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him.<00:14:54.259><c> In</c><00:14:54.480><c> verse</c><00:14:54.820><c> 15</c><00:14:55.460><c> he</c><00:14:55.759><c> says</c><00:14:56.120><c> his</c><00:14:56.679><c> ears</c><00:14:57.100><c> are</c><00:14:57.500><c> open</c><00:14:57.860><c> unto</c><00:14:58.120><c> their</c>

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contrite<00:18:50.480><c> spirit.</c><00:18:51.460><c> In</c><00:18:51.700><c> verse</c><00:18:51.980><c> 19</c><00:18:52.400><c> the</c><00:18:52.640><c> Lord</c><00:18:52.859><c> delivereth</c><00:18:53.400><c> him</c>

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the<00:18:56.940><c> Lord</c><00:18:57.440><c> redeemeth</c><00:18:58.160><c> the</c><00:18:58.500><c> soul.</c><00:18:59.759><c> This</c><00:19:00.140><c> is</c><00:19:00.359><c> the</c><00:19:00.559><c> ultimate</c><00:19:00.960><c> result</c><00:19:01.519><c> of</c>

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But<00:19:04.380><c> David</c><00:19:04.779><c> has</c><00:19:05.039><c> to</c><00:19:05.299><c> repeat</c><00:19:05.579><c> this</c><00:19:06.039><c> seven</c><00:19:06.500><c> times.</c><00:19:07.740><c> Why</c><00:19:07.980><c> does</c><00:19:08.220><c> he</c>

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repeat<00:19:08.680><c> it</c><00:19:08.900><c> seven</c><00:19:09.180><c> times?</c><00:19:10.480><c> Because</c><00:19:10.819><c> he</c><00:19:11.000><c> needed</c>

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his<00:19:11.619><c> men</c><00:19:11.819><c> to</c><00:19:12.119><c> believe</c><00:19:12.420><c> it.</c><00:19:13.299><c> They</c><00:19:13.539><c> actually</c><00:19:14.059><c> had</c><00:19:14.279><c> to</c><00:19:14.579><c> believe</c><00:19:14.799><c> it.</c><00:19:15.220><c> David</c><00:19:15.579><c> was</c><00:19:15.799><c> in</c><00:19:15.940><c> a</c>

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cave<00:19:16.660><c> trying</c><00:19:17.339><c> to</c><00:19:17.619><c> convince</c><00:19:17.920><c> a</c><00:19:18.119><c> bunch</c>

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of<00:19:18.539><c> men</c><00:19:18.940><c> that</c><00:19:19.519><c> God</c><00:19:19.759><c> was</c><00:19:20.019><c> going</c><00:19:20.160><c> to</c><00:19:20.420><c> deliver</c><00:19:20.579><c> them.</c><00:19:21.380><c> What</c><00:19:21.680><c> evidence</c><00:19:22.079><c> could</c>

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he<00:19:22.500><c> point</c><00:19:22.660><c> to</c><00:19:23.000><c> presently</c><00:19:23.440><c> that</c><00:19:23.579><c> God</c><00:19:23.859><c> was</c>

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going<00:19:24.299><c> to</c><00:19:24.660><c> deliver</c><00:19:24.839><c> them?</c><00:19:25.440><c> It</c><00:19:25.579><c> wasn't</c><00:19:25.799><c> as</c><00:19:26.000><c> though</c><00:19:26.099><c> he</c><00:19:26.200><c> was</c><00:19:26.539><c> standing</c><00:19:26.819><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:27.220><c> fortress</c><00:19:27.579><c> in</c><00:19:27.799><c> a</c><00:19:27.980><c> position</c><00:19:28.240><c> of</c><00:19:28.539><c> strength</c>

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of<00:19:34.440><c> physical</c><00:19:34.759><c> weakness</c><00:19:35.299><c> and</c><00:19:36.000><c> he</c><00:19:36.200><c> had</c><00:19:36.420><c> to</c><00:19:36.700><c> convey</c><00:19:37.240><c> that</c><00:19:37.960><c> this</c><00:19:38.200><c> was</c><00:19:38.420><c> an</c><00:19:38.759><c> absolute</c><00:19:39.160><c> truth.</c><00:19:40.440><c> This</c><00:19:40.680><c> wasn't</c><00:19:41.079><c> a</c>

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theory.<00:19:41.599><c> It</c>

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truth<00:19:45.640><c> that</c><00:19:46.299><c> David</c><00:19:46.619><c> was</c><00:19:46.980><c> conveying.</c><00:19:48.339><c> But</c><00:19:48.640><c> where</c><00:19:49.039><c> does</c>

