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than<00:10:28.639><c> about</c><00:10:28.899><c> our</c><00:10:29.139><c> worldly</c><00:10:29.379><c> possessions.</c>

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Our<00:10:31.620><c> spiritual</c><00:10:32.120><c> heritage</c><00:10:32.740><c> ought,</c><00:10:33.659><c> without</c><00:10:34.000><c> doubt,</c>

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and<00:10:36.320><c> much</c><00:10:36.559><c> more</c><00:10:36.860><c> important</c><00:10:37.159><c> than</c><00:10:37.299><c> all</c><00:10:37.480><c> these</c><00:10:37.679><c> other</c><00:10:37.919><c> things.</c>

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So<00:10:39.940><c> Jesus</c><00:10:40.279><c> isn't</c><00:10:40.759><c> saying,</c><00:10:41.879><c> look,</c><00:10:42.679><c> don't</c><00:10:43.100><c> worry.</c>

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Don't<00:10:44.559><c> worry,</c><00:10:44.940><c> everything</c><00:10:45.379><c> will</c><00:10:45.639><c> turn</c><00:10:45.919><c> out</c><00:10:46.179><c> all</c><00:10:46.399><c> right.</c>

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But<00:10:47.600><c> he</c><00:10:47.860><c> is</c><00:10:48.240><c> saying,</c><00:10:49.539><c> get</c><00:10:49.740><c> your</c><00:10:50.200><c> priorities</c><00:10:51.019><c> right.</c>

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Verse<00:10:53.980><c> 33,</c><00:10:54.879><c> but</c><00:10:55.539><c> seek</c><00:10:56.120><c> ye</c><00:10:56.519><c> first</c><00:10:57.139><c> the</c><00:10:57.480><c> kingdom</c><00:10:57.960><c> of</c><00:10:58.340><c> God</c>

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and<00:10:59.340><c> his</c><00:11:00.019><c> righteousness,</c>

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and<00:11:01.899><c> all</c><00:11:02.279><c> these</c><00:11:02.600><c> things</c><00:11:02.899><c> shall</c><00:11:03.100><c> be</c><00:11:03.360><c> added</c><00:11:03.580><c> unto</c><00:11:03.899><c> you.</c>

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And<00:11:04.679><c> please</c><00:11:04.879><c> notice</c><00:11:05.159><c> how</c><00:11:05.379><c> those</c><00:11:05.639><c> two</c><00:11:05.899><c> things</c>

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are<00:11:06.460><c> inseparably</c><00:11:06.980><c> linked</c><00:11:07.240><c> together.</c>

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of<00:11:10.700><c> God</c>

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and<00:11:11.080><c> all</c><00:11:11.259><c> the</c><00:11:11.539><c> details</c><00:11:11.820><c> attendant</c><00:11:12.240><c> upon</c><00:11:12.539><c> its</c><00:11:12.820><c> establishment</c>

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and<00:11:13.860><c> we</c><00:11:13.960><c> are</c><00:11:14.179><c> less</c><00:11:14.519><c> concerned</c><00:11:15.080><c> about</c><00:11:15.720><c> his</c><00:11:16.360><c> righteousness.</c>

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Seek<00:11:19.139><c> ye</c><00:11:19.340><c> first</c><00:11:19.620><c> the</c><00:11:19.840><c> kingdom</c><00:11:20.200><c> of</c><00:11:20.480><c> God</c><00:11:20.820><c> and</c><00:11:21.419><c> his</c><00:11:21.759><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:11:23.580><c> all</c><00:11:23.740><c> these</c><00:11:23.980><c> things</c><00:11:24.159><c> shall</c><00:11:24.360><c> be</c><00:11:24.539><c> added</c><00:11:24.679><c> unto</c><00:11:24.940><c> you,</c><00:11:25.179><c> Jesus</c><00:11:25.620><c> said.</c>

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Because<00:11:33.320><c> after</c><00:11:33.740><c> all,</c><00:11:34.039><c> Jesus</c><00:11:34.360><c> said,</c>

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you<00:11:35.759><c> can't</c><00:11:36.019><c> by</c><00:11:36.259><c> worrying</c><00:11:36.600><c> over</c><00:11:36.940><c> things</c>

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add<00:11:37.399><c> one</c><00:11:37.639><c> cubit</c><00:11:37.960><c> to</c><00:11:38.080><c> your</c><00:11:38.320><c> stature,</c><00:11:38.779><c> can</c><00:11:38.899><c> you?</c>

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You<00:11:40.059><c> can't</c><00:11:40.500><c> add</c><00:11:40.860><c> one</c><00:11:41.519><c> single</c><00:11:42.039><c> inch</c><00:11:42.399><c> by</c><00:11:42.700><c> anxiety.</c>

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So<00:11:44.860><c> don't</c><00:11:45.080><c> be</c><00:11:45.320><c> obsessed</c><00:11:45.720><c> with</c><00:11:45.919><c> all</c><00:11:46.080><c> these</c><00:11:46.220><c> earthly</c><00:11:46.580><c> cares</c>

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and<00:11:47.100><c> the</c><00:11:47.220><c> things</c><00:11:47.360><c> of</c><00:11:47.539><c> this</c><00:11:47.740><c> life.</c>

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Set<00:11:48.379><c> your</c><00:11:48.639><c> affection</c><00:11:48.940><c> on</c><00:11:49.200><c> heavenly</c><00:11:49.600><c> things</c>

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because<00:11:51.799><c> they</c><00:11:52.080><c> promise</c><00:11:52.399><c> so</c><00:11:52.720><c> much</c><00:11:52.980><c> more.</c>

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And<00:11:54.639><c> look</c><00:11:54.740><c> at</c><00:11:54.820><c> the</c><00:11:54.960><c> birds</c><00:11:55.179><c> of</c><00:11:55.360><c> the</c><00:11:55.580><c> air,</c><00:11:55.860><c> he</c><00:11:56.039><c> says,</c><00:11:56.480><c> verse</c><00:11:56.679><c> 26.</c>

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Behold<00:11:59.039><c> the</c><00:11:59.279><c> fowls</c><00:11:59.679><c> of</c><00:11:59.879><c> the</c><00:12:00.100><c> air,</c><00:12:00.399><c> for</c><00:12:00.500><c> they</c><00:12:00.779><c> sow</c><00:12:00.980><c> not,</c>

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neither<00:12:01.519><c> do</c><00:12:01.679><c> they</c><00:12:01.899><c> reap</c><00:12:02.179><c> nor</c><00:12:02.360><c> gather</c><00:12:02.620><c> into</c><00:12:02.919><c> barns.</c>

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Yet<00:12:04.000><c> your</c><00:12:04.240><c> heavenly</c><00:12:04.620><c> father</c><00:12:05.059><c> feedeth</c><00:12:05.580><c> them.</c>

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Are<00:12:07.299><c> ye</c><00:12:07.559><c> not</c><00:12:07.720><c> much</c><00:12:07.980><c> better</c><00:12:08.340><c> than</c><00:12:08.600><c> they?</c>

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What<00:12:11.080><c> a</c><00:12:11.179><c> lesson</c><00:12:11.539><c> for</c><00:12:11.820><c> human</c><00:12:12.120><c> beings.</c>

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Are<00:12:14.019><c> ye</c><00:12:14.240><c> not</c><00:12:14.460><c> better</c><00:12:14.820><c> than</c><00:12:15.059><c> the</c><00:12:15.279><c> fowls</c><00:12:15.539><c> of</c><00:12:15.759><c> the</c><00:12:15.980><c> air?</c>

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I<00:12:17.019><c> sometimes</c><00:12:17.379><c> wonder</c><00:12:17.620><c> whether</c><00:12:17.799><c> we</c><00:12:17.960><c> are</c><00:12:18.259><c> really,</c>

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brethren<00:12:18.960><c> and</c><00:12:19.220><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:12:19.919><c> that's</c><00:12:20.200><c> the</c><00:12:20.379><c> challenge</c><00:12:20.700><c> of</c><00:12:20.899><c> Jesus'</c><00:12:21.639><c> words.</c>

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Because<00:12:22.820><c> the</c><00:12:23.039><c> birds</c><00:12:23.259><c> don't</c><00:12:23.580><c> spend</c><00:12:23.879><c> their</c><00:12:24.139><c> lives</c><00:12:24.399><c> worrying.</c>

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They<00:12:25.679><c> live</c><00:12:25.879><c> with</c><00:12:26.100><c> God's</c><00:12:26.559><c> provision</c><00:12:26.840><c> for</c><00:12:27.039><c> their</c><00:12:27.299><c> needs.</c>

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They<00:12:28.259><c> sing</c><00:12:28.500><c> their</c><00:12:28.720><c> songs</c><00:12:29.100><c> from</c><00:12:29.360><c> the</c><00:12:29.620><c> heart</c>

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and<00:12:30.139><c> cheer</c><00:12:30.460><c> the</c><00:12:30.740><c> human</c><00:12:30.960><c> race,</c>

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doing<00:12:31.940><c> exactly</c><00:12:32.539><c> what</c><00:12:32.820><c> God</c><00:12:33.100><c> wants</c><00:12:33.440><c> them</c><00:12:33.659><c> to</c><00:12:33.899><c> do.</c>

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But<00:12:35.899><c> as</c><00:12:36.179><c> someone</c><00:12:36.419><c> once</c><00:12:36.759><c> remarked,</c>

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although<00:12:37.700><c> God</c><00:12:37.960><c> feeds</c><00:12:38.320><c> the</c><00:12:38.559><c> birds,</c>

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he<00:12:38.840><c> doesn't</c><00:12:39.039><c> put</c><00:12:39.240><c> the</c><00:12:39.419><c> food</c><00:12:39.539><c> in</c><00:12:39.720><c> their</c><00:12:39.899><c> mouths.</c>

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He<00:12:42.139><c> uses</c><00:12:42.480><c> the</c><00:12:42.759><c> processes</c><00:12:43.139><c> of</c><00:12:43.399><c> nature</c><00:12:43.659><c> to</c><00:12:43.879><c> provide</c><00:12:44.259><c> for</c><00:12:44.399><c> them,</c>

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but<00:12:44.679><c> they</c><00:12:44.860><c> still</c><00:12:45.000><c> have</c><00:12:45.179><c> to</c><00:12:45.299><c> go</c><00:12:45.419><c> and</c><00:12:45.559><c> look</c><00:12:45.700><c> for</c><00:12:45.899><c> their</c><00:12:46.139><c> food.</c>

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So<00:12:47.460><c> don't</c><00:12:47.639><c> just</c><00:12:47.899><c> presume</c><00:12:48.200><c> that</c><00:12:48.399><c> God</c><00:12:48.559><c> is</c><00:12:48.779><c> going</c><00:12:48.879><c> to</c><00:12:49.039><c> do</c><00:12:49.159><c> everything</c><00:12:49.500><c> for</c><00:12:49.840><c> you</c>

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and<00:12:50.080><c> that</c><00:12:50.220><c> we</c><00:12:50.320><c> can</c><00:12:50.460><c> just</c><00:12:50.639><c> sit</c><00:12:50.820><c> back</c><00:12:51.100><c> and</c><00:12:51.220><c> wait</c><00:12:51.379><c> for</c><00:12:51.559><c> the</c><00:12:51.679><c> gift</c><00:12:51.860><c> checks</c>

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to<00:12:52.340><c> arrive</c><00:12:52.559><c> in</c><00:12:52.700><c> the</c><00:12:52.860><c> mailbox</c><00:12:53.179><c> because</c><00:12:53.519><c> they</c><00:12:53.679><c> won't</c><00:12:53.879><c> be</c><00:12:54.100><c> there.</c>

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We<00:12:56.240><c> still</c><00:12:56.480><c> have</c><00:12:56.720><c> to</c><00:12:56.919><c> do</c><00:12:57.120><c> our</c><00:12:57.440><c> part</c><00:12:57.759><c> faithfully.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:13:01.899><c> the</c><00:13:02.019><c> main</c><00:13:02.320><c> point</c>

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of<00:13:03.440><c> what</c><00:13:03.679><c> Jesus</c><00:13:04.039><c> is</c><00:13:04.360><c> saying</c><00:13:04.580><c> to</c><00:13:04.860><c> us</c>

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in<00:13:05.980><c> this</c><00:13:06.559><c> latter</c><00:13:06.740><c> part</c><00:13:07.000><c> of</c><00:13:07.139><c> Matthew</c><00:13:07.460><c> chapter</c><00:13:07.919><c> six</c>

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is<00:13:08.580><c> that</c><00:13:08.779><c> anxiety</c><00:13:09.620><c> will</c><00:13:10.059><c> get</c><00:13:10.259><c> us</c><00:13:10.899><c> nowhere.</c>

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Put<00:13:12.419><c> your</c><00:13:12.700><c> trust</c><00:13:12.980><c> in</c><00:13:13.200><c> the</c><00:13:13.419><c> Lord,</c><00:13:13.720><c> he</c><00:13:13.960><c> says.</c>

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Set<00:13:14.820><c> your</c><00:13:15.080><c> affection</c><00:13:15.440><c> on</c><00:13:15.879><c> right</c><00:13:16.240><c> things</c>

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and<00:13:17.919><c> let</c><00:13:18.080><c> all</c><00:13:18.299><c> these</c><00:13:18.480><c> other</c><00:13:18.659><c> things</c><00:13:18.899><c> take</c><00:13:19.259><c> their</c><00:13:19.539><c> place.</c>

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If<00:13:20.879><c> you</c><00:13:21.019><c> have</c><00:13:21.200><c> to</c><00:13:21.379><c> have</c><00:13:21.500><c> them,</c>

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at<00:13:21.759><c> least</c><00:13:21.940><c> let</c><00:13:22.100><c> them</c><00:13:22.240><c> be</c><00:13:22.500><c> subordinate</c>

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which<00:13:26.320><c> is</c><00:13:26.539><c> the</c><00:13:26.759><c> love</c><00:13:26.940><c> and</c><00:13:27.340><c> service</c><00:13:27.919><c> of</c><00:13:28.399><c> the</c><00:13:28.580><c> Lord</c><00:13:28.779><c> our</c><00:13:29.039><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:30.600><c> citizenship</c><00:13:31.039><c> of</c><00:13:31.279><c> his</c><00:13:31.500><c> kingdom.</c>

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Now,<00:13:35.259><c> that's</c><00:13:35.360><c> a</c><00:13:35.460><c> good</c><00:13:35.600><c> recipe</c><00:13:36.019><c> for</c><00:13:36.299><c> worriers,</c><00:13:36.679><c> isn't</c><00:13:36.919><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:13:39.539><c> good</c><00:13:39.740><c> advice</c><00:13:40.279><c> from</c><00:13:40.519><c> the</c><00:13:40.679><c> master</c><00:13:41.000><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:13:42.879><c> that</c><00:13:43.120><c> isn't</c><00:13:43.440><c> saying</c><00:13:43.840><c> to</c><00:13:44.039><c> people,</c>

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oh,<00:13:44.639><c> you</c><00:13:44.820><c> shouldn't</c><00:13:45.039><c> be</c><00:13:45.320><c> anxious,</c><00:13:45.659><c> you</c><00:13:45.879><c> shouldn't</c><00:13:46.279><c> worry,</c><00:13:46.639><c> period.</c>

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It's<00:13:48.419><c> saying,</c><00:13:48.759><c> look,</c><00:13:49.580><c> there's</c><00:13:49.940><c> no</c><00:13:50.159><c> advantage,</c>

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no<00:13:51.259><c> real</c><00:13:51.720><c> point</c><00:13:52.039><c> in</c><00:13:52.440><c> worrying,</c><00:13:52.740><c> you</c><00:13:53.019><c> know,</c>

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because<00:13:53.399><c> it</c><00:13:53.559><c> won't</c><00:13:53.759><c> get</c><00:13:54.019><c> you</c><00:13:54.259><c> anywhere,</c>

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So<00:13:58.399><c> why</c><00:13:58.620><c> don't</c><00:13:58.779><c> you</c><00:13:58.960><c> try</c><00:13:59.159><c> to</c><00:13:59.340><c> see</c><00:13:59.519><c> things</c><00:13:59.740><c> from</c><00:13:59.980><c> God's</c><00:14:00.500><c> point</c>

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of<00:14:00.960><c> view?</c>

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Why<00:14:02.320><c> don't</c><00:14:02.519><c> you</c><00:14:02.700><c> see</c><00:14:02.879><c> that</c><00:14:03.100><c> these</c><00:14:03.500><c> present</c><00:14:03.860><c> things</c>

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and<00:14:04.480><c> the</c><00:14:04.639><c> cares</c><00:14:04.779><c> of</c><00:14:05.000><c> this</c><00:14:05.220><c> life</c><00:14:05.440><c> are</c><00:14:05.860><c> relatively</c><00:14:06.460><c> unimportant?</c>

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Try<00:14:08.360><c> to</c><00:14:08.480><c> get</c><00:14:08.580><c> your</c><00:14:08.820><c> thinking</c><00:14:09.120><c> straight</c><00:14:09.500><c> and</c><00:14:09.659><c> your</c><00:14:09.940><c> priorities</c><00:14:10.399><c> straight</c>

