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it's<00:12:03.879><c> used</c><00:12:04.259><c> when</c><00:12:04.779><c> very</c><00:12:05.240><c> great</c><00:12:05.500><c> issues</c>

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concerning<00:12:06.460><c> the</c><00:12:06.679><c> people</c><00:12:06.860><c> of</c><00:12:07.039><c> Israel</c><00:12:07.580><c> are</c><00:12:09.399><c> acted</c><00:12:09.700><c> upon.</c><00:12:10.580><c> God</c>

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It<00:12:17.360><c> goes</c><00:12:17.580><c> into</c><00:12:17.860><c> the</c><00:12:17.940><c> New</c><00:12:18.179><c> Testament</c><00:12:18.559><c> in</c><00:12:18.779><c> the</c><00:12:18.919><c> same</c><00:12:19.179><c> way.</c><00:12:20.259><c> And</c>

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epistle<00:12:36.659><c> when</c><00:12:38.100><c> he</c><00:12:38.500><c> talks</c><00:12:38.919><c> about</c><00:12:39.279><c> a</c><00:12:39.519><c> day</c><00:12:40.159><c> at</c><00:12:40.480><c> which</c><00:12:40.960><c> all</c><00:12:41.679><c> things</c>

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things<00:12:44.779><c> which</c><00:12:45.019><c> they</c><00:12:45.220><c> were</c><00:12:45.440><c> accused</c><00:12:45.759><c> by</c><00:12:46.039><c> the</c><00:12:46.240><c> people</c><00:12:46.480><c> around</c><00:12:46.799><c> them</c><00:12:47.200><c> would</c><00:12:47.419><c> be</c><00:12:47.620><c> resolved</c><00:12:48.039><c> in</c><00:12:48.240><c> a</c>

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that<00:12:54.840><c> a</c><00:12:55.100><c> decision</c><00:12:55.340><c> had</c><00:12:55.720><c> been</c><00:12:56.059><c> made</c><00:12:56.379><c> by</c>

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a<00:13:00.820><c> reflection</c><00:13:01.299><c> on</c><00:13:01.860><c> that</c><00:13:02.139><c> cycle</c><00:13:02.559><c> of</c>

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events<00:13:03.019><c> that</c><00:13:03.200><c> we've</c><00:13:03.500><c> drawn</c><00:13:03.679><c> from</c><00:13:04.240><c> the</c><00:13:04.519><c> book</c><00:13:04.679><c> of</c><00:13:04.940><c> Judges.</c><00:13:07.379><c> The</c>

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time<00:13:07.860><c> of</c><00:13:08.139><c> hardship,</c><00:13:09.299><c> the</c><00:13:09.419><c> time</c><00:13:09.659><c> of</c><00:13:09.919><c> famine</c><00:13:10.320><c> has</c><00:13:11.179><c> now</c>

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passed.<00:13:12.700><c> A</c><00:13:12.960><c> deliverer</c><00:13:13.720><c> has</c><00:13:13.980><c> been</c><00:13:15.059><c> brought</c><00:13:15.519><c> up</c><00:13:15.940><c> for</c><00:13:16.299><c> the</c><00:13:16.519><c> people.</c><00:13:17.519><c> And</c><00:13:17.740><c> there</c><00:13:17.879><c> is</c><00:13:18.059><c> a</c>

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to<00:13:20.139><c> follow.</c><00:13:20.720><c> That's</c><00:13:21.159><c> the</c><00:13:21.340><c> cycle</c><00:13:21.679><c> that</c><00:13:21.840><c> you</c><00:13:21.980><c> see</c><00:13:22.120><c> again</c><00:13:22.379><c> and</c><00:13:22.580><c> again</c><00:13:22.779><c> as</c>

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And<00:13:25.340><c> it</c><00:13:25.559><c> explains,</c><00:13:26.019><c> of</c><00:13:26.299><c> course,</c><00:13:27.279><c> why</c><00:13:27.580><c> now</c><00:13:27.899><c> we</c><00:13:28.179><c> have</c><00:13:28.399><c> this</c><00:13:29.299><c> idyllic</c><00:13:30.440><c> picture</c><00:13:31.019><c> of</c>

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rural<00:13:33.419><c> serenity</c><00:13:34.379><c> in</c><00:13:35.039><c> the</c><00:13:35.220><c> rest</c><00:13:35.480><c> of</c>

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were<00:13:42.080><c> of</c><00:13:42.320><c> bitterness</c><00:13:42.720><c> and</c><00:13:43.740><c> warfare</c><00:13:44.340><c> and</c><00:13:45.259><c> suffering</c><00:13:45.620><c> of</c><00:13:45.840><c> a</c><00:13:46.000><c> different</c><00:13:46.220><c> kind</c><00:13:46.779><c> than</c><00:13:47.139><c> the</c>

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personal<00:13:49.240><c> suffering</c><00:13:49.700><c> for</c><00:13:50.639><c> these</c><00:13:50.940><c> individuals.</c><00:13:53.779><c> Furthermore,</c><00:13:55.620><c> Ruth,</c><00:13:56.299><c> sorry,</c><00:13:56.899><c> Naomi</c>

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knew<00:13:57.840><c> very</c><00:13:58.360><c> well</c>

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who<00:14:08.220><c> had</c><00:14:08.480><c> difficulties</c>

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than<00:14:10.159><c> were</c><00:14:10.720><c> the</c><00:14:10.779><c> laws</c><00:14:10.980><c> of</c><00:14:11.240><c> any</c><00:14:11.480><c> other</c><00:14:11.720><c> nation</c><00:14:12.139><c> round</c><00:14:12.559><c> about.</c>

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Widows,<00:14:15.879><c> aged,</c><00:14:17.340><c> would</c><00:14:17.519><c> be</c><00:14:17.840><c> cared</c><00:14:18.059><c> for.</c><00:14:19.179><c> And</c>

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although<00:14:19.700><c> life</c><00:14:20.039><c> would</c><00:14:20.259><c> be</c><00:14:20.519><c> hard,</c><00:14:21.840><c> because</c><00:14:22.159><c> it</c><00:14:22.259><c> wasn't</c><00:14:22.600><c> just</c>

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nevertheless,<00:14:28.179><c> provision</c><00:14:28.240><c> was</c><00:14:28.600><c> made</c><00:14:28.980><c> for</c><00:14:29.259><c> them</c><00:14:29.940><c> and</c><00:14:30.580><c> they</c><00:14:31.019><c> need</c><00:14:31.279><c> not</c><00:14:31.600><c> starve</c><00:14:32.220><c> in</c><00:14:32.559><c> Israel.</c>

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find<00:14:38.679><c> that</c><00:14:39.019><c> Naomi</c><00:14:39.480><c> leaves</c><00:14:40.779><c> alone.</c>

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Yes,<00:14:44.940><c> I'm</c><00:14:45.139><c> saying</c><00:14:45.340><c> that</c><00:14:45.519><c> quite</c><00:14:45.860><c> deliberately,</c><00:14:48.000><c> because</c><00:14:48.179><c> although</c><00:14:48.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:48.840><c> cursory</c><00:14:49.220><c> reading</c><00:14:49.580><c> of</c><00:14:49.840><c> verse</c><00:14:50.080><c> seven</c>

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it<00:14:51.600><c> will</c><00:14:51.860><c> appear</c><00:14:52.360><c> that</c><00:14:52.779><c> she</c><00:14:52.919><c> didn't,</c><00:14:54.620><c> the</c><00:14:55.000><c> language</c><00:14:55.320><c> is</c><00:14:55.799><c> clear,</c><00:14:57.080><c> and</c>

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the<00:14:57.559><c> sequence</c><00:14:58.039><c> that</c><00:14:58.299><c> now</c><00:14:58.679><c> follows</c>

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also<00:15:00.139><c> makes</c><00:15:00.440><c> it</c><00:15:00.679><c> obvious</c><00:15:01.279><c> that</c><00:15:03.279><c> while</c><00:15:03.820><c> Naomi</c><00:15:04.320><c> has</c><00:15:04.759><c> made</c><00:15:05.019><c> up</c><00:15:05.220><c> her</c><00:15:05.519><c> mind</c><00:15:06.259><c> alone</c><00:15:07.019><c> to</c>

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go<00:15:08.200><c> back,</c>

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are<00:15:14.500><c> concerned.</c>

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And<00:15:15.799><c> so</c><00:15:16.019><c> in</c><00:15:16.179><c> the</c><00:15:16.259><c> opening</c><00:15:16.500><c> words</c><00:15:18.059><c> of</c><00:15:18.279><c> verse</c><00:15:18.440><c> seven</c><00:15:19.120><c> it</c><00:15:19.779><c> says,</c>

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Wherefore<00:15:21.580><c> she</c><00:15:22.179><c> went</c><00:15:22.580><c> forth</c><00:15:23.220><c> out</c><00:15:23.759><c> of</c><00:15:23.899><c> the</c><00:15:24.080><c> place</c><00:15:24.379><c> where</c><00:15:24.620><c> she</c><00:15:24.860><c> was.</c>

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Now<00:15:27.159><c> that</c><00:15:27.340><c> verb</c><00:15:27.639><c> is</c><00:15:27.899><c> singular</c><00:15:28.580><c> and</c><00:15:29.460><c> it's</c><00:15:30.120><c> underlining</c><00:15:30.500><c> the</c><00:15:30.759><c> fact</c><00:15:30.919><c> that</c><00:15:31.080><c> it</c>

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was<00:15:31.500><c> her</c><00:15:31.860><c> decision</c>

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and<00:15:33.320><c> her</c><00:15:33.659><c> mind</c><00:15:33.919><c> is</c><00:15:34.120><c> made</c><00:15:34.340><c> up.</c><00:15:34.539><c> She</c><00:15:34.779><c> went</c><00:15:35.080><c> forth.</c><00:15:36.820><c> And</c><00:15:37.120><c> then</c><00:15:37.220><c> the</c>

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next<00:15:37.559><c> phrase</c><00:15:37.899><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:15:49.320><c> the</c><00:15:49.580><c> way</c><00:15:49.860><c> to</c><00:15:50.059><c> return</c><00:15:50.399><c> is</c><00:15:50.580><c> they</c><00:15:50.759><c> went</c><00:15:51.000><c> along</c><00:15:51.279><c> the</c><00:15:51.519><c> road</c><00:15:51.919><c> that</c><00:15:52.519><c> was</c>

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or<00:16:07.440><c> they</c><00:16:07.559><c> didn't</c><00:16:07.820><c> do</c><00:16:08.019><c> it</c><00:16:08.139><c> in</c><00:16:08.360><c> the</c><00:16:08.519><c> tent,</c><00:16:11.559><c> whichever</c><00:16:11.899><c> happened</c>

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to<00:16:12.299><c> be</c><00:16:12.440><c> the</c><00:16:12.539><c> situation.</c>

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Farewells<00:16:14.740><c> of</c><00:16:14.919><c> that</c><00:16:15.279><c> kind</c><00:16:15.860><c> were</c><00:16:16.419><c> said</c><00:16:16.820><c> actually</c><00:16:17.500><c> on</c><00:16:17.899><c> the</c><00:16:18.139><c> road,</c>

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and<00:16:19.379><c> the</c><00:16:19.480><c> whole</c><00:16:19.659><c> family</c><00:16:20.080><c> went</c><00:16:20.419><c> along</c><00:16:20.740><c> the</c><00:16:20.860><c> way</c><00:16:21.059><c> with</c><00:16:21.360><c> them</c><00:16:21.799><c> to</c>

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say<00:16:22.600><c> farewell.</c>

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Now<00:16:24.419><c> that</c><00:16:24.500><c> is</c><00:16:24.720><c> actually</c><00:16:25.039><c> what</c><00:16:25.200><c> is</c><00:16:25.440><c> happening</c><00:16:25.679><c> here,</c><00:16:26.500><c> and</c><00:16:26.659><c> it</c><00:16:26.759><c> will</c><00:16:26.940><c> come</c><00:16:27.159><c> out</c><00:16:27.279><c> as</c><00:16:27.399><c> I</c>

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go<00:16:27.700><c> through</c><00:16:27.879><c> these</c><00:16:28.139><c> verses</c>

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phrase<00:16:29.139><c> by</c><00:16:29.360><c> phrase</c><00:16:29.700><c> in</c><00:16:29.960><c> detail.</c><00:16:30.620><c> You'll</c><00:16:30.960><c> see</c><00:16:31.059><c> it</c><00:16:31.220><c> so</c><00:16:31.440><c> clearly.</c>

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That<00:16:32.100><c> is</c><00:16:32.259><c> what</c><00:16:32.399><c> is</c><00:16:32.620><c> happening</c><00:16:32.799><c> here.</c>

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Naomi<00:16:34.340><c> is</c><00:16:34.740><c> going,</c><00:16:36.899><c> the</c><00:16:37.159><c> others</c><00:16:37.340><c> are</c><00:16:37.519><c> going</c><00:16:37.700><c> along</c><00:16:37.960><c> with</c><00:16:38.159><c> her</c>

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for<00:16:38.539><c> the</c><00:16:38.700><c> moment,</c><00:16:39.720><c> to</c><00:16:39.940><c> say</c><00:16:40.179><c> farewell.</c>

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And<00:16:42.279><c> while</c><00:16:42.539><c> they're</c><00:16:42.740><c> in</c><00:16:42.899><c> that</c><00:16:43.220><c> process</c><00:16:43.899><c> on</c><00:16:44.639><c> the</c><00:16:44.940><c> road</c><00:16:45.240><c> that</c>

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actually<00:16:45.860><c> leads</c><00:16:46.220><c> towards</c><00:16:47.159><c> Israel</c><00:16:47.940><c> from</c><00:16:48.919><c> Moab,</c>

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a<00:16:50.700><c> discussion</c><00:16:51.659><c> continues.</c>

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By<00:16:56.399><c> verse</c><00:16:56.860><c> 9b,</c><00:16:59.139><c> and</c><00:16:59.139><c> you</c><00:16:59.419><c> know</c><00:16:59.519><c> when</c><00:16:59.639><c> I</c><00:16:59.740><c> use</c><00:16:59.860><c> these</c><00:17:00.000><c> letters</c><00:17:00.200><c> a</c>

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and<00:17:00.500><c> b</c><00:17:00.639><c> it</c><00:17:00.740><c> means</c><00:17:00.940><c> the</c><00:17:01.200><c> first</c><00:17:01.399><c> and</c><00:17:01.620><c> second</c>

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half<00:17:02.120><c> of</c><00:17:02.320><c> the</c><00:17:02.360><c> verse</c><00:17:02.519><c> to</c><00:17:02.759><c> save</c><00:17:03.100><c> you</c><00:17:03.299><c> searching</c><00:17:03.759><c> for</c><00:17:04.079><c> it,</c><00:17:04.759><c> by</c><00:17:05.140><c> 9b</c>

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we're<00:17:07.200><c> finding</c><00:17:07.539><c> the</c><00:17:07.920><c> farewells</c><00:17:08.900><c> now</c><00:17:09.240><c> coming</c><00:17:09.539><c> in</c>

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to<00:17:10.200><c> the</c><00:17:10.400><c> actual</c><00:17:11.460><c> interplay</c><00:17:12.779><c> between</c><00:17:13.500><c> the</c><00:17:14.000><c> ladies.</c><00:17:16.039><c> Then</c><00:17:16.299><c> she</c>

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kissed<00:17:16.920><c> them</c><00:17:17.599><c> and</c><00:17:18.420><c> they</c><00:17:18.640><c> lifted</c><00:17:18.880><c> up</c><00:17:19.140><c> their</c><00:17:19.420><c> voice</c>

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and<00:17:21.599><c> wept,</c><00:17:22.700><c> and</c><00:17:24.420><c> yet</c><00:17:24.500><c> they</c><00:17:24.660><c> couldn't</c><00:17:24.940><c> draw</c><00:17:25.220><c> themselves</c><00:17:25.640><c> to</c><00:17:25.940><c> leave</c><00:17:26.119><c> at</c>

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that<00:17:26.519><c> moment.</c>

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There's<00:17:28.740><c> still</c><00:17:28.920><c> much</c><00:17:29.160><c> to</c><00:17:29.359><c> be</c><00:17:30.019><c> discussed,</c><00:17:30.579><c> and</c><00:17:31.019><c> yet</c><00:17:31.220><c> again</c><00:17:31.700><c> they</c><00:17:32.299><c> go</c>