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this<00:19:49.539><c> confidence</c><00:19:49.960><c> come</c><00:19:50.259><c> from?</c><00:19:50.759><c> Where</c><00:19:51.019><c> did</c><00:19:51.240><c> David</c><00:19:51.500><c> get</c><00:19:51.740><c> this</c>

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from?<00:19:53.019><c> And</c><00:19:53.220><c> how</c><00:19:53.500><c> can</c><00:19:53.720><c> we</c><00:19:54.000><c> gain</c><00:19:54.180><c> this</c><00:19:54.460><c> confidence</c>

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in<00:19:55.079><c> our</c><00:19:55.319><c> lives</c><00:19:55.839><c> as</c><00:19:56.500><c> we</c><00:19:56.779><c> face</c><00:19:57.059><c> trials</c><00:19:57.460><c> that</c><00:19:57.619><c> may</c><00:19:57.900><c> seem</c><00:19:58.119><c> to</c><00:19:58.279><c> be</c>

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insurmountable?<00:20:00.380><c> We'll</c><00:20:00.619><c> remember</c><00:20:00.920><c> that</c><00:20:01.160><c> David</c><00:20:01.480><c> had</c>

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just<00:20:01.960><c> been</c><00:20:02.180><c> delivered</c><00:20:02.519><c> from</c><00:20:02.900><c> certain</c><00:20:03.180><c> death</c><00:20:03.660><c> in</c><00:20:04.259><c> the</c><00:20:04.380><c> land</c><00:20:04.579><c> of</c>

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but<00:20:08.200><c> he</c><00:20:08.400><c> was</c><00:20:08.619><c> identified</c><00:20:09.180><c> as</c><00:20:09.380><c> the</c><00:20:09.579><c> champion</c><00:20:09.960><c> of</c><00:20:10.140><c> Israel</c><00:20:10.440><c> and</c>

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he<00:20:10.880><c> narrowly</c><00:20:11.400><c> escaped</c><00:20:11.700><c> with</c><00:20:11.940><c> his</c><00:20:12.119><c> own</c><00:20:12.339><c> life.</c>

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There's<00:20:14.240><c> nothing</c><00:20:14.519><c> in</c><00:20:14.720><c> this</c><00:20:15.000><c> psalm</c><00:20:15.240><c> though</c><00:20:15.640><c> that</c><00:20:16.500><c> speaks</c><00:20:16.779><c> of</c>

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It's<00:20:19.740><c> completely</c><00:20:20.240><c> absent</c><00:20:20.759><c> of</c><00:20:21.000><c> that</c><00:20:21.400><c> and</c><00:20:22.160><c> instead</c><00:20:23.420><c> David</c><00:20:24.039><c> focuses</c><00:20:24.559><c> everything</c><00:20:25.200><c> on</c>

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that<00:20:26.700><c> it</c><00:20:26.839><c> was</c><00:20:27.059><c> God</c><00:20:27.380><c> who</c><00:20:27.619><c> delivered</c><00:20:27.940><c> him.</c><00:20:28.799><c> Take</c><00:20:29.039><c> a</c><00:20:29.180><c> look</c><00:20:29.319><c> in</c><00:20:29.500><c> verse</c><00:20:29.759><c> 2.</c>

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David<00:20:30.920><c> is</c><00:20:31.359><c> making</c><00:20:31.680><c> his</c><00:20:32.059><c> boasting</c><00:20:32.500><c> in</c><00:20:32.680><c> the</c><00:20:32.859><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:20:33.819><c> wasn't</c><00:20:34.059><c> in</c><00:20:34.220><c> how</c><00:20:34.440><c> smart</c><00:20:34.779><c> he</c><00:20:35.039><c> was</c><00:20:35.259><c> or</c><00:20:35.619><c> how</c><00:20:35.900><c> good</c><00:20:36.099><c> he</c><00:20:36.240><c> was</c><00:20:36.440><c> able</c>

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to<00:20:36.819><c> act</c><00:20:37.039><c> things</c><00:20:37.319><c> out.</c>

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Akish,<00:21:04.279><c> inwardly</c><00:21:04.720><c> he's</c><00:21:05.200><c> crying</c><00:21:05.559><c> to</c><00:21:05.799><c> God,</c><00:21:06.759><c> crying</c>

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desperately<00:21:07.700><c> that</c><00:21:07.940><c> God</c><00:21:08.279><c> would</c><00:21:08.539><c> deliver</c><00:21:08.819><c> him.</c><00:21:09.599><c> And</c><00:21:09.920><c> even</c><00:21:10.099><c> though</c><00:21:10.299><c> on</c>