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and<00:14:11.000><c> having</c><00:14:11.200><c> set</c><00:14:11.460><c> your</c><00:14:11.779><c> desire</c><00:14:12.179><c> on</c><00:14:12.360><c> his</c><00:14:12.679><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:14:14.179><c> his</c><00:14:14.480><c> righteousness</c><00:14:15.120><c> and</c><00:14:15.539><c> all</c><00:14:15.740><c> that</c><00:14:15.980><c> belongs</c><00:14:16.279><c> to</c><00:14:16.519><c> him,</c>

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then<00:14:17.139><c> put</c><00:14:17.460><c> your</c><00:14:17.860><c> trust</c><00:14:18.259><c> in</c><00:14:19.240><c> the</c><00:14:19.480><c> Father</c>

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and<00:14:21.899><c> believe</c><00:14:22.460><c> that</c><00:14:22.820><c> through</c><00:14:23.139><c> all</c><00:14:23.679><c> the</c><00:14:23.960><c> changing</c><00:14:24.419><c> scenes</c><00:14:24.860><c> of</c><00:14:25.159><c> life,</c>

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in<00:14:26.360><c> trouble</c><00:14:26.700><c> and</c><00:14:27.000><c> in</c><00:14:27.220><c> joy,</c>

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he<00:14:28.799><c> will</c><00:14:28.980><c> be</c><00:14:29.179><c> by</c><00:14:29.440><c> our</c><00:14:29.779><c> side,</c><00:14:30.159><c> as</c><00:14:30.240><c> hymn</c><00:14:30.519><c> 114</c><00:14:31.519><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:14:34.440><c> that</c><00:14:34.600><c> seems</c><00:14:35.000><c> to</c><00:14:35.259><c> me</c><00:14:35.480><c> to</c><00:14:35.620><c> be</c><00:14:35.700><c> what</c><00:14:35.899><c> Jesus</c><00:14:36.279><c> is</c><00:14:36.639><c> saying</c><00:14:36.840><c> to</c><00:14:37.100><c> us</c><00:14:37.360><c> here.</c>

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Then<00:14:40.000><c> he</c><00:14:40.220><c> says</c><00:14:40.460><c> next,</c><00:14:41.759><c> consider</c><00:14:42.120><c> the</c><00:14:42.360><c> lilies</c><00:14:42.600><c> of</c><00:14:42.820><c> the</c><00:14:43.080><c> field,</c>

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how<00:14:44.559><c> they</c><00:14:44.919><c> grow,</c><00:14:46.220><c> that</c><00:14:46.340><c> they</c><00:14:46.639><c> toil</c><00:14:46.879><c> not,</c><00:14:47.220><c> neither</c><00:14:47.500><c> do</c><00:14:47.720><c> they</c><00:14:48.019><c> spin,</c>

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verse<00:14:49.000><c> 28,</c><00:14:51.120><c> and</c><00:14:51.340><c> yet</c><00:14:51.480><c> I</c><00:14:51.759><c> say</c><00:14:51.899><c> unto</c><00:14:52.159><c> you</c><00:14:52.419><c> that</c><00:14:52.559><c> even</c><00:14:52.940><c> Solomon</c>

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in<00:14:53.620><c> all</c><00:14:54.019><c> his</c><00:14:54.360><c> glory</c><00:14:54.799><c> was</c><00:14:55.039><c> not</c><00:14:55.299><c> arrayed</c><00:14:55.679><c> like</c><00:14:55.919><c> one</c><00:14:56.159><c> of</c><00:14:56.399><c> these,</c>

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and<00:14:59.480><c> here,</c><00:15:00.039><c> brethren</c><00:15:00.039><c> and</c><00:15:00.259><c> sisters,</c>

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I<00:15:00.580><c> think</c><00:15:00.759><c> that</c><00:15:00.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:15:01.299><c> exhortation</c><00:15:01.860><c> applies</c>

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to<00:15:02.399><c> more</c><00:15:02.620><c> than</c><00:15:02.740><c> just</c><00:15:03.000><c> the</c><00:15:03.159><c> things</c><00:15:03.340><c> of</c><00:15:03.539><c> this</c><00:15:03.759><c> life.</c>

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It<00:15:05.000><c> applies</c><00:15:05.379><c> to</c><00:15:05.620><c> our</c><00:15:05.879><c> spiritual</c><00:15:06.440><c> lives</c><00:15:06.879><c> as</c><00:15:07.200><c> well.</c>

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Look<00:15:08.679><c> at</c><00:15:08.879><c> the</c><00:15:09.080><c> lilies,</c><00:15:09.860><c> see</c><00:15:10.240><c> how</c><00:15:10.500><c> they</c><00:15:10.820><c> grow,</c>

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God<00:15:13.000><c> closed</c><00:15:13.360><c> them</c><00:15:13.580><c> with</c><00:15:13.840><c> beauty,</c>

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and<00:15:15.360><c> so</c><00:15:15.480><c> if</c><00:15:15.600><c> you</c><00:15:15.759><c> want</c><00:15:15.919><c> to</c><00:15:16.120><c> grow</c><00:15:16.360><c> spiritually,</c>

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consider<00:15:18.179><c> the</c><00:15:18.399><c> lesson</c><00:15:18.659><c> of</c><00:15:18.879><c> the</c><00:15:19.059><c> lilies</c><00:15:19.340><c> and</c><00:15:19.899><c> consider</c><00:15:20.259><c> it</c><00:15:20.539><c> carefully.</c>

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And<00:15:22.220><c> that's</c><00:15:22.340><c> what</c><00:15:22.440><c> we're</c><00:15:22.639><c> going</c><00:15:22.720><c> to</c><00:15:22.899><c> do</c><00:15:23.059><c> together</c>

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in<00:15:23.559><c> the</c><00:15:23.659><c> next</c><00:15:23.840><c> few</c><00:15:24.000><c> minutes,</c>

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because<00:15:25.299><c> I</c><00:15:25.419><c> think</c><00:15:25.519><c> this</c><00:15:25.679><c> is</c><00:15:25.879><c> far</c><00:15:26.039><c> more</c><00:15:26.279><c> important</c>

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than<00:15:26.820><c> just</c><00:15:27.019><c> giving</c><00:15:27.220><c> practical</c><00:15:27.679><c> advice</c>

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about<00:15:28.340><c> not</c><00:15:28.600><c> worrying</c><00:15:28.820><c> over</c><00:15:29.159><c> refrigerators</c>

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and<00:15:30.080><c> television</c><00:15:30.500><c> sets</c><00:15:30.820><c> and</c><00:15:31.100><c> cars</c><00:15:31.440><c> and</c><00:15:31.799><c> things</c><00:15:31.980><c> of</c><00:15:32.179><c> that</c><00:15:32.419><c> kind.</c>

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Getting<00:15:33.960><c> our</c><00:15:34.360><c> spiritual</c><00:15:34.940><c> growth</c><00:15:35.340><c> right</c><00:15:35.840><c> is</c><00:15:36.399><c> what</c><00:15:36.580><c> really</c><00:15:36.899><c> matters.</c>

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Now<00:15:39.240><c> the</c><00:15:39.480><c> lilies</c><00:15:39.899><c> referred</c><00:15:40.399><c> to</c><00:15:40.740><c> in</c><00:15:41.240><c> verse</c><00:15:41.480><c> 28,</c><00:15:41.980><c> I</c><00:15:42.259><c> understand,</c>

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doesn't<00:15:42.919><c> refer</c><00:15:43.179><c> to</c><00:15:43.259><c> what</c><00:15:43.419><c> we</c><00:15:43.679><c> might</c><00:15:43.840><c> think</c><00:15:44.039><c> of</c><00:15:44.259><c> lilies</c>

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in<00:15:44.620><c> the</c><00:15:44.779><c> Western</c><00:15:45.059><c> world.</c>

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We<00:15:46.779><c> have</c><00:15:47.039><c> arum</c><00:15:47.460><c> lilies</c><00:15:47.799><c> in</c><00:15:48.059><c> South</c><00:15:48.340><c> Africa,</c>

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I<00:15:48.919><c> presume</c><00:15:49.159><c> you</c><00:15:49.360><c> do</c><00:15:49.580><c> have</c><00:15:49.980><c> here</c><00:15:50.220><c> as</c><00:15:50.580><c> well,</c>

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those<00:15:51.639><c> tall</c><00:15:51.860><c> green</c><00:15:52.139><c> stems</c><00:15:52.460><c> with</c><00:15:52.659><c> the</c><00:15:52.759><c> lovely</c><00:15:53.019><c> white</c><00:15:54.080><c> blossom</c>

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and<00:15:54.899><c> flower</c><00:15:55.080><c> at</c><00:15:55.279><c> the</c><00:15:55.500><c> top.</c>

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Or<00:15:56.919><c> pond</c><00:15:57.419><c> lilies</c><00:15:57.720><c> and</c><00:15:57.940><c> water</c><00:15:58.299><c> lilies.</c>

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But<00:16:00.299><c> the</c><00:16:00.799><c> lilies</c><00:16:01.059><c> referred</c><00:16:01.580><c> to</c><00:16:02.059><c> here,</c>

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apparently<00:16:04.980><c> as</c><00:16:05.200><c> a</c><00:16:05.360><c> species</c><00:16:05.659><c> of</c><00:16:05.940><c> wildflower,</c>

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which<00:16:06.960><c> was</c><00:16:07.220><c> common</c><00:16:07.519><c> to</c><00:16:07.679><c> the</c><00:16:07.820><c> land</c><00:16:08.000><c> of</c><00:16:08.240><c> Israel.</c>

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Probably<00:16:09.879><c> wild</c><00:16:10.320><c> anemones.</c>

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And<00:16:12.139><c> it's</c><00:16:12.279><c> very</c><00:16:12.679><c> probable</c><00:16:13.059><c> that</c><00:16:13.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:13.940><c> picked</c><00:16:14.279><c> one</c>

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of<00:16:14.620><c> these</c><00:16:14.840><c> little</c><00:16:15.200><c> blooms</c><00:16:15.559><c> and</c><00:16:15.759><c> held</c><00:16:15.919><c> it</c><00:16:16.100><c> up</c><00:16:16.259><c> and</c><00:16:16.399><c> said,</c>

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isn't<00:16:16.799><c> that</c><00:16:17.080><c> exquisite,</c><00:16:17.700><c> isn't</c><00:16:17.919><c> that</c><00:16:18.240><c> beautiful?</c>

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Or<00:16:20.620><c> perhaps</c><00:16:20.799><c> he</c><00:16:20.980><c> pointed</c><00:16:21.259><c> to</c><00:16:21.480><c> a</c><00:16:21.639><c> patch</c><00:16:21.820><c> of</c><00:16:22.000><c> those</c><00:16:22.279><c> blossoms</c>

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and<00:16:23.340><c> said,</c><00:16:23.600><c> look</c><00:16:23.679><c> at</c><00:16:23.940><c> that,</c><00:16:24.679><c> aren't</c><00:16:25.000><c> they</c><00:16:25.659><c> exquisite?</c>

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Consider<00:16:27.980><c> how</c><00:16:28.200><c> they've</c><00:16:28.419><c> been</c><00:16:28.679><c> produced.</c>

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They<00:16:30.620><c> didn't</c><00:16:30.940><c> worry</c><00:16:31.320><c> themselves</c><00:16:31.860><c> into</c><00:16:32.220><c> a</c><00:16:32.360><c> beautiful</c><00:16:32.720><c> existence.</c>

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God's<00:16:35.200><c> processes</c><00:16:35.720><c> has</c><00:16:36.100><c> developed</c><00:16:36.440><c> that</c><00:16:36.779><c> beauty.</c>

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Isn't<00:16:37.840><c> it</c><00:16:38.139><c> splendid?</c>

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And<00:16:40.899><c> do</c><00:16:41.039><c> you</c><00:16:41.139><c> notice</c><00:16:41.399><c> what</c><00:16:41.559><c> he</c><00:16:41.799><c> also</c><00:16:42.220><c> said?</c>

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He<00:16:42.720><c> said,</c><00:16:42.899><c> they</c><00:16:43.279><c> toil</c><00:16:43.740><c> not,</c><00:16:44.480><c> neither</c><00:16:44.860><c> do</c><00:16:45.080><c> they</c><00:16:45.480><c> spin.</c>

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And<00:16:47.919><c> there</c><00:16:48.240><c> are</c><00:16:48.480><c> the</c><00:16:48.720><c> men</c><00:16:49.059><c> and</c><00:16:49.559><c> the</c><00:16:49.759><c> women</c>

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represented<00:16:50.740><c> in</c><00:16:50.980><c> that</c><00:16:51.200><c> figure</c><00:16:51.419><c> of</c><00:16:51.679><c> speech.</c>

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Have<00:16:52.000><c> you</c><00:16:52.080><c> ever</c><00:16:52.279><c> noticed</c><00:16:52.600><c> that?</c>

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The<00:16:53.539><c> men</c><00:16:53.779><c> do</c><00:16:54.000><c> the</c><00:16:54.320><c> toil,</c><00:16:54.580><c> the</c><00:16:54.840><c> women</c><00:16:55.120><c> do</c><00:16:55.340><c> the</c><00:16:55.679><c> spinning</c>

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in<00:16:56.659><c> theory</c><00:16:56.919><c> at</c><00:16:57.159><c> any</c><00:16:57.379><c> rate.</c>

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So<00:16:58.360><c> both</c><00:16:58.679><c> groups</c><00:16:59.100><c> are</c><00:16:59.379><c> represented</c>

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in<00:17:00.080><c> this</c><00:17:00.299><c> little</c><00:17:00.519><c> figure</c><00:17:00.740><c> of</c><00:17:01.039><c> speech,</c>

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this<00:17:01.480><c> little</c><00:17:01.740><c> parable,</c><00:17:02.460><c> which</c><00:17:02.620><c> he</c><00:17:02.799><c> is</c><00:17:02.980><c> setting</c><00:17:03.240><c> forth.</c>

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They<00:17:04.779><c> toil</c><00:17:05.099><c> not,</c><00:17:06.059><c> neither</c><00:17:06.339><c> do</c><00:17:06.519><c> they</c><00:17:06.839><c> spin.</c>

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Yet<00:17:08.700><c> I</c><00:17:09.000><c> say</c><00:17:09.119><c> unto</c><00:17:09.319><c> you</c><00:17:09.480><c> that</c><00:17:09.640><c> even</c><00:17:09.900><c> Solomon</c><00:17:10.259><c> in</c><00:17:10.440><c> all</c><00:17:10.740><c> his</c><00:17:11.039><c> glory</c>

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was<00:17:11.559><c> not</c><00:17:11.779><c> arrayed</c><00:17:12.119><c> like</c><00:17:12.339><c> one</c><00:17:12.559><c> of</c><00:17:12.779><c> these.</c>

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So<00:17:15.140><c> consider</c><00:17:15.319><c> the</c><00:17:15.559><c> lesson</c><00:17:15.799><c> carefully,</c><00:17:16.319><c> Jesus</c><00:17:16.819><c> says.</c>

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Well,<00:17:19.319><c> so</c><00:17:19.539><c> how</c><00:17:19.779><c> does</c><00:17:20.180><c> a</c><00:17:20.359><c> beautiful</c><00:17:20.759><c> flower</c><00:17:21.059><c> grow,</c><00:17:21.539><c> brethren?</c>

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Well,<00:17:23.599><c> first</c><00:17:23.779><c> of</c><00:17:23.960><c> all,</c><00:17:24.059><c> you've</c><00:17:24.259><c> got</c><00:17:24.380><c> to</c><00:17:24.500><c> have</c><00:17:24.660><c> right</c><00:17:25.000><c> seed,</c>

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haven't<00:17:25.640><c> you,</c><00:17:26.099><c> and</c><00:17:26.240><c> then</c><00:17:26.579><c> right</c><00:17:26.819><c> conditions</c><00:17:27.480><c> for</c><00:17:27.799><c> growth.</c>

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Given<00:17:30.319><c> the</c><00:17:30.579><c> right</c><00:17:30.839><c> seed</c><00:17:31.000><c> and</c><00:17:31.180><c> the</c><00:17:31.279><c> right</c><00:17:31.480><c> conditions,</c>

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a<00:17:32.240><c> flower</c><00:17:32.500><c> will</c><00:17:32.859><c> grow</c><00:17:33.500><c> and</c><00:17:34.440><c> it</c><00:17:34.640><c> will</c><00:17:34.920><c> grow</c><00:17:35.119><c> to</c><00:17:35.339><c> be</c><00:17:35.519><c> beautiful</c>

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because<00:17:36.900><c> God</c><00:17:37.180><c> has</c><00:17:37.480><c> so</c><00:17:37.740><c> ordained</c><00:17:38.140><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:39.700><c> that</c><00:17:39.980><c> brings</c><00:17:40.339><c> us</c><00:17:40.720><c> to</c><00:17:40.960><c> our</c><00:17:41.319><c> old</c><00:17:41.740><c> friends,</c>

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heredity<00:17:43.059><c> and</c><00:17:43.420><c> environment.</c>

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And<00:17:46.339><c> most</c><00:17:46.819><c> students</c><00:17:47.559><c> these</c><00:17:48.059><c> days</c><00:17:48.420><c> at</c><00:17:48.640><c> the</c><00:17:48.960><c> universities</c>

