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me.<00:14:26.740><c> Fight</c><00:14:27.080><c> against</c><00:14:27.539><c> them</c><00:14:27.700><c> that</c><00:14:27.919><c> fight</c><00:14:28.159><c> against</c><00:14:28.539><c> me.</c>

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So<00:14:29.700><c> David's</c><00:14:30.299><c> in</c><00:14:30.779><c> discomfort.</c><00:14:32.080><c> He's</c><00:14:32.460><c> in</c><00:14:32.639><c> distress.</c><00:14:33.100><c> He</c><00:14:33.240><c> has</c><00:14:33.539><c> enemies</c><00:14:33.879><c> all</c><00:14:34.259><c> around</c><00:14:34.600><c> him,</c><00:14:34.779><c> and</c><00:14:34.879><c> he's</c><00:14:35.299><c> pleading</c><00:14:35.879><c> to</c><00:14:36.139><c> God</c>

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say?<00:14:41.059><c> Well,</c><00:14:41.320><c> he</c><00:14:41.440><c> goes</c><00:14:41.679><c> on</c><00:14:41.899><c> in</c><00:14:42.000><c> verse</c><00:14:42.259><c> 12.</c><00:14:42.639><c> He</c><00:14:42.779><c> talks</c>

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about<00:14:43.279><c> his</c><00:14:43.460><c> enemies.</c><00:14:43.960><c> They</c><00:14:43.960><c> reward</c><00:14:44.440><c> me</c><00:14:44.799><c> evil</c><00:14:45.200><c> for</c><00:14:45.539><c> good,</c><00:14:47.379><c> to</c>

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returned<00:15:01.779><c> into</c><00:15:02.179><c> my</c><00:15:02.419><c> own</c><00:15:03.279><c> bosom.</c><00:15:04.559><c> So</c><00:15:04.840><c> he's</c><00:15:05.059><c> talking</c><00:15:05.379><c> here</c><00:15:05.700><c> about</c><00:15:06.039><c> fasting,</c><00:15:07.059><c> about</c><00:15:07.360><c> helping</c><00:15:07.740><c> even</c>

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interesting.<00:15:18.139><c> You</c><00:15:18.139><c> know,</c><00:15:18.659><c> in</c><00:15:18.879><c> his</c><00:15:19.240><c> weakened</c><00:15:19.700><c> state,</c><00:15:20.519><c> I</c><00:15:20.700><c> think</c>

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it<00:15:21.259><c> heightened</c><00:15:21.620><c> in</c><00:15:21.940><c> David</c><00:15:22.220><c> his</c><00:15:22.500><c> dependence</c><00:15:22.980><c> upon</c><00:15:23.340><c> God.</c>

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You<00:15:25.120><c> know,</c><00:15:25.299><c> when</c><00:15:25.480><c> you've</c><00:15:25.799><c> gone</c><00:15:25.820><c> without</c><00:15:26.860><c> food</c><00:15:27.139><c> for</c><00:15:27.360><c> a</c><00:15:27.480><c> long</c>

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time,<00:15:27.940><c> you</c><00:15:28.059><c> get</c><00:15:28.259><c> weak.</c><00:15:29.080><c> You're</c><00:15:29.399><c> not</c><00:15:29.600><c> mentally</c><00:15:30.059><c> strong.</c>

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You're<00:15:30.659><c> not</c><00:15:30.840><c> physically</c><00:15:31.340><c> strong.</c><00:15:32.600><c> But</c><00:15:32.759><c> with</c><00:15:32.980><c> David</c><00:15:33.519><c> and</c><00:15:33.860><c> with</c>

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fasting,<00:15:34.639><c> it</c><00:15:35.019><c> focused</c><00:15:35.580><c> his</c><00:15:35.919><c> heart</c><00:15:36.100><c> and</c><00:15:36.240><c> his</c><00:15:36.519><c> mind</c>

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on<00:15:38.399><c> the</c><00:15:38.580><c> things</c><00:15:38.799><c> of</c><00:15:39.059><c> God.</c>

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the<00:15:48.120><c> eighth</c><00:15:48.360><c> chapter</c><00:15:48.779><c> of</c><00:15:49.000><c> Ezra,</c>

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interesting<00:15:51.059><c> event</c><00:15:51.580><c> in</c><00:15:51.899><c> the</c><00:15:52.100><c> history</c><00:15:52.460><c> of</c><00:15:52.659><c> the</c><00:15:52.820><c> Jewish</c><00:15:53.100><c> people.</c><00:15:55.440><c> They're</c><00:15:55.799><c> going</c>

