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ways<00:23:12.059><c> about</c><00:23:12.339><c> God's</c><00:23:13.119><c> transcendence.</c><00:23:17.420><c> He's,</c>

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he's<00:23:18.359><c> the</c><00:23:18.380><c> one</c><00:23:18.500><c> who</c><00:23:18.720><c> was</c><00:23:18.940><c> who</c><00:23:19.140><c> is</c><00:23:19.400><c> and</c><00:23:19.539><c> is</c><00:23:19.700><c> to</c><00:23:20.240><c> be,</c><00:23:21.819><c> he's,</c><00:23:22.420><c> he's</c>

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beyond<00:23:23.240><c> time.</c><00:23:24.380><c> God</c><00:23:24.619><c> is</c><00:23:25.059><c> so</c><00:23:25.400><c> much</c><00:23:25.640><c> beyond</c><00:23:26.039><c> us</c><00:23:26.240><c> and</c>

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transcendent.<00:23:28.119><c> But</c><00:23:28.720><c> it's</c><00:23:29.420><c> also</c><00:23:29.759><c> meant</c><00:23:30.039><c> to</c><00:23:30.299><c> teach</c><00:23:30.500><c> us</c><00:23:31.039><c> to</c><00:23:31.680><c> remind</c><00:23:32.160><c> us</c>

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that<00:23:33.220><c> God</c><00:23:33.480><c> is</c><00:23:33.799><c> with</c><00:23:34.059><c> us.</c><00:23:34.819><c> Not</c><00:23:35.019><c> only</c><00:23:35.259><c> is</c><00:23:35.480><c> God</c>

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transcendent,<00:23:36.960><c> but</c><00:23:37.079><c> his</c><00:23:37.420><c> love</c><00:23:37.700><c> for</c><00:23:38.039><c> us</c><00:23:38.539><c> is</c><00:23:39.000><c> transcendent.</c><00:23:39.940><c> So</c>

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that<00:23:40.799><c> was,</c><00:23:41.359><c> you</c><00:23:41.619><c> know,</c><00:23:41.680><c> an</c><00:23:41.940><c> exciting</c><00:23:42.180><c> thing</c><00:23:42.440><c> for</c><00:23:42.579><c> me</c><00:23:42.720><c> to</c>

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see<00:23:43.500><c> a</c><00:23:44.559><c> few</c><00:23:44.740><c> years</c><00:23:44.980><c> ago</c><00:23:45.259><c> when</c><00:23:45.660><c> a</c><00:23:45.779><c> couple</c><00:23:46.019><c> years</c><00:23:46.220><c> ago</c><00:23:46.440><c> when</c><00:23:46.539><c> I</c><00:23:46.759><c> when</c><00:23:46.880><c> I</c>

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first<00:23:47.259><c> started</c><00:23:47.440><c> digging</c><00:23:47.700><c> that.</c><00:23:48.819><c> But</c><00:23:48.859><c> then</c><00:23:49.240><c> now</c>

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taking<00:23:49.839><c> and</c><00:23:50.180><c> bringing</c><00:23:50.359><c> that</c><00:23:50.640><c> emphasis</c><00:23:51.200><c> to</c><00:23:51.700><c> Psalm</c><00:23:51.960><c> 121.</c><00:23:53.859><c> It's</c>

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like,<00:23:54.599><c> wow,</c><00:23:54.980><c> the</c><00:23:55.220><c> meaning</c><00:23:55.460><c> of</c><00:23:55.700><c> God's</c><00:23:56.059><c> name</c><00:23:56.339><c> fits</c>

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this<00:23:57.059><c> context</c><00:23:57.619><c> so</c><00:23:58.619><c> well.</c><00:24:00.079><c> The</c><00:24:00.299><c> one</c><00:24:00.500><c> who</c><00:24:00.700><c> is</c><00:24:00.960><c> with</c><00:24:01.240><c> us</c><00:24:01.759><c> is</c><00:24:02.319><c> with</c>

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us<00:24:03.039><c> on</c><00:24:03.720><c> our</c><00:24:03.920><c> journey,</c><00:24:04.700><c> on</c><00:24:04.799><c> our</c><00:24:04.960><c> journey</c><00:24:05.180><c> that</c>

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includes<00:24:05.740><c> dangers</c><00:24:06.420><c> and</c><00:24:07.160><c> trials</c><00:24:07.759><c> and</c><00:24:08.180><c> difficulties</c><00:24:08.799><c> and</c><00:24:09.119><c> struggles.</c><00:24:11.339><c> It</c>