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on<00:17:32.759><c> a</c><00:17:32.799><c> bit</c><00:17:33.039><c> further</c><00:17:33.440><c> accompanying</c><00:17:34.039><c> her</c>

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in<00:17:34.839><c> that</c><00:17:35.140><c> same</c><00:17:35.420><c> direction.</c><00:17:37.319><c> Verse</c><00:17:37.400><c> 10,</c><00:17:38.019><c> they</c><00:17:38.039><c> said</c><00:17:38.299><c> unto</c><00:17:38.519><c> her,</c>

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surely<00:17:39.599><c> we'll</c><00:17:40.000><c> go</c><00:17:40.240><c> with</c><00:17:40.480><c> you</c><00:17:40.619><c> to</c><00:17:40.779><c> your</c><00:17:40.980><c> people.</c>

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You<00:17:42.220><c> see</c><00:17:42.339><c> the</c><00:17:42.519><c> argument,</c><00:17:43.099><c> the</c><00:17:43.319><c> discussion</c><00:17:43.740><c> is</c><00:17:44.180><c> still</c><00:17:44.440><c> going</c>

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on<00:17:44.940><c> in</c><00:17:45.119><c> their</c><00:17:45.319><c> minds.</c>

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And<00:17:46.960><c> finally,</c><00:17:48.119><c> as</c><00:17:48.400><c> we</c><00:17:49.440><c> reach</c><00:17:49.700><c> the</c><00:17:49.940><c> point</c><00:17:50.200><c> of</c><00:17:50.599><c> decision</c><00:17:50.960><c> geographically,</c><00:17:52.380><c> insofar</c><00:17:52.859><c> as</c><00:17:53.039><c> they</c><00:17:53.200><c> were</c><00:17:53.319><c> now</c>

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at<00:17:56.720><c> the</c>

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proper.<00:17:58.619><c> Orpah</c><00:17:58.819><c> makes</c><00:17:59.299><c> her</c><00:17:59.839><c> decision,</c><00:18:01.359><c> she</c><00:18:01.559><c> makes</c><00:18:01.799><c> her</c><00:18:01.960><c> personal</c><00:18:02.420><c> choice</c><00:18:03.079><c> to</c><00:18:03.759><c> return</c><00:18:04.140><c> to</c>

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her<00:18:04.519><c> people.</c>

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And<00:18:05.500><c> so</c><00:18:05.680><c> you</c><00:18:05.839><c> come</c><00:18:06.160><c> to</c><00:18:06.319><c> verse</c><00:18:06.859><c> 14,</c><00:18:08.220><c> they</c><00:18:08.299><c> lifted</c><00:18:08.599><c> up</c><00:18:08.839><c> their</c><00:18:09.119><c> voice</c><00:18:09.440><c> and</c>

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wept<00:18:10.059><c> again,</c><00:18:11.000><c> and</c><00:18:11.160><c> you</c><00:18:11.259><c> can</c><00:18:11.480><c> see</c><00:18:11.579><c> that</c><00:18:11.920><c> same</c>

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final<00:18:13.079><c> situation</c><00:18:13.779><c> happening,</c><00:18:15.759><c> the</c><00:18:15.920><c> farewell</c><00:18:16.220><c> embrace</c><00:18:16.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:19.079><c> emotion</c><00:18:20.440><c> overcoming</c><00:18:21.759><c> the</c><00:18:22.119><c> circumstance.</c>

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But<00:18:24.000><c> Orpah</c><00:18:24.640><c> kissed</c><00:18:25.099><c> her</c><00:18:25.319><c> mother</c><00:18:25.599><c>-in</c><00:18:25.859><c>-law,</c><00:18:28.039><c> whereas</c><00:18:28.200><c> Ruth</c><00:18:29.279><c> claved</c><00:18:30.460><c> to</c>

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her.<00:18:31.559><c> Now</c><00:18:32.240><c> Orpah's</c><00:18:32.660><c> decision</c><00:18:33.039><c> is</c><00:18:33.319><c> made,</c>

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Ruth<00:18:35.079><c> is</c><00:18:35.740><c> still</c><00:18:36.000><c> to</c><00:18:36.140><c> be</c><00:18:36.359><c> declared.</c><00:18:38.779><c> Orpah</c><00:18:39.119><c> kissed</c><00:18:39.339><c> her</c><00:18:39.500><c> mother</c>

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-in<00:18:39.960><c>-law.</c><00:18:41.180><c> And</c><00:18:41.279><c> verse</c><00:18:41.619><c> 15</c><00:18:42.180><c> refers</c><00:18:42.660><c> to</c><00:18:42.859><c> this</c><00:18:43.059><c> because</c>

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Naomi<00:18:45.019><c> still</c><00:18:45.740><c> not</c><00:18:46.160><c> putting</c><00:18:46.819><c> undue</c><00:18:47.319><c> pressure</c><00:18:47.720><c> on</c><00:18:47.980><c> the</c><00:18:48.200><c> girls,</c>

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and<00:18:49.140><c> this</c><00:18:49.259><c> was</c><00:18:49.380><c> one</c><00:18:49.539><c> of</c><00:18:49.660><c> the</c><00:18:49.839><c> advantages</c><00:18:50.259><c> of</c>

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saying<00:18:50.900><c> farewell</c><00:18:51.299><c> in</c><00:18:51.559><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> home</c><00:18:51.839><c> itself.</c><00:18:53.099><c> There</c><00:18:53.279><c> was</c><00:18:53.519><c> no</c><00:18:53.839><c> direct</c><00:18:54.279><c> pressure</c><00:18:54.640><c> put</c>

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by<00:18:55.579><c> Naomi</c><00:18:55.960><c> on</c><00:18:56.339><c> the</c><00:18:56.559><c> two</c><00:18:56.880><c> daughters</c>

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in<00:18:57.480><c> law</c><00:18:57.720><c> to</c><00:18:58.059><c> go</c><00:18:58.319><c> with</c><00:18:58.539><c> her</c><00:18:58.799><c> back</c><00:18:59.480><c> to</c><00:19:00.079><c> Israel.</c><00:19:01.519><c> She</c><00:19:01.880><c> was</c><00:19:02.259><c> wanting</c>

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them<00:19:02.859><c> to</c><00:19:03.099><c> make</c><00:19:03.279><c> up</c><00:19:03.440><c> their</c><00:19:03.660><c> own</c><00:19:03.880><c> mind.</c><00:19:04.099><c> The</c>

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principle<00:19:04.559><c> we</c><00:19:04.759><c> better</c><00:19:04.960><c> carry</c><00:19:05.240><c> forward</c><00:19:05.599><c> today.</c><00:19:07.160><c> So</c><00:19:07.440><c> often</c><00:19:07.799><c> we</c>

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pressurize<00:19:08.940><c> those</c><00:19:09.240><c> who</c><00:19:09.380><c> are</c><00:19:09.559><c> dear</c><00:19:09.680><c> to</c><00:19:09.960><c> us</c>

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into<00:19:11.119><c> certain</c><00:19:11.519><c> actions,</c><00:19:12.220><c> and</c><00:19:13.160><c> we</c><00:19:13.460><c> learn</c><00:19:13.740><c> to</c><00:19:14.059><c> regret</c><00:19:14.339><c> it.</c><00:19:16.779><c> It's</c>

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a<00:19:17.039><c> lesson</c><00:19:17.319><c> for</c><00:19:17.519><c> us</c><00:19:17.799><c> too.</c><00:19:18.119><c> Naomi</c><00:19:18.400><c> didn't</c><00:19:18.660><c> do</c><00:19:18.920><c> that.</c>

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She<00:19:20.799><c> put</c><00:19:21.119><c> the</c><00:19:21.319><c> case,</c><00:19:22.440><c> reasoned</c><00:19:22.859><c> it</c><00:19:23.059><c> through</c><00:19:23.180><c> with</c><00:19:23.460><c> them,</c><00:19:24.400><c> and</c>

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left<00:19:24.779><c> them</c><00:19:25.000><c> to</c><00:19:25.220><c> make</c><00:19:25.759><c> their</c><00:19:26.160><c> own</c><00:19:26.539><c> decisions.</c>

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Behold,<00:19:29.559><c> thy</c><00:19:29.700><c> sister</c><00:19:30.019><c>-in</c><00:19:30.180><c>-law</c><00:19:30.240><c> has</c><00:19:30.400><c> gone</c><00:19:30.660><c> back</c><00:19:31.079><c> to</c><00:19:31.220><c> her</c><00:19:31.480><c> people,</c><00:19:31.980><c> verse</c>

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15.<00:19:33.880><c> Quotes</c><00:19:34.220><c> Naomi</c><00:19:34.619><c> as</c><00:19:34.900><c> saying,</c>

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she's<00:19:35.700><c> gone</c><00:19:35.900><c> back</c><00:19:36.140><c> to</c><00:19:36.240><c> her</c><00:19:36.400><c> people</c><00:19:36.660><c> and</c><00:19:36.880><c> to</c><00:19:37.000><c> her</c><00:19:37.259><c> gods.</c><00:19:38.099><c> Return</c>

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thou<00:19:39.220><c> after</c><00:19:40.500><c> thy</c><00:19:40.960><c> sister</c><00:19:41.299><c>-in</c><00:19:41.519><c>-law.</c><00:19:41.900><c> So</c><00:19:42.059><c> you</c><00:19:42.140><c> see,</c>

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you<00:19:42.420><c> now</c><00:19:42.559><c> get</c><00:19:42.720><c> that</c><00:19:43.000><c> picture,</c><00:19:43.240><c> one</c><00:19:43.480><c> of</c><00:19:43.619><c> them</c><00:19:43.740><c> has</c><00:19:43.960><c> left</c><00:19:44.380><c> the</c>

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group.<00:19:46.519><c> Farewells,</c><00:19:47.160><c> embraces</c><00:19:47.539><c> have</c><00:19:47.720><c> been</c><00:19:47.940><c> made,</c>

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she's<00:19:49.099><c> made</c><00:19:49.319><c> a</c><00:19:49.519><c> decision,</c><00:19:50.220><c> and</c><00:19:50.319><c> she's</c><00:19:50.539><c> on</c><00:19:50.720><c> her</c><00:19:50.960><c> way.</c><00:19:51.859><c> And</c><00:19:52.019><c> as</c>

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she's<00:19:53.140><c> disappearing</c><00:19:53.579><c> out</c><00:19:53.900><c> of</c><00:19:54.140><c> sight,</c>

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the<00:19:54.920><c> conversation</c><00:19:55.519><c> between</c><00:19:55.880><c> Ruth</c><00:19:56.160><c> and</c><00:19:56.359><c> Naomi</c><00:19:56.640><c> now</c><00:19:57.460><c> continues.</c><00:19:58.160><c> Go</c><00:19:58.420><c> after</c>

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her.<00:20:00.259><c> That's</c><00:20:00.640><c> where</c><00:20:00.900><c> your</c><00:20:01.259><c> roots</c>

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may<00:20:02.519><c> well</c><00:20:02.819><c> be.</c><00:20:04.539><c> And</c><00:20:04.700><c> even</c><00:20:04.940><c> at</c><00:20:05.160><c> verse</c><00:20:05.380><c> 8,</c><00:20:05.839><c> you</c><00:20:05.839><c> see,</c><00:20:07.059><c> she</c><00:20:07.319><c> said,</c>

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the<00:20:07.859><c> Lord</c><00:20:08.420><c> deal</c><00:20:09.000><c> kindly</c><00:20:09.740><c> with</c><00:20:10.759><c> you.</c><00:20:11.380><c> Whatever</c>

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deal<00:20:17.420><c> kindly</c><00:20:18.240><c> with</c><00:20:19.000><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:20:22.480><c> these</c><00:20:22.740><c> conversations</c><00:20:23.500><c> on</c><00:20:23.779><c> the</c><00:20:23.940><c> road</c><00:20:24.119><c> are</c><00:20:24.299><c> very</c><00:20:24.519><c> important,</c><00:20:25.279><c> aren't</c>

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they?<00:20:26.640><c> They're</c><00:20:26.819><c> not</c><00:20:27.079><c> given</c><00:20:27.259><c> to</c><00:20:27.440><c> us</c>

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in<00:20:28.160><c> very</c><00:20:28.519><c> great</c><00:20:28.819><c> detail,</c><00:20:29.960><c> but</c><00:20:30.119><c> sufficient</c><00:20:30.740><c> of</c><00:20:31.119><c> each</c><00:20:31.559><c> stage</c><00:20:31.819><c> is</c>

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put<00:20:32.240><c> there</c><00:20:32.500><c> for</c><00:20:32.599><c> us</c><00:20:32.740><c> to</c><00:20:32.940><c> see</c><00:20:33.160><c> that</c><00:20:33.319><c> there</c><00:20:33.519><c> is</c><00:20:33.660><c> a</c><00:20:33.779><c> lot</c>

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more<00:20:34.339><c> involved</c><00:20:35.180><c> in</c><00:20:35.980><c> the</c><00:20:36.200><c> interplay</c><00:20:36.859><c> between</c><00:20:37.660><c> people.</c><00:20:39.599><c> And</c><00:20:39.680><c> it's</c><00:20:39.900><c> now</c><00:20:40.160><c> brought</c><00:20:40.420><c> to</c>

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a<00:20:40.819><c> climax</c><00:20:41.200><c> in</c><00:20:41.460><c> verse</c><00:20:41.680><c> 11.</c>

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I<00:20:42.660><c> did</c><00:20:42.859><c> jump</c><00:20:43.160><c> forward</c><00:20:43.460><c> a</c><00:20:43.559><c> little</c><00:20:43.720><c> to</c><00:20:43.900><c> show</c><00:20:44.240><c> the</c><00:20:44.599><c> outcome</c><00:20:45.140><c> in</c><00:20:46.559><c> Orpah's</c><00:20:47.039><c> case,</c><00:20:48.059><c> but</c><00:20:48.279><c> I</c>

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go<00:20:48.660><c> back</c><00:20:48.880><c> now</c><00:20:49.140><c> to</c><00:20:49.319><c> verse</c><00:20:49.599><c> 11,</c>

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and<00:20:51.359><c> the</c><00:20:51.559><c> question</c><00:20:51.940><c> is</c><00:20:52.160><c> put</c><00:20:52.400><c> directly</c><00:20:53.039><c> by</c><00:20:53.380><c> Naomi</c><00:20:53.680><c> and</c><00:20:53.859><c> says,</c>

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turn<00:20:55.440><c> again,</c><00:20:55.920><c> my</c><00:20:56.099><c> daughters,</c><00:20:57.279><c> why</c><00:20:57.799><c> will</c><00:20:58.400><c> you</c>

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go<00:20:59.680><c> with</c><00:20:59.980><c> me?</c><00:21:01.059><c> And</c><00:21:01.339><c> they</c><00:21:01.480><c> now</c><00:21:01.720><c> have</c><00:21:01.920><c> to</c><00:21:02.119><c> face</c><00:21:02.680><c> the</c><00:21:03.460><c> decision</c><00:21:03.819><c> making</c><00:21:04.220><c> process.</c><00:21:04.680><c> Why</c><00:21:04.920><c> are</c><00:21:05.240><c> you</c><00:21:05.400><c> wanting</c><00:21:05.680><c> to</c>

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go<00:21:06.079><c> back</c><00:21:06.279><c> with</c>

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me?<00:21:09.519><c> Now,</c><00:21:10.519><c> from</c><00:21:10.960><c> the</c><00:21:11.160><c> outline</c><00:21:11.440><c> that's</c><00:21:11.680><c> given,</c><00:21:12.940><c> it's</c><00:21:13.279><c> clear</c><00:21:13.440><c> that</c><00:21:13.779><c> Naomi</c><00:21:14.180><c> has</c><00:21:14.940><c> caused</c><00:21:15.279><c> them</c><00:21:15.460><c> to</c><00:21:15.700><c> consider</c>

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three<00:21:20.660><c> that</c><00:21:20.799><c> are</c><00:21:21.079><c> taken</c><00:21:21.279><c> up</c><00:21:21.480><c> in</c><00:21:21.660><c> the</c><00:21:21.779><c> New</c><00:21:22.019><c> Testament</c>