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to<00:15:56.100><c> finally</c><00:15:56.419><c> get</c><00:15:56.620><c> the</c><00:15:56.860><c> chance</c>

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to<00:15:57.299><c> go</c><00:15:57.379><c> back</c><00:15:57.659><c> to</c><00:15:57.899><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:58.320><c> under</c><00:15:58.580><c> the</c><00:15:58.779><c> leadership</c><00:15:59.159><c> of</c><00:15:59.440><c> Ezra,</c>

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right,<00:16:00.759><c> in</c><00:16:01.059><c> the</c><00:16:01.220><c> eighth</c><00:16:01.460><c> chapter</c><00:16:01.879><c> of</c><00:16:02.100><c> Ezra.</c>

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Let's<00:16:11.740><c> take</c><00:16:11.879><c> a</c><00:16:12.000><c> look</c><00:16:12.100><c> at</c><00:16:12.360><c> this.</c><00:16:14.879><c> Yeah,</c><00:16:15.220><c> in</c><00:16:15.340><c> verse</c><00:16:16.580><c> 21,</c>

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then<00:16:18.899><c> I</c><00:16:19.200><c> proclaimed</c><00:16:19.639><c> a</c><00:16:19.980><c> fast</c><00:16:20.259><c> there</c><00:16:20.539><c> at</c><00:16:20.740><c> the</c><00:16:20.879><c> river</c><00:16:21.120><c> Avah,</c><00:16:22.139><c> that</c><00:16:22.259><c> we</c>

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might<00:16:22.720><c> afflict</c><00:16:23.360><c> ourselves</c><00:16:23.960><c> before</c><00:16:24.480><c> our</c><00:16:24.779><c> God,</c>

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to<00:16:25.259><c> seek</c><00:16:25.539><c> for</c><00:16:25.799><c> him</c><00:16:25.980><c> a</c><00:16:26.220><c> right</c><00:16:26.519><c> way</c><00:16:26.840><c> for</c><00:16:27.159><c> us</c><00:16:27.580><c> and</c><00:16:28.159><c> for</c><00:16:28.460><c> our</c><00:16:28.759><c> little</c>

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is<00:16:42.759><c> leading</c><00:16:43.039><c> them.</c><00:16:43.740><c> But</c><00:16:44.080><c> they</c><00:16:44.500><c> needed</c><00:16:44.740><c> to</c><00:16:45.159><c> seek</c><00:16:45.700><c> God</c><00:16:46.419><c> to</c><00:16:46.960><c> find</c>

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the<00:16:47.419><c> right</c><00:16:47.659><c> way.</c><00:16:47.840><c> Why?</c><00:16:48.259><c> Well,</c><00:16:48.360><c> let's</c><00:16:48.580><c> take</c><00:16:48.779><c> a</c><00:16:48.860><c> look</c>

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at<00:16:48.960><c> 22.</c><00:16:50.240><c> For</c><00:16:50.399><c> I</c><00:16:50.620><c> was</c><00:16:51.000><c> ashamed</c><00:16:51.740><c> to</c><00:16:52.740><c> require</c><00:16:53.279><c> of</c><00:16:53.500><c> the</c><00:16:53.740><c> king</c><00:16:53.879><c> a</c><00:16:54.120><c> band</c><00:16:54.320><c> of</c>

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soldiers<00:16:55.039><c> and</c><00:16:55.320><c> horsemen</c><00:16:55.659><c> to</c><00:16:55.919><c> help</c><00:16:56.120><c> us</c>

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was<00:17:02.000><c> talking</c><00:17:02.419><c> to</c><00:17:02.879><c> Cyrus,</c>

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he's<00:17:03.440><c> saying,</c><00:17:03.679><c> look,</c><00:17:03.980><c> our</c><00:17:04.160><c> God</c><00:17:04.359><c> is</c><00:17:04.559><c> going</c><00:17:04.680><c> to</c><00:17:04.880><c> protect</c><00:17:05.160><c> us.</c><00:17:06.019><c> I</c>

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don't<00:17:06.500><c> need</c><00:17:06.700><c> any</c><00:17:06.980><c> soldiers.</c><00:17:07.579><c> I</c><00:17:07.720><c> don't</c><00:17:07.920><c> need</c><00:17:08.119><c> any</c>