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makes<00:24:11.539><c> me</c><00:24:11.759><c> think</c><00:24:11.940><c> of</c><00:24:12.740><c> well,</c><00:24:13.819><c> yeah,</c>

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so<00:24:14.279><c> in</c><00:24:14.460><c> those</c><00:24:14.700><c> journeys</c><00:24:15.099><c> that</c><00:24:15.559><c> can</c><00:24:15.740><c> be</c><00:24:15.960><c> dangerous,</c><00:24:16.619><c> we</c><00:24:16.799><c> have</c>

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the<00:24:17.160><c> reminder</c><00:24:17.559><c> again</c><00:24:17.960><c> and</c><00:24:18.099><c> again</c><00:24:18.319><c> and</c><00:24:18.400><c> again,</c>

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God<00:24:19.480><c> is</c><00:24:20.319><c> with</c><00:24:20.619><c> us.</c><00:24:21.500><c> And</c><00:24:21.799><c> that's</c><00:24:22.420><c> the</c><00:24:22.599><c> message</c><00:24:22.859><c> of</c><00:24:23.059><c> this</c><00:24:23.279><c> song.</c>

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So<00:24:25.259><c> thinking</c><00:24:25.799><c> about</c><00:24:26.099><c> that,</c>

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the,<00:24:32.519><c> there's</c><00:24:33.099><c> a</c><00:24:33.299><c> Kenyan</c><00:24:33.579><c> phrase</c><00:24:33.839><c> that</c><00:24:34.319><c> when</c><00:24:34.579><c> we</c><00:24:34.940><c> were</c><00:24:35.079><c> in</c><00:24:35.299><c> Kenya,</c><00:24:35.900><c> that</c><00:24:36.099><c> people</c><00:24:36.380><c> would</c><00:24:36.559><c> say</c>

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when<00:24:36.940><c> we're</c><00:24:37.180><c> about</c><00:24:37.400><c> to</c>

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travel,<00:24:38.920><c> may</c><00:24:39.059><c> God</c><00:24:39.319><c> grant</c><00:24:39.579><c> you</c><00:24:39.920><c> journey</c><00:24:40.299><c> mercies.</c><00:24:41.579><c> And</c><00:24:41.940><c> you</c><00:24:42.099><c> think</c><00:24:42.240><c> about</c><00:24:42.460><c> it</c>

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in<00:24:42.660><c> a</c><00:24:42.839><c> land</c><00:24:43.039><c> where</c><00:24:43.900><c> extreme</c><00:24:44.380><c> weather,</c>

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wild<00:24:45.559><c> animals,</c><00:24:46.720><c> thieves</c><00:24:47.019><c> can</c><00:24:47.619><c> make</c><00:24:47.779><c> a</c><00:24:47.980><c> journey</c><00:24:48.339><c> very</c><00:24:49.200><c> dangerous.</c><00:24:50.700><c> There's</c>

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recognition<00:24:51.900><c> that</c><00:24:52.240><c> God</c><00:24:52.660><c> in</c><00:24:52.900><c> his</c>

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mercy<00:24:53.400><c> is</c><00:24:54.140><c> watching</c><00:24:54.559><c> over</c><00:24:55.119><c> us</c><00:24:55.759><c> in</c><00:24:55.940><c> our</c><00:24:56.099><c> journey.</c><00:24:58.460><c> And,</c><00:24:58.460><c> you</c><00:24:59.119><c> know,</c><00:24:59.339><c> life</c><00:24:59.619><c> is</c>

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filled<00:25:00.559><c> not</c><00:25:00.740><c> just</c><00:25:00.940><c> in</c><00:25:01.160><c> our</c><00:25:02.039><c> literal</c>

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journeys,<00:25:02.920><c> but</c><00:25:03.039><c> in</c><00:25:03.259><c> the</c><00:25:03.480><c> journey</c><00:25:03.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.019><c> life.</c><00:25:05.480><c> There's</c><00:25:06.220><c> dangers</c>

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and<00:25:07.799><c> fears</c><00:25:08.420><c> that</c><00:25:08.880><c> can</c><00:25:09.140><c> fill</c><00:25:09.380><c> our</c><00:25:09.640><c> life.</c>