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in<00:21:22.700><c> terms</c><00:21:22.940><c> of</c><00:21:23.400><c> discipleship.</c><00:21:24.039><c> I'm</c><00:21:24.180><c> not</c><00:21:24.400><c> going</c><00:21:24.519><c> to</c><00:21:24.640><c> go</c><00:21:24.799><c> any</c><00:21:25.059><c> further</c><00:21:25.440><c> into</c><00:21:25.680><c> that</c><00:21:26.160><c> today</c><00:21:26.660><c> because</c><00:21:26.960><c> I'm</c><00:21:27.339><c> concentrating</c>

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forward.<00:21:31.559><c> The</c><00:21:31.579><c> three</c><00:21:32.140><c> areas</c><00:21:32.619><c> where</c><00:21:33.000><c> Naomi</c><00:21:33.759><c> says</c>

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disciples<00:21:41.960><c> with</c><00:21:42.700><c> when</c><00:21:43.019><c> he</c><00:21:43.319><c> is</c><00:21:43.440><c> talking</c><00:21:43.799><c> about</c><00:21:44.640><c> whether</c><00:21:44.960><c> they</c>

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would<00:21:45.400><c> go</c><00:21:45.619><c> and</c><00:21:45.940><c> follow</c><00:21:46.220><c> him</c><00:21:46.759><c> and</c><00:21:47.000><c> be</c><00:21:47.200><c> part</c><00:21:47.420><c> of</c><00:21:47.619><c> his</c>

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life<00:21:48.359><c> and</c><00:21:48.940><c> family.</c><00:21:50.539><c> Follow</c><00:21:50.779><c> them</c><00:21:51.000><c> up.</c><00:21:51.619><c> The</c><00:21:51.720><c> first</c><00:21:51.980><c> one</c><00:21:52.319><c> has</c><00:21:52.799><c> to</c>

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do<00:21:53.099><c> with</c><00:21:53.259><c> family</c><00:21:53.799><c> loyalties.</c><00:21:55.279><c> And</c><00:21:55.440><c> I</c><00:21:55.740><c> pinpoint</c>

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family.<00:22:04.460><c> Verse</c><00:22:04.640><c> 11,</c><00:22:05.500><c> turn</c><00:22:05.799><c> again,</c><00:22:06.380><c> my</c><00:22:06.500><c> daughters,</c><00:22:07.380><c> why</c><00:22:07.619><c> will</c>

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you<00:22:07.960><c> go</c><00:22:08.200><c> with</c><00:22:08.420><c> me?</c><00:22:09.339><c> Are</c><00:22:09.579><c> there</c><00:22:09.759><c> yet</c><00:22:09.940><c> more</c>

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sons<00:22:10.380><c> in</c><00:22:10.599><c> my</c><00:22:10.940><c> womb</c><00:22:11.099><c> that</c><00:22:11.279><c> they</c><00:22:11.539><c> may</c><00:22:11.779><c> be</c><00:22:12.400><c> your</c><00:22:12.799><c> husbands?</c><00:22:13.880><c> And</c>

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it's<00:22:14.339><c> quite</c><00:22:14.640><c> clear</c><00:22:14.799><c> that</c><00:22:14.980><c> she's</c><00:22:15.240><c> thinking</c><00:22:15.579><c> they</c>

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could<00:22:16.259><c> marry</c><00:22:16.599><c> again.</c><00:22:17.599><c> In</c><00:22:17.779><c> fact,</c><00:22:17.960><c> she</c><00:22:18.220><c> said</c><00:22:18.420><c> as</c><00:22:18.700><c> much</c><00:22:18.960><c> in</c><00:22:19.279><c> verse</c>

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nine.<00:22:22.240><c> That</c><00:22:22.500><c> is</c><00:22:22.759><c> a</c><00:22:22.859><c> point</c><00:22:23.079><c> that</c>

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we<00:22:25.279><c> will</c><00:22:25.480><c> come</c><00:22:25.759><c> to</c><00:22:26.359><c> as</c><00:22:27.200><c> the</c><00:22:27.400><c> second</c><00:22:27.859><c> of</c><00:22:28.259><c> these</c><00:22:28.640><c> three.</c><00:22:30.059><c> Let's</c>

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attractive<00:22:45.160><c> and</c><00:22:45.380><c> of</c><00:22:45.539><c> marriageable</c><00:22:45.980><c> age.</c>

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And<00:22:47.640><c> one</c><00:22:47.859><c> of</c><00:22:47.960><c> the</c><00:22:48.240><c> considerations</c><00:22:49.000><c> in</c><00:22:49.619><c> what</c><00:22:49.839><c> they</c><00:22:50.180><c> do</c><00:22:51.079><c> in</c><00:22:52.059><c> following</c><00:22:52.640><c> Naomi,</c><00:22:53.859><c> one</c>

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of<00:22:54.220><c> the</c><00:22:54.460><c> considerations</c><00:22:55.180><c> in</c>

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following<00:22:56.180><c> Christ</c><00:22:56.980><c> is</c><00:22:58.259><c> marriage.</c><00:22:59.700><c> What</c><00:22:59.859><c> is</c><00:23:00.119><c> this</c><00:23:00.279><c> situation?</c>

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She<00:23:03.000><c> herself</c><00:23:03.500><c> receives</c><00:23:03.960><c> too</c><00:23:04.380><c> old</c><00:23:04.619><c> to</c>

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have<00:23:04.880><c> another</c><00:23:05.099><c> husband.</c><00:23:06.740><c> And</c><00:23:06.779><c> she</c><00:23:06.960><c> says,</c><00:23:07.720><c> and</c><00:23:07.980><c> in</c><00:23:08.140><c> the</c><00:23:08.339><c> conversation</c><00:23:08.720><c> that</c>

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goes<00:23:09.059><c> on</c><00:23:09.240><c> with</c><00:23:09.420><c> them,</c>

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the<00:23:10.039><c> facts</c><00:23:10.259><c> are</c><00:23:10.519><c> very</c><00:23:11.000><c> brunt</c><00:23:11.299><c> and</c><00:23:11.559><c> to</c><00:23:11.720><c> the</c><00:23:11.880><c> point.</c><00:23:13.039><c> She</c><00:23:13.240><c> says,</c>

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if<00:23:13.599><c> I</c><00:23:13.839><c> thought</c><00:23:14.059><c> there</c><00:23:14.220><c> was</c><00:23:14.400><c> still</c><00:23:14.619><c> hope</c><00:23:14.819><c> for</c><00:23:15.059><c> me,</c>

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even<00:23:15.920><c> if</c><00:23:16.019><c> I</c><00:23:16.180><c> had</c><00:23:16.279><c> my</c><00:23:16.460><c> husband</c><00:23:16.720><c> with</c><00:23:16.920><c> me</c><00:23:17.099><c> tonight</c><00:23:17.440><c> for</c><00:23:17.660><c> this</c><00:23:17.880><c> purpose</c><00:23:18.440><c> and</c>

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I<00:23:19.099><c> conceived</c><00:23:19.460><c> and</c><00:23:19.759><c> bear</c><00:23:19.940><c> a</c><00:23:20.200><c> child,</c>

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would<00:23:20.819><c> you</c><00:23:20.980><c> wait</c><00:23:21.200><c> long</c><00:23:21.480><c> enough</c><00:23:21.799><c> so</c><00:23:22.440><c> that</c><00:23:22.599><c> the</c><00:23:22.759><c> Leverett</c><00:23:23.039><c> law</c>

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could<00:23:23.460><c> be</c><00:23:23.700><c> operated?</c><00:23:24.519><c> Of</c><00:23:24.900><c> course</c><00:23:25.059><c> you</c><00:23:25.240><c> wouldn't.</c>

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That<00:23:26.859><c> comes</c><00:23:27.119><c> out</c><00:23:27.519><c> very</c><00:23:28.000><c> clearly</c><00:23:28.500><c> in</c><00:23:29.279><c> verses</c><00:23:29.660><c> 11</c><00:23:30.299><c> and</c><00:23:31.279><c> 12.</c><00:23:32.220><c> If</c><00:23:32.700><c> I</c>

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should<00:23:32.980><c> say</c><00:23:33.180><c> I</c><00:23:33.339><c> have</c><00:23:33.500><c> hope,</c><00:23:33.740><c> if</c><00:23:33.900><c> I</c><00:23:34.039><c> should</c><00:23:34.140><c> have</c><00:23:34.299><c> an</c>

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husband<00:23:34.680><c> also</c><00:23:35.119><c> tonight</c><00:23:35.640><c> and</c><00:23:36.480><c> should</c><00:23:36.660><c> also</c><00:23:37.039><c> bear</c><00:23:37.259><c> sons,</c><00:23:37.579><c> would</c>

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you<00:23:38.039><c> tarry</c><00:23:38.319><c> for</c><00:23:38.420><c> them</c><00:23:38.640><c> till</c><00:23:38.779><c> they</c><00:23:38.960><c> were</c><00:23:39.140><c> grown?</c>

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them<00:23:47.200><c> about</c><00:23:47.460><c> the</c>

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marriage<00:23:48.099><c> issue.</c><00:23:50.059><c> And</c><00:23:50.140><c> the</c><00:23:50.400><c> third</c><00:23:50.819><c> is</c><00:23:52.039><c> their</c><00:23:52.539><c> position</c><00:23:53.140><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:54.160><c> religious</c><00:23:54.619><c> beliefs.</c>

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Belief<00:23:57.500><c> in</c><00:23:57.799><c> God</c><00:23:58.160><c> and</c><00:23:58.539><c> his</c><00:23:58.880><c> influence</c><00:23:59.579><c> on</c><00:24:00.359><c> the</c><00:24:00.539><c> whole</c><00:24:00.839><c> pattern</c>

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of<00:24:01.440><c> life</c><00:24:01.819><c> is</c><00:24:02.160><c> a</c><00:24:02.359><c> third</c><00:24:02.640><c> issue.</c><00:24:03.119><c> Verse</c><00:24:03.359><c> 15,</c>

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we<00:24:04.819><c> come</c><00:24:05.099><c> to</c><00:24:05.259><c> again.</c><00:24:06.259><c> Behold,</c><00:24:06.900><c> your</c><00:24:07.039><c> sister</c><00:24:07.380><c>-in</c><00:24:07.500><c>-law</c><00:24:07.559><c> has</c><00:24:07.740><c> gone</c>

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back<00:24:08.240><c> to</c><00:24:08.380><c> her</c><00:24:08.599><c> people</c><00:24:09.019><c> and</c><00:24:09.579><c> to</c><00:24:09.900><c> her</c><00:24:10.599><c> gods.</c>

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Return<00:24:13.380><c> thou</c><00:24:13.960><c> after</c><00:24:14.779><c> thy</c><00:24:15.079><c> sister</c><00:24:15.480><c>-in</c><00:24:15.759><c>-law.</c><00:24:16.599><c> And</c><00:24:16.740><c> she</c><00:24:16.940><c> has</c><00:24:17.299><c> to</c>

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think<00:24:17.880><c> out</c><00:24:18.119><c> that</c><00:24:18.400><c> religious</c><00:24:19.000><c> issue</c>

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alongside<00:24:20.720><c> the</c><00:24:21.019><c> family</c><00:24:21.380><c> one.</c><00:24:23.839><c> So</c><00:24:24.079><c> now</c><00:24:24.259><c> we</c><00:24:24.440><c> come</c><00:24:24.619><c> to</c><00:24:24.819><c> this</c><00:24:24.960><c> situation</c><00:24:25.420><c> with</c>

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Ruth<00:24:25.880><c> and</c><00:24:26.079><c> Orpah.</c>

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Now,<00:24:28.420><c> Naomi</c><00:24:28.420><c> quite</c><00:24:28.799><c> clearly</c><00:24:29.480><c> has</c><00:24:30.259><c> tried</c><00:24:30.559><c> to</c><00:24:30.779><c> put</c><00:24:31.000><c> the</c><00:24:31.500><c> situation</c><00:24:32.180><c> before</c><00:24:33.420><c> them,</c>

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but<00:24:34.279><c> they</c><00:24:34.440><c> have</c><00:24:34.640><c> to</c><00:24:34.779><c> make</c><00:24:34.940><c> their</c><00:24:35.180><c> own</c><00:24:35.380><c> decisions.</c><00:24:36.400><c> Let's</c><00:24:36.680><c> try</c>

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now<00:24:37.119><c> put</c><00:24:37.319><c> ourselves</c><00:24:37.720><c> into</c><00:24:38.059><c> their</c><00:24:38.779><c> situation.</c>

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What<00:24:40.299><c> is</c><00:24:40.500><c> the</c><00:24:40.700><c> argument</c><00:24:40.980><c> that</c><00:24:41.180><c> they</c><00:24:41.380><c> would</c><00:24:41.579><c> use</c><00:24:41.799><c> for</c><00:24:42.019><c> themselves?</c><00:24:43.920><c> First</c><00:24:44.180><c> of</c>

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all,<00:24:44.460><c> they</c><00:24:44.559><c> will</c><00:24:44.680><c> be</c><00:24:44.859><c> in</c><00:24:44.940><c> their</c>

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own<00:24:45.339><c> land.</c><00:24:46.839><c> They'd</c><00:24:47.079><c> be</c><00:24:47.240><c> familiar</c><00:24:47.859><c> with</c><00:24:48.559><c> the</c><00:24:48.859><c> people.</c><00:24:49.779><c> They'd</c>

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be<00:24:50.059><c> the</c><00:24:50.259><c> same</c><00:24:50.539><c> nationality,</c><00:24:51.240><c> the</c><00:24:51.299><c> same</c><00:24:51.559><c> culture,</c>

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:56.319
the<00:24:52.279><c> same</c><00:24:52.519><c> loyalties,</c><00:24:53.400><c> instead</c><00:24:53.740><c> of</c><00:24:53.839><c> going</c><00:24:54.099><c> into</c><00:24:55.220><c> another</c><00:24:55.660><c> land,</c><00:24:55.980><c> which</c><00:24:56.079><c> was</c>

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quite<00:24:56.759><c> different</c><00:24:57.339><c> in</c><00:24:57.900><c> so</c><00:24:58.299><c> many</c><00:24:58.640><c> of</c>

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those<00:24:59.380><c> ways.</c><00:24:59.759><c> To</c><00:24:59.940><c> them,</c><00:25:00.539><c> a</c><00:25:00.660><c> foreign</c><00:25:00.920><c> environment.</c><00:25:02.680><c> Their</c><00:25:02.859><c> own</c>

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family<00:25:03.839><c> would</c><00:25:04.559><c> be</c><00:25:04.759><c> there</c><00:25:04.980><c> to</c><00:25:05.220><c> support</c><00:25:05.559><c> them,</c>

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:09.819
and<00:25:06.240><c> they</c><00:25:06.460><c> could</c><00:25:06.720><c> go</c><00:25:07.700><c> back</c><00:25:08.000><c> to</c><00:25:08.140><c> their</c><00:25:08.299><c> own</c><00:25:08.660><c> parents.</c><00:25:09.579><c> You</c><00:25:09.680><c> see,</c>

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:12.359
it's<00:25:09.859><c> not</c><00:25:10.039><c> until</c><00:25:10.319><c> chapter</c><00:25:10.559><c> 2,</c><00:25:11.059><c> verse</c><00:25:11.160><c> 11,</c>

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when<00:25:14.299><c> Boaz</c><00:25:14.880><c> is</c><00:25:15.039><c> actually</c><00:25:15.359><c> talking</c><00:25:15.720><c> to</c><00:25:15.960><c> Ruth,</c><00:25:16.720><c> and</c><00:25:16.940><c> he's</c><00:25:17.039><c> been</c>

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making<00:25:17.640><c> inquiries</c><00:25:18.259><c> about</c><00:25:18.680><c> her,</c>

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that<00:25:19.900><c> we</c><00:25:20.079><c> are</c><00:25:20.299><c> told</c><00:25:20.599><c> that</c><00:25:20.819><c> her</c><00:25:21.059><c> parents</c><00:25:21.480><c> are</c><00:25:21.700><c> still</c><00:25:21.900><c> alive.</c><00:25:23.059><c> Both</c><00:25:23.299><c> of</c><00:25:23.500><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:26.220><c> in</c><00:25:26.400><c> verse</c><00:25:26.819><c> 11</c><00:25:27.380><c> of</c><00:25:27.579><c> chapter</c><00:25:27.839><c> 2,</c><00:25:28.319><c> it</c><00:25:28.339><c> says</c><00:25:29.579><c> that</c><00:25:30.960><c> Boaz</c><00:25:31.220><c> had</c>