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horsemen<00:17:08.740><c> to</c><00:17:09.039><c> protect</c><00:17:09.200><c> us</c><00:17:09.380><c> on</c><00:17:09.539><c> this</c><00:17:09.700><c> long</c><00:17:09.980><c> journey.</c><00:17:10.339><c> God</c><00:17:10.720><c> is</c><00:17:10.980><c> going</c><00:17:11.200><c> to</c><00:17:11.460><c> protect</c><00:17:11.680><c> us.</c><00:17:12.180><c> That's</c><00:17:12.539><c> a</c>

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pretty<00:17:12.859><c> big</c><00:17:13.140><c> gamble</c>

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to<00:17:13.660><c> make,</c><00:17:14.019><c> right?</c><00:17:14.359><c> On</c><00:17:14.519><c> a</c><00:17:14.700><c> long</c><00:17:14.940><c> journey</c><00:17:15.299><c> like</c><00:17:15.599><c> this,</c><00:17:16.460><c> particularly</c><00:17:16.859><c> when</c><00:17:17.059><c> you</c>

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had,<00:17:17.619><c> you</c><00:17:18.059><c> know,</c><00:17:18.299><c> at</c><00:17:18.519><c> your</c>

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disposal,<00:17:21.259><c> the</c><00:17:21.640><c> Persian</c><00:17:22.039><c> army.</c><00:17:23.279><c> So</c><00:17:23.480><c> what</c><00:17:23.640><c> do</c><00:17:23.740><c> they</c><00:17:23.900><c> do?</c><00:17:24.299><c> The</c>

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hand<00:17:24.859><c> of</c><00:17:25.099><c> our</c><00:17:25.420><c> God</c><00:17:26.059><c> is</c><00:17:27.380><c> upon</c><00:17:27.859><c> all</c><00:17:28.599><c> them</c><00:17:29.180><c> for</c><00:17:29.740><c> good</c>

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that<00:17:30.859><c> seek</c><00:17:31.140><c> him,</c><00:17:31.420><c> but</c><00:17:31.579><c> his</c><00:17:31.880><c> power</c><00:17:32.140><c> and</c><00:17:32.319><c> his</c><00:17:32.559><c> wrath</c><00:17:32.799><c> is</c><00:17:33.079><c> against</c>

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all<00:17:33.579><c> them</c><00:17:34.140><c> that</c><00:17:34.400><c> forsake</c><00:17:34.859><c> him.</c><00:17:35.660><c> So</c><00:17:36.039><c> we</c><00:17:36.480><c> fasted</c>

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and<00:17:38.220><c> besought</c><00:17:38.740><c> our</c><00:17:39.099><c> God</c><00:17:39.380><c> for</c><00:17:39.660><c> this.</c><00:17:40.500><c> And</c><00:17:40.779><c> he</c><00:17:41.000><c> was</c><00:17:41.500><c> entreated</c>

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of<00:17:42.240><c> us.</c><00:17:42.660><c> And</c><00:17:42.880><c> so</c><00:17:43.059><c> before</c><00:17:43.420><c> they</c><00:17:43.640><c> actually</c>

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went<00:17:44.079><c> on</c><00:17:44.279><c> their</c><00:17:44.480><c> journey,</c><00:17:45.359><c> what</c><00:17:45.500><c> did</c><00:17:45.619><c> they</c><00:17:45.779><c> do?</c><00:17:46.000><c> They</c><00:17:46.299><c> prayed</c>

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and<00:17:47.599><c> they</c><00:17:48.000><c> fasted</c><00:17:49.119><c> to</c><00:17:49.720><c> God.</c><00:17:50.839><c> Interesting.</c>

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So,<00:17:53.880><c> you</c><00:17:54.079><c> know,</c><00:17:54.180><c> without</c><00:17:54.420><c> looking</c><00:17:54.740><c> at</c><00:17:54.960><c> them,</c><00:17:55.079><c> we</c><00:17:55.180><c> don't</c><00:17:55.259><c> have</c>

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to<00:17:55.480><c> turn</c><00:17:55.640><c> to</c><00:17:55.720><c> them,</c><00:17:55.859><c> but</c><00:17:55.880><c> there</c><00:17:56.059><c> are</c><00:17:56.140><c> other,</c>

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you<00:17:56.839><c> know,</c><00:17:57.259><c> fasting</c><00:17:57.519><c> was</c><00:17:57.819><c> used</c><00:17:58.119><c> in</c><00:17:58.359><c> the</c><00:17:58.539><c> Old</c><00:17:58.700><c> Testament</c><00:17:59.079><c> for</c>

