37.559><c> have</c><00:39:37.780><c> to</c><00:39:37.980><c> have</c><00:39:38.420><c> the</c><00:39:38.760><c> accountability</c><00:39:39.280><c> of</c><00:39:39.860><c> someone</c>

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:44.099
who<00:39:42.199><c> prays</c><00:39:42.519><c> for</c><00:39:42.659><c> you</c>

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:48.699
and<00:39:45.239><c> power</c><00:39:45.500><c> of</c><00:39:45.699><c> God</c><00:39:46.199><c> working</c><00:39:46.659><c> to</c><00:39:46.900><c> change</c><00:39:47.119><c> you.</c>

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:52.000
And<00:39:49.320><c> number</c><00:39:49.519><c> six,</c><00:39:50.780><c> it</c><00:39:50.860><c> seems</c><00:39:51.139><c> obvious,</c>

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.139
but<00:39:52.480><c> fight</c><00:39:52.940><c> the</c><00:39:53.139><c> temptation.</c>

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.340
We're<00:39:54.639><c> in</c><00:39:54.699><c> a</c><00:39:54.880><c> war</c><00:39:55.019><c> here.</c>

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:58.000
The<00:39:55.699><c> Bible</c><00:39:55.920><c> describes</c><00:39:56.340><c> your</c><00:39:56.579><c> life</c><00:39:56.739><c> as</c><00:39:56.860><c> a</c><00:39:57.119><c> spiritual</c><00:39:57.460><c> battle</c>

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.500
against<00:39:58.619><c> evil</c><00:39:59.019><c> forces.</c>

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:02.940
The<00:40:00.300><c> scriptures</c><00:40:00.659><c> use</c><00:40:00.900><c> terms</c><00:40:01.219><c> like</c><00:40:01.760><c> fight</c><00:40:02.179><c> and</c><00:40:02.579><c> conquer</c>

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:05.079
and<00:40:03.519><c> strive</c><00:40:03.900><c> and</c><00:40:04.179><c> overcome.</c>

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We're<00:40:05.179><c> supposed</c><00:40:05.460><c> to</c><00:40:05.760><c> fight</c><00:40:06.000><c> back,</c>

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:09.679
not<00:40:07.280><c> simply</c><00:40:07.599><c> resign</c><00:40:08.079><c> ourselves</c><00:40:08.519><c> to</c><00:40:08.699><c> defeat.</c>

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:12.960
Get<00:40:10.320><c> aggressive</c><00:40:11.000><c> in</c><00:40:11.380><c> your</c><00:40:11.619><c> battle</c><00:40:11.820><c> against</c><00:40:12.059><c> temptation</c><00:40:12.539><c> and</c><00:40:12.780><c> sin,</c>

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:15.539
and<00:40:13.420><c> use</c><00:40:13.599><c> the</c><00:40:13.780><c> word</c><00:40:13.900><c> of</c><00:40:14.079><c> God</c><00:40:14.300><c> as</c><00:40:14.480><c> your</c><00:40:14.639><c> weapon.</c>

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:17.900
In<00:40:16.099><c> the</c><00:40:16.219><c> wilderness,</c><00:40:16.960><c> every</c><00:40:17.059><c> time</c><00:40:17.159><c> Jesus</c><00:40:17.420><c> was</c><00:40:17.639><c> tempted,</c>

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:19.619
he<00:40:18.260><c> quoted</c><00:40:18.559><c> scriptures.</c>

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.800
He<00:40:20.059><c> didn't</c><00:40:20.280><c> argue</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.920><c> point,</c><00:40:21.559><c> he</c><00:40:21.619><c> didn't</c><00:40:21.900><c> debate</c><00:40:22.360><c> it,</c>

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:26.059
he<00:40:23.139><c> didn't</c><00:40:23.280><c> look</c><00:40:23.519><c> at</c><00:40:23.780><c> other</c><00:40:24.000><c> ways</c><00:40:24.300><c> of</c><00:40:24.840><c> looking</c><00:40:25.260><c> at</c><00:40:25.639><c> it.</c>

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:28.780
He<00:40:26.480><c> simply</c><00:40:26.780><c> shot</c><00:40:27.039><c> off</c><00:40:27.239><c> a</c><00:40:27.340><c> round</c><00:40:27.440><c> of</c><00:40:27.599><c> God's</c><00:40:28.000><c> word.</c>

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:32.780
Memorize<00:40:29.900><c> Bible</c><00:40:30.139><c> verses</c><00:40:30.639><c> so</c><00:40:30.960><c> you</c><00:40:31.019><c> won't</c><00:40:31.179><c> be</c><00:40:31.320><c> shooting</c><00:40:31.579><c> blanks,</c>

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:35.260
so<00:40:33.199><c> your</c><00:40:33.360><c> weapon</c><00:40:33.500><c> won't</c><00:40:33.699><c> be</c><00:40:33.900><c> empty.</c>

