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than<00:12:55.159><c> to</c><00:12:55.519><c> bear</c><00:12:55.860><c> and</c><00:12:56.320><c> then</c><00:12:56.659><c> guide</c><00:12:57.220><c> and</c><00:12:57.919><c> bring</c><00:12:58.320><c> to</c><00:12:58.519><c> maturity</c>

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his<00:13:00.179><c> own</c><00:13:00.940><c> son</c><00:13:01.559><c> that</c><00:13:02.620><c> he</c><00:13:02.860><c> might</c><00:13:03.220><c> be</c><00:13:03.840><c> sinless</c><00:13:04.340><c> and</c><00:13:04.679><c> save</c><00:13:05.059><c> the</c><00:13:05.320><c> race?</c>

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The<00:13:07.620><c> whole</c><00:13:07.919><c> destiny</c><00:13:08.419><c> of</c><00:13:08.620><c> the</c><00:13:08.840><c> human</c><00:13:09.059><c> race</c><00:13:09.399><c> depended</c><00:13:09.740><c> on</c><00:13:09.960><c> this</c><00:13:10.240><c> son</c>

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and<00:13:11.019><c> on</c><00:13:11.299><c> what</c><00:13:11.639><c> happened</c><00:13:11.899><c> to</c><00:13:12.200><c> him</c><00:13:12.440><c> in</c><00:13:12.659><c> his</c><00:13:12.940><c> very</c><00:13:13.600><c> earliest</c><00:13:14.139><c> days</c>

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was<00:13:15.919><c> going</c><00:13:16.179><c> to</c><00:13:16.379><c> be</c><00:13:16.600><c> dependent</c><00:13:17.120><c> upon</c><00:13:17.580><c> the</c><00:13:17.879><c> mother</c><00:13:18.220><c> whom</c><00:13:18.399><c> he</c><00:13:18.700><c> chose.</c>

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Of<00:13:20.080><c> course,</c><00:13:20.460><c> God</c><00:13:20.659><c> was</c><00:13:20.919><c> going</c><00:13:21.080><c> to</c><00:13:21.240><c> very</c><00:13:21.580><c> carefully</c><00:13:22.360><c> guide</c><00:13:22.840><c> and</c>

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protect<00:13:23.460><c> that</c><00:13:23.759><c> child,</c>

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and<00:13:24.720><c> the</c><00:13:24.899><c> influence</c><00:13:25.700><c> of</c><00:13:26.259><c> his</c><00:13:26.519><c> hand</c><00:13:26.799><c> was</c><00:13:27.120><c> always</c><00:13:27.600><c> going</c><00:13:27.860><c> to</c><00:13:28.000><c> be</c><00:13:28.200><c> there.</c>

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But,<00:13:29.580><c> brothers</c><00:13:29.779><c> and</c><00:13:29.980><c> sisters,</c><00:13:30.240><c> never</c><00:13:30.519><c> let</c><00:13:30.759><c> us</c><00:13:31.039><c> underestimate</c>

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the<00:13:32.240><c> power</c><00:13:32.759><c> of</c><00:13:33.059><c> a</c><00:13:33.220><c> mother</c><00:13:33.659><c> upon</c><00:13:34.419><c> a</c><00:13:34.779><c> child</c><00:13:35.179><c> of</c><00:13:35.559><c> young</c><00:13:35.720><c> age.</c>

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And<00:13:37.080><c> all</c><00:13:37.259><c> this</c><00:13:37.440><c> is</c><00:13:37.600><c> going</c><00:13:37.759><c> through</c><00:13:38.000><c> her</c><00:13:38.240><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:13:41.419><c> what</c><00:13:41.580><c> would</c><00:13:41.700><c> have</c><00:13:41.860><c> you</c><00:13:42.000><c> asked?</c>

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Well,<00:13:44.440><c> look</c><00:13:44.580><c> what</c><00:13:44.720><c> she</c><00:13:44.940><c> said</c><00:13:45.139><c> in</c><00:13:45.340><c> verse</c><00:13:45.600><c> 34.</c>

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She<00:13:54.559><c> didn't</c><00:13:54.860><c> question</c><00:13:55.379><c> that</c><00:13:55.519><c> it</c><00:13:55.759><c> would</c><00:13:56.059><c> happen.</c>

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She<00:13:57.360><c> said</c><00:13:57.620><c> how.</c>

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She<00:13:58.659><c> had</c><00:13:58.899><c> none</c><00:13:59.139><c> of</c><00:13:59.299><c> the</c><00:13:59.620><c> incredulity</c><00:14:00.240><c> of</c><00:14:00.519><c> Sarah</c><00:14:00.879><c> of</c><00:14:01.159><c> old,</c><00:14:01.860><c> who</c>

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laughed<00:14:02.480><c> in</c><00:14:02.659><c> her</c><00:14:02.960><c> tent</c><00:14:03.080><c> and</c><00:14:03.240><c> said,</c>

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Oh,<00:14:04.059><c> how</c><00:14:04.320><c> could</c><00:14:04.539><c> this</c><00:14:04.799><c> ever</c><00:14:05.019><c> happen</c><00:14:05.259><c> to</c><00:14:05.500><c> me?</c>

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She<00:14:07.820><c> had</c><00:14:07.980><c> the</c><00:14:08.360><c> faith</c><00:14:08.940><c> of</c><00:14:09.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:12.259><c> who,</c><00:14:12.620><c> considering</c><00:14:13.360><c> that</c><00:14:13.720><c> it</c><00:14:13.940><c> was</c><00:14:14.200><c> impossible</c><00:14:15.299><c> that</c><00:14:15.960><c> he</c><00:14:16.059><c> could</c><00:14:16.220><c> have</c><00:14:16.440><c> a</c><00:14:16.600><c> son,</c>

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still<00:14:18.059><c> believed</c><00:14:18.559><c> what</c><00:14:18.860><c> God</c><00:14:19.039><c> had</c><00:14:19.340><c> said.</c>

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She<00:14:20.919><c> had</c><00:14:21.100><c> the</c><00:14:21.340><c> faith</c><00:14:21.539><c> of</c><00:14:21.840><c> David,</c><00:14:23.000><c> who</c><00:14:23.279><c> believed</c><00:14:24.159><c> that</c><00:14:24.860><c> God</c><00:14:25.200><c> would</c><00:14:25.620><c> raise</c><00:14:25.940><c> him</c>

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up<00:14:26.340><c> a</c><00:14:26.519><c> house,</c>

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a<00:14:27.960><c> great</c><00:14:28.179><c> and</c><00:14:28.480><c> mighty</c><00:14:28.740><c> house,</c><00:14:29.720><c> in</c><00:14:29.919><c> the</c><00:14:30.059><c> day</c><00:14:30.240><c> yet</c><00:14:30.399><c> to</c><00:14:30.639><c> come.</c>

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It's<00:14:32.740><c> an</c><00:14:32.940><c> inquiry,</c><00:14:33.759><c> brothers</c><00:14:34.000><c> and</c><00:14:34.259><c> sisters,</c><00:14:34.639><c> that</c><00:14:34.879><c> shows</c>

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that<00:14:36.399><c> she's</c><00:14:36.860><c> thinking</c><00:14:37.120><c> very</c><00:14:37.679><c> clearly,</c>

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though<00:14:39.940><c> it's</c><00:14:40.240><c> an</c><00:14:40.480><c> awesome</c><00:14:40.899><c> situation</c><00:14:41.620><c> that</c><00:14:41.820><c> she's</c><00:14:42.159><c> in.</c>

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But<00:14:43.980><c> accepting</c><00:14:44.679><c> in</c><00:14:44.960><c> the</c><00:14:45.240><c> spirit</c><00:14:46.039><c> of</c><00:14:46.620><c> David</c><00:14:47.259><c> and</c><00:14:48.259><c> Abraham</c><00:14:48.820><c> her</c><00:14:49.159><c> forebears.</c>

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Look<00:14:52.139><c> at</c><00:14:52.259><c> verse</c><00:14:52.419><c> 35.</c>

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And<00:14:55.059><c> she</c><00:14:55.299><c> listened</c><00:14:55.659><c> very</c><00:14:56.259><c> carefully</c><00:14:56.679><c> to</c><00:14:57.000><c> these</c><00:14:57.220><c> words.</c>

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The<00:14:59.279><c> angel</c><00:14:59.700><c> said</c><00:14:59.919><c> unto</c><00:15:00.159><c> her,</c>

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The<00:15:02.059><c> Holy</c><00:15:02.419><c> Spirit</c><00:15:02.980><c> shall</c><00:15:03.139><c> come</c><00:15:03.379><c> upon</c><00:15:03.639><c> thee,</c><00:15:04.860><c> and</c><00:15:04.980><c> the</c><00:15:05.259><c> power</c>

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of<00:15:05.759><c> the</c><00:15:05.980><c> highest</c><00:15:06.500><c> shall</c><00:15:06.860><c> overshadow</c><00:15:07.399><c> thee.</c>

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Therefore<00:15:08.759><c> also</c><00:15:09.240><c> that</c><00:15:09.500><c> holy</c><00:15:09.879><c> thing</c><00:15:10.120><c> which</c><00:15:10.279><c> shall</c><00:15:10.440><c> be</c><00:15:10.620><c> born</c><00:15:10.820><c> of</c>

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thee<00:15:11.179><c> shall</c><00:15:11.360><c> be</c><00:15:11.639><c> called</c><00:15:12.519><c> the</c><00:15:13.179><c> Son</c><00:15:13.500><c> of</c><00:15:13.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:16.279><c> behold,</c><00:15:16.759><c> he</c><00:15:16.960><c> goes</c><00:15:17.179><c> on</c><00:15:17.379><c> to</c><00:15:17.519><c> say,</c><00:15:17.720><c> thy</c><00:15:17.820><c> cousin</c><00:15:18.139><c> Elizabeth,</c>

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she<00:15:19.100><c> also</c><00:15:19.440><c> hath</c><00:15:19.600><c> conceived</c><00:15:20.019><c> a</c><00:15:20.200><c> son</c><00:15:20.320><c> in</c><00:15:20.399><c> her</c><00:15:20.580><c> old</c><00:15:20.820><c> age,</c>

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and<00:15:21.340><c> this</c><00:15:21.539><c> is</c><00:15:21.720><c> the</c><00:15:21.879><c> sixth</c><00:15:22.299><c> month</c><00:15:22.740><c> with</c><00:15:22.940><c> her</c><00:15:23.220><c> that</c><00:15:23.320><c> was</c><00:15:23.539><c> called</c><00:15:23.840><c> barren.</c>

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For<00:15:25.340><c> with</c><00:15:25.559><c> God</c><00:15:25.840><c> nothing</c><00:15:27.039><c> shall</c><00:15:27.659><c> be</c><00:15:27.879><c> impossible.</c>

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To<00:15:29.840><c> have</c><00:15:30.039><c> a</c><00:15:30.240><c> son</c><00:15:30.940><c> and</c><00:15:33.600><c> have</c><00:15:33.919><c> no</c><00:15:34.399><c> human</c><00:15:34.799><c> father,</c>

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it<00:15:37.700><c> had</c><00:15:37.960><c> never</c><00:15:38.299><c> ever</c><00:15:38.799><c> happened</c><00:15:39.340><c> in</c><00:15:40.679><c> human</c><00:15:41.000><c> history</c><00:15:41.480><c> before.</c>

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It<00:15:43.740><c> was,</c><00:15:44.320><c> in</c><00:15:44.799><c> short,</c><00:15:46.320><c> a</c><00:15:46.700><c> human</c><00:15:47.419><c> impossibility.</c>

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And<00:15:50.500><c> look</c><00:15:50.679><c> at</c><00:15:50.919><c> the</c><00:15:51.299><c> amazing</c><00:15:52.100><c> answer</c><00:15:52.700><c> that</c><00:15:53.019><c> she</c><00:15:53.220><c> gave</c><00:15:53.620><c> in</c><00:15:53.919><c> verse</c><00:15:54.179><c> 38.</c>

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And<00:15:55.740><c> Mary</c><00:15:56.139><c> spontaneously</c><00:15:57.340><c> said,</c>

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Behold<00:16:00.019><c> the</c><00:16:00.220><c> handmaid</c><00:16:00.720><c> of</c><00:16:00.899><c> the</c><00:16:01.019><c> Lord,</c><00:16:02.220><c> be</c><00:16:02.299><c> it</c><00:16:02.460><c> unto</c><00:16:02.639><c> me</c><00:16:03.000><c> according</c><00:16:03.419><c> to</c><00:16:03.700><c> thy</c><00:16:03.879><c> word.</c>

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And<00:16:04.440><c> the</c><00:16:04.620><c> angel</c><00:16:04.799><c> departed</c><00:16:05.440><c> from</c><00:16:05.919><c> her.</c>

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You<00:16:06.320><c> know,</c><00:16:06.440><c> the</c><00:16:06.559><c> angel</c><00:16:06.840><c> didn't</c><00:16:07.179><c> ask</c><00:16:07.879><c> for</c><00:16:08.120><c> any</c><00:16:08.360><c> response</c><00:16:08.899><c> from</c><00:16:09.120><c> her.</c>

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The<00:16:09.779><c> angel</c><00:16:10.000><c> came</c><00:16:10.279><c> to</c><00:16:10.559><c> tell</c><00:16:10.679><c> her</c><00:16:10.840><c> what</c><00:16:11.019><c> was</c><00:16:11.360><c> going</c><00:16:11.559><c> to</c><00:16:11.879><c> happen.</c>

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But<00:16:13.519><c> Mary,</c><00:16:14.000><c> having</c><00:16:14.259><c> listened</c><00:16:14.539><c> very</c><00:16:14.960><c> carefully</c><00:16:15.259><c> to</c><00:16:15.500><c> all</c><00:16:15.639><c> those</c><00:16:15.899><c> words,</c>

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and<00:16:18.519><c> her</c><00:16:18.960><c> mind</c><00:16:19.299><c> bursting</c><00:16:19.679><c> with</c><00:16:19.960><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> enormity</c><00:16:20.820><c> of</c><00:16:21.000><c> the</c><00:16:21.259><c> revelation,</c>

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shows<00:16:22.240><c> tremendous</c><00:16:23.200><c> faith</c><00:16:24.080><c> with</c><00:16:25.039><c> no</c><00:16:25.360><c> evidence</c><00:16:25.759><c> at</c><00:16:26.100><c> all</c><00:16:26.700><c> in</c><00:16:27.120><c> something</c><00:16:27.460><c> that</c><00:16:27.620><c> was</c>

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humanly<00:16:28.740><c> impossible.</c>

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What<00:16:31.480><c> a</c><00:16:31.759><c> marvellous</c><00:16:32.220><c> woman</c><00:16:32.440><c> she</c><00:16:32.700><c> was.</c>

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Do<00:16:33.740><c> you</c><00:16:33.799><c> know</c><00:16:33.960><c> what?</c>

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When<00:16:35.200><c> she</c><00:16:35.360><c> went</c><00:16:35.500><c> to</c><00:16:35.740><c> see</c><00:16:35.860><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:16:37.399><c> look</c><00:16:37.539><c> what</c><00:16:37.700><c> Elizabeth</c><00:16:38.120><c> said.</c>

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As<00:16:39.059><c> soon</c><00:16:39.259><c> as</c><00:16:39.399><c> she</c><00:16:39.600><c> saw</c><00:16:39.879><c> her,</c><00:16:41.360><c> she,</c><00:16:42.080><c> under</c><00:16:42.379><c> the</c><00:16:42.679><c> inspiration</c><00:16:43.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:43.600><c> Holy</c><00:16:43.860><c> Spirit,</c><00:16:44.779><c> says</c><00:16:44.960><c> in</c><00:16:45.179><c> verse</c><00:16:45.639><c> 45,</c>

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And<00:16:47.480><c> blessed</c><00:16:48.100><c> is</c><00:16:48.440><c> she</c><00:16:48.720><c> that</c><00:16:49.120><c> believeth,</c><00:16:50.179><c> for</c><00:16:50.440><c> there</c><00:16:50.700><c> shall</c><00:16:50.820><c> be</c>