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learned<00:25:31.819><c> how</c><00:25:32.519><c> Ruth</c><00:25:33.220><c> had</c><00:25:34.000><c> left</c><00:25:34.359><c> her</c><00:25:34.720><c> father</c><00:25:35.220><c> and</c><00:25:35.839><c> her</c>

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mother<00:25:36.500><c> and</c><00:25:37.099><c> the</c><00:25:37.299><c> land</c><00:25:37.519><c> of</c><00:25:38.059><c> her</c><00:25:38.299><c> nativity.</c><00:25:39.420><c> So</c><00:25:39.619><c> we</c><00:25:39.799><c> know</c><00:25:39.960><c> that</c>

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both<00:25:40.400><c> parents</c><00:25:40.700><c> were</c><00:25:40.940><c> there,</c><00:25:41.640><c> and</c><00:25:42.019><c> they</c><00:25:42.240><c> could</c><00:25:42.400><c> go</c>

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back<00:25:43.039><c> and</c><00:25:43.420><c> gain</c><00:25:43.619><c> support</c><00:25:44.019><c> from</c><00:25:44.240><c> them.</c><00:25:44.420><c> At</c><00:25:44.559><c> least</c><00:25:44.799><c> there</c><00:25:44.920><c> would</c>

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.519
be<00:25:45.180><c> a</c><00:25:45.299><c> roof</c><00:25:45.480><c> over</c><00:25:45.660><c> their</c><00:25:45.819><c> head,</c><00:25:45.900><c> as</c><00:25:46.019><c> we</c><00:25:46.220><c> say.</c>

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At<00:25:46.880><c> least</c><00:25:47.160><c> there</c><00:25:47.279><c> would</c><00:25:47.500><c> be</c><00:25:47.660><c> food.</c><00:25:47.920><c> They</c><00:25:48.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:48.240><c> be</c><00:25:48.440><c> left</c>

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destitute.<00:25:50.079><c> They</c><00:25:50.200><c> would</c><00:25:50.359><c> have</c><00:25:50.539><c> family</c><00:25:51.380><c> support,</c>

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and<00:25:52.839><c> yet</c><00:25:52.940><c> there</c><00:25:53.039><c> might</c><00:25:53.259><c> be</c><00:25:53.460><c> a</c><00:25:53.599><c> snag</c><00:25:53.779><c> in</c><00:25:53.940><c> this</c><00:25:54.200><c> too,</c><00:25:54.599><c> mightn't</c><00:25:54.920><c> there?</c><00:25:55.259><c> And</c><00:25:55.359><c> that's</c><00:25:55.539><c> where</c><00:25:55.720><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:56.079><c> word,</c>

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back<00:25:56.640><c> in</c><00:25:56.799><c> verse</c><00:25:57.240><c> 8,</c><00:25:58.420><c> becomes</c><00:25:58.619><c> so</c><00:25:59.099><c> important.</c><00:26:00.960><c> Let's</c><00:26:01.160><c> read</c><00:26:01.279><c> it</c>

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again.<00:26:02.539><c> You</c><00:26:02.680><c> see,</c><00:26:03.079><c> no</c><00:26:03.180><c> matter</c><00:26:03.319><c> how</c><00:26:03.480><c> many</c><00:26:03.660><c> times</c><00:26:03.900><c> you</c>

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read<00:26:04.259><c> verses,</c><00:26:04.700><c> there's</c><00:26:04.799><c> always</c><00:26:05.000><c> something</c><00:26:05.359><c> else</c><00:26:05.700><c> to</c><00:26:05.920><c> come</c><00:26:06.140><c> out</c><00:26:06.380><c> of</c>

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it,<00:26:06.619><c> isn't</c><00:26:06.799><c> there?</c><00:26:07.500><c> There</c><00:26:07.819><c> isn't</c><00:26:08.420><c> just</c><00:26:08.819><c> one</c><00:26:09.180><c> thing</c>

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that<00:26:09.539><c> you</c><00:26:09.700><c> can</c><00:26:10.019><c> see.</c><00:26:10.619><c> There's</c><00:26:10.839><c> so</c><00:26:11.259><c> many</c><00:26:11.539><c> implications</c><00:26:12.240><c> of</c><00:26:12.559><c> words</c><00:26:13.140><c> that</c><00:26:13.759><c> the</c>

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:16.039
scripture<00:26:14.200><c> brings</c><00:26:14.500><c> to</c><00:26:14.779><c> us.</c><00:26:15.460><c> It</c><00:26:15.700><c> says,</c>

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:24.940
go<00:26:16.740><c> return</c><00:26:17.799><c> each</c><00:26:18.440><c> to</c><00:26:18.660><c> her</c><00:26:20.400><c> mother's</c><00:26:21.400><c> house.</c><00:26:24.299><c> No</c><00:26:24.440><c> mention</c><00:26:24.700><c> of</c>

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father.<00:26:26.660><c> Now</c><00:26:26.839><c> why?</c><00:26:28.720><c> Because</c><00:26:29.380><c> that</c><00:26:29.799><c> literally</c><00:26:30.200><c> is</c><00:26:30.460><c> what</c>

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:38.619
would<00:26:31.099><c> happen.</c><00:26:32.880><c> She</c><00:26:33.220><c> would</c><00:26:33.420><c> have</c><00:26:33.579><c> to</c><00:26:33.700><c> go</c><00:26:33.980><c> back</c><00:26:34.319><c> to</c><00:26:34.559><c> the</c><00:26:34.819><c> mother's,</c><00:26:35.720><c> the</c><00:26:35.940><c> lady's</c><00:26:36.799><c> quarters</c><00:26:37.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:38.900><c> house.</c>

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And<00:26:40.420><c> there</c><00:26:40.500><c> is</c><00:26:40.660><c> the</c><00:26:40.859><c> very</c><00:26:41.180><c> human</c><00:26:41.539><c> situation</c><00:26:42.319><c> here</c><00:26:42.880><c> that</c><00:26:44.019><c> perhaps</c><00:26:44.559><c> some</c>

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here<00:26:44.980><c> will</c><00:26:45.240><c> appreciate.</c>

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When<00:26:46.619><c> you've</c><00:26:46.900><c> been</c><00:26:47.119><c> married</c><00:26:47.380><c> and</c><00:26:47.579><c> had</c><00:26:47.680><c> your</c><00:26:47.940><c> own</c><00:26:48.119><c> house,</c><00:26:48.740><c> and</c>

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you're<00:26:49.140><c> young</c><00:26:49.420><c> and</c><00:26:49.640><c> have</c><00:26:49.859><c> run</c><00:26:50.000><c> your</c><00:26:50.220><c> own</c><00:26:50.500><c> thing,</c>

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it's<00:26:51.740><c> not</c><00:26:51.920><c> easy</c><00:26:52.240><c> to</c><00:26:52.440><c> go</c><00:26:52.720><c> back</c><00:26:53.259><c> under</c><00:26:53.880><c> mother's</c><00:26:54.859><c> eye</c><00:26:55.299><c> and</c><00:26:55.779><c> mother's</c><00:26:56.299><c> wing,</c>

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.279
and<00:26:56.920><c> as</c><00:26:57.039><c> it</c><00:26:57.200><c> would</c><00:26:57.359><c> be</c><00:26:57.559><c> in</c><00:26:57.720><c> those</c><00:26:57.980><c> days</c>

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very<00:26:58.680><c> literally,</c><00:26:59.660><c> under</c><00:26:59.960><c> mother's</c><00:27:00.500><c> direction.</c><00:27:02.299><c> And</c><00:27:02.579><c> it's</c><00:27:02.819><c> a</c>

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thing<00:27:03.059><c> they</c><00:27:03.240><c> had</c><00:27:03.460><c> to</c><00:27:03.700><c> think</c><00:27:03.960><c> out</c><00:27:04.440><c> in</c><00:27:05.059><c> the</c><00:27:05.339><c> decision</c>

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that<00:27:06.299><c> they</c><00:27:06.519><c> were</c><00:27:06.680><c> making.</c><00:27:07.859><c> Each</c><00:27:08.400><c> to</c><00:27:08.740><c> her</c><00:27:09.099><c> mother's</c><00:27:09.640><c> house,</c><00:27:10.420><c> verse</c><00:27:10.940><c> 8,</c>

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is<00:27:12.099><c> a</c><00:27:12.240><c> very</c><00:27:12.519><c> important</c><00:27:12.960><c> little</c><00:27:13.319><c> phrase</c><00:27:13.640><c> that's</c>

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slipped<00:27:14.960><c> in.</c><00:27:18.440><c> There'd</c><00:27:18.559><c> be</c><00:27:18.740><c> advantages,</c><00:27:19.160><c> of</c><00:27:19.359><c> course,</c><00:27:20.000><c> but</c><00:27:20.119><c> because</c><00:27:20.799><c> their</c><00:27:21.839><c> memories</c><00:27:22.059><c> of</c>

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childhood,<00:27:22.920><c> family,</c>

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social<00:27:23.740><c> practices</c><00:27:24.160><c> and</c><00:27:24.440><c> environment</c><00:27:24.779><c> would</c><00:27:25.079><c> still</c><00:27:25.319><c> be</c><00:27:25.680><c> strong.</c><00:27:27.460><c> In</c><00:27:27.660><c> Opa's</c><00:27:28.099><c> case,</c><00:27:29.019><c> she</c><00:27:29.200><c> would</c><00:27:29.500><c> be</c>

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on<00:27:31.339><c> familiar</c>

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ground<00:27:31.980><c> as</c><00:27:32.200><c> far</c><00:27:32.400><c> as</c><00:27:32.599><c> religion</c><00:27:33.039><c> is</c><00:27:33.339><c> concerned</c><00:27:33.980><c> with</c><00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:34.980><c> worship</c><00:27:35.259><c> of</c>

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Chamosh.<00:27:38.160><c> It's</c><00:27:38.839><c> not</c><00:27:39.180><c> the</c><00:27:39.440><c> same</c><00:27:40.079><c> for</c><00:27:40.640><c> Ruth.</c>

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We'll<00:27:41.700><c> come</c><00:27:41.839><c> to</c><00:27:42.000><c> that</c><00:27:42.319><c> separately,</c><00:27:43.700><c> because</c><00:27:44.079><c> by</c><00:27:45.039><c> this</c><00:27:45.339><c> time</c><00:27:45.960><c> I</c>

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believe<00:27:46.680><c> Ruth</c><00:27:47.019><c> was</c><00:27:47.680><c> literally</c><00:27:48.279><c> a</c><00:27:48.619><c> proselyte</c>

00:27:49.559 --> 00:28:01.640
to<00:27:50.019><c> the</c><00:27:50.240><c> faith</c><00:27:50.819><c> of</c><00:27:51.319><c> Israel.</c><00:27:55.839><c> Now</c><00:27:56.519><c> let's</c><00:27:58.380><c> move</c><00:27:58.640><c> on</c><00:27:59.279><c> a</c><00:28:00.279><c> little</c><00:28:00.519><c> quicker</c><00:28:00.859><c> now.</c><00:28:01.460><c> I</c>

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shall<00:28:01.759><c> have</c><00:28:01.900><c> to</c><00:28:02.599><c> slip</c><00:28:02.819><c> over</c>

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:07.480
some<00:28:03.359><c> of</c><00:28:03.539><c> these</c><00:28:03.920><c> reasonings</c><00:28:04.640><c> and</c><00:28:05.180><c> push</c><00:28:05.599><c> on</c><00:28:05.779><c> a</c><00:28:05.880><c> little</c><00:28:06.099><c> quicker.</c><00:28:07.140><c> I</c><00:28:07.319><c> think</c>

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.880
we've<00:28:07.759><c> covered</c><00:28:07.920><c> most</c><00:28:08.319><c> of</c><00:28:08.500><c> the</c><00:28:08.680><c> points.</c>

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The<00:28:09.359><c> business</c><00:28:09.619><c> about</c><00:28:09.880><c> being</c><00:28:10.180><c> destitute</c><00:28:10.799><c> would</c><00:28:11.119><c> apply</c><00:28:11.400><c> to</c><00:28:11.539><c> them</c><00:28:11.880><c> too.</c><00:28:12.839><c> The</c>

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.339
business<00:28:13.279><c> about</c><00:28:13.599><c> them</c><00:28:13.839><c> being</c><00:28:14.079><c> young</c>

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:18.160
and<00:28:14.599><c> attractive</c><00:28:14.920><c> and</c><00:28:15.099><c> unencumbered</c><00:28:16.220><c> would</c><00:28:16.420><c> be</c><00:28:16.660><c> a</c><00:28:16.819><c> very</c><00:28:17.099><c> significant</c><00:28:17.700><c> part</c>

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.059
of<00:28:18.339><c> their</c><00:28:18.640><c> decision</c><00:28:19.099><c>-making</c><00:28:19.920><c> process.</c>

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:26.299
Now<00:28:21.640><c> if</c><00:28:21.779><c> they</c><00:28:22.079><c> did</c><00:28:22.299><c> go</c><00:28:22.619><c> along</c><00:28:22.900><c> with</c><00:28:23.640><c> Naomi,</c><00:28:25.359><c> there</c><00:28:25.599><c> was</c><00:28:25.920><c> still</c>

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:29.900
a<00:28:26.559><c> remote</c><00:28:27.019><c> possibility</c><00:28:27.900><c> about</c><00:28:28.259><c> the</c><00:28:28.440><c> Leverett</c><00:28:28.799><c> law</c>

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being<00:28:30.519><c> applied</c><00:28:30.960><c> to</c><00:28:31.119><c> them.</c><00:28:32.200><c> They</c><00:28:32.400><c> didn't</c><00:28:32.700><c> know</c><00:28:33.119><c> a</c><00:28:33.240><c> lot</c><00:28:33.420><c> of</c><00:28:33.660><c> detail</c><00:28:33.859><c> about</c><00:28:34.119><c> who</c>

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.019
was<00:28:34.579><c> there</c><00:28:34.779><c> back</c><00:28:35.039><c> in</c><00:28:35.279><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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There<00:28:36.599><c> may</c><00:28:36.880><c> well</c><00:28:37.200><c> be</c><00:28:37.640><c> a</c><00:28:37.819><c> relative</c><00:28:38.259><c> who</c><00:28:39.240><c> would</c><00:28:39.660><c> be</c><00:28:39.900><c> expected</c><00:28:40.339><c> to</c>

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carry<00:28:40.779><c> out</c><00:28:41.019><c> that</c><00:28:41.259><c> function.</c><00:28:42.740><c> Naomi,</c><00:28:43.079><c> no</c><00:28:43.180><c> doubt,</c>

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as<00:28:43.960><c> is</c><00:28:44.099><c> very</c><00:28:44.420><c> clear</c><00:28:44.579><c> from</c><00:28:44.740><c> that</c><00:28:44.960><c> conversation</c><00:28:45.460><c> we've</c><00:28:45.700><c> just</c>

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:48.039
looked<00:28:46.099><c> at,</c><00:28:46.500><c> would</c><00:28:46.640><c> have</c><00:28:46.859><c> told</c><00:28:47.119><c> them</c><00:28:47.339><c> about</c><00:28:47.720><c> the</c>

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:53.400
existence<00:28:48.440><c> of</c><00:28:48.980><c> this</c><00:28:49.180><c> law,</c><00:28:50.000><c> but</c><00:28:50.279><c> they</c><00:28:50.519><c> didn't</c><00:28:50.839><c> know</c><00:28:51.119><c> the</c><00:28:51.380><c> certainty</c><00:28:51.819><c> of</c><00:28:52.079><c> it.</c><00:28:53.160><c> It</c>

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.740
was<00:28:53.599><c> a</c><00:28:53.720><c> big</c><00:28:53.920><c> question</c><00:28:54.299><c> mark</c><00:28:54.559><c> for</c>

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:59.819
them.<00:28:56.099><c> There</c><00:28:56.339><c> were</c><00:28:56.640><c> two</c><00:28:57.519><c> hopes</c><00:28:58.019><c> that</c><00:28:58.180><c> they</c><00:28:58.339><c> would</c><00:28:58.539><c> be</c><00:28:58.759><c> considered</c><00:28:59.119><c> relatives.</c><00:28:59.519><c> After</c>

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.680
all,<00:29:00.059><c> they</c><00:29:00.240><c> were</c><00:29:00.480><c> in</c>