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:41.940
And<00:40:39.000><c> number</c><00:40:39.199><c> seven,</c><00:40:40.340><c> realize</c><00:40:40.780><c> your</c><00:40:40.960><c> vulnerability.</c>

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:44.500
Remember,<00:40:42.920><c> it's</c><00:40:43.199><c> easier</c><00:40:43.500><c> to</c><00:40:43.739><c> stay</c><00:40:43.820><c> out</c><00:40:43.960><c> of</c><00:40:44.000><c> temptation</c>

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:46.900
than<00:40:44.940><c> it</c><00:40:45.099><c> is</c><00:40:45.239><c> to</c><00:40:45.440><c> get</c><00:40:45.559><c> out</c><00:40:45.760><c> of</c><00:40:45.860><c> it.</c>

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.099
Don't<00:40:47.239><c> fool</c><00:40:47.440><c> yourself</c><00:40:47.780><c> into</c><00:40:48.019><c> thinking</c><00:40:48.199><c> that</c><00:40:48.360><c> you're</c><00:40:48.539><c> strong</c>

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:51.840
and<00:40:49.679><c> place</c><00:40:49.840><c> yourself</c><00:40:50.219><c> in</c><00:40:50.440><c> tempting</c><00:40:50.679><c> situations.</c>

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:54.699
Don't<00:40:52.559><c> ever</c><00:40:52.760><c> get</c><00:40:53.000><c> confident</c><00:40:53.539><c> that</c><00:40:53.679><c> you'll</c><00:40:53.880><c> do</c><00:40:54.000><c> the</c><00:40:54.119><c> right</c><00:40:54.320><c> thing.</c>

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:57.739
Develop<00:40:55.340><c> a</c><00:40:55.559><c> healthy</c><00:40:55.840><c> appreciation</c><00:40:56.380><c> of</c><00:40:56.579><c> your</c><00:40:56.760><c> own</c><00:40:56.980><c> wickedness.</c>

00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:01.340
One<00:40:58.719><c> thing</c><00:40:58.900><c> that</c><00:40:59.059><c> struck</c><00:40:59.280><c> with</c><00:40:59.460><c> me</c><00:40:59.880><c> most</c><00:41:00.260><c> about</c><00:41:00.659><c> the</c><00:41:00.800><c> Harry</c><00:41:00.940><c> Tennant</c>

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:04.639
was<00:41:01.579><c> in</c><00:41:01.760><c> L</c><00:41:01.920><c>.A.</c><00:41:03.079><c> about</c><00:41:03.219><c> a</c><00:41:03.360><c> year</c><00:41:03.699><c> and</c><00:41:03.800><c> a</c><00:41:03.900><c> half</c><00:41:04.000><c> before</c><00:41:04.219><c> he</c><00:41:04.380><c> died,</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.360
and<00:41:04.840><c> he</c><00:41:04.880><c> was</c><00:41:05.340><c> talking,</c><00:41:06.119><c> and</c><00:41:06.260><c> he</c><00:41:06.400><c> said,</c>

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:12.940
the<00:41:08.340><c> older</c><00:41:08.579><c> I</c><00:41:08.800><c> get,</c><00:41:10.280><c> the</c><00:41:10.420><c> more</c><00:41:10.800><c> acutely</c><00:41:11.639><c> aware</c><00:41:12.159><c> I</c><00:41:12.539><c> am</c>

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:14.980
of<00:41:13.440><c> my</c><00:41:13.699><c> own</c><00:41:13.940><c> sinfulness.</c>

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:18.219
And<00:41:15.860><c> this</c><00:41:15.940><c> is</c><00:41:16.119><c> Harry,</c><00:41:16.420><c> what</c><00:41:16.539><c> was</c><00:41:16.659><c> he,</c><00:41:17.280><c> 90?</c>

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:21.099
I<00:41:18.659><c> mean,</c><00:41:18.800><c> he</c><00:41:18.900><c> was</c><00:41:19.139><c> old,</c><00:41:20.380><c> you</c><00:41:20.619><c> know?</c>

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:23.039
He'd<00:41:21.739><c> been</c><00:41:21.800><c> doing</c><00:41:21.980><c> it</c><00:41:22.139><c> for</c><00:41:22.340><c> a</c><00:41:22.440><c> long</c><00:41:22.719><c> time,</c>

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:28.739
and<00:41:23.900><c> he</c><00:41:24.679><c> was</c><00:41:24.980><c> still</c><00:41:25.960><c> able</c><00:41:26.780><c> to</c><00:41:27.139><c> realize</c><00:41:27.559><c> the</c><00:41:27.960><c> vulnerability</c>

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:31.340
of<00:41:29.559><c> himself</c><00:41:29.980><c> to</c><00:41:30.260><c> temptation.</c>

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.780
That's<00:41:33.059><c> what</c><00:41:33.139><c> we</c><00:41:33.239><c> need</c><00:41:33.360><c> to</c><00:41:33.519><c> do,</c>