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a<00:16:51.139><c> performance</c><00:16:51.519><c> of</c><00:16:51.720><c> those</c><00:16:51.980><c> things</c><00:16:52.200><c> which</c><00:16:52.399><c> were</c><00:16:52.659><c> told</c><00:16:52.960><c> her</c><00:16:53.159><c> of</c>

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In<00:16:54.139><c> fact,</c><00:16:54.639><c> that</c><00:16:54.779><c> verse</c><00:16:55.100><c> is</c><00:16:55.299><c> not</c><00:16:55.600><c> terribly</c><00:16:56.000><c> well</c><00:16:56.299><c> translated.</c>

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It's<00:16:57.759><c> the</c><00:16:57.940><c> punctuation</c><00:16:58.600><c> that's</c><00:16:58.919><c> not</c><00:16:59.120><c> very</c><00:16:59.419><c> good.</c>

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And<00:17:00.100><c> the</c><00:17:00.259><c> RSV</c><00:17:00.600><c> says</c><00:17:00.820><c> this,</c>

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Blessed<00:17:02.179><c> is</c><00:17:02.679><c> she</c><00:17:03.059><c> who</c><00:17:03.460><c> believed</c><00:17:04.059><c> that</c><00:17:04.400><c> there</c><00:17:04.720><c> would</c><00:17:05.019><c> be</c><00:17:05.279><c> a</c><00:17:05.480><c> fulfilment</c><00:17:06.059><c> of</c>

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She<00:17:10.579><c> believed</c><00:17:10.940><c> implicitly</c><00:17:11.960><c> the</c><00:17:12.220><c> moment</c><00:17:12.559><c> the</c><00:17:12.839><c> angel</c><00:17:13.059><c> had</c><00:17:13.259><c> said</c><00:17:13.359><c> it,</c>

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not<00:17:14.039><c> just</c><00:17:14.279><c> because</c><00:17:14.500><c> she</c><00:17:14.779><c> accepted</c><00:17:15.180><c> anything</c><00:17:15.579><c> at</c><00:17:16.519><c> face</c><00:17:16.819><c> value</c>

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Her<00:17:19.579><c> mind</c><00:17:19.900><c> was</c><00:17:20.180><c> ticking</c><00:17:20.380><c> over</c><00:17:20.700><c> through</c><00:17:20.940><c> all</c><00:17:21.180><c> of</c><00:17:21.299><c> that,</c><00:17:21.819><c> brethren</c><00:17:22.039><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:17:22.440><c> and</c><00:17:22.619><c> young</c><00:17:22.779><c> people.</c>

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She<00:17:26.059><c> was</c><00:17:26.359><c> told</c><00:17:26.619><c> that</c><00:17:26.819><c> in</c><00:17:27.019><c> her</c><00:17:27.400><c> womb</c><00:17:27.799><c> would</c><00:17:28.420><c> grow</c><00:17:28.720><c> a</c><00:17:29.119><c> child</c><00:17:29.660><c> and</c>

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he'd<00:17:30.119><c> come</c><00:17:30.319><c> to</c><00:17:30.539><c> be</c><00:17:30.640><c> the</c><00:17:30.779><c> Messiah.</c>

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She<00:17:31.940><c> had</c><00:17:32.140><c> no</c><00:17:32.440><c> evidence</c><00:17:32.799><c> of</c><00:17:33.039><c> that</c><00:17:33.480><c> at</c><00:17:34.440><c> this</c><00:17:34.740><c> stage.</c>

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And<00:17:36.039><c> yet</c><00:17:36.160><c> there's</c><00:17:36.839><c> a</c><00:17:37.259><c> willing,</c><00:17:38.599><c> implicit</c><00:17:39.420><c> obedience</c><00:17:40.279><c> and</c><00:17:40.619><c> submission</c><00:17:41.019><c> to</c>

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all<00:17:41.579><c> that</c><00:17:41.779><c> God</c><00:17:41.960><c> had</c><00:17:42.259><c> said.</c>

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She<00:17:42.839><c> didn't</c><00:17:43.339><c> say,</c><00:17:43.880><c> young</c><00:17:44.019><c> people,</c><00:17:44.740><c> oh,</c><00:17:44.980><c> can</c><00:17:45.119><c> you</c><00:17:45.220><c> just</c><00:17:45.440><c> give</c><00:17:45.539><c> me</c><00:17:45.779><c> a</c>

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few<00:17:46.200><c> days</c><00:17:46.660><c> and</c><00:17:46.859><c> I'll</c><00:17:47.119><c> just</c><00:17:47.440><c> turn</c><00:17:47.579><c> it</c><00:17:47.779><c> over</c><00:17:47.920><c> and</c><00:17:47.960><c> then</c><00:17:48.140><c> I'll</c><00:17:48.279><c> come</c><00:17:48.519><c> back</c><00:17:48.720><c> to</c>

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you<00:17:48.859><c> with</c><00:17:49.019><c> an</c><00:17:49.180><c> answer.</c>

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Though<00:17:56.079><c> some</c><00:17:56.319><c> of</c><00:17:56.460><c> those</c><00:17:56.660><c> things</c><00:17:56.900><c> might</c><00:17:57.140><c> have</c><00:17:57.359><c> darted</c><00:17:57.680><c> through</c>

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her<00:17:58.079><c> mind.</c>

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spontaneous,<00:18:03.759><c> beautiful</c><00:18:04.400><c> expression</c><00:18:04.839><c> of</c><00:18:05.099><c> faith.</c>

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Oh,<00:18:06.000><c> what</c><00:18:06.160><c> a</c><00:18:06.440><c> wonderful</c><00:18:06.859><c> spirit</c><00:18:07.259><c> there</c><00:18:07.519><c> is</c><00:18:07.779><c> in</c><00:18:08.019><c> this</c><00:18:08.299><c> girl.</c>

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A<00:18:10.299><c> spirit</c><00:18:10.619><c> of</c><00:18:10.900><c> response</c><00:18:11.740><c> to</c><00:18:12.559><c> what</c><00:18:12.960><c> God's</c><00:18:13.579><c> requirements</c><00:18:14.220><c> are.</c>

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If<00:18:18.559><c> only</c><00:18:18.799><c> we</c><00:18:18.940><c> could</c><00:18:19.119><c> match</c><00:18:19.460><c> that</c><00:18:19.799><c> level</c><00:18:20.059><c> of</c><00:18:20.339><c> faith</c><00:18:20.579><c> and</c><00:18:20.819><c> obedience</c><00:18:21.240><c> in</c><00:18:21.480><c> all</c>

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that<00:18:21.980><c> God</c><00:18:22.180><c> has</c><00:18:22.539><c> said</c>

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and<00:18:24.400><c> just</c><00:18:24.799><c> spontaneously</c><00:18:25.960><c> say,</c><00:18:27.740><c> here</c><00:18:28.019><c> am</c><00:18:28.359><c> I,</c><00:18:28.759><c> Lord,</c><00:18:30.140><c> be</c><00:18:30.279><c> it</c><00:18:31.140><c> unto</c><00:18:31.380><c> me</c>

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You<00:18:35.880><c> know,</c><00:18:36.039><c> her</c><00:18:36.200><c> answer</c><00:18:36.400><c> goes</c><00:18:36.799><c> further</c><00:18:37.220><c> than</c><00:18:37.420><c> that.</c>

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It<00:18:39.099><c> actually</c><00:18:39.619><c> reveals</c><00:18:40.259><c> something</c><00:18:40.720><c> about</c><00:18:41.079><c> Mary</c><00:18:41.420><c> herself.</c>

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It<00:18:44.299><c> gives</c><00:18:44.519><c> us</c><00:18:44.720><c> an</c><00:18:44.920><c> insight</c><00:18:45.279><c> into</c><00:18:45.500><c> the</c><00:18:45.779><c> mind</c><00:18:46.079><c> of</c><00:18:46.299><c> this</c><00:18:47.619><c> truly</c>

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lovely<00:18:48.759><c> young</c><00:18:49.180><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:18:51.880><c> note</c><00:18:52.039><c> this,</c><00:18:54.059><c> she's</c><00:18:54.500><c> probably</c><00:18:54.940><c> almost</c><00:18:55.420><c> in</c><00:18:55.839><c> shock</c><00:18:56.119><c> because</c>

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of<00:18:56.799><c> seeing</c><00:18:56.980><c> the</c><00:18:57.240><c> angel</c>

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proclaimed<00:19:02.099><c> to</c><00:19:02.339><c> her.</c>

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She<00:19:03.619><c> didn't</c><00:19:03.900><c> have</c><00:19:04.140><c> time</c><00:19:04.339><c> to</c><00:19:04.500><c> rush</c><00:19:04.700><c> off</c><00:19:04.880><c> and</c><00:19:05.000><c> get</c><00:19:05.099><c> her</c><00:19:05.339><c> Bible</c><00:19:05.779><c> or</c>

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her<00:19:06.720><c> concordance,</c><00:19:07.900><c> reference</c><00:19:08.099><c> books</c><00:19:08.420><c> or</c><00:19:08.660><c> anything</c><00:19:09.000><c> else.</c>

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Can<00:19:19.460><c> you</c><00:19:19.599><c> believe</c><00:19:19.880><c> that?</c><00:19:20.200><c> Do</c><00:19:20.359><c> you</c><00:19:20.440><c> know</c><00:19:20.519><c> where</c><00:19:20.700><c> she</c><00:19:20.880><c> was</c><00:19:21.180><c> quoting</c><00:19:21.380><c> from,</c>

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young<00:19:21.819><c> people?</c>

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Brethren<00:19:22.539><c> and</c><00:19:22.720><c> sisters,</c><00:19:22.920><c> do</c><00:19:23.119><c> you</c><00:19:23.259><c> know</c><00:19:23.380><c> where</c><00:19:23.539><c> she</c><00:19:23.720><c> was</c><00:19:23.940><c> quoting</c><00:19:24.099><c> from?</c>

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Because<00:19:25.400><c> she</c><00:19:25.640><c> knew</c><00:19:25.819><c> where</c><00:19:26.000><c> she</c><00:19:26.160><c> was</c><00:19:26.359><c> quoting</c><00:19:26.539><c> from.</c>

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The<00:19:27.799><c> words</c><00:19:28.140><c> of</c><00:19:28.319><c> the</c><00:19:28.579><c> Psalms</c><00:19:28.819><c> just</c><00:19:29.099><c> came</c><00:19:29.400><c> straight</c><00:19:30.099><c> out</c><00:19:30.380><c> of</c><00:19:30.400><c> her</c><00:19:30.599><c> mouth.</c>

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Now<00:19:31.519><c> that's</c><00:19:31.779><c> an</c><00:19:32.039><c> interesting</c><00:19:32.480><c> observation.</c>

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And<00:19:33.819><c> you</c><00:19:33.900><c> might</c><00:19:34.079><c> like</c><00:19:34.339><c> to</c><00:19:34.519><c> make</c><00:19:34.680><c> a</c><00:19:34.779><c> note,</c><00:19:34.940><c> we're</c><00:19:35.039><c> not</c><00:19:35.220><c> going</c><00:19:35.400><c> to</c>

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look<00:19:35.599><c> it</c><00:19:35.720><c> up</c><00:19:35.799><c> at</c><00:19:35.940><c> the</c><00:19:36.079><c> moment,</c>

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but<00:19:36.500><c> in</c><00:19:36.759><c> Psalm</c><00:19:36.920><c> 86</c><00:19:37.420><c> and</c><00:19:37.599><c> verse</c><00:19:37.839><c> 16,</c><00:19:39.380><c> and</c><00:19:39.619><c> Psalm</c><00:19:39.819><c> 116</c><00:19:40.980><c> also</c><00:19:41.440><c> at</c>

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verse<00:19:41.859><c> 16,</c>

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those<00:19:44.440><c> Psalms</c><00:19:44.920><c> speak</c><00:19:45.319><c> of</c><00:19:46.119><c> the</c><00:19:46.640><c> Son</c><00:19:46.920><c> of</c><00:19:47.160><c> God's</c><00:19:47.759><c> handmaid,</c><00:19:49.359><c> Messianically.</c>

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And<00:19:51.619><c> you</c><00:19:51.700><c> know</c><00:19:51.759><c> what</c><00:19:51.900><c> this</c><00:19:52.140><c> is</c><00:19:52.359><c> saying</c><00:19:52.559><c> to</c><00:19:52.799><c> us?</c>

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This<00:19:53.599><c> spontaneously</c><00:19:54.480><c> comes</c><00:19:54.839><c> from</c><00:19:55.019><c> her</c><00:19:55.240><c> mouth.</c>

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It<00:19:56.380><c> must</c><00:19:56.759><c> clearly</c><00:19:57.240><c> imply</c><00:19:57.880><c> that</c><00:19:58.599><c> she</c><00:19:58.859><c> was</c><00:19:59.220><c> longing</c><00:19:59.599><c> and</c><00:20:00.039><c> waiting</c><00:20:00.460><c> for</c><00:20:00.880><c> Messiah</c><00:20:01.299><c> to</c><00:20:01.599><c> come.</c>

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She<00:20:02.460><c> wasn't</c><00:20:02.759><c> necessarily</c><00:20:03.480><c> expecting</c><00:20:04.119><c> that</c><00:20:04.400><c> she</c><00:20:04.559><c> was</c><00:20:04.779><c> going</c>

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to<00:20:05.039><c> be</c><00:20:05.160><c> the</c><00:20:05.339><c> mother</c><00:20:05.519><c> of</c><00:20:05.680><c> it,</c>

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though<00:20:05.900><c> there</c><00:20:06.119><c> may</c><00:20:06.259><c> have</c><00:20:06.460><c> been</c><00:20:06.579><c> many</c><00:20:06.839><c> in</c><00:20:06.980><c> Israel</c><00:20:07.359><c> who</c><00:20:07.700><c> hoped</c>

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But<00:20:14.119><c> she</c><00:20:14.279><c> was</c><00:20:14.619><c> earnestly</c><00:20:15.160><c> looking</c><00:20:15.579><c> for</c><00:20:15.799><c> Messiah,</c><00:20:16.519><c> and</c><00:20:16.559><c> she'd</c>

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poured<00:20:17.140><c> over</c><00:20:17.440><c> those</c><00:20:17.740><c> Psalms,</c>

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she'd<00:20:18.359><c> read</c><00:20:18.539><c> them</c><00:20:18.819><c> time</c><00:20:19.119><c> and</c><00:20:19.339><c> again,</c><00:20:19.779><c> and</c><00:20:20.019><c> she'd</c><00:20:20.480><c> caught</c><00:20:20.640><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:20:21.220><c> of</c><00:20:21.380><c> it,</c>

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she'd<00:20:21.799><c> seen</c><00:20:22.039><c> what</c><00:20:22.279><c> God</c><00:20:22.460><c> was</c><00:20:22.720><c> going</c><00:20:22.859><c> to</c><00:20:23.039><c> do,</c><00:20:23.680><c> that</c><00:20:23.880><c> there</c><00:20:24.119><c> would</c>

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be<00:20:24.579><c> a</c><00:20:24.880><c> Son</c><00:20:25.059><c> of</c><00:20:25.319><c> His</c><00:20:25.839><c> handmaid.</c>

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And<00:20:27.680><c> the</c><00:20:27.900><c> words</c><00:20:28.119><c> that</c><00:20:28.339><c> just</c><00:20:28.519><c> come</c><00:20:28.680><c> out</c><00:20:28.880><c> of</c><00:20:28.940><c> her</c><00:20:29.099><c> mouth</c><00:20:29.299><c> on</c><00:20:29.480><c> that</c>

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occasion<00:20:29.960><c> are,</c>