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:08.099
family,<00:29:02.599><c> and</c><00:29:02.700><c> although</c><00:29:03.160><c> they</c><00:29:03.460><c> were</c><00:29:03.700><c> Moabites,</c><00:29:05.079><c> and</c><00:29:05.599><c> that</c><00:29:05.740><c> might</c><00:29:05.960><c> present</c><00:29:06.299><c> some</c><00:29:06.579><c> problems,</c><00:29:07.880><c> it</c>

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.539
may<00:29:08.319><c> well</c>

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:11.339
be<00:29:08.740><c> that</c><00:29:08.819><c> they</c><00:29:09.000><c> would</c><00:29:09.220><c> be</c><00:29:09.579><c> accepted</c><00:29:10.039><c> into</c><00:29:10.539><c> the</c><00:29:10.779><c> family</c><00:29:11.079><c> which</c>

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:14.099
had<00:29:11.539><c> deep</c><00:29:11.900><c> roots</c><00:29:12.220><c> in</c><00:29:12.420><c> the</c><00:29:12.539><c> heart</c><00:29:12.720><c> of</c><00:29:12.940><c> Israel</c>

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:19.839
in<00:29:14.839><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:29:17.000><c> What</c><00:29:17.200><c> is</c><00:29:17.500><c> more,</c><00:29:18.079><c> a</c><00:29:18.240><c> close</c><00:29:18.539><c> relationship</c><00:29:19.359><c> had</c>

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:25.420
developed<00:29:20.559><c> between</c><00:29:22.220><c> not</c><00:29:23.039><c> only</c><00:29:23.380><c> Ruth</c><00:29:24.160><c> and</c><00:29:24.599><c> Naomi,</c>

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:33.480
but<00:29:26.140><c> Orpah</c><00:29:27.200><c> and</c><00:29:28.059><c> Naomi.</c><00:29:28.500><c> We</c><00:29:28.720><c> sometimes</c><00:29:29.160><c> forget</c><00:29:29.619><c> this.</c><00:29:30.759><c> Ruth</c><00:29:31.160><c> and</c><00:29:31.839><c> Orpah</c><00:29:33.000><c> had</c><00:29:33.259><c> a</c>

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good<00:29:33.680><c> relationship</c><00:29:34.460><c> with</c>

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Naomi.<00:29:36.720><c> It</c><00:29:36.880><c> comes</c><00:29:37.160><c> out</c><00:29:37.460><c> in</c><00:29:37.859><c> just</c><00:29:38.220><c> three</c><00:29:38.500><c> words</c><00:29:39.279><c> at</c><00:29:39.920><c> the</c><00:29:40.019><c> end</c><00:29:40.279><c> of</c>

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.700
verse<00:29:40.740><c> eight.</c><00:29:42.359><c> Again,</c>

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:45.940
go<00:29:43.019><c> return</c><00:29:43.440><c> each</c><00:29:43.640><c> to</c><00:29:43.779><c> her</c><00:29:43.920><c> mother's</c><00:29:44.220><c> house.</c><00:29:45.059><c> The</c><00:29:45.220><c> Lord</c><00:29:45.599><c> deal</c>

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:49.859
kindly<00:29:46.420><c> with</c><00:29:46.720><c> you,</c><00:29:47.660><c> as</c><00:29:47.799><c> you</c><00:29:48.099><c> have</c><00:29:48.380><c> dealt</c><00:29:48.720><c> with</c><00:29:49.099><c> the</c><00:29:49.380><c> dead,</c>

00:29:49.859 --> 00:30:00.099
and<00:29:51.000><c> with</c><00:29:52.359><c> me,</c><00:29:55.359><c> these</c><00:29:55.359><c> three</c><00:29:55.640><c> ladies.</c><00:29:57.359><c> There</c><00:29:57.539><c> was</c><00:29:57.859><c> a</c><00:29:58.200><c> nice</c><00:29:58.500><c> rapport</c><00:29:58.900><c> between</c><00:29:59.440><c> them,</c><00:29:59.960><c> so</c>

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that<00:30:00.279><c> didn't</c><00:30:00.579><c> present</c>

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any<00:30:01.680><c> problem.</c><00:30:03.099><c> There</c><00:30:03.099><c> was</c><00:30:03.220><c> none</c><00:30:03.359><c> of</c><00:30:03.460><c> this</c><00:30:03.619><c> mother</c><00:30:03.880><c>-in</c><00:30:04.119><c>-law</c><00:30:05.079><c> joke</c><00:30:05.680><c> that</c><00:30:06.259><c> we</c>

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:08.660
have<00:30:06.700><c> today</c><00:30:07.220><c> in</c><00:30:07.640><c> this</c><00:30:07.880><c> situation.</c><00:30:08.539><c> They</c>

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:15.559
got<00:30:08.799><c> on</c><00:30:08.980><c> very</c><00:30:09.359><c> well</c><00:30:10.140><c> together.</c><00:30:12.839><c> Now</c><00:30:13.220><c> Ruth</c><00:30:13.539><c> then,</c><00:30:13.839><c> we</c><00:30:14.079><c> said,</c><00:30:14.920><c> had</c><00:30:15.039><c> become</c><00:30:15.359><c> a</c>

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Hebrew<00:30:15.839><c> by</c><00:30:16.200><c> religious</c><00:30:17.079><c> persuasion.</c>

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As<00:30:18.819><c> a</c><00:30:19.119><c> proselyte</c><00:30:19.720><c> from</c><00:30:20.039><c> the</c><00:30:20.400><c> heart,</c><00:30:21.680><c> her</c><00:30:21.859><c> loyalties</c><00:30:22.339><c> were</c><00:30:22.640><c> now</c>

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:25.319
in<00:30:23.400><c> Israel,</c><00:30:23.960><c> not</c><00:30:24.259><c> Moab.</c>

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Indeed,<00:30:26.619><c> she</c><00:30:26.779><c> would</c><00:30:26.980><c> find</c><00:30:27.220><c> it</c><00:30:27.539><c> particularly</c><00:30:28.079><c> difficult</c><00:30:28.660><c> to</c>

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:33.079
remain<00:30:29.299><c> in</c><00:30:29.559><c> Moab</c><00:30:30.099><c> on</c><00:30:30.740><c> her</c><00:30:31.059><c> part.</c><00:30:32.059><c> Now</c><00:30:32.299><c> she</c><00:30:32.460><c> has</c><00:30:32.700><c> this</c>

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:38.819
loyalty,<00:30:34.859><c> and</c><00:30:35.140><c> the</c><00:30:35.500><c> religious</c><00:30:35.880><c> exercise</c><00:30:36.740><c> of</c><00:30:38.119><c> the</c><00:30:38.220><c> worship</c><00:30:38.579><c> of</c>

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Chemos<00:30:39.180><c> would</c><00:30:39.519><c> be</c><00:30:39.940><c> for</c><00:30:40.000><c> her</c><00:30:40.539><c> an</c><00:30:40.819><c> asthma.</c>

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Right,<00:30:43.819><c> so</c><00:30:43.980><c> to</c><00:30:45.059><c> reconstruct</c><00:30:45.660><c> all</c><00:30:45.960><c> this</c><00:30:46.160><c> very</c><00:30:46.480><c> briefly,</c><00:30:47.700><c> to</c><00:30:47.859><c> start</c><00:30:48.200><c> with,</c><00:30:49.160><c> both</c><00:30:49.420><c> girls</c><00:30:49.759><c> go</c>

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along<00:30:50.619><c> in</c><00:30:51.480><c> company</c><00:30:51.880><c> with</c>

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Naomi.<00:30:52.819><c> No</c><00:30:53.019><c> doubt</c><00:30:53.339><c> some</c><00:30:53.579><c> neighbors,</c><00:30:54.039><c> I</c><00:30:54.039><c> would</c><00:30:54.240><c> think,</c><00:30:55.660><c> saying,</c><00:30:55.839><c> we</c><00:30:55.880><c> will</c><00:30:56.059><c> go</c>

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:58.619
back<00:30:56.579><c> to</c><00:30:56.740><c> you</c><00:30:57.359><c> and</c><00:30:57.720><c> to</c><00:30:57.859><c> your</c><00:30:58.099><c> people,</c>

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as<00:30:59.220><c> verse</c><00:30:59.460><c> 10</c><00:30:59.700><c> says.</c><00:31:00.559><c> But</c><00:31:00.720><c> when</c><00:31:00.960><c> the</c><00:31:01.200><c> time</c><00:31:01.420><c> came</c><00:31:01.759><c> for</c><00:31:02.099><c> real</c><00:31:02.440><c> commitment,</c><00:31:03.619><c> for</c>

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the<00:31:03.960><c> final</c><00:31:04.259><c> farewell,</c><00:31:05.779><c> then</c><00:31:06.460><c> Orpah</c>

00:31:07.349 --> 00:31:15.779
to<00:31:07.779><c> her</c><00:31:08.220><c> people</c><00:31:08.759><c> and</c><00:31:10.359><c> to</c><00:31:10.940><c> her</c><00:31:12.380><c> gods.</c><00:31:14.819><c> Now</c><00:31:14.880><c> let's</c><00:31:15.119><c> just</c><00:31:15.579><c> take</c>

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.450
further<00:31:16.160><c> why</c><00:31:16.819><c> Ruth's</c><00:31:17.220><c> situation</c><00:31:17.720><c> was</c><00:31:18.019><c> different</c>

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:22.019
from<00:31:19.339><c> Orpah's.</c><00:31:19.779><c> There</c><00:31:19.940><c> are</c><00:31:20.299><c> three</c><00:31:20.640><c> significant</c><00:31:21.200><c> expressions</c>

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:25.720
to<00:31:22.599><c> consider</c><00:31:23.039><c> in</c><00:31:23.240><c> this.</c><00:31:24.279><c> Ruth</c><00:31:24.420><c> 1</c><00:31:24.859><c>.15</c>

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:28.519
was<00:31:26.279><c> the</c><00:31:26.480><c> verse</c><00:31:26.640><c> we've</c><00:31:26.859><c> quoted</c><00:31:27.119><c> several</c><00:31:27.519><c> times</c><00:31:27.920><c> and</c><00:31:28.160><c> refers</c>

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:32.460
to<00:31:30.079><c> Ruth's</c><00:31:30.559><c> sister</c><00:31:30.900><c> going</c><00:31:31.279><c> back</c><00:31:31.700><c> to</c><00:31:31.960><c> her</c><00:31:32.200><c> people</c>

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:37.259
and<00:31:32.559><c> to</c><00:31:32.680><c> her</c><00:31:33.000><c> gods.</c><00:31:34.039><c> The</c><00:31:34.119><c> second</c><00:31:34.400><c> is</c><00:31:34.660><c> verse</c><00:31:34.920><c> 16,</c><00:31:36.160><c> where</c><00:31:36.299><c> Ruth,</c>

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.980
faced<00:31:37.920><c> with</c><00:31:38.180><c> the</c><00:31:38.420><c> issue,</c><00:31:38.799><c> why</c><00:31:39.059><c> will</c><00:31:39.319><c> you</c><00:31:39.599><c> go,</c>

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:47.180
and<00:31:40.299><c> what</c><00:31:40.460><c> it</c><00:31:40.680><c> might</c><00:31:40.900><c> be,</c><00:31:42.200><c> comes</c><00:31:42.559><c> straight</c><00:31:43.220><c> out</c><00:31:43.559><c> with</c><00:31:43.799><c> the</c><00:31:44.019><c> situation</c><00:31:44.640><c> about</c><00:31:45.140><c> religion.</c><00:31:46.839><c> Thy</c>

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God<00:31:47.900><c> shall</c><00:31:48.420><c> be</c><00:31:48.660><c> my</c><00:31:49.039><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:31:51.480><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> issue,</c><00:31:52.519><c> very</c><00:31:53.019><c> clear</c><00:31:53.259><c> and</c><00:31:53.519><c> in</c><00:31:53.740><c> the</c><00:31:53.900><c> open.</c><00:31:56.140><c> And</c><00:31:56.279><c> verse</c><00:31:56.759><c> 17,</c>

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:02.220
just<00:31:59.920><c> notice</c><00:32:00.220><c> the</c><00:32:00.440><c> significance</c><00:32:01.019><c> of</c><00:32:01.240><c> the</c><00:32:01.400><c> last</c><00:32:01.660><c> part</c><00:32:01.900><c> of</c><00:32:02.099><c> the</c>

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.200
verse,<00:32:02.759><c> where</c><00:32:02.779><c> thou</c><00:32:03.059><c> diest,</c><00:32:03.440><c> I</c><00:32:03.460><c> will</c><00:32:03.660><c> die,</c>

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:11.779
there<00:32:04.880><c> will</c><00:32:05.059><c> I</c><00:32:05.259><c> be</c><00:32:05.500><c> buried.</c><00:32:06.299><c> The</c><00:32:06.400><c> Lord</c><00:32:07.460><c> do</c><00:32:07.980><c> so</c><00:32:08.559><c> to</c><00:32:09.200><c> me,</c><00:32:10.099><c> and</c><00:32:10.279><c> more</c><00:32:10.460><c> also,</c><00:32:11.640><c> if</c>

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:16.000
aught<00:32:12.079><c> but</c><00:32:12.400><c> death</c><00:32:12.759><c> part</c><00:32:13.160><c> thee</c><00:32:13.920><c> and</c><00:32:14.799><c> me.</c>

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.279
Now,<00:32:17.519><c> this</c><00:32:17.759><c> is</c><00:32:18.000><c> spoken</c><00:32:18.299><c> by</c><00:32:18.599><c> Ruth,</c><00:32:19.599><c> and</c><00:32:19.759><c> she</c><00:32:19.980><c> is</c><00:32:20.220><c> using</c><00:32:20.559><c> the</c><00:32:20.819><c> name</c><00:32:21.059><c> of</c>

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:24.019
the<00:32:21.420><c> God</c><00:32:21.579><c> of</c><00:32:21.799><c> Israel.</c><00:32:22.980><c> Oh</c><00:32:23.119><c> yes,</c><00:32:23.240><c> it's</c><00:32:23.480><c> true,</c>

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:30.039
she's<00:32:24.940><c> quoting</c><00:32:25.380><c> a</c><00:32:25.819><c> well</c><00:32:26.259><c>-known</c><00:32:26.660><c> oath,</c><00:32:29.220><c> and</c><00:32:29.359><c> you'll</c><00:32:29.740><c> find</c><00:32:29.859><c> this</c>

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:33.559
if<00:32:30.220><c> you</c><00:32:30.380><c> want</c><00:32:30.640><c> to</c><00:32:30.819><c> in</c><00:32:31.000><c> 1</c><00:32:31.140><c> Samuel</c><00:32:31.380><c> 3,</c><00:32:31.740><c> 17,</c><00:32:32.380><c> 14,</c><00:32:32.900><c> 44,</c>

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:38.740
and<00:32:34.140><c> 20,</c><00:32:34.539><c> 13,</c><00:32:35.680><c> used</c><00:32:35.920><c> in</c><00:32:36.119><c> that</c><00:32:36.339><c> way.</c><00:32:36.859><c> But</c><00:32:37.180><c> nevertheless,</c><00:32:38.640><c> Ruth</c>

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:41.480
is<00:32:38.920><c> actually</c><00:32:39.359><c> using</c><00:32:39.779><c> the</c><00:32:40.099><c> name</c><00:32:40.519><c> of</c><00:32:40.980><c> the</c><00:32:41.119><c> God</c><00:32:41.279><c> of</c>

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:48.839
Israel<00:32:42.140><c> in</c><00:32:43.680><c> her</c><00:32:45.039><c> emphatic</c><00:32:45.980><c> declaration</c><00:32:46.900><c> that</c><00:32:48.000><c> she</c><00:32:48.240><c> will</c><00:32:48.519><c> not</c>

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:52.440
separate<00:32:49.240><c> herself</c><00:32:50.039><c> from</c><00:32:51.240><c> Naomi.</c>

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:57.960
We'll<00:32:54.380><c> notice</c><00:32:54.819><c> too,</c><00:32:55.900><c> and</c><00:32:56.000><c> I</c><00:32:56.059><c> think</c><00:32:56.220><c> this</c><00:32:56.500><c> is</c><00:32:56.680><c> important,</c><00:32:57.799><c> that</c>