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But<00:25:11.220><c> this</c><00:25:11.740><c> Psalm</c><00:25:12.039><c> is</c><00:25:12.460><c> reminding</c><00:25:12.940><c> us</c><00:25:13.279><c> that</c><00:25:13.559><c> through</c><00:25:13.859><c> it</c><00:25:14.099><c> all,</c>

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God<00:25:15.339><c> is</c><00:25:16.039><c> with</c><00:25:16.299><c> us.</c><00:25:17.220><c> He</c><00:25:17.440><c> is</c><00:25:17.740><c> there.</c><00:25:18.880><c> And,</c><00:25:18.880><c> you</c><00:25:19.279><c> know,</c>

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despite<00:25:20.019><c> the</c><00:25:20.279><c> fact</c><00:25:20.440><c> that</c><00:25:20.779><c> this</c><00:25:21.079><c> world</c><00:25:21.299><c> is</c><00:25:21.559><c> filled</c><00:25:21.880><c> and</c><00:25:22.319><c> our</c><00:25:22.539><c> lives</c><00:25:22.819><c> could</c><00:25:23.000><c> be</c>

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filled<00:25:23.279><c> with</c><00:25:23.519><c> disease</c><00:25:24.160><c> or</c><00:25:24.420><c> injury,</c>

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it<00:25:25.140><c> could</c><00:25:25.279><c> be</c><00:25:25.440><c> war,</c><00:25:25.980><c> natural</c><00:25:26.380><c> disasters,</c><00:25:27.359><c> there's</c><00:25:27.619><c> so</c><00:25:27.839><c> many</c>

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things<00:25:28.759><c> and</c><00:25:29.319><c> dangers</c><00:25:29.839><c> that</c><00:25:30.759><c> exist.</c><00:25:32.519><c> And</c><00:25:32.660><c> I'd</c><00:25:32.859><c> like</c>

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you<00:25:33.039><c> to</c><00:25:33.240><c> each,</c><00:25:33.819><c> you</c><00:25:33.980><c> know,</c><00:25:34.099><c> take</c><00:25:34.319><c> a</c><00:25:34.500><c> moment,</c><00:25:34.720><c> think</c><00:25:34.940><c> about</c><00:25:35.259><c> what</c><00:25:36.200><c> are</c>

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the<00:25:36.720><c> greatest</c><00:25:37.220><c> threats</c><00:25:37.900><c> or</c><00:25:38.700><c> fears</c>

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that<00:25:40.400><c> you</c><00:25:41.079><c> and</c><00:25:41.920><c> your</c><00:25:42.180><c> loved</c><00:25:42.400><c> ones</c><00:25:43.000><c> are</c><00:25:43.539><c> facing</c><00:25:43.859><c> right</c><00:25:44.180><c> now?</c><00:25:46.380><c> When</c><00:25:46.759><c> you</c><00:25:47.420><c> think</c><00:25:47.680><c> on</c>

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those<00:25:48.259><c> things,</c>

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this<00:25:52.140><c> Psalm</c><00:25:52.799><c> speaks</c><00:25:53.859><c> to</c><00:25:54.099><c> you.</c><00:25:55.920><c> You</c><00:25:55.920><c> know,</c><00:25:57.380><c> say</c><00:25:57.640><c> those</c><00:25:58.980><c> first</c><00:25:59.700><c> two</c><00:25:59.880><c> verses</c><00:26:00.240><c> with</c><00:26:00.559><c> me.</c><00:26:01.920><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:02.259><c> lift</c><00:26:02.500><c> up</c><00:26:02.740><c> my</c><00:26:02.980><c> eyes</c>

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to<00:26:03.539><c> the</c><00:26:03.700><c> hills.</c><00:26:04.779><c> From</c><00:26:05.119><c> where</c><00:26:05.880><c> does</c><00:26:06.220><c> my</c><00:26:06.539><c> help</c><00:26:06.720><c> come?</c><00:26:08.200><c> My</c><00:26:08.440><c> help</c>

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comes<00:26:08.880><c> from</c><00:26:09.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:09.940><c> who</c><00:26:10.420><c> made</c><00:26:10.680><c> heaven</c><00:26:11.200><c> and</c><00:26:11.880><c> earth.</c>

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There's<00:26:13.980><c> power</c><00:26:14.579><c> in</c><00:26:15.400><c> these</c><00:26:15.640><c> words,</c><00:26:16.559><c> that</c><00:26:16.779><c> recognition</c><00:26:17.380><c> that</c>