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the<00:21:10.619><c> outside</c><00:21:11.059><c> sometimes</c><00:21:11.980><c> we</c><00:21:12.579><c> seem</c><00:21:12.819><c> to</c><00:21:13.019><c> be</c>

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hiding<00:21:13.440><c> things</c><00:21:13.759><c> on</c><00:21:13.960><c> the</c><00:21:14.119><c> exterior,</c><00:21:15.160><c> we</c><00:21:15.440><c> can</c><00:21:15.640><c> be</c><00:21:15.920><c> crying</c><00:21:16.200><c> out</c>

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to<00:21:16.779><c> God</c><00:21:17.059><c> for</c><00:21:17.319><c> help</c><00:21:17.759><c> and</c><00:21:18.740><c> God</c><00:21:19.019><c> will</c><00:21:19.279><c> hear</c><00:21:19.819><c> and</c><00:21:20.460><c> God</c><00:21:20.740><c> will</c>

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deliver.<00:21:22.099><c> And</c><00:21:22.180><c> so</c><00:21:22.319><c> what</c><00:21:22.599><c> David</c><00:21:22.859><c> is</c><00:21:23.099><c> able</c><00:21:23.359><c> to</c><00:21:23.640><c> do</c><00:21:24.059><c> is</c><00:21:24.759><c> he's</c><00:21:25.059><c> able</c>

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to<00:21:25.539><c> take</c><00:21:25.700><c> his</c><00:21:26.059><c> experience</c><00:21:26.720><c> of</c><00:21:27.599><c> past</c><00:21:28.099><c> deliverance</c>

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and<00:21:30.259><c> project</c><00:21:30.680><c> that</c><00:21:31.140><c> forward</c><00:21:31.640><c> into</c><00:21:32.279><c> an</c><00:21:32.579><c> expectation</c><00:21:33.279><c> of</c><00:21:34.079><c> unseen</c><00:21:34.480><c> deliverance</c><00:21:35.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:35.359><c> future.</c><00:21:36.519><c> And</c><00:21:36.740><c> isn't</c><00:21:36.900><c> that</c>

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what<00:21:37.200><c> faith</c><00:21:37.619><c> is?</c><00:21:38.619><c> He</c><00:21:38.740><c> has</c><00:21:39.000><c> the</c><00:21:39.339><c> evidence</c><00:21:39.720><c> now</c><00:21:40.099><c> of</c><00:21:40.259><c> the</c><00:21:40.480><c> things</c>

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that<00:21:40.880><c> are</c><00:21:41.079><c> unseen</c><00:21:41.500><c> that</c><00:21:42.019><c> God</c><00:21:42.380><c> will</c><00:21:42.720><c> deliver</c><00:21:43.059><c> him</c>

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in<00:21:43.759><c> his</c><00:21:44.039><c> present</c><00:21:44.299><c> trial</c><00:21:44.619><c> because</c><00:21:44.920><c> of</c><00:21:45.079><c> what</c><00:21:45.319><c> God</c><00:21:45.599><c> has</c><00:21:45.839><c> done</c><00:21:45.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:46.339><c> past.</c><00:21:47.720><c> David</c><00:21:47.880><c> didn't</c><00:21:48.180><c> forget</c><00:21:48.579><c> the</c><00:21:48.859><c> past,</c>

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but<00:21:49.900><c> David</c><00:21:50.339><c> used</c><00:21:50.720><c> the</c><00:21:51.019><c> past</c><00:21:51.519><c> to</c><00:21:52.259><c> develop</c><00:21:52.579><c> faith</c><00:21:53.019><c> for</c><00:21:53.420><c> the</c><00:21:53.640><c> present.</c><00:21:54.880><c> And</c>

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even<00:21:55.279><c> though</c><00:21:55.500><c> David</c><00:21:55.799><c> was</c><00:21:56.019><c> in</c><00:21:56.220><c> the</c><00:21:56.440><c> cave</c><00:21:56.640><c> with</c>

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no<00:21:57.180><c> evidence</c><00:21:57.660><c> at</c><00:21:58.200><c> this</c><00:21:58.579><c> present</c><00:21:58.880><c> time</c><00:21:59.200><c> that</c><00:21:59.359><c> God</c><00:21:59.599><c> would</c><00:21:59.859><c> deliver</c><00:22:00.099><c> them,</c>

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David<00:22:01.759><c> was</c><00:22:02.079><c> convincing</c><00:22:02.559><c> these</c><00:22:02.900><c> men</c>