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can<00:17:49.660><c> take</c><00:17:49.880><c> a</c><00:17:50.119><c> course</c><00:17:50.299><c> in</c><00:17:50.619><c> psychology,</c>

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whatever<00:17:53.200><c> degree</c><00:17:53.559><c> they're</c><00:17:53.819><c> taking.</c>

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You<00:17:55.000><c> can</c><00:17:55.200><c> take</c><00:17:55.400><c> a</c><00:17:55.579><c> filler</c><00:17:55.799><c> course</c><00:17:56.339><c> or</c><00:17:56.720><c> a</c><00:17:56.920><c> service</c><00:17:57.240><c> course</c>

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as<00:17:57.720><c> they're</c><00:17:58.079><c> called,</c><00:17:58.259><c> just</c><00:17:58.440><c> to</c><00:17:58.579><c> make</c><00:17:58.680><c> up</c><00:17:58.819><c> the</c><00:17:58.940><c> number</c><00:17:59.099><c> of</c><00:17:59.279><c> credits</c>

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you<00:17:59.700><c> need</c><00:17:59.859><c> for</c><00:18:00.059><c> graduation.</c>

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And<00:18:02.720><c> any</c><00:18:02.980><c> student</c><00:18:03.220><c> who</c><00:18:03.460><c> does</c><00:18:03.660><c> this</c><00:18:04.000><c> will</c><00:18:04.259><c> come</c><00:18:04.539><c> across</c>

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the<00:18:05.380><c> interminable</c><00:18:06.039><c> arguments</c><00:18:06.599><c> which</c><00:18:06.880><c> go</c><00:18:07.119><c> on</c><00:18:07.359><c> between</c><00:18:07.660><c> the</c><00:18:07.859><c> fundis,</c>

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as<00:18:09.480><c> to</c><00:18:09.599><c> which</c><00:18:09.720><c> is</c><00:18:09.839><c> the</c><00:18:09.900><c> more</c><00:18:10.140><c> important</c><00:18:10.740><c> factor</c>

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in<00:18:11.380><c> developing</c><00:18:11.740><c> and</c><00:18:12.000><c> shaping</c><00:18:12.259><c> human</c><00:18:12.640><c> personality</c>

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as<00:18:13.599><c> it</c><00:18:13.680><c> relates</c><00:18:13.680><c> to</c><00:18:13.680><c> the</c><00:18:13.680><c> human</c><00:18:13.680><c> environment.</c>

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Is<00:18:13.680><c> it</c><00:18:13.740><c> heredity</c><00:18:14.259><c> or</c><00:18:14.579><c> is</c><00:18:14.680><c> it</c><00:18:14.880><c> environment?</c>

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Well,<00:18:17.420><c> of</c><00:18:17.599><c> course,</c><00:18:17.960><c> they</c><00:18:18.140><c> are</c><00:18:18.519><c> both</c><00:18:18.759><c> important,</c>

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brethren<00:18:19.680><c> and</c><00:18:19.940><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:18:20.660><c> are</c><00:18:20.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.140><c> two</c><00:18:21.339><c> basic</c><00:18:21.839><c> determinants.</c>

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We<00:18:23.980><c> do</c><00:18:24.380><c> inherit</c><00:18:24.880><c> certain</c><00:18:25.319><c> properties</c><00:18:25.859><c> or</c><00:18:26.160><c> qualities</c>

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like<00:18:27.920><c> ginger</c><00:18:28.400><c> or</c><00:18:28.640><c> dark</c><00:18:29.019><c> hair</c><00:18:29.299><c> or</c><00:18:29.519><c> blonde</c><00:18:29.859><c> hair,</c>

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blue<00:18:31.519><c> or</c><00:18:31.740><c> green</c><00:18:32.000><c> eyes,</c><00:18:33.319><c> a</c><00:18:33.440><c> mild</c><00:18:33.640><c> or</c><00:18:33.900><c> aggressive</c><00:18:34.259><c> disposition,</c>

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and<00:18:35.880><c> so</c><00:18:36.140><c> on.</c>

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We<00:18:37.160><c> inherit</c><00:18:37.619><c> those</c><00:18:38.119><c> kind</c><00:18:38.460><c> of</c><00:18:38.660><c> things</c><00:18:38.940><c> from</c><00:18:39.240><c> our</c><00:18:39.519><c> parents.</c>

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And<00:18:40.680><c> there's</c><00:18:40.839><c> nothing</c><00:18:41.079><c> we</c><00:18:41.240><c> can</c><00:18:41.460><c> do</c><00:18:41.680><c> to</c><00:18:41.880><c> change</c><00:18:42.119><c> the</c><00:18:42.380><c> program</c>

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which<00:18:42.900><c> is</c><00:18:43.079><c> built</c><00:18:43.220><c> into</c><00:18:43.440><c> the</c><00:18:43.660><c> structure</c><00:18:43.920><c> of</c><00:18:44.180><c> our</c><00:18:44.400><c> genes.</c>

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That<00:18:45.799><c> is</c><00:18:46.039><c> our</c><00:18:46.339><c> inheritance.</c>

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But<00:18:48.960><c> there</c><00:18:49.140><c> is</c><00:18:49.380><c> something</c><00:18:49.619><c> we</c><00:18:49.779><c> can</c><00:18:49.960><c> do</c><00:18:50.140><c> about</c><00:18:50.440><c> our</c><00:18:50.779><c> environment.</c>

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In<00:18:53.500><c> the</c><00:18:53.799><c> early</c><00:18:54.000><c> or</c><00:18:54.339><c> formative</c><00:18:54.799><c> years,</c>

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as<00:18:55.539><c> Brother</c><00:18:55.740><c> Jim</c><00:18:55.900><c> was</c><00:18:56.079><c> saying</c><00:18:56.259><c> to</c><00:18:56.420><c> us</c><00:18:56.539><c> on</c><00:18:56.740><c> Monday</c><00:18:57.000><c> night,</c>

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the<00:18:57.500><c> environment</c><00:18:57.940><c> is</c><00:18:58.200><c> provided</c><00:18:58.500><c> by</c><00:18:58.819><c> our</c><00:18:59.079><c> parents.</c>

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But<00:19:00.859><c> later,</c><00:19:02.140><c> we</c><00:19:02.319><c> begin</c><00:19:02.519><c> to</c><00:19:02.799><c> choose</c><00:19:02.960><c> that</c><00:19:03.259><c> environment</c>

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for<00:19:04.039><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:19:06.299><c> choose</c><00:19:06.400><c> our</c><00:19:06.759><c> friends,</c>

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we<00:19:07.960><c> choose</c><00:19:08.059><c> the</c><00:19:08.259><c> kind</c><00:19:08.400><c> of</c><00:19:08.539><c> things</c><00:19:08.680><c> we're</c><00:19:08.920><c> going</c><00:19:09.019><c> to</c><00:19:09.380><c> do,</c>

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the<00:19:10.940><c> kind</c><00:19:11.140><c> of</c><00:19:11.339><c> career</c><00:19:11.579><c> we</c><00:19:11.740><c> wish</c><00:19:11.940><c> to</c><00:19:12.220><c> follow.</c>

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And<00:19:14.539><c> gradually,</c><00:19:15.019><c> as</c><00:19:15.180><c> we</c><00:19:15.319><c> go</c><00:19:15.579><c> through</c><00:19:15.839><c> life,</c>

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we<00:19:17.059><c> are</c><00:19:17.359><c> selecting</c><00:19:17.819><c> the</c><00:19:18.279><c> environment</c>

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in<00:19:19.160><c> which</c><00:19:19.400><c> the</c><00:19:19.740><c> inherited</c><00:19:20.279><c> factors</c><00:19:20.799><c> will</c><00:19:21.180><c> develop</c>

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one<00:19:22.779><c> way</c><00:19:23.000><c> or</c><00:19:23.099><c> the</c><00:19:23.359><c> other.</c>

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And<00:19:25.259><c> of</c><00:19:25.380><c> course,</c><00:19:25.519><c> what</c><00:19:25.700><c> Jesus</c><00:19:26.019><c> is</c><00:19:26.339><c> saying</c><00:19:26.539><c> to</c><00:19:26.799><c> us</c><00:19:27.079><c> here</c>

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is<00:19:27.559><c> that</c><00:19:27.779><c> there</c><00:19:28.000><c> are</c><00:19:28.299><c> certain</c><00:19:28.579><c> obvious</c><00:19:29.319><c> parallels</c>

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in<00:19:30.160><c> our</c><00:19:30.380><c> spiritual</c><00:19:30.779><c> life.</c>

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The<00:19:33.299><c> seed</c><00:19:33.680><c> containing</c><00:19:34.380><c> the</c><00:19:34.799><c> inherited</c><00:19:35.279><c> factor</c>

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is<00:19:37.140><c> the</c><00:19:37.279><c> word</c><00:19:37.420><c> of</c><00:19:37.660><c> God.</c>

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If<00:19:39.299><c> you've</c><00:19:39.599><c> received</c><00:19:39.960><c> the</c><00:19:40.119><c> word</c><00:19:40.299><c> of</c><00:19:40.500><c> God</c><00:19:40.680><c> into</c><00:19:40.980><c> your</c><00:19:41.319><c> heart,</c>

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well,<00:19:41.740><c> then</c><00:19:41.839><c> you've</c><00:19:42.039><c> got</c><00:19:42.180><c> good</c><00:19:42.539><c> seed,</c><00:19:42.839><c> haven't</c><00:19:43.140><c> you?</c>

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There<00:19:43.660><c> is</c><00:19:43.900><c> none</c><00:19:44.079><c> better.</c>

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But<00:19:46.519><c> thereafter,</c><00:19:47.839><c> much</c><00:19:48.039><c> depends</c><00:19:48.440><c> upon</c><00:19:48.680><c> the</c><00:19:48.980><c> environmental</c><00:19:49.539><c> factor</c>

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which<00:19:50.319><c> you</c><00:19:50.599><c> can</c><00:19:50.819><c> govern</c><00:19:51.039><c> to</c><00:19:51.480><c> a</c><00:19:51.619><c> large</c><00:19:51.779><c> extent</c><00:19:52.119><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:19:53.920><c> the</c><00:19:54.019><c> growth</c><00:19:54.200><c> of</c><00:19:54.380><c> the</c><00:19:54.519><c> tender</c><00:19:54.700><c> plant</c><00:19:55.059><c> will</c><00:19:55.339><c> depend</c><00:19:55.619><c> largely</c>

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on<00:19:56.200><c> what</c><00:19:56.440><c> you</c><00:19:56.720><c> choose</c><00:19:57.079><c> to</c><00:19:57.319><c> do</c><00:19:57.460><c> or</c><00:19:57.720><c> not</c><00:19:58.019><c> do.</c>

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But<00:20:00.000><c> if</c><00:20:00.180><c> you</c><00:20:00.480><c> provide</c><00:20:00.880><c> the</c><00:20:01.119><c> right</c><00:20:01.400><c> environment,</c>

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God<00:20:03.200><c> will</c><00:20:03.480><c> do</c><00:20:03.740><c> the</c><00:20:03.920><c> rest.</c>

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No<00:20:05.660><c> doubt</c><00:20:05.839><c> about</c><00:20:06.180><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:07.140><c> the</c><00:20:07.279><c> plant</c><00:20:07.579><c> will</c><00:20:07.920><c> grow,</c>

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and<00:20:09.200><c> it</c><00:20:09.299><c> will</c><00:20:09.460><c> grow</c><00:20:09.579><c> to</c><00:20:09.839><c> perfection</c><00:20:10.299><c> and</c><00:20:10.640><c> beauty</c>

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as<00:20:11.180><c> God</c><00:20:11.440><c> has</c><00:20:11.720><c> ordained</c><00:20:12.079><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:20:14.920><c> Brother</c><00:20:15.039><c> Dennis</c><00:20:15.420><c> Gillett,</c>

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whom<00:20:16.420><c> many</c><00:20:16.680><c> of</c><00:20:16.859><c> you</c><00:20:16.940><c> will</c><00:20:17.200><c> know</c><00:20:17.400><c> well,</c>

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Brother<00:20:18.059><c> Dennis</c><00:20:18.400><c> Gillett</c><00:20:18.599><c> has</c><00:20:18.759><c> a</c><00:20:18.859><c> little</c><00:20:19.079><c> story</c><00:20:19.400><c> about</c><00:20:19.720><c> this,</c>

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and<00:20:20.039><c> you</c><00:20:20.140><c> may</c><00:20:20.319><c> have</c><00:20:20.460><c> heard</c><00:20:20.640><c> it,</c>

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but<00:20:20.880><c> I'm</c><00:20:21.059><c> going</c><00:20:21.240><c> to</c><00:20:21.380><c> tell</c><00:20:21.500><c> it</c><00:20:21.660><c> to</c><00:20:21.700><c> you</c><00:20:21.859><c> again,</c>

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because<00:20:22.519><c> it</c><00:20:22.720><c> makes</c><00:20:22.900><c> a</c><00:20:23.140><c> point</c><00:20:23.279><c> which</c><00:20:23.440><c> is</c><00:20:23.660><c> directly</c><00:20:24.039><c> relevant</c>

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to<00:20:24.940><c> Matthew</c><00:20:25.299><c> chapter</c><00:20:25.660><c> six.</c>

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He<00:20:27.460><c> tells</c><00:20:27.740><c> a</c><00:20:28.059><c> story</c><00:20:28.400><c> about</c><00:20:28.740><c> a</c><00:20:28.980><c> vicar</c>

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who<00:20:29.599><c> inherited</c><00:20:30.039><c> a</c><00:20:30.359><c> country</c><00:20:30.740><c> parish.</c>

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And<00:20:31.500><c> one</c><00:20:31.579><c> of</c><00:20:31.680><c> the</c><00:20:31.819><c> first</c><00:20:32.000><c> things</c><00:20:32.259><c> he</c><00:20:32.460><c> noticed</c><00:20:32.859><c> was</c>

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that<00:20:33.700><c> the</c><00:20:34.039><c> churchyard</c><00:20:34.720><c> was</c><00:20:35.359><c> in</c><00:20:35.500><c> a</c><00:20:35.660><c> terrible</c><00:20:35.940><c> state.</c>

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Full<00:20:37.019><c> of</c><00:20:37.240><c> weeds</c><00:20:37.599><c> and</c><00:20:37.940><c> overgrown.</c>

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And<00:20:39.680><c> so,</c><00:20:40.920><c> the</c><00:20:41.059><c> parish</c><00:20:41.319><c> council</c><00:20:41.700><c> decided</c><00:20:42.220><c> to</c><00:20:42.460><c> employ</c><00:20:42.680><c> an</c><00:20:42.859><c> old</c><00:20:43.079><c> man</c>

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from<00:20:43.599><c> the</c><00:20:43.779><c> neighboring</c><00:20:44.059><c> village</c><00:20:44.420><c> to</c><00:20:44.839><c> clean</c><00:20:45.019><c> it</c><00:20:45.200><c> up</c>

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and<00:20:45.460><c> get</c><00:20:45.599><c> it</c><00:20:45.859><c> tidy</c><00:20:46.099><c> again.</c>

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He<00:20:47.579><c> made</c><00:20:47.700><c> a</c><00:20:47.819><c> beautiful</c><00:20:48.259><c> job</c><00:20:48.539><c> of</c><00:20:48.700><c> it.</c>

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Removed<00:20:49.960><c> all</c><00:20:50.220><c> the</c><00:20:50.420><c> weeds,</c>

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he<00:20:51.099><c> hoed</c><00:20:51.279><c> around</c><00:20:51.519><c> all</c><00:20:51.759><c> the</c><00:20:51.900><c> borders</c><00:20:52.099><c> of</c><00:20:52.299><c> the</c><00:20:52.500><c> flower</c><00:20:52.740><c> beds.</c>

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He<00:20:53.720><c> dug</c><00:20:53.839><c> them</c><00:20:54.000><c> up</c><00:20:54.160><c> and</c><00:20:54.380><c> replanted</c><00:20:54.859><c> them.</c>

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And<00:20:55.799><c> in</c><00:20:55.980><c> the</c><00:20:56.140><c> summer,</c><00:20:56.339><c> it</c><00:20:56.460><c> was</c><00:20:56.619><c> a</c><00:20:56.720><c> wonderful</c><00:20:57.259><c> sight.</c>

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There<00:20:58.500><c> were</c><00:20:58.680><c> flowers</c><00:20:59.019><c> everywhere.</c>

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It<00:20:59.619><c> was</c><00:20:59.720><c> just</c><00:20:59.960><c> like</c><00:21:00.079><c> one</c><00:21:00.200><c> of</c><00:21:00.279><c> those</c><00:21:00.460><c> picture</c><00:21:00.839><c> postcards</c>

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that<00:21:01.819><c> you</c><00:21:02.039><c> might</c><00:21:02.539><c> buy</c><00:21:03.119><c> and</c><00:21:03.819><c> send</c><00:21:03.980><c> to</c><00:21:04.220><c> a</c><00:21:04.400><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:21:05.839><c> the</c><00:21:05.960><c> vicar</c><00:21:06.140><c> came</c><00:21:06.420><c> along</c><00:21:06.779><c> one</c><00:21:07.119><c> day</c>