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behold,<00:20:32.000><c> the</c><00:20:32.299><c> handmaid</c><00:20:32.920><c> of</c><00:20:33.099><c> the</c><00:20:33.299><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:20:36.920><c> a</c><00:20:37.119><c> marvellous</c><00:20:37.579><c> thing</c><00:20:38.000><c> if</c><00:20:39.720><c> we</c><00:20:39.900><c> knew</c><00:20:40.039><c> our</c><00:20:40.279><c> Bibles</c><00:20:40.759><c> like</c><00:20:41.380><c> that.</c>

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Sisters<00:20:43.119><c> as</c><00:20:45.920><c> well</c><00:20:46.119><c> as</c><00:20:46.299><c> brethren.</c>

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But<00:20:48.680><c> that's</c><00:20:48.920><c> not</c><00:20:49.099><c> all</c><00:20:49.339><c> we</c><00:20:49.480><c> know</c><00:20:49.660><c> about</c><00:20:49.880><c> her</c><00:20:50.119><c> mind.</c>

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She<00:20:52.420><c> went</c><00:20:52.599><c> to</c><00:20:52.740><c> see</c><00:20:52.920><c> Elizabeth.</c>

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And<00:20:55.619><c> after</c><00:20:55.880><c> Elizabeth</c><00:20:56.339><c> had</c><00:20:56.740><c> said</c><00:20:57.220><c> those</c><00:20:57.480><c> words,</c><00:20:57.880><c> we</c><00:20:57.900><c> read</c><00:20:58.079><c> a</c>

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moment<00:20:58.380><c> ago</c><00:20:58.619><c> in</c><00:20:58.779><c> verse</c><00:20:58.960><c> 45,</c>

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we<00:21:00.480><c> find</c><00:21:00.740><c> that</c><00:21:01.220><c> Mary</c><00:21:01.619><c> spontaneously,</c><00:21:02.740><c> in</c><00:21:02.880><c> verse</c><00:21:03.140><c> 46</c><00:21:03.799><c> of</c><00:21:03.960><c> this</c><00:21:04.119><c> chapter,</c>

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bursts<00:21:05.460><c> into</c><00:21:05.859><c> a</c><00:21:06.099><c> song,</c><00:21:07.799><c> often</c><00:21:08.119><c> referred</c><00:21:08.519><c> to</c><00:21:08.700><c> as</c><00:21:08.839><c> the</c><00:21:09.039><c> Song</c><00:21:09.240><c> of</c><00:21:09.400><c> Mary,</c>

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as<00:21:09.859><c> if</c><00:21:11.539><c> she'd</c><00:21:11.940><c> sat</c><00:21:12.180><c> down</c><00:21:12.599><c> and</c><00:21:12.880><c> written</c><00:21:13.039><c> this</c><00:21:13.359><c> thing</c><00:21:13.539><c> out,</c>

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and<00:21:14.720><c> was</c><00:21:15.180><c> then</c><00:21:15.700><c> being</c><00:21:16.279><c> prepared</c><00:21:16.660><c> to</c><00:21:16.839><c> sing</c><00:21:17.039><c> it,</c><00:21:17.440><c> or</c><00:21:17.640><c> others</c><00:21:17.900><c> to</c>

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sing<00:21:18.279><c> it,</c><00:21:18.480><c> at</c><00:21:18.660><c> some</c><00:21:18.819><c> later</c><00:21:19.039><c> generation.</c>

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It<00:21:20.019><c> just</c><00:21:20.259><c> comes</c><00:21:20.500><c> out</c><00:21:20.720><c> as</c><00:21:20.900><c> soon</c><00:21:21.019><c> as</c><00:21:21.079><c> she's</c><00:21:21.400><c> there.</c>

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She'd<00:21:22.339><c> obviously</c><00:21:22.740><c> been</c><00:21:23.000><c> thinking</c><00:21:23.220><c> about</c><00:21:23.460><c> all</c><00:21:23.720><c> these</c><00:21:23.960><c> things</c>

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as<00:21:24.339><c> she'd</c><00:21:24.779><c> run</c><00:21:24.960><c> across</c><00:21:25.259><c> the</c><00:21:25.480><c> hill</c><00:21:25.640><c> country</c>

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from<00:21:27.640><c> Nazareth</c><00:21:28.500><c> right</c><00:21:28.900><c> down</c><00:21:29.140><c> to</c><00:21:29.359><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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But<00:21:34.440><c> when</c><00:21:35.039><c> we</c><00:21:35.420><c> read</c><00:21:35.720><c> very</c><00:21:36.059><c> carefully</c><00:21:36.460><c> those</c><00:21:36.779><c> words</c><00:21:37.180><c> from</c><00:21:37.519><c> verse</c><00:21:37.859><c> 46</c>

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through<00:21:39.819><c> to</c><00:21:40.720><c> verse</c><00:21:41.079><c> 55,</c>

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there<00:21:44.259><c> is</c><00:21:44.559><c> a</c><00:21:44.819><c> tremendous</c><00:21:45.400><c> spirit</c><00:21:45.920><c> that</c><00:21:46.259><c> comes</c><00:21:46.500><c> out</c><00:21:46.720><c> of</c><00:21:46.839><c> these</c><00:21:47.039><c> words.</c>

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And<00:21:49.039><c> by</c><00:21:49.220><c> the</c><00:21:49.420><c> way,</c><00:21:50.460><c> the</c><00:21:50.579><c> record</c><00:21:50.880><c> here</c><00:21:51.160><c> does</c><00:21:51.440><c> not</c><00:21:51.740><c> say</c><00:21:52.400><c> that</c><00:21:53.920><c> she</c>

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was<00:21:54.700><c> speaking</c><00:21:55.019><c> under</c><00:21:55.480><c> inspiration.</c>

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It<00:21:58.000><c> may</c><00:21:58.259><c> have</c><00:21:58.500><c> been</c><00:21:58.700><c> true,</c><00:21:58.880><c> but</c><00:21:59.039><c> the</c><00:21:59.220><c> record</c><00:21:59.380><c> doesn't</c><00:21:59.680><c> say</c><00:21:59.960><c> it.</c>

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It<00:22:00.259><c> does</c><00:22:00.460><c> say</c><00:22:00.640><c> it</c><00:22:00.779><c> about</c><00:22:00.920><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:22:02.359><c> but</c><00:22:02.619><c> it</c><00:22:02.839><c> doesn't</c><00:22:03.160><c> about</c><00:22:03.359><c> Mary.</c>

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But<00:22:05.000><c> her</c><00:22:05.259><c> mind</c><00:22:05.680><c> was</c><00:22:06.940><c> churning</c><00:22:07.319><c> over</c><00:22:07.660><c> all</c><00:22:08.200><c> these</c><00:22:08.500><c> things,</c>

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pulling<00:22:09.259><c> together</c><00:22:09.720><c> the</c><00:22:09.940><c> scriptures</c><00:22:10.440><c> and</c><00:22:11.559><c> contemplating</c><00:22:12.380><c> the</c>

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enormity<00:22:13.160><c> of</c><00:22:13.440><c> the</c><00:22:13.960><c> commission</c>

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that<00:22:14.460><c> had</c><00:22:14.640><c> been</c><00:22:14.839><c> laid</c><00:22:15.099><c> upon</c><00:22:15.440><c> her</c><00:22:15.920><c> that</c><00:22:16.660><c> would</c><00:22:17.200><c> once</c><00:22:17.700><c> and</c><00:22:17.980><c> for</c>

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all<00:22:18.440><c> change</c><00:22:18.960><c> the</c><00:22:19.220><c> direction</c>

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and<00:22:19.920><c> the</c><00:22:20.160><c> dimension</c><00:22:20.579><c> of</c><00:22:20.799><c> her</c><00:22:21.019><c> life.</c>

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Verse<00:22:22.380><c> 46,</c>

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But<00:22:40.180><c> a</c><00:22:40.420><c> spirit</c><00:22:40.559><c> of</c><00:22:40.940><c> thankfulness</c><00:22:41.559><c> there,</c><00:22:42.900><c> young</c><00:22:43.059><c> people,</c><00:22:44.259><c> that</c><00:22:44.539><c> spontaneously</c><00:22:45.660><c> welled</c><00:22:45.980><c> up</c>

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in<00:22:46.519><c> her</c><00:22:46.819><c> heart.</c>

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This<00:22:49.299><c> is</c><00:22:50.039><c> the</c><00:22:50.259><c> girl</c><00:22:50.579><c> that</c><00:22:50.940><c> God</c><00:22:51.279><c> chose.</c>

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Her<00:22:55.119><c> spontaneous</c><00:22:55.920><c> reaction</c><00:22:56.519><c> to</c><00:22:56.839><c> the</c><00:22:57.079><c> news</c><00:22:57.640><c> was</c><00:22:58.920><c> implicit</c><00:22:59.799><c> faith</c><00:23:00.339><c> and</c><00:23:00.599><c> obedience.</c>

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When<00:23:02.759><c> she</c><00:23:03.019><c> speaks</c><00:23:03.299><c> to</c><00:23:03.539><c> Elizabeth</c><00:23:04.039><c> and</c><00:23:04.700><c> confides</c><00:23:05.259><c> in</c><00:23:05.519><c> her</c><00:23:05.900><c> the</c>

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first<00:23:06.720><c> words</c><00:23:07.059><c> that</c><00:23:07.299><c> come</c><00:23:07.420><c> out</c><00:23:07.619><c> of</c><00:23:07.740><c> her</c><00:23:07.920><c> mouth</c>

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to<00:23:09.099><c> show</c><00:23:09.359><c> her</c><00:23:09.740><c> a</c><00:23:09.759><c> sense</c><00:23:10.160><c> of</c><00:23:10.579><c> gratitude</c><00:23:11.259><c> and</c><00:23:12.200><c> thankfulness</c><00:23:13.019><c> to</c>

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all<00:23:13.539><c> that</c><00:23:13.740><c> God</c><00:23:13.940><c> has</c><00:23:14.200><c> done.</c>

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What<00:23:15.779><c> a</c><00:23:16.160><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:23:17.420><c> we</c><00:23:17.519><c> can</c><00:23:17.700><c> all</c><00:23:17.920><c> learn</c><00:23:18.240><c> from</c><00:23:18.519><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:23:25.339><c> one</c><00:23:25.440><c> of</c><00:23:25.539><c> the</c><00:23:25.799><c> characteristics</c><00:23:26.420><c> of</c><00:23:26.859><c> our</c><00:23:27.079><c> age,</c><00:23:27.339><c> but</c><00:23:27.500><c> let's</c>

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learn<00:23:28.099><c> from</c><00:23:28.319><c> Mary.</c>

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Verse<00:23:29.539><c> 51</c><00:23:30.619><c> goes</c><00:23:31.099><c> on</c><00:23:31.279><c> to</c><00:23:32.400><c> speak</c><00:23:32.599><c> of</c><00:23:33.000><c> her</c><00:23:33.559><c> wider</c><00:23:34.220><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:23:35.200><c> the</c><00:23:35.400><c> purpose</c><00:23:35.680><c> of</c><00:23:36.000><c> God.</c>

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He<00:23:37.599><c> hath</c><00:23:37.759><c> showed</c><00:23:38.240><c> strength</c><00:23:38.980><c> with</c><00:23:39.220><c> his</c><00:23:39.460><c> arm.</c>

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He<00:23:39.839><c> hath</c><00:23:40.119><c> scattered</c><00:23:40.460><c> the</c><00:23:40.799><c> proud</c><00:23:40.980><c> in</c><00:23:41.140><c> the</c><00:23:41.319><c> imagination</c><00:23:41.759><c> of</c>

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their<00:23:42.099><c> hearts.</c>

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He<00:23:43.920><c> hath</c><00:23:44.039><c> put</c><00:23:44.259><c> down</c><00:23:44.500><c> the</c><00:23:44.799><c> mighty</c><00:23:45.180><c> from</c><00:23:45.440><c> their</c><00:23:45.740><c> seats</c><00:23:45.980><c> and</c><00:23:46.240><c> exalted</c><00:23:46.619><c> them</c>

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of<00:23:47.099><c> low</c><00:23:47.240><c> degree.</c>

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See<00:23:48.660><c> the</c><00:23:48.920><c> insight</c><00:23:49.519><c> of</c><00:23:49.700><c> this</c><00:23:50.019><c> young</c><00:23:50.839><c> teenage</c><00:23:51.579><c> girl.</c>

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She's<00:23:55.039><c> looking</c><00:23:55.319><c> through</c><00:23:56.039><c> the</c><00:23:56.259><c> scriptures</c><00:23:56.740><c> and</c><00:23:57.319><c> casting</c><00:23:57.720><c> her</c>

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mind<00:23:58.220><c> through</c><00:23:58.440><c> all</c><00:23:58.740><c> those</c><00:23:59.000><c> things</c><00:23:59.220><c> that</c><00:23:59.400><c> she</c><00:23:59.599><c> knew</c>

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and<00:24:00.500><c> is</c><00:24:00.759><c> pulling</c><00:24:00.960><c> out</c><00:24:01.299><c> from</c><00:24:01.539><c> there,</c><00:24:02.440><c> brethren</c><00:24:02.579><c> and</c><00:24:02.859><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:24:03.259><c> young</c><00:24:03.420><c> people,</c>

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all<00:24:03.799><c> those</c><00:24:03.980><c> things</c><00:24:04.240><c> that</c><00:24:04.440><c> God</c><00:24:04.799><c> truly</c><00:24:05.279><c> delights</c><00:24:05.779><c> in.</c>

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And<00:24:06.740><c> she's</c><00:24:07.119><c> right</c><00:24:07.440><c> on</c><00:24:07.880><c> track</c><00:24:08.420><c> because</c><00:24:09.680><c> God</c><00:24:10.079><c> cannot</c><00:24:10.460><c> stand</c><00:24:11.160><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:24:11.779><c> and</c><00:24:11.920><c> the</c><00:24:12.299><c> proud</c>

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and<00:24:13.059><c> the</c><00:24:13.380><c> lofty</c><00:24:13.799><c> who</c><00:24:14.099><c> arrogantly</c><00:24:14.940><c> parade</c><00:24:15.519><c> their</c><00:24:15.960><c> own</c><00:24:16.319><c> righteousness</c><00:24:16.940><c> and</c>

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themselves<00:24:18.059><c> before</c><00:24:18.500><c> him.</c>

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He<00:24:19.220><c> will</c><00:24:19.500><c> look</c><00:24:20.000><c> to</c><00:24:20.359><c> them</c><00:24:20.640><c> that</c><00:24:20.920><c> are</c><00:24:21.519><c> of</c><00:24:21.539><c> a</c><00:24:21.819><c> meek</c><00:24:22.059><c> and</c><00:24:22.299><c> a</c><00:24:22.539><c> contrite</c><00:24:23.579><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:24:26.859><c> she</c><00:24:27.079><c> speaks</c><00:24:27.380><c> of</c><00:24:27.539><c> it</c><00:24:28.460><c> there</c><00:24:28.859><c> in</c><00:24:29.079><c> verse</c><00:24:29.279><c> 52.</c>

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Verse<00:24:30.359><c> 53.</c>

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He<00:24:31.259><c> hath</c><00:24:31.480><c> filled</c><00:24:31.799><c> the</c><00:24:32.059><c> hungry</c><00:24:32.359><c> with</c><00:24:32.539><c> good</c><00:24:32.779><c> things</c><00:24:33.000><c> and</c><00:24:33.160><c> the</c>

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rich<00:24:33.720><c> sent</c><00:24:33.960><c> away</c><00:24:34.279><c> empty.</c>

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He<00:24:35.079><c> hath</c><00:24:35.279><c> opened</c><00:24:35.539><c> his</c><00:24:35.900><c> servant</c><00:24:36.259><c> Israel</c><00:24:36.759><c> in</c><00:24:37.099><c> remembrance</c><00:24:37.559><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:38.079><c> mercy.</c>

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She<00:24:38.900><c> knows</c><00:24:39.180><c> something</c><00:24:39.599><c> about</c><00:24:40.119><c> God,</c><00:24:40.500><c> doesn't</c><00:24:40.839><c> she?</c>

