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pretty</c><00:12:28.360><c> simple,</c><00:12:28.740><c> but</c><00:12:28.899><c> it's</c><00:12:29.159><c> not</c><00:12:29.299><c> very</c><00:12:29.580><c> pleasant.</c> 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.299 So<00:12:31.519><c> don't</c><00:12:31.759><c> wait</c><00:12:32.019><c> until</c><00:12:32.259><c> you're</c><00:12:32.480><c> good</c><00:12:32.720><c> at</c><00:12:32.899><c> something</c><00:12:33.240><c> to</c><00:12:33.419><c> do</c><00:12:33.679><c> it.</c> 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:38.639 Do<00:12:34.740><c> it</c><00:12:35.039><c> poorly</c><00:12:35.379><c> and</c><00:12:35.840><c> see</c><00:12:36.080><c> if</c><00:12:36.200><c> you</c><00:12:36.379><c> can't</c><00:12:36.679><c> get</c><00:12:36.940><c> better</c><00:12:37.220><c> at</c><00:12:37.460><c> it.</c> 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:39.940 And<00:12:38.840><c> we're</c><00:12:39.019><c> all</c><00:12:39.340><c> different</c> 00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:43.080 and<00:12:40.740><c> we're</c><00:12:40.940><c> all</c><00:12:41.220><c> parts</c><00:12:41.460><c> of</c><00:12:41.659><c> the</c><00:12:41.799><c> same</c><00:12:42.039><c> body,</c> 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:45.700 but<00:12:43.960><c> the</c><00:12:44.200><c> body</c><00:12:44.500><c> has</c><00:12:44.759><c> many</c><00:12:45.059><c> different</c><00:12:45.379><c> parts</c> 00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:47.480 and<00:12:45.899><c> each</c><00:12:46.120><c> part</c><00:12:46.379><c> has</c><00:12:46.620><c> a</c><00:12:46.799><c> different</c><00:12:47.019><c> function.</c> 00:12:47.940 --> 00:12:49.919 So<00:12:48.100><c> you</c><00:12:48.159><c> don't</c><00:12:48.320><c> have</c><00:12:48.519><c> to</c><00:12:48.679><c> try</c><00:12:48.960><c> to</c><00:12:49.019><c> copy</c><00:12:49.240><c> what</c><00:12:49.419><c> somebody</c><00:12:49.779><c> else</c> 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.279 will<00:12:50.100><c> do.</c> 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:54.379 Find<00:12:50.759><c> something</c><00:12:51.059><c> that</c><00:12:51.419><c> you</c><00:12:51.620><c> can</c><00:12:51.860><c> do</c><00:12:52.259><c> and</c><00:12:52.779><c> then</c><00:12:53.120><c> do</c><00:12:53.360><c> it.</c> 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:56.919 So<00:12:55.220><c> experiment</c><00:12:55.600><c> a</c><00:12:55.779><c> little</c><00:12:56.019><c> bit.</c> 00:12:56.940 --> 00:12:58.340 Try<00:12:57.139><c> different</c><00:12:57.399><c> ways</c><00:12:57.700><c> to</c><00:12:58.000><c> serve.</c> 00:12:58.340 --> 00:13:00.799 Look<00:12:58.940><c> for</c><00:12:59.220><c> a</c><00:12:59.340><c> need</c><00:12:59.460><c> and</c><00:12:59.620><c> try</c><00:12:59.799><c> to</c><00:13:00.059><c> fill</c><00:13:00.200><c> it.</c> 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.059 All<00:13:01.240><c> around</c><00:13:01.480><c> us</c><00:13:01.679><c> there</c><00:13:01.799><c> are</c><00:13:01.940><c> others</c><00:13:02.120><c> who</c><00:13:02.340><c> need</c><00:13:02.559><c> help</c> 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:04.820 and<00:13:03.679><c> you</c><00:13:03.879><c> can</c><00:13:04.139><c> help</c><00:13:04.340><c> them.</c> 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:07.799 It<00:13:05.240><c> does</c><00:13:05.360><c> not</c><00:13:05.559><c> need</c><00:13:05.720><c> to</c><00:13:05.860><c> be</c><00:13:06.059><c> a</c><00:13:06.179><c> big</c><00:13:06.559><c> spectacular</c><00:13:07.320><c> need,</c> 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.899 just<00:13:08.519><c> a</c><00:13:08.679><c> cup</c><00:13:08.799><c> of</c><00:13:09.039><c> cold</c><00:13:09.220><c> water</c><00:13:09.740><c> in</c><00:13:10.679><c> your</c><00:13:11.000><c> name.</c> 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.899 So<00:13:12.440><c> Sam's</c><00:13:12.759><c> going</c><00:13:12.820><c> to</c><00:13:12.919><c> come</c><00:13:13.019><c> up</c><00:13:13.200><c> and</c><00:13:13.360><c> help</c><00:13:13.500><c> me</c><00:13:13.700><c> now</c> 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:16.840 because<00:13:14.200><c> we're</c><00:13:14.960><c> going</c><00:13:15.059><c> to</c><00:13:15.179><c> go</c><00:13:15.360><c> through</c><00:13:15.639><c> a</c><00:13:15.779><c> little</c><00:13:16.120><c> skit</c> 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:20.720 which<00:13:17.320><c> has</c><00:13:17.580><c> a</c><00:13:17.779><c> lesson</c><00:13:18.279><c> which</c><00:13:18.879><c> I</c><00:13:19.039><c> hope</c><00:13:19.240><c> we'll</c><00:13:19.419><c> all</c><00:13:19.639><c> remember.</c> 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:22.299 Because<00:13:20.919><c> you</c><00:13:21.039><c> see</c><00:13:21.159><c> we</c><00:13:21.320><c> have</c><00:13:21.500><c> better</c><00:13:21.840><c> forgetters</c> 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:23.960 than<00:13:22.480><c> we</c><00:13:22.620><c> do</c><00:13:22.820><c> memories.</c> 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.940 So<00:13:24.299><c> we</c><00:13:24.679><c> work</c><00:13:24.899><c> at</c><00:13:25.100><c> trying</c><00:13:25.299><c> to</c><00:13:25.480><c> do</c><00:13:25.639><c> something</c> 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:28.419 that<00:13:26.080><c> you</c><00:13:26.220><c> can</c><00:13:26.539><c> remember</c><00:13:27.059><c> and</c><00:13:27.220><c> take</c><00:13:27.500><c> home</c><00:13:27.899><c> and</c><00:13:28.179><c> do.</c> 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:30.779 Now<00:13:29.080><c> just</c><00:13:29.360><c> imagine</c><00:13:29.659><c> we're</c><00:13:29.899><c> all</c><00:13:30.120><c> a</c><00:13:30.200><c> bunch</c><00:13:30.320><c> of</c><00:13:30.539><c> kids</c> 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:33.519 and<00:13:31.580><c> we're</c><00:13:31.820><c> out</c><00:13:32.080><c> playing</c><00:13:32.259><c> in</c><00:13:32.539><c> a</c><00:13:32.679><c> field</c> 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.860 and<00:13:34.679><c> we</c><00:13:35.120><c> run</c><00:13:35.299><c> across</c><00:13:35.700><c> an</c><00:13:36.080><c> abandoned</c><00:13:36.740><c> railroad</c><00:13:37.279><c> track.</c> 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:40.820 It<00:13:38.220><c> was</c><00:13:38.399><c> a</c><00:13:38.659><c> spur</c><00:13:38.860><c> that</c><00:13:39.120><c> went</c><00:13:39.279><c> to</c><00:13:39.519><c> a</c><00:13:39.639><c> factory</c><00:13:39.820><c> that's</c><00:13:40.039><c> no</c><00:13:40.179><c> longer</c><00:13:40.399><c> there.</c> 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:44.179 And<00:13:41.419><c> as</c><00:13:41.539><c> kids</c><00:13:41.740><c> go</c><00:13:41.980><c> they</c><00:13:42.500><c> start</c><00:13:42.860><c> to</c><00:13:43.179><c> walk</c><00:13:43.440><c> on</c><00:13:43.879><c> it.</c> 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.220 Now<00:13:44.600><c> I</c><00:13:45.480><c> have</c><00:13:45.700><c> a</c><00:13:45.919><c> problem.</c> 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:49.139 I<00:13:46.399><c> have</c><00:13:46.600><c> neuropathy</c><00:13:47.279><c> and</c><00:13:47.879><c> I</c><00:13:48.019><c> can't</c><00:13:48.240><c> do</c><00:13:48.440><c> this</c><00:13:48.720><c> anymore.</c> 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:51.179 I<00:13:49.639><c> literally</c><00:13:50.080><c> cannot.</c> 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.100 So<00:13:51.799><c> I've</c><00:13:52.220><c> got</c><00:13:52.379><c> Sam</c><00:13:52.700><c> here.</c> 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do</c><00:15:22.059><c> together</c> 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:29.080 to<00:15:25.240><c> serve</c><00:15:25.539><c> the</c><00:15:25.759><c> Lord,</c><00:15:26.659><c> to</c><00:15:26.860><c> help</c><00:15:27.120><c> someone</c><00:15:27.500><c> else.</c> 00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:32.879 Romans<00:15:30.419><c> 12,</c><00:15:31.500><c> verse</c><00:15:31.740><c> 8.</c> 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.539 Just<00:15:34.360><c> as</c><00:15:34.679><c> each</c><00:15:34.960><c> of</c><00:15:35.120><c> us</c><00:15:35.259><c> has</c><00:15:35.539><c> one</c><00:15:35.820><c> body</c><00:15:36.259><c> and</c><00:15:36.659><c> many</c><00:15:37.000><c> members,</c> 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.299 these<00:15:38.240><c> are</c><00:15:38.440><c> not</c><00:15:38.639><c> new</c><00:15:38.879><c> words</c><00:15:39.179><c> to</c><00:15:39.480><c> you,</c> 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:42.820 but<00:15:40.620><c> they're</c><00:15:40.840><c> words</c><00:15:41.080><c> you</c><00:15:41.259><c> want</c><00:15:41.460><c> to</c><00:15:41.620><c> be</c><00:15:41.899><c> reminded</c><00:15:42.299><c> of.</c> 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:46.580 These<00:15:43.820><c> members</c><00:15:44.120><c> do</c><00:15:44.379><c> not</c><00:15:44.559><c> have</c><00:15:44.720><c> all</c><00:15:44.919><c> the</c><00:15:45.139><c> same</c><00:15:45.340><c> function.</c> 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:49.720 And<00:15:46.980><c> so</c><00:15:47.080><c> in</c><00:15:47.279><c> Christ</c><00:15:47.580><c> we</c><00:15:47.879><c> who</c><00:15:48.120><c> are</c><00:15:48.299><c> many</c><00:15:48.600><c> form</c><00:15:49.000><c> one</c><00:15:49.320><c> body</c> 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:53.179 and<00:15:50.360><c> each</c><00:15:50.620><c> member</c><00:15:50.899><c> belongs</c><00:15:51.299><c> to</c><00:15:51.559><c> all</c><00:15:51.779><c> the</c><00:15:51.960><c> other</c><00:15:52.299><c> parts.</c> 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:57.299 We<00:15:54.000><c> have</c><00:15:54.179><c> different</c><00:15:54.539><c> gifts</c><00:15:54.980><c> according</c><00:15:55.360><c> to</c><00:15:55.519><c> the</c><00:15:55.700><c> grace</c><00:15:55.919><c> given</c><00:15:56.179><c> us.</c> 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:00.120 No,<00:15:58.200><c> he's</c><00:15:58.299><c> going</c><00:15:58.480><c> to</c><00:15:58.580><c> list</c><00:15:58.700><c> some</c><00:15:58.980><c> of</c><00:15:59.139><c> them.</c> 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:01.419 We're<00:16:00.399><c> not</c><00:16:00.539><c> all</c><00:16:00.740><c> the</c><00:16:01.000><c> same.</c> 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:04.299 Isn't<00:16:02.080><c> it</c><00:16:02.299><c> a</c><00:16:02.299><c> good</c><00:16:02.460><c> thing</c><00:16:02.659><c> we're</c><00:16:02.879><c> not</c><00:16:03.019><c> all</c><00:16:03.240><c> the</c><00:16:03.460><c> same?</c> 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:07.519 God<00:16:04.799><c> made</c><00:16:05.059><c> a</c><00:16:05.360><c> wonderful</c><00:16:05.639><c> variety</c><00:16:06.120><c> on</c><00:16:06.460><c> purpose.</c> 00:16:07.840 --> 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being</c><00:16:24.320><c> put</c><00:16:24.519><c> alongside</c><00:16:25.700><c> prophesying.</c> 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:30.259 We<00:16:27.639><c> say,</c><00:16:28.139><c> oh,</c><00:16:28.139><c> prophesy,</c><00:16:28.519><c> that's</c><00:16:28.799><c> an</c><00:16:28.980><c> important</c><00:16:29.340><c> gift.</c> 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.919 Well,<00:16:31.220><c> encouraging</c><00:16:31.659><c> is</c><00:16:32.100><c> an</c><00:16:32.299><c> important</c><00:16:32.500><c> gift</c><00:16:32.740><c> too.</c> 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.000 Says<00:16:33.139><c> Paul,</c><00:16:34.139><c> how</c><00:16:34.559><c> encouraging</c><00:16:35.139><c> are</c><00:16:35.379><c> you</c><00:16:35.679><c> of</c><00:16:36.019><c> others?</c> 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:39.440 If<00:16:37.899><c> it's</c><00:16:38.220><c> contributing</c><00:16:38.580><c> to</c><00:16:38.820><c> the</c><00:16:38.940><c> needs</c><00:16:39.080><c> of</c><00:16:39.299><c> others,</c> 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.259 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showing</c><00:17:03.980><c> to</c><00:17:04.200><c> each</c><00:17:04.420><c> other.</c> 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.880 So<00:17:07.440><c> you're</c><00:17:07.960><c> going</c><00:17:08.059><c> to</c><00:17:08.140><c> get</c><00:17:08.259><c> a</c><00:17:08.440><c> handout</c><00:17:08.619><c> today.</c> 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.200 It's<00:17:10.720><c> a</c><00:17:10.819><c> new</c><00:17:10.980><c> one.</c> 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.900 It's<00:17:11.460><c> called</c><00:17:11.779><c> an</c><00:17:12.180><c> encouragement</c><00:17:12.759><c> card.</c> 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:16.960 And<00:17:15.160><c> it</c><00:17:15.299><c> says</c><00:17:15.440><c> on</c><00:17:15.640><c> the</c><00:17:15.819><c> top,</c><00:17:16.160><c> encouragement</c><00:17:16.660><c> card.</c> 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.799 That's<00:17:17.180><c> what</c><00:17:17.319><c> it</c><00:17:17.579><c> is.</c> 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:20.140 Now,<00:17:18.160><c> this</c><00:17:18.319><c> is</c><00:17:18.500><c> not</c><00:17:18.660><c> made</c><00:17:18.839><c> by</c><00:17:19.140><c> Hallmark.</c> 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.160 This<00:17:20.660><c> is</c><00:17:20.859><c> not</c><00:17:21.079><c> beautiful.</c> 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:24.819 There's<00:17:22.940><c> no</c><00:17:23.420><c> pretty</c><00:17:23.740><c> pictures</c><00:17:24.299><c> on</c><00:17:24.559><c> it.</c> 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:28.440 It's<00:17:25.259><c> just</c><00:17:25.519><c> a</c><00:17:25.680><c> plain</c><00:17:26.119><c> yellow</c><00:17:26.640><c> card</c><00:17:26.940><c> with</c><00:17:27.200><c> black</c><00:17:27.500><c> printing.</c> 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:31.579 But<00:17:29.180><c> you're</c><00:17:29.460><c> going</c><00:17:29.599><c> to</c><00:17:29.779><c> make</c><00:17:29.960><c> this</c><00:17:30.319><c> card</c><00:17:30.500><c> beautiful</c> 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:33.680 by<00:17:32.319><c> what</c><00:17:32.559><c> you</c><00:17:32.839><c> do</c><00:17:33.019><c> with</c><00:17:33.299><c> it.</c> 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.039 It's<00:17:34.480><c> not</c><00:17:34.700><c> the</c><00:17:34.940><c> card</c><00:17:35.099><c> itself</c><00:17:35.539><c> that</c><00:17:35.700><c> will</c><00:17:35.859><c> be</c><00:17:36.039><c> beautiful.</c> 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.500 It's<00:17:37.720><c> going</c><00:17:37.799><c> to</c><00:17:37.880><c> be</c><00:17:37.960><c> what</c><00:17:38.119><c> you</c><00:17:38.359><c> write</c><00:17:38.579><c> on</c><00:17:38.799><c> it.</c> 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:44.440 So<00:17:40.039><c> it</c><00:17:40.140><c> quotes</c><00:17:40.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:40.920><c> chapter</c><00:17:41.400><c> 10,</c><00:17:42.680><c> verse</c><00:17:42.920><c> 24</c><00:17:43.619><c> and</c><00:17:43.819><c> 25.