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while<00:21:07.579><c> the</c><00:21:07.740><c> old</c><00:21:07.920><c> man</c><00:21:08.160><c> was</c><00:21:08.359><c> working</c><00:21:08.740><c> in</c><00:21:10.079><c> the</c><00:21:11.299><c> churchyard.</c>

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And<00:21:13.220><c> he</c><00:21:13.279><c> said,</c><00:21:13.400><c> isn't</c><00:21:13.599><c> it</c><00:21:13.960><c> marvelous,</c>

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the<00:21:14.980><c> wonderful</c><00:21:15.380><c> things</c><00:21:15.819><c> that</c><00:21:16.079><c> God</c><00:21:16.319><c> does,</c>

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making<00:21:17.000><c> all</c><00:21:17.299><c> these</c><00:21:17.579><c> beautiful</c><00:21:18.079><c> flowers</c><00:21:18.500><c> grow?</c>

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And<00:21:20.180><c> the</c><00:21:20.359><c> old</c><00:21:20.559><c> man</c><00:21:20.839><c> replied</c><00:21:21.299><c> and</c><00:21:21.460><c> he</c><00:21:21.579><c> said,</c><00:21:21.680><c> yes,</c><00:21:22.059><c> sir,</c>

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but<00:21:23.400><c> you</c><00:21:23.619><c> should</c><00:21:23.759><c> have</c><00:21:23.859><c> seen</c><00:21:24.140><c> the</c><00:21:24.420><c> churchyard</c>

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when<00:21:25.279><c> God</c><00:21:25.599><c> had</c><00:21:25.859><c> it</c><00:21:26.059><c> all</c><00:21:26.220><c> to</c><00:21:26.480><c> his</c><00:21:26.720><c> self.</c>

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Now,<00:21:31.140><c> that's</c><00:21:31.539><c> an</c><00:21:31.720><c> amusing</c><00:21:32.000><c> little</c><00:21:32.319><c> tale,</c>

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but<00:21:32.980><c> it</c><00:21:33.200><c> makes</c><00:21:33.359><c> an</c><00:21:33.680><c> important</c><00:21:34.019><c> point</c><00:21:34.339><c> for</c><00:21:34.640><c> us</c>

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that<00:21:35.420><c> we</c><00:21:36.339><c> have</c><00:21:37.000><c> our</c><00:21:37.519><c> part</c><00:21:37.880><c> to</c><00:21:38.279><c> play</c>

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in<00:21:39.900><c> providing</c><00:21:40.359><c> the</c><00:21:40.579><c> right</c><00:21:40.839><c> environment</c>

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for<00:21:42.539><c> the</c><00:21:42.680><c> growth</c><00:21:42.920><c> of</c><00:21:43.119><c> beautiful</c><00:21:43.539><c> plants</c><00:21:43.920><c> and</c><00:21:44.240><c> flowers.</c>

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We<00:21:44.680><c> have</c><00:21:44.900><c> to</c><00:21:45.039><c> keep</c><00:21:45.220><c> the</c><00:21:45.460><c> garden</c><00:21:45.680><c> free</c><00:21:45.960><c> of</c><00:21:46.220><c> weeds</c>

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and<00:21:46.779><c> other</c><00:21:46.940><c> hindrances</c><00:21:47.700><c> and</c><00:21:48.119><c> provide</c><00:21:48.460><c> the</c><00:21:48.720><c> conditions</c>

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that<00:21:49.380><c> encourage</c><00:21:49.819><c> maximum</c><00:21:50.400><c> development.</c>

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And<00:21:52.119><c> then</c><00:21:52.720><c> our</c><00:21:53.240><c> God</c><00:21:53.519><c> will</c><00:21:53.819><c> do</c><00:21:54.059><c> the</c><00:21:54.299><c> rest.</c>

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Now,<00:21:56.599><c> what</c><00:21:56.859><c> constitutes</c><00:21:57.619><c> the</c><00:21:57.920><c> right</c><00:21:58.140><c> environment</c>

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to<00:21:59.900><c> promote</c><00:22:00.220><c> the</c><00:22:00.460><c> healthy</c><00:22:00.779><c> growth</c><00:22:01.140><c> for</c><00:22:01.440><c> a</c><00:22:01.579><c> tender</c><00:22:01.839><c> plant?</c>

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Well,<00:22:03.720><c> you</c><00:22:03.799><c> don't</c><00:22:04.019><c> need</c><00:22:04.240><c> to</c><00:22:04.400><c> be</c><00:22:04.559><c> a</c><00:22:04.720><c> botanist</c>

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or<00:22:05.220><c> be</c><00:22:05.420><c> very</c><00:22:05.700><c> profound</c><00:22:06.180><c> to</c><00:22:06.400><c> know</c><00:22:06.559><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> obvious.</c>

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You<00:22:08.839><c> need</c><00:22:09.279><c> nourishment,</c><00:22:10.119><c> meaning</c><00:22:10.500><c> food</c><00:22:10.799><c> and</c><00:22:11.000><c> water,</c>

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the<00:22:11.599><c> nutrients</c><00:22:12.039><c> for</c><00:22:12.279><c> the</c><00:22:12.500><c> plant.</c>

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You<00:22:14.039><c> need</c><00:22:14.279><c> warmth,</c><00:22:15.420><c> you</c><00:22:15.700><c> need</c><00:22:16.000><c> light,</c>

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you<00:22:17.240><c> need</c><00:22:17.579><c> air,</c><00:22:18.559><c> the</c><00:22:18.779><c> oxygen</c><00:22:19.200><c> and</c><00:22:19.380><c> the</c><00:22:19.579><c> nitrogen.</c>

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Those<00:22:23.079><c> would</c><00:22:23.240><c> be</c><00:22:23.380><c> the</c><00:22:23.599><c> basic</c><00:22:24.180><c> requirements,</c><00:22:25.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:25.220><c> they?</c>

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And<00:22:26.440><c> to</c><00:22:26.640><c> that</c><00:22:26.839><c> list,</c><00:22:27.240><c> we</c><00:22:27.440><c> must,</c><00:22:27.740><c> of</c><00:22:27.980><c> course,</c>

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add<00:22:28.680><c> the</c><00:22:29.000><c> mysterious</c><00:22:29.880><c> X</c><00:22:30.539><c> factor,</c><00:22:31.079><c> as</c><00:22:31.299><c> I</c><00:22:31.460><c> would</c><00:22:31.700><c> call</c><00:22:31.880><c> it.</c>

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The<00:22:33.200><c> power</c><00:22:33.539><c> of</c><00:22:33.720><c> God</c><00:22:33.900><c> at</c><00:22:34.160><c> work.</c>

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Somewhere<00:22:35.759><c> amongst</c><00:22:36.079><c> all</c><00:22:36.299><c> those</c><00:22:36.539><c> ingredients,</c>

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we<00:22:37.200><c> still</c><00:22:37.460><c> need</c><00:22:37.700><c> the</c><00:22:37.960><c> Spirit</c><00:22:38.160><c> of</c><00:22:38.339><c> God</c><00:22:38.599><c> to</c><00:22:38.779><c> give</c><00:22:38.900><c> the</c><00:22:39.140><c> plant</c><00:22:39.359><c> life.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:22:41.900><c> the</c><00:22:42.059><c> plant</c><00:22:42.240><c> will</c><00:22:42.500><c> not</c><00:22:42.720><c> grow.</c>

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Our<00:22:44.960><c> nourishment,</c><00:22:45.680><c> obviously,</c>

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brethren<00:22:46.420><c> and</c><00:22:46.619><c> sisters,</c><00:22:46.980><c> is</c><00:22:47.140><c> the</c><00:22:47.259><c> word</c><00:22:47.420><c> of</c><00:22:47.619><c> God.</c>

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There<00:22:47.940><c> can</c><00:22:48.119><c> be</c><00:22:48.279><c> no</c><00:22:48.440><c> doubt</c><00:22:48.640><c> about</c><00:22:49.000><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:22:50.740><c> sure</c><00:22:51.099><c> none</c><00:22:51.339><c> would</c><00:22:51.599><c> disagree</c>

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that<00:22:52.380><c> our</c><00:22:52.660><c> nourishment</c><00:22:53.140><c> is</c><00:22:53.359><c> this</c><00:22:53.579><c> precious</c><00:22:53.960><c> word</c>

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which<00:22:54.440><c> we</c><00:22:54.640><c> have</c><00:22:54.759><c> before</c><00:22:55.099><c> us</c><00:22:55.359><c> today.</c>

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And<00:22:57.220><c> so,</c><00:22:57.339><c> if</c><00:22:57.420><c> you're</c><00:22:57.839><c> at</c><00:22:57.960><c> all</c><00:22:58.180><c> worried</c>

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about<00:22:58.799><c> your</c><00:22:59.019><c> spiritual</c><00:22:59.440><c> growth,</c>

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like<00:23:00.119><c> the</c><00:23:00.279><c> people</c><00:23:00.579><c> who</c><00:23:00.880><c> say,</c>

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I've<00:23:01.640><c> been</c><00:23:01.859><c> 40</c><00:23:02.160><c> years</c><00:23:02.440><c> in</c><00:23:02.579><c> the</c><00:23:02.819><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:23:03.920><c> I</c><00:23:04.059><c> just</c><00:23:04.220><c> don't</c><00:23:04.440><c> seem</c><00:23:04.640><c> to</c><00:23:04.779><c> have</c><00:23:04.900><c> made</c><00:23:05.059><c> any</c><00:23:05.359><c> progress.</c>

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Now,<00:23:06.500><c> we</c><00:23:06.579><c> discussed</c><00:23:06.880><c> this</c><00:23:07.099><c> yesterday.</c>

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It<00:23:08.000><c> isn't</c><00:23:08.240><c> always</c><00:23:08.740><c> true.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:10.519><c> we</c><00:23:10.700><c> have</c><00:23:10.940><c> made</c><00:23:11.259><c> considerable</c><00:23:11.740><c> progress</c>

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and<00:23:12.380><c> we</c><00:23:12.519><c> just</c><00:23:12.700><c> don't</c><00:23:13.039><c> appreciate</c><00:23:13.599><c> it.</c>

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But<00:23:14.619><c> if</c><00:23:14.839><c> you</c><00:23:15.119><c> feel</c><00:23:15.339><c> like</c><00:23:15.819><c> that,</c>

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.519
that<00:23:17.579><c> you</c><00:23:17.799><c> don't</c><00:23:18.039><c> seem</c><00:23:18.220><c> to</c><00:23:18.359><c> be</c><00:23:18.519><c> making</c><00:23:18.740><c> any</c><00:23:19.059><c> progress,</c>

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ask<00:23:20.220><c> yourself</c><00:23:20.759><c> whether</c><00:23:21.079><c> it</c><00:23:21.380><c> isn't</c><00:23:21.539><c> perhaps</c>

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:24.299
the<00:23:22.180><c> nourishment</c><00:23:22.700><c> factor</c><00:23:23.059><c> that</c><00:23:23.259><c> is</c><00:23:23.500><c> wrong.</c>

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:28.339
You<00:23:25.579><c> certainly</c><00:23:26.000><c> can't</c><00:23:26.460><c> produce</c><00:23:26.920><c> the</c><00:23:27.140><c> beautiful</c><00:23:27.819><c> fruit</c><00:23:28.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:28.559><c> vine</c>

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or<00:23:29.559><c> the</c><00:23:29.740><c> exquisite</c><00:23:30.359><c> rose</c><00:23:30.799><c> or</c><00:23:31.019><c> the</c><00:23:31.240><c> lily</c>

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if<00:23:32.980><c> you're</c><00:23:33.119><c> living</c><00:23:33.279><c> on</c><00:23:33.480><c> the</c><00:23:33.680><c> barren</c><00:23:34.240><c> diet</c><00:23:34.740><c> of</c><00:23:35.019><c> this</c><00:23:35.460><c> world,</c>

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can<00:23:36.339><c> you?</c>

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We've<00:23:38.000><c> discussed</c><00:23:38.200><c> that</c><00:23:38.420><c> already</c><00:23:38.740><c> this</c><00:23:39.039><c> week.</c>

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You<00:23:40.480><c> must</c><00:23:40.799><c> get</c><00:23:41.019><c> the</c><00:23:41.200><c> right</c><00:23:41.440><c> nutrients,</c>

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:46.200
the<00:23:43.420><c> food</c><00:23:43.519><c> and</c><00:23:43.700><c> water</c><00:23:43.900><c> of</c><00:23:44.039><c> God's</c><00:23:44.460><c> word,</c><00:23:44.619><c> if</c><00:23:44.759><c> you</c><00:23:44.920><c> want</c><00:23:45.059><c> to</c><00:23:45.299><c> grow.</c>

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What<00:23:47.400><c> about</c><00:23:47.640><c> the</c><00:23:47.940><c> warmth?</c>

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Well,<00:23:50.299><c> the</c><00:23:50.480><c> warmth</c><00:23:50.759><c> that</c><00:23:50.980><c> we</c><00:23:51.220><c> need,</c><00:23:51.779><c> brethren</c><00:23:51.920><c> and</c><00:23:52.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:55.599
I<00:23:52.599><c> would</c><00:23:52.799><c> say,</c><00:23:53.000><c> is</c><00:23:53.180><c> the</c><00:23:53.319><c> love</c><00:23:53.460><c> of</c><00:23:53.680><c> Christ</c><00:23:54.039><c> in</c><00:23:54.319><c> our</c><00:23:54.539><c> hearts.</c>

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.700
We<00:23:56.299><c> often</c><00:23:56.640><c> talk</c><00:23:56.940><c> about</c><00:23:57.259><c> the</c><00:23:57.539><c> light</c><00:23:57.839><c> which</c><00:23:58.200><c> truth</c><00:23:58.480><c> brings,</c>

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and<00:23:59.779><c> yet</c><00:23:59.940><c> not</c><00:24:00.160><c> enough</c><00:24:00.359><c> about</c><00:24:00.700><c> heat</c><00:24:00.920><c> and</c><00:24:01.220><c> warmth.</c>

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We<00:24:02.480><c> don't</c><00:24:02.740><c> just</c><00:24:03.140><c> want</c><00:24:03.460><c> light.</c>

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We<00:24:04.559><c> want</c><00:24:04.819><c> heat.</c>

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We<00:24:05.940><c> want</c><00:24:06.240><c> warmth.</c>

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We<00:24:08.420><c> need</c><00:24:08.640><c> to</c><00:24:08.819><c> be</c><00:24:09.099><c> protected</c><00:24:09.559><c> from</c><00:24:09.819><c> the</c><00:24:10.099><c> cold</c><00:24:10.420><c> winds</c><00:24:10.700><c> of</c><00:24:11.000><c> bitterness</c>

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if<00:24:12.960><c> this</c><00:24:13.299><c> fragile</c><00:24:13.940><c> thing,</c><00:24:14.339><c> which</c><00:24:14.539><c> we</c><00:24:14.819><c> call</c><00:24:15.000><c> the</c><00:24:15.279><c> human</c><00:24:15.599><c> soul</c>

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and<00:24:16.279><c> the</c><00:24:16.440><c> human</c><00:24:16.640><c> spirit,</c><00:24:18.160><c> is</c><00:24:18.319><c> to</c><00:24:18.519><c> grow</c><00:24:18.740><c> before</c><00:24:19.160><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:21.319><c> it's</c><00:24:21.380><c> one</c><00:24:21.539><c> of</c><00:24:21.660><c> the</c><00:24:21.839><c> sad</c><00:24:22.039><c> facts</c><00:24:22.359><c> of</c><00:24:22.619><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:24:23.200><c> one</c><00:24:23.339><c> of</c><00:24:23.460><c> the</c><00:24:23.640><c> dreadful</c><00:24:24.059><c> things</c><00:24:24.339><c> that</c><00:24:24.559><c> can</c><00:24:24.779><c> happen,</c>

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.980
not<00:24:25.799><c> only</c><00:24:26.000><c> in</c><00:24:26.140><c> our</c><00:24:26.339><c> own</c><00:24:26.579><c> community,</c>

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but<00:24:27.140><c> in</c><00:24:27.279><c> any</c><00:24:27.519><c> community</c><00:24:27.960><c> for</c><00:24:28.200><c> that</c><00:24:28.440><c> matter,</c>

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that<00:24:28.900><c> the</c><00:24:29.519><c> cold</c><00:24:29.980><c> winds</c><00:24:30.380><c> of</c><00:24:30.759><c> bitterness</c>

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can<00:24:31.720><c> shrivel</c><00:24:32.140><c> the</c><00:24:32.400><c> soul</c><00:24:32.599><c> of</c><00:24:32.799><c> any</c><00:24:33.000><c> disciple.</c>

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It's<00:24:35.339><c> one</c><00:24:35.460><c> of</c><00:24:35.539><c> the</c><00:24:35.680><c> things</c><00:24:35.799><c> we</c><00:24:35.960><c> ought</c><00:24:36.059><c> to</c><00:24:36.160><c> be</c>

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particularly<00:24:36.920><c> careful</c><00:24:37.380><c> about,</c>