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deliverance,<00:18:00.039><c> from</c><00:18:00.299><c> deliverance</c><00:18:00.680><c> from</c><00:18:00.940><c> evil.</c>

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literally.<00:22:33.160><c> You</c><00:22:33.299><c> know,</c><00:22:33.299><c> people</c><00:22:33.519><c> in</c><00:22:33.740><c> scripture,</c><00:22:34.279><c> they</c><00:22:35.859><c> use</c><00:22:36.240><c> fasting</c><00:22:36.680><c> to</c>

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food<00:22:54.059><c> to</c><00:22:54.420><c> eat</c><00:22:54.859><c> that</c><00:22:55.839><c> you</c><00:22:56.039><c> know</c><00:22:56.240><c> nothing</c><00:22:56.579><c> about.</c>

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And<00:22:58.680><c> so</c><00:22:58.839><c> there's</c><00:22:59.059><c> that</c><00:22:59.319><c> idea</c><00:22:59.619><c> of</c><00:22:59.819><c> the</c><00:23:00.039><c> food</c><00:23:00.180><c> actually</c><00:23:00.599><c> that</c><00:23:00.880><c> sustains</c><00:23:01.400><c> us,</c><00:23:01.640><c> but</c><00:23:01.779><c> there's</c><00:23:02.059><c> a</c>

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food<00:23:02.519><c> from</c><00:23:02.819><c> above,</c>

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focus<00:23:11.220><c> on</c><00:23:11.440><c> the</c>

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think<00:23:15.799><c> the</c><00:23:16.059><c> ancient</c><00:23:16.319><c> people</c><00:23:16.660><c> and</c><00:23:16.819><c> people</c><00:23:17.039><c> today</c>

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control<00:23:24.259><c> their</c><00:23:24.519><c> bodies,</c>

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to<00:23:25.440><c> discipline</c><00:23:26.220><c> their</c><00:23:26.500><c> bodies.</c><00:23:27.299><c> And</c><00:23:27.559><c> it</c><00:23:27.660><c> does</c><00:23:28.019><c> have</c><00:23:28.960><c> an</c><00:23:29.400><c> added</c>

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benefit.<00:23:30.279><c> It</c><00:23:30.420><c> is</c><00:23:30.759><c> healthy</c><00:23:31.180><c> for</c><00:23:31.420><c> the</c><00:23:31.599><c> body.</c>

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them.<00:23:46.240><c> There's</c><00:23:46.500><c> the</c><00:23:46.700><c> partial</c><00:23:47.079><c> fast,</c><00:23:47.599><c> okay.</c>

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God.<00:23:52.019><c> He</c><00:23:52.240><c> abstained</c><00:23:53.079><c> from</c><00:23:53.599><c> delicacies,</c>

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meat<00:23:54.960><c> and</c><00:23:55.619><c> wine.</c><00:23:56.099><c> He</c><00:23:56.099><c> didn't</c><00:23:56.859><c> eat</c><00:23:57.180><c> any</c><00:23:57.559><c> of</c><00:23:57.740><c> those</c><00:23:57.980><c> things,</c><00:23:58.339><c> right,</c><00:23:58.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:07.940><c> people</c><00:24:08.380><c> to</c><00:24:08.880><c> be</c><00:24:09.140><c> removed.</c>

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There's<00:24:10.640><c> a</c><00:24:10.880><c> supernatural</c><00:24:11.579><c> fast</c><00:24:12.059><c> that</c><00:24:12.319><c> is</c><00:24:12.579><c> spoken</c><00:24:12.839><c> of</c><00:24:13.019><c> in</c><00:24:13.240><c> scripture.</c><00:24:13.559><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:14.059><c> right,</c><00:24:14.380><c> 40</c><00:24:14.700><c> days,</c>

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okay,<00:24:16.039><c> with</c><00:24:16.200><c> the</c><00:24:16.440><c> power</c><00:24:16.640><c> of</c><00:24:16.839><c> the</c><00:24:16.980><c> Holy</c><00:24:17.180><c> Spirit</c><00:24:17.579><c> on</c><00:24:17.799><c> him.</c><00:24:19.940><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:24:20.640><c> Elijah</c><00:24:21.059><c> also</c><00:24:21.599><c> fasted</c><00:24:22.039><c> for</c><00:24:22.279><c> 40</c><00:24:22.579><c> days.</c>