</c> 00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:46.759 And<00:17:44.599><c> this</c><00:17:44.819><c> is</c><00:17:45.000><c> what</c><00:17:45.240><c> that</c><00:17:45.579><c> says.</c> 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:49.759 Let<00:17:46.960><c> us</c><00:17:47.160><c> 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doing.</c> 00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:03.079 You<00:18:01.180><c> see,</c><00:18:01.299><c> you</c><00:18:01.440><c> can't</c><00:18:01.700><c> help</c><00:18:01.900><c> somebody</c><00:18:02.299><c> if</c><00:18:02.500><c> you</c><00:18:02.640><c> stay</c><00:18:02.859><c> away.</c> 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.019 Hermits<00:18:03.660><c> cannot</c><00:18:04.000><c> help</c><00:18:04.299><c> other</c><00:18:04.599><c> people.</c> 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.240 They're<00:18:05.519><c> just</c><00:18:05.579><c> off</c><00:18:05.779><c> by</c><00:18:06.000><c> themselves.</c> 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.019 We<00:18:08.299><c> ought</c><00:18:08.500><c> to</c><00:18:08.660><c> be</c><00:18:08.819><c> at</c><00:18:08.940><c> the</c><00:18:09.160><c> meetings</c><00:18:09.460><c> when</c><00:18:09.920><c> a</c><00:18:10.160><c> meeting</c><00:18:10.380><c> is</c><00:18:10.579><c> going</c><00:18:10.799><c> on.</c> 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:12.819 We<00:18:11.160><c> ought</c><00:18:11.319><c> 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encourage</c><00:18:20.839><c> one</c><00:18:21.059><c> another.</c> 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:24.240 You<00:18:22.220><c> need</c><00:18:22.519><c> to</c><00:18:22.660><c> be</c><00:18:22.859><c> around</c><00:18:23.119><c> each</c><00:18:23.380><c> other</c><00:18:23.519><c> to</c><00:18:23.680><c> encourage</c><00:18:24.000><c> each</c><00:18:24.180><c> other.</c> 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.880 You<00:18:24.519><c> can</c><00:18:24.680><c> do</c><00:18:24.799><c> it</c><00:18:24.940><c> now</c><00:18:25.200><c> with</c><00:18:25.480><c> a</c><00:18:25.680><c> phone.</c> 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.279 You<00:18:26.039><c> can</c><00:18:26.200><c> do</c><00:18:26.259><c> it</c><00:18:26.380><c> with</c><00:18:26.599><c> an</c><00:18:27.000><c> email.</c> 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:30.140 You<00:18:27.519><c> can</c><00:18:27.759><c> send</c><00:18:28.359><c> notes</c><00:18:28.819><c> to</c><00:18:29.240><c> people.</c> 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:32.099 But<00:18:30.619><c> 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line</c><00:18:41.700><c> says,</c> 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.920 here<00:18:42.180><c> is</c><00:18:42.440><c> a</c><00:18:42.539><c> word</c><00:18:42.640><c> of</c><00:18:42.900><c> encouragement</c><00:18:43.279><c> for,</c> 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.240 and<00:18:44.380><c> there's</c><00:18:44.480><c> just</c><00:18:44.680><c> a</c><00:18:44.880><c> blank</c><00:18:45.059><c> line</c><00:18:45.319><c> there.</c> 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:50.180 Now,<00:18:48.539><c> Bible</c><00:18:48.940><c> school</c><00:18:49.200><c> has</c><00:18:49.380><c> been</c><00:18:49.519><c> very</c><00:18:49.799><c> kind</c><00:18:50.000><c> to</c><00:18:50.099><c> me,</c> 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.339 and<00:18:50.299><c> they've</c><00:18:50.599><c> printed</c><00:18:50.700><c> these</c><00:18:50.980><c> all</c><00:18:51.200><c> up,</c> 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:53.240 because<00:18:51.539><c> there</c><00:18:51.839><c> was</c><00:18:52.019><c> too</c><00:18:52.240><c> many</c><00:18:52.380><c> to</c><00:18:52.599><c> bring.</c> 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.920 I<00:18:53.460><c> got</c><00:18:53.619><c> printing</c><00:18:53.880><c> that</c><00:18:54.079><c> would</c><00:18:54.460><c> have</c><00:18:54.680><c> weighed</c><00:18:54.839><c> me</c><00:18:55.140><c> down.</c> 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.700 I<00:18:56.259><c> had</c><00:18:56.400><c> to</c><00:18:56.559><c> bring</c><00:18:57.019><c> a</c><00:18:57.240><c> stick</c><00:18:57.400><c> to</c><00:18:57.579><c> it,</c> 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:00.119 because<00:18:57.859><c> you</c><00:18:58.019><c> didn't</c><00:18:58.220><c> have</c><00:18:58.380><c> any</c><00:18:58.579><c> stick</c><00:18:58.799><c> to</c><00:18:58.980><c> it</c><00:18:59.140><c> here.</c> 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.900 But<00:19:00.960><c> these</c><00:19:01.400><c> were</c><00:19:01.980><c> made</c><00:19:02.240><c> here</c><00:19:02.559><c> for</c><00:19:02.720><c> me.</c> 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.160 Barbara<00:19:03.279><c> had</c><00:19:03.500><c> this</c><00:19:03.720><c> done.</c> 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:07.039 And<00:19:04.799><c> Joe</c><00:19:04.900><c> did</c><00:19:05.059><c> a</c><00:19:05.059><c> lot</c><00:19:05.259><c> of</c><00:19:05.400><c> the</c><00:19:05.539><c> cutting</c><00:19:05.660><c> up</c><00:19:05.920><c> for</c><00:19:06.160><c> us.</c> 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.940 Here<00:19:08.140><c> is</c><00:19:08.380><c> a</c><00:19:08.539><c> word</c><00:19:08.740><c> of</c><00:19:09.079><c> encouragement</c><00:19:09.559><c> for,</c> 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.880 and<00:19:10.140><c> there's</c><00:19:10.339><c> a</c><00:19:10.500><c> blank</c><00:19:10.680><c> line.</c> 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:15.900 And<00:19:12.160><c> then</c><00:19:12.279><c> there's</c><00:19:12.619><c> space</c><00:19:13.339><c> for</c><00:19:14.819><c> you</c><00:19:14.960><c> to</c><00:19:15.119><c> write</c><00:19:15.220><c> anything</c><00:19:15.599><c> you</c> 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.619 want<00:19:16.140><c> to</c><00:19:16.359><c> write</c> 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:19.019 that<00:19:17.019><c> will</c><00:19:17.259><c> help</c><00:19:17.519><c> somebody</c><00:19:17.940><c> else.</c> 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.339 And<00:19:19.519><c> then</c><00:19:19.740><c> the</c><00:19:19.960><c> bottom</c><00:19:20.140><c> is,</c> 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:22.619 this<00:19:20.779><c> encouragement</c><00:19:21.220><c> card</c><00:19:21.500><c> is</c><00:19:21.680><c> being</c><00:19:21.960><c> sent</c><00:19:22.240><c> by,</c> 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:24.799 and<00:19:22.940><c> there's</c><00:19:23.220><c> a</c><00:19:23.339><c> place</c><00:19:23.500><c> for</c><00:19:23.640><c> you</c><00:19:23.759><c> to</c><00:19:24.019><c> sign</c><00:19:24.299><c> your</c><00:19:24.680><c> name.</c> 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.480 Don't<00:19:25.019><c> make</c><00:19:25.200><c> them</c><00:19:25.359><c> anonymous.</c> 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:29.019 When<00:19:27.880><c> you're</c><00:19:28.099><c> giving</c><00:19:28.220><c> a</c><00:19:28.380><c> word</c><00:19:28.480><c> of</c><00:19:28.680><c> encouragement,</c> 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:32.460 let<00:19:29.299><c> the</c><00:19:29.500><c> person</c><00:19:29.799><c> know</c><00:19:30.099><c> that</c><00:19:30.339><c> you're</c><00:19:30.759><c> encouraging</c><00:19:31.279><c> them.</c> 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.119 And<00:19:32.579><c> these,</c><00:19:33.539><c> I</c><00:19:33.599><c> want</c><00:19:33.720><c> you</c><00:19:33.880><c> to</c><00:19:33.980><c> take,</c> 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:36.019 I<00:19:34.819><c> don't</c><00:19:34.940><c> want</c><00:19:35.000><c> you</c><00:19:35.160><c> to</c><00:19:35.200><c> take</c><00:19:35.440><c> one</c><00:19:35.660><c> of</c><00:19:35.839><c> these.</c> 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.880 I<00:19:36.140><c> want</c><00:19:36.259><c> you</c><00:19:36.420><c> to</c><00:19:36.440><c> take</c><00:19:36.640><c> more</c><00:19:36.920><c> than</c><00:19:37.119><c> one.</c> 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:39.740 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bit.</c> 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.400 Maybe<00:19:49.059><c> offer</c><00:19:49.660><c> to</c><00:19:49.859><c> babysit.</c> 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:52.880 Give<00:19:51.000><c> her</c><00:19:51.180><c> an</c><00:19:51.359><c> encouragement</c><00:19:51.759><c> card.</c> 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:56.519 If<00:19:53.779><c> someone</c><00:19:54.039><c> does</c><00:19:54.299><c> something</c><00:19:54.539><c> that</c><00:19:55.200><c> was</c><00:19:55.500><c> nice</c><00:19:55.740><c> to</c><00:19:55.779><c> you</c><00:19:55.940><c> in</c><00:19:56.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.240><c> cafeteria,</c> 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.960 give<00:19:57.279><c> them</c><00:19:57.440><c> an</c><00:19:57.559><c> encouragement</c><00:19:58.000><c> card.</c> 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:02.220 Anyone<00:19:59.420><c> you</c><00:19:59.640><c> see</c><00:19:59.839><c> on</c><00:20:00.059><c> the</c><00:20:00.259><c> campus</c><00:20:00.599><c> that</c><00:20:01.099><c> would</c><00:20:01.380><c> 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encouragement.</c><00:23:38.099><c> You</c><00:23:38.240><c> can</c><00:23:38.440><c> do</c><00:23:38.660><c> this.</c> 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.279 As<00:23:39.400><c> soon</c><00:23:39.500><c> as</c><00:23:39.599><c> we</c><00:23:39.799><c> hire</c><00:23:40.019><c> you,</c> 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:43.819 you<00:23:40.599><c> have</c><00:23:40.839><c> to</c><00:23:41.039><c> go</c><00:23:41.220><c> take</c><00:23:41.660><c> a</c><00:23:41.940><c> test</c><00:23:42.119><c> and</c><00:23:42.400><c> become</c><00:23:42.640><c> licensed.</c> 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:47.359 And<00:23:44.099><c> some</c><00:23:44.240><c> of</c><00:23:44.359><c> our</c><00:23:44.519><c> people</c><00:23:44.799><c> take</c><00:23:45.400><c> the</c><00:23:45.700><c> test</c><00:23:45.880><c> and</c><00:23:46.079><c> they</c><00:23:46.339><c> flunk</c><00:23:46.559><c> it.</c> 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:49.480 We<00:23:47.599><c> pay</c><00:23:47.900><c> for</c><00:23:48.279><c> them</c><00:23:48.420><c> 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make</c><00:23:59.339><c> it.</c><00:23:59.400><c> Don't</c><00:23:59.640><c> worry.</c> 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:02.940 Some<00:24:00.599><c> of</c><00:24:00.700><c> them</c><00:24:00.759><c> take</c><00:24:00.960><c> it</c><00:24:01.019><c> several</c><00:24:01.339><c> times</c><00:24:01.660><c> before</c><00:24:01.940><c> they</c><00:24:02.559><c> pass.</c> 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:05.839 And<00:24:03.559><c> when</c><00:24:03.660><c> they</c><00:24:03.819><c> pass,</c><00:24:04.619><c> we</c><00:24:05.039><c> pat</c><00:24:05.259><c> them</c><00:24:05.400><c> on</c><00:24:05.519><c> the</c><00:24:05.680><c> back</c> 00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:07.980 and<00:24:06.039><c> congratulate</c><00:24:06.579><c> them</c><00:24:06.779><c> and</c><00:24:06.900><c> tell</c><00:24:07.000><c> them</c><00:24:07.119><c> how</c><00:24:07.380><c> wonderful</c><00:24:07.680><c> it</c><00:24:07.880><c> is.</c> 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:10.059 Now<00:24:08.259><c> they're</c><00:24:09.160><c> legal.</c> 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teach</c><00:25:04.480><c> their</c><00:25:05.000><c> employees</c> 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:07.480 to<00:25:06.079><c> be</c><00:25:06.240><c> more</c><00:25:06.539><c> appreciative,</c> 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.480 and<00:25:08.160><c> they're</c><00:25:08.359><c> not</c><00:25:08.500><c> Christadelphians</c><00:25:08.960><c> at</c><00:25:09.200><c> all.</c> 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.440 But<00:25:10.000><c> they're</c><00:25:10.579><c> right</c><00:25:10.740><c> about</c><00:25:11.039><c> that.</c> 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.240 Why<00:25:12.019><c> don't</c><00:25:12.200><c> we</c><00:25:12.460><c> as</c><00:25:12.700><c> Christadelphians</c> 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.640 learn<00:25:13.519><c> to</c><00:25:13.920><c> do</c><00:25:14.160><c> as</c><00:25:14.500><c> well</c><00:25:14.759><c> as</c><00:25:15.000><c> the</c><00:25:15.420><c> world</c> 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:17.059 who<00:25:15.799><c> doesn't</c><00:25:16.019><c> know</c><00:25:16.220><c> Christ</c><00:25:16.619><c> do</c> 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:19.039 on<00:25:17.299><c> some</c><00:25:17.480><c> of</c><00:25:17.599><c> these</c><00:25:18.119><c> godly</c><00:25:18.779><c> principles?</c> 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.740 These<00:25:19.180><c> are</c><00:25:19.380><c> godly</c><00:25:19.720><c> principles,</c> 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:23.420 and<00:25:21.079><c> they're</c><00:25:22.500><c> not</c><00:25:22.960><c> patented,</c> 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.819 and<00:25:23.839><c> anybody</c><00:25:24.099><c> can</c><00:25:24.339><c> use</c><00:25:24.579><c> them.</c> 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.720 Sometimes<00:25:25.339><c> people</c><00:25:25.559><c> in</c><00:25:25.700><c> the</c><00:25:25.799><c> world</c><00:25:26.039><c> use</c><00:25:26.519><c> them</c> 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.619 even<00:25:27.039><c> more</c><00:25:27.380><c> successfully</c><00:25:27.779><c> than</c><00:25:28.359><c> we</c><00:25:28.759><c> do.</c> 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:32.220 Now,<00:25:30.160><c> we're</c><00:25:30.519><c> all</c><00:25:30.839><c> so</c><00:25:31.119><c> different.</c> 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.380 Some<00:25:32.420><c> of</c><00:25:32.500><c> us</c><00:25:32.619><c> are</c><00:25:32.859><c> extroverts,</c> 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.099 and<00:25:33.579><c> some</c><00:25:33.740><c> of</c><00:25:33.819><c> us</c><00:25:33.940><c> are</c><00:25:34.180><c> introverts.</c> 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.079 I've<00:25:35.519><c> mentioned</c><00:25:35.700><c> the</c><00:25:35.819><c> other</c><00:25:35.960><c> day</c> 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:38.220 that<00:25:36.200><c> we</c><00:25:36.319><c> had</c><00:25:36.420><c> this</c><00:25:36.660><c> little</c><00:25:37.200><c> thing</c><00:25:37.420><c> going</c><00:25:37.680><c> in</c><00:25:37.859><c> our</c><00:25:38.000><c> vision</c> 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.460 where<00:25:38.380><c> you</c><00:25:38.559><c> count</c><00:25:38.720><c> down</c><00:25:39.000><c> one</c><00:25:39.220><c> name,</c> 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.920 and<00:25:39.819><c> just</c><00:25:40.220><c> every</c><00:25:40.779><c> week</c><00:25:41.140><c> send</c><00:25:41.480><c> a</c><00:25:41.640><c> card</c> 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.839 or<00:25:42.839><c> phone</c><00:25:43.039><c> them</c><00:25:43.220><c> or</c><00:25:43.819><c> get</c><00:25:44.180><c> in</c><00:25:44.180><c> contact</c><00:25:44.500><c> with</c><00:25:44.680><c> them.