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so<00:22:04.400><c> convincingly</c><00:22:05.680><c> that</c><00:22:06.099><c> they</c><00:22:06.299><c> went</c><00:22:06.500><c> on</c><00:22:06.680><c> to</c><00:22:06.920><c> follow</c><00:22:07.119><c> him,</c><00:22:08.000><c> many</c>

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of<00:22:08.440><c> them</c><00:22:08.559><c> being</c><00:22:08.859><c> converted,</c><00:22:09.420><c> many</c><00:22:09.680><c> of</c><00:22:09.880><c> them</c>

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choosing<00:22:10.799><c> him</c><00:22:11.420><c> to</c><00:22:11.960><c> be</c><00:22:12.119><c> their</c><00:22:12.400><c> captain</c><00:22:12.799><c> based</c><00:22:13.640><c> on</c><00:22:13.819><c> the</c><00:22:14.019><c> faith</c>

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that<00:22:14.519><c> David</c><00:22:14.720><c> was</c><00:22:14.980><c> showing</c><00:22:15.160><c> at</c><00:22:15.359><c> this</c><00:22:15.640><c> point.</c>

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Well<00:22:17.599><c> up</c><00:22:17.700><c> to</c><00:22:17.799><c> what</c><00:22:17.940><c> we've</c><00:22:18.180><c> talked</c><00:22:18.460><c> about</c><00:22:18.720><c> right</c><00:22:19.019><c> now,</c><00:22:19.920><c> we've</c>

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been<00:22:20.380><c> talking</c><00:22:20.779><c> pretty</c><00:22:21.180><c> much</c><00:22:21.539><c> exclusively</c><00:22:22.140><c> about</c>

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what<00:22:23.259><c> God</c><00:22:23.599><c> does</c><00:22:24.019><c> in</c><00:22:24.319><c> the</c><00:22:24.500><c> lives</c><00:22:24.779><c> of</c><00:22:25.059><c> individuals,</c><00:22:26.079><c> that</c><00:22:26.180><c> God</c>

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hears,<00:22:27.079><c> that</c><00:22:27.180><c> God</c><00:22:27.480><c> sees,</c><00:22:28.079><c> that</c><00:22:28.220><c> God</c><00:22:28.420><c> encamps</c><00:22:28.880><c> around</c>

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them,<00:22:29.440><c> that</c><00:22:29.579><c> fear</c><00:22:29.859><c> him,</c><00:22:30.299><c> and</c><00:22:30.539><c> that</c><00:22:30.660><c> he</c><00:22:30.839><c> will</c><00:22:31.119><c> deliver</c><00:22:31.480><c> them.</c>

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But<00:22:33.380><c> what's</c><00:22:33.700><c> the</c><00:22:33.900><c> expectation</c><00:22:34.640><c> from</c><00:22:35.259><c> us?</c>

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Will<00:22:37.359><c> God</c><00:22:37.619><c> do</c><00:22:37.819><c> these</c><00:22:38.200><c> things</c><00:22:38.559><c> unconditionally?</c><00:22:40.539><c> Will</c><00:22:40.720><c> God</c><00:22:40.960><c> always</c><00:22:41.420><c> hear</c><00:22:41.599><c> our</c><00:22:41.900><c> prayer?</c><00:22:42.819><c> Will</c><00:22:42.980><c> he</c>

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always<00:22:43.700><c> see</c><00:22:44.119><c> us</c>

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from<00:22:44.839><c> the</c><00:22:45.099><c> standpoint</c><00:22:45.400><c> of</c><00:22:45.779><c> looking</c><00:22:45.980><c> out</c><00:22:46.259><c> for</c><00:22:46.440><c> us?</c><00:22:47.279><c> Will</c><00:22:47.460><c> his</c>

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angels<00:22:48.099><c> always</c><00:22:48.720><c> encamp</c><00:22:49.099><c> around</c><00:22:49.400><c> us?</c>

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Well<00:22:50.799><c> let's</c><00:22:51.019><c> take</c><00:22:51.259><c> a</c><00:22:51.400><c> look</c><00:22:51.519><c> at</c><00:22:51.660><c> what</c><00:22:51.900><c> David's</c><00:22:52.339><c> driving</c><00:22:52.619><c> at</c><00:22:52.880><c> here.</c><00:22:53.500><c> Because</c><00:22:53.960><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:54.500><c> song,</c><00:22:55.539><c> David</c><00:22:55.880><c> is</c><00:22:56.180><c> really</c>

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keying<00:22:56.839><c> in</c><00:22:57.039><c> on</c><00:22:57.200><c> the</c><00:22:57.380><c> fact</c><00:22:57.900><c> that</c><00:22:58.660><c> these</c><00:22:58.960><c> men</c><00:22:59.180><c> needed</c><00:22:59.440><c> to</c><00:22:59.799><c> form</c><00:23:00.099><c> a</c>