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And<00:24:24.680><c> so,</c><00:24:25.119><c> you</c><00:24:25.279><c> know,</c><00:24:26.839><c> this</c><00:24:27.059><c> type</c><00:24:27.319><c> of</c><00:24:27.779><c> fast</c><00:24:27.880><c> can</c><00:24:28.259><c> be</c><00:24:28.480><c> very</c><00:24:28.799><c> dangerous</c><00:24:29.279><c> to</c><00:24:29.519><c> the</c><00:24:29.700><c> body,</c><00:24:30.039><c> right,</c><00:24:30.420><c> as</c>

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we've<00:24:30.960><c> talked</c><00:24:31.160><c> about.</c>

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nature.<00:24:46.119><c> And</c><00:24:46.279><c> so</c><00:24:46.519><c> there</c><00:24:46.779><c> are</c><00:24:47.119><c> ways</c><00:24:47.519><c> to</c><00:24:47.779><c> do</c><00:24:47.920><c> this</c><00:24:48.140><c> in</c><00:24:48.279><c> a</c><00:24:48.500><c> spiritual</c><00:24:48.900><c> way.</c><00:24:49.460><c> And</c><00:24:49.759><c> I'm</c><00:24:49.920><c> not</c><00:24:50.140><c> saying</c><00:24:50.380><c> to</c>

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there<00:24:57.819><c> can</c><00:24:58.039><c> be</c><00:24:58.240><c> a</c><00:24:58.380><c> place</c><00:24:58.559><c> for</c><00:24:58.839><c> it</c><00:24:59.039><c> in</c><00:24:59.140><c> our</c><00:24:59.359><c> lives</c><00:24:59.559><c> if</c><00:24:59.740><c> we</c><00:24:59.900><c> make</c>

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that<00:25:00.279><c> decision.</c><00:25:00.700><c> This</c><00:25:00.880><c> idea</c><00:25:01.140><c> of</c><00:25:01.519><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:25:03.119><c> fasting.</c><00:25:04.140><c> You</c><00:25:04.259><c> know,</c><00:25:04.380><c> what</c><00:25:04.579><c> type</c><00:25:04.779><c> of</c><00:25:05.160><c> mindset</c><00:25:05.640><c> would</c><00:25:05.920><c> we</c>

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be<00:25:06.619><c> in</c><00:25:07.180><c> instead</c><00:25:08.660><c> of</c><00:25:09.079><c> being</c><00:25:09.599><c> angry</c><00:25:10.339><c> and</c><00:25:11.539><c> agitated</c>

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our<00:25:15.700><c> bodies</c><00:25:16.000><c> when</c><00:25:16.220><c> we're</c><00:25:16.500><c> in</c><00:25:16.720><c> a</c><00:25:16.819><c> place</c><00:25:17.000><c> like</c><00:25:17.319><c> that</c>

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to<00:25:18.359><c> turn</c><00:25:18.819><c> to</c><00:25:19.259><c> God</c><00:25:19.660><c> in</c><00:25:20.019><c> prayer.</c><00:25:21.519><c> To</c><00:25:22.039><c> set</c><00:25:22.259><c> our</c><00:25:22.500><c> minds</c><00:25:22.740><c> on</c><00:25:23.039><c> heavenly</c><00:25:23.400><c> things</c>

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and<00:25:24.099><c> not</c><00:25:24.319><c> things</c><00:25:24.619><c> on</c><00:25:24.859><c> the</c><00:25:25.039><c> earth,</c>

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right.<00:25:26.299><c> It's</c><00:25:26.819><c> about</c><00:25:27.099><c> a</c><00:25:27.380><c> discipline</c><00:25:27.640><c> of</c><00:25:27.839><c> the</c><00:25:28.059><c> mind</c><00:25:28.319><c> and</c><00:25:28.500><c> the</c><00:25:28.640><c> discipline</c><00:25:28.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:29.319><c> body.</c>

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And<00:25:33.339><c> so</c><00:25:33.480><c> just</c><00:25:33.779><c> one</c><00:25:34.200><c> last</c><00:25:35.059><c> scripture</c><00:25:35.380><c> we'll</c><00:25:35.559><c> take</c><00:25:35.779><c> a</c><00:25:35.900><c> look</c><00:25:36.039><c> at</c><00:25:36.299><c> here.</c><00:25:37.039><c> We'll</c><00:25:37.440><c> end</c><00:25:37.640><c> with</c><00:25:37.880><c> this.</c><00:25:38.980><c> Because</c><00:25:39.160><c> I</c>

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think<00:25:39.480><c> Isaiah,</c>