</c> 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.279 Next<00:25:45.160><c> week</c><00:25:45.319><c> is</c><00:25:45.460><c> the</c><00:25:45.519><c> next</c><00:25:45.660><c> one.</c> 00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:49.900 It's<00:25:47.779><c> going</c><00:25:47.859><c> to</c><00:25:47.859><c> take</c><00:25:48.039><c> us</c><00:25:48.200><c> a</c><00:25:48.240><c> whole</c><00:25:48.539><c> year</c> 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:51.900 for<00:25:50.579><c> any</c><00:25:51.019><c> person</c><00:25:51.359><c> on</c><00:25:51.579><c> the</c><00:25:51.720><c> list</c> 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:54.119 to<00:25:52.140><c> contact</c><00:25:52.420><c> everybody</c><00:25:52.819><c> else</c><00:25:53.039><c> on</c><00:25:53.220><c> the</c><00:25:53.400><c> list.</c> 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.759 And<00:25:54.440><c> some</c><00:25:54.539><c> of</c><00:25:54.680><c> the</c><00:25:54.799><c> people</c><00:25:54.980><c> on</c><00:25:55.240><c> the</c><00:25:55.440><c> list</c> 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:58.920 are<00:25:56.259><c> not</c><00:25:56.599><c> going</c><00:25:56.819><c> to</c><00:25:56.900><c> do</c><00:25:57.140><c> that</c><00:25:57.539><c> at</c><00:25:57.779><c> all.</c> 00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.960 And<00:25:59.500><c> one</c><00:25:59.819><c> sister</c><00:26:00.160><c> contacted</c><00:26:00.740><c> me,</c> 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.299 and<00:26:01.019><c> she</c><00:26:01.180><c> says,</c> 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:04.559 I<00:26:01.579><c> am</c><00:26:01.779><c> not</c><00:26:01.940><c> an</c><00:26:02.559><c> extrovert</c><00:26:03.000><c> like</c><00:26:03.380><c> you.</c> 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:08.180 You<00:26:06.539><c> know,</c><00:26:06.720><c> it's</c><00:26:06.839><c> not</c><00:26:07.099><c> a</c><00:26:07.240><c> sin</c><00:26:07.339><c> to</c><00:26:07.500><c> be</c><00:26:07.619><c> an</c><00:26:07.799><c> introvert.</c> 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.579 It's<00:26:08.559><c> not</c><00:26:08.740><c> a</c><00:26:08.819><c> sin</c><00:26:08.920><c> to</c><00:26:09.059><c> be</c><00:26:09.180><c> an</c><00:26:09.319><c> extrovert.</c> 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.680 It's<00:26:09.839><c> just</c><00:26:10.380><c> the</c><00:26:10.500><c> way</c><00:26:10.660><c> you</c><00:26:10.839><c> are.</c> 00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:17.119 But<00:26:13.160><c> you</c><00:26:13.380><c> see,</c><00:26:14.059><c> people</c><00:26:14.500><c> can</c><00:26:15.039><c> get</c><00:26:16.259><c> outside</c><00:26:16.680><c> themselves.</c> 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:20.119 You<00:26:17.440><c> can</c><00:26:17.619><c> be</c><00:26:17.900><c> nice</c><00:26:18.140><c> to</c><00:26:18.299><c> people</c><00:26:18.500><c> when</c><00:26:18.680><c> you're</c><00:26:18.859><c> an</c><00:26:19.039><c> introvert.</c> 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.920 You<00:26:20.599><c> can</c><00:26:20.900><c> contact</c><00:26:21.359><c> somebody</c><00:26:21.700><c> and</c><00:26:21.779><c> say,</c> 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.339 Hi,<00:26:22.200><c> I</c><00:26:22.319><c> was</c><00:26:22.460><c> thinking</c><00:26:22.660><c> of</c><00:26:22.839><c> you</c><00:26:22.960><c> this</c><00:26:23.240><c> week.</c> 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.059 It<00:26:23.539><c> doesn't</c><00:26:23.740><c> cost</c><00:26:24.119><c> anything.</c> 00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:27.180 But<00:26:25.680><c> some</c><00:26:25.960><c> of</c><00:26:26.079><c> the</c><00:26:26.200><c> people</c><00:26:26.319><c> who</c><00:26:26.440><c> don't</c><00:26:26.559><c> want</c><00:26:26.700><c> to</c><00:26:26.819><c> play</c> 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:28.160 are<00:26:27.359><c> not</c><00:26:27.599><c> going</c><00:26:27.819><c> to</c><00:26:27.900><c> do</c><00:26:28.019><c> it.</c> 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:30.440 Of<00:26:28.299><c> course,</c><00:26:28.480><c> we</c><00:26:28.640><c> can't</c><00:26:28.980><c> make</c><00:26:29.180><c> them,</c><00:26:29.299><c> and</c><00:26:29.440><c> we</c><00:26:29.559><c> wouldn't.</c> 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:34.660 But<00:26:30.779><c> isn't</c><00:26:30.940><c> it</c><00:26:31.240><c> sad</c><00:26:31.500><c> that</c><00:26:31.799><c> we</c><00:26:32.140><c> resist</c><00:26:33.099><c> little</c><00:26:33.740><c> things</c> 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.700 that<00:26:35.299><c> would</c><00:26:35.700><c> make</c><00:26:35.880><c> such</c><00:26:36.039><c> a</c><00:26:36.160><c> big</c><00:26:36.359><c> difference</c> 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.759 in<00:26:36.859><c> other</c><00:26:37.059><c> people's</c><00:26:37.539><c> lives?</c> 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:42.059 And<00:26:40.599><c> in</c><00:26:41.079><c> the</c><00:26:41.319><c> body</c><00:26:41.539><c> of</c><00:26:41.819><c> Christ,</c> 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.220 we've<00:26:42.759><c> got</c><00:26:42.859><c> to</c><00:26:43.220><c> encourage</c><00:26:43.720><c> each</c><00:26:44.019><c> other</c> 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.980 to<00:26:44.579><c> be</c><00:26:44.819><c> steadfast</c><00:26:45.299><c> and</c><00:26:45.480><c> unmovable,</c> 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:47.900 always<00:26:46.400><c> about</c><00:26:46.680><c> on</c><00:26:46.819><c> God's</c><00:26:47.220><c> work.</c> 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:50.400 Keep<00:26:48.279><c> on</c><00:26:48.579><c> keeping</c><00:26:48.819><c> on.</c><00:26:49.079><c> Don't</c><00:26:49.319><c> give</c><00:26:49.579><c> up.</c> 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.819 Many<00:26:50.819><c> times</c><00:26:51.160><c> a</c><00:26:51.339><c> brother</c><00:26:51.519><c> and</c><00:26:51.660><c> sister</c> 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:55.200 has<00:26:52.039><c> been</c><00:26:52.240><c> very</c><00:26:53.259><c> discouraged</c><00:26:53.740><c> and</c><00:26:54.119><c> despondent</c> 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.900 and<00:26:55.400><c> says,</c><00:26:55.720><c> I</c><00:26:55.839><c> don't</c><00:26:56.039><c> know</c><00:26:56.180><c> how</c><00:26:56.319><c> it</c><00:26:56.380><c> can</c><00:26:56.500><c> go</c><00:26:56.740><c> on.</c> 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.380 And<00:26:57.099><c> somebody</c><00:26:57.299><c> gives</c><00:26:57.539><c> them</c><00:26:57.720><c> a</c><00:26:57.859><c> pat</c><00:26:57.940><c> on</c><00:26:58.099><c> the</c><00:26:58.240><c> back</c> 00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.799 and<00:26:58.480><c> says,</c><00:26:58.619><c> you</c><00:26:58.740><c> can</c><00:26:58.940><c> do</c><00:26:59.039><c> it.</c> 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.839 Okay,<00:27:00.539><c> I'll</c><00:27:00.680><c> try</c><00:27:00.880><c> again.</c> 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:05.559 And<00:27:02.920><c> they</c><00:27:03.079><c> say,</c><00:27:03.500><c> that</c><00:27:03.839><c> changed</c><00:27:04.279><c> my</c><00:27:04.640><c> life.</c> 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:09.480 A<00:27:06.059><c> little</c><00:27:06.380><c> word</c><00:27:07.039><c> at</c><00:27:07.900><c> the</c><00:27:08.220><c> proper</c><00:27:09.079><c> time</c> 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:12.980 can<00:27:09.779><c> change</c><00:27:10.160><c> a</c><00:27:10.380><c> person's</c><00:27:10.900><c> entire</c><00:27:11.220><c> life</c><00:27:11.559><c> from</c><00:27:11.839><c> then</c><00:27:12.039><c> on.</c> 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.759 And<00:27:14.079><c> so</c><00:27:14.539><c> in</c><00:27:15.140><c> 2</c><00:27:15.339><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:15.720><c> 10,</c><00:27:16.039><c> 13,</c> 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.259 in<00:27:17.039><c> the</c><00:27:17.140><c> newer</c><00:27:17.339><c> version,</c><00:27:17.880><c> Paul</c><00:27:17.960><c> says,</c> 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:21.019 our<00:27:18.500><c> goal</c><00:27:18.819><c> is</c><00:27:19.059><c> to</c><00:27:19.220><c> stay</c><00:27:19.339><c> within</c><00:27:19.859><c> the</c><00:27:20.259><c> boundaries</c> 00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:22.700 God's<00:27:21.759><c> plan</c><00:27:21.980><c> has</c><00:27:22.220><c> for</c><00:27:22.480><c> us.</c> 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.900 And<00:27:22.940><c> God</c><00:27:23.180><c> does</c><00:27:23.420><c> have</c><00:27:23.619><c> boundaries</c><00:27:24.079><c> for</c><00:27:24.400><c> us,</c> 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.319 and<00:27:25.220><c> we're</c><00:27:25.460><c> told</c><00:27:25.579><c> to</c><00:27:25.779><c> stay</c><00:27:25.980><c> within</c><00:27:26.220><c> them.</c> 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.539 It's<00:27:26.480><c> like</c><00:27:26.619><c> running</c><00:27:26.960><c> in</c><00:27:27.140><c> that</c><00:27:27.400><c> race.</c> 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:29.519 You<00:27:27.759><c> run</c><00:27:28.000><c> down</c><00:27:28.200><c> your</c><00:27:28.440><c> lane.</c> 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:32.660 Run<00:27:29.940><c> with</c><00:27:30.220><c> patience</c><00:27:30.559><c> the</c><00:27:30.779><c> race</c><00:27:31.019><c> set</c><00:27:31.279><c> before</c><00:27:31.700><c> you.</c> 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.759 If<00:27:32.839><c> there's</c><00:27:33.039><c> hurdles</c><00:27:33.259><c> in</c><00:27:33.460><c> it,</c><00:27:33.839><c> that's</c><00:27:34.299><c> good,</c> 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.460 because<00:27:35.460><c> God</c><00:27:35.759><c> put</c><00:27:35.980><c> them</c><00:27:36.200><c> there</c> 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:39.359 because<00:27:36.859><c> he</c><00:27:37.059><c> wants</c><00:27:37.299><c> you</c><00:27:37.519><c> to</c><00:27:37.759><c> jump</c><00:27:38.039><c> over</c><00:27:38.380><c> them.</c> 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:46.400 In<00:27:41.079><c> the</c><00:27:41.279><c> Phillips</c><00:27:41.480><c> translation</c><00:27:42.160><c> of</c><00:27:42.400><c> Galatians</c><00:27:42.960><c> 6,</c><00:27:44.240><c> in</c><00:27:44.240><c> verse</c><00:27:44.579><c> 4,</c> 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.980 Paul<00:27:46.660><c> says</c><00:27:46.859><c> that</c><00:27:47.099><c> every</c><00:27:47.339><c> man</c><00:27:47.579><c> learn</c><00:27:47.799><c> to</c><00:27:48.039><c> assess</c><00:27:48.420><c> properly</c> 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:51.099 the<00:27:49.400><c> value</c><00:27:49.720><c> of</c><00:27:49.960><c> his</c><00:27:50.160><c> own</c><00:27:50.700><c> work.</c> 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:53.619 And<00:27:51.799><c> he</c><00:27:51.960><c> can</c><00:27:52.220><c> then</c><00:27:52.380><c> be</c><00:27:52.680><c> glad</c><00:27:52.940><c> when</c><00:27:53.119><c> he</c><00:27:53.299><c> has</c><00:27:53.480><c> done</c> 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:55.099 something<00:27:53.920><c> worth</c><00:27:54.400><c> doing</c> 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:57.720 without<00:27:55.660><c> depending</c><00:27:56.059><c> on</c><00:27:56.279><c> the</c><00:27:56.519><c> approval</c><00:27:56.720><c> of</c><00:27:57.000><c> others.</c> 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.039 So<00:27:58.079><c> sometimes</c><00:27:58.519><c> people</c><00:27:58.779><c> say,</c><00:27:59.059><c> well,</c><00:27:59.140><c> I</c><00:27:59.299><c> did</c><00:27:59.420><c> something</c><00:27:59.740><c> nice,</c> 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.380 and<00:28:00.180><c> they</c><00:28:00.359><c> never</c><00:28:00.500><c> even</c><00:28:00.720><c> said</c><00:28:00.900><c> thank</c><00:28:01.240><c> you.</c> 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:03.440 I'm<00:28:01.579><c> never</c><00:28:01.779><c> getting</c><00:28:01.960><c> nice</c><00:28:02.259><c> to</c><00:28:02.279><c> them</c><00:28:02.420><c> again.</c> 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.640 And<00:28:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:28:04.660><c> says,</c><00:28:04.839><c> we</c><00:28:05.039><c> are</c><00:28:05.339><c> nice</c> 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:08.059 whether<00:28:05.920><c> they're</c><00:28:06.400><c> nice</c><00:28:06.839><c> back</c><00:28:07.000><c> or</c><00:28:07.240><c> not.</c> 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.720 It's<00:28:09.940><c> been</c><00:28:10.099><c> a</c><00:28:10.220><c> long</c><00:28:10.460><c> time</c><00:28:10.700><c> since</c><00:28:10.900><c> I've</c><00:28:11.160><c> been</c><00:28:11.259><c> to</c><00:28:11.400><c> Hanover,</c> 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:14.119 so<00:28:11.980><c> maybe</c><00:28:12.380><c> if</c><00:28:12.759><c> you've</c><00:28:13.019><c> heard</c><00:28:13.119><c> this</c><00:28:13.380><c> story</c><00:28:13.559><c> before,</c> 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:16.680 you<00:28:14.660><c> won't</c><00:28:14.900><c> mind</c><00:28:15.180><c> hearing</c><00:28:15.500><c> it</c><00:28:15.779><c> again.</c> 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.779 I<00:28:17.779><c> told</c><00:28:17.960><c> it</c><00:28:18.119><c> to</c><00:28:18.220><c> the</c><00:28:18.359><c> young</c><00:28:18.519><c> people,</c> 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:20.359 and<00:28:18.980><c> they've</c><00:28:19.319><c> never</c><00:28:19.559><c> heard</c><00:28:19.779><c> of</c><00:28:19.920><c> it</c><00:28:20.079><c> before,</c> 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:25.420 because<00:28:20.839><c> they</c><00:28:21.819><c> weren't</c><00:28:22.039><c> even</c><00:28:22.880><c> born</c><00:28:23.339><c> when</c><00:28:23.880><c> I</c><00:28:24.059><c> was</c><00:28:24.220><c> here</c><00:28:24.500><c> last.</c> 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:29.599 But<00:28:26.519><c> it</c><00:28:26.619><c> has</c><00:28:26.859><c> to</c><00:28:27.099><c> do</c><00:28:27.319><c> with</c><00:28:28.400><c> a</c><00:28:28.779><c> young</c><00:28:29.259><c> man</c> 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:35.720 who<00:28:30.380><c> commutes</c><00:28:30.920><c> every</c><00:28:31.480><c> day</c><00:28:31.960><c> into</c><00:28:32.359><c> New</c><00:28:32.619><c> York</c><00:28:33.019><c> City</c><00:28:33.680><c> to</c><00:28:34.400><c> go</c><00:28:34.599><c> to</c><00:28:34.819><c> work.