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She's<00:24:43.359><c> read</c><00:24:43.599><c> her</c><00:24:43.859><c> Bible.</c><00:24:44.240><c> She's</c><00:24:44.660><c> thought</c><00:24:44.859><c> about</c><00:24:45.099><c> it.</c>

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As<00:24:47.140><c> he</c><00:24:47.519><c> spake,</c><00:24:47.920><c> verse</c><00:24:48.200><c> 55,</c><00:24:48.839><c> to</c><00:24:49.019><c> our</c><00:24:49.259><c> fathers,</c><00:24:49.839><c> to</c><00:24:49.920><c> Abraham</c><00:24:50.359><c> and</c>

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to<00:24:50.680><c> his</c><00:24:50.980><c> seed</c><00:24:51.220><c> forever,</c>

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she<00:24:52.240><c> knew</c><00:24:52.339><c> what</c><00:24:52.519><c> the</c><00:24:52.799><c> promises</c><00:24:53.119><c> were</c><00:24:53.339><c> all</c><00:24:53.559><c> about.</c>

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She<00:24:54.220><c> knew</c><00:24:54.460><c> what</c><00:24:54.640><c> the</c><00:24:54.960><c> character</c><00:24:55.240><c> of</c><00:24:55.519><c> God</c><00:24:55.700><c> was</c><00:24:56.000><c> like.</c>

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She<00:24:56.460><c> knew</c><00:24:56.680><c> why</c><00:24:57.180><c> God</c><00:24:57.519><c> had</c><00:24:57.980><c> given</c><00:24:58.180><c> promises.</c>

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She<00:24:59.200><c> knew</c><00:24:59.460><c> the</c><00:25:00.640><c> intent</c><00:25:01.339><c> of</c><00:25:01.980><c> the</c><00:25:02.279><c> Father</c><00:25:02.539><c> in</c><00:25:02.819><c> the</c><00:25:02.960><c> heavens.</c>

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And<00:25:04.160><c> she's</c><00:25:04.480><c> in</c><00:25:04.619><c> her</c><00:25:04.980><c> teens,</c><00:25:06.559><c> young</c><00:25:06.779><c> sisters.</c>

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No<00:25:09.440><c> wonder</c><00:25:09.740><c> God</c><00:25:10.140><c> looked</c><00:25:10.539><c> favorably</c><00:25:11.700><c> upon</c><00:25:12.359><c> her.</c>

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And<00:25:14.440><c> she</c><00:25:14.680><c> speaks</c><00:25:14.960><c> of</c><00:25:15.140><c> the</c><00:25:15.400><c> wider</c><00:25:15.640><c> development</c><00:25:16.140><c> of</c><00:25:16.299><c> the</c><00:25:16.500><c> purpose</c><00:25:16.779><c> of</c><00:25:17.079><c> God.</c>

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What<00:25:18.279><c> fantastic</c><00:25:19.079><c> understanding.</c>

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But<00:25:21.819><c> her</c><00:25:22.160><c> words</c><00:25:22.920><c> are</c><00:25:23.920><c> based</c><00:25:25.119><c> fairly</c><00:25:26.700><c> and</c><00:25:27.160><c> squarely</c><00:25:27.980><c> on</c><00:25:29.079><c> the</c><00:25:29.299><c> prayer</c><00:25:29.619><c> that</c><00:25:30.059><c> Hannah</c><00:25:30.220><c> gave</c><00:25:30.940><c> in</c>

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1<00:25:32.299><c> Samuel</c><00:25:32.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:33.160><c> 2.</c>

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I'm<00:25:34.579><c> not</c><00:25:34.720><c> going</c><00:25:34.859><c> to</c><00:25:35.039><c> turn</c><00:25:35.220><c> to</c><00:25:35.380><c> that</c><00:25:35.500><c> now,</c><00:25:36.440><c> brethren</c><00:25:36.640><c> and</c><00:25:36.799><c> sisters</c><00:25:37.039><c> and</c>

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young<00:25:37.380><c> people.</c>

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But<00:25:38.880><c> she's</c><00:25:39.079><c> not</c><00:25:39.299><c> just</c><00:25:39.859><c> citing</c><00:25:40.559><c> Hannah's</c><00:25:41.680><c> prayer.</c>

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She's<00:25:44.660><c> expounding</c><00:25:45.400><c> it.</c>

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Why<00:25:48.180><c> Hannah?</c>

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Why<00:25:49.440><c> did</c><00:25:49.599><c> her</c><00:25:49.859><c> mind</c><00:25:49.980><c> go</c><00:25:50.180><c> back</c><00:25:50.359><c> to</c><00:25:50.519><c> Hannah?</c>

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And<00:25:50.940><c> how</c><00:25:51.180><c> come</c><00:25:51.319><c> she</c><00:25:51.559><c> remembered</c><00:25:51.819><c> all</c><00:25:52.160><c> of</c><00:25:52.319><c> these</c><00:25:52.480><c> things?</c>

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Could<00:25:53.099><c> you</c><00:25:53.440><c> cite</c><00:25:53.640><c> Hannah's</c><00:25:54.180><c> prayer?</c>

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I<00:25:54.740><c> tell</c><00:25:54.980><c> you,</c><00:25:55.180><c> young</c><00:25:55.299><c> people</c><00:25:55.740><c> and</c><00:25:55.900><c> brethren</c><00:25:56.079><c> and</c><00:25:56.220><c> sisters,</c><00:25:56.420><c> I</c><00:25:56.779><c> can't.</c>

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She<00:26:01.160><c> could.</c>

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And<00:26:02.799><c> she</c><00:26:02.920><c> could</c><00:26:03.079><c> go</c><00:26:03.279><c> one</c><00:26:03.619><c> step</c><00:26:03.799><c> further.</c>

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:06.259
She<00:26:05.099><c> knew</c><00:26:05.400><c> what</c><00:26:05.539><c> it</c><00:26:05.799><c> all</c><00:26:06.019><c> meant.</c>

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But<00:26:06.619><c> why</c><00:26:06.839><c> did</c><00:26:07.039><c> her</c><00:26:07.279><c> mind</c><00:26:07.480><c> go</c><00:26:07.740><c> back</c><00:26:08.019><c> there</c><00:26:08.240><c> to</c><00:26:08.380><c> Hannah's</c><00:26:08.859><c> prayer?</c>

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Why?

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Did<00:26:10.799><c> you</c><00:26:11.099><c> know?</c><00:26:11.400><c> Because</c><00:26:11.700><c> she</c><00:26:12.019><c> did.</c>

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That<00:26:13.039><c> Hannah</c><00:26:13.240><c> was</c><00:26:13.460><c> the</c><00:26:13.839><c> first</c><00:26:14.680><c> person</c>

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and<00:26:16.079><c> a</c><00:26:16.319><c> woman</c><00:26:16.559><c> at</c><00:26:16.779><c> that</c><00:26:17.220><c> in</c><00:26:17.539><c> the</c><00:26:17.720><c> Old</c><00:26:17.940><c> Testament</c><00:26:18.339><c> to</c><00:26:18.579><c> talk</c><00:26:18.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:19.220><c> Messiah.</c>

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Of<00:26:22.039><c> course,</c><00:26:22.440><c> the</c><00:26:22.519><c> Messiah</c><00:26:22.839><c> had</c><00:26:23.000><c> been</c><00:26:23.299><c> promised</c><00:26:23.579><c> in</c><00:26:23.779><c> other</c><00:26:24.000><c> terms</c><00:26:24.380><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:24.779><c> seed</c><00:26:24.859><c> of</c><00:26:25.019><c> the</c><00:26:25.140><c> woman</c>

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and<00:26:26.099><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:26.779><c> son</c><00:26:26.859><c> and</c><00:26:27.039><c> so</c><00:26:27.240><c> on.</c>

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But<00:26:28.059><c> there</c><00:26:28.359><c> in</c><00:26:28.740><c> Hannah's</c><00:26:29.299><c> prayer,</c><00:26:30.279><c> we</c><00:26:30.480><c> find</c><00:26:31.259><c> her</c><00:26:31.720><c> referring</c>

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to<00:26:32.559><c> Messiah</c><00:26:33.299><c> in</c><00:26:33.660><c> the</c><00:26:33.940><c> Septuagint.</c>

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It's<00:26:34.880><c> the</c><00:26:35.079><c> same</c><00:26:35.299><c> as</c><00:26:35.440><c> the</c><00:26:35.720><c> Greek</c><00:26:35.880><c> for</c><00:26:36.099><c> Messiah</c><00:26:36.519><c> in</c><00:26:36.980><c> the</c><00:26:37.099><c> New</c><00:26:37.259><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:26:38.519><c> she</c><00:26:38.660><c> doesn't</c><00:26:38.980><c> stop</c><00:26:39.339><c> there.</c>

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She<00:26:39.740><c> weaves</c><00:26:40.220><c> in</c><00:26:41.000><c> many</c><00:26:41.619><c> allusions</c><00:26:42.240><c> from</c><00:26:42.519><c> the</c><00:26:42.799><c> Psalms.</c>

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Her<00:26:43.500><c> mind</c><00:26:43.880><c> is</c><00:26:44.079><c> just</c><00:26:44.420><c> full</c><00:26:44.799><c> of</c><00:26:45.500><c> scriptural</c><00:26:46.559><c> connotations</c><00:26:47.400><c> of</c><00:26:47.599><c> Messiah</c>

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because<00:26:48.480><c> it</c><00:26:48.640><c> was</c><00:26:48.900><c> the</c><00:26:49.180><c> time</c><00:26:49.400><c> that</c><00:26:49.579><c> she</c><00:26:49.720><c> was</c><00:26:50.099><c> anticipating</c><00:26:50.680><c> so</c><00:26:51.119><c> keenly.</c>

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She<00:26:51.920><c> looked</c><00:26:52.240><c> for</c><00:26:52.460><c> the</c><00:26:52.740><c> return</c><00:26:53.279><c> of</c><00:26:53.799><c> her</c><00:26:54.200><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.500><c> into</c><00:26:54.779><c> the</c><00:26:54.940><c> midst</c>

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of<00:26:55.319><c> Israel</c>

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because<00:26:56.339><c> Daniel</c><00:26:56.720><c> had</c><00:26:56.960><c> said</c><00:26:57.059><c> it</c><00:26:57.200><c> was</c><00:26:57.339><c> the</c><00:26:57.599><c> time</c><00:26:57.779><c> He</c><00:26:57.900><c> would</c><00:26:58.140><c> come.</c>

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And<00:26:59.619><c> she'd</c><00:26:59.960><c> given</c><00:27:00.240><c> her</c><00:27:01.079><c> mind</c><00:27:01.460><c> to</c><00:27:01.740><c> those</c><00:27:02.039><c> things.</c>

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And<00:27:02.500><c> she's</c><00:27:02.700><c> only</c><00:27:03.279><c> a</c><00:27:03.559><c> young</c><00:27:03.900><c> teenage</c><00:27:04.380><c> sister.</c>

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Where<00:27:06.779><c> had</c><00:27:06.900><c> she</c><00:27:07.220><c> spent</c><00:27:08.160><c> the</c><00:27:09.400><c> other</c><00:27:09.700><c> part</c><00:27:09.960><c> of</c><00:27:10.200><c> her</c><00:27:10.539><c> teenage</c><00:27:10.980><c> years?</c>

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Where<00:27:13.119><c> had</c><00:27:13.279><c> she</c><00:27:13.660><c> spent</c><00:27:14.019><c> her</c><00:27:14.519><c> lunchtimes?</c>

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Young<00:27:17.019><c> sisters</c><00:27:17.599><c> in</c><00:27:18.779><c> department</c><00:27:19.460><c> stores,</c><00:27:21.759><c> chasing</c><00:27:22.180><c> fashions,</c>

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reading<00:27:24.640><c> romantic</c><00:27:25.420><c> novels,</c><00:27:27.299><c> women's</c><00:27:27.819><c> magazines.</c>

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What<00:27:33.119><c> do</c><00:27:33.319><c> we</c><00:27:33.559><c> feed</c><00:27:33.740><c> our</c><00:27:34.079><c> minds</c><00:27:34.440><c> on,</c><00:27:35.140><c> brethren</c><00:27:35.319><c> and</c><00:27:35.559><c> sisters?</c>

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Well,<00:27:37.180><c> what</c><00:27:37.180><c> comes</c><00:27:37.559><c> out</c><00:27:37.799><c> of</c><00:27:37.940><c> our</c><00:27:38.160><c> mouth</c><00:27:39.500><c> most</c><00:27:40.420><c> readily</c>

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will<00:27:43.420><c> tell</c><00:27:43.740><c> us</c><00:27:44.299><c> what</c><00:27:44.599><c> our</c><00:27:44.940><c> minds</c><00:27:45.599><c> are</c><00:27:46.200><c> feeding</c><00:27:46.440><c> on.</c>

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And<00:27:48.839><c> if</c><00:27:48.980><c> it</c><00:27:49.279><c> frightens</c><00:27:49.680><c> you</c><00:27:50.059><c> to</c><00:27:50.259><c> see</c><00:27:50.440><c> what</c><00:27:50.640><c> comes</c><00:27:50.940><c> out</c><00:27:51.160><c> of</c><00:27:51.220><c> your</c>

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mouth<00:27:51.660><c> at</c><00:27:51.960><c> times,</c>

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brethren<00:27:52.740><c> and</c><00:27:53.000><c> sisters</c><00:27:53.240><c> and</c><00:27:53.460><c> young</c><00:27:53.680><c> people,</c><00:27:54.799><c> start</c><00:27:55.319><c> feeding</c>

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your<00:27:56.079><c> mind.</c>

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We<00:27:56.900><c> all</c><00:27:57.259><c> have</c><00:27:57.539><c> to</c><00:27:57.720><c> do</c><00:27:57.940><c> it,</c><00:27:58.079><c> don't</c><00:27:58.299><c> we?</c>

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We're<00:27:59.980><c> wretched</c><00:28:00.180><c> and</c><00:28:00.359><c> we</c><00:28:00.460><c> go</c><00:28:00.619><c> off</c><00:28:00.900><c> the</c><00:28:01.180><c> track</c>

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and<00:28:01.480><c> our</c><00:28:01.720><c> minds</c><00:28:01.900><c> get</c><00:28:02.500><c> concentrated</c><00:28:03.140><c> on</c><00:28:03.539><c> this</c><00:28:03.799><c> or</c><00:28:04.119><c> that</c>

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and<00:28:04.799><c> we</c><00:28:05.079><c> get</c><00:28:05.940><c> completely</c><00:28:06.859><c> waylaid</c><00:28:07.440><c> from</c><00:28:07.740><c> scriptural</c><00:28:08.359><c> ideas</c>

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and<00:28:10.200><c> the</c><00:28:10.579><c> Spirit</c><00:28:10.819><c> of</c><00:28:11.059><c> God</c><00:28:11.339><c> and</c><00:28:11.700><c> the</c><00:28:12.279><c> expectancy</c><00:28:12.839><c> of</c><00:28:14.119><c> Christ</c>

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our<00:28:15.000><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:28:17.460><c> this</c><00:28:17.740><c> young</c><00:28:17.980><c> sister</c><00:28:18.380><c> didn't</c><00:28:18.779><c> know</c><00:28:19.819><c> that</c><00:28:20.079><c> on</c><00:28:20.400><c> that</c><00:28:20.759><c> day</c>

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in<00:28:22.900><c> that</c><00:28:23.220><c> house</c><00:28:23.839><c> an</c><00:28:24.380><c> angel</c><00:28:24.839><c> would</c><00:28:25.160><c> appear.</c>

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And<00:28:28.779><c> give</c><00:28:28.940><c> her</c><00:28:29.180><c> such</c><00:28:29.519><c> great</c><00:28:29.859><c> news.</c>