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especially<00:24:39.259><c> with</c><00:24:39.539><c> our</c><00:24:39.779><c> young</c><00:24:40.000><c> and</c><00:24:40.240><c> tender</c><00:24:40.420><c> plants</c>

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who<00:24:41.000><c> have</c><00:24:41.099><c> come</c><00:24:41.279><c> into</c><00:24:41.500><c> the</c><00:24:41.799><c> truth,</c>

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:45.259
imagining<00:24:42.839><c> that</c><00:24:43.160><c> all</c><00:24:43.440><c> is</c><00:24:43.700><c> joy</c><00:24:43.960><c> and</c><00:24:44.319><c> sweetness.</c>

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It<00:24:45.940><c> isn't</c><00:24:46.200><c> all</c><00:24:46.519><c> joy</c><00:24:46.740><c> and</c><00:24:47.059><c> sweetness.</c>

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It<00:24:47.619><c> should</c><00:24:47.859><c> be,</c><00:24:48.099><c> but</c><00:24:48.220><c> it</c><00:24:48.440><c> isn't.</c>

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So<00:24:49.720><c> be</c><00:24:49.839><c> very</c><00:24:50.180><c> careful,</c><00:24:50.539><c> brethren</c><00:24:50.819><c> and</c><00:24:51.099><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:24:51.579><c> whosoever</c><00:24:52.019><c> shall</c><00:24:52.259><c> cause</c><00:24:52.480><c> one</c><00:24:52.680><c> of</c><00:24:52.720><c> these</c><00:24:52.900><c> little</c><00:24:53.140><c> ones</c>

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to<00:24:53.619><c> stumble,</c><00:24:54.119><c> says</c><00:24:54.200><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:24:56.700><c> were</c><00:24:56.799><c> better</c><00:24:57.000><c> for</c><00:24:57.140><c> him</c><00:24:57.319><c> that</c><00:24:57.460><c> a</c><00:24:57.599><c> millstone</c>

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were<00:24:58.220><c> hanged</c><00:24:58.480><c> about</c><00:24:58.740><c> his</c><00:24:58.980><c> neck</c>

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and<00:24:59.240><c> that</c><00:24:59.359><c> he</c><00:24:59.480><c> were</c><00:24:59.660><c> drowned</c><00:24:59.880><c> in</c><00:25:00.059><c> the</c><00:25:00.200><c> depth</c><00:25:00.400><c> of</c><00:25:00.640><c> the</c><00:25:00.819><c> sea.</c>

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The<00:25:03.799><c> little</c><00:25:03.980><c> ones</c><00:25:04.299><c> must</c><00:25:04.660><c> have</c><00:25:04.960><c> warmth.</c>

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We<00:25:06.579><c> all</c><00:25:06.960><c> must</c><00:25:07.279><c> have</c><00:25:07.599><c> warmth.</c>

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And<00:25:09.900><c> the</c><00:25:10.119><c> bitterness</c><00:25:10.380><c> of</c><00:25:10.839><c> strife</c><00:25:11.099><c> and</c><00:25:11.299><c> debate</c>

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.279
is<00:25:11.920><c> a</c><00:25:12.119><c> shriveling</c><00:25:12.759><c> thing</c><00:25:13.059><c> spiritually,</c><00:25:14.099><c> shriveling.</c>

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Avoid<00:25:16.480><c> it</c><00:25:16.619><c> wherever</c><00:25:16.839><c> possible,</c><00:25:17.559><c> brethren</c><00:25:17.700><c> and</c><00:25:17.980><c> sisters.</c>

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Never<00:25:19.279><c> be</c><00:25:19.559><c> the</c><00:25:19.819><c> cause</c><00:25:20.039><c> of</c><00:25:20.240><c> it.</c>

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You<00:25:22.740><c> can</c><00:25:23.079><c> possibly</c><00:25:23.480><c> help</c><00:25:23.779><c> it.</c>

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We<00:25:26.500><c> must</c><00:25:26.759><c> also</c><00:25:27.119><c> have</c><00:25:27.359><c> light,</c><00:25:28.259><c> light,</c><00:25:29.140><c> more</c><00:25:29.359><c> light.</c>

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Who<00:25:31.680><c> said</c><00:25:31.880><c> that?</c>

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I<00:25:34.339><c> think</c><00:25:34.480><c> it</c><00:25:34.599><c> was</c><00:25:34.720><c> Shakespeare's</c><00:25:35.359><c> King</c><00:25:35.599><c> John,</c>

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but<00:25:36.200><c> no</c><00:25:36.440><c> matter</c><00:25:36.680><c> who</c><00:25:36.940><c> said</c><00:25:37.099><c> it,</c><00:25:37.480><c> we</c><00:25:37.720><c> must</c><00:25:38.119><c> have</c><00:25:38.619><c> light.</c>

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What<00:25:42.099><c> is</c><00:25:42.319><c> light</c><00:25:42.539><c> in</c><00:25:42.720><c> the</c><00:25:42.920><c> spiritual</c><00:25:43.299><c> sense?</c>

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Because<00:25:45.039><c> we've</c><00:25:45.279><c> already</c><00:25:45.579><c> said</c><00:25:45.779><c> that</c><00:25:45.960><c> the</c><00:25:46.099><c> word</c><00:25:46.279><c> of</c><00:25:46.519><c> God</c>

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is<00:25:46.920><c> our</c><00:25:47.160><c> food</c><00:25:47.359><c> and</c><00:25:47.640><c> our</c><00:25:47.880><c> drink.</c>

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In<00:25:48.640><c> a</c><00:25:48.700><c> sense,</c><00:25:48.859><c> it</c><00:25:49.000><c> is</c><00:25:49.240><c> also</c><00:25:49.559><c> light.</c>

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But<00:25:51.359><c> one</c><00:25:51.799><c> suggestion</c><00:25:52.240><c> that</c><00:25:52.480><c> I</c><00:25:52.700><c> came</c><00:25:52.880><c> across</c>

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in<00:25:53.519><c> reading</c><00:25:53.759><c> around</c><00:25:54.140><c> this</c><00:25:54.359><c> subject</c><00:25:54.779><c> was</c>

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:58.380
that<00:25:55.319><c> light</c><00:25:55.619><c> is</c><00:25:55.819><c> the</c><00:25:56.339><c> openness</c><00:25:56.680><c> of</c><00:25:57.079><c> our</c><00:25:57.440><c> faith,</c>

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.900
in<00:25:58.740><c> the</c><00:25:58.900><c> sense</c><00:25:59.059><c> that</c><00:25:59.220><c> it</c><00:25:59.339><c> isn't</c><00:25:59.539><c> something</c>

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which<00:26:00.140><c> is</c><00:26:00.420><c> cramped</c><00:26:00.759><c> and</c><00:26:01.160><c> cabined</c><00:26:01.500><c> and</c><00:26:01.740><c> confined</c><00:26:02.319><c> in</c><00:26:02.500><c> a</c><00:26:02.680><c> corner.</c>

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Our<00:26:04.559><c> relationships</c><00:26:05.279><c> with</c><00:26:05.500><c> one</c><00:26:05.680><c> another,</c><00:26:06.079><c> our</c><00:26:06.400><c> fellowship,</c>

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:11.099
is<00:26:07.359><c> open</c><00:26:07.720><c> to</c><00:26:07.940><c> the</c><00:26:08.180><c> light</c><00:26:08.660><c> and</c><00:26:09.440><c> the</c><00:26:09.740><c> sunshine</c><00:26:10.160><c> of</c><00:26:10.380><c> God's</c><00:26:10.859><c> love</c>

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as<00:26:11.319><c> we</c><00:26:11.619><c> walk</c><00:26:11.819><c> in</c><00:26:12.000><c> the</c><00:26:12.140><c> light</c><00:26:12.279><c> of</c><00:26:12.440><c> his</c><00:26:12.640><c> countenance.</c>

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And<00:26:15.079><c> this</c><00:26:15.220><c> is</c><00:26:15.400><c> surely</c><00:26:15.619><c> an</c><00:26:15.980><c> important</c><00:26:16.279><c> aspect</c>

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of<00:26:16.920><c> our</c><00:26:17.119><c> spiritual</c><00:26:17.519><c> development.</c>

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Flowers<00:26:20.240><c> don't</c><00:26:20.759><c> grow</c><00:26:21.299><c> in</c><00:26:21.640><c> a</c><00:26:21.920><c> damp,</c><00:26:22.279><c> dark</c><00:26:22.619><c> cellar,</c>

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although<00:26:24.480><c> I</c><00:26:24.700><c> sometimes</c><00:26:25.140><c> think</c><00:26:25.339><c> that's</c><00:26:25.579><c> what</c><00:26:25.740><c> we're</c><00:26:25.960><c> trying</c>

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to<00:26:26.460><c> do</c>

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in<00:26:26.799><c> our</c><00:26:27.039><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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We<00:26:28.640><c> talk</c><00:26:28.920><c> sometimes</c><00:26:29.480><c> as</c><00:26:29.619><c> though</c><00:26:29.799><c> we</c><00:26:29.960><c> had</c><00:26:30.099><c> received</c><00:26:30.420><c> the</c><00:26:30.700><c> truth</c>

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:35.920
like<00:26:31.160><c> a</c><00:26:31.500><c> solid</c><00:26:31.880><c> lump</c><00:26:32.180><c> of</c><00:26:32.539><c> lead</c><00:26:32.839><c> from</c><00:26:33.599><c> the</c><00:26:33.900><c> past</c><00:26:34.440><c> in</c><00:26:34.779><c> an</c><00:26:35.039><c> iron</c><00:26:35.359><c> casket,</c>

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and<00:26:36.319><c> it's</c><00:26:36.539><c> got</c><00:26:36.640><c> to</c><00:26:36.799><c> be</c><00:26:36.980><c> preserved</c><00:26:37.420><c> and</c><00:26:37.720><c> handed</c><00:26:37.920><c> on</c>

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to<00:26:38.359><c> the</c><00:26:38.480><c> next</c><00:26:38.720><c> generation</c><00:26:39.319><c> with</c><00:26:39.500><c> the</c><00:26:39.700><c> seals</c><00:26:39.900><c> of</c><00:26:40.079><c> the</c><00:26:40.259><c> casket</c><00:26:40.619><c> unbroken.</c>

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That's<00:26:42.940><c> not</c><00:26:43.200><c> the</c><00:26:43.460><c> truth,</c><00:26:43.660><c> brethren</c><00:26:44.019><c> and</c><00:26:44.299><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:26:45.259><c> truth</c><00:26:45.400><c> isn't</c><00:26:45.700><c> a</c><00:26:45.819><c> lump</c><00:26:45.980><c> of</c><00:26:46.299><c> lead.</c>

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It's<00:26:46.900><c> a</c><00:26:47.240><c> living</c><00:26:47.500><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:26:48.660><c> a</c><00:26:48.960><c> vibrant</c><00:26:49.359><c> and</c><00:26:49.559><c> an</c><00:26:49.839><c> explosive</c><00:26:50.420><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:26:50.859><c> has</c><00:26:51.200><c> power.</c>

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There<00:26:52.480><c> is</c><00:26:52.759><c> dynamism</c><00:26:53.400><c> in</c><00:26:53.579><c> the</c><00:26:53.799><c> truth</c><00:26:53.980><c> we've</c><00:26:54.319><c> received,</c>

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and<00:26:55.519><c> we've</c><00:26:55.680><c> got</c><00:26:55.740><c> to</c><00:26:55.980><c> develop</c><00:26:56.180><c> it</c><00:26:56.500><c> and</c><00:26:56.900><c> let</c><00:26:57.059><c> it</c><00:26:57.339><c> live</c><00:26:57.519><c> in</c><00:26:57.700><c> us</c>

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and<00:26:58.299><c> pass</c><00:26:58.579><c> it</c><00:26:58.759><c> on</c><00:26:58.880><c> to</c><00:26:59.019><c> the</c><00:26:59.160><c> next</c><00:26:59.359><c> generation</c>

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as<00:27:00.119><c> a</c><00:27:00.460><c> living,</c><00:27:00.700><c> vital</c><00:27:01.539><c> force</c><00:27:01.900><c> in</c><00:27:02.140><c> their</c><00:27:02.359><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:27:03.519><c> not</c><00:27:03.720><c> a</c><00:27:04.000><c> lump</c><00:27:04.180><c> of</c><00:27:04.500><c> lead</c><00:27:04.660><c> in</c><00:27:04.839><c> an</c><00:27:05.119><c> iron</c><00:27:05.380><c> casket</c>

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in<00:27:06.019><c> a</c><00:27:06.220><c> damp,</c><00:27:06.660><c> dark</c><00:27:06.839><c> cellar.</c>

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And<00:27:10.640><c> the</c><00:27:10.859><c> air,</c><00:27:11.420><c> well,</c><00:27:11.619><c> we</c><00:27:11.779><c> must</c><00:27:12.079><c> have</c><00:27:12.359><c> air,</c>

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room<00:27:13.839><c> to</c><00:27:14.099><c> breathe</c><00:27:14.400><c> in</c><00:27:14.640><c> the</c><00:27:14.900><c> truth,</c><00:27:15.240><c> freedom</c><00:27:15.640><c> to</c><00:27:16.019><c> grow</c>

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away<00:27:18.019><c> from</c><00:27:18.319><c> the</c><00:27:18.559><c> stultification,</c><00:27:20.660><c> prejudice</c><00:27:21.039><c> and</c><00:27:21.440><c> bigotry,</c>

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:27.079
unhelpful<00:27:23.559><c> tradition</c><00:27:24.019><c> and</c><00:27:24.339><c> the</c><00:27:24.619><c> brazen</c><00:27:25.000><c> serpent</c><00:27:25.380><c> that</c><00:27:25.640><c> Moses</c><00:27:26.019><c> made.</c>

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Even<00:27:27.700><c> the</c><00:27:27.960><c> Israelites</c><00:27:28.279><c> had</c><00:27:28.480><c> to</c><00:27:28.640><c> get</c><00:27:28.759><c> rid</c><00:27:28.920><c> of</c><00:27:29.019><c> that</c><00:27:29.279><c> eventually.</c>

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We've<00:27:31.980><c> got</c><00:27:32.019><c> to</c><00:27:32.140><c> be</c><00:27:32.339><c> free</c><00:27:32.599><c> to</c><00:27:32.859><c> think</c>

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and<00:27:33.640><c> explore</c><00:27:34.079><c> the</c><00:27:34.299><c> things</c><00:27:34.519><c> of</c><00:27:35.059><c> the</c><00:27:35.200><c> word</c><00:27:35.339><c> of</c><00:27:35.599><c> God,</c>

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ask<00:27:36.819><c> questions,</c><00:27:37.819><c> find</c><00:27:38.140><c> out</c><00:27:38.359><c> for</c><00:27:38.599><c> ourselves</c><00:27:39.319><c> from</c><00:27:39.880><c> the</c><00:27:40.039><c> word</c>

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of<00:27:40.400><c> God</c>

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without<00:27:40.799><c> being</c><00:27:41.059><c> told</c><00:27:41.359><c> what</c><00:27:41.640><c> to</c><00:27:41.880><c> think</c><00:27:42.059><c> and</c><00:27:42.200><c> how</c><00:27:42.480><c> to</c><00:27:42.720><c> think.</c>

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You<00:27:44.579><c> can</c><00:27:44.839><c> never</c><00:27:45.099><c> explore</c><00:27:45.640><c> without</c><00:27:46.019><c> questioning,</c>

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brethren<00:27:46.960><c> and</c><00:27:47.200><c> sisters,</c><00:27:47.539><c> never.</c>

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And<00:27:49.200><c> we</c><00:27:49.299><c> must</c><00:27:49.480><c> all</c><00:27:49.740><c> enlarge</c><00:27:50.119><c> our</c><00:27:50.460><c> own</c><00:27:50.819><c> understanding.</c>

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That's<00:27:51.799><c> the</c><00:27:52.079><c> important</c><00:27:52.380><c> point,</c>

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not<00:27:53.019><c> rely</c><00:27:53.319><c> on</c><00:27:53.480><c> others</c><00:27:53.680><c> to</c><00:27:53.900><c> do</c><00:27:53.980><c> it</c><00:27:54.140><c> for</c><00:27:54.400><c> us.</c>

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The<00:27:55.460><c> churches</c><00:27:55.720><c> around</c><00:27:56.079><c> us</c><00:27:56.240><c> have</c><00:27:56.380><c> made</c><00:27:56.599><c> that</c><00:27:56.900><c> mistake,</c>

00:27:57.579 --> 00:28:01.319
and<00:27:58.180><c> so</c><00:27:58.299><c> there's</c><00:27:58.559><c> a</c><00:27:58.700><c> great</c><00:27:58.900><c> gap</c><00:27:59.220><c> between</c><00:27:59.619><c> clergy</c><00:28:00.079><c> and</c><00:28:00.420><c> laity.</c>

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That's<00:28:01.740><c> not</c><00:28:01.940><c> for</c><00:28:02.140><c> us.</c>

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We<00:28:04.559><c> must</c><00:28:04.839><c> all</c><00:28:05.140><c> enlarge</c><00:28:05.599><c> our</c><00:28:05.859><c> own</c><00:28:06.180><c> understanding.</c>