</c> 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:40.299 And<00:28:36.299><c> he</c><00:28:36.440><c> rides</c><00:28:36.680><c> the</c><00:28:37.019><c> subway</c><00:28:37.420><c> in</c><00:28:38.019><c> from</c><00:28:38.380><c> outskirts</c><00:28:39.220><c> of</c><00:28:39.440><c> town,</c> 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:43.500 and<00:28:40.579><c> millions</c><00:28:41.059><c> of</c><00:28:41.299><c> people</c><00:28:41.539><c> do</c><00:28:41.759><c> this</c><00:28:42.119><c> in</c><00:28:42.259><c> New</c><00:28:42.519><c> York</c><00:28:42.880><c> every</c><00:28:43.339><c> day.</c> 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.299 Millions<00:28:44.079><c> come</c><00:28:44.279><c> in</c><00:28:44.420><c> the</c><00:28:44.539><c> morning,</c><00:28:44.940><c> and</c><00:28:44.940><c> they</c><00:28:45.400><c> go</c><00:28:45.640><c> out</c><00:28:45.779><c> at</c><00:28:46.019><c> night.</c> 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:49.859 And<00:28:47.079><c> he</c><00:28:47.319><c> gets</c><00:28:47.519><c> off</c><00:28:47.819><c> the</c><00:28:48.380><c> subway</c><00:28:48.640><c> down</c><00:28:49.240><c> below,</c> 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:53.099 and<00:28:50.259><c> he</c><00:28:50.359><c> catches</c><00:28:50.779><c> an</c><00:28:51.099><c> escalator</c><00:28:51.579><c> up</c><00:28:51.839><c> to</c><00:28:52.039><c> the</c><00:28:52.200><c> top,</c> 00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.019 and<00:28:53.140><c> he</c><00:28:53.220><c> goes</c><00:28:53.380><c> out</c><00:28:53.539><c> on</c><00:28:53.700><c> the</c><00:28:53.839><c> street,</c> 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.339 and<00:28:54.220><c> there's</c><00:28:54.380><c> a</c><00:28:54.500><c> little</c><00:28:54.660><c> boy</c><00:28:54.920><c> there</c> 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.099 standing<00:28:55.579><c> there</c><00:28:55.819><c> selling</c><00:28:56.039><c> newspapers.</c> 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.420 And<00:28:57.420><c> this</c><00:28:57.680><c> kid</c><00:28:57.799><c> is</c><00:28:58.200><c> tough.</c> 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.619 I<00:28:58.599><c> mean,</c><00:28:58.859><c> he's</c><00:28:59.140><c> tough</c><00:28:59.319><c> as</c><00:28:59.539><c> nail.</c> 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.259 Paper,<00:29:00.119><c> paper,</c><00:29:00.539><c> get</c><00:29:00.700><c> your</c><00:29:00.819><c> paper</c><00:29:01.099><c> here.</c> 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.500 Paper,<00:29:01.599><c> paper.</c> 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:06.559 And<00:29:04.420><c> this</c><00:29:04.779><c> young</c><00:29:05.299><c> businessman</c><00:29:05.880><c> walks</c><00:29:06.259><c> up</c><00:29:06.440><c> to</c><00:29:06.500><c> him</c> 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:08.079 and<00:29:06.579><c> says,</c><00:29:06.839><c> good</c><00:29:06.940><c> morning,</c><00:29:07.460><c> sonny.</c> 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.599 And<00:29:08.559><c> he</c><00:29:08.819><c> smiles</c><00:29:09.180><c> at</c><00:29:09.400><c> him,</c><00:29:09.599><c> and</c><00:29:09.779><c> he</c><00:29:09.880><c> gives</c><00:29:10.059><c> him</c><00:29:10.319><c> a</c><00:29:10.440><c> quarter.</c> 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:12.279 This<00:29:10.799><c> is</c><00:29:10.920><c> an</c><00:29:11.039><c> old</c><00:29:11.279><c> story.</c> 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:15.700 He<00:29:12.480><c> gives</c><00:29:12.640><c> him</c><00:29:12.839><c> a</c><00:29:12.900><c> quarter</c><00:29:13.359><c> for</c><00:29:13.740><c> a</c><00:29:13.900><c> paper</c><00:29:14.099><c> that</c><00:29:14.319><c> costs</c><00:29:14.579><c> a</c><00:29:14.799><c> dime.</c> 00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:18.180 So<00:29:15.920><c> he</c><00:29:15.960><c> gives</c><00:29:16.140><c> him</c><00:29:16.319><c> two</c><00:29:16.519><c> and</c><00:29:16.700><c> a</c><00:29:16.720><c> half</c><00:29:16.859><c> times</c><00:29:17.160><c> the</c><00:29:17.359><c> price</c><00:29:17.579><c> of</c><00:29:17.720><c> the</c><00:29:17.880><c> paper.</c> 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.640 And<00:29:18.619><c> he</c><00:29:18.640><c> says,</c><00:29:19.019><c> thank</c><00:29:19.160><c> you,</c><00:29:19.460><c> son.</c> 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.480 And<00:29:19.839><c> he</c><00:29:19.940><c> takes</c><00:29:20.160><c> the</c><00:29:20.400><c> paper,</c><00:29:20.759><c> gives</c><00:29:20.940><c> him</c><00:29:21.079><c> the</c><00:29:21.259><c> quarter,</c> 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.119 and<00:29:21.900><c> walks</c><00:29:22.140><c> on.</c> 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:28.200 The<00:29:24.380><c> little</c><00:29:24.619><c> boy</c><00:29:25.079><c> never</c><00:29:25.920><c> says</c><00:29:26.519><c> thank</c><00:29:27.079><c> you.</c> 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:31.160 The<00:29:28.359><c> little</c><00:29:28.960><c> boy</c><00:29:29.200><c> never</c><00:29:29.700><c> smiles.</c> 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.420 The<00:29:31.460><c> little</c><00:29:31.680><c> boy</c><00:29:31.940><c> never</c><00:29:32.440><c> acknowledges</c> 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:35.400 that<00:29:33.700><c> he's</c><00:29:33.900><c> being</c><00:29:34.220><c> given</c><00:29:34.480><c> a</c><00:29:34.880><c> nice</c><00:29:35.220><c> tip.</c> 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.160 Most<00:29:35.660><c> people</c><00:29:35.880><c> give</c><00:29:36.059><c> him</c><00:29:36.259><c> a</c><00:29:36.359><c> dime.</c> 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:43.500 He's<00:29:38.759><c> just</c><00:29:39.180><c> ungrateful</c><00:29:39.940><c> little</c><00:29:40.420><c> brat,</c><00:29:41.680><c> somebody</c><00:29:41.980><c> else</c><00:29:42.240><c> called</c><00:29:42.460><c> him.</c> 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:46.460 And<00:29:44.180><c> so</c><00:29:44.740><c> New</c><00:29:45.160><c> Yorkers</c><00:29:45.359><c> don't</c><00:29:45.500><c> usually</c><00:29:45.700><c> talk</c><00:29:45.980><c> to</c><00:29:46.160><c> each</c><00:29:46.339><c> other,</c> 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:49.279 but<00:29:46.619><c> there's</c><00:29:47.839><c> another</c><00:29:47.839><c> man</c><00:29:48.279><c> that</c><00:29:48.519><c> rides</c><00:29:48.619><c> the</c><00:29:48.779><c> same</c><00:29:49.039><c> subway.</c> 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.859 And<00:29:49.500><c> he</c><00:29:49.599><c> notices</c><00:29:49.940><c> this</c><00:29:50.220><c> man</c><00:29:50.440><c> every</c><00:29:50.740><c> day,</c> 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.299 because<00:29:51.000><c> they</c><00:29:51.119><c> get</c><00:29:51.240><c> off</c><00:29:51.460><c> together</c><00:29:51.720><c> and</c><00:29:51.900><c> walk</c><00:29:52.059><c> up.</c> 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.720 And<00:29:52.859><c> he</c><00:29:52.940><c> finally</c><00:29:53.119><c> says,</c><00:29:53.400><c> mister,</c><00:29:53.839><c> can</c><00:29:54.039><c> I</c><00:29:54.140><c> ask</c><00:29:54.279><c> you</c><00:29:54.420><c> a</c><00:29:54.519><c> question?</c> 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.680 He<00:29:54.859><c> says,</c><00:29:55.079><c> yeah,</c><00:29:55.400><c> what?</c> 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.960 He<00:29:56.220><c> says,</c><00:29:56.220><c> I</c><00:29:56.519><c> notice</c><00:29:56.819><c> that</c><00:29:57.059><c> you</c><00:29:57.259><c> buy</c><00:29:57.420><c> a</c><00:29:57.619><c> newspaper</c> 00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:00.500 from<00:29:58.180><c> that</c><00:29:58.400><c> little</c><00:29:58.599><c> boy</c><00:29:58.940><c> every</c><00:29:59.500><c> morning.</c> 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.079 And<00:30:01.039><c> every</c><00:30:01.259><c> morning</c><00:30:01.480><c> you</c><00:30:01.700><c> smile,</c><00:30:02.559><c> and</c><00:30:02.700><c> he</c><00:30:02.859><c> never</c><00:30:03.140><c> does.</c> 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.740 And<00:30:04.380><c> every</c><00:30:04.579><c> morning</c><00:30:04.759><c> you</c><00:30:04.920><c> give</c><00:30:05.059><c> him</c><00:30:05.319><c> a</c><00:30:05.460><c> quarter</c><00:30:05.680><c> for</c><00:30:05.940><c> a</c><00:30:06.059><c> dime</c><00:30:06.259><c> newspaper,</c> 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.039 and<00:30:06.900><c> he</c><00:30:07.059><c> never</c><00:30:07.319><c> acknowledges</c><00:30:07.819><c> it.</c> 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:10.480 And<00:30:08.740><c> then</c><00:30:08.880><c> after</c><00:30:09.099><c> he's</c><00:30:09.720><c> handed</c><00:30:09.920><c> you</c><00:30:10.140><c> the</c><00:30:10.259><c> paper,</c> 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.740 you<00:30:10.700><c> always</c><00:30:11.059><c> thank</c><00:30:11.339><c> him.</c> 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:13.519 And<00:30:12.079><c> he</c><00:30:12.180><c> never</c><00:30:12.460><c> says</c><00:30:12.680><c> thank</c><00:30:13.019><c> you</c><00:30:13.140><c> to</c><00:30:13.359><c> you.</c> 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:16.960 Why<00:30:13.940><c> are</c><00:30:14.240><c> you</c><00:30:14.380><c> so</c><00:30:14.660><c> nice</c><00:30:14.900><c> to</c><00:30:15.039><c> that</c><00:30:15.259><c> miserable</c><00:30:15.660><c> little</c><00:30:16.059><c> brat?</c> 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.660 And<00:30:20.039><c> the</c><00:30:20.220><c> businessman</c><00:30:20.660><c> said,</c> 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:25.619 I'm<00:30:22.680><c> not</c><00:30:22.819><c> going</c><00:30:22.940><c> to</c><00:30:22.960><c> let</c><00:30:23.099><c> that</c><00:30:23.339><c> little</c><00:30:23.579><c> boy</c><00:30:23.779><c> tell</c><00:30:24.039><c> me</c><00:30:24.259><c> how</c><00:30:24.460><c> to</c><00:30:24.660><c> act.</c> 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:29.119 But<00:30:27.740><c> you</c><00:30:27.880><c> know,</c><00:30:28.160><c> we</c><00:30:28.240><c> do.</c> 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.079 If<00:30:30.339><c> you'll</c><00:30:30.480><c> be</c><00:30:30.599><c> nice</c><00:30:30.759><c> to</c><00:30:30.980><c> me,</c><00:30:32.160><c> I'll</c><00:30:32.480><c> be</c><00:30:32.599><c> nice</c><00:30:32.779><c> to</c><00:30:32.960><c> you.</c> 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.880 And<00:30:33.319><c> I'll</c><00:30:33.579><c> be</c><00:30:33.579><c> nice</c><00:30:34.039><c> to</c><00:30:34.059><c> you.</c> 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.740 And<00:30:36.299><c> we're</c><00:30:36.480><c> just</c><00:30:36.720><c> like</c><00:30:36.940><c> puppets</c><00:30:37.200><c> on</c><00:30:37.339><c> a</c><00:30:37.539><c> string.</c> 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:40.680 I<00:30:37.880><c> mean,</c><00:30:38.480><c> other</c><00:30:38.839><c> people</c><00:30:39.119><c> are</c><00:30:39.420><c> controlling</c><00:30:39.839><c> our</c><00:30:40.220><c> actions,</c> 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.480 because<00:30:41.000><c> we</c><00:30:41.400><c> just</c><00:30:41.680><c> react</c><00:30:42.079><c> if</c><00:30:42.500><c> you're</c><00:30:42.779><c> nice.</c> 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:46.779 You<00:30:43.819><c> see,</c><00:30:44.039><c> that's</c><00:30:44.500><c> not</c><00:30:44.700><c> the</c><00:30:44.839><c> way</c><00:30:45.000><c> we</c><00:30:45.339><c> live</c><00:30:45.480><c> in</c><00:30:45.720><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:49.839 We<00:30:47.700><c> do</c><00:30:48.119><c> what's</c><00:30:48.680><c> right,</c> 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.099 regardless<00:30:51.019><c> of</c><00:30:51.240><c> what</c><00:30:51.480><c> everybody</c><00:30:51.859><c> else</c><00:30:52.140><c> is</c><00:30:52.319><c> doing.</c> 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.200 If<00:30:53.599><c> they're</c><00:30:54.019><c> unkind</c><00:30:54.420><c> and</c><00:30:54.660><c> unthankful</c><00:30:55.220><c> and</c><00:30:55.799><c> unappreciated,</c> 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:58.259 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Somebody<00:31:09.859><c> else</c><00:31:10.079><c> was</c><00:31:10.279><c> noticing</c><00:31:10.640><c> this,</c><00:31:11.160><c> you</c><00:31:11.160><c> see.</c> 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.359 But<00:31:11.680><c> maybe</c><00:31:11.900><c> another</c><00:31:12.319><c> man</c><00:31:12.680><c> learned</c><00:31:12.900><c> a</c><00:31:13.099><c> lesson</c> 00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:16.059 that<00:31:13.599><c> he</c><00:31:14.119><c> should</c><00:31:14.380><c> be</c><00:31:14.700><c> like</c><00:31:15.279><c> the</c><00:31:15.819><c> man</c> 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.880 who<00:31:16.299><c> doesn't</c><00:31:16.660><c> react</c><00:31:17.160><c> to</c><00:31:17.359><c> the</c><00:31:17.480><c> little</c><00:31:17.700><c> boy.</c> 00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.940 He<00:31:18.299><c> acts</c><00:31:18.720><c> by</c><00:31:19.000><c> doing</c><00:31:19.220><c> what's</c><00:31:19.640><c> right,</c> 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:24.980 not<00:31:20.700><c> reacting</c><00:31:21.339><c> 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And<00:31:37.420><c> so</c><00:31:37.660><c> Paul</c><00:31:37.900><c> tells</c><00:31:38.240><c> us,</c> 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:41.980 we<00:31:39.099><c> do</c><00:31:39.299><c> not</c><00:31:39.460><c> dare</c><00:31:39.640><c> to</c><00:31:39.940><c> classify</c><00:31:40.480><c> or</c><00:31:40.900><c> compare</c><00:31:41.519><c> ourselves</c> 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.619 with<00:31:42.240><c> some</c><00:31:42.559><c> who</c><00:31:42.859><c> commend</c><00:31:43.140><c> themselves.</c> 00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:46.000 When<00:31:44.339><c> they</c><00:31:44.579><c> measure</c><00:31:44.859><c> themselves</c><00:31:45.299><c> by</c><00:31:45.559><c> themselves</c> 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.700 and<00:31:46.220><c> compare</c><00:31:46.480><c> themselves</c><00:31:46.940><c> with</c><00:31:47.240><c> themselves,</c> 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.839 they<00:31:48.140><c> are</c><00:31:48.440><c> not</c><00:31:48.740><c> wise.</c> 00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:53.319 So<00:31:51.440><c> in</c><00:31:51.640><c> the</c><00:31:51.779><c> world,</c><00:31:51.940><c> people</c><00:31:52.140><c> are</c><00:31:52.359><c> always</c><00:31:52.599><c> comparing</c><00:31:53.039><c> people</c> 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.079 to<00:31:53.500><c> other</c><00:31:53.700><c> people.</c> 00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:56.539 We<00:31:54.779><c> ought</c><00:31:55.039><c> not</c><00:31:55.259><c> do</c><00:31:55.599><c> that.