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this<00:26:18.039><c> ancient</c><00:26:18.339><c> author</c><00:26:18.720><c> had</c>

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way<00:26:19.900><c> back</c><00:26:20.240><c> when</c><00:26:21.000><c> holds</c><00:26:21.460><c> true</c><00:26:22.059><c> for</c><00:26:22.640><c> us</c><00:26:22.960><c> today.</c><00:26:25.099><c> So</c><00:26:25.640><c> continuing</c>

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with<00:26:26.839><c> thinking</c><00:26:27.099><c> about</c><00:26:27.400><c> that</c><00:26:27.680><c> author,</c>

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you<00:26:29.940><c> know,</c><00:26:30.299><c> there</c><00:26:30.480><c> is</c><00:26:30.640><c> a</c><00:26:30.759><c> possibility</c><00:26:31.160><c> that</c><00:26:31.839><c> somebody</c><00:26:32.420><c> after</c>

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David<00:26:34.299><c> established</c><00:26:35.140><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:35.920><c> as</c><00:26:36.099><c> the</c><00:26:36.259><c> center</c>

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of<00:26:36.640><c> worship</c><00:26:36.940><c> could</c><00:26:37.500><c> have</c><00:26:37.680><c> written</c><00:26:37.900><c> this</c><00:26:38.839><c> and</c><00:26:40.259><c> saw,</c><00:26:40.539><c> you</c><00:26:40.880><c> know,</c>

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fit.<00:26:41.700><c> Maybe</c><00:26:41.940><c> they</c><00:26:42.200><c> penned</c><00:26:42.420><c> it</c><00:26:42.900><c> to</c><00:26:43.599><c> be</c><00:26:43.900><c> included</c><00:26:44.180><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:44.519><c> collection</c><00:26:45.440><c> of</c><00:26:46.940><c> journey</c><00:26:47.299><c> Psalms,</c><00:26:47.839><c> of</c><00:26:48.099><c> Psalms</c><00:26:48.359><c> of</c><00:26:48.500><c> a</c><00:26:48.640><c> sense,</c><00:26:51.700><c> thinking</c><00:26:52.720><c> about</c><00:26:53.000><c> the</c>

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image<00:26:53.500><c> of</c><00:26:53.980><c> going</c><00:26:54.259><c> up</c><00:26:54.480><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:26:55.000><c> for</c><00:26:55.259><c> the</c><00:26:55.460><c> three</c><00:26:55.660><c> feasts.</c><00:27:01.180><c> Yeah,</c><00:27:01.359><c> like</c><00:27:01.599><c> we</c><00:27:01.839><c> looked</c>

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at,<00:27:02.640><c> like</c><00:27:02.880><c> Psalm</c><00:27:03.019><c> 122,</c><00:27:05.440><c> that</c><00:27:05.440><c> clearly,</c><00:27:06.980><c> well,</c>

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that<00:27:07.420><c> one's</c><00:27:07.619><c> written</c><00:27:07.859><c> by</c><00:27:08.240><c> David</c><00:27:08.619><c> and</c><00:27:08.759><c> that's</c><00:27:09.099><c> talking</c><00:27:09.259><c> about</c>

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that<00:27:09.819><c> journey</c><00:27:10.279><c> and</c><00:27:10.940><c> Jerusalem's</c><00:27:11.420><c> mentioned</c><00:27:11.640><c> by</c>

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but<00:27:12.279><c> not</c><00:27:12.880><c> here</c><00:27:13.519><c> in</c><00:27:14.019><c> this</c><00:27:14.259><c> Psalm.</c><00:27:15.319><c> So</c><00:27:15.759><c> again,</c><00:27:16.119><c> I</c><00:27:16.279><c> wonder</c><00:27:16.599><c> is</c><00:27:16.980><c> it</c>

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possible<00:27:18.460><c> that</c><00:27:18.619><c> it</c><00:27:18.700><c> was</c><00:27:18.880><c> just</c><00:27:19.619><c> written</c><00:27:20.000><c> before</c>

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added<00:27:54.579><c> that</c><00:27:54.920><c> title</c><00:27:55.400><c> afterwards</c><00:27:56.059><c> because</c><00:27:56.799><c> of</c><00:27:57.240><c> how</c><00:27:57.460><c> they</c><00:27:57.740><c> saw</c><00:27:58.079><c> it</c><00:27:58.599><c> fit</c><00:27:58.960><c> with</c><00:27:59.720><c> these</c><00:28:00.000><c> other</c><00:28:00.660><c> Psalms</c><00:28:00.960><c> of</c><00:28:01.140><c> a</c><00:28:01.279><c> sense,</c>