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It<00:28:33.180><c> was</c><00:28:33.819><c> her</c><00:28:34.500><c> reflective</c><00:28:35.099><c> mind,</c><00:28:37.200><c> her</c><00:28:37.579><c> meditative</c><00:28:38.359><c> spirit,</c>

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her<00:28:40.220><c> thinking</c><00:28:40.799><c> mind,</c><00:28:42.380><c> brethren</c><00:28:42.579><c> and</c><00:28:42.819><c> sisters,</c><00:28:44.180><c> that</c><00:28:44.500><c> God</c><00:28:44.859><c> really</c><00:28:45.700><c> delighted</c><00:28:46.160><c> in.</c>

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If<00:28:48.180><c> she</c><00:28:48.319><c> not</c><00:28:48.440><c> only</c><00:28:48.720><c> knew</c><00:28:49.319><c> what</c><00:28:49.680><c> the</c><00:28:49.920><c> Bible</c><00:28:50.180><c> said,</c><00:28:52.240><c> she'd</c><00:28:52.640><c> thought</c><00:28:52.779><c> about</c><00:28:53.079><c> it.</c>

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Long<00:28:55.359><c> and</c><00:28:55.640><c> hard</c><00:28:56.119><c> and</c><00:28:56.920><c> churned</c><00:28:57.299><c> it</c><00:28:57.539><c> over</c><00:28:57.740><c> in</c><00:28:57.960><c> her</c><00:28:58.180><c> minds</c><00:28:58.460><c> in</c><00:28:58.619><c> her</c>

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quiet<00:28:59.140><c> moments</c>

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but<00:29:01.319><c> she's</c><00:29:01.619><c> also</c><00:29:01.940><c> portrayed</c><00:29:02.440><c> in</c><00:29:02.680><c> the</c><00:29:02.920><c> record</c><00:29:03.140><c> of</c><00:29:03.400><c> Luke</c>

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and<00:29:04.519><c> I</c><00:29:04.700><c> wonder</c><00:29:04.839><c> whether</c><00:29:05.019><c> you've</c><00:29:05.200><c> ever</c><00:29:05.400><c> noticed</c><00:29:05.819><c> this.</c>

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She's<00:29:07.220><c> portrayed</c><00:29:07.640><c> in</c><00:29:07.799><c> the</c><00:29:08.019><c> record</c><00:29:08.240><c> of</c><00:29:08.480><c> Luke</c><00:29:08.720><c> here</c>

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:18.660
as<00:29:11.359><c> an</c><00:29:11.920><c> observant,</c><00:29:14.960><c> reflective,</c><00:29:16.680><c> thinking</c><00:29:17.119><c> young</c><00:29:17.640><c> woman.</c>

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:21.880
And<00:29:19.400><c> I've</c><00:29:19.559><c> chosen</c><00:29:19.859><c> those</c><00:29:20.160><c> words</c><00:29:20.579><c> deliberately.</c>

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:35.359
There<00:29:30.019><c> are</c><00:29:30.319><c> four</c><00:29:31.259><c> specific</c><00:29:32.720><c> terms</c><00:29:34.400><c> that</c><00:29:34.660><c> are</c><00:29:34.779><c> used</c>

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:38.460
in<00:29:35.900><c> just</c><00:29:36.240><c> these</c><00:29:36.579><c> two</c><00:29:36.799><c> chapters</c><00:29:37.180><c> in</c><00:29:37.420><c> Luke</c><00:29:37.680><c> here</c>

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:42.039
that<00:29:38.779><c> tell</c><00:29:39.059><c> us</c><00:29:40.099><c> about</c><00:29:40.460><c> Mary's</c><00:29:41.000><c> mind.</c>

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:48.140
By<00:29:45.279><c> the</c><00:29:45.500><c> way,</c><00:29:45.940><c> these</c><00:29:46.099><c> details</c><00:29:46.559><c> are</c><00:29:46.759><c> on</c><00:29:47.000><c> the</c><00:29:47.480><c> Bible</c><00:29:47.779><c> marking</c>

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.779
sheet<00:29:48.460><c> for</c><00:29:48.799><c> tonight</c>

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:53.700
so<00:29:51.059><c> there's</c><00:29:51.700><c> no</c><00:29:51.920><c> need</c><00:29:52.099><c> to</c><00:29:52.299><c> copy</c><00:29:52.579><c> those</c><00:29:52.900><c> off</c><00:29:53.079><c> the</c><00:29:53.339><c> overhead</c><00:29:53.539><c> if</c>

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.960
it's<00:29:53.880><c> difficult.</c>

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:59.500
But<00:29:56.140><c> in</c><00:29:56.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:56.740><c> 1</c><00:29:56.980><c> and</c><00:29:57.160><c> verse</c><00:29:57.440><c> 29</c><00:29:58.140><c> there</c>

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:03.599
we<00:29:59.980><c> find</c><00:30:00.140><c> this</c><00:30:00.480><c> term</c><00:30:00.720><c> she</c><00:30:01.140><c> cast</c><00:30:01.640><c> in</c><00:30:01.940><c> her</c><00:30:02.240><c> mind</c><00:30:02.640><c> what</c><00:30:03.000><c> manner</c><00:30:03.279><c> of</c>

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.240
salutation<00:30:04.359><c> this</c><00:30:05.539><c> should</c><00:30:05.799><c> be.</c>

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:12.980
And<00:30:09.299><c> of</c><00:30:09.440><c> that</c><00:30:09.660><c> word</c><00:30:09.920><c> Vine</c><00:30:10.180><c> says</c><00:30:10.519><c> it</c><00:30:10.839><c> means</c><00:30:11.099><c> to</c><00:30:11.380><c> reason</c><00:30:11.779><c> through,</c>

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.559
to<00:30:13.359><c> bring</c><00:30:13.599><c> together</c><00:30:14.000><c> different</c><00:30:14.380><c> reasons</c><00:30:14.839><c> and</c><00:30:15.039><c> to</c><00:30:15.200><c> reckon</c><00:30:15.319><c> them</c><00:30:15.480><c> up.</c>

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It's<00:30:15.759><c> actually</c><00:30:16.000><c> used</c><00:30:16.400><c> sometimes</c><00:30:17.019><c> in</c><00:30:17.759><c> terms</c><00:30:18.079><c> of</c><00:30:18.339><c> accounting</c>

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:21.299
to<00:30:19.740><c> make</c><00:30:20.119><c> things</c><00:30:20.480><c> balance,</c>

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:24.519
to<00:30:21.920><c> bring</c><00:30:22.140><c> things</c><00:30:22.480><c> together</c><00:30:23.039><c> in</c><00:30:23.519><c> the</c><00:30:23.759><c> mind</c><00:30:24.059><c> and</c><00:30:24.240><c> to</c><00:30:24.440><c> reckon</c>

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.859
them<00:30:24.700><c> up.</c>

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.880
And<00:30:25.140><c> she</c><00:30:25.259><c> was</c><00:30:25.440><c> doing</c><00:30:25.640><c> that.</c>

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.859
It<00:30:26.299><c> seems</c><00:30:26.619><c> evident</c><00:30:27.119><c> that</c><00:30:27.460><c> there</c><00:30:27.640><c> was</c><00:30:27.859><c> a</c><00:30:28.119><c> little</c><00:30:28.299><c> bit</c><00:30:28.440><c> of</c><00:30:28.640><c> a</c><00:30:28.799><c> pause</c>

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:34.440
between<00:30:30.539><c> the</c><00:30:30.880><c> angels</c><00:30:31.079><c> speaking</c><00:30:31.539><c> and</c><00:30:32.220><c> before</c><00:30:32.900><c> he</c><00:30:33.740><c> went</c><00:30:33.960><c> on</c>

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.339
and<00:30:35.380><c> she</c><00:30:35.700><c> was</c><00:30:36.119><c> thinking</c><00:30:36.400><c> about</c><00:30:36.700><c> all</c><00:30:36.980><c> these</c><00:30:37.160><c> things.</c>

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.440
A<00:30:37.940><c> rush</c><00:30:38.220><c> of</c><00:30:38.440><c> thoughts</c><00:30:38.700><c> came</c><00:30:38.920><c> into</c><00:30:39.099><c> her</c><00:30:39.279><c> mind.</c>

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.500
She<00:30:39.539><c> was</c><00:30:39.720><c> trying</c><00:30:39.900><c> to</c><00:30:40.000><c> put</c><00:30:40.099><c> them</c><00:30:40.240><c> all</c><00:30:40.359><c> together</c><00:30:40.599><c> and</c><00:30:40.819><c> reckon</c><00:30:40.980><c> things</c><00:30:41.220><c> up</c>

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.619
and<00:30:41.839><c> though</c><00:30:42.000><c> at</c><00:30:42.079><c> that</c><00:30:42.319><c> stage</c><00:30:42.500><c> she</c><00:30:42.700><c> may</c><00:30:42.940><c> not</c><00:30:43.079><c> have</c><00:30:43.240><c> been</c><00:30:43.400><c> able</c>

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:45.000
to<00:30:43.799><c> do</c><00:30:43.960><c> that,</c>

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:49.700
we<00:30:45.500><c> find</c><00:30:45.819><c> that</c><00:30:46.240><c> she</c><00:30:46.420><c> was</c><00:30:46.640><c> a</c><00:30:46.779><c> person</c><00:30:47.140><c> who</c><00:30:47.460><c> actually</c><00:30:48.319><c> tried</c><00:30:49.099><c> to</c>

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.940
store<00:30:49.980><c> things</c><00:30:50.380><c> away</c>

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.579
and<00:30:51.720><c> think</c><00:30:51.980><c> on</c><00:30:52.140><c> them</c><00:30:52.299><c> later.</c>

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.539
In<00:30:52.740><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.960><c> 2</c><00:30:53.200><c> and</c><00:30:53.380><c> verse</c><00:30:53.599><c> 19</c><00:30:54.480><c> there</c><00:30:55.420><c> are</c><00:30:55.619><c> two</c><00:30:55.859><c> terms</c><00:30:56.240><c> there</c>

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:58.839
that<00:30:56.720><c> are</c><00:30:56.779><c> used</c><00:30:56.960><c> in</c><00:30:57.099><c> that</c><00:30:57.220><c> very</c><00:30:57.519><c> same</c><00:30:57.799><c> verse.</c>

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:04.240
This<00:30:59.619><c> was</c><00:30:59.940><c> in</c><00:31:00.240><c> the</c><00:31:00.400><c> context</c><00:31:00.799><c> of</c><00:31:01.039><c> when</c><00:31:01.880><c> they</c><00:31:02.940><c> had,</c><00:31:03.839><c> after</c><00:31:04.019><c> the</c>

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.839
birth<00:31:04.440><c> of</c><00:31:04.700><c> Jesus</c>

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:12.079
and<00:31:06.740><c> the</c><00:31:06.920><c> angels</c><00:31:07.319><c> had</c><00:31:07.640><c> come</c><00:31:07.920><c> and</c><00:31:09.779><c> spoken</c><00:31:10.299><c> and</c><00:31:10.599><c> told</c><00:31:11.019><c> Mary</c><00:31:11.660><c> and</c><00:31:11.859><c> Joseph</c>

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.160
all<00:31:12.380><c> the</c><00:31:12.599><c> things</c><00:31:12.859><c> that</c><00:31:13.019><c> had</c><00:31:13.220><c> happened</c><00:31:13.420><c> down</c><00:31:13.559><c> on</c><00:31:13.720><c> the</c><00:31:13.859><c> hills</c><00:31:14.039><c> of</c><00:31:14.299><c> Judea.</c>

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:19.279
It<00:31:15.500><c> says,</c><00:31:15.859><c> but</c><00:31:15.859><c> Mary</c><00:31:16.359><c> kept</c><00:31:16.940><c> all</c><00:31:17.519><c> these</c><00:31:17.880><c> things</c><00:31:18.420><c> and</c><00:31:18.799><c> pondered</c>

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.960
them<00:31:19.400><c> in</c><00:31:19.539><c> her</c><00:31:19.700><c> heart</c>

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.980
to<00:31:20.359><c> keep</c><00:31:20.539><c> means</c><00:31:20.799><c> to</c><00:31:21.019><c> preserve</c><00:31:21.380><c> or</c><00:31:21.559><c> to</c><00:31:21.740><c> keep</c><00:31:22.000><c> close,</c><00:31:22.480><c> to</c><00:31:22.740><c> keep</c>

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:24.359
very<00:31:23.359><c> safe.</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:28.140
And<00:31:25.240><c> while</c><00:31:25.400><c> we're</c><00:31:25.640><c> told</c><00:31:25.900><c> in</c><00:31:26.079><c> verse</c><00:31:26.359><c> 18</c><00:31:26.900><c> that</c><00:31:27.240><c> all</c><00:31:27.660><c> they</c><00:31:27.880><c> that</c>

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.940
heard<00:31:28.400><c> these</c><00:31:28.700><c> things</c>

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:32.380
wondered<00:31:29.400><c> at</c><00:31:29.640><c> those</c><00:31:29.900><c> things</c><00:31:30.119><c> which</c><00:31:30.299><c> were</c><00:31:30.539><c> told</c><00:31:30.839><c> by</c><00:31:31.059><c> the</c><00:31:31.359><c> shepherds,</c>

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:36.500
Mary<00:31:32.859><c> is</c><00:31:33.319><c> singled</c><00:31:33.640><c> out</c><00:31:34.200><c> here</c><00:31:34.660><c> because</c><00:31:34.960><c> it</c><00:31:35.200><c> says</c><00:31:35.319><c> in</c><00:31:35.480><c> verse</c><00:31:35.640><c> 19,</c>

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:40.259
but<00:31:38.259><c> Mary</c><00:31:38.779><c> was</c><00:31:39.140><c> different.</c>

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:42.460
She<00:31:40.940><c> kept</c><00:31:41.400><c> them.</c>

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:44.980
She<00:31:43.240><c> kept</c><00:31:43.640><c> them</c><00:31:43.859><c> and</c><00:31:44.099><c> pondered</c><00:31:44.400><c> them</c><00:31:44.539><c> in</c><00:31:44.700><c> her</c><00:31:44.819><c> heart.</c>

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.640
She<00:31:45.359><c> preserved</c><00:31:45.799><c> those</c><00:31:46.039><c> words.</c>

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:52.059
Listen<00:31:47.440><c> very</c><00:31:47.859><c> carefully</c><00:31:48.259><c> to</c><00:31:48.500><c> all</c><00:31:48.720><c> the</c><00:31:48.819><c> words</c><00:31:49.059><c> that</c><00:31:50.019><c> those</c><00:31:51.400><c> shepherds</c><00:31:51.819><c> had</c>

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.359
told<00:31:52.200><c> her.</c>

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:54.279
She<00:31:52.700><c> didn't</c><00:31:52.960><c> know</c><00:31:53.200><c> some</c><00:31:53.440><c> of</c><00:31:53.539><c> the</c><00:31:53.640><c> things</c><00:31:53.799><c> that</c><00:31:53.920><c> they'd</c><00:31:54.160><c> said.</c>

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:57.200
It<00:31:54.519><c> hadn't</c><00:31:54.700><c> been</c><00:31:55.019><c> revealed</c><00:31:55.259><c> to</c><00:31:55.440><c> her</c><00:31:55.819><c> via</c><00:31:56.180><c> Gabriel.</c>

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:59.420
An<00:31:57.480><c> angel</c><00:31:57.700><c> hadn't</c><00:31:57.960><c> told</c><00:31:58.240><c> her</c><00:31:58.519><c> some</c><00:31:58.720><c> of</c><00:31:58.880><c> those</c><00:31:59.119><c> things.</c>

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:02.579
And<00:32:00.039><c> when</c><00:32:00.259><c> someone</c><00:32:00.440><c> else</c><00:32:00.740><c> came</c><00:32:00.920><c> and</c><00:32:01.099><c> said</c><00:32:01.240><c> they</c><00:32:01.779><c> saw</c><00:32:02.019><c> a</c><00:32:02.299><c> host</c>

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.440
of<00:32:02.900><c> angels</c><00:32:03.059><c> in</c><00:32:03.299><c> heaven</c>