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It<00:28:07.920><c> must</c><00:28:08.200><c> be</c><00:28:08.480><c> so</c><00:28:08.660><c> if</c><00:28:08.779><c> we're</c><00:28:08.980><c> going</c><00:28:09.140><c> to</c><00:28:09.759><c> grow</c><00:28:10.099><c> in</c><00:28:10.319><c> the</c><00:28:10.559><c> truth,</c>

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otherwise<00:28:11.160><c> we</c><00:28:11.359><c> shall</c><00:28:11.779><c> wither</c><00:28:12.380><c> and</c><00:28:12.599><c> die.</c>

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The<00:28:14.160><c> Lord</c><00:28:14.400><c> Jesus</c><00:28:14.759><c> Christ</c><00:28:15.119><c> wants</c><00:28:15.400><c> us</c><00:28:15.660><c> to</c><00:28:15.859><c> have</c><00:28:16.119><c> air,</c>

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:20.799
the<00:28:17.759><c> sweet,</c><00:28:18.240><c> pure</c><00:28:18.599><c> air</c><00:28:19.039><c> of</c><00:28:19.259><c> the</c><00:28:19.440><c> word</c><00:28:19.640><c> of</c><00:28:19.940><c> God,</c>

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:24.519
the<00:28:21.180><c> things</c><00:28:21.339><c> of</c><00:28:21.539><c> the</c><00:28:21.799><c> spirit</c><00:28:22.079><c> coursing</c><00:28:22.740><c> through</c><00:28:23.000><c> our</c><00:28:23.339><c> minds,</c>

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:29.500
giving<00:28:25.039><c> us</c><00:28:25.319><c> oxygen,</c><00:28:25.799><c> enabling</c><00:28:26.299><c> us</c><00:28:26.920><c> to</c><00:28:27.299><c> grow</c><00:28:27.519><c> into</c><00:28:27.779><c> his</c><00:28:28.099><c> likeness.</c>

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.920
But<00:28:31.160><c> even</c><00:28:31.279><c> if</c><00:28:31.460><c> we</c><00:28:31.599><c> get</c><00:28:32.119><c> all</c><00:28:32.519><c> the</c><00:28:32.740><c> conditions</c><00:28:33.160><c> right</c>

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of<00:28:34.339><c> our</c><00:28:34.559><c> spiritual</c><00:28:35.019><c> environment,</c>

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it's<00:28:37.400><c> no</c><00:28:37.579><c> use</c><00:28:37.839><c> anxiously</c><00:28:38.480><c> trying</c><00:28:38.819><c> to</c><00:28:39.079><c> force</c><00:28:39.319><c> the</c><00:28:39.579><c> pace,</c><00:28:39.859><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.240><c> says.</c>

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:44.759
You<00:28:42.059><c> can't</c><00:28:42.380><c> add</c><00:28:42.680><c> an</c><00:28:43.140><c> inch</c><00:28:43.359><c> to</c><00:28:43.519><c> your</c><00:28:43.779><c> stature</c><00:28:44.039><c> by</c><00:28:44.339><c> worry.</c>

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:47.579
And<00:28:45.539><c> this</c><00:28:45.660><c> is</c><00:28:45.819><c> just</c><00:28:46.119><c> as</c><00:28:46.319><c> true</c><00:28:46.500><c> spiritually</c>

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:51.099
as<00:28:48.980><c> it</c><00:28:49.160><c> is</c><00:28:49.359><c> in</c><00:28:49.539><c> natural</c><00:28:49.859><c> things.</c>

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:54.019
We<00:28:51.460><c> can</c><00:28:51.640><c> only</c><00:28:51.819><c> do</c><00:28:52.019><c> our</c><00:28:52.299><c> part</c><00:28:52.599><c> faithfully,</c>

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:57.119
and<00:28:54.380><c> then</c><00:28:54.519><c> the</c><00:28:54.619><c> rest</c><00:28:54.819><c> will</c><00:28:55.119><c> follow</c><00:28:55.299><c> as</c><00:28:55.500><c> a</c><00:28:55.619><c> blessing</c><00:28:55.880><c> from</c><00:28:56.160><c> above.</c>

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Remember<00:28:57.500><c> the</c><00:28:57.759><c> parable,</c><00:28:58.740><c> first</c><00:28:59.019><c> the</c><00:28:59.279><c> blade,</c>

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then<00:29:00.680><c> the</c><00:29:01.059><c> ear,</c><00:29:02.460><c> and</c><00:29:02.559><c> it</c><00:29:02.799><c> groweth</c><00:29:03.119><c> up,</c><00:29:03.660><c> he</c><00:29:04.099><c> knoweth</c><00:29:04.500><c> not</c><00:29:04.900><c> how.</c>

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.420
The<00:29:06.180><c> little</c><00:29:06.319><c> parable</c><00:29:06.720><c> says,</c>

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.559
kingdom<00:29:08.059><c> of</c><00:29:08.299><c> God</c><00:29:08.519><c> is</c><00:29:08.740><c> as</c><00:29:08.859><c> a</c><00:29:09.039><c> man</c><00:29:09.259><c> planting</c><00:29:09.599><c> seed</c><00:29:09.920><c> in</c><00:29:10.119><c> the</c><00:29:10.319><c> ground,</c>

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and<00:29:10.740><c> it</c><00:29:10.900><c> groweth</c><00:29:11.119><c> up,</c><00:29:11.380><c> he</c><00:29:11.420><c> knoweth</c><00:29:11.839><c> not</c><00:29:12.059><c> how.</c>

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.440
It<00:29:13.839><c> is</c><00:29:14.019><c> the</c><00:29:14.180><c> work</c><00:29:14.319><c> of</c><00:29:14.559><c> God,</c>

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:19.420
the<00:29:16.119><c> work</c><00:29:16.259><c> of</c><00:29:16.460><c> that</c><00:29:16.680><c> mysterious</c><00:29:17.720><c> fifth</c><00:29:18.299><c> factor.</c>

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Spirit<00:29:20.599><c> of</c><00:29:20.880><c> God,</c><00:29:21.440><c> the</c><00:29:21.640><c> power</c><00:29:21.960><c> and</c><00:29:22.240><c> love</c><00:29:22.420><c> of</c><00:29:22.599><c> the</c><00:29:22.819><c> father</c><00:29:23.059><c> and</c><00:29:23.400><c> son</c>

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will<00:29:23.859><c> cause</c><00:29:24.200><c> the</c><00:29:24.579><c> plant</c><00:29:24.819><c> to</c><00:29:25.160><c> blossom</c><00:29:25.500><c> and</c><00:29:25.920><c> grow</c>

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if<00:29:27.279><c> the</c><00:29:27.680><c> environment</c><00:29:28.140><c> is</c><00:29:28.420><c> right,</c>

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:30.819
and<00:29:28.779><c> we've</c><00:29:28.940><c> done</c><00:29:29.079><c> our</c><00:29:29.339><c> part</c><00:29:29.559><c> faithfully.</c>

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So<00:29:31.740><c> consider</c><00:29:32.039><c> the</c><00:29:32.259><c> lilies</c><00:29:32.480><c> then,</c><00:29:32.759><c> Jesus</c><00:29:33.140><c> says.</c>

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God<00:29:34.579><c> clothed</c><00:29:34.880><c> them</c><00:29:35.039><c> with</c><00:29:35.319><c> beauty.</c>

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It's<00:29:37.079><c> all</c><00:29:37.240><c> his</c><00:29:37.500><c> doing,</c><00:29:38.220><c> not</c><00:29:38.559><c> theirs.</c>

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Solomon<00:29:40.319><c> in</c><00:29:40.519><c> all</c><00:29:40.680><c> his</c><00:29:40.880><c> glory</c><00:29:41.160><c> was</c><00:29:41.380><c> not</c><00:29:41.579><c> arrayed</c><00:29:41.880><c> like</c><00:29:42.140><c> one</c><00:29:42.359><c> of</c><00:29:42.579><c> these.</c>

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Yet<00:29:43.680><c> we</c><00:29:43.900><c> read</c><00:29:44.019><c> that</c><00:29:44.200><c> the</c><00:29:44.319><c> queen</c><00:29:44.460><c> of</c><00:29:44.740><c> Sheba</c>

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was<00:29:45.640><c> absolutely</c><00:29:46.180><c> dazzled</c><00:29:46.599><c> by</c><00:29:46.799><c> what</c><00:29:47.019><c> she</c><00:29:47.319><c> saw</c>

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.720
when<00:29:47.619><c> she</c><00:29:47.839><c> came</c><00:29:47.960><c> to</c><00:29:48.119><c> the</c><00:29:48.220><c> court</c><00:29:48.420><c> of</c><00:29:48.579><c> King</c><00:29:48.759><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:29:50.519><c> after</c><00:29:50.680><c> she'd</c><00:29:50.960><c> had</c><00:29:51.059><c> her</c><00:29:51.279><c> guided</c><00:29:51.559><c> tour,</c>

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:54.640
it<00:29:52.019><c> says</c><00:29:52.140><c> there</c><00:29:52.279><c> was</c><00:29:52.480><c> no</c><00:29:52.880><c> spirit</c><00:29:53.180><c> left</c><00:29:53.480><c> in</c><00:29:53.759><c> her.</c>

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She<00:29:54.940><c> was</c><00:29:55.140><c> absolutely</c><00:29:55.640><c> dazzled</c><00:29:56.480><c> by</c><00:29:56.880><c> it.</c>

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A<00:30:00.180><c> little</c><00:30:00.480><c> wildflower,</c><00:30:01.539><c> because</c><00:30:01.819><c> it</c><00:30:01.920><c> is</c><00:30:02.220><c> all</c><00:30:02.720><c> the</c><00:30:02.960><c> work</c><00:30:03.200><c> of</c><00:30:03.440><c> God,</c>

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perfect<00:30:05.400><c> in</c><00:30:05.579><c> its</c><00:30:05.859><c> entirety.</c>

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And<00:30:07.819><c> you</c><00:30:07.940><c> can</c><00:30:08.119><c> be</c><00:30:08.279><c> like</c><00:30:08.559><c> that,</c><00:30:08.779><c> Jesus</c><00:30:09.180><c> says.</c>

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:14.000
You<00:30:11.279><c> can</c><00:30:11.519><c> grow</c><00:30:11.720><c> in</c><00:30:12.039><c> stature</c><00:30:12.359><c> and</c><00:30:12.559><c> be</c><00:30:12.799><c> clothed</c><00:30:13.000><c> with</c><00:30:13.180><c> the</c><00:30:13.299><c> beauty</c><00:30:13.539><c> of</c><00:30:13.720><c> God</c>

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if<00:30:14.160><c> you</c><00:30:14.339><c> will</c><00:30:14.480><c> just</c><00:30:14.759><c> let</c><00:30:14.980><c> him</c><00:30:15.359><c> do</c><00:30:15.619><c> it</c><00:30:16.180><c> in</c><00:30:16.440><c> you.</c>

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As<00:30:18.900><c> we</c><00:30:19.140><c> said,</c><00:30:19.359><c> you</c><00:30:19.420><c> can't</c><00:30:19.779><c> force</c><00:30:20.140><c> the</c><00:30:20.440><c> pace</c>

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or<00:30:21.420><c> speed</c><00:30:21.660><c> it</c><00:30:21.819><c> up</c><00:30:21.940><c> by</c><00:30:22.160><c> anxious</c><00:30:22.559><c> care.</c>

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It<00:30:24.119><c> is</c><00:30:24.359><c> the</c><00:30:24.599><c> work</c><00:30:24.900><c> of</c><00:30:25.220><c> God's</c><00:30:25.640><c> spirit</c><00:30:25.799><c> in</c><00:30:26.079><c> our</c><00:30:26.279><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:30:27.220><c> don't</c><00:30:27.559><c> boggle</c><00:30:27.920><c> at</c><00:30:28.099><c> the</c><00:30:28.200><c> word</c><00:30:28.480><c> spirit,</c>

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brethren<00:30:29.259><c> and</c><00:30:29.539><c> sisters.</c>

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All<00:30:31.619><c> God's</c><00:30:32.140><c> work</c><00:30:32.420><c> in</c><00:30:32.660><c> our</c><00:30:33.059><c> lives</c><00:30:33.400><c> is</c><00:30:33.619><c> the</c><00:30:33.779><c> work</c><00:30:34.039><c> of</c><00:30:34.279><c> his</c><00:30:34.460><c> spirit.</c>

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All<00:30:35.980><c> God</c><00:30:36.240><c> that</c><00:30:36.460><c> is</c><00:30:37.160><c> doing</c><00:30:37.380><c> for</c><00:30:37.740><c> us</c><00:30:38.019><c> and</c><00:30:38.259><c> has</c><00:30:38.599><c> done</c><00:30:38.900><c> for</c><00:30:39.200><c> us</c>

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in<00:30:40.039><c> Jesus</c><00:30:40.519><c> Christ,</c><00:30:41.099><c> his</c><00:30:41.240><c> son,</c><00:30:42.299><c> is</c><00:30:42.359><c> the</c><00:30:42.559><c> work</c><00:30:42.819><c> of</c><00:30:43.079><c> his</c><00:30:43.440><c> spirit,</c>

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overshadowing<00:30:45.380><c> the</c><00:30:45.700><c> fulfillment</c><00:30:46.259><c> of</c><00:30:46.500><c> his</c><00:30:46.680><c> plan</c><00:30:46.920><c> and</c><00:30:47.240><c> purpose.</c>

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The<00:30:48.859><c> word</c><00:30:49.160><c> is</c><00:30:49.420><c> his</c><00:30:49.619><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:30:51.319><c> providential</c><00:30:51.960><c> care</c><00:30:52.339><c> he</c><00:30:52.599><c> bestows</c><00:30:53.059><c> upon</c><00:30:53.339><c> us</c>

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is<00:30:54.059><c> the</c><00:30:54.259><c> work</c><00:30:54.480><c> of</c><00:30:54.680><c> his</c><00:30:54.960><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:30:55.980><c> overshadowing</c><00:30:56.839><c> of</c><00:30:57.059><c> our</c><00:30:57.400><c> paths</c><00:30:57.859><c> by</c><00:30:58.180><c> the</c><00:30:58.440><c> angels</c>

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is<00:30:59.519><c> the</c><00:30:59.720><c> work</c><00:30:59.960><c> of</c><00:31:00.200><c> his</c><00:31:00.420><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:31:02.440><c> opening</c><00:31:02.680><c> of</c><00:31:02.940><c> our</c><00:31:03.240><c> eyes</c><00:31:03.660><c> to</c><00:31:03.880><c> behold</c><00:31:04.240><c> wondrous</c><00:31:04.720><c> things</c>

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:08.680
out<00:31:05.319><c> of</c><00:31:05.460><c> his</c><00:31:05.740><c> law,</c><00:31:06.180><c> it's</c><00:31:06.380><c> all</c><00:31:06.759><c> the</c><00:31:06.980><c> work</c><00:31:07.200><c> of</c><00:31:07.460><c> his</c><00:31:07.759><c> spirit.</c>

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.500
And<00:31:09.480><c> if</c><00:31:09.640><c> we</c><00:31:09.740><c> let</c><00:31:09.900><c> him</c><00:31:10.099><c> work</c><00:31:10.400><c> within</c><00:31:10.680><c> us,</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:15.240
Jesus<00:31:12.200><c> guarantees</c><00:31:12.920><c> we</c><00:31:13.380><c> shall</c><00:31:13.740><c> be</c><00:31:14.039><c> beautiful.</c>

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.599
Consider<00:31:17.539><c> this.</c>

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:22.940
I<00:31:20.039><c> am</c><00:31:20.319><c> the</c><00:31:20.519><c> rose</c><00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:21.200><c> Sharon</c><00:31:21.579><c> and</c><00:31:22.039><c> the</c><00:31:22.180><c> lily</c><00:31:22.380><c> of</c><00:31:22.559><c> the</c><00:31:22.720><c> valley,</c>

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.359
the<00:31:23.180><c> bride</c><00:31:23.480><c> said</c><00:31:23.700><c> in</c><00:31:23.920><c> the</c><00:31:24.019><c> Song</c><00:31:24.180><c> of</c><00:31:24.440><c> Solomon.</c>

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:28.880
She<00:31:26.259><c> wasn't</c><00:31:26.700><c> preening</c><00:31:27.220><c> herself,</c><00:31:28.000><c> brethren</c><00:31:28.180><c> and</c><00:31:28.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:32.039
She<00:31:29.140><c> was</c><00:31:29.380><c> saying,</c><00:31:30.180><c> I</c><00:31:30.339><c> am</c><00:31:30.500><c> nothing</c><00:31:30.819><c> really,</c>

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.519
just<00:31:32.680><c> like</c><00:31:32.980><c> a</c><00:31:33.119><c> rose</c><00:31:33.299><c> of</c><00:31:33.599><c> Sharon</c><00:31:33.799><c> or</c><00:31:34.079><c> a</c><00:31:34.220><c> lily</c><00:31:34.339><c> of</c><00:31:34.519><c> the</c><00:31:34.700><c> valley,</c>