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know,<00:28:07.680><c> for</c><00:28:07.859><c> sure,</c>

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my<00:30:00.299><c> help.</c><00:30:01.200><c> And</c><00:30:01.720><c> that</c><00:30:02.140><c> kind</c><00:30:02.279><c> of</c><00:30:02.579><c> mirrors</c><00:30:02.819><c> the</c><00:30:03.740><c> message</c><00:30:04.240><c> at</c><00:30:04.440><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:30:23.160><c> And</c><00:30:23.339><c> that</c><00:30:23.680><c> links</c><00:30:24.140><c> with</c><00:30:25.259><c> the</c><00:30:25.579><c> actual</c>

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121.<00:37:26.639><c> The</c><00:37:26.880><c> second</c><00:37:27.239><c> instance,</c><00:37:27.920><c> so</c><00:37:28.239><c> this</c><00:37:28.500><c> actually</c>

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journey<00:37:57.699><c> into</c><00:37:58.900><c> your</c><00:37:59.119><c> kindred,</c><00:38:00.400><c> and</c><00:38:00.460><c> I</c><00:38:01.239><c> will</c><00:38:01.579><c> be</c><00:38:01.860><c> with</c><00:38:02.099><c> you.</c><00:38:03.860><c> So</c>

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there.<00:38:26.780><c> Make</c><00:38:27.139><c> an</c><00:38:27.420><c> altar</c><00:38:27.679><c> to</c><00:38:27.880><c> the</c><00:38:28.059><c> God</c><00:38:28.360><c> who</c><00:38:28.559><c> appeared</c><00:38:28.800><c> to</c><00:38:29.019><c> you</c>

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will<00:41:30.159><c> keep</c><00:41:30.360><c> you</c><00:41:30.559><c> from</c><00:41:30.760><c> all</c><00:41:30.940><c> evil.</c><00:41:32.440><c> Continuing.</c><00:41:34.400><c> So</c><00:41:34.400><c> we</c><00:41:35.099><c> looked</c>

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at<00:41:35.820><c> that.</c><00:41:37.159><c> Let's</c><00:41:37.639><c> see.</c><00:41:38.340><c> Yeah,</c><00:41:38.539><c> Psalm</c><00:41:38.699><c> 121,</c>

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keeps<00:41:46.840><c> you</c><00:41:47.079><c> will</c><00:41:47.300><c> not</c><00:41:47.539><c> slumber.</c><00:41:48.039><c> Behold,</c><00:41:48.500><c> he</c><00:41:48.840><c> who</c><00:41:49.000><c> keeps</c><00:41:49.340><c> Israel</c><00:41:49.900><c> will</c>

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neither<00:41:50.440><c> slumber</c><00:41:51.400><c> nor</c><00:41:52.059><c> sleep.</c>

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So<00:41:57.260><c> here</c><00:41:57.940><c> was</c><00:41:58.139><c> God's</c><00:41:58.579><c> promise</c><00:41:58.980><c> to</c><00:41:59.239><c> Jacob</c><00:41:59.519><c> to</c><00:41:59.780><c> keep</c><00:42:00.079><c> Jacob.</c><00:42:01.260><c> But</c>

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notice,<00:42:02.980><c> think</c><00:42:03.159><c> about</c><00:42:03.579><c> the</c><00:42:04.380><c> context,</c><00:42:04.940><c> the</c><00:42:05.219><c> timing</c>

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Back<00:42:14.639><c> in</c><00:42:15.219><c> Genesis</c><00:42:16.780><c> 35</c><00:42:17.400><c> that</c><00:42:17.579><c> we</c><00:42:17.739><c> were</c><00:42:17.800><c> just</c><00:42:18.000><c> looking</c><00:42:18.239><c> at,</c><00:42:19.539><c> Jacob</c><00:42:19.960><c> was</c>

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sleeping.<00:42:23.099><c> And</c><00:42:23.179><c> God</c><00:42:23.460><c> told</c><00:42:23.719><c> him,</c>

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going<00:42:30.780><c> back</c><00:42:31.079><c> a</c><00:42:31.179><c> little</c><00:42:31.340><c> bit,</c>