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relationship<00:23:01.079><c> with</c><00:23:01.359><c> God.</c><00:23:02.759><c> And</c><00:23:03.019><c> I</c><00:23:03.180><c> found</c><00:23:03.339><c> it</c><00:23:03.559><c> very</c>

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helpful<00:23:04.319><c> to</c><00:23:05.000><c> color</c><00:23:05.220><c> in</c><00:23:05.460><c> the</c><00:23:05.680><c> things</c><00:23:05.859><c> that</c><00:23:06.099><c> are</c><00:23:06.240><c> the</c><00:23:06.519><c> actions</c>

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of<00:23:07.059><c> the</c><00:23:07.259><c> individual,</c><00:23:09.039><c> and</c><00:23:09.140><c> on</c><00:23:09.339><c> the</c><00:23:09.460><c> other</c><00:23:09.700><c> hand,</c>

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the<00:23:10.539><c> response</c><00:23:11.079><c> of</c><00:23:11.279><c> God.</c><00:23:12.839><c> Because</c><00:23:13.200><c> there's</c><00:23:13.460><c> a</c><00:23:13.660><c> huge</c><00:23:13.960><c> interplay</c>

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in<00:23:14.640><c> this</c><00:23:14.900><c> song</c><00:23:15.160><c> between</c><00:23:15.579><c> the</c><00:23:15.839><c> actions</c><00:23:16.200><c> of</c><00:23:16.539><c> what</c>

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David<00:23:17.119><c> is</c><00:23:17.440><c> instructing</c><00:23:17.920><c> the</c><00:23:18.180><c> individual</c><00:23:18.640><c> needs</c><00:23:18.920><c> to</c><00:23:19.140><c> do,</c><00:23:20.299><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:20.880><c> response</c><00:23:21.279><c> that</c><00:23:21.559><c> God</c><00:23:21.799><c> gives.</c><00:23:22.460><c> Because</c><00:23:22.799><c> a</c>

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relationship<00:23:23.640><c> requires</c><00:23:24.140><c> input</c><00:23:24.519><c> from</c><00:23:24.779><c> both</c><00:23:25.059><c> parties,</c><00:23:25.460><c> doesn't</c><00:23:25.839><c> it?</c><00:23:26.299><c> For</c><00:23:26.519><c> a</c>

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relationship<00:23:27.180><c> to</c><00:23:27.480><c> really</c><00:23:27.799><c> work,</c>

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effort<00:23:29.299><c> has</c><00:23:29.579><c> to</c><00:23:29.740><c> be</c><00:23:29.980><c> applied</c><00:23:30.319><c> on</c><00:23:30.660><c> both</c><00:23:30.920><c> ends.</c><00:23:32.279><c> Take</c><00:23:32.519><c> a</c><00:23:32.640><c> look</c><00:23:32.740><c> at</c>

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this<00:23:33.059><c> in</c><00:23:33.240><c> regards</c><00:23:33.559><c> to</c><00:23:33.759><c> the</c><00:23:33.940><c> Lord</c><00:23:34.119><c> hearing</c>

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in<00:23:35.200><c> verses</c><00:23:35.519><c> 4,</c><00:23:36.039><c> 6,</c><00:23:36.880><c> 15,</c><00:23:37.440><c> and</c><00:23:37.579><c> 17.</c><00:23:38.319><c> Look</c><00:23:38.579><c> at</c><00:23:38.720><c> what</c><00:23:38.940><c> it</c><00:23:39.119><c> is</c><00:23:39.779><c> that</c>

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David<00:23:40.420><c> says</c><00:23:40.759><c> in</c><00:23:40.940><c> verse</c><00:23:41.200><c> 4,</c>

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I<00:23:42.319><c> sought</c><00:23:42.799><c> the</c><00:23:43.039><c> Lord</c><00:23:43.339><c> and</c><00:23:43.700><c> he</c><00:23:43.880><c> heard</c><00:23:44.079><c> me.</c><00:23:44.819><c> In</c><00:23:45.079><c> verse</c><00:23:45.359><c> 6,</c><00:23:45.799><c> this</c>

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poor<00:23:46.220><c> man</c><00:23:46.660><c> cried</c><00:23:47.400><c> and</c><00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:47.940><c> Lord</c><00:23:48.140><c> heard</c><00:23:48.400><c> him.</c>