00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:01.779
it<00:32:58.779><c> came</c><00:32:59.279><c> from</c><00:32:59.640><c> Ruth</c><00:33:00.039><c> as</c><00:33:00.660><c> a</c><00:33:00.720><c> response</c><00:33:01.319><c> to</c><00:33:01.519><c> the</c>

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:09.420
challenges<00:33:02.200><c> that</c><00:33:02.500><c> Naomi</c><00:33:02.859><c> had</c><00:33:03.140><c> put</c><00:33:03.539><c> to</c><00:33:03.920><c> the</c><00:33:04.180><c> two</c><00:33:04.579><c> girls.</c><00:33:07.460><c> In</c><00:33:07.599><c> chapter</c><00:33:09.160><c> 1</c>

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:11.339
verse<00:33:09.640><c> 8</c><00:33:09.880><c> yet</c><00:33:10.140><c> again,</c>

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:15.980
go<00:33:12.000><c> return</c><00:33:12.380><c> to</c><00:33:12.519><c> her</c><00:33:12.700><c> mother's</c><00:33:12.960><c> house,</c><00:33:13.900><c> the</c><00:33:14.140><c> Lord</c><00:33:14.779><c> deal</c><00:33:15.480><c> kindly</c>

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:18.740
with<00:33:16.279><c> you,</c><00:33:17.420><c> as</c><00:33:17.700><c> you</c><00:33:17.880><c> have</c><00:33:18.039><c> dealt</c><00:33:18.200><c> with</c><00:33:18.420><c> the</c><00:33:18.559><c> dead.</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:22.500
You<00:33:18.960><c> see,</c><00:33:19.059><c> we're</c><00:33:19.180><c> just</c><00:33:19.460><c> emphasizing</c><00:33:19.920><c> a</c><00:33:20.140><c> different</c><00:33:20.400><c> part</c><00:33:20.680><c> of</c><00:33:20.880><c> the</c><00:33:20.980><c> verse,</c><00:33:21.359><c> and</c><00:33:21.579><c> it</c><00:33:21.799><c> brings</c><00:33:22.140><c> a</c>

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:24.000
different<00:33:22.859><c> line</c><00:33:23.160><c> of</c>

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:29.140
mind.<00:33:25.200><c> The</c><00:33:25.220><c> Lord,</c><00:33:26.559><c> yach</c><00:33:27.299><c> vach,</c><00:33:27.680><c> is</c><00:33:27.740><c> being</c><00:33:28.059><c> brought</c><00:33:28.480><c> in</c><00:33:28.880><c> front</c>

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:32.359
of<00:33:29.779><c> the</c><00:33:30.039><c> girls</c><00:33:30.460><c> again</c><00:33:31.160><c> in</c><00:33:31.339><c> this</c><00:33:31.559><c> vital</c><00:33:31.900><c> decision</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:39.940
making.<00:33:33.380><c> And</c><00:33:33.539><c> again</c><00:33:33.980><c> in</c><00:33:34.660><c> verse</c><00:33:34.940><c> 9,</c><00:33:35.859><c> the</c><00:33:35.980><c> Lord</c><00:33:36.440><c> grants</c><00:33:36.900><c> that</c><00:33:37.200><c> you</c><00:33:37.480><c> may</c><00:33:38.640><c> find</c><00:33:38.980><c> rest,</c><00:33:39.460><c> each</c><00:33:39.779><c> of</c>

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.940
you,<00:33:40.640><c> in</c><00:33:40.759><c> the</c>

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:43.680
house<00:33:41.119><c> of</c><00:33:41.319><c> your</c><00:33:41.440><c> husband.</c><00:33:41.819><c> Whatever</c><00:33:42.019><c> they</c><00:33:42.279><c> decide,</c><00:33:43.240><c> she</c><00:33:43.440><c> is</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:48.799
praying<00:33:44.279><c> for</c><00:33:45.160><c> them,</c><00:33:46.980><c> that</c><00:33:47.140><c> the</c><00:33:47.279><c> Lord</c><00:33:47.519><c> God</c><00:33:47.700><c> of</c><00:33:47.819><c> Israel</c>

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:54.039
will<00:33:49.160><c> be</c><00:33:49.380><c> with</c><00:33:49.640><c> them.</c><00:33:51.039><c> Now</c><00:33:51.279><c> we</c><00:33:51.380><c> can</c><00:33:51.640><c> see</c><00:33:51.799><c> that</c><00:33:52.099><c> Naomi</c><00:33:52.460><c> has</c><00:33:53.240><c> clearly</c><00:33:53.720><c> seen</c>

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.779
all<00:33:54.319><c> the</c><00:33:54.500><c> events</c><00:33:54.680><c> of</c><00:33:54.839><c> her</c><00:33:55.079><c> life</c><00:33:55.359><c> as</c><00:33:55.599><c> being</c>

00:33:55.779 --> 00:34:00.380
under<00:33:56.119><c> the</c><00:33:56.700><c> hand</c><00:33:57.500><c> of</c><00:33:57.920><c> Yach</c><00:33:58.220><c> vadai,</c><00:33:59.220><c> titled</c><00:33:59.480><c> by</c><00:33:59.720><c> which</c><00:33:59.900><c> God's</c>

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:03.220
mercy,<00:34:00.920><c> compassion,</c><00:34:01.519><c> and</c><00:34:01.759><c> love,</c><00:34:02.519><c> and</c><00:34:02.920><c> including</c>

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:09.940
correction,<00:34:04.299><c> is</c><00:34:04.480><c> emphasized.</c><00:34:06.440><c> And</c><00:34:06.740><c> upon</c><00:34:07.039><c> her</c><00:34:07.359><c> return</c><00:34:08.079><c> to</c><00:34:08.500><c> Israel,</c><00:34:09.699><c> she</c>

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:12.440
saw<00:34:10.199><c> her</c><00:34:10.599><c> personal</c><00:34:10.960><c> experience</c>

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:17.440
as<00:34:13.039><c> part</c><00:34:13.400><c> of</c><00:34:13.579><c> this</c><00:34:13.920><c> providential</c><00:34:14.679><c> hand</c><00:34:15.019><c> of</c><00:34:15.260><c> God</c><00:34:15.599><c> over</c><00:34:16.719><c> her</c><00:34:17.219><c> own</c>

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:20.239
life.<00:34:18.599><c> She</c><00:34:18.739><c> was</c><00:34:18.940><c> to</c><00:34:19.159><c> say,</c><00:34:19.380><c> and</c><00:34:19.559><c> I</c><00:34:19.659><c> hope</c><00:34:19.840><c> I'll</c><00:34:19.960><c> get</c><00:34:20.119><c> to</c>

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:26.260
this<00:34:20.320><c> before</c><00:34:20.599><c> the</c><00:34:20.780><c> morning</c><00:34:21.000><c> is</c><00:34:21.300><c> out,</c><00:34:22.579><c> the</c><00:34:22.739><c> Lord</c><00:34:23.079><c> has</c><00:34:23.980><c> testified</c><00:34:24.900><c> against</c>

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:28.800
me.<00:34:27.519><c> In</c><00:34:27.699><c> the</c><00:34:28.019><c> issues</c><00:34:28.380><c> we've</c><00:34:28.619><c> been</c>

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:34.960
considering,<00:34:31.019><c> Naomi</c><00:34:31.400><c> sees</c><00:34:31.860><c> it</c><00:34:32.039><c> as</c><00:34:32.219><c> the</c><00:34:32.320><c> hand</c><00:34:32.480><c> of</c><00:34:32.760><c> God</c><00:34:33.119><c> testifying</c><00:34:34.400><c> against</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:38.260
what<00:34:35.260><c> she</c><00:34:35.659><c> herself</c><00:34:36.420><c> had</c><00:34:37.440><c> stood</c><00:34:37.699><c> for</c>

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:44.920
and<00:34:38.980><c> done.</c><00:34:42.380><c> And</c><00:34:42.739><c> clearly</c><00:34:42.960><c> now,</c><00:34:43.320><c> from</c><00:34:43.539><c> the</c><00:34:43.679><c> way</c><00:34:43.940><c> Ruth</c><00:34:44.239><c> responds</c>

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:49.300
to<00:34:45.239><c> those</c><00:34:46.159><c> prayers</c><00:34:46.860><c> and</c><00:34:48.219><c> appeals,</c>

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:58.019
she<00:34:50.280><c> has</c><00:34:50.599><c> accepted</c><00:34:51.219><c> Yach</c><00:34:51.699><c> vadai</c><00:34:52.019><c> as</c><00:34:52.119><c> her</c><00:34:52.340><c> God</c><00:34:52.739><c> from</c><00:34:53.719><c> the</c><00:34:54.059><c> heart.</c><00:34:56.280><c> Now</c><00:34:56.619><c> let</c><00:34:56.900><c> me</c><00:34:57.039><c> pause</c><00:34:57.300><c> for</c><00:34:57.780><c> a</c>

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.840
moment<00:34:58.260><c> or</c><00:34:58.480><c> two</c>

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:01.460
for<00:34:59.360><c> a</c><00:34:59.460><c> word</c><00:34:59.599><c> of</c><00:34:59.860><c> excitation</c><00:35:00.360><c> from</c><00:35:00.659><c> the</c><00:35:00.880><c> things</c><00:35:01.000><c> we've</c><00:35:01.199><c> looked</c>

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:06.340
at<00:35:01.719><c> so</c><00:35:02.139><c> far.</c><00:35:04.219><c> Today,</c><00:35:05.360><c> it's</c><00:35:05.619><c> all</c><00:35:05.760><c> right</c><00:35:05.900><c> finding</c>

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:10.159
little<00:35:06.619><c> bits</c><00:35:06.880><c> of</c><00:35:07.119><c> interest</c><00:35:07.380><c> in</c><00:35:07.539><c> the</c><00:35:07.780><c> story.</c><00:35:08.659><c> What</c><00:35:08.760><c> about</c><00:35:09.280><c> today</c><00:35:09.840><c> and</c>

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:13.380
what<00:35:10.400><c> about</c><00:35:10.639><c> us</c><00:35:11.179><c> from</c><00:35:12.300><c> all</c><00:35:12.619><c> this?</c>

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:16.699
I'm<00:35:13.579><c> going</c><00:35:13.719><c> to</c><00:35:13.860><c> start</c><00:35:14.059><c> by</c><00:35:14.320><c> talking</c><00:35:14.599><c> about</c><00:35:14.980><c> prayer</c><00:35:15.539><c> and</c><00:35:16.280><c> human</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:19.840
feelings,<00:35:17.980><c> because</c><00:35:18.139><c> this</c><00:35:18.440><c> I</c><00:35:18.579><c> think</c><00:35:18.800><c> is</c><00:35:19.340><c> very</c>

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:24.440
important<00:35:20.679><c> in</c><00:35:21.179><c> the</c><00:35:21.460><c> circumstance</c><00:35:21.880><c> we've</c><00:35:22.059><c> just</c><00:35:22.300><c> been</c><00:35:22.480><c> considering.</c><00:35:24.139><c> Naomi</c>

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.659
gives<00:35:24.860><c> what</c><00:35:25.039><c> she</c><00:35:25.260><c> clearly</c>

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:29.579
intends<00:35:26.179><c> as</c><00:35:26.519><c> a</c><00:35:26.739><c> parting</c><00:35:27.099><c> blessing</c><00:35:27.719><c> on</c><00:35:28.659><c> the</c><00:35:28.860><c> two</c><00:35:29.079><c> young</c><00:35:29.280><c> women.</c>

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:31.219
We've<00:35:29.980><c> seen</c><00:35:30.099><c> that</c><00:35:30.300><c> again</c><00:35:30.519><c> and</c><00:35:30.519><c> again</c><00:35:30.820><c> already,</c>

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:34.119
haven't<00:35:31.420><c> we?</c><00:35:32.139><c> It's</c><00:35:32.500><c> spoken</c><00:35:32.880><c> as</c><00:35:33.039><c> they</c><00:35:33.179><c> were</c><00:35:33.300><c> on</c><00:35:33.539><c> the</c><00:35:33.719><c> road</c><00:35:33.960><c> that</c>

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:35.440
would<00:35:34.280><c> take</c><00:35:34.500><c> them</c><00:35:34.659><c> back</c><00:35:34.900><c> to</c><00:35:35.119><c> Judah,</c>

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:39.559
but<00:35:36.159><c> the</c><00:35:36.559><c> setting</c><00:35:36.940><c> and</c><00:35:37.460><c> the</c><00:35:37.820><c> everyday</c><00:35:38.219><c> circumstance</c><00:35:39.159><c> should</c>

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:43.380
not<00:35:39.920><c> blind</c><00:35:40.340><c> us</c><00:35:40.679><c> to</c><00:35:40.880><c> the</c><00:35:41.119><c> fact</c><00:35:41.519><c> that</c><00:35:42.119><c> a</c><00:35:42.400><c> blessing</c>

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:51.519
is<00:35:44.059><c> a</c><00:35:44.340><c> prayer.</c><00:35:46.960><c> Blessing</c><00:35:47.400><c> on</c><00:35:47.559><c> the</c><00:35:47.760><c> mouth</c><00:35:48.219><c> of</c><00:35:48.579><c> Naomi</c><00:35:48.960><c> is</c><00:35:49.739><c> a</c><00:35:50.059><c> prayer</c><00:35:50.500><c> for</c>

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:54.380
the<00:35:51.780><c> two</c><00:35:51.980><c> girls.</c><00:35:53.320><c> It's</c><00:35:53.679><c> a</c><00:35:53.900><c> prayer</c><00:35:54.039><c> which</c>

00:35:54.380 --> 00:36:00.420
includes<00:35:55.099><c> both</c><00:35:55.820><c> petition</c><00:35:56.400><c> and</c><00:35:57.940><c> intercession.</c><00:35:59.579><c> You</c><00:35:59.920><c> put</c><00:36:00.079><c> that</c>

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:02.079
please<00:36:00.719><c> in</c><00:36:00.940><c> the</c><00:36:01.139><c> context</c><00:36:01.400><c> of</c><00:36:01.559><c> what</c><00:36:01.639><c> I</c><00:36:01.780><c> was</c><00:36:01.980><c> saying</c>

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:06.380
to<00:36:02.179><c> you</c><00:36:02.300><c> in</c><00:36:02.539><c> excitation</c><00:36:03.019><c> on</c><00:36:03.260><c> Sunday</c><00:36:03.500><c> morning.</c><00:36:05.719><c> Although</c><00:36:06.000><c> it's</c>

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.820
a<00:36:06.539><c> blessing</c><00:36:06.800><c> on</c><00:36:07.079><c> the</c><00:36:07.320><c> road,</c>

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:13.739
it<00:36:08.480><c> is</c><00:36:08.800><c> a</c><00:36:08.940><c> petition</c><00:36:09.480><c> and</c><00:36:11.099><c> it</c><00:36:11.260><c> is</c><00:36:11.539><c> intercession</c><00:36:12.239><c> on</c><00:36:13.179><c> the</c><00:36:13.360><c> behalf</c>

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of<00:36:14.059><c> another</c><00:36:14.739><c> person.</c><00:36:16.280><c> Prayer</c><00:36:16.739><c> doesn't</c>

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necessarily<00:36:18.360><c> mean</c><00:36:19.239><c> cessation</c><00:36:20.179><c> from</c><00:36:20.559><c> all</c><00:36:21.019><c> other</c><00:36:21.599><c> activity.</c><00:36:25.159><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:26.000><c> knew</c><00:36:26.380><c> the</c><00:36:26.619><c> value</c><00:36:27.239><c> of</c><00:36:27.900><c> a</c>

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moment<00:36:28.420><c> with</c><00:36:28.719><c> God</c>

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:37.579
in<00:36:29.760><c> the</c><00:36:30.019><c> middle</c><00:36:30.320><c> of</c><00:36:30.679><c> activity</c><00:36:31.420><c> and</c><00:36:33.059><c> it</c><00:36:33.400><c> achieved</c><00:36:34.019><c> amazing</c><00:36:35.480><c> things,</c><00:36:37.139><c> just</c><00:36:37.380><c> a</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:39.159
few<00:36:37.800><c> words</c>

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in<00:36:41.139><c> a</c><00:36:41.440><c> busy</c><00:36:42.039><c> situation.</c>

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.900
Conversations<00:36:46.940><c> expressing</c><00:36:47.460><c> a</c><00:36:47.719><c> desire</c><00:36:48.139><c> that</c><00:36:48.480><c> something</c>