</c> 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:59.700 We<00:31:57.660><c> ought</c><00:31:57.880><c> to</c><00:31:58.099><c> just</c><00:31:58.339><c> do</c><00:31:58.680><c> the</c><00:31:58.859><c> best</c><00:31:59.140><c> we</c><00:31:59.420><c> can</c> 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.319 with<00:31:59.980><c> what</c><00:32:00.200><c> we</c><00:32:00.519><c> have,</c><00:32:00.920><c> where</c><00:32:01.059><c> we</c><00:32:01.380><c> are,</c> 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:04.339 whether<00:32:02.460><c> the</c><00:32:02.640><c> people</c><00:32:02.799><c> appreciate</c><00:32:03.240><c> what</c><00:32:03.400><c> we're</c><00:32:03.559><c> doing</c><00:32:03.779><c> or</c><00:32:04.059><c> not,</c> 00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:07.000 and<00:32:04.720><c> realize</c><00:32:05.140><c> that,</c><00:32:05.619><c> yes,</c><00:32:05.619><c> somebody</c><00:32:05.900><c> can</c><00:32:06.079><c> do</c><00:32:06.180><c> it</c><00:32:06.359><c> better</c><00:32:06.519><c> than</c><00:32:06.779><c> you.</c> 00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.019 You<00:32:07.619><c> see,</c><00:32:07.759><c> if</c><00:32:07.960><c> you</c><00:32:08.180><c> compare</c><00:32:08.400><c> yourself</c><00:32:08.720><c> to</c><00:32:08.880><c> others,</c> 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.940 you'll<00:32:09.319><c> find</c><00:32:09.460><c> two</c><00:32:09.700><c> groups.</c> 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:12.380 You'll<00:32:10.640><c> find</c><00:32:10.660><c> somebody,</c><00:32:10.960><c> oh,</c><00:32:11.160><c> I</c><00:32:11.319><c> can</c><00:32:11.480><c> never</c><00:32:11.640><c> do</c><00:32:11.779><c> what</c><00:32:11.940><c> he</c><00:32:12.180><c> does.</c> 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.420 Oh,<00:32:12.839><c> he's</c><00:32:13.440><c> so</c><00:32:13.660><c> much</c><00:32:13.900><c> better</c><00:32:14.099><c> than</c><00:32:14.319><c> me.</c> 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.660 Don't<00:32:14.920><c> ask</c><00:32:15.160><c> me</c><00:32:15.339><c> to</c><00:32:15.440><c> do</c><00:32:15.539><c> it.</c> 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:17.220 Remember<00:32:15.980><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> D</c><00:32:16.299><c> and</c><00:32:16.440><c> IVBs,</c> 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.539 doing<00:32:17.420><c> your</c><00:32:17.599><c> best</c><00:32:17.759><c> better</c><00:32:17.960><c> than</c><00:32:18.059><c> being</c><00:32:18.220><c> the</c><00:32:18.400><c> best.</c> 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:20.740 So<00:32:19.119><c> you</c><00:32:19.200><c> can</c><00:32:19.380><c> always</c><00:32:19.640><c> feel</c><00:32:20.059><c> insignificant,</c> 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:22.680 because<00:32:21.079><c> somebody</c><00:32:21.400><c> can</c><00:32:21.579><c> do</c><00:32:21.680><c> what</c><00:32:21.839><c> you</c><00:32:22.039><c> can</c><00:32:22.180><c> do</c><00:32:22.299><c> better</c><00:32:22.559><c> than</c> 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.660 you<00:32:22.839><c> can</c><00:32:22.960><c> do</c><00:32:23.079><c> it.</c> 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:27.200 They<00:32:24.099><c> can,</c><00:32:25.259><c> but</c><00:32:25.400><c> that's</c><00:32:26.019><c> a</c><00:32:26.119><c> cop</c><00:32:26.279><c>-out</c><00:32:26.359><c> if</c><00:32:26.460><c> you</c><00:32:26.579><c> don't</c><00:32:26.740><c> try.</c> 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.480 Do<00:32:27.619><c> it</c><00:32:27.759><c> the</c><00:32:27.859><c> best</c><00:32:27.980><c> you</c><00:32:28.240><c> can.</c> 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.400 It<00:32:28.980><c> won't</c><00:32:29.099><c> be</c><00:32:29.279><c> as</c><00:32:29.500><c> good,</c><00:32:29.819><c> but</c><00:32:30.000><c> you</c><00:32:30.160><c> try.</c> 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:32.660 And<00:32:30.859><c> then</c><00:32:31.019><c> the</c><00:32:31.420><c> other</c><00:32:31.740><c> side</c><00:32:31.920><c> of</c><00:32:32.019><c> that</c><00:32:32.200><c> coin</c><00:32:32.359><c> is,</c> 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.779 you'll<00:32:32.900><c> always</c><00:32:33.039><c> find</c><00:32:33.160><c> somebody</c><00:32:33.539><c> isn't</c><00:32:33.900><c> doing</c><00:32:34.059><c> what</c><00:32:34.279><c> you're</c><00:32:34.539><c> doing,</c> 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:37.680 and<00:32:35.380><c> you</c><00:32:35.500><c> can</c><00:32:35.660><c> do</c><00:32:35.759><c> what</c><00:32:36.059><c> they're</c><00:32:36.440><c> doing</c><00:32:36.640><c> better</c><00:32:36.880><c> than</c><00:32:37.019><c> they</c><00:32:37.200><c> can</c><00:32:37.359><c> do</c><00:32:37.519><c> it.</c> 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.519 And<00:32:37.859><c> then</c><00:32:37.980><c> you</c><00:32:38.119><c> can</c><00:32:38.299><c> become</c><00:32:38.539><c> puffed</c><00:32:38.819><c> up</c><00:32:38.980><c> and</c><00:32:39.220><c> proud,</c> 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:41.220 and<00:32:39.680><c> that's</c><00:32:40.000><c> a</c><00:32:40.079><c> sin,</c><00:32:40.720><c> too.</c> 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.980 So<00:32:41.660><c> don't</c><00:32:41.960><c> compare</c><00:32:42.259><c> yourselves</c><00:32:42.660><c> to</c><00:32:42.819><c> each</c><00:32:43.059><c> other,</c> 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:46.279 because<00:32:44.740><c> Paul</c><00:32:45.119><c> says</c><00:32:45.339><c> that's</c><00:32:45.640><c> not</c><00:32:45.920><c> wise.</c> 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:49.680 And<00:32:46.700><c> all</c><00:32:46.819><c> this</c><00:32:47.059><c> comparing</c><00:32:47.740><c> and</c><00:32:48.440><c> grading</c><00:32:49.019><c> and</c><00:32:49.319><c> competing,</c> 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.619 they<00:32:50.339><c> quite</c><00:32:50.680><c> miss</c><00:32:51.079><c> the</c><00:32:51.380><c> point,</c> 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.900 says<00:32:51.940><c> one</c><00:32:52.180><c> of</c><00:32:52.279><c> the</c><00:32:52.380><c> modern</c><00:32:52.700><c> translations.</c> 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.779 So<00:32:56.819><c> service</c><00:32:57.119><c> is</c><00:32:57.480><c> not</c><00:32:57.680><c> an</c><00:32:57.900><c> option.</c> 00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.619 It's<00:32:59.420><c> a</c><00:32:59.559><c> command.</c> 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.019 And<00:33:01.319><c> whatever</c><00:33:01.559><c> you</c><00:33:01.799><c> do,</c> 00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:04.200 you're<00:33:02.299><c> going</c><00:33:02.359><c> to</c><00:33:02.460><c> be</c><00:33:02.680><c> criticized</c><00:33:03.180><c> for</c><00:33:03.460><c> it</c><00:33:03.619><c> by</c><00:33:03.859><c> somebody,</c> 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:06.980 because<00:33:04.480><c> there's</c><00:33:04.759><c> always</c><00:33:05.140><c> a</c><00:33:05.339><c> group</c><00:33:05.480><c> of</c><00:33:05.700><c> people</c><00:33:05.859><c> who</c><00:33:06.039><c> sit</c><00:33:06.259><c> back</c> 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:10.599 and<00:33:07.980><c> complain</c><00:33:08.420><c> about</c><00:33:08.980><c> what</c><00:33:09.500><c> you're</c><00:33:09.720><c> doing,</c> 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.640 but<00:33:11.119><c> they're</c><00:33:11.319><c> not</c><00:33:11.519><c> doing</c><00:33:11.700><c> anything.</c> 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:16.380 But<00:33:12.920><c> again,</c><00:33:13.259><c> you</c><00:33:13.259><c> just</c><00:33:14.279><c> let</c><00:33:14.660><c> water</c><00:33:15.460><c> on</c><00:33:15.660><c> a</c><00:33:15.859><c> duck's</c><00:33:16.240><c> back.</c> 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.339 You<00:33:16.859><c> don't</c><00:33:17.140><c> get</c><00:33:17.359><c> upset.</c> 00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:20.039 You're<00:33:19.200><c> going</c><00:33:19.299><c> to</c><00:33:19.400><c> show</c><00:33:19.619><c> mercy,</c> 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:21.480 and<00:33:20.220><c> you're</c><00:33:20.339><c> going</c><00:33:20.420><c> to</c><00:33:20.539><c> be</c><00:33:20.740><c> compassionate</c><00:33:21.160><c> to</c><00:33:21.339><c> them,</c> 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:24.960 even<00:33:21.740><c> if</c><00:33:21.859><c> they're</c><00:33:23.140><c> grousing</c><00:33:23.480><c> about</c><00:33:23.839><c> you.</c> 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:27.640 That's<00:33:25.859><c> one</c><00:33:26.000><c> of</c><00:33:26.099><c> the</c><00:33:26.140><c> reasons</c><00:33:26.400><c> Paul</c><00:33:26.680><c> was</c><00:33:26.880><c> so</c><00:33:27.200><c> effective.</c> 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:33.359 He<00:33:28.019><c> was</c><00:33:28.660><c> not</c><00:33:29.099><c> detracted</c><00:33:29.839><c> by</c><00:33:30.559><c> those</c><00:33:30.960><c> who</c><00:33:31.299><c> criticized</c><00:33:31.880><c> him.</c> 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.440 John<00:33:33.799><c> Bunyan</c><00:33:34.119><c> said,</c> 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.460 If<00:33:34.619><c> my</c><00:33:34.839><c> life</c><00:33:35.059><c> is</c><00:33:35.400><c> fruitless,</c> 00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:39.140 it<00:33:36.640><c> does</c><00:33:36.900><c> not</c><00:33:37.079><c> matter</c><00:33:37.299><c> who</c><00:33:37.519><c> praises</c><00:33:37.960><c> me.</c> 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.779 And<00:33:39.539><c> if</c><00:33:39.599><c> my</c><00:33:39.779><c> life</c><00:33:40.019><c> is</c><00:33:40.339><c> fruitful,</c> 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.819 it<00:33:41.200><c> does</c><00:33:41.480><c> not</c><00:33:41.680><c> matter</c><00:33:41.859><c> who</c><00:33:42.099><c> criticizes</c><00:33:42.740><c> me.</c> 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:49.759 So<00:33:45.440><c> Jesus</c><00:33:45.940><c> told</c><00:33:46.920><c> us</c><00:33:47.180><c> a</c><00:33:47.420><c> parable</c><00:33:47.720><c> about</c><00:33:48.359><c> the</c><00:33:48.700><c> talents,</c> 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:54.039 and<00:33:50.599><c> God</c><00:33:50.960><c> expects</c><00:33:51.460><c> us</c><00:33:51.940><c> to</c><00:33:52.339><c> make</c><00:33:52.500><c> 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when</c><00:34:28.460><c> things</c><00:34:28.820><c> get</c><00:34:29.260><c> ripe,</c> 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.360 they<00:34:29.980><c> begin</c><00:34:30.239><c> to</c><00:34:30.539><c> rot.</c> 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.840 And<00:34:32.019><c> so,</c><00:34:32.539><c> no</c><00:34:32.619><c> matter</c><00:34:32.719><c> what</c><00:34:33.039><c> age</c><00:34:33.280><c> you</c><00:34:33.440><c> are</c><00:34:33.559><c> now,</c> 00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:36.420 stay<00:34:34.519><c> green</c><00:34:35.099><c> and</c><00:34:35.579><c> keep</c><00:34:35.880><c> growing</c> 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:38.000 and<00:34:36.940><c> keep</c><00:34:37.179><c> doing</c><00:34:37.460><c> better.</c> 00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:40.280 And<00:34:38.619><c> if</c><00:34:38.780><c> you</c><00:34:39.380><c> do</c><00:34:39.559><c> something</c><00:34:39.860><c> poorly</c> 00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.559 until<00:34:40.500><c> you</c><00:34:40.599><c> can</c><00:34:40.760><c> do</c><00:34:40.900><c> it</c><00:34:41.619><c> better</c><00:34:41.860><c> than</c><00:34:42.139><c> that,</c> 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.039 but<00:34:43.139><c> keep</c><00:34:43.380><c> on</c><00:34:43.739><c> doing.</c> 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.400 And<00:34:44.639><c> don't</c><00:34:44.780><c> sit</c><00:34:44.960><c> back</c><00:34:45.219><c> and</c><00:34:45.320><c> say,</c> 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.320 Well,<00:34:45.599><c> I'm</c><00:34:45.860><c> too</c><00:34:46.139><c> old.</c> 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:48.480 I<00:34:46.579><c> cannot</c><00:34:46.960><c> do</c><00:34:47.199><c> anything</c><00:34:47.480><c> anymore.</c> 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.639 A<00:34:50.219><c> lot</c><00:34:50.500><c> of</c><00:34:50.800><c> old</c><00:34:50.980><c> people</c><00:34:51.360><c> do</c><00:34:51.679><c> a</c><00:34:51.840><c> lot.</c> 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:55.880 And<00:34:53.539><c> some</c><00:34:53.800><c> younger</c><00:34:54.059><c> people</c><00:34:54.360><c> don't</c><00:34:54.599><c> do</c><00:34:54.800><c> much.</c> 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.119 But<00:34:56.760><c> we</c><00:34:56.920><c> all</c><00:34:57.159><c> can</c><00:34:57.280><c> do</c><00:34:57.400><c> more</c><00:34:57.599><c> than</c><00:34:57.699><c> we're</c><00:34:57.900><c> doing.</c> 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:01.099 The<00:34:58.639><c> biggest</c><00:34:58.820><c> room</c><00:34:59.059><c> you</c><00:34:59.300><c> have</c><00:34:59.440><c> in</c><00:34:59.599><c> your</c><00:34:59.820><c> house</c> 00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:04.079 is<00:35:02.219><c> a</c><00:35:02.440><c> room</c><00:35:02.699><c> for</c><00:35:03.039><c> improvement.</c> 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:07.860 We<00:35:05.300><c> can</c><00:35:05.539><c> all</c><00:35:05.800><c> do</c><00:35:06.000><c> more</c><00:35:06.500><c> than</c><00:35:06.679><c> we're</c><00:35:06.940><c> doing.</c> 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:12.559 And<00:35:09.099><c> so,</c><00:35:10.599><c> if</c><00:35:10.760><c> you</c><00:35:10.900><c> don't</c><00:35:11.079><c> use</c><00:35:11.320><c> your</c><00:35:11.519><c> muscles,</c> 00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:16.960 nature<00:35:13.639><c> causes</c><00:35:14.159><c> them</c><00:35:14.780><c> to</c><00:35:15.179><c> get</c><00:35:15.320><c> weak</c><00:35:15.639><c> and</c><00:35:15.980><c> atrophy.</c> 00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:20.480 If<00:35:17.820><c> you</c><00:35:18.000><c> don't</c><00:35:18.260><c> use</c><00:35:18.559><c> the</c><00:35:18.760><c> abilities</c><00:35:19.079><c> God</c><00:35:19.380><c> has</c><00:35:19.619><c> given</c><00:35:19.780><c> you,</c> 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:24.199 you<00:35:20.900><c> lose</c><00:35:22.139><c> your</c><00:35:22.380><c> ability</c><00:35:22.739><c> to</c><00:35:23.139><c> do</c><00:35:23.340><c> them.</c> 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:26.059 And<00:35:24.559><c> so,</c><00:35:24.760><c> we</c><00:35:24.760><c> have</c><00:35:24.960><c> to</c><00:35:25.199><c> make</c><00:35:25.360><c> it</c><00:35:25.659><c> a</c><00:35:25.699><c> habit</c> 00:35:26.059 --> 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I</c><00:35:35.800><c> visit?</c> 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.820 Who<00:35:36.760><c> can</c><00:35:36.960><c> I</c><00:35:37.079><c> send</c><00:35:37.260><c> a</c><00:35:37.500><c> card</c><00:35:37.679><c> to?</c> 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:40.739 Who<00:35:37.980><c> can</c><00:35:38.199><c> I</c><00:35:38.360><c> give</c><00:35:38.539><c> a</c><00:35:38.679><c> word</c><00:35:38.840><c> of</c><00:35:39.099><c> encouragement</c><00:35:39.619><c> to?