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:38.240
one<00:31:35.779><c> of</c><00:31:35.880><c> the</c><00:31:36.119><c> common</c><00:31:36.299><c> wild</c><00:31:36.640><c> flowers</c><00:31:37.039><c> in</c><00:31:37.240><c> the</c><00:31:37.400><c> land</c><00:31:37.579><c> of</c><00:31:37.839><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:41.099
I<00:31:38.680><c> don't</c><00:31:38.880><c> even</c><00:31:39.200><c> compare</c><00:31:39.599><c> with</c><00:31:39.779><c> all</c><00:31:40.000><c> the</c><00:31:40.220><c> fashionable</c><00:31:40.660><c> daughters</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.400
of<00:31:41.319><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:47.039
But<00:31:44.599><c> she</c><00:31:44.740><c> was</c><00:31:44.900><c> wrong</c><00:31:45.079><c> about</c><00:31:45.440><c> that,</c><00:31:45.839><c> for</c><00:31:45.980><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> bridegroom</c><00:31:46.660><c> said,</c>

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:52.539
as<00:31:47.660><c> a</c><00:31:47.799><c> lily</c><00:31:48.079><c> among</c><00:31:48.519><c> thorns,</c><00:31:49.920><c> so</c><00:31:50.160><c> is</c><00:31:50.359><c> my</c><00:31:50.660><c> beloved</c><00:31:51.039><c> among</c><00:31:51.359><c> the</c><00:31:51.599><c> daughters.</c>

00:31:52.910 --> 00:31:55.380
She<00:31:53.220><c> might</c><00:31:53.519><c> think</c><00:31:53.779><c> of</c><00:31:53.900><c> herself</c><00:31:54.240><c> as</c><00:31:54.460><c> plain</c><00:31:54.660><c> and</c><00:31:54.980><c> ordinary,</c>

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:59.400
hardly<00:31:55.920><c> worth</c><00:31:56.220><c> noticing,</c><00:31:57.119><c> and</c><00:31:57.259><c> yet</c><00:31:57.460><c> he</c><00:31:57.819><c> saw</c><00:31:58.119><c> her</c><00:31:58.480><c> standing</c><00:31:58.880><c> out</c>

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.279
in<00:31:59.740><c> her</c><00:32:00.059><c> environment.</c>

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:06.160
A<00:32:01.880><c> lily</c><00:32:02.119><c> among</c><00:32:02.460><c> thorns,</c><00:32:04.140><c> adorned</c><00:32:04.400><c> with</c><00:32:04.599><c> the</c><00:32:04.759><c> beauty</c><00:32:04.980><c> of</c><00:32:05.180><c> God.</c>

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:09.500
That's<00:32:07.079><c> the</c><00:32:07.299><c> point,</c><00:32:07.779><c> surely,</c><00:32:08.099><c> brethren</c><00:32:08.359><c> and</c><00:32:08.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:13.359
Her<00:32:10.319><c> beauty</c><00:32:10.559><c> is</c><00:32:10.759><c> not</c><00:32:10.960><c> a</c><00:32:11.079><c> self</c><00:32:11.400><c>-conscious</c><00:32:11.779><c> self</c><00:32:12.160><c>-appraisal,</c>

00:32:13.630 --> 00:32:15.920
it<00:32:13.940><c> is</c><00:32:14.160><c> a</c><00:32:14.319><c> spiritual</c><00:32:14.839><c> beauty.</c>

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:20.579
And<00:32:16.619><c> the</c><00:32:16.779><c> bridegroom</c><00:32:17.220><c> sees</c><00:32:17.519><c> it</c><00:32:18.160><c> and</c><00:32:18.440><c> recognizes</c><00:32:19.140><c> in</c><00:32:19.599><c> her</c>

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:25.500
that<00:32:21.859><c> for</c><00:32:22.160><c> which</c><00:32:22.359><c> he</c><00:32:22.460><c> has</c><00:32:22.619><c> been</c><00:32:22.980><c> searching,</c><00:32:23.859><c> that</c><00:32:24.140><c> lightness,</c>

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:29.019
that<00:32:26.140><c> reflection</c><00:32:26.599><c> of</c><00:32:26.799><c> himself,</c><00:32:27.200><c> and</c><00:32:27.480><c> that's</c><00:32:27.660><c> what</c><00:32:27.880><c> counts.</c>

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:32.819
Think<00:32:30.839><c> also</c><00:32:31.160><c> of</c><00:32:31.380><c> Psalm</c><00:32:31.579><c> 90.</c>

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:36.480
Perhaps<00:32:34.380><c> you'd</c><00:32:34.660><c> like</c><00:32:34.779><c> to</c><00:32:34.940><c> have</c><00:32:35.039><c> a</c><00:32:35.119><c> look</c><00:32:35.240><c> at</c><00:32:35.339><c> it</c><00:32:35.640><c> in</c><00:32:35.799><c> this</c><00:32:36.000><c> context,</c>

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:40.359
because<00:32:36.680><c> it</c><00:32:36.880><c> really</c><00:32:37.099><c> does</c><00:32:37.400><c> have</c><00:32:37.579><c> a</c><00:32:38.819><c> useful</c><00:32:39.180><c> contribution</c><00:32:39.900><c> to</c><00:32:40.119><c> make</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:42.440
to<00:32:40.519><c> this</c><00:32:40.700><c> discussion</c><00:32:41.200><c> this</c><00:32:41.500><c> morning.</c>

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:49.339
Psalm<00:32:43.759><c> 90,</c><00:32:44.920><c> and</c><00:32:46.839><c> you'll</c><00:32:47.079><c> remember</c><00:32:47.279><c> how</c><00:32:47.519><c> the</c><00:32:47.779><c> Psalm</c><00:32:47.980><c> opens,</c>

00:32:50.849 --> 00:32:55.500
it<00:32:51.140><c> speaks</c><00:32:51.720><c> of</c><00:32:51.960><c> the</c><00:32:52.279><c> everlasting</c><00:32:53.019><c> nature</c><00:32:53.640><c> of</c><00:32:53.880><c> the</c><00:32:54.039><c> living</c><00:32:54.299><c> God.</c>

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.380
Verse<00:32:56.339><c> two</c><00:32:56.640><c> at</c><00:32:56.859><c> the</c><00:32:57.000><c> end</c><00:32:57.200><c> says,</c>

00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:01.920
even<00:32:57.759><c> from</c><00:32:58.240><c> everlasting</c><00:32:59.019><c> to</c><00:32:59.420><c> everlasting,</c><00:33:00.420><c> thou</c><00:33:00.599><c> art</c><00:33:00.920><c> God.</c>

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.900
And<00:33:02.440><c> then</c><00:33:02.559><c> the</c><00:33:02.700><c> brevity</c><00:33:03.019><c> of</c><00:33:03.240><c> man's</c><00:33:03.700><c> days</c>

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.900
are<00:33:04.160><c> brought</c><00:33:04.299><c> to</c><00:33:04.519><c> our</c><00:33:04.700><c> attention.</c>

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.480
Thou<00:33:07.039><c> turnest</c><00:33:07.400><c> men</c><00:33:07.700><c> to</c><00:33:07.940><c> destruction</c>

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:11.660
and<00:33:08.799><c> sayest,</c><00:33:09.359><c> return</c><00:33:09.759><c> ye</c><00:33:10.019><c> children</c><00:33:10.380><c> of</c><00:33:10.680><c> men.</c>

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.460
End<00:33:12.200><c> of</c><00:33:12.359><c> verse</c><00:33:12.619><c> five,</c><00:33:13.460><c> in</c><00:33:13.859><c> the</c><00:33:14.000><c> morning,</c>

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.700
they<00:33:14.880><c> are</c><00:33:15.059><c> like</c><00:33:15.339><c> grass</c><00:33:15.700><c> which</c><00:33:16.019><c> groweth</c><00:33:16.319><c> up,</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.819
in<00:33:17.079><c> the</c><00:33:17.240><c> morning</c><00:33:17.420><c> it</c><00:33:17.720><c> flourisheth</c><00:33:18.160><c> and</c><00:33:18.339><c> groweth</c><00:33:18.660><c> up,</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:22.880
in<00:33:18.920><c> the</c><00:33:19.160><c> evening</c><00:33:19.579><c> it</c><00:33:19.799><c> is</c><00:33:20.079><c> cut</c><00:33:20.380><c> down</c><00:33:20.980><c> and</c><00:33:21.519><c> withereth.</c>

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:28.440
But<00:33:24.920><c> then</c><00:33:25.160><c> the</c><00:33:25.380><c> Psalm</c><00:33:25.579><c> ends</c><00:33:25.940><c> with</c><00:33:26.160><c> that</c><00:33:26.480><c> marvelous</c><00:33:27.039><c> appeal.</c>

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:33.680
Verse<00:33:29.019><c> 16,</c><00:33:30.779><c> let</c><00:33:31.000><c> thy</c><00:33:31.400><c> work</c><00:33:31.740><c> appear</c><00:33:32.299><c> unto</c><00:33:32.579><c> thy</c><00:33:33.039><c> servants</c>

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.279
and<00:33:34.200><c> thy</c><00:33:34.480><c> glory</c><00:33:35.019><c> unto</c><00:33:35.299><c> their</c><00:33:35.700><c> children,</c>

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:41.900
and<00:33:36.880><c> let</c><00:33:37.160><c> the</c><00:33:37.539><c> beauty</c><00:33:37.940><c> of</c><00:33:38.240><c> the</c><00:33:38.500><c> Lord</c><00:33:38.920><c> our</c><00:33:39.460><c> God</c><00:33:39.839><c> be</c><00:33:40.220><c> upon</c><00:33:40.579><c> us.</c>

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:45.880
Establish<00:33:43.779><c> thou</c><00:33:43.960><c> the</c><00:33:44.200><c> work</c><00:33:44.380><c> of</c><00:33:44.619><c> our</c><00:33:44.859><c> hands</c><00:33:45.160><c> upon</c><00:33:45.480><c> us,</c>

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.779
yea,<00:33:46.940><c> the</c><00:33:47.180><c> work</c><00:33:47.460><c> of</c><00:33:47.700><c> our</c><00:33:48.039><c> hands,</c><00:33:48.579><c> establish</c><00:33:49.420><c> thou</c><00:33:49.819><c> it.</c>

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:54.019
You<00:33:51.579><c> see</c><00:33:51.700><c> how</c><00:33:51.859><c> the</c><00:33:52.019><c> two</c><00:33:52.180><c> things</c><00:33:52.480><c> come</c><00:33:52.740><c> together</c><00:33:53.119><c> in</c><00:33:53.339><c> that</c><00:33:53.619><c> verse,</c>

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:57.619
the<00:33:54.500><c> part</c><00:33:54.740><c> that</c><00:33:54.960><c> we</c><00:33:55.279><c> play,</c><00:33:55.680><c> the</c><00:33:55.799><c> work</c><00:33:56.039><c> of</c><00:33:56.299><c> our</c><00:33:56.539><c> hands,</c>

00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:02.119
and<00:33:58.859><c> to</c><00:33:59.119><c> that</c><00:33:59.299><c> is</c><00:33:59.539><c> added</c><00:33:59.839><c> the</c><00:34:00.180><c> beauty</c><00:34:00.539><c> of</c><00:34:00.819><c> the</c><00:34:01.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:01.420><c> our</c><00:34:01.819><c> God,</c>

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:04.140
let<00:34:02.339><c> it</c><00:34:02.559><c> be</c><00:34:02.839><c> upon</c><00:34:03.119><c> us.</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:08.519
We<00:34:05.599><c> may</c><00:34:05.779><c> be</c><00:34:05.940><c> only</c><00:34:06.240><c> grass,</c><00:34:07.779><c> flower</c><00:34:07.940><c> of</c><00:34:08.079><c> the</c><00:34:08.280><c> field,</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:11.559
here<00:34:08.780><c> today</c><00:34:09.059><c> and</c><00:34:09.320><c> gone</c><00:34:09.480><c> tomorrow</c><00:34:09.940><c> as</c><00:34:10.219><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.599><c> says,</c>

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:15.340
but<00:34:11.920><c> if</c><00:34:12.139><c> we've</c><00:34:12.380><c> developed</c><00:34:12.800><c> the</c><00:34:13.099><c> beauty</c><00:34:13.400><c> of</c><00:34:13.639><c> the</c><00:34:13.820><c> Lord</c><00:34:14.099><c> our</c><00:34:14.440><c> God,</c>

00:34:15.329 --> 00:34:20.119
if<00:34:15.599><c> we</c><00:34:15.860><c> bear</c><00:34:16.139><c> his</c><00:34:16.460><c> imprint,</c><00:34:17.860><c> and</c><00:34:17.860><c> it</c><00:34:18.019><c> is</c><00:34:18.320><c> stamped</c><00:34:18.579><c> upon</c><00:34:18.920><c> us,</c>

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:22.659
then<00:34:20.340><c> he</c><00:34:20.420><c> will</c><00:34:20.659><c> establish</c><00:34:21.059><c> it</c><00:34:21.320><c> forever,</c><00:34:21.800><c> brethren</c><00:34:22.059><c> and</c><00:34:22.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.519
and<00:34:22.920><c> the</c><00:34:23.119><c> flower</c><00:34:23.320><c> will</c><00:34:23.559><c> flourish</c><00:34:23.840><c> and</c><00:34:24.119><c> spring</c><00:34:24.300><c> up</c>

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.699
unto<00:34:24.780><c> everlasting</c><00:34:25.360><c> life.</c>

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:31.019
Deep<00:34:28.300><c> down</c><00:34:28.659><c> I'm</c><00:34:29.019><c> sure</c><00:34:29.400><c> we</c><00:34:29.739><c> all</c><00:34:30.099><c> want</c><00:34:30.300><c> to</c><00:34:30.460><c> be</c><00:34:30.699><c> clothed</c>

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.099
with<00:34:31.199><c> the</c><00:34:31.380><c> beauty</c><00:34:31.619><c> of</c><00:34:31.900><c> God,</c>

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:36.039
we<00:34:32.340><c> want</c><00:34:32.559><c> to</c><00:34:32.739><c> be</c><00:34:32.840><c> like</c><00:34:33.179><c> Jesus</c><00:34:33.639><c> Christ,</c><00:34:34.300><c> his</c><00:34:34.579><c> son,</c><00:34:35.460><c> our</c><00:34:35.659><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:38.219
and<00:34:36.880><c> we</c><00:34:37.019><c> want</c><00:34:37.159><c> people</c><00:34:37.420><c> to</c><00:34:37.539><c> be</c><00:34:37.619><c> able</c><00:34:37.820><c> to</c><00:34:38.039><c> say,</c>

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:42.000
these<00:34:38.559><c> people</c><00:34:38.860><c> have</c><00:34:39.119><c> been</c><00:34:39.380><c> with</c><00:34:39.659><c> Jesus</c><00:34:40.059><c> and</c><00:34:40.539><c> learned</c><00:34:40.840><c> of</c><00:34:41.039><c> him.</c>

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.260
It's<00:34:43.559><c> no</c><00:34:43.760><c> good</c><00:34:43.920><c> if</c><00:34:44.079><c> you're</c><00:34:44.139><c> trying</c><00:34:44.380><c> to</c><00:34:44.519><c> do</c><00:34:44.599><c> it</c><00:34:44.719><c> all</c><00:34:44.840><c> yourself,</c>

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:47.960
says<00:34:45.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:46.219><c> you</c><00:34:46.320><c> won't</c><00:34:46.599><c> get</c><00:34:46.920><c> there.</c>

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:50.719
Yield<00:34:48.679><c> yourselves</c><00:34:49.159><c> unto</c><00:34:49.559><c> God,</c>

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.860
as<00:34:51.000><c> those</c><00:34:51.280><c> who</c><00:34:51.559><c> are</c><00:34:51.860><c> alive</c><00:34:52.219><c> from</c><00:34:52.480><c> the</c><00:34:52.679><c> dead,</c>

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:56.639
and<00:34:53.159><c> he</c><00:34:53.440><c> will</c><00:34:53.659><c> do</c><00:34:53.880><c> the</c><00:34:54.059><c> rest</c><00:34:54.579><c> and</c><00:34:55.760><c> bring</c><00:34:56.000><c> to</c><00:34:56.239><c> perfection</c>

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:59.059
that<00:34:56.980><c> good</c><00:34:57.260><c> work</c><00:34:57.519><c> which</c><00:34:57.679><c> he</c><00:34:57.920><c> has</c><00:34:58.119><c> commenced</c><00:34:58.559><c> with</c><00:34:58.760><c> us</c>

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:01.119
in<00:34:59.719><c> each</c><00:35:00.019><c> of</c><00:35:00.179><c> us.</c>

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:04.019
He<00:35:01.380><c> will</c><00:35:01.500><c> bring</c><00:35:01.659><c> it</c><00:35:01.820><c> to</c><00:35:02.000><c> perfection</c><00:35:02.360><c> in</c><00:35:02.559><c> the</c><00:35:02.659><c> day</c><00:35:02.780><c> of</c><00:35:02.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.300
And<00:35:05.000><c> this</c><00:35:05.179><c> approach,</c><00:35:05.739><c> brethren</c><00:35:05.920><c> and</c><00:35:06.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:08.719
takes<00:35:06.639><c> all</c><00:35:07.019><c> the</c><00:35:07.239><c> worry</c><00:35:07.500><c> out</c><00:35:07.679><c> of</c><00:35:07.880><c> life.</c>