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In<00:23:49.400><c> verse</c><00:23:49.720><c> 15,</c><00:23:50.299><c> his</c><00:23:50.440><c> ears</c><00:23:50.759><c> are</c><00:23:51.079><c> open</c><00:23:51.480><c> unto</c><00:23:52.000><c> their</c><00:23:52.420><c> cry.</c><00:23:53.539><c> And</c><00:23:53.640><c> in</c>

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verse<00:23:54.000><c> 17,</c><00:23:54.599><c> the</c><00:23:54.779><c> righteous</c><00:23:55.240><c> cry</c><00:23:56.019><c> and</c><00:23:56.920><c> the</c><00:23:57.079><c> Lord</c><00:23:57.279><c> heareth.</c>

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So<00:23:59.960><c> there</c><00:24:00.180><c> has</c><00:24:00.480><c> to</c><00:24:00.640><c> be</c><00:24:00.880><c> something</c><00:24:01.460><c> for</c><00:24:02.200><c> God</c><00:24:02.460><c> to</c><00:24:02.779><c> hear.</c><00:24:03.480><c> And</c><00:24:03.759><c> David's</c><00:24:04.299><c> telling</c><00:24:04.500><c> his</c>

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men,<00:24:05.039><c> it</c><00:24:05.200><c> seems</c><00:24:05.460><c> very</c><00:24:05.839><c> fundamental,</c>

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it<00:24:06.559><c> seems</c><00:24:06.880><c> obvious,</c><00:24:08.599><c> but</c><00:24:08.799><c> how</c><00:24:09.079><c> many</c><00:24:09.240><c> of</c><00:24:09.400><c> our</c><00:24:09.660><c> prayer</c><00:24:09.819><c> lives</c><00:24:10.099><c> are</c><00:24:10.359><c> really</c><00:24:10.579><c> where</c><00:24:10.779><c> we</c>

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want<00:24:11.259><c> them</c><00:24:11.480><c> to</c><00:24:11.720><c> be?</c>

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David's<00:24:13.299><c> saying</c><00:24:13.380><c> if</c><00:24:13.500><c> you</c><00:24:13.700><c> want</c><00:24:13.880><c> God</c><00:24:14.119><c> to</c><00:24:14.420><c> hear</c><00:24:14.599><c> you,</c><00:24:15.480><c> you</c><00:24:15.619><c> have</c>

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to<00:24:16.019><c> speak</c><00:24:16.259><c> to</c><00:24:16.480><c> him.</c><00:24:17.279><c> Think</c><00:24:17.619><c> about</c><00:24:17.839><c> your</c>

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relationships.<00:24:19.839><c> What</c><00:24:20.039><c> happens</c><00:24:20.339><c> if</c><00:24:20.460><c> you</c><00:24:20.599><c> don't</c><00:24:20.880><c> speak</c><00:24:21.160><c> to</c><00:24:21.359><c> your</c><00:24:21.579><c> spouse?</c><00:24:23.180><c> What</c><00:24:23.359><c> happens</c><00:24:23.619><c> if</c>

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you<00:24:23.859><c> don't</c><00:24:24.039><c> speak</c>

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to<00:24:24.480><c> your</c><00:24:24.680><c> children</c><00:24:25.140><c> or</c><00:24:25.839><c> your</c><00:24:26.119><c> friends?</c><00:24:27.799><c> What</c><00:24:28.019><c> kind</c><00:24:28.220><c> of</c><00:24:28.420><c> relationship</c><00:24:29.039><c> would</c>

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you<00:24:29.380><c> really</c><00:24:29.660><c> have?</c><00:24:31.299><c> You</c><00:24:31.359><c> wouldn't</c>

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have<00:24:31.960><c> a</c><00:24:32.180><c> relationship.</c><00:24:33.420><c> So</c><00:24:33.599><c> how</c><00:24:33.839><c> is</c><00:24:34.019><c> it</c><00:24:34.180><c> any</c><00:24:34.420><c> different</c><00:24:34.759><c> with</c>

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God?<00:24:36.460><c> David's</c><00:24:36.960><c> telling</c><00:24:37.099><c> us</c><00:24:37.420><c> and</c><00:24:37.660><c> telling</c><00:24:37.859><c> his</c><00:24:38.180><c> men</c>

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that<00:24:39.480><c> we</c><00:24:39.759><c> need</c><00:24:39.980><c> to</c><00:24:40.240><c> take</c><00:24:40.400><c> the</c><00:24:40.660><c> time</c><00:24:41.140><c> to</c><00:24:41.700><c> speak</c><00:24:41.980><c> to</c><00:24:42.180><c> God.</c><00:24:43.180><c> That</c>