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:07.099
and<00:32:03.599><c> they</c><00:32:03.799><c> spoke</c><00:32:04.039><c> these</c><00:32:04.420><c> words</c><00:32:04.799><c> and</c><00:32:04.900><c> we</c><00:32:05.079><c> saw</c><00:32:05.259><c> all</c><00:32:05.599><c> this</c><00:32:05.940><c> manifestation,</c>

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:10.240
she<00:32:07.619><c> locked</c><00:32:07.940><c> it</c><00:32:08.160><c> away</c><00:32:08.700><c> in</c><00:32:09.099><c> her</c><00:32:09.299><c> mind.</c>

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.619
And<00:32:10.720><c> she</c><00:32:11.000><c> pondered</c><00:32:11.380><c> them.</c>

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:14.480
She<00:32:11.819><c> put</c><00:32:11.980><c> one</c><00:32:12.279><c> thing</c><00:32:12.420><c> with</c><00:32:12.619><c> another</c><00:32:12.900><c> when</c><00:32:13.160><c> considering</c><00:32:13.779><c> circumstances.</c>

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:19.019
She<00:32:15.059><c> was</c><00:32:15.339><c> clearly</c><00:32:15.839><c> a</c><00:32:16.400><c> very</c><00:32:16.839><c> reflective</c><00:32:17.279><c> person</c><00:32:17.980><c> that</c><00:32:18.680><c> kept</c>

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.519
churning<00:32:19.519><c> these</c><00:32:19.839><c> things</c><00:32:20.099><c> over.</c>

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:27.859
And<00:32:20.960><c> in</c><00:32:21.079><c> chapter</c><00:32:21.339><c> 2</c><00:32:21.559><c> and</c><00:32:21.680><c> verse</c><00:32:21.900><c> 51,</c><00:32:23.519><c> after</c><00:32:23.980><c> they'd</c><00:32:24.599><c> lost</c><00:32:24.960><c> Jesus</c><00:32:25.680><c> temporarily</c><00:32:26.380><c> in</c><00:32:27.339><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:33.579
and<00:32:28.000><c> had</c><00:32:28.119><c> come</c><00:32:28.279><c> back</c><00:32:28.460><c> and</c><00:32:28.720><c> found</c><00:32:29.000><c> him</c><00:32:29.839><c> and</c><00:32:30.400><c> he'd</c><00:32:30.799><c> answered</c><00:32:31.299><c> his</c><00:32:32.319><c> mother</c>

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:40.900
in<00:32:35.319><c> a</c><00:32:35.460><c> way</c><00:32:35.680><c> that</c><00:32:36.279><c> had</c><00:32:38.279><c> surprised</c><00:32:39.079><c> both</c><00:32:39.460><c> her</c><00:32:39.720><c> and</c><00:32:39.880><c> Joseph.</c>

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.660
Verse<00:32:41.720><c> 51</c><00:32:42.160><c> says,</c>

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.900
And<00:32:42.799><c> he</c><00:32:42.839><c> went</c><00:32:43.099><c> down</c><00:32:43.380><c> with</c><00:32:43.599><c> them</c><00:32:43.720><c> and</c><00:32:43.859><c> came</c><00:32:44.160><c> to</c><00:32:44.380><c> Nazareth</c><00:32:44.759><c> and</c>

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:46.380
was<00:32:45.119><c> subject</c><00:32:45.740><c> unto</c><00:32:46.079><c> them,</c>

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:50.940
but<00:32:46.940><c> his</c><00:32:47.619><c> mother</c><00:32:47.880><c> kept</c><00:32:48.200><c> all</c><00:32:48.740><c> these</c><00:32:49.200><c> sayings</c><00:32:49.819><c> in</c><00:32:50.359><c> her</c><00:32:50.680><c> heart.</c>

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.799
And<00:32:51.339><c> it</c><00:32:51.420><c> means</c><00:32:51.519><c> to</c><00:32:51.799><c> keep</c><00:32:52.059><c> with</c><00:32:52.539><c> care,</c><00:32:52.859><c> to</c><00:32:52.960><c> have</c><00:32:53.140><c> one's</c><00:32:53.559><c> eye</c>

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.380
upon<00:32:54.039><c> throughout.</c>

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:58.059
So<00:32:54.759><c> she</c><00:32:54.920><c> never</c><00:32:55.279><c> ever</c><00:32:55.700><c> let</c><00:32:55.900><c> go</c><00:32:56.180><c> of</c><00:32:56.400><c> those</c><00:32:56.700><c> things,</c>

00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:00.259
brethren<00:32:58.400><c> and</c><00:32:58.579><c> sisters</c><00:32:58.920><c> and</c><00:32:59.180><c> young</c><00:32:59.339><c> people.</c>

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:04.259
And<00:33:00.640><c> through</c><00:33:00.759><c> all</c><00:33:00.980><c> that,</c><00:33:01.460><c> she</c><00:33:01.680><c> didn't</c><00:33:02.299><c> take,</c><00:33:03.180><c> well,</c><00:33:03.500><c> so</c><00:33:03.700><c> it</c><00:33:03.920><c> seems,</c>

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:08.920
so<00:33:04.400><c> it</c><00:33:04.420><c> didn't</c><00:33:04.680><c> have</c><00:33:05.000><c> a</c><00:33:05.240><c> pencil</c><00:33:05.500><c> and</c><00:33:05.720><c> paper</c><00:33:06.059><c> in</c><00:33:06.299><c> the</c><00:33:06.579><c> manger</c><00:33:06.980><c> in</c>

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:11.940
the<00:33:09.279><c> stable</c><00:33:09.599><c> in</c><00:33:10.119><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:14.099
She<00:33:12.380><c> remembered</c><00:33:12.880><c> it</c><00:33:13.160><c> all.</c>

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:16.519
She<00:33:14.619><c> remembered</c><00:33:15.000><c> every</c><00:33:15.460><c> word.</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.400
And<00:33:17.140><c> she</c><00:33:17.339><c> kept</c><00:33:17.519><c> on</c><00:33:17.779><c> going</c><00:33:17.940><c> over</c><00:33:18.220><c> it.</c>

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:21.240
You<00:33:18.539><c> know,</c><00:33:18.619><c> we</c><00:33:18.759><c> are</c><00:33:19.160><c> a</c><00:33:19.380><c> brain</c><00:33:19.700><c>-lazy</c><00:33:20.059><c> generation.</c>

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:28.680
Our<00:33:22.480><c> education</c><00:33:23.039><c> system's</c><00:33:23.500><c> not</c><00:33:23.660><c> helping</c><00:33:24.220><c> because</c><00:33:25.460><c> it</c><00:33:26.440><c> said</c><00:33:26.720><c> that</c><00:33:27.640><c> knowledge</c><00:33:27.940><c> is</c><00:33:28.259><c> increasing</c>

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.319
at<00:33:28.940><c> such</c><00:33:29.160><c> an</c><00:33:29.500><c> alarming</c><00:33:29.819><c> rate</c><00:33:30.180><c> that</c><00:33:30.440><c> most</c><00:33:30.779><c> of</c><00:33:30.940><c> what</c><00:33:31.059><c> you</c><00:33:31.220><c> learn</c>

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.779
at<00:33:31.559><c> school</c>

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:35.279
will<00:33:31.859><c> be</c><00:33:31.960><c> out</c><00:33:32.119><c> of</c><00:33:32.319><c> date</c><00:33:32.519><c> in</c><00:33:32.799><c> five</c><00:33:33.079><c> years'</c><00:33:33.559><c> time,</c><00:33:33.960><c> in</c><00:33:34.259><c> some</c><00:33:34.559><c> fields</c><00:33:34.839><c> even</c>

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.160
shorter<00:33:35.619><c> periods.</c>

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And<00:33:36.680><c> so</c><00:33:36.759><c> it's</c><00:33:36.940><c> no</c><00:33:37.140><c> good</c><00:33:37.299><c> learning</c><00:33:37.640><c> anything.</c>

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:43.619
All<00:33:38.559><c> we</c><00:33:38.759><c> should</c><00:33:38.880><c> be</c><00:33:39.099><c> doing</c><00:33:39.299><c> is</c><00:33:39.559><c> learning</c><00:33:40.099><c> how</c><00:33:40.839><c> to</c><00:33:41.240><c> find</c><00:33:41.519><c> out</c><00:33:41.859><c> information</c><00:33:42.480><c> when</c><00:33:43.180><c> we</c>

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:45.240
need<00:33:43.799><c> to</c><00:33:44.059><c> find</c><00:33:44.200><c> it</c><00:33:44.420><c> out.</c>

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:48.299
You<00:33:45.660><c> know,</c><00:33:45.740><c> that</c><00:33:45.980><c> policy</c><00:33:46.380><c> is</c><00:33:46.779><c> suicidal</c><00:33:47.420><c> when</c><00:33:47.640><c> we</c><00:33:47.859><c> come</c><00:33:47.980><c> to</c><00:33:48.140><c> the</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:50.519
Bible,<00:33:48.900><c> young</c><00:33:49.059><c> people,</c><00:33:49.740><c> suicidal.</c>

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.339
Don't<00:33:50.980><c> listen</c><00:33:51.279><c> to</c><00:33:51.480><c> it.</c>

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:54.440
Use<00:33:52.880><c> your</c><00:33:53.180><c> brain.</c>

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:57.700
Commit<00:33:56.000><c> things</c><00:33:56.380><c> to</c><00:33:56.640><c> memory.</c>

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.980
Try<00:33:58.380><c> and</c><00:33:58.700><c> remember.</c>

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:00.039
You<00:33:59.259><c> have</c><00:33:59.519><c> to</c><00:33:59.799><c> try.</c>

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:04.579
Our<00:34:00.460><c> brain</c><00:34:00.759><c> is</c><00:34:00.960><c> a</c><00:34:01.119><c> muscle</c><00:34:01.380><c> and</c><00:34:01.640><c> it</c><00:34:02.039><c> will</c><00:34:02.240><c> work</c><00:34:02.559><c> better</c><00:34:02.880><c> with</c><00:34:03.180><c> exercise.</c>

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:08.699
So<00:34:05.299><c> when</c><00:34:05.880><c> our</c><00:34:06.339><c> young</c><00:34:06.579><c> children</c><00:34:06.920><c> are</c><00:34:07.220><c> encouraged</c><00:34:07.660><c> to</c><00:34:07.980><c> learn</c>

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.159
verses<00:34:09.360><c> from</c><00:34:09.659><c> the</c><00:34:09.840><c> Bible,</c>

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:15.980
parents,<00:34:11.159><c> encourage</c><00:34:11.860><c> them</c><00:34:12.099><c> to</c><00:34:12.340><c> do</c><00:34:12.500><c> it</c><00:34:14.179><c> because</c><00:34:15.119><c> they</c><00:34:15.380><c> will</c><00:34:15.719><c> be</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:18.659
stood<00:34:16.079><c> in</c><00:34:16.320><c> good</c><00:34:16.519><c> stead</c><00:34:16.760><c> in</c><00:34:17.039><c> later</c><00:34:17.260><c> years.</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:24.079
Train<00:34:19.159><c> the</c><00:34:19.440><c> mind</c><00:34:19.880><c> to</c><00:34:20.840><c> think</c><00:34:21.159><c> about</c><00:34:21.480><c> things,</c><00:34:22.519><c> to</c><00:34:22.820><c> look</c><00:34:23.000><c> at</c><00:34:23.179><c> the</c><00:34:23.579><c> circumstances</c>

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.280
because<00:34:24.340><c> that's</c><00:34:24.599><c> what</c><00:34:24.760><c> she</c><00:34:24.960><c> was</c><00:34:25.099><c> doing.</c>

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:28.239
She<00:34:25.679><c> was</c><00:34:25.900><c> taking</c><00:34:26.320><c> what</c><00:34:26.679><c> she</c><00:34:26.940><c> saw</c><00:34:27.139><c> around</c><00:34:27.480><c> her,</c><00:34:27.679><c> what</c><00:34:27.860><c> she'd</c>

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.260
heard,<00:34:28.460><c> what</c><00:34:28.639><c> she</c><00:34:28.920><c> knew</c><00:34:29.139><c> from</c><00:34:29.320><c> the</c><00:34:29.500><c> Bible.</c>

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.440
And<00:34:31.360><c> put</c><00:34:31.820><c> it</c><00:34:31.980><c> all</c><00:34:32.179><c> together.</c>

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:35.239
While<00:34:32.679><c> others</c><00:34:32.940><c> just</c><00:34:33.480><c> wondered</c><00:34:33.860><c> at</c><00:34:34.059><c> the</c><00:34:34.400><c> amazement</c><00:34:34.900><c> of</c><00:34:35.039><c> some</c>

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:38.119
of<00:34:35.380><c> those</c><00:34:35.539><c> events</c><00:34:35.920><c> and</c><00:34:36.340><c> forgot</c><00:34:36.639><c> it</c><00:34:36.800><c> the</c><00:34:36.920><c> next</c><00:34:37.219><c> day,</c>

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:40.119
she<00:34:38.679><c> was</c><00:34:38.860><c> very</c><00:34:39.139><c> different.</c>

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:44.260
She<00:34:40.300><c> was</c><00:34:40.500><c> a</c><00:34:40.820><c> young</c><00:34:41.019><c> woman</c><00:34:41.320><c> of</c><00:34:42.019><c> deep</c><00:34:42.579><c> contemplation,</c>

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:51.440
observant<00:34:46.820><c> and</c><00:34:47.460><c> always</c><00:34:48.199><c> thinking</c><00:34:48.840><c> about</c><00:34:49.559><c> how</c><00:34:49.960><c> things</c><00:34:50.340><c> fitted</c><00:34:50.619><c> in</c>

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:55.559
to<00:34:51.780><c> the</c><00:34:52.179><c> grand</c><00:34:52.639><c> scheme</c><00:34:53.079><c> of</c><00:34:53.400><c> things</c><00:34:53.840><c> that</c><00:34:54.139><c> the</c><00:34:54.420><c> Creator</c><00:34:54.639><c> had</c><00:34:55.139><c> in</c>

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.059
the<00:34:55.780><c> beginning</c>

00:34:56.059 --> 00:35:00.900
and<00:34:56.559><c> now</c><00:34:56.880><c> was</c><00:34:57.199><c> about</c><00:34:57.500><c> to</c><00:34:57.760><c> work</c><00:34:58.000><c> out</c><00:34:58.440><c> in</c><00:34:58.940><c> her</c><00:34:59.199><c> very</c><00:34:59.480><c> own</c><00:34:59.739><c> life.</c>

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:05.980
You<00:35:02.119><c> know,</c><00:35:02.300><c> God</c><00:35:02.400><c> is</c><00:35:02.699><c> honoured</c><00:35:03.260><c> when</c><00:35:04.380><c> we</c><00:35:04.639><c> think</c><00:35:04.940><c> about</c><00:35:05.199><c> Him</c><00:35:05.599><c> and</c>

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:07.840
His<00:35:06.239><c> Word</c><00:35:06.400><c> and</c><00:35:06.619><c> His</c><00:35:06.920><c> will.</c>

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.659
He's<00:35:08.440><c> honoured</c><00:35:08.820><c> by</c><00:35:09.099><c> that.</c>

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:14.019
When<00:35:10.239><c> we</c><00:35:10.440><c> try</c><00:35:10.599><c> to</c><00:35:10.860><c> grapple</c><00:35:11.179><c> with</c><00:35:11.340><c> the</c><00:35:11.679><c> principles</c><00:35:12.199><c> of</c><00:35:13.079><c> His</c><00:35:13.420><c> ways</c><00:35:13.860><c> and</c>

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:16.320
His<00:35:14.320><c> Word</c><00:35:14.639><c> in</c><00:35:15.019><c> relation</c><00:35:15.360><c> to</c><00:35:15.559><c> our</c><00:35:15.760><c> own</c><00:35:16.000><c> lives</c>