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slumber<00:49:29.829><c> nor</c><00:49:30.269><c> sleep.</c><00:49:33.989><c> Let's</c>

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strengthen<00:49:55.250><c> your</c><00:49:55.550><c> faith</c><00:49:55.829><c> and</c><00:49:56.050><c> help</c><00:49:56.230><c> you</c><00:49:56.650><c> depend</c><00:49:57.030><c> on</c><00:49:57.230><c> him</c><00:49:57.449><c> more</c>

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steadfast<00:50:07.070><c> love</c>

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hills,<00:50:34.849><c> to</c><00:50:34.989><c> God</c><00:50:35.449><c> who</c><00:50:35.750><c> dwells</c><00:50:36.110><c> in</c><00:50:36.210><c> the</c>

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to<00:50:40.389><c> pray</c><00:50:40.530><c> to</c><00:50:40.690><c> him</c><00:50:41.110><c> to</c><00:50:41.690><c> deliver</c><00:50:41.989><c> us</c><00:50:42.349><c> and</c><00:50:42.510><c> rely</c><00:50:42.989><c> on</c><00:50:43.190><c> him</c>

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wonderful<00:50:48.769><c> promises.</c>

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verses<00:50:58.610><c> from</c><00:50:58.829><c> Hosea</c><00:50:59.130><c> chapter</c><00:50:59.489><c> 12</c>

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that<00:51:04.469><c> look</c><00:51:04.949><c> back,</c><00:51:05.909><c> Hosea</c><00:51:06.389><c> is</c><00:51:06.610><c> looking</c><00:51:06.750><c> back</c><00:51:07.230><c> on</c><00:51:07.730><c> Jacob's</c><00:51:08.230><c> life</c>

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and<00:51:08.809><c> picking</c><00:51:08.989><c> up</c><00:51:09.190><c> in</c><00:51:09.329><c> verse</c><00:51:09.530><c> four,</c><00:51:10.030><c> it</c><00:51:10.030><c> says,</c>

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He<00:51:10.989><c> or</c><00:51:11.150><c> Jacob</c><00:51:11.469><c> strove</c><00:51:11.969><c> with</c><00:51:12.170><c> the</c><00:51:12.429><c> angel</c><00:51:12.789><c> and</c><00:51:13.429><c> prevailed.</c><00:51:14.010><c> He</c>

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wept<00:51:14.650><c> and</c><00:51:15.329><c> sought</c><00:51:15.530><c> his</c><00:51:15.829><c> favor.</c><00:51:16.650><c> He</c><00:51:17.150><c> met</c><00:51:17.469><c> God</c><00:51:18.090><c> at</c><00:51:18.849><c> Bethel</c>

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and<00:51:20.269><c> there</c><00:51:20.570><c> God</c><00:51:20.909><c> spoke</c><00:51:21.289><c> with</c><00:51:21.590><c> us.</c><00:51:23.269><c> In</c><00:51:23.269><c> the</c><00:51:23.449><c> Hebrew,</c><00:51:24.610><c> the</c><00:51:24.829><c> Septuagint</c><00:51:25.510><c> and</c>

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many<00:51:26.010><c> translations</c><00:51:26.510><c> also</c><00:51:26.969><c> say</c>

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with<00:51:27.929><c> him.</c><00:51:30.030><c> So</c><00:51:30.030><c> anyway,</c><00:51:31.630><c> it</c><00:51:31.630><c> could</c><00:51:31.710><c> be</c><00:51:31.889><c> looked</c><00:51:31.989><c> at</c><00:51:32.250><c> two</c><00:51:32.949><c> ways.</c>

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Yahweh,<00:51:35.670><c> the</c><00:51:35.889><c> Lord</c><00:51:36.090><c> of</c><00:51:36.369><c> hosts,</c><00:51:36.690><c> the</c><00:51:36.750><c> God</c><00:51:36.969><c> of</c><00:51:37.150><c> hosts,</c>

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Yahweh<00:51:38.889><c> is</c><00:51:39.090><c> his</c><00:51:39.329><c> memorial</c><00:51:40.150><c> name,</c><00:51:42.030><c> which</c><00:51:42.090><c> is</c><00:51:43.730><c> an</c><00:51:43.849><c> echo</c><00:51:44.429><c> back</c><00:51:44.909><c> to</c>