</c> 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:44.719 Even<00:35:43.099><c> if</c><00:35:43.239><c> you</c><00:35:43.380><c> were</c><00:35:43.519><c> in</c><00:35:43.639><c> isolation,</c> 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.659 if<00:35:45.019><c> you</c><00:35:45.099><c> have</c><00:35:45.239><c> a</c><00:35:45.440><c> computer,</c> 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:49.139 you<00:35:45.820><c> can</c><00:35:46.000><c> give</c><00:35:46.099><c> words</c><00:35:46.300><c> of</c><00:35:46.500><c> encouragement</c><00:35:46.920><c> on</c><00:35:47.960><c> the</c><00:35:48.760><c> email.</c> 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:52.039 I<00:35:49.440><c> think</c><00:35:49.820><c> email</c><00:35:50.099><c> is</c><00:35:50.280><c> a</c><00:35:50.380><c> wonderful</c><00:35:50.719><c> thing.</c> 00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:54.639 You<00:35:52.559><c> can</c><00:35:52.840><c> be</c><00:35:53.039><c> in</c><00:35:53.159><c> touch</c><00:35:53.159><c> with</c><00:35:53.280><c> people</c><00:35:53.579><c> all</c><00:35:53.980><c> around</c><00:35:54.260><c> the</c><00:35:54.400><c> world</c> 00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:56.360 in<00:35:54.900><c> a</c><00:35:55.059><c> matter</c><00:35:55.219><c> of</c><00:35:55.480><c> a</c><00:35:55.599><c> click.</c> 00:35:56.739 --> 00:36:00.400 But<00:35:56.940><c> some</c><00:35:57.239><c> of</c><00:35:57.400><c> the</c><00:35:57.800><c> things</c><00:35:58.219><c> that</c><00:35:58.480><c> people</c><00:35:58.739><c> write</c><00:35:59.059><c> in</c><00:35:59.340><c> emails</c> 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.900 is<00:36:01.460><c> terrible.</c> 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that</c><00:36:37.960><c> we</c><00:36:38.280><c> all</c><00:36:38.539><c> have</c><00:36:38.739><c> something</c><00:36:38.940><c> to</c><00:36:39.199><c> do,</c> 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.199 and<00:36:40.219><c> we</c><00:36:40.380><c> have</c><00:36:40.559><c> to</c><00:36:40.699><c> do</c><00:36:40.860><c> it.</c> 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:43.480 So<00:36:41.679><c> in</c><00:36:41.900><c> the</c><00:36:42.340><c> parable</c><00:36:42.639><c> of</c><00:36:42.900><c> the</c><00:36:43.119><c> talents,</c> 00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:45.760 the<00:36:43.860><c> one</c><00:36:44.079><c> who</c><00:36:44.320><c> did</c><00:36:44.619><c> nothing</c> 00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:48.860 his<00:36:47.420><c> talent</c><00:36:47.619><c> was</c><00:36:47.840><c> taken</c><00:36:48.079><c> away</c><00:36:48.360><c> from</c><00:36:48.539><c> him,</c> 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:51.119 and<00:36:49.119><c> Jesus</c><00:36:49.380><c> says,</c><00:36:49.840><c> take</c><00:36:49.840><c> the</c><00:36:50.139><c> talent</c><00:36:50.380><c> from</c><00:36:50.619><c> him</c> 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:54.619 and<00:36:51.659><c> give</c><00:36:51.800><c> it</c><00:36:51.920><c> to</c><00:36:52.019><c> the</c><00:36:52.199><c> one</c><00:36:52.480><c> that</c><00:36:52.760><c> has</c><00:36:53.239><c> ten</c><00:36:53.599><c> talents.</c> 00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:58.400 And<00:36:56.019><c> so</c><00:36:56.280><c> we</c><00:36:56.579><c> have</c><00:36:56.820><c> to</c><00:36:57.059><c> use</c><00:36:57.659><c> our</c><00:36:57.980><c> abilities,</c> 00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:03.239 or<00:36:59.039><c> we</c><00:36:59.219><c> will</c><00:36:59.519><c> lose</c><00:36:59.840><c> our</c><00:37:00.219><c> ability</c><00:37:00.719><c> to</c><00:37:01.300><c> use</c><00:37:01.800><c> our</c><00:37:02.179><c> abilities.</c> 00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.300 God<00:37:03.780><c> told</c><00:37:04.019><c> Timothy,</c> 00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:06.840 be<00:37:04.519><c> sure</c><00:37:04.780><c> to</c><00:37:04.940><c> use</c><00:37:05.119><c> the</c><00:37:05.320><c> abilities</c><00:37:05.579><c> God</c><00:37:05.840><c> has</c><00:37:06.099><c> given</c><00:37:06.260><c> you.</c> 00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:09.099 Put<00:37:07.440><c> these</c><00:37:07.699><c> abilities</c><00:37:08.199><c> to</c><00:37:08.500><c> work.</c> 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.519 Modern<00:37:09.760><c> translation</c><00:37:10.360><c> of</c><00:37:10.619><c> 1</c><00:37:10.860><c> Timothy</c><00:37:11.119><c> 4,</c><00:37:11.559><c> 14.</c> 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:15.579 So<00:37:13.460><c> whatever</c><00:37:13.840><c> gifts</c><00:37:14.119><c> we</c><00:37:14.300><c> have</c><00:37:14.440><c> been</c><00:37:14.679><c> given,</c> 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.519 you<00:37:15.739><c> can</c><00:37:15.920><c> do</c><00:37:16.119><c> more.</c> 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.559 There's<00:37:17.059><c> more</c><00:37:17.320><c> room.</c> 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.900 You<00:37:17.980><c> can</c><00:37:18.219><c> always</c><00:37:18.440><c> do</c><00:37:18.559><c> more</c><00:37:18.739><c> than</c><00:37:18.840><c> you're</c><00:37:19.019><c> doing.</c> 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:24.900 For<00:37:21.239><c> example,</c><00:37:21.519><c> one</c><00:37:21.780><c> who</c><00:37:22.719><c> is</c><00:37:23.320><c> asked</c><00:37:23.539><c> to</c><00:37:23.800><c> teach.</c> 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:27.099 The<00:37:25.579><c> gift</c><00:37:25.780><c> of</c><00:37:26.000><c> teaching</c><00:37:26.239><c> is</c><00:37:26.639><c> a</c><00:37:26.840><c> gift.</c> 00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:31.320 Some<00:37:27.460><c> people</c><00:37:27.679><c> are</c><00:37:27.880><c> more</c><00:37:29.159><c> talented</c><00:37:29.619><c> in</c><00:37:29.940><c> teaching</c><00:37:30.199><c> than</c><00:37:30.420><c> others.</c> 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:35.320 But<00:37:32.000><c> if</c><00:37:32.420><c> you're</c><00:37:32.679><c> asked</c><00:37:32.820><c> to</c><00:37:32.940><c> be</c><00:37:33.079><c> a</c><00:37:33.199><c> teacher,</c><00:37:34.000><c> work</c><00:37:34.179><c> at</c><00:37:34.420><c> it.</c> 00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:38.599 A<00:37:36.460><c> poor</c><00:37:36.760><c> teacher</c><00:37:37.019><c> can</c><00:37:37.380><c> become</c><00:37:37.840><c> a</c><00:37:37.960><c> good</c><00:37:38.159><c> teacher.</c> 00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:41.679 A<00:37:39.239><c> good</c><00:37:39.440><c> teacher</c><00:37:39.920><c> can</c><00:37:40.500><c> become</c><00:37:40.739><c> a</c><00:37:40.980><c> great</c><00:37:41.119><c> teacher</c> 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:45.659 and<00:37:42.340><c> a</c><00:37:42.519><c> great</c><00:37:42.679><c> teacher</c><00:37:42.800><c> can</c><00:37:43.079><c> become</c><00:37:43.320><c> an</c><00:37:43.519><c> outstanding</c><00:37:44.260><c> teacher.</c> 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:47.659 But<00:37:46.039><c> keep</c><00:37:46.300><c> working</c><00:37:46.599><c> at</c><00:37:46.880><c> it.</c> 00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:51.000 We<00:37:48.840><c> have</c><00:37:49.360><c> so</c><00:37:49.579><c> many</c><00:37:49.780><c> children</c><00:37:50.019><c> here</c><00:37:50.199><c> at</c><00:37:50.320><c> this</c><00:37:50.460><c> Bible</c><00:37:50.739><c> school.</c> 00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:53.119 They<00:37:51.380><c> all</c><00:37:51.760><c> have</c><00:37:51.920><c> to</c><00:37:52.059><c> be</c><00:37:52.260><c> taught.</c> 00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:55.619 And<00:37:53.460><c> many</c><00:37:53.699><c> of</c><00:37:53.880><c> you</c><00:37:54.039><c> are</c><00:37:54.219><c> not</c><00:37:54.380><c> in</c><00:37:54.519><c> this</c><00:37:54.780><c> class</c><00:37:55.079><c> right</c><00:37:55.360><c> now</c> 00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:59.139 because<00:37:55.900><c> they're</c><00:37:56.739><c> out</c><00:37:56.960><c> teaching</c><00:37:57.699><c> these</c><00:37:58.059><c> little</c><00:37:58.320><c> ones.</c> 00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:01.460 They're<00:37:59.679><c> giving</c><00:37:59.940><c> up</c><00:38:00.340><c> what</c><00:38:00.599><c> they</c><00:38:00.800><c> would</c><00:38:00.980><c> like</c><00:38:01.139><c> to</c><00:38:01.320><c> do.</c> 00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.440 They'd<00:38:01.739><c> rather</c><00:38:01.840><c> sit</c><00:38:02.139><c> and</c><00:38:02.320><c> listen</c><00:38:02.579><c> to</c><00:38:02.840><c> other</c><00:38:03.019><c> classes</c> 00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:05.019 than<00:38:03.800><c> be</c><00:38:04.000><c> out</c><00:38:04.199><c> there</c><00:38:04.340><c> making</c><00:38:04.639><c> crafts</c> 00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:07.599 and<00:38:05.460><c> entertaining</c><00:38:05.840><c> little</c><00:38:06.099><c> kids</c><00:38:06.420><c> and</c><00:38:06.639><c> all</c><00:38:06.840><c> that.</c> 00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:10.079 But<00:38:07.960><c> you</c><00:38:08.139><c> see,</c><00:38:08.300><c> that's</c><00:38:08.679><c> a</c><00:38:08.760><c> work</c><00:38:08.960><c> to</c><00:38:09.219><c> do.</c> 00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.739 And<00:38:10.659><c> I</c><00:38:10.840><c> know</c><00:38:11.000><c> at</c><00:38:11.199><c> our</c><00:38:11.340><c> Bible</c><00:38:11.539><c> school,</c> 00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:15.559 we<00:38:11.940><c> often</c><00:38:12.280><c> have</c><00:38:12.519><c> a</c><00:38:12.659><c> hard</c><00:38:12.780><c> time</c><00:38:13.099><c> getting</c><00:38:14.340><c> volunteers</c> 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.019 to<00:38:15.940><c> teach</c><00:38:16.199><c> some</c><00:38:16.440><c> of</c><00:38:16.559><c> the</c><00:38:16.699><c> younger</c><00:38:16.900><c> classes.</c> 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:21.699 I've<00:38:18.579><c> had</c><00:38:18.619><c> people</c><00:38:18.880><c> say,</c><00:38:19.159><c> well,</c><00:38:20.079><c> it's</c><00:38:20.400><c> my</c><00:38:20.559><c> vacation.</c> 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:26.900 I'm<00:38:23.239><c> coming</c><00:38:23.420><c> there</c><00:38:23.920><c> to</c><00:38:24.699><c> sit</c><00:38:24.920><c> and</c><00:38:25.159><c> learn,</c><00:38:25.420><c> not</c><00:38:25.699><c> to</c><00:38:25.980><c> teach.</c> 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:31.000 But<00:38:28.400><c> you</c><00:38:28.579><c> see,</c><00:38:29.179><c> we're</c><00:38:29.639><c> here</c><00:38:29.840><c> to</c><00:38:30.119><c> give.</c> 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.599 It's<00:38:31.699><c> good</c><00:38:31.860><c> that</c><00:38:32.000><c> we</c><00:38:32.099><c> can</c><00:38:32.280><c> receive,</c> 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.320 and<00:38:32.800><c> nobody</c><00:38:33.039><c> teaches</c><00:38:33.360><c> all</c><00:38:33.639><c> three</c><00:38:33.900><c> periods.</c> 00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:36.920 So<00:38:35.059><c> they're</c><00:38:35.360><c> all</c><00:38:35.579><c> getting</c><00:38:35.840><c> something.</c> 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:41.000 Do<00:38:38.340><c> your</c><00:38:38.619><c> best</c><00:38:38.840><c> to</c><00:38:39.059><c> present</c><00:38:39.280><c> yourself</c><00:38:39.699><c> to</c><00:38:39.840><c> God</c><00:38:40.079><c> as</c><00:38:40.320><c> one</c><00:38:40.500><c> approved,</c> 00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:45.340 says<00:38:41.380><c> Paul,</c><00:38:42.860><c> a</c><00:38:43.019><c> workman</c><00:38:43.260><c> that</c><00:38:43.440><c> does</c><00:38:43.679><c> not</c><00:38:43.840><c> need</c><00:38:44.019><c> to</c><00:38:44.139><c> be</c><00:38:44.340><c> ashamed,</c> 00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:48.659 who<00:38:45.960><c> correctly</c><00:38:46.280><c> handles</c><00:38:46.840><c> the</c><00:38:47.239><c> word</c><00:38:47.420><c> of</c><00:38:47.679><c> truth.</c> 00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:54.079 The<00:38:51.440><c> simplest</c><00:38:51.880><c> of</c><00:38:52.360><c> services</c><00:38:52.739><c> can</c><00:38:53.039><c> be</c><00:38:53.280><c> done</c><00:38:53.460><c> brilliantly</c> 00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:56.260 if<00:38:54.840><c> we</c><00:38:55.059><c> work</c><00:38:55.260><c> at</c><00:38:55.420><c> it.</c> 00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.539 And<00:38:56.760><c> when</c><00:38:56.880><c> you're</c><00:38:57.099><c> doing</c><00:38:57.280><c> something,</c> 00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:00.800 whatever<00:38:58.019><c> it</c><00:38:58.159><c> is</c><00:38:58.199><c> you're</c><00:38:58.440><c> doing,</c><00:38:58.920><c> be</c><00:38:59.400><c> there</c><00:38:59.800><c> and</c><00:38:59.980><c> do</c><00:39:00.199><c> it.</c> 00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.360 So<00:39:01.400><c> often,</c><00:39:02.119><c> we're</c><00:39:02.320><c> often</c><00:39:02.539><c> at</c><00:39:02.739><c> something</c><00:39:02.940><c> else</c><00:39:03.179><c> else</c> 00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:05.519 when<00:39:04.300><c> our</c><00:39:04.440><c> body</c><00:39:04.719><c> is</c><00:39:04.900><c> here</c><00:39:05.039><c> and</c><00:39:05.199><c> we're</c><00:39:05.360><c> thinking,</c> 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:07.579 well,<00:39:05.780><c> you</c><00:39:05.860><c> go</c><00:39:06.039><c> visit</c><00:39:06.320><c> somebody.</c> 00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:10.219 Boy,<00:39:08.860><c> I've</c><00:39:09.320><c> got</c><00:39:09.460><c> a</c><00:39:09.480><c> lot</c><00:39:09.659><c> to</c><00:39:09.860><c> do</c><00:39:09.920><c> today.</c> 00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.619 Well,<00:39:10.900><c> how</c><00:39:11.059><c> are</c><00:39:11.139><c> you</c><00:39:11.219><c> feeling</c><00:39:11.420><c> today?</c> 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.360 I<00:39:11.739><c> hope</c><00:39:11.840><c> you're</c><00:39:11.980><c> feeling</c><00:39:12.159><c> better.</c> 00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:14.059 Goodbye,<00:39:12.679><c> I've</c><00:39:12.840><c> got</c><00:39:12.860><c> to</c><00:39:12.960><c> go.</c> 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:18.420 I<00:39:14.880><c> mean,</c><00:39:16.380><c> spend</c><00:39:16.579><c> a</c><00:39:16.699><c> little</c><00:39:16.820><c> time</c><00:39:17.119><c> with</c><00:39:17.360><c> them.</c> 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:20.780 People<00:39:18.860><c> in</c><00:39:19.179><c> rest</c><00:39:19.380><c> homes</c><00:39:19.639><c> and</c><00:39:19.980><c> people</c><00:39:20.260><c> who</c><00:39:20.400><c> are</c><00:39:20.559><c> sick</c> 00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:22.800 really<00:39:21.300><c> appreciate</c><00:39:21.820><c> a</c><00:39:22.079><c> visit.