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should<00:36:49.239><c> happen</c>

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:58.139
can<00:36:51.179><c> be</c><00:36:51.480><c> prayers</c><00:36:52.039><c> just</c><00:36:53.239><c> as</c><00:36:53.559><c> godly</c><00:36:54.019><c> demeanor</c><00:36:54.820><c> in</c><00:36:55.519><c> certain</c><00:36:55.840><c> circumstance.</c><00:36:57.860><c> In</c><00:36:57.920><c> a</c>

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.519
specific<00:36:58.599><c> circumstance</c><00:36:59.239><c> in</c><00:36:59.420><c> the</c>

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:02.820
New<00:36:59.679><c> Testament</c><00:37:00.039><c> that</c><00:37:00.460><c> Peter</c><00:37:00.679><c> brings</c><00:37:00.960><c> to</c><00:37:01.179><c> us,</c><00:37:01.679><c> the</c><00:37:01.780><c> circumstance</c><00:37:02.320><c> of</c><00:37:02.500><c> a</c><00:37:02.579><c> mixed</c>

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:06.920
marriage<00:37:03.559><c> can</c><00:37:05.139><c> be</c><00:37:05.679><c> a</c><00:37:06.019><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:12.179
Peter<00:37:08.679><c> has</c><00:37:08.900><c> specific</c><00:37:09.360><c> advice</c><00:37:09.860><c> for</c><00:37:10.099><c> the</c><00:37:10.300><c> believer</c><00:37:10.559><c> in</c><00:37:10.739><c> that</c><00:37:10.940><c> situation.</c><00:37:11.420><c> He</c><00:37:11.619><c> says,</c>

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:21.360
what<00:37:12.719><c> a</c><00:37:13.039><c> wife</c><00:37:13.300><c> can't</c><00:37:13.739><c> achieve</c><00:37:14.179><c> by</c><00:37:14.639><c> endless</c><00:37:15.179><c> talk,</c><00:37:17.199><c> she</c><00:37:17.420><c> can</c><00:37:17.679><c> often</c><00:37:18.039><c> achieve</c><00:37:19.039><c> in</c><00:37:20.079><c> silence</c>

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:30.480
by<00:37:23.719><c> godly</c><00:37:24.599><c> prayerful</c><00:37:25.739><c> example.</c><00:37:26.880><c> You</c><00:37:27.139><c> look</c><00:37:27.380><c> at</c><00:37:27.579><c> 1</c><00:37:27.820><c> Peter</c><00:37:28.099><c> 3</c><00:37:28.900><c> verse</c><00:37:29.400><c> 1</c><00:37:29.780><c> if</c><00:37:29.980><c> you</c><00:37:30.119><c> want</c><00:37:30.219><c> a</c>

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.900
powerful<00:37:31.059><c> excitation</c>

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:36.900
in<00:37:32.539><c> that</c><00:37:32.739><c> respect.</c><00:37:34.039><c> What</c><00:37:34.320><c> can't</c><00:37:34.699><c> be</c><00:37:34.980><c> achieved</c><00:37:35.179><c> with</c><00:37:35.519><c> talk</c><00:37:36.019><c> can</c>

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:40.280
be<00:37:37.239><c> achieved</c><00:37:37.719><c> with</c><00:37:38.820><c> a</c><00:37:39.019><c> godly</c><00:37:39.340><c> demeanor</c>

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:45.679
and<00:37:41.559><c> that</c><00:37:41.739><c> becomes</c><00:37:42.500><c> in</c><00:37:42.880><c> effect</c><00:37:43.739><c> prayer.</c><00:37:45.039><c> Now</c><00:37:45.119><c> basically</c><00:37:45.519><c> the</c>

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.559
prayer<00:37:45.900><c> of</c><00:37:46.079><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:46.400><c> here</c><00:37:46.820><c> is</c><00:37:47.059><c> concerned</c><00:37:47.360><c> with</c>

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:51.920
two<00:37:47.780><c> things.</c><00:37:49.079><c> She</c><00:37:49.239><c> says,</c><00:37:49.679><c> verse</c><00:37:49.820><c> 8,</c><00:37:50.159><c> be</c><00:37:50.159><c> yet</c><00:37:50.440><c> again,</c><00:37:51.639><c> may</c><00:37:51.679><c> the</c>

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.199
Lord<00:37:52.059><c> show</c><00:37:52.340><c> kindness</c><00:37:52.800><c> to</c><00:37:53.039><c> you</c><00:37:53.260><c> as</c><00:37:53.460><c> you</c><00:37:53.639><c> have</c><00:37:53.920><c> shown</c>

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:58.519
to<00:37:54.440><c> your</c><00:37:54.739><c> dead</c><00:37:55.280><c> and</c><00:37:55.639><c> to</c><00:37:55.860><c> me.</c><00:37:56.059><c> And</c><00:37:56.199><c> the</c><00:37:56.360><c> similarity</c><00:37:56.880><c> of</c><00:37:57.239><c> this</c><00:37:57.500><c> expression</c><00:37:58.079><c> to</c>

00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:00.099
what<00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:58.880><c> Lord</c><00:37:59.059><c> Jesus</c><00:37:59.480><c> used</c><00:37:59.719><c> to</c><00:37:59.940><c> teach</c>

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:04.980
his<00:38:00.340><c> disciples</c><00:38:01.019><c> about</c><00:38:02.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:03.320><c> should</c><00:38:04.099><c> be</c><00:38:04.360><c> apparent</c><00:38:04.679><c> to</c>

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:08.619
us.<00:38:05.480><c> Remember</c><00:38:05.719><c> the</c><00:38:06.019><c> form,</c><00:38:06.480><c> forgive</c><00:38:06.760><c> us</c><00:38:07.360><c> our</c><00:38:08.039><c> debts</c><00:38:08.320><c> as</c>

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:16.900
we<00:38:08.980><c> forgive</c><00:38:09.300><c> those</c><00:38:10.639><c> who</c><00:38:11.119><c> are</c><00:38:11.320><c> our</c><00:38:11.559><c> debtors.</c><00:38:14.719><c> The</c><00:38:14.860><c> same</c><00:38:15.139><c> pattern</c><00:38:15.760><c> is</c><00:38:16.260><c> there</c><00:38:16.579><c> in</c>

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:18.300
Nehemiah's<00:38:17.519><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:38:18.820><c> the</c><00:38:19.000><c> second</c><00:38:19.300><c> thing</c><00:38:19.679><c> is</c><00:38:20.000><c> that</c><00:38:20.679><c> may</c><00:38:20.960><c> the</c><00:38:21.159><c> Lord</c><00:38:21.440><c> grant</c><00:38:21.840><c> that</c>

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.139
each<00:38:22.360><c> one</c><00:38:22.539><c> of</c><00:38:22.659><c> you</c><00:38:22.739><c> will</c><00:38:23.099><c> find</c><00:38:23.460><c> rest</c><00:38:23.699><c> in</c><00:38:23.860><c> the</c><00:38:24.000><c> home</c>

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:27.579
of<00:38:24.400><c> another</c><00:38:24.659><c> husband.</c><00:38:25.760><c> In</c><00:38:25.940><c> his</c><00:38:26.199><c> fact</c><00:38:26.360><c> she's</c><00:38:26.559><c> saying</c><00:38:26.940><c> may</c><00:38:27.340><c> God</c>

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:30.840
bless<00:38:27.860><c> you</c><00:38:28.099><c> both</c><00:38:28.340><c> by</c><00:38:28.659><c> marriage.</c><00:38:30.019><c> And</c><00:38:30.420><c> Nehemiah's</c>

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:34.440
been<00:38:31.079><c> very</c><00:38:31.539><c> practical</c><00:38:32.119><c> and</c><00:38:32.559><c> down</c><00:38:32.739><c> to</c><00:38:32.980><c> earth.</c><00:38:33.639><c> Find</c><00:38:34.000><c> rest</c><00:38:34.239><c> is</c>

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.940
an<00:38:34.559><c> expression</c><00:38:35.000><c> that</c><00:38:35.260><c> means</c><00:38:35.739><c> fulfillment,</c>

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:41.820
peace,<00:38:38.320><c> wholeness.</c><00:38:39.960><c> It's</c><00:38:40.139><c> the</c><00:38:40.280><c> sense</c><00:38:40.539><c> of</c><00:38:40.780><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:41.059><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.519><c> 4</c>

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.920
and<00:38:41.960><c> if</c><00:38:42.099><c> you've</c><00:38:42.360><c> always</c><00:38:42.559><c> understood</c>

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:46.159
Hebrews<00:38:43.280><c> chapter</c><00:38:43.559><c> 4</c><00:38:43.860><c> as</c><00:38:44.059><c> meaning</c><00:38:44.300><c> the</c><00:38:44.539><c> kingdom</c><00:38:44.800><c> to</c><00:38:45.079><c> come,</c><00:38:45.719><c> read</c><00:38:45.940><c> it</c>

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.699
again<00:38:46.480><c> please</c><00:38:46.780><c> because</c><00:38:46.980><c> that</c><00:38:47.159><c> isn't</c><00:38:47.320><c> what</c><00:38:47.500><c> it</c>

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:53.260
says.<00:38:48.980><c> Not</c><00:38:49.159><c> primarily,</c><00:38:50.460><c> it's</c><00:38:50.780><c> talking</c><00:38:51.139><c> about</c><00:38:51.780><c> a</c><00:38:52.079><c> rest</c><00:38:52.460><c> and</c><00:38:53.159><c> a</c>

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:56.139
wholeness<00:38:54.079><c> that</c><00:38:54.260><c> is</c><00:38:54.539><c> there</c><00:38:54.840><c> now</c><00:38:55.239><c> for</c><00:38:55.480><c> the</c><00:38:55.659><c> people</c><00:38:55.900><c> of</c>

00:38:56.139 --> 00:39:02.300
God<00:38:56.440><c> and</c><00:38:56.840><c> will</c><00:38:56.980><c> be</c><00:38:57.119><c> enriched</c><00:38:57.639><c> in</c><00:38:57.860><c> the</c><00:38:58.000><c> kingdom</c><00:38:58.239><c> of</c><00:38:58.480><c> God.</c><00:39:02.159><c> And</c>

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:05.280
that's<00:39:02.659><c> what</c><00:39:03.780><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:04.219><c> is</c><00:39:04.400><c> here</c><00:39:04.559><c> concerned</c><00:39:05.039><c> with.</c>

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:10.559
Find<00:39:06.260><c> wholeness,</c><00:39:07.420><c> completeness</c><00:39:08.139><c> in</c><00:39:08.739><c> a</c><00:39:08.900><c> marriage</c><00:39:09.179><c> she</c><00:39:09.440><c> says.</c>

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:14.019
Now<00:39:12.300><c> in</c><00:39:12.300><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:39:12.800><c> prayer</c><00:39:13.159><c> for</c><00:39:13.719><c> the</c><00:39:13.860><c> young</c>

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:17.659
women<00:39:14.320><c> then</c><00:39:14.800><c> is</c><00:39:15.139><c> that</c><00:39:15.219><c> they</c><00:39:15.360><c> should</c><00:39:15.579><c> find</c><00:39:15.940><c> a</c><00:39:16.139><c> loving</c><00:39:16.480><c> husband.</c>

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:20.619
And<00:39:18.179><c> similarly</c><00:39:18.559><c> today</c><00:39:19.300><c> the</c><00:39:19.980><c> guidance</c><00:39:20.340><c> of</c>

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:28.539
God<00:39:20.800><c> in</c><00:39:21.019><c> finding</c><00:39:21.260><c> a</c><00:39:21.639><c> companion</c><00:39:22.119><c> for</c><00:39:22.460><c> life</c><00:39:23.320><c> can't</c><00:39:25.019><c> be</c><00:39:25.380><c> overstated.</c><00:39:27.840><c> A</c><00:39:28.019><c> partner</c><00:39:28.280><c> whose</c>

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.880
priority<00:39:29.139><c> is</c><00:39:29.380><c> to</c><00:39:29.639><c> serve</c>

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:36.820
God<00:39:30.139><c> alongside</c><00:39:30.760><c> us</c><00:39:31.380><c> is</c><00:39:32.159><c> an</c><00:39:32.400><c> immense</c><00:39:32.820><c> blessing.</c><00:39:35.639><c> This</c><00:39:35.780><c> most</c><00:39:36.119><c> important</c><00:39:36.539><c> of</c>

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:38.519
human<00:39:37.159><c> relationships</c>

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:43.039
must<00:39:39.039><c> not</c><00:39:39.239><c> only</c><00:39:39.599><c> be</c><00:39:39.920><c> a</c><00:39:40.139><c> question</c><00:39:40.420><c> of</c><00:39:40.719><c> human</c><00:39:41.039><c> emotion</c><00:39:41.659><c> and</c><00:39:42.539><c> passion</c><00:39:42.880><c> and</c>

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.119
how<00:39:43.260><c> strong</c><00:39:43.679><c> that</c><00:39:43.900><c> might</c><00:39:44.239><c> be.</c>

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.860
Whoso<00:39:45.900><c> findeth</c><00:39:46.539><c> a</c><00:39:46.699><c> wife,</c><00:39:47.739><c> findeth</c><00:39:48.219><c> a</c><00:39:48.400><c> good</c><00:39:48.579><c> thing</c><00:39:49.360><c> and</c><00:39:50.000><c> findeth</c><00:39:50.460><c> favor</c>

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.000
of<00:39:51.800><c> the</c><00:39:52.000><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:53.139 --> 00:40:02.260
Someday<00:39:54.300><c> that</c><00:39:55.780><c> beauty,</c><00:39:57.539><c> that</c><00:39:58.199><c> shapely</c><00:39:58.699><c> body,</c><00:40:01.119><c> that</c><00:40:01.420><c> lovely</c>

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:06.920
glossy<00:40:03.460><c> hair</c><00:40:04.239><c> will</c><00:40:05.719><c> change</c>

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and<00:40:08.659><c> it</c><00:40:08.860><c> will</c><00:40:09.119><c> be</c><00:40:09.400><c> other</c><00:40:09.820><c> more</c><00:40:10.480><c> eternal</c><00:40:11.320><c> qualities</c><00:40:12.099><c> that</c><00:40:13.960><c> lovers</c><00:40:14.239><c> will</c><00:40:14.599><c> share.</c>

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:22.900
And<00:40:16.440><c> this</c><00:40:16.840><c> is</c><00:40:17.260><c> so</c><00:40:17.559><c> vital</c><00:40:18.059><c> in</c><00:40:18.780><c> the</c><00:40:19.159><c> initial</c><00:40:19.880><c> decisions</c><00:40:20.579><c> that</c><00:40:20.820><c> are</c><00:40:21.000><c> made.</c><00:40:21.960><c> It's</c><00:40:22.800><c> a</c>

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:25.920
matter<00:40:23.440><c> in</c><00:40:23.980><c> which</c><00:40:24.219><c> prayer</c><00:40:24.719><c> is</c><00:40:25.579><c> very</c>

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:36.599
important.<00:40:32.519><c> Now</c><00:40:33.139><c> the</c><00:40:34.500><c> third</c><00:40:34.760><c> thing</c><00:40:35.039><c> I</c><00:40:35.679><c> want</c><00:40:35.860><c> to</c><00:40:36.039><c> bring</c><00:40:36.179><c> out</c><00:40:36.420><c> of</c>

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this<00:40:37.119><c> is</c><00:40:38.079><c> that</c><00:40:38.519><c> there</c><00:40:38.880><c> is</c><00:40:39.179><c> nothing</c><00:40:39.579><c> in</c><00:40:40.360><c> human</c>

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experience<00:40:41.619><c> that</c><00:40:42.400><c> is</c><00:40:42.599><c> outside</c><00:40:43.260><c> the</c><00:40:43.519><c> scope</c><00:40:43.820><c> of</c><00:40:44.159><c> prayer</c><00:40:44.500><c> to</c><00:40:45.320><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:40:45.840><c> Father.</c><00:40:47.340><c> God</c><00:40:47.619><c> made</c><00:40:48.159><c> all</c><00:40:48.719><c> that</c><00:40:48.960><c> we</c><00:40:49.199><c> are.</c>