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:39.119
realize<00:41:34.239><c> that</c><00:41:34.480><c> we're</c><00:41:35.679><c> sinful,</c><00:41:36.900><c> mortal</c><00:41:37.739><c> people.</c>

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:43.119
We're<00:41:41.119><c> extremely</c><00:41:41.679><c> vulnerable</c><00:41:42.079><c> to</c><00:41:42.519><c> temptation,</c>

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:45.679
and<00:41:43.539><c> just</c><00:41:43.800><c> stay</c><00:41:44.059><c> away</c><00:41:44.300><c> from</c><00:41:44.480><c> it.</c>

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.659
Remember<00:41:46.119><c> that</c><00:41:46.320><c> verse?</c>

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:50.000
Resist<00:41:47.599><c> the</c><00:41:47.780><c> devil,</c><00:41:48.659><c> and</c><00:41:48.800><c> he</c><00:41:48.920><c> will</c><00:41:49.119><c> flee</c><00:41:49.280><c> from</c><00:41:49.500><c> you.</c>

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:52.719
Take<00:41:50.679><c> control</c><00:41:51.360><c> of</c><00:41:51.480><c> your</c><00:41:51.739><c> thoughts,</c>

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.639
and<00:41:53.199><c> he'll</c><00:41:53.320><c> no</c><00:41:53.500><c> longer</c><00:41:53.760><c> control</c><00:41:54.159><c> you.</c>

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:56.000
2<00:41:55.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:55.420><c> says,</c>

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:58.340
we<00:41:56.480><c> demolish</c><00:41:57.079><c> arguments</c><00:41:57.599><c> and</c><00:41:57.780><c> every</c><00:41:58.000><c> pretension</c>

00:41:58.340 --> 00:42:00.519
that<00:41:58.519><c> sets</c><00:41:58.659><c> us</c><00:41:58.780><c> up</c><00:41:58.940><c> against</c><00:41:59.659><c> the</c><00:41:59.800><c> knowledge</c><00:42:00.059><c> of</c><00:42:00.219><c> God,</c>

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.840
and<00:42:00.980><c> we</c><00:42:01.179><c> take</c><00:42:01.480><c> captive</c><00:42:01.940><c> every</c><00:42:02.440><c> thought</c>

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:05.639
to<00:42:03.679><c> make</c><00:42:03.860><c> it</c><00:42:04.139><c> obedient</c><00:42:04.480><c> to</c><00:42:04.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:09.679
That's<00:42:07.579><c> how</c><00:42:07.739><c> we</c><00:42:08.000><c> transform</c><00:42:08.500><c> ourselves,</c>

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.639
by<00:42:10.019><c> transforming</c><00:42:10.460><c> our</c><00:42:10.780><c> thoughts.</c>

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.880
This<00:42:13.039><c> battle</c><00:42:13.739><c> goes</c><00:42:14.099><c> on,</c><00:42:14.300><c> it</c><00:42:14.400><c> goes</c><00:42:14.579><c> on</c><00:42:14.739><c> in</c><00:42:14.840><c> your</c><00:42:15.019><c> mind.</c>

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:18.760
God<00:42:17.119><c> allows</c><00:42:17.460><c> temptation</c><00:42:18.000><c> into</c><00:42:18.219><c> your</c><00:42:18.420><c> lives</c>

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:21.659
not<00:42:19.380><c> because</c><00:42:19.579><c> he</c><00:42:19.679><c> wants</c><00:42:19.860><c> to</c><00:42:20.079><c> punish</c><00:42:20.320><c> you,</c>

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:23.960
but<00:42:22.139><c> because</c><00:42:22.300><c> he</c><00:42:22.380><c> wants</c><00:42:22.539><c> to</c><00:42:22.840><c> change</c><00:42:23.179><c> you</c>

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:25.679
into<00:42:24.300><c> better</c><00:42:24.579><c> servants.</c>

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:29.820
He<00:42:27.480><c> wants</c><00:42:27.719><c> to</c><00:42:28.239><c> transform</c><00:42:28.860><c> you</c>

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:32.719
into<00:42:30.280><c> disciples</c><00:42:30.780><c> of</c><00:42:30.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:37.340
Acknowledge<00:42:35.300><c> your</c><00:42:35.800><c> temptations,</c>

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:40.619
and<00:42:38.559><c> accept</c><00:42:38.880><c> them</c><00:42:39.219><c> as</c><00:42:39.420><c> an</c><00:42:39.539><c> opportunity</c>

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:43.960
to<00:42:41.500><c> turn</c><00:42:41.760><c> it</c><00:42:41.940><c> around</c><00:42:42.139><c> and</c><00:42:42.280><c> to</c><00:42:42.400><c> do</c><00:42:42.500><c> something</c><00:42:42.800><c> good</c>

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:45.840
and<00:42:44.440><c> grow</c><00:42:44.639><c> from</c><00:42:44.860><c> the</c><00:42:45.079><c> experience.</c>