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prayer<00:24:43.720><c> is</c><00:24:44.119><c> absolutely</c><00:24:44.640><c> critical</c><00:24:45.059><c> even</c><00:24:45.380><c> when</c><00:24:45.539><c> we</c>

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don't<00:24:45.980><c> feel</c><00:24:46.359><c> like</c><00:24:46.700><c> praying.</c><00:24:47.880><c> Even</c><00:24:48.259><c> when</c><00:24:48.460><c> we</c><00:24:49.039><c> wonder,</c><00:24:49.480><c> is</c><00:24:49.480><c> God</c>

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hearing<00:24:50.099><c> us?</c><00:24:51.400><c> Is</c><00:24:51.559><c> there</c><00:24:51.779><c> going</c><00:24:51.960><c> to</c><00:24:52.119><c> be</c><00:24:52.279><c> a</c><00:24:52.420><c> result</c><00:24:52.700><c> from</c>

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this<00:24:53.200><c> prayer?</c><00:24:54.059><c> We</c><00:24:54.240><c> have</c><00:24:54.539><c> to</c><00:24:54.759><c> continue</c><00:24:55.240><c> praying</c><00:24:55.559><c> to</c><00:24:55.779><c> God</c><00:24:56.000><c> with</c>

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the<00:24:56.559><c> confidence</c><00:24:56.960><c> that</c><00:24:57.720><c> he</c><00:24:57.900><c> will</c><00:24:58.160><c> hear</c><00:24:58.380><c> us.</c>

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But<00:25:00.140><c> note</c><00:25:00.359><c> here</c><00:25:00.559><c> that</c><00:25:00.720><c> there's</c><00:25:00.960><c> something</c><00:25:01.240><c> attached</c><00:25:01.880><c> to</c><00:25:02.099><c> God</c>

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hearing<00:25:02.799><c> the</c><00:25:03.119><c> cry.</c><00:25:04.079><c> In</c><00:25:04.299><c> verse</c><00:25:04.640><c> 15,</c><00:25:06.160><c> it</c><00:25:06.440><c> says</c><00:25:06.839><c> that</c><00:25:07.259><c> he</c>

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hears<00:25:07.880><c> the</c><00:25:08.779><c> righteous.</c><00:25:10.720><c> His</c><00:25:11.000><c> ears</c><00:25:11.359><c> are</c><00:25:11.640><c> open</c><00:25:12.059><c> unto</c><00:25:12.640><c> their</c><00:25:13.180><c> cry.</c><00:25:14.640><c> So</c>

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now<00:25:15.140><c> there's</c><00:25:15.680><c> a</c><00:25:16.240><c> conditionality</c><00:25:17.039><c> associated</c>

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with<00:25:18.059><c> this.</c><00:25:19.160><c> That</c><00:25:19.299><c> the</c><00:25:19.579><c> righteous,</c><00:25:20.240><c> that</c><00:25:20.480><c> their</c><00:25:20.740><c> prayers</c><00:25:21.079><c> are</c>

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heard.<00:25:22.119><c> You</c><00:25:22.299><c> can</c><00:25:22.559><c> see</c><00:25:22.720><c> this</c><00:25:22.940><c> as</c><00:25:23.180><c> well</c><00:25:23.359><c> with</c><00:25:23.559><c> the</c><00:25:23.779><c> fact</c>

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in<00:25:24.839><c> regards</c><00:25:25.160><c> to</c><00:25:25.380><c> God's</c><00:25:25.900><c> seeing</c><00:25:26.019><c> in</c><00:25:26.240><c> verse</c><00:25:26.480><c> 15.</c><00:25:27.400><c> That</c><00:25:27.519><c> the</c><00:25:27.720><c> eyes</c>

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of<00:25:28.160><c> the</c><00:25:28.359><c> Lord</c><00:25:28.660><c> are</c><00:25:29.420><c> upon</c><00:25:29.680><c> the</c><00:25:29.920><c> righteous.</c>

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So<00:25:31.579><c> what</c><00:25:31.859><c> then</c><00:25:31.980><c> of</c><00:25:32.140><c> this</c><00:25:32.400><c> righteousness?</c><00:25:33.299><c> What's</c><00:25:33.680><c> required</c>

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from<00:25:34.319><c> us</c><00:25:34.839><c> if</c><00:25:35.240><c> we</c><00:25:35.460><c> really</c><00:25:35.740><c> want</c><00:25:36.019><c> God</c><00:25:36.299><c> to</c>