</c> 00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:26.079 And<00:39:23.460><c> James</c><00:39:23.599><c> says</c><00:39:23.780><c> that</c><00:39:23.940><c> was</c><00:39:24.139><c> pure</c><00:39:24.380><c> religion</c><00:39:24.719><c> and</c><00:39:24.960><c> undefiled.</c> 00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:33.559 So<00:39:27.840><c> God</c><00:39:28.300><c> is</c><00:39:28.599><c> watching</c><00:39:29.059><c> how</c><00:39:30.619><c> careful</c><00:39:31.519><c> we</c><00:39:31.880><c> are</c><00:39:32.300><c> about</c><00:39:32.639><c> the</c><00:39:33.019><c> feelings</c> 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:37.539 and<00:39:34.420><c> the</c><00:39:34.639><c> needs</c><00:39:35.179><c> of</c><00:39:35.719><c> each</c><00:39:35.980><c> other.</c> 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:43.079 And<00:39:38.079><c> God</c><00:39:38.400><c> uses</c><00:39:39.179><c> us,</c><00:39:40.840><c> weak,</c><00:39:41.400><c> frail</c><00:39:41.760><c> people,</c> 00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:47.539 with<00:39:43.619><c> our</c><00:39:44.000><c> bundles</c><00:39:44.400><c> of</c><00:39:44.719><c> flaws,</c><00:39:45.760><c> and</c><00:39:45.960><c> God</c><00:39:46.139><c> knows</c><00:39:46.400><c> every</c><00:39:46.739><c> one</c><00:39:46.900><c> of</c><00:39:47.099><c> them,</c> 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:52.360 but<00:39:48.199><c> God</c><00:39:48.619><c> chose</c><00:39:49.079><c> you</c><00:39:49.780><c> and</c><00:39:50.139><c> he</c><00:39:50.420><c> chose</c><00:39:50.699><c> you</c><00:39:51.500><c> to</c><00:39:51.920><c> serve.</c> 00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:55.260 It<00:39:52.820><c> was</c><00:39:53.079><c> not</c><00:39:53.840><c> a</c><00:39:54.139><c> suggestion.</c> 00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:57.840 And<00:39:56.000><c> so</c><00:39:56.519><c> what</c><00:39:56.980><c> are</c><00:39:57.280><c> you</c><00:39:57.480><c> doing?</c> 00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:00.619 What<00:39:58.440><c> are</c><00:39:58.619><c> you</c><00:39:58.760><c> going</c><00:39:58.880><c> to</c><00:39:59.039><c> do</c><00:39:59.179><c> more</c><00:39:59.599><c> than</c><00:39:59.780><c> you've</c><00:39:59.980><c> been</c><00:40:00.219><c> doing</c> 00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:02.860 when<00:40:01.139><c> you</c><00:40:01.320><c> go</c><00:40:01.480><c> home</c><00:40:01.719><c> from</c><00:40:01.900><c> this</c><00:40:02.139><c> Bible</c><00:40:02.500><c> school?</c> 00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:04.420 You<00:40:03.159><c> see,</c><00:40:03.599><c> what</c><00:40:03.719><c> we've</c><00:40:04.079><c> learned</c><00:40:04.280><c> here,</c> 00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:06.460 this<00:40:04.699><c> was</c><00:40:04.860><c> just</c><00:40:05.079><c> a</c><00:40:05.280><c> workshop</c><00:40:05.679><c> to</c><00:40:06.000><c> prepare</c><00:40:06.260><c> us</c> 00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:08.300 for<00:40:06.619><c> the</c><00:40:06.699><c> rest</c><00:40:06.860><c> of</c><00:40:07.079><c> our</c><00:40:07.219><c> lives.</c> 00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:12.559 And<00:40:08.739><c> so</c><00:40:08.920><c> hopefully</c><00:40:09.300><c> what</c><00:40:09.699><c> we've</c><00:40:10.159><c> learned</c><00:40:10.380><c> here</c><00:40:10.780><c> will</c><00:40:11.000><c> not</c><00:40:11.239><c> die</c><00:40:11.519><c> here.</c> 00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:16.300 So<00:40:13.000><c> I</c><00:40:13.139><c> went</c><00:40:13.280><c> to</c><00:40:13.420><c> the</c><00:40:13.500><c> Bible</c><00:40:13.699><c> school</c><00:40:14.159><c> and</c><00:40:15.380><c> I</c><00:40:15.519><c> enjoyed</c><00:40:15.800><c> the</c><00:40:16.000><c> classes</c> 00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:20.260 and<00:40:16.519><c> I'm</c><00:40:16.739><c> home</c><00:40:16.960><c> now</c><00:40:17.199><c> and</c><00:40:17.239><c> now</c><00:40:17.420><c> I</c><00:40:17.440><c> can</c><00:40:17.500><c> get</c><00:40:17.639><c> back</c><00:40:17.800><c> to</c><00:40:19.179><c> my</c><00:40:19.320><c> life.</c> 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:23.159 Well,<00:40:21.000><c> your</c><00:40:21.219><c> life</c><00:40:21.460><c> is</c><00:40:22.219><c> serving,</c> 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:29.659 and<00:40:24.460><c> you</c><00:40:24.940><c> have</c><00:40:25.300><c> to</c><00:40:25.480><c> decide</c><00:40:25.820><c> how</c><00:40:26.639><c> best</c><00:40:27.099><c> you</c><00:40:27.800><c> can</c><00:40:28.059><c> serve</c><00:40:28.659><c> others.</c> 00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:34.579 Paul<00:40:31.579><c> says,</c><00:40:31.860><c> I'm</c><00:40:32.039><c> going</c><00:40:32.219><c> to</c><00:40:32.500><c> boast</c><00:40:32.659><c> only</c><00:40:33.000><c> about</c><00:40:33.239><c> how</c><00:40:33.519><c> weak</c><00:40:33.679><c> I</c><00:40:33.980><c> am</c> 00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:39.920 and<00:40:35.039><c> how</c><00:40:35.280><c> great</c><00:40:35.500><c> God</c><00:40:35.760><c> is</c><00:40:36.360><c> to</c><00:40:36.679><c> use</c><00:40:36.900><c> such</c><00:40:37.199><c> weakness</c><00:40:37.679><c> for</c><00:40:38.599><c> his</c><00:40:38.940><c> glory.</c> 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:44.559 So<00:40:40.920><c> we</c><00:40:41.119><c> are</c><00:40:41.460><c> all</c><00:40:41.980><c> weak,</c><00:40:42.840><c> frail</c><00:40:43.280><c> individuals,</c> 00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:49.800 and<00:40:46.059><c> we</c><00:40:46.219><c> all</c><00:40:46.480><c> have,</c><00:40:47.119><c> many</c><00:40:47.500><c> of</c><00:40:47.659><c> us</c><00:40:47.760><c> have</c><00:40:47.940><c> real</c><00:40:48.340><c> health</c><00:40:48.679><c> problems.</c> 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:53.099 But<00:40:51.199><c> God</c><00:40:52.019><c> knows</c><00:40:52.599><c> that.</c> 00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:55.320 He<00:40:53.639><c> lets</c><00:40:53.800><c> you</c><00:40:54.019><c> have</c><00:40:54.219><c> a</c><00:40:54.420><c> thorn,</c> 00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:58.679 and<00:40:55.860><c> you</c><00:40:56.300><c> thank</c><00:40:56.559><c> God</c><00:40:56.920><c> for</c><00:40:57.179><c> the</c><00:40:57.619><c> thorns</c><00:40:57.860><c> you've</c><00:40:58.260><c> got.</c> 00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.260 And<00:40:59.340><c> he's</c><00:40:59.659><c> allowing</c><00:40:59.820><c> you</c><00:41:00.000><c> to</c><00:41:00.119><c> do</c><00:41:00.260><c> something.</c> 00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:05.820 I've<00:41:01.619><c> often</c><00:41:01.940><c> said</c><00:41:02.139><c> that</c><00:41:02.360><c> people</c><00:41:02.619><c> in,</c><00:41:03.119><c> you</c><00:41:03.460><c> know,</c><00:41:04.619><c> bed</c><00:41:04.739><c> fast,</c><00:41:05.239><c> paralyzed.</c> 00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:09.000 If<00:41:06.260><c> we're</c><00:41:06.420><c> doing</c><00:41:06.619><c> a</c><00:41:06.820><c> mailing,</c><00:41:08.139><c> we</c><00:41:08.280><c> could</c><00:41:08.400><c> go</c><00:41:08.559><c> to</c><00:41:08.659><c> their</c><00:41:08.860><c> bed</c> 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.059 and<00:41:09.119><c> they</c><00:41:09.239><c> could</c><00:41:09.380><c> stick</c><00:41:09.519><c> their</c><00:41:09.679><c> tongue</c><00:41:09.860><c> out</c> 00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:12.420 and<00:41:10.099><c> we</c><00:41:10.199><c> could</c><00:41:10.340><c> run</c><00:41:10.500><c> the</c><00:41:10.699><c> stamps</c><00:41:10.920><c> over</c><00:41:11.239><c> it.</c> 00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:16.440 I<00:41:13.139><c> mean,</c><00:41:14.019><c> there</c><00:41:14.239><c> is</c><00:41:14.539><c> something</c><00:41:14.940><c> everybody</c><00:41:15.739><c> can</c><00:41:16.219><c> do,</c> 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.699 even<00:41:16.940><c> if</c><00:41:17.099><c> they're</c><00:41:17.380><c> paralyzed.</c> 00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:22.980 And<00:41:18.380><c> I</c><00:41:19.159><c> guess</c><00:41:19.480><c> some</c><00:41:19.760><c> of</c><00:41:19.960><c> you</c><00:41:20.079><c> know</c><00:41:20.480><c> I</c><00:41:20.980><c> have</c><00:41:21.320><c> a</c><00:41:22.000><c> dear</c><00:41:22.239><c> sweet</c><00:41:22.559><c> sister</c> 00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:26.380 that<00:41:23.219><c> I'm</c><00:41:23.619><c> very</c><00:41:23.900><c> fond</c><00:41:24.199><c> of,</c><00:41:24.780><c> and</c><00:41:24.900><c> she</c><00:41:24.960><c> is</c><00:41:25.239><c> paralyzed.</c> 00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:28.280 She<00:41:27.179><c> used</c><00:41:27.380><c> to</c><00:41:27.480><c> live</c><00:41:27.559><c> right</c><00:41:27.739><c> across</c><00:41:28.019><c> the</c><00:41:28.139><c> street</c> 00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:29.659 from<00:41:28.480><c> the</c><00:41:28.619><c> Cranston</c><00:41:29.000><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:33.539 She's<00:41:30.320><c> moved</c><00:41:30.519><c> now,</c><00:41:31.420><c> but</c><00:41:31.579><c> now</c><00:41:31.800><c> she's</c><00:41:32.420><c> in</c><00:41:33.019><c> a</c><00:41:33.159><c> new</c><00:41:33.300><c> place,</c> 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.900 and<00:41:33.780><c> I've</c><00:41:34.139><c> never</c><00:41:34.380><c> seen</c><00:41:34.599><c> it,</c><00:41:34.719><c> but</c><00:41:34.860><c> she</c><00:41:34.980><c> can</c><00:41:35.139><c> now</c><00:41:35.320><c> see</c><00:41:35.480><c> outside.</c> 00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.300 She<00:41:36.139><c> couldn't</c><00:41:36.400><c> before.</c> 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:44.760 But<00:41:37.940><c> people</c><00:41:38.199><c> go</c><00:41:38.639><c> there</c><00:41:39.019><c> to</c><00:41:40.280><c> encourage</c><00:41:41.039><c> this</c><00:41:42.099><c> dear</c><00:41:42.480><c> sweet</c><00:41:43.679><c> cripple,</c> 00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:47.079 paralyzed,<00:41:45.400><c> she</c><00:41:45.579><c> can't</c><00:41:45.699><c> even</c><00:41:46.000><c> breathe</c><00:41:46.400><c> without</c><00:41:46.639><c> a</c><00:41:46.860><c> machine.</c> 00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:48.119 She's<00:41:47.380><c> got</c><00:41:47.440><c> a</c><00:41:47.579><c> breathing</c><00:41:47.800><c> machine.</c> 00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:49.179 They<00:41:48.500><c> have</c><00:41:48.619><c> to</c><00:41:48.719><c> have</c><00:41:48.820><c> a</c><00:41:48.980><c> backup,</c> 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.780 because<00:41:49.420><c> if</c><00:41:49.500><c> they</c><00:41:49.739><c> ever</c><00:41:49.940><c> lost</c><00:41:50.119><c> their</c><00:41:50.380><c> power</c> 00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:54.579 and<00:41:51.239><c> her</c><00:41:51.679><c> machine</c><00:41:51.940><c> stopped</c><00:41:52.179><c> working,</c><00:41:52.420><c> she'd</c><00:41:52.679><c> be</c><00:41:52.880><c> dead</c><00:41:53.079><c> in</c><00:41:53.599><c> seconds.</c> 00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:59.320 And<00:41:55.400><c> she</c><00:41:55.800><c> is</c><00:41:56.079><c> an</c><00:41:56.219><c> inspiration</c><00:41:57.000><c> to</c><00:41:57.800><c> anybody</c><00:41:58.300><c> who</c><00:41:58.559><c> comes</c><00:41:58.780><c> to</c><00:41:59.019><c> see</c><00:41:59.159><c> her.</c> 00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:01.780 It's<00:41:59.639><c> not</c><00:41:59.820><c> that</c><00:41:59.900><c> she's</c><00:42:00.159><c> up</c><00:42:00.300><c> running</c><00:42:00.460><c> around</c><00:42:00.719><c> helping</c><00:42:01.000><c> people</c> 00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:04.860 and<00:42:03.099><c> she</c><00:42:03.340><c> can't</c><00:42:03.599><c> talk</c><00:42:03.900><c> very</c><00:42:04.300><c> good,</c> 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:09.780 because<00:42:05.820><c> she</c><00:42:06.900><c> can</c><00:42:07.039><c> only</c><00:42:07.320><c> talk</c><00:42:07.579><c> when</c><00:42:08.139><c> the</c><00:42:08.360><c> machine</c><00:42:08.619><c> is</c><00:42:08.840><c> going</c><00:42:08.980><c> out.</c> 00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:14.780 But<00:42:12.019><c> she</c><00:42:12.579><c> has</c><00:42:12.820><c> Bible</c><00:42:13.199><c> classes</c><00:42:13.559><c> at</c><00:42:13.780><c> her</c><00:42:14.000><c> bedside,</c> 00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:20.900 and<00:42:16.300><c> she's</c><00:42:16.739><c> taught</c><00:42:16.880><c> other</c><00:42:17.260><c> people</c><00:42:17.579><c> the</c><00:42:17.900><c> truth</c><00:42:18.940><c> from</c><00:42:19.679><c> her</c><00:42:19.940><c> bed.</c> 00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:25.860 She's<00:42:23.480><c> never</c><00:42:23.719><c> been</c><00:42:24.000><c> able</c><00:42:24.199><c> to</c><00:42:24.400><c> hear</c><00:42:24.539><c> me</c><00:42:24.960><c> live,</c> 00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.820 because<00:42:25.880><c> I</c><00:42:26.340><c> go</c><00:42:26.599><c> down</c><00:42:27.300><c> and</c><00:42:27.460><c> I</c><00:42:27.460><c> go</c><00:42:27.619><c> see</c><00:42:27.739><c> her,</c> 00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:31.340 but<00:42:27.900><c> she's</c><00:42:28.579><c> never</c><00:42:28.860><c> seen</c><00:42:29.119><c> me,</c><00:42:29.860><c> because</c><00:42:30.059><c> she</c><00:42:30.179><c> can't</c><00:42:30.320><c> go</c><00:42:30.519><c> anywhere.</c> 00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.659 But<00:42:32.519><c> when</c><00:42:32.920><c> she</c><00:42:33.059><c> heard</c><00:42:33.179><c> I</c><00:42:33.260><c> was</c><00:42:33.440><c> going</c><00:42:33.619><c> to</c><00:42:33.840><c> England,</c> 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.739 she<00:42:35.639><c> called</c><00:42:35.860><c> me</c><00:42:36.099><c> up,</c><00:42:36.280><c> it</c><00:42:36.340><c> was</c><00:42:36.340><c> the</c><00:42:36.340><c> first</c><00:42:36.539><c> time</c><00:42:36.679><c> I'd</c><00:42:36.800><c> ever</c><00:42:36.920><c> been</c><00:42:37.019><c> there,</c> 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:39.500 because<00:42:38.219><c> she</c><00:42:38.420><c> knows</c><00:42:38.699><c> me,</c><00:42:39.000><c> and</c><00:42:39.099><c> she</c><00:42:39.239><c> says,</c> 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:43.079 Bob,<00:42:41.940><c> if</c><00:42:42.039><c> Diane,</c><00:42:42.500><c> how</c><00:42:42.820><c> are</c><00:42:42.920><c> you?</c> 00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:45.199 She<00:42:43.780><c> said,</c><00:42:44.239><c> I</c><00:42:44.360><c> hear</c><00:42:44.519><c> you're</c><00:42:44.639><c> going</c><00:42:44.820><c> to</c><00:42:45.000><c> England.</c> 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:46.300 I<00:42:45.400><c> said,</c><00:42:45.639><c> yeah.</c> 00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:49.059 She<00:42:46.559><c> says,</c><00:42:46.679><c> do</c><00:42:46.840><c> you</c><00:42:46.900><c> think</c><00:42:47.079><c> England</c><00:42:47.380><c> is</c><00:42:47.599><c> ready</c><00:42:47.780><c> for</c><00:42:48.019><c> you</c><00:42:48.199><c> yet?