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Moses<00:51:45.969><c> at</c><00:51:46.170><c> the</c><00:51:46.329><c> burning</c><00:51:46.550><c> bush.</c>

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Yahweh<00:51:48.050><c> was</c><00:51:48.329><c> called</c><00:51:48.530><c> his</c><00:51:48.769><c> memorial</c><00:51:49.329><c> name,</c><00:51:51.630><c> a</c><00:51:51.710><c> name</c><00:51:51.889><c> of</c><00:51:52.210><c> remembrance.</c><00:51:54.210><c> And</c><00:51:54.429><c> so</c>

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you,<00:51:56.030><c> by</c><00:51:56.250><c> the</c><00:51:56.489><c> help</c><00:51:56.630><c> of</c><00:51:56.909><c> your</c><00:51:57.210><c> God,</c>

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return,<00:52:00.489><c> hold</c><00:52:00.789><c> fast</c><00:52:01.309><c> to</c><00:52:01.929><c> love</c><00:52:02.610><c> and</c><00:52:03.309><c> to</c><00:52:03.550><c> justice</c><00:52:04.090><c> and</c><00:52:04.929><c> wait</c><00:52:05.329><c> continually</c><00:52:06.050><c> for</c>

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your<00:52:06.969><c> God.</c>

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think<00:52:14.969><c> about</c><00:52:15.210><c> how</c><00:52:15.849><c> God</c><00:52:16.489><c> was</c><00:52:16.750><c> with</c><00:52:17.030><c> him</c><00:52:17.469><c> as</c><00:52:17.809><c> he</c><00:52:18.050><c> journeyed</c>

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through<00:52:18.550><c> his</c><00:52:18.809><c> life</c><00:52:19.070><c> and</c><00:52:19.190><c> how</c><00:52:19.369><c> this</c><00:52:19.650><c> Psalm</c><00:52:20.010><c> really</c><00:52:20.510><c> captures</c>

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so<00:52:22.190><c> much</c><00:52:22.389><c> of</c><00:52:22.610><c> that,</c><00:52:24.550><c> it</c><00:52:24.989><c> brings</c><00:52:25.710><c> new</c><00:52:26.730><c> depth</c>

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of<00:52:27.309><c> meaning</c><00:52:27.570><c> to</c><00:52:27.929><c> me</c><00:52:28.190><c> when</c><00:52:28.309><c> I</c><00:52:28.750><c> look</c><00:52:28.909><c> at</c><00:52:29.090><c> that</c><00:52:29.329><c> Psalm</c><00:52:29.489><c> and</c><00:52:29.650><c> think</c>

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about<00:52:30.210><c> how</c><00:52:30.489><c> all</c><00:52:30.710><c> of</c><00:52:30.869><c> that,</c><00:52:31.929><c> those</c><00:52:31.929><c> parallels</c>

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and<00:52:33.250><c> how</c><00:52:33.730><c> it</c><00:52:33.869><c> connects</c><00:52:34.190><c> to</c><00:52:34.349><c> God's</c><00:52:34.710><c> name,</c><00:52:35.969><c> not</c><00:52:36.309><c> just</c><00:52:36.530><c> his</c><00:52:36.789><c> name,</c>

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but<00:52:37.190><c> the</c><00:52:37.489><c> meaning</c><00:52:37.750><c> of</c><00:52:37.929><c> his</c><00:52:38.090><c> name,</c><00:52:38.289><c> his</c><00:52:38.510><c> memorial</c>

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name,<00:52:39.329><c> that</c><00:52:39.750><c> he</c><00:52:40.150><c> will</c><00:52:40.329><c> be</c><00:52:40.530><c> with</c><00:52:40.769><c> us.</c><00:52:43.050><c> And</c><00:52:43.269><c> looking</c><00:52:43.429><c> at</c><00:52:43.650><c> Jacob's</c>

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life<00:52:44.630><c> and</c><00:52:45.289><c> as</c><00:52:45.829><c> this</c><00:52:46.750><c> verse</c><00:52:47.230><c> five</c><00:52:47.550><c> here</c><00:52:47.809><c> says,</c>

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you<00:52:48.150><c> know,</c><00:52:48.530><c> or</c><00:52:48.809><c> sorry,</c><00:52:49.130><c> verse</c><00:52:49.409><c> four,</c><00:52:50.329><c> the</c><00:52:50.409><c> end</c><00:52:50.489><c> of</c><00:52:50.510><c> verse</c><00:52:50.690><c> four,</c><00:52:51.349><c> you</c>