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:57.639
God<00:40:51.019><c> gave</c><00:40:51.360><c> us</c><00:40:52.500><c> our</c><00:40:53.059><c> basic</c><00:40:54.280><c> environment</c><00:40:55.659><c> that</c><00:40:56.179><c> is</c><00:40:56.440><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:40:59.039><c> even</c><00:40:59.300><c> therefore</c><00:40:59.679><c> the</c><00:40:59.800><c> most</c><00:41:00.119><c> intimate</c>

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:05.599
relationships<00:41:01.539><c> which</c><00:41:02.780><c> may</c><00:41:03.079><c> bring</c><00:41:03.340><c> joy</c><00:41:03.739><c> and</c><00:41:04.139><c> contentment</c><00:41:04.980><c> or</c>

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.260
alternatively<00:41:07.239><c> problems,</c><00:41:07.900><c> challenges</c><00:41:08.360><c> and</c><00:41:08.760><c> terrible</c>

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:21.559
pain<00:41:10.519><c> can,</c><00:41:11.920><c> no,</c><00:41:14.039><c> should</c><00:41:14.659><c> be</c><00:41:16.420><c> brought</c><00:41:16.679><c> to</c><00:41:16.900><c> the</c><00:41:17.059><c> Father</c><00:41:17.460><c> in</c><00:41:18.239><c> prayer.</c><00:41:21.059><c> I</c><00:41:21.179><c> know</c><00:41:21.400><c> of</c>

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Brethren<00:41:21.780><c> and</c><00:41:22.000><c> Sisters</c>

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with<00:41:24.480><c> breaking</c><00:41:24.880><c> hearts</c><00:41:25.679><c> because</c><00:41:27.460><c> their</c><00:41:27.820><c> relationships</c><00:41:28.679><c> are</c>

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:32.800
running<00:41:29.820><c> through</c><00:41:30.119><c> difficulties</c><00:41:30.739><c> in</c><00:41:31.019><c> these</c><00:41:31.699><c> intimate</c>

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:40.139
areas.<00:41:37.000><c> And</c><00:41:37.139><c> in</c><00:41:37.260><c> this</c><00:41:37.420><c> connection</c><00:41:38.039><c> what</c><00:41:38.760><c> a</c><00:41:38.980><c> blessing</c><00:41:39.219><c> it</c><00:41:39.539><c> is</c>

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:44.019
to<00:41:40.820><c> be</c><00:41:41.000><c> able</c><00:41:41.239><c> to</c><00:41:41.440><c> talk</c><00:41:41.719><c> to</c><00:41:41.920><c> some</c><00:41:42.099><c> other</c><00:41:42.340><c> brother</c><00:41:42.559><c> or</c><00:41:42.840><c> sister</c>

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:51.599
knowing<00:41:44.679><c> that</c><00:41:44.920><c> the</c><00:41:45.199><c> confidence</c><00:41:46.000><c> and</c><00:41:47.320><c> understanding</c><00:41:48.000><c> and</c><00:41:49.199><c> sympathy</c><00:41:49.739><c> is</c><00:41:50.559><c> there.</c>

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:56.360
You<00:41:53.000><c> know</c><00:41:53.239><c> talking</c><00:41:53.639><c> to</c><00:41:53.860><c> a</c><00:41:54.039><c> human</c><00:41:54.380><c> counselor</c><00:41:54.840><c> in</c><00:41:55.039><c> these</c><00:41:55.340><c> circumstances</c><00:41:56.019><c> can</c>

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work<00:41:56.619><c> wonders</c>

00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:04.780
but<00:41:59.440><c> talking</c><00:41:59.940><c> to</c><00:42:00.219><c> a</c><00:42:00.340><c> divine</c><00:42:00.900><c> counselor</c><00:42:01.719><c> can</c><00:42:02.960><c> work</c><00:42:03.260><c> miracles.</c>

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Come<00:42:07.079><c> to</c><00:42:07.280><c> God</c><00:42:07.699><c> in</c><00:42:08.840><c> prayer.</c>

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:15.760
Next<00:42:11.659><c> let's</c><00:42:11.880><c> notice</c><00:42:12.239><c> that</c><00:42:12.739><c> although</c><00:42:13.880><c> Naomi</c><00:42:14.380><c> took</c><00:42:15.059><c> Ruth</c><00:42:15.500><c> and</c>

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:19.280
Orpah<00:42:16.059><c> to</c><00:42:16.280><c> God</c><00:42:16.519><c> in</c><00:42:16.860><c> prayer</c><00:42:17.159><c> in</c><00:42:17.500><c> that</c><00:42:17.800><c> sort</c><00:42:18.000><c> of</c><00:42:18.219><c> way,</c>

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:22.539
she<00:42:19.659><c> nevertheless</c><00:42:20.280><c> continued</c><00:42:21.019><c> in</c><00:42:21.179><c> a</c><00:42:21.380><c> very</c><00:42:21.679><c> practical</c><00:42:22.079><c> way</c><00:42:22.360><c> to</c>

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give<00:42:22.699><c> help.</c>

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She<00:42:23.880><c> didn't</c><00:42:24.159><c> say</c><00:42:24.380><c> over</c><00:42:24.639><c> to</c><00:42:24.800><c> God</c><00:42:25.079><c> that's</c><00:42:25.559><c> it</c><00:42:25.719><c> let's</c><00:42:25.920><c> leave</c><00:42:26.059><c> it</c><00:42:26.300><c> alone.</c><00:42:27.340><c> She</c><00:42:27.539><c> continued</c><00:42:28.400><c> in</c><00:42:28.860><c> a</c>

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:30.099
very<00:42:29.360><c> practical</c><00:42:29.780><c> way</c>

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:34.099
to<00:42:30.320><c> help</c><00:42:30.599><c> them</c><00:42:31.019><c> and</c><00:42:31.340><c> this</c><00:42:31.519><c> will</c><00:42:31.679><c> come</c><00:42:31.880><c> out</c><00:42:32.079><c> later</c><00:42:32.380><c> in</c><00:42:32.639><c> our</c><00:42:33.079><c> study</c><00:42:33.400><c> at</c><00:42:33.599><c> chapter</c><00:42:33.780><c> 3</c>

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:35.900
verse<00:42:34.340><c> 1.</c><00:42:34.840><c> My</c><00:42:34.840><c> daughter</c><00:42:35.239><c> shall</c><00:42:35.519><c> I</c>

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:40.820
not<00:42:36.199><c> seek</c><00:42:36.500><c> rest</c><00:42:36.860><c> for</c><00:42:37.179><c> you?</c><00:42:37.960><c> Shall</c><00:42:38.139><c> I</c><00:42:38.320><c> not</c><00:42:38.460><c> seek</c><00:42:38.579><c> that</c><00:42:38.900><c> wholeness,</c><00:42:39.460><c> that</c><00:42:39.719><c> peace</c><00:42:40.119><c> for</c>

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you<00:42:41.199><c> that</c><00:42:41.639><c> it</c><00:42:41.860><c> may</c><00:42:42.000><c> be</c>

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:47.739
well<00:42:42.440><c> with</c><00:42:42.679><c> you?</c><00:42:43.940><c> And</c><00:42:44.079><c> you</c><00:42:44.199><c> see</c><00:42:44.340><c> Abraham</c><00:42:44.739><c> did</c><00:42:44.960><c> exactly</c><00:42:45.400><c> the</c><00:42:45.599><c> same</c><00:42:45.840><c> thing</c><00:42:46.300><c> for</c><00:42:46.719><c> Lot.</c><00:42:47.059><c> Lot</c><00:42:47.260><c> was</c><00:42:47.500><c> a</c>

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terrible<00:42:48.039><c> problem</c>

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for<00:42:49.139><c> Abraham.</c><00:42:50.260><c> You</c><00:42:50.480><c> know</c><00:42:50.659><c> he</c><00:42:50.800><c> made</c><00:42:51.000><c> the</c><00:42:51.199><c> wrong</c><00:42:51.420><c> choices.</c><00:42:52.159><c> He</c>

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put<00:42:52.480><c> himself</c><00:42:52.880><c> into</c><00:42:53.199><c> terrible</c>

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danger.<00:42:54.039><c> He</c><00:42:54.059><c> took</c><00:42:54.219><c> his</c><00:42:54.420><c> family</c><00:42:54.800><c> into</c><00:42:55.139><c> situations</c><00:42:55.760><c> very</c><00:42:56.440><c> parallel</c><00:42:57.099><c> to</c><00:42:57.539><c> what</c><00:42:57.659><c> we</c>

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were<00:42:57.900><c> looking</c><00:42:58.159><c> at</c><00:42:58.400><c> yesterday</c>

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but<00:43:00.920><c> Abraham</c><00:43:01.300><c> didn't</c><00:43:01.559><c> wash</c><00:43:01.840><c> his</c><00:43:02.000><c> hands</c><00:43:02.199><c> of</c><00:43:02.400><c> him.</c><00:43:04.039><c> He</c><00:43:04.059><c> didn't</c>

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:06.559
say<00:43:04.519><c> he's</c><00:43:04.699><c> made</c><00:43:04.920><c> his</c><00:43:05.119><c> decision</c><00:43:05.380><c> that's</c><00:43:05.800><c> it</c>

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and<00:43:09.099><c> when</c><00:43:09.340><c> there</c><00:43:09.599><c> was</c><00:43:09.820><c> need</c><00:43:10.340><c> he</c><00:43:11.159><c> left</c><00:43:11.420><c> everything</c><00:43:11.840><c> he</c><00:43:12.000><c> was</c><00:43:12.239><c> doing</c>

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:20.900
and<00:43:14.619><c> went</c><00:43:15.039><c> to</c><00:43:15.320><c> help.</c><00:43:17.619><c> That's</c><00:43:17.920><c> what</c><00:43:18.739><c> the</c><00:43:19.079><c> spirit</c><00:43:19.380><c> of</c><00:43:19.659><c> faith</c><00:43:20.119><c> is</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:24.340
really<00:43:21.280><c> about.</c><00:43:22.519><c> That's</c><00:43:22.780><c> what</c><00:43:23.039><c> devotion</c><00:43:23.559><c> to</c><00:43:23.780><c> our</c><00:43:24.079><c> God</c>

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:31.360
means<00:43:25.159><c> that</c><00:43:26.400><c> it's</c><00:43:26.659><c> practical</c><00:43:27.340><c> as</c><00:43:28.079><c> well</c><00:43:28.300><c> as</c><00:43:28.539><c> theoretical.</c><00:43:31.320><c> We</c>

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have<00:43:31.480><c> to</c><00:43:31.679><c> clothe</c><00:43:31.860><c> ourselves</c><00:43:32.320><c> with</c><00:43:32.619><c> compassion</c><00:43:33.260><c> and</c>

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kindness,<00:43:35.280><c> humility</c><00:43:35.780><c> and</c><00:43:36.199><c> patience.</c><00:43:37.159><c> Bear</c><00:43:37.400><c> with</c><00:43:37.619><c> each</c><00:43:37.940><c> other</c>

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:40.059
and<00:43:38.280><c> forgive</c><00:43:38.619><c> whatever</c><00:43:39.039><c> grievances</c><00:43:39.559><c> you</c><00:43:39.800><c> may</c>

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:44.039
have<00:43:40.219><c> against</c><00:43:40.559><c> one</c><00:43:40.780><c> another.</c><00:43:41.579><c> Forgive</c><00:43:42.260><c> as</c><00:43:43.119><c> the</c><00:43:43.280><c> Lord</c><00:43:43.539><c> forgave</c>

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:47.380
you<00:43:44.760><c> and</c><00:43:45.159><c> above</c><00:43:45.400><c> all</c><00:43:45.860><c> these</c><00:43:46.260><c> virtues</c><00:43:46.760><c> put</c><00:43:47.059><c> on</c>

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:52.000
love<00:43:47.880><c> which</c><00:43:48.519><c> binds</c><00:43:48.900><c> them</c><00:43:49.139><c> all</c><00:43:49.420><c> together</c><00:43:50.099><c> in</c><00:43:50.840><c> perfect</c><00:43:51.380><c> unity.</c>

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That's<00:43:52.579><c> Colossians</c><00:43:53.000><c> 3</c><00:43:53.500><c> verse</c><00:43:53.920><c> 12</c><00:43:54.280><c> and</c><00:43:54.400><c> 13</c><00:43:55.079><c> in</c><00:43:57.619><c> the</c>

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new<00:43:58.500><c> international</c><00:43:59.380><c> version.</c>

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Well<00:44:03.719><c> now</c><00:44:04.019><c> the</c><00:44:04.159><c> decision</c><00:44:04.539><c> is</c><00:44:04.880><c> made</c><00:44:05.199><c> and</c><00:44:05.679><c> they</c><00:44:06.159><c> go,</c><00:44:07.139><c> the</c><00:44:07.280><c> two</c><00:44:07.500><c> ladies</c><00:44:07.880><c> go</c>

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together<00:44:09.360><c> towards</c><00:44:10.400><c> Israel</c>

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:17.599
and<00:44:12.380><c> notice</c><00:44:12.760><c> that</c><00:44:13.099><c> little</c><00:44:13.360><c> expression</c><00:44:13.780><c> in</c><00:44:13.960><c> verse</c><00:44:14.219><c> 19</c><00:44:14.820><c> now.</c><00:44:16.019><c> When</c><00:44:16.519><c> Ruth</c><00:44:17.039><c> is</c>

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seen<00:44:17.780><c> to</c><00:44:17.940><c> be</c><00:44:18.179><c> steadfastly</c><00:44:18.800><c> minded</c>

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:26.440
to<00:44:19.460><c> go</c><00:44:19.719><c> along</c><00:44:20.139><c> the</c><00:44:21.420><c> two</c><00:44:21.840><c> went</c><00:44:22.420><c> until</c><00:44:23.860><c> they</c><00:44:24.099><c> came</c><00:44:24.440><c> to</c><00:44:24.679><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:44:26.119><c> It's</c><00:44:26.239><c> that</c>

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:28.719
little<00:44:26.659><c> expression</c><00:44:27.199><c> the</c><00:44:28.219><c> two</c>

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:34.539
went<00:44:29.420><c> reminds</c><00:44:30.280><c> me</c><00:44:30.659><c> again</c><00:44:31.019><c> of</c><00:44:32.460><c> Abraham</c><00:44:33.139><c> and</c><00:44:33.920><c> the</c><00:44:34.099><c> time</c><00:44:34.280><c> when</c><00:44:34.440><c> he</c>

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:38.980
was<00:44:34.960><c> about</c><00:44:35.320><c> to</c><00:44:35.599><c> offer</c><00:44:35.840><c> Isaac</c><00:44:36.460><c> on</c><00:44:37.500><c> the</c><00:44:38.000><c> altar</c>

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and<00:44:39.460><c> three</c><00:44:39.760><c> times</c><00:44:40.159><c> in</c><00:44:40.360><c> that</c><00:44:40.619><c> chapter</c><00:44:41.039><c> it</c><00:44:41.539><c> says</c><00:44:42.159><c> they</c><00:44:43.420><c> two</c><00:44:43.900><c> went</c>

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or<00:44:44.860><c> they</c><00:44:45.219><c> went</c><00:44:45.619><c> together</c><00:44:46.320><c> or</c><00:44:48.619><c> Abraham</c><00:44:49.159><c> and</c><00:44:49.480><c> the</c><00:44:49.679><c> lad</c>

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:56.320
went<00:44:51.119><c> together</c><00:44:52.280><c> and</c><00:44:53.480><c> although</c><00:44:54.400><c> Isaac</c><00:44:55.199><c> had</c><00:44:55.460><c> asked</c><00:44:55.739><c> what</c><00:44:55.900><c> the</c>

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consequences<00:44:56.760><c> might</c><00:44:57.179><c> be</c>

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and<00:44:58.760><c> asked</c><00:44:59.000><c> where's</c><00:44:59.480><c> the</c><00:44:59.719><c> lamb</c><00:45:00.039><c> for</c><00:45:00.519><c> the</c><00:45:00.739><c> offering</c><00:45:01.619><c> nevertheless</c><00:45:03.260><c> immediately</c><00:45:04.300><c> says</c><00:45:05.039><c> they</c>

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went<00:45:06.159><c> together</c>

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and<00:45:08.260><c> it</c><00:45:08.519><c> means</c><00:45:08.820><c> that</c><00:45:09.059><c> he</c><00:45:09.320><c> had</c><00:45:10.739><c> put</c><00:45:11.739><c> himself</c><00:45:12.219><c> in</c><00:45:12.559><c> total</c><00:45:12.880><c> harmony</c>

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