</c> 00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:52.239 Because<00:42:50.940><c> as</c><00:42:51.420><c> you</c><00:42:51.619><c> can</c><00:42:51.960><c> tell,</c> 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:54.719 the<00:42:52.519><c> English</c><00:42:52.699><c> are</c><00:42:52.920><c> far</c><00:42:53.159><c> more</c><00:42:53.420><c> prim</c><00:42:53.619><c> and</c><00:42:53.860><c> proper,</c> 00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:56.860 and<00:42:54.800><c> I'm</c><00:42:55.320><c> kind</c><00:42:55.480><c> of</c><00:42:55.639><c> a</c><00:42:55.719><c> country</c><00:42:55.960><c> boy.</c> 00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:00.219 But<00:42:58.440><c> they've</c><00:42:59.019><c> always</c><00:42:59.360><c> been</c><00:42:59.539><c> nice</c><00:42:59.820><c> to</c><00:43:00.019><c> me,</c> 00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:02.900 and<00:43:00.380><c> they</c><00:43:00.539><c> keep</c><00:43:00.699><c> making</c><00:43:00.980><c> the</c><00:43:01.099><c> mistake</c><00:43:01.360><c> of</c><00:43:01.519><c> inviting</c><00:43:01.780><c> me</c><00:43:02.059><c> back.</c> 00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:07.440 But<00:43:04.800><c> you</c><00:43:05.000><c> see,</c><00:43:05.239><c> each</c><00:43:05.599><c> one</c><00:43:05.920><c> can</c><00:43:06.260><c> serve</c><00:43:06.460><c> in</c><00:43:06.619><c> his</c><00:43:06.739><c> own</c><00:43:06.960><c> way,</c> 00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:12.739 and<00:43:08.139><c> I</c><00:43:08.360><c> can't</c><00:43:08.860><c> be</c><00:43:09.800><c> some</c><00:43:10.440><c> of</c><00:43:10.579><c> the</c><00:43:10.719><c> teachers</c><00:43:11.019><c> that</c><00:43:11.280><c> I</c><00:43:11.579><c> admire</c><00:43:12.059><c> so</c><00:43:12.500><c> much,</c> 00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.880 and<00:43:12.920><c> I</c><00:43:13.079><c> sit</c><00:43:13.179><c> at</c><00:43:13.280><c> their</c><00:43:13.579><c> feet</c><00:43:13.820><c> in</c><00:43:14.500><c> awe</c><00:43:14.800><c> and</c><00:43:15.199><c> admiration</c> 00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.760 of<00:43:16.699><c> the</c><00:43:16.820><c> way</c><00:43:16.900><c> they</c><00:43:17.079><c> can</c><00:43:17.380><c> expound</c><00:43:17.800><c> on</c><00:43:18.000><c> the</c><00:43:18.219><c> difficulties</c><00:43:18.679><c> of</c><00:43:19.780><c> Scripture,</c> 00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:24.400 and<00:43:21.440><c> I</c><00:43:21.679><c> admire</c><00:43:22.039><c> them</c><00:43:22.300><c> and</c><00:43:22.480><c> I</c><00:43:22.760><c> learn</c><00:43:22.920><c> from</c><00:43:23.179><c> them.</c> 00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:30.260 But<00:43:25.280><c> I</c><00:43:25.619><c> can't</c><00:43:26.139><c> be</c><00:43:26.639><c> like</c><00:43:27.099><c> them,</c><00:43:27.460><c> because</c><00:43:27.840><c> God</c><00:43:28.280><c> made</c><00:43:28.739><c> me</c><00:43:29.300><c> different.</c> 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:34.059 But<00:43:30.539><c> God</c><00:43:30.960><c> made</c><00:43:31.360><c> me</c><00:43:31.780><c> to</c><00:43:32.000><c> do</c><00:43:32.179><c> what</c><00:43:32.559><c> God</c><00:43:32.880><c> wants</c><00:43:33.179><c> me</c><00:43:33.480><c> to</c><00:43:33.659><c> do,</c> 00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:39.300 and<00:43:34.800><c> God</c><00:43:35.219><c> made</c><00:43:35.619><c> you</c><00:43:36.340><c> to</c><00:43:36.639><c> do</c><00:43:36.780><c> what</c><00:43:37.019><c> God</c><00:43:37.300><c> wants</c><00:43:37.699><c> you</c><00:43:38.119><c> to</c><00:43:38.320><c> do.</c> 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:42.239 And<00:43:39.659><c> it</c><00:43:39.820><c> sure</c><00:43:40.099><c> doesn't</c><00:43:40.340><c> have</c><00:43:40.500><c> to</c><00:43:40.599><c> be</c><00:43:40.820><c> platform</c><00:43:41.219><c> work,</c> 00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:47.239 because<00:43:43.000><c> one</c><00:43:43.539><c> of</c><00:43:43.719><c> the</c><00:43:44.039><c> leading</c><00:43:44.360><c> brethren</c><00:43:44.719><c> in</c><00:43:44.940><c> our</c><00:43:45.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:45.579><c> stutters,</c> 00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:52.519 and<00:43:47.659><c> he's</c><00:43:47.840><c> never</c><00:43:48.139><c> spoken,</c><00:43:49.860><c> but</c><00:43:49.980><c> he</c><00:43:50.199><c> is</c><00:43:50.480><c> a</c><00:43:50.659><c> worker</c><00:43:51.000><c> in</c><00:43:51.199><c> our</c><00:43:51.480><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:55.079 And<00:43:52.739><c> if</c><00:43:52.960><c> things</c><00:43:53.219><c> need</c><00:43:53.480><c> to</c><00:43:53.619><c> be</c><00:43:53.840><c> done</c><00:43:53.980><c> in</c><00:43:54.139><c> our</c><00:43:54.320><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:54.820><c> he</c> 00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:56.539 gets<00:43:55.340><c> them</c><00:43:55.639><c> done.</c> 00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:59.420 He<00:43:56.599><c> keeps</c><00:43:57.260><c> our</c><00:43:58.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:58.639><c> hall</c><00:43:58.960><c> working.</c> 00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:01.219 He<00:43:59.880><c> keeps</c><00:44:00.099><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> grounds</c><00:44:00.699><c> nice.</c> 00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:05.960 He<00:44:01.800><c> devotes</c><00:44:02.260><c> a</c><00:44:02.360><c> lot</c><00:44:02.599><c> of</c><00:44:02.840><c> time</c><00:44:03.340><c> all</c><00:44:04.260><c> behind</c><00:44:04.659><c> the</c><00:44:04.880><c> scenes.</c> 00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:09.659 So<00:44:06.739><c> find</c><00:44:07.300><c> a</c><00:44:07.480><c> work</c><00:44:07.639><c> to</c><00:44:07.900><c> do</c><00:44:08.159><c> and</c><00:44:08.579><c> do</c><00:44:08.860><c> it.</c> 00:44:09.659 --> 00:44:11.380 It<00:44:10.019><c> doesn't</c><00:44:10.480><c> need</c><00:44:10.739><c> to</c><00:44:10.860><c> be</c><00:44:11.139><c> showy.</c> 00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:13.219 It's<00:44:11.519><c> better</c><00:44:11.699><c> off</c><00:44:11.900><c> if</c><00:44:12.039><c> it</c><00:44:12.219><c> isn't</c><00:44:12.460><c> showy.</c> 00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:18.320 Just<00:44:13.940><c> realize</c><00:44:16.000><c> that</c><00:44:16.280><c> there</c><00:44:16.500><c> is</c><00:44:16.719><c> a</c><00:44:16.860><c> work</c><00:44:17.119><c> for</c><00:44:17.360><c> you</c><00:44:17.519><c> to</c><00:44:17.739><c> do.</c> 00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:20.860 Service<00:44:19.179><c> is</c><00:44:19.559><c> not</c><00:44:19.719><c> an</c><00:44:19.940><c> option.</c> 00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:22.840 It's<00:44:21.679><c> a</c><00:44:21.820><c> command.</c> 00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:27.099 And<00:44:24.480><c> those</c><00:44:24.699><c> of</c><00:44:24.860><c> you</c><00:44:24.980><c> with</c><00:44:25.280><c> problems</c><00:44:25.800><c> can</c><00:44:26.400><c> actually</c><00:44:26.719><c> help</c> 00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.099 other<00:44:27.500><c> people</c> 00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:30.659 with<00:44:28.340><c> that</c><00:44:28.579><c> same</c><00:44:28.780><c> problem</c><00:44:29.139><c> better</c><00:44:29.500><c> than</c><00:44:29.719><c> somebody</c><00:44:29.980><c> who's</c><00:44:30.179><c> never</c><00:44:30.440><c> had</c> 00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.360 that<00:44:30.960><c> problem.</c> 00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:36.219 For<00:44:31.900><c> example,</c><00:44:32.539><c> an</c><00:44:32.679><c> alcoholic,</c><00:44:34.300><c> a</c><00:44:34.440><c> reformed</c><00:44:35.860><c> alcoholic,</c> 00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:39.440 can<00:44:36.559><c> certainly</c><00:44:36.860><c> help</c><00:44:37.039><c> somebody</c><00:44:37.400><c> fighting</c><00:44:37.780><c> that</c><00:44:38.099><c> problem</c><00:44:38.460><c> now.</c> 00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:42.480 A<00:44:39.860><c> person</c><00:44:40.079><c> who</c><00:44:40.260><c> has</c><00:44:40.539><c> smoked</c><00:44:40.840><c> can</c><00:44:41.380><c> help</c><00:44:41.539><c> a</c><00:44:41.739><c> person</c><00:44:41.900><c> who's</c><00:44:42.079><c> trying</c><00:44:42.320><c> to</c> 00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:43.019 quit<00:44:42.659><c> smoking</c> 00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:45.000 by<00:44:43.320><c> encouraging</c><00:44:43.780><c> them</c><00:44:44.119><c> to.</c> 00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:50.019 A<00:44:47.219><c> mother</c><00:44:47.400><c> who</c><00:44:47.639><c> had</c><00:44:47.820><c> a</c><00:44:48.039><c> colicky</c><00:44:48.260><c> baby</c><00:44:48.639><c> and</c><00:44:48.840><c> kept</c><00:44:48.940><c> it</c><00:44:49.099><c> up</c><00:44:49.239><c> all</c><00:44:49.599><c> hours</c><00:44:49.880><c> of</c> 00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.460 the<00:44:50.119><c> night</c> 00:44:50.460 --> 00:44:55.300 now<00:44:51.059><c> sees</c><00:44:51.340><c> a</c><00:44:52.019><c> new</c><00:44:52.820><c> mother</c><00:44:53.159><c> with</c><00:44:53.679><c> a</c><00:44:53.800><c> new</c><00:44:53.980><c> baby</c><00:44:54.519><c> who's</c><00:44:55.079><c> colicky,</c> 00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:56.519 and<00:44:55.480><c> she</c><00:44:55.659><c> can</c><00:44:55.920><c> help</c><00:44:56.239><c> her.</c> 00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:59.219 She's<00:44:56.780><c> got</c><00:44:57.039><c> thoughts,</c><00:44:57.619><c> because</c><00:44:58.480><c> they're</c><00:44:58.699><c> not</c><00:44:58.840><c> getting</c><00:44:59.000><c> any</c> 00:44:59.219 --> 00:44:59.760 rest<00:44:59.460><c> at</c><00:44:59.659><c> night.</c> 00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:01.659 The<00:44:59.940><c> baby</c><00:45:00.159><c> cries</c><00:45:00.460><c> all</c><00:45:00.719><c> night</c><00:45:00.880><c> long.</c> 00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:03.639 This<00:45:02.000><c> person</c><00:45:02.219><c> needs</c><00:45:02.400><c> an</c><00:45:02.659><c> encouragement</c><00:45:03.099><c> card.</c> 00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:09.199 A<00:45:04.300><c> cancer</c><00:45:04.840><c> survivor</c><00:45:05.599><c> can</c><00:45:06.920><c> go</c><00:45:07.039><c> to</c><00:45:07.199><c> somebody</c><00:45:07.480><c> who's</c><00:45:07.679><c> just</c><00:45:07.900><c> been</c><00:45:08.139><c> told,</c> 00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:13.559 you<00:45:09.639><c> have</c><00:45:09.920><c> cancer,</c><00:45:11.739><c> and</c><00:45:11.900><c> give</c><00:45:12.039><c> that</c><00:45:12.260><c> person</c><00:45:12.539><c> a</c><00:45:12.659><c> word</c><00:45:12.800><c> of</c><00:45:13.039><c> encouragement,</c> 00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:17.420 because<00:45:14.340><c> it's</c><00:45:14.719><c> pretty</c><00:45:15.079><c> devastating</c><00:45:15.559><c> to</c><00:45:15.860><c> hear</c><00:45:15.980><c> that</c><00:45:16.219><c> kind</c><00:45:16.400><c> of</c><00:45:16.599><c> words.</c> 00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:22.380 So<00:45:17.800><c> God</c><00:45:18.000><c> uses</c><00:45:18.500><c> your</c><00:45:19.019><c> weaknesses</c><00:45:19.599><c> to</c><00:45:20.639><c> help</c><00:45:20.840><c> other</c><00:45:21.199><c> people</c><00:45:21.739><c> who</c> 00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.719 have<00:45:22.599><c> weaknesses.</c> 00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:31.400 And<00:45:24.300><c> so</c><00:45:25.880><c> the</c><00:45:26.639><c> final</c><00:45:26.940><c> thought</c><00:45:27.280><c> of</c><00:45:27.539><c> this</c><00:45:27.820><c> class</c><00:45:28.119><c> is</c><00:45:30.019><c> service</c><00:45:31.059><c> is</c> 00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.599 not<00:45:31.519><c> an</c><00:45:31.739><c> option.</c> 00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:36.860 You<00:45:33.420><c> and</c><00:45:33.619><c> I</c><00:45:33.900><c> have</c><00:45:34.219><c> to</c><00:45:34.519><c> serve</c><00:45:34.860><c> our</c><00:45:35.280><c> brothers</c><00:45:35.480><c> and</c><00:45:35.780><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:41.679 Find<00:45:37.320><c> a</c><00:45:37.539><c> work</c><00:45:37.719><c> to</c><00:45:38.000><c> do,</c><00:45:39.179><c> and</c><00:45:39.300><c> do</c><00:45:39.420><c> it</c><00:45:39.559><c> with</c><00:45:39.820><c> all</c><00:45:40.300><c> your</c><00:45:40.739><c> might.</c> 00:45:42.280 --> 00:45:43.059 Pick<00:45:42.460><c> up</c><00:45:42.619><c> some</c><00:45:42.900><c> cards.</c> 00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:45.739 I've<00:45:44.019><c> learned</c><00:45:44.239><c> from</c><00:45:44.500><c> my</c><00:45:44.639><c> mistake</c><00:45:45.099><c> of</c><00:45:45.420><c> yesterday.</c> 00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:49.440 I<00:45:46.079><c> piled</c><00:45:46.440><c> all</c><00:45:46.860><c> the</c><00:45:47.960><c> stick</c><00:45:48.179><c> toots</c><00:45:48.380><c> in</c><00:45:48.559><c> one</c><00:45:48.840><c> place,</c><00:45:49.019><c> and</c><00:45:49.139><c> there</c><00:45:49.159><c> was</c><00:45:49.320><c> a</c> 00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:50.500 big<00:45:49.860><c> crowd</c><00:45:50.159><c> here.</c> 00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:54.139 So<00:45:51.000><c> I've</c><00:45:51.360><c> spread</c><00:45:51.579><c> these</c><00:45:52.099><c> encouragement</c><00:45:52.480><c> cards</c><00:45:52.860><c> out</c><00:45:53.260><c> all</c><00:45:53.599><c> along</c> 00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:56.360 so<00:45:54.619><c> that</c><00:45:54.760><c> you</c><00:45:54.840><c> can</c><00:45:54.980><c> come</c><00:45:55.119><c> up</c><00:45:55.280><c> and</c><00:45:55.440><c> not</c><00:45:55.599><c> all</c><00:45:55.780><c> be</c><00:45:55.900><c> in</c><00:45:56.039><c> the</c><00:45:56.119><c> same...</c> 00:45:56.360 --> 00:46:01.099 And<00:45:56.579><c> I</c><00:45:56.699><c> put</c><00:45:56.820><c> a</c><00:45:56.980><c> few</c><00:45:57.420><c> more</c><00:45:57.800><c> stick</c><00:45:58.079><c> toots</c><00:45:58.500><c> out,</c><00:45:59.420><c> because</c><00:46:00.500><c> some</c><00:46:00.900><c> of</c> 00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:03.559 you<00:46:01.440><c> didn't</c><00:46:01.800><c> get</c><00:46:02.019><c> one</c><00:46:02.300><c> last</c><00:46:02.539><c> time.</c> 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:09.699 But<00:46:04.519><c> brothers</c><00:46:04.699><c> and</c><00:46:04.960><c> sisters,</c><00:46:06.880><c> it's</c><00:46:07.179><c> a</c><00:46:07.340><c> joy</c><00:46:07.880><c> to</c><00:46:08.780><c> serve.</c> 00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:12.539 Serve<00:46:10.500><c> with</c><00:46:10.960><c> all</c><00:46:11.420><c> your</c><00:46:11.760><c> might.</c>