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:19.420
and<00:35:16.519><c> we</c><00:35:16.780><c> weigh</c><00:35:16.960><c> up</c><00:35:17.280><c> circumstances</c><00:35:17.840><c> and</c><00:35:18.019><c> we</c><00:35:18.320><c> agonise</c><00:35:18.780><c> over</c><00:35:19.059><c> things</c>

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:22.460
and<00:35:19.780><c> we</c><00:35:19.980><c> pray</c><00:35:20.239><c> to</c><00:35:20.480><c> Him</c><00:35:20.659><c> and</c><00:35:20.800><c> put</c><00:35:20.960><c> it</c><00:35:21.119><c> before</c><00:35:21.400><c> Him</c><00:35:21.820><c> and</c><00:35:22.000><c> we</c><00:35:22.239><c> think</c>

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.239
things<00:35:22.760><c> through</c>

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:26.159
and<00:35:23.880><c> we</c><00:35:24.059><c> try</c><00:35:24.380><c> to</c><00:35:24.539><c> put</c><00:35:24.639><c> our</c><00:35:24.860><c> lives</c><00:35:25.019><c> in</c><00:35:25.179><c> order</c><00:35:25.320><c> and</c><00:35:25.579><c> go</c><00:35:25.800><c> in</c><00:35:25.980><c> a</c>

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.639
certain<00:35:26.320><c> direction,</c>

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:28.860
God<00:35:26.800><c> is</c><00:35:27.019><c> honoured</c><00:35:27.340><c> by</c><00:35:27.579><c> all</c><00:35:27.860><c> of</c><00:35:28.059><c> that.</c>

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:33.019
You<00:35:29.400><c> know,</c><00:35:29.500><c> we</c><00:35:29.639><c> see</c><00:35:29.860><c> Mary</c><00:35:30.300><c> and</c><00:35:30.659><c> Joseph</c><00:35:31.139><c> for</c><00:35:31.420><c> that</c><00:35:31.599><c> matter</c><00:35:31.880><c> doing</c><00:35:32.300><c> just</c><00:35:32.699><c> that</c>

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:37.340
in<00:35:33.800><c> the</c><00:35:34.019><c> record</c><00:35:34.280><c> that</c><00:35:34.460><c> we</c><00:35:35.440><c> have</c><00:35:35.559><c> of</c><00:35:35.940><c> them</c><00:35:36.719><c> here</c>

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:41.920
because<00:35:38.019><c> God</c><00:35:38.400><c> wanted</c><00:35:39.219><c> His</c><00:35:39.820><c> Son</c><00:35:40.300><c> to</c><00:35:40.840><c> be</c><00:35:41.199><c> influenced</c>

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:47.480
and<00:35:42.619><c> to</c><00:35:43.119><c> imitate</c><00:35:43.659><c> that</c><00:35:44.360><c> godly</c><00:35:45.400><c> reflective</c><00:35:46.219><c> spirit.</c>

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:52.320
God<00:35:48.440><c> wanted</c><00:35:48.880><c> His</c><00:35:49.320><c> own</c><00:35:49.840><c> Son</c><00:35:50.400><c> to</c><00:35:51.320><c> be</c><00:35:51.480><c> like</c><00:35:51.900><c> that.</c>

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:54.739
Now<00:35:53.099><c> let's</c><00:35:53.500><c> take</c><00:35:53.800><c> a</c><00:35:54.019><c> lesson</c><00:35:54.320><c> from</c><00:35:54.539><c> that</c>

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:58.960
because<00:35:55.079><c> here</c><00:35:55.500><c> is</c><00:35:56.079><c> the</c><00:35:56.619><c> great</c><00:35:57.099><c> Creator</c><00:35:57.659><c> of</c><00:35:57.960><c> heaven</c><00:35:58.300><c> and</c><00:35:58.539><c> earth</c>

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:03.659
that's<00:36:00.059><c> looked</c><00:36:00.280><c> around</c><00:36:00.780><c> and</c><00:36:00.940><c> has</c><00:36:01.300><c> found</c><00:36:01.639><c> the</c><00:36:02.019><c> right</c><00:36:02.440><c> sort</c><00:36:02.679><c> of</c><00:36:03.059><c> mind</c>

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:05.820
that<00:36:04.199><c> He's</c><00:36:04.639><c> really</c><00:36:05.239><c> interested</c><00:36:05.639><c> in.</c>

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:09.380
What<00:36:06.019><c> He</c><00:36:06.400><c> really</c><00:36:06.880><c> values</c><00:36:07.300><c> is</c><00:36:07.619><c> starting</c><00:36:07.900><c> to</c><00:36:08.219><c> show</c><00:36:08.500><c> in</c><00:36:08.940><c> the</c><00:36:09.139><c> life</c>

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.860
of<00:36:09.599><c> this</c><00:36:09.800><c> young</c><00:36:10.119><c> teenage</c><00:36:10.539><c> girl.</c>

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:15.219
Just<00:36:11.420><c> hold</c><00:36:11.619><c> your</c><00:36:11.760><c> hand</c><00:36:11.960><c> in</c><00:36:12.099><c> Luke</c><00:36:12.219><c> and</c><00:36:12.320><c> go</c><00:36:12.539><c> back</c><00:36:13.000><c> just</c><00:36:14.000><c> a</c><00:36:14.400><c> few</c><00:36:14.599><c> pages</c><00:36:14.980><c> to</c>

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:17.420
Malachi,<00:36:16.659><c> Chapter</c><00:36:16.960><c> 3,</c>

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:19.940
to<00:36:17.800><c> words</c><00:36:18.019><c> that</c><00:36:18.239><c> we</c><00:36:18.360><c> are</c><00:36:18.619><c> all</c><00:36:18.880><c> very</c><00:36:19.260><c> familiar</c><00:36:19.599><c> with</c>

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:24.260
but<00:36:20.340><c> we</c><00:36:20.519><c> ought</c><00:36:20.679><c> never</c><00:36:20.980><c> to</c><00:36:21.239><c> lose</c><00:36:21.420><c> the</c><00:36:21.739><c> power</c><00:36:22.039><c> of</c><00:36:22.679><c> young</c><00:36:23.019><c> people</c>

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because<00:36:25.340><c> there</c><00:36:25.960><c> in</c><00:36:26.380><c> a</c><00:36:26.659><c> time</c><00:36:26.920><c> of</c><00:36:28.940><c> great</c><00:36:30.059><c> apostasy</c><00:36:30.860><c> and</c><00:36:31.480><c> deceptiveness</c><00:36:32.199><c> of</c><00:36:32.619><c> heart</c><00:36:32.980><c> in</c><00:36:33.139><c> Israel</c>

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:40.019
Malachi<00:36:36.460><c> is</c><00:36:36.699><c> sent</c><00:36:36.880><c> and</c><00:36:37.019><c> he</c><00:36:37.219><c> says</c><00:36:37.480><c> this</c><00:36:38.739><c> in</c><00:36:39.280><c> verse</c><00:36:39.420><c> 16</c>

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:44.840
Then<00:36:40.760><c> they</c><00:36:41.079><c> that</c><00:36:41.360><c> feared</c><00:36:41.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:42.199><c> spoke</c><00:36:42.559><c> often</c><00:36:43.039><c> one</c><00:36:43.519><c> to</c><00:36:43.780><c> another</c>

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:47.340
and<00:36:45.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:46.239><c> hearkened</c><00:36:46.800><c> and</c><00:36:47.079><c> heard</c><00:36:47.219><c> it</c>

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:50.000
and<00:36:47.400><c> a</c><00:36:47.480><c> book</c><00:36:47.639><c> of</c><00:36:47.860><c> remembrance</c><00:36:48.139><c> was</c><00:36:48.480><c> written</c><00:36:48.940><c> before</c><00:36:49.719><c> him</c>

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:58.559
for<00:36:50.119><c> them</c><00:36:50.400><c> that</c><00:36:51.039><c> feared</c><00:36:51.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:52.539><c> and</c><00:36:53.559><c> that</c><00:36:54.219><c> thought</c><00:36:54.699><c> upon</c><00:36:55.739><c> His</c><00:36:57.179><c> name</c>

00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:02.400
and<00:36:59.320><c> they</c><00:36:59.579><c> shall</c><00:36:59.699><c> be</c><00:37:00.019><c> mine,</c><00:37:00.719><c> saith</c><00:37:01.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:01.800><c> of</c><00:37:02.000><c> hosts,</c>

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:05.639
in<00:37:02.739><c> that</c><00:37:03.039><c> day</c><00:37:03.820><c> when</c><00:37:04.400><c> I</c><00:37:04.599><c> shall</c><00:37:04.739><c> make</c><00:37:05.000><c> up</c><00:37:05.199><c> my</c><00:37:05.420><c> jewels</c>

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and<00:37:05.780><c> I</c><00:37:05.920><c> will</c><00:37:06.239><c> spare</c><00:37:06.519><c> them</c><00:37:06.659><c> as</c><00:37:06.800><c> a</c><00:37:06.940><c> man</c><00:37:07.159><c> spares</c><00:37:07.460><c> his</c><00:37:07.679><c> only</c><00:37:08.059><c> son</c>

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.079
that<00:37:08.599><c> serveth</c><00:37:08.840><c> him</c>

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:13.519
they<00:37:09.480><c> are</c><00:37:09.599><c> very</c><00:37:10.059><c> precious</c><00:37:10.480><c> to</c><00:37:10.760><c> him,</c><00:37:11.739><c> they're</c><00:37:11.960><c> like</c><00:37:12.300><c> jewels</c>

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they're<00:37:14.320><c> His</c><00:37:14.460><c> and</c><00:37:14.699><c> they</c><00:37:14.960><c> will</c><00:37:15.219><c> be</c><00:37:15.639><c> claimed</c><00:37:16.119><c> as</c><00:37:16.679><c> His</c><00:37:17.019><c> in</c><00:37:17.780><c> that</c><00:37:18.159><c> day</c>

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:25.780
It<00:37:20.559><c> might</c><00:37:20.880><c> be</c><00:37:21.119><c> a</c><00:37:21.300><c> difficult</c><00:37:21.820><c> time</c><00:37:22.239><c> now</c><00:37:22.960><c> to</c><00:37:23.519><c> think</c><00:37:23.800><c> upon</c><00:37:24.059><c> His</c><00:37:24.360><c> name</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:29.500
but<00:37:26.659><c> there's</c><00:37:26.880><c> real</c><00:37:27.199><c> purpose</c><00:37:27.760><c> in</c><00:37:27.900><c> all</c><00:37:28.179><c> that</c><00:37:28.360><c> God</c><00:37:28.579><c> does</c>

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:31.579
What<00:37:30.340><c> is</c><00:37:30.599><c> to</c><00:37:30.840><c> think</c><00:37:31.019><c> upon</c><00:37:31.239><c> His</c><00:37:31.440><c> name?</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.059
What<00:37:31.920><c> does</c><00:37:32.159><c> God's</c><00:37:32.699><c> name</c><00:37:33.179><c> embody,</c><00:37:34.300><c> brothers</c><00:37:34.420><c> and</c><00:37:34.559><c> sisters</c><00:37:34.860><c> and</c>

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young<00:37:35.219><c> people?</c>

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:42.039
It<00:37:37.079><c> embodies</c><00:37:37.599><c> His</c><00:37:37.940><c> purpose,</c><00:37:39.340><c> His</c><00:37:39.539><c> name</c><00:37:39.980><c> bespeaks</c><00:37:40.980><c> His</c><00:37:41.320><c> purpose</c>

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:46.579
How<00:37:42.880><c> many</c><00:37:43.079><c> of</c><00:37:43.179><c> you</c><00:37:43.300><c> think</c><00:37:43.599><c> about</c><00:37:43.880><c> His</c><00:37:44.139><c> purpose,</c><00:37:44.960><c> the</c><00:37:45.280><c> extension</c><00:37:45.800><c> of</c><00:37:45.980><c> His</c><00:37:46.199><c> purpose?</c>

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What<00:37:46.900><c> it</c><00:37:47.059><c> will</c><00:37:47.300><c> mean</c><00:37:47.559><c> in</c><00:37:47.760><c> the</c><00:37:47.980><c> earth?</c>

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:50.239
What<00:37:48.480><c> it</c><00:37:48.639><c> will</c><00:37:48.800><c> mean</c><00:37:48.960><c> in</c><00:37:49.139><c> the</c><00:37:49.300><c> lives</c><00:37:49.519><c> of</c><00:37:49.760><c> individuals?</c>

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.440
Do<00:37:50.659><c> you</c><00:37:50.840><c> think</c><00:37:51.079><c> about</c><00:37:51.320><c> the</c><00:37:51.559><c> kingdom</c><00:37:51.940><c> and</c><00:37:52.340><c> what</c><00:37:52.699><c> it</c><00:37:53.059><c> will</c><00:37:53.219><c> be</c>

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.860
like<00:37:53.639><c> and</c><00:37:53.860><c> why?</c>

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:57.000
But<00:37:55.400><c> it</c><00:37:55.639><c> embodies</c><00:37:55.940><c> more</c><00:37:56.320><c> than</c><00:37:56.500><c> His</c><00:37:56.739><c> purpose</c>

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:00.179
It<00:37:57.900><c> embodies</c><00:37:58.360><c> His</c><00:37:58.860><c> very</c><00:37:59.460><c> character</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:03.539
the<00:38:01.000><c> characteristics</c><00:38:01.599><c> that</c><00:38:01.860><c> He</c><00:38:02.139><c> delights</c><00:38:02.659><c> to</c><00:38:02.980><c> see</c><00:38:03.119><c> in</c><00:38:03.300><c> every</c>

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.079
one<00:38:03.679><c> of</c><00:38:03.800><c> us</c>

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:07.019
and<00:38:04.780><c> those</c><00:38:05.119><c> that</c><00:38:05.599><c> thought</c><00:38:05.860><c> upon</c><00:38:06.199><c> those</c>

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:09.760
thought<00:38:07.679><c> carefully</c><00:38:08.199><c> about</c><00:38:08.519><c> the</c><00:38:08.840><c> circumstances</c><00:38:09.320><c> of</c><00:38:09.559><c> their</c>

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.300
own<00:38:09.960><c> life</c>

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:16.119
in<00:38:10.760><c> the</c><00:38:11.039><c> context</c><00:38:11.500><c> of</c><00:38:12.159><c> His</c><00:38:12.659><c> name</c><00:38:13.619><c> are</c><00:38:14.519><c> very</c><00:38:14.940><c> precious</c><00:38:15.320><c> to</c><00:38:15.519><c> Him</c>

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:18.900
very,<00:38:17.099><c> very</c><00:38:17.739><c> precious</c><00:38:18.099><c> indeed</c>

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:21.360
and<00:38:19.619><c> He</c><00:38:19.860><c> chose</c><00:38:20.199><c> one</c><00:38:20.420><c> of</c><00:38:20.539><c> those</c><00:38:20.860><c> jewels</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:25.159
He<00:38:21.880><c> chose</c><00:38:22.179><c> one</c><00:38:22.380><c> of</c><00:38:22.440><c> those</c><00:38:22.699><c> jewels</c><00:38:23.099><c> to</c><00:38:23.420><c> be</c><00:38:23.579><c> the</c><00:38:23.820><c> mother</c><00:38:24.300><c> of</c><00:38:24.960><c> His</c>

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:27.380
only<00:38:25.400><c> begotten</c><00:38:25.860><c> Son</c>

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:32.300
Reflective<00:38:28.599><c> thinking</c><00:38:29.119><c> is</c><00:38:30.420><c> fast</c><00:38:30.960><c> disappearing</c>

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:35.300
It's<00:38:33.420><c> disappeared</c><00:38:33.900><c> just</c><00:38:34.300><c> about</c><00:38:34.539><c> from</c><00:38:34.780><c> society</c>

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:39.019
It's<00:38:36.019><c> fast</c><00:38:36.380><c> disappearing</c><00:38:36.840><c> in</c><00:38:37.079><c> our</c><00:38:37.300><c> own</c><00:38:37.619><c> ranks</c>