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we're<00:25:40.279><c> going</c><00:25:40.299><c> to</c><00:25:40.400><c> take</c><00:25:40.539><c> a</c><00:25:40.579><c> look</c><00:25:40.700><c> at</c><00:25:40.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:41.240><c> 58.</c><00:25:42.319><c> And</c><00:25:42.559><c> he's</c><00:25:42.759><c> going</c><00:25:42.839><c> to</c>

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fist<00:26:16.900><c> of</c><00:26:17.180><c> wickedness.</c>

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people<00:26:29.099><c> that</c><00:26:29.299><c> they</c><00:26:29.440><c> didn't</c><00:26:29.720><c> like.</c>

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fast<00:26:38.259><c> that</c><00:26:38.440><c> I</c><00:26:38.640><c> have</c><00:26:38.799><c> chosen?</c>

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me.<00:26:42.559><c> They're</c><00:26:42.920><c> abhorrent.</c><00:26:43.579><c> You're</c><00:26:43.940><c> fasting</c><00:26:44.259><c> for</c><00:26:44.440><c> the</c>

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that<00:27:16.480><c> thou</c><00:27:16.759><c> hidest</c><00:27:17.160><c> not</c><00:27:17.440><c> thyself</c><00:27:17.940><c> from</c><00:27:18.220><c> thine</c><00:27:18.380><c> own</c><00:27:18.660><c> flesh?</c>

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actual<00:27:24.019><c> fasting</c><00:27:24.519><c> of</c><00:27:24.839><c> denying</c><00:27:25.519><c> oneself,</c>

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but<00:27:27.039><c> also</c><00:27:27.579><c> with</c><00:27:27.880><c> good</c><00:27:28.160><c> works</c><00:27:28.720><c> about</c><00:27:29.299><c> actually</c><00:27:29.859><c> living</c><00:27:30.200><c> the</c><00:27:30.440><c> gospel,</c><00:27:32.259><c> loosing</c><00:27:32.599><c> the</c><00:27:32.859><c> bands</c><00:27:33.079><c> of</c><00:27:33.380><c> wickedness,</c>

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undoing<00:27:36.220><c> the</c><00:27:36.440><c> heavy</c><00:27:36.720><c> burdens,</c><00:27:38.900><c> the</c><00:27:39.160><c> oppressed</c><00:27:39.579><c> go</c><00:27:39.900><c> free</c><00:27:40.539><c> to</c>

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feed<00:27:42.599><c> the</c><00:27:42.900><c> hungry,</c><00:27:44.680><c> to</c><00:27:44.940><c> house</c><00:27:45.359><c> the</c><00:27:45.740><c> poor,</c>

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to<00:27:48.240><c> clothe</c><00:27:48.779><c> the</c><00:27:49.039><c> naked.</c><00:27:50.599><c> These</c><00:27:51.059><c> are</c><00:27:51.380><c> things</c><00:27:51.680><c> in</c><00:27:51.940><c> our</c><00:27:52.160><c> lives</c><00:27:52.539><c> that</c><00:27:52.799><c> should</c><00:27:53.000><c> be</c>

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promoted<00:27:53.660><c> by</c><00:27:54.019><c> our</c><00:27:54.299><c> fasting.</c>

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And<00:27:56.079><c> what</c><00:27:56.259><c> does</c><00:27:56.420><c> he</c><00:27:56.559><c> say</c><00:27:56.720><c> in</c><00:27:56.940><c> verse</c><00:27:57.200><c> 8?</c><00:27:57.559><c> We'll</c><00:27:57.619><c> end</c><00:27:57.740><c> with</c><00:27:57.960><c> this.</c>

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morning<00:28:02.319><c> and</c><00:28:03.019><c> thine</c><00:28:03.279><c> health</c><00:28:03.640><c> shall</c><00:28:03.940><c> spring</c><00:28:04.440><c> forth</c><00:28:06.279><c> speedily</c>

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and<00:28:08.200><c> thy</c><00:28:08.400><c> righteousness</c><00:28:09.000><c> shall</c><00:28:09.319><c> go</c>

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before<00:28:10.900><c> thee.</c><00:28:12.259><c> The</c><00:28:12.539><c> glory</c><00:28:12.859><c> of</c><00:28:13.079><c> the</c><00:28:13.259><c> Lord</c><00:28:14.099><c> shall</c><00:28:14.579><c> be</c><00:28:14.859><c> thy</c><00:28:15.059><c> reward.</c>