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:11.000
It<00:35:09.480><c> takes</c><00:35:09.599><c> the</c><00:35:09.800><c> worry</c><00:35:09.980><c> out</c><00:35:10.139><c> of</c><00:35:10.260><c> the</c><00:35:10.420><c> ordinary</c><00:35:10.699><c> things</c>

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.940
of<00:35:11.139><c> this</c><00:35:11.300><c> life</c><00:35:11.719><c> and</c><00:35:11.860><c> the</c><00:35:12.099><c> problems</c><00:35:12.380><c> relating</c><00:35:12.840><c> to</c><00:35:13.039><c> the</c><00:35:13.280><c> refrigerators</c>

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:17.039
and<00:35:14.219><c> cars</c><00:35:14.559><c> and</c><00:35:14.840><c> jobs</c><00:35:15.179><c> and</c><00:35:15.500><c> retirement</c><00:35:15.960><c> annuities.</c>

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:19.480
He<00:35:17.539><c> knows</c><00:35:17.820><c> that</c><00:35:18.059><c> you</c><00:35:18.239><c> have</c><00:35:18.440><c> need</c><00:35:18.639><c> of</c><00:35:18.900><c> these</c><00:35:19.139><c> things</c>

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.119
and<00:35:19.619><c> he</c><00:35:19.780><c> will</c><00:35:20.000><c> provide.</c>

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:25.420
It<00:35:22.400><c> also</c><00:35:22.699><c> takes</c><00:35:23.000><c> the</c><00:35:23.199><c> worry</c><00:35:23.400><c> out</c><00:35:23.539><c> of</c><00:35:23.699><c> our</c><00:35:23.900><c> spiritual</c><00:35:24.300><c> development.</c>

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:30.340
It<00:35:25.940><c> gets</c><00:35:26.199><c> things</c><00:35:26.460><c> in</c><00:35:26.659><c> the</c><00:35:26.940><c> right</c><00:35:27.239><c> perspective</c><00:35:28.019><c> and</c><00:35:29.280><c> says,</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:33.380
leave<00:35:30.920><c> it</c><00:35:31.239><c> all</c><00:35:31.619><c> quietly</c><00:35:32.119><c> to</c><00:35:32.440><c> God</c><00:35:32.659><c> my</c><00:35:33.059><c> soul,</c>

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:36.019
for<00:35:33.579><c> he</c><00:35:33.780><c> is</c><00:35:33.960><c> thy</c><00:35:34.159><c> help</c><00:35:34.480><c> and</c><00:35:34.760><c> thy</c><00:35:34.940><c> strength.</c>

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.699
As<00:35:37.199><c> we</c><00:35:37.400><c> said</c><00:35:37.519><c> earlier,</c><00:35:37.840><c> that</c><00:35:38.000><c> doesn't</c><00:35:38.199><c> mean</c><00:35:38.380><c> to</c><00:35:38.579><c> say</c>

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:40.820
that<00:35:38.860><c> no</c><00:35:39.039><c> effort</c><00:35:39.199><c> is</c><00:35:39.400><c> involved</c><00:35:39.820><c> and</c><00:35:39.960><c> that</c><00:35:40.059><c> you</c><00:35:40.139><c> can</c><00:35:40.280><c> just</c><00:35:40.440><c> sit</c><00:35:40.579><c> back</c>

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:43.900
and<00:35:41.219><c> relax</c><00:35:41.300><c> and</c><00:35:41.460><c> say,</c><00:35:41.900><c> oh</c><00:35:41.920><c> well,</c><00:35:42.260><c> it's</c><00:35:42.719><c> God</c><00:35:42.940><c> that's</c><00:35:43.219><c> doing</c><00:35:43.440><c> it</c><00:35:43.699><c> all,</c>

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:46.260
so<00:35:44.099><c> I</c><00:35:44.219><c> can</c><00:35:44.440><c> relax</c><00:35:44.739><c> and</c><00:35:44.940><c> wait</c><00:35:45.099><c> for</c><00:35:45.280><c> the</c><00:35:45.440><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:51.139
No,<00:35:48.260><c> we</c><00:35:48.699><c> have</c><00:35:48.860><c> to</c><00:35:49.019><c> do</c><00:35:49.179><c> our</c><00:35:49.440><c> part</c><00:35:49.679><c> faithfully.</c>

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:53.519
We've<00:35:51.340><c> got</c><00:35:51.440><c> to</c><00:35:51.619><c> choose</c><00:35:51.800><c> the</c><00:35:52.039><c> right</c><00:35:52.260><c> environment,</c>

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:55.980
place<00:35:53.860><c> ourselves</c><00:35:54.280><c> in</c><00:35:54.579><c> situations</c><00:35:55.119><c> in</c><00:35:55.320><c> which</c><00:35:55.460><c> the</c><00:35:55.639><c> work</c><00:35:55.800><c> of</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.380
the<00:35:56.179><c> Spirit</c>

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:59.639
may<00:35:56.599><c> develop</c><00:35:57.019><c> in</c><00:35:57.260><c> our</c><00:35:57.480><c> lives,</c><00:35:58.699><c> seek</c><00:35:58.900><c> the</c><00:35:59.199><c> sunshine</c>

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:01.960
and<00:35:59.920><c> the</c><00:36:00.179><c> air</c><00:36:00.380><c> of</c><00:36:00.539><c> God's</c><00:36:01.019><c> word,</c>

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.119
and<00:36:02.440><c> all</c><00:36:02.619><c> the</c><00:36:02.900><c> influences</c><00:36:03.239><c> of</c><00:36:03.519><c> the</c><00:36:03.739><c> brotherhood</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:07.000
and<00:36:04.260><c> the</c><00:36:04.400><c> work</c><00:36:04.559><c> of</c><00:36:04.820><c> Christ</c><00:36:05.139><c> that</c><00:36:05.340><c> we</c><00:36:05.519><c> may</c><00:36:05.699><c> be</c><00:36:05.980><c> nourished</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.599
and<00:36:07.420><c> grow</c><00:36:07.679><c> up</c><00:36:07.980><c> into</c><00:36:08.219><c> him</c><00:36:08.460><c> in</c><00:36:08.719><c> all</c><00:36:09.079><c> things</c><00:36:09.420><c> which</c><00:36:09.639><c> is</c><00:36:09.900><c> the</c><00:36:10.119><c> head,</c>

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:13.880
even<00:36:11.440><c> Christ</c><00:36:11.940><c> Jesus</c><00:36:12.480><c> our</c><00:36:12.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:19.480
In<00:36:15.440><c> the</c><00:36:15.760><c> end,</c><00:36:17.440><c> it</c><00:36:17.559><c> is</c><00:36:17.719><c> God</c><00:36:18.079><c> who</c><00:36:18.320><c> is</c><00:36:18.539><c> doing</c><00:36:18.760><c> it</c><00:36:19.019><c> all</c>

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:26.460
and<00:36:20.059><c> ultimately</c><00:36:20.599><c> the</c><00:36:20.880><c> beauty</c><00:36:21.340><c> is</c><00:36:22.159><c> his</c><00:36:22.679><c> and</c><00:36:23.699><c> the</c><00:36:23.940><c> glory</c><00:36:24.460><c> is</c><00:36:25.460><c> his.</c>

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:32.539
My<00:36:28.920><c> closing</c><00:36:29.260><c> point,</c><00:36:31.260><c> you</c><00:36:31.539><c> will</c><00:36:31.739><c> remember</c><00:36:32.039><c> the</c><00:36:32.300><c> parable</c>

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:35.840
of<00:36:32.760><c> the</c><00:36:32.900><c> prodigal</c><00:36:33.300><c> son</c><00:36:33.760><c> and</c><00:36:35.159><c> in</c><00:36:35.340><c> the</c><00:36:35.519><c> parable,</c>

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:39.239
it<00:36:36.000><c> started</c><00:36:36.320><c> off</c><00:36:36.559><c> by</c><00:36:36.940><c> saying,</c><00:36:37.440><c> Father,</c><00:36:38.139><c> give</c><00:36:38.440><c> me</c>

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:41.940
the<00:36:39.619><c> portion</c><00:36:39.860><c> of</c><00:36:40.079><c> goods</c><00:36:40.199><c> that</c><00:36:40.519><c> falleth</c><00:36:40.780><c> to</c><00:36:41.000><c> me.</c>

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:47.079
And<00:36:43.420><c> when</c><00:36:43.500><c> it</c><00:36:43.639><c> come</c><00:36:43.800><c> to</c><00:36:43.940><c> himself,</c><00:36:45.519><c> it</c><00:36:45.880><c> ended</c><00:36:46.019><c> on</c><00:36:46.219><c> a</c><00:36:46.460><c> different</c><00:36:46.719><c> note.</c>

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:52.079
He<00:36:47.400><c> said,</c><00:36:47.519><c> Father,</c><00:36:48.739><c> make</c><00:36:48.960><c> me</c><00:36:49.679><c> as</c><00:36:50.179><c> one</c><00:36:50.360><c> of</c><00:36:50.519><c> thy</c><00:36:50.659><c> hired</c><00:36:51.000><c> servants.</c>

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:58.920
That<00:36:54.340><c> transition</c><00:36:54.960><c> from</c><00:36:55.480><c> give</c><00:36:55.800><c> me</c><00:36:56.480><c> to</c><00:36:57.340><c> make</c><00:36:57.599><c> me</c>

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:01.860
is<00:36:59.920><c> I</c><00:37:00.099><c> think</c><00:37:00.219><c> the</c><00:37:00.380><c> lesson</c><00:37:00.619><c> of</c><00:37:00.800><c> the</c><00:37:00.940><c> lilies</c>

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:05.179
and<00:37:03.019><c> that</c><00:37:03.340><c> journey,</c><00:37:03.659><c> brethren</c><00:37:04.000><c> and</c><00:37:04.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:11.920
from<00:37:05.900><c> give</c><00:37:06.239><c> me</c><00:37:07.260><c> to</c><00:37:07.860><c> make</c><00:37:08.059><c> me</c><00:37:08.940><c> is</c><00:37:09.480><c> a</c><00:37:09.659><c> journey</c><00:37:09.880><c> that</c><00:37:10.420><c> all</c><00:37:10.659><c> of</c><00:37:10.860><c> us</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:15.199
at<00:37:12.320><c> some</c><00:37:12.519><c> time</c><00:37:12.679><c> or</c><00:37:12.900><c> another</c><00:37:13.380><c> will</c><00:37:13.980><c> have</c><00:37:14.179><c> to</c><00:37:14.400><c> make.</c>

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:24.880
Close<00:37:18.460><c> this</c><00:37:19.260><c> part</c><00:37:19.559><c> of</c><00:37:19.820><c> our</c><00:37:20.079><c> day</c><00:37:20.800><c> by</c><00:37:22.579><c> a</c><00:37:23.019><c> word</c><00:37:23.179><c> of</c><00:37:23.440><c> prayer</c>

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:31.599
through<00:37:28.840><c> our</c><00:37:29.039><c> brother</c><00:37:29.340><c> Sheldon</c><00:37:30.679><c> Sawyer</c>

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:37.420
of<00:37:32.340><c> Birmingham,</c><00:37:33.260><c> Soho,</c><00:37:34.019><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:34.820><c> in</c><00:37:36.380><c> England.</c>

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:46.179
The<00:37:41.599><c> God</c><00:37:41.900><c> of</c><00:37:42.360><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:43.340><c> Isaac</c><00:37:43.659><c> and</c><00:37:43.800><c> Jacob</c><00:37:44.460><c> and</c><00:37:44.960><c> our</c><00:37:45.159><c> God.</c>

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:50.039
Through<00:37:47.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:47.659><c> our</c><00:37:47.940><c> Lord</c><00:37:48.179><c> and</c><00:37:48.440><c> our</c><00:37:48.679><c> savior,</c><00:37:49.079><c> we</c><00:37:49.079><c> come</c><00:37:49.260><c> unto</c><00:37:49.480><c> thee,</c>

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:52.300
thanking<00:37:50.440><c> thee</c><00:37:50.739><c> for</c><00:37:50.960><c> this</c><00:37:51.679><c> short</c><00:37:52.039><c> time</c>

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:54.699
that<00:37:52.460><c> we've</c><00:37:52.760><c> had</c><00:37:52.920><c> around</c><00:37:53.219><c> thy</c><00:37:53.519><c> word.</c>

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.260
We're<00:37:55.820><c> thankful,</c><00:37:56.159><c> O</c><00:37:56.260><c> Lord,</c><00:37:56.699><c> that</c><00:37:57.179><c> mercy</c><00:37:57.519><c> and</c><00:37:57.800><c> truth</c>

00:37:58.260 --> 00:38:00.659
are<00:37:58.880><c> met</c><00:37:59.079><c> together.</c>

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:03.860
Righteousness<00:38:01.340><c> and</c><00:38:01.559><c> peace</c><00:38:02.019><c> have</c><00:38:02.380><c> kissed</c><00:38:02.719><c> each</c><00:38:03.019><c> other.</c>

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:06.900
Truth<00:38:04.579><c> shall</c><00:38:04.920><c> spring</c><00:38:05.360><c> forth</c><00:38:05.780><c> out</c><00:38:06.099><c> of</c><00:38:06.239><c> the</c><00:38:06.400><c> earth</c>

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:10.179
and<00:38:07.480><c> righteousness</c><00:38:08.119><c> shall</c><00:38:08.480><c> look</c><00:38:08.679><c> down</c><00:38:08.980><c> from</c><00:38:09.239><c> heaven.</c>

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:14.079
Dear<00:38:11.880><c> Lord,</c><00:38:12.199><c> we're</c><00:38:12.380><c> thankful</c><00:38:12.800><c> that</c><00:38:13.079><c> thou</c><00:38:13.320><c> and</c><00:38:13.440><c> thy</c><00:38:13.579><c> mercy</c>

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:18.480
has<00:38:14.599><c> called</c><00:38:14.880><c> us</c><00:38:15.139><c> to</c><00:38:15.420><c> come,</c><00:38:16.400><c> let</c><00:38:16.460><c> us</c><00:38:16.679><c> reason</c><00:38:17.000><c> together,</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.599
saith<00:38:18.599><c> the</c><00:38:18.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:25.039
Though<00:38:20.239><c> thy</c><00:38:20.920><c> sins</c><00:38:21.219><c> be</c><00:38:21.460><c> scarlet,</c><00:38:22.320><c> they</c><00:38:22.480><c> shall</c><00:38:22.679><c> be</c><00:38:22.940><c> white</c><00:38:23.619><c> as</c><00:38:24.300><c> snow.</c>

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:27.460
Though<00:38:25.519><c> they</c><00:38:25.699><c> be</c><00:38:25.900><c> red</c><00:38:26.179><c> as</c><00:38:26.420><c> crimson,</c>

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:29.420
they<00:38:27.780><c> shall</c><00:38:28.019><c> be</c><00:38:28.199><c> as</c><00:38:28.320><c> warm.</c>

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:33.719
May<00:38:31.260><c> we</c><00:38:31.460><c> not</c><00:38:31.780><c> fret,</c><00:38:32.679><c> little</c><00:38:32.860><c> flock,</c>

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:35.340
for<00:38:33.980><c> it</c><00:38:34.079><c> is</c><00:38:34.199><c> thy</c><00:38:34.380><c> father's</c><00:38:34.800><c> good</c><00:38:35.000><c> pleasure</c>

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:37.199
to<00:38:35.659><c> give</c><00:38:35.820><c> thee</c><00:38:36.000><c> the</c><00:38:36.159><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:40.420
And<00:38:37.920><c> may</c><00:38:37.980><c> we</c><00:38:38.179><c> have</c><00:38:38.360><c> Jesus,</c><00:38:38.960><c> the</c><00:38:39.099><c> anchor</c><00:38:39.420><c> of</c><00:38:39.639><c> our</c><00:38:39.920><c> soul,</c>

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:43.360
so<00:38:41.019><c> that</c><00:38:41.159><c> we</c><00:38:41.320><c> can</c><00:38:41.559><c> overcome</c><00:38:42.000><c> the</c><00:38:42.280><c> tempest</c><00:38:42.679><c> of</c><00:38:42.940><c> life</c>

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and<00:38:44.019><c> have</c><00:38:44.199><c> peace</c><00:38:44.699><c> and</c><00:38:45.099><c> enter</c><00:38:45.280><c> the</c><00:38:45.519><c> fair</c><00:38:45.739><c> havens</c>

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that<00:38:46.739><c> he</c><00:38:46.900><c> does</c><00:38:47.039><c> provide.</c>

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Be<00:38:49.179><c> with</c><00:38:49.340><c> us</c><00:38:49.559><c> in</c><00:38:49.739><c> blesses</c><00:38:50.079><c> as</c><00:38:50.260><c> we</c><00:38:50.460><c> are</c><00:38:50.599><c> scourging</c>

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through<00:38:51.199><c> his</c><00:38:51.480><c> name</c><00:38:51.679><c> and</c><00:38:51.860><c> for</c><00:38:52.000><c> his</c><00:38:52.219><c> sake.</c>