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.860
because<00:38:40.480><c> the</c><00:38:40.739><c> age</c><00:38:41.019><c> is</c><00:38:41.219><c> getting</c><00:38:41.460><c> faster</c>

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:46.179
We<00:38:43.920><c> don't</c><00:38:44.099><c> have</c><00:38:44.300><c> time</c><00:38:44.559><c> to</c><00:38:44.739><c> think,</c><00:38:44.920><c> do</c><00:38:45.179><c> we?</c>

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.920
But<00:38:46.460><c> we</c><00:38:46.679><c> must!</c>

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.880
We've<00:38:48.579><c> got</c><00:38:48.780><c> to</c><00:38:49.019><c> find</c><00:38:49.260><c> time</c><00:38:49.579><c> to</c><00:38:49.780><c> think</c>

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:51.780
I<00:38:50.099><c> find</c><00:38:50.320><c> it</c><00:38:50.539><c> a</c><00:38:50.539><c> very</c><00:38:50.900><c> difficult</c><00:38:51.320><c> thing</c>

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:55.300
when<00:38:52.400><c> the</c><00:38:52.639><c> phone</c><00:38:52.820><c> goes</c><00:38:53.179><c> non</c><00:38:53.619><c>-stop</c><00:38:53.760><c> and</c><00:38:53.880><c> there's</c><00:38:54.159><c> so</c><00:38:54.460><c> many</c><00:38:54.739><c> things</c><00:38:55.079><c> to</c>

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:57.099
attend<00:38:55.599><c> to</c><00:38:55.820><c> and</c><00:38:56.039><c> do</c><00:38:56.300><c> and</c><00:38:56.519><c> go</c><00:38:56.900><c> to</c>

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.960
and<00:38:57.400><c> we've</c><00:38:57.599><c> got</c><00:38:57.659><c> to</c><00:38:57.780><c> be</c><00:38:58.000><c> here</c><00:38:58.260><c> at</c><00:38:58.480><c> this</c><00:38:58.780><c> time</c>

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:01.119
so<00:38:59.119><c> we</c><00:38:59.320><c> push</c><00:38:59.559><c> ourselves</c><00:38:59.980><c> and</c><00:39:00.159><c> we're</c><00:39:00.320><c> there</c><00:39:00.539><c> and</c><00:39:00.679><c> we</c><00:39:00.780><c> do</c><00:39:00.980><c> this</c>

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:03.820
and<00:39:01.260><c> we</c><00:39:01.400><c> pick</c><00:39:01.559><c> up</c><00:39:01.760><c> our</c><00:39:02.260><c> bags</c><00:39:02.539><c> and</c><00:39:02.699><c> we</c><00:39:02.840><c> go</c><00:39:03.039><c> there</c>

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:06.539
and<00:39:04.280><c> all</c><00:39:04.559><c> the</c><00:39:04.780><c> other</c><00:39:05.099><c> myriad</c><00:39:05.420><c> of</c><00:39:05.679><c> things</c><00:39:05.900><c> that</c><00:39:06.079><c> we</c><00:39:06.280><c> have</c><00:39:06.380><c> on</c>

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.960
our<00:39:06.840><c> minds</c>

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.659
and<00:39:08.340><c> it</c><00:39:08.579><c> wears</c><00:39:08.800><c> us</c><00:39:09.099><c> down,</c><00:39:09.420><c> doesn't</c><00:39:09.519><c> it?</c>

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.900
and<00:39:09.880><c> we</c><00:39:10.079><c> can't</c><00:39:10.639><c> think</c>

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:13.039
and<00:39:11.320><c> sometimes</c><00:39:11.820><c> I</c><00:39:12.000><c> get</c><00:39:12.219><c> so</c><00:39:12.559><c> frustrated</c>

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.699
I<00:39:13.219><c> sit</c><00:39:13.480><c> down</c><00:39:14.079><c> in</c><00:39:14.340><c> my</c><00:39:14.579><c> study</c><00:39:14.739><c> at</c><00:39:15.000><c> night</c><00:39:15.159><c> and</c><00:39:15.380><c> think</c>

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:18.579
there's<00:39:16.599><c> so</c><00:39:17.000><c> many</c><00:39:17.300><c> things</c><00:39:17.579><c> going</c><00:39:17.860><c> around</c><00:39:18.059><c> in</c><00:39:18.199><c> my</c><00:39:18.420><c> mind</c>

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:21.719
I<00:39:18.780><c> can't</c><00:39:19.559><c> think</c><00:39:20.199><c> about</c><00:39:20.760><c> divine</c><00:39:21.119><c> things</c>

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.699
Ever<00:39:22.079><c> felt</c><00:39:22.320><c> like</c><00:39:22.659><c> that?</c>

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:28.360
But<00:39:24.559><c> we've</c><00:39:24.840><c> got</c><00:39:25.059><c> to</c><00:39:25.340><c> learn</c><00:39:25.579><c> to</c><00:39:25.780><c> have</c><00:39:26.059><c> quiet</c><00:39:26.460><c> time</c><00:39:26.820><c> to</c><00:39:27.179><c> make</c><00:39:27.400><c> it</c>

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:35.960
because<00:39:29.699><c> God</c><00:39:31.179><c> loves</c><00:39:31.940><c> those</c><00:39:32.820><c> who</c><00:39:33.679><c> think</c><00:39:34.019><c> upon</c><00:39:34.679><c> His</c><00:39:35.440><c> Name</c>

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:39.000
We've<00:39:36.679><c> got</c><00:39:36.760><c> to</c><00:39:36.900><c> not</c><00:39:37.000><c> let</c><00:39:37.199><c> the</c><00:39:37.559><c> hurly</c><00:39:37.840><c>-burly</c><00:39:38.139><c> of</c><00:39:38.280><c> this</c><00:39:38.519><c> age</c><00:39:38.739><c> push</c>

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:40.099
us<00:39:39.260><c> around</c>

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:43.980
and<00:39:40.960><c> to</c><00:39:41.219><c> think</c><00:39:41.400><c> about</c><00:39:42.199><c> the</c><00:39:42.699><c> real</c><00:39:43.159><c> issues</c>

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:49.300
the<00:39:44.760><c> real</c><00:39:45.400><c> issues</c><00:39:46.059><c> of</c><00:39:46.519><c> life</c><00:39:47.340><c> and</c><00:39:48.179><c> of</c><00:39:48.300><c> the</c><00:39:48.559><c> truth</c>

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:53.239
And<00:39:50.219><c> parents,</c><00:39:51.599><c> let's</c><00:39:52.260><c> set</c><00:39:52.400><c> an</c><00:39:52.619><c> example</c>

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.719
Oh,<00:39:53.860><c> it's</c><00:39:54.079><c> very</c><00:39:54.360><c> difficult</c>

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:57.699
Life<00:39:55.000><c> is</c><00:39:55.219><c> very</c><00:39:55.519><c> busy</c><00:39:55.840><c> with</c><00:39:56.119><c> a</c><00:39:56.280><c> young</c><00:39:56.480><c> growing</c><00:39:56.780><c> family,</c><00:39:57.219><c> isn't</c><00:39:57.380><c> it?</c>

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:59.420
We<00:39:58.159><c> all</c><00:39:58.360><c> know</c><00:39:58.559><c> that</c>

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:01.599
But<00:40:00.079><c> let's</c><00:40:00.739><c> set</c><00:40:00.900><c> an</c><00:40:01.099><c> example</c>

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In<00:40:01.960><c> a</c><00:40:02.219><c> world</c><00:40:02.559><c> of</c><00:40:02.980><c> depraved</c><00:40:03.719><c> wickedness</c>

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01:06:01.409 --> 01:06:03.429
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01:08:53.649 --> 01:08:57.750
our<01:08:54.409><c> daughters</c><01:08:54.909><c> are</c><01:08:55.109><c> to</c><01:08:55.229><c> be</c><01:08:55.369><c> as</c><01:08:56.069><c> cornerstones</c>

01:08:57.750 --> 01:09:00.890
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01:09:01.090 --> 01:09:05.649
solid,<01:09:03.069><c> beautiful,</c><01:09:04.810><c> unmovable</c>

01:09:05.649 --> 01:09:09.670
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01:09:09.670 --> 01:09:12.350
as<01:09:10.710><c> if</c><01:09:10.850><c> in</c><01:09:11.029><c> a</c><01:09:11.170><c> palace</c>

01:09:12.550 --> 01:09:15.529
and<01:09:13.210><c> done</c><01:09:13.409><c> by</c><01:09:13.970><c> quiet,</c><01:09:14.829><c> godly</c><01:09:15.130><c> works</c>

01:09:15.529 --> 01:09:18.770
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01:09:18.770 --> 01:09:24.250
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01:09:24.310 --> 01:09:26.829
sisters,<01:09:24.949><c> there</c><01:09:25.109><c> is</c><01:09:25.310><c> a</c><01:09:25.550><c> vital</c><01:09:25.869><c> work</c><01:09:26.149><c> in</c><01:09:26.329><c> the</c><01:09:26.529><c> Ecclesia</c>

01:09:26.829 --> 01:09:29.810
young<01:09:27.189><c> girls</c><01:09:27.590><c> don't</c><01:09:27.970><c> ever</c><01:09:28.310><c> let</c><01:09:28.489><c> anyone</c><01:09:28.810><c> tell</c><01:09:29.050><c> you</c><01:09:29.270><c> otherwise</c>

01:09:29.810 --> 01:09:32.710
and<01:09:30.170><c> it's</c><01:09:30.430><c> often</c><01:09:30.770><c> more</c><01:09:31.170><c> effective</c><01:09:31.550><c> and</c><01:09:31.850><c> more</c><01:09:32.130><c> powerful</c>

01:09:32.710 --> 01:09:34.970
than<01:09:33.390><c> that</c><01:09:33.649><c> of</c><01:09:33.850><c> many</c><01:09:34.069><c> brethren</c>

01:09:34.970 --> 01:09:38.329
Paul<01:09:35.909><c> appreciated</c><01:09:36.689><c> the</c><01:09:37.289><c> work</c><01:09:37.489><c> of</c><01:09:37.789><c> many</c><01:09:38.029><c> sisters</c>

01:09:38.329 --> 01:09:41.250
you<01:09:38.729><c> pick</c><01:09:38.930><c> up</c><01:09:39.189><c> Romans</c><01:09:39.510><c> 16</c><01:09:40.069><c> at</c><01:09:40.329><c> your</c><01:09:40.569><c> leisure</c><01:09:40.750><c> and</c><01:09:41.010><c> read</c><01:09:41.109><c> it</c>

01:09:41.250 --> 01:09:43.409
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01:09:43.409 --> 01:09:45.170
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01:09:45.170 --> 01:09:47.970
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01:09:47.970 --> 01:09:50.050
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01:09:50.050 --> 01:09:53.010
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01:09:53.010 --> 01:09:57.710
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01:09:57.710 --> 01:09:58.850
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01:09:58.850 --> 01:10:02.329
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01:10:02.329 --> 01:10:04.069
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01:10:04.069 --> 01:10:07.710
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01:10:07.710 --> 01:10:11.010
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01:10:11.010 --> 01:10:16.409
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01:10:18.569 --> 01:10:23.109
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01:10:23.390 --> 01:10:25.409
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01:10:26.449 --> 01:10:27.989
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01:10:27.989 --> 01:10:30.569
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01:10:31.430 --> 01:10:35.189
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01:10:35.569 --> 01:10:38.729
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01:10:39.350 --> 01:10:42.510
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01:10:42.510 --> 01:10:43.729
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01:10:43.729 --> 01:10:46.409
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01:10:46.810 --> 01:10:50.010
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01:10:50.010 --> 01:10:52.949
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01:10:52.949 --> 01:10:56.090
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01:11:00.569 --> 01:11:02.710
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01:11:02.710 --> 01:11:06.850
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01:11:06.850 --> 01:11:10.189
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01:11:10.189 --> 01:11:13.590
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01:11:13.909 --> 01:11:15.930
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01:11:15.930 --> 01:11:18.909
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01:11:18.909 --> 01:11:21.090
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01:11:21.090 --> 01:11:24.590
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01:11:25.050 --> 01:11:28.029
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01:11:28.029 --> 01:11:29.630
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01:11:29.630 --> 01:11:31.609
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01:11:31.609 --> 01:11:34.689
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01:11:35.170 --> 01:11:39.470
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01:11:39.470 --> 01:11:40.850
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01:11:40.850 --> 01:11:43.149
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01:11:43.149 --> 01:11:47.010
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01:11:47.430 --> 01:11:50.229
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01:11:50.229 --> 01:11:51.390
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01:11:51.390 --> 01:11:56.609
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01:11:56.850 --> 01:11:59.989
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01:12:00.689 --> 01:12:02.689
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01:12:03.689 --> 01:12:08.050
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01:12:08.050 --> 01:12:09.329
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01:12:22.930 --> 01:12:26.949
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01:12:27.470 --> 01:12:29.649
but<01:12:28.149><c> God</c><01:12:28.369><c> intervened</c>

01:12:29.649 --> 01:12:32.210
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01:12:32.210 --> 01:12:36.229
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01:12:36.229 --> 01:12:38.489
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01:12:38.489 --> 01:12:41.930
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01:12:41.930 --> 01:12:45.970
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01:12:48.329 --> 01:12:51.090
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01:12:51.090 --> 01:12:55.149
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01:13:04.489 --> 01:13:07.750
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01:13:17.890 --> 01:13:18.930
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01:13:25.850 --> 01:13:28.130
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01:13:34.390 --> 01:13:36.810
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01:13:36.810 --> 01:13:40.430
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01:13:40.430 --> 01:13:42.069
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01:13:45.590 --> 01:13:48.649
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01:13:48.649 --> 01:13:49.949
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01:13:53.529 --> 01:13:55.729
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01:13:55.729 --> 01:14:00.770
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01:14:00.770 --> 01:14:05.550
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01:14:05.550 --> 01:14:08.029
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01:14:08.029 --> 01:14:09.630
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01:14:09.630 --> 01:14:13.369
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01:14:13.369 --> 01:14:17.470
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01:14:17.550 --> 01:14:19.750
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01:14:19.750 --> 01:14:22.710
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01:14:22.710 --> 01:14:28.050
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01:14:28.050 --> 01:14:32.029
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01:14:32.390 --> 01:14:36.090
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01:14:42.430 --> 01:14:47.470
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01:14:47.470 --> 01:14:51.869
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01:14:51.869 --> 01:14:54.310
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01:14:54.310 --> 01:14:57.850
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01:14:57.850 --> 01:15:01.329
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01:15:01.329 --> 01:15:05.210
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01:15:05.829 --> 01:15:10.010
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01:15:10.010 --> 01:15:13.909
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01:15:13.909 --> 01:15:19.710
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01:15:19.729 --> 01:15:22.529
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01:15:23.310 --> 01:15:26.609
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01:15:26.609 --> 01:15:29.630
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01:15:30.029 --> 01:15:35.529
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01:15:43.050 --> 01:15:45.649
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01:15:45.649 --> 01:15:49.470
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01:15:49.470 --> 01:15:52.909
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01:15:53.949 --> 01:15:57.810
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01:15:57.810 --> 01:16:01.390
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01:16:01.239 --> 01:16:03.270
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01:16:03.270 --> 01:16:06.289
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01:16:06.289 --> 01:16:09.390
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01:16:09.319 --> 01:16:11.090
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01:16:11.470 --> 01:16:17.529
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01:16:18.029 --> 01:16:21.250
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01:16:21.250 --> 01:16:22.710
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01:16:22.989 --> 01:16:27.210
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01:16:27.210 --> 01:16:31.130
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01:16:31.130 --> 01:16:34.510
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01:16:41.949 --> 01:16:43.829
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01:16:52.689 --> 01:16:55.930
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01:16:55.930 --> 01:16:57.229
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01:16:57.810 --> 01:17:01.229
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