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know,<00:52:51.530><c> God</c><00:52:51.750><c> spoke</c><00:52:52.090><c> with</c><00:52:53.050><c> Jacob</c><00:52:53.510><c> at</c><00:52:53.710><c> Bethel</c>

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and<00:52:54.750><c> told</c><00:52:54.929><c> him</c><00:52:55.150><c> that</c><00:52:55.289><c> he</c><00:52:55.409><c> was</c><00:52:55.590><c> going</c><00:52:55.650><c> to</c><00:52:55.710><c> be</c><00:52:55.809><c> with</c><00:52:55.909><c> us,</c><00:52:56.010><c> but</c><00:52:56.110><c> he's</c><00:52:56.329><c> also</c><00:52:56.650><c> speaking</c><00:52:57.050><c> with</c><00:52:57.750><c> us</c>

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and<00:52:58.550><c> calling</c><00:52:58.889><c> us</c><00:52:59.809><c> to</c><00:53:01.190><c> closer</c>

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relationship<00:53:02.389><c> with</c><00:53:02.610><c> God,</c><00:53:03.570><c> to</c><00:53:04.090><c> greater</c><00:53:04.530><c> faithfulness</c><00:53:05.349><c> to</c><00:53:05.570><c> him,</c><00:53:06.110><c> to</c>

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greater<00:53:06.610><c> trust</c><00:53:07.230><c> and</c><00:53:07.730><c> reliance</c><00:53:08.269><c> upon</c><00:53:08.550><c> him.</c>

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So<00:53:11.230><c> Psalm</c><00:53:11.590><c> 121,</c><00:53:12.230><c> whether</c><00:53:12.369><c> it</c><00:53:12.469><c> was</c><00:53:12.670><c> authored</c><00:53:12.889><c> by</c><00:53:13.150><c> Jacob</c><00:53:13.389><c> or</c><00:53:13.590><c> not,</c><00:53:14.969><c> when</c><00:53:15.309><c> you</c>

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see<00:53:15.969><c> this,</c><00:53:16.449><c> these</c><00:53:16.449><c> connections,</c>

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it<00:53:17.010><c> can</c><00:53:17.210><c> give</c><00:53:17.309><c> us</c><00:53:18.090><c> a</c><00:53:18.510><c> new</c><00:53:18.730><c> appreciation</c><00:53:19.369><c> of</c><00:53:19.670><c> God</c><00:53:20.050><c> being</c><00:53:20.269><c> with</c>

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his<00:53:21.150><c> children,</c><00:53:22.010><c> with</c><00:53:22.309><c> us</c><00:53:22.889><c> on</c><00:53:23.449><c> our</c><00:53:23.690><c> life's</c><00:53:24.050><c> journeys.</c>

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And<00:53:25.230><c> just</c><00:53:25.489><c> as</c><00:53:25.690><c> he</c><00:53:25.750><c> was</c><00:53:25.969><c> with</c><00:53:26.150><c> Israel,</c><00:53:27.349><c> the</c><00:53:27.349><c> person,</c><00:53:28.210><c> he</c><00:53:28.329><c> is</c><00:53:28.489><c> with</c><00:53:28.670><c> Israel,</c><00:53:29.809><c> the</c>

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nation,<00:53:30.849><c> he's</c><00:53:31.070><c> with</c><00:53:31.369><c> all</c>

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of<00:53:32.570><c> God's</c><00:53:32.969><c> children</c><00:53:33.230><c> who</c><00:53:33.530><c> have</c><00:53:34.769><c> been</c><00:53:35.570><c> naturally</c><00:53:36.389><c> born</c><00:53:36.590><c> to</c><00:53:36.750><c> that</c><00:53:36.929><c> family,</c><00:53:37.349><c> but</c>

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also<00:53:37.929><c> to</c><00:53:38.309><c> those</c><00:53:38.530><c> who</c>

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God<00:53:39.730><c> has</c><00:53:40.349><c> gathered</c><00:53:40.730><c> together</c><00:53:41.050><c> through</c><00:53:41.269><c> Jesus</c><00:53:41.769><c> to</c><00:53:42.070><c> be</c><00:53:42.929><c> part</c><00:53:43.489><c> of</c>

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that<00:53:43.829><c> family.</c><00:53:44.889><c> So</c>