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hear<00:25:36.680><c> our</c><00:25:36.940><c> prayer?</c><00:25:37.519><c> If</c><00:25:37.660><c> we</c><00:25:37.839><c> want</c><00:25:38.019><c> him</c><00:25:38.200><c> to</c><00:25:38.400><c> be</c><00:25:38.740><c> seeing</c><00:25:38.920><c> us</c><00:25:39.220><c> and</c>

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to<00:25:39.539><c> looking</c><00:25:39.740><c> out</c><00:25:40.000><c> for</c><00:25:40.180><c> us.</c><00:25:41.180><c> Well</c><00:25:41.299><c> he</c><00:25:41.380><c> goes</c><00:25:41.700><c> further</c>

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to<00:25:42.380><c> give</c><00:25:42.559><c> additional</c><00:25:43.140><c> insight</c><00:25:43.700><c> in</c><00:25:44.279><c> speaking</c><00:25:44.539><c> about</c><00:25:44.859><c> the</c><00:25:45.220><c> closeness</c><00:25:45.619><c> of</c>

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God.<00:25:46.420><c> The</c><00:25:46.700><c> proximity</c><00:25:47.220><c> of</c><00:25:47.460><c> God</c><00:25:47.640><c> to</c><00:25:47.839><c> his</c>

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people<00:25:48.359><c> in</c><00:25:48.579><c> verse</c><00:25:48.839><c> 7.</c><00:25:49.880><c> Where</c><00:25:50.059><c> he</c><00:25:50.380><c> says</c><00:25:50.579><c> there</c><00:25:50.779><c> in</c><00:25:50.920><c> verse</c><00:25:51.160><c> 7,</c>

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the<00:25:51.579><c> Lord</c><00:25:51.880><c> encampeth</c><00:25:52.460><c> round</c><00:25:52.799><c> about</c><00:25:53.180><c> who?</c><00:25:54.660><c> Them</c><00:25:54.940><c> that</c>

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fear<00:25:55.720><c> him.</c><00:25:57.579><c> So</c><00:25:57.859><c> the</c><00:25:58.140><c> fear</c><00:25:58.299><c> of</c><00:25:58.480><c> the</c><00:25:58.660><c> Lord</c><00:25:59.039><c> is</c><00:25:59.740><c> tied</c><00:26:00.000><c> up</c><00:26:00.220><c> in</c><00:26:00.460><c> David's</c><00:26:01.000><c> definition</c><00:26:01.559><c> of</c>

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righteousness.<00:26:03.400><c> Remember</c>

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these<00:26:04.119><c> are</c><00:26:04.380><c> men</c><00:26:04.740><c> who</c><00:26:05.039><c> are</c><00:26:05.200><c> in</c><00:26:05.420><c> bitterness</c><00:26:05.740><c> of</c><00:26:06.180><c> soul.</c><00:26:06.619><c> Trying</c>

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desperately<00:26:07.640><c> to</c><00:26:08.059><c> find</c><00:26:08.339><c> their</c><00:26:08.519><c> way</c><00:26:08.779><c> forward.</c>

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To<00:26:09.660><c> break</c><00:26:09.980><c> through</c><00:26:10.200><c> the</c><00:26:10.480><c> trials</c><00:26:10.700><c> that</c><00:26:10.880><c> they</c><00:26:11.119><c> have.</c><00:26:11.299><c> To</c><00:26:11.460><c> make</c>

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progress.<00:26:12.579><c> They're</c><00:26:12.819><c> looking</c><00:26:13.220><c> to</c><00:26:13.839><c> David</c><00:26:14.180><c> for</c>

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leadership.<00:26:16.140><c> They</c><00:26:16.359><c> want</c><00:26:16.480><c> to</c><00:26:16.619><c> know</c><00:26:16.720><c> the</c><00:26:17.019><c> key.</c><00:26:17.740><c> What's</c><00:26:18.079><c> the</c><00:26:18.279><c> secret</c><00:26:18.599><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:18.980><c> able</c><00:26:19.180><c> to</c><00:26:19.380><c> get</c><00:26:19.480><c> through</c><00:26:19.740><c> these</c><00:26:20.099><c> things?</c>

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So<00:26:21.299><c> David</c><00:26:21.579><c> says</c><00:26:21.880><c> in</c><00:26:22.059><c> verse</c><00:26:22.339><c> 11,</c><00:26:23.400><c> come</c><00:26:23.599><c> ye</c><00:26:23.880><c> children,</c><00:26:24.980><c> hearken</c>

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unto<00:26:25.480><c> me,</c><00:26:25.819><c> I</c><00:26:26.019><c> will</c><00:26:26.359><c> teach</c><00:26:26.680><c> you</c><00:26:27.319><c> the</c><00:26:27.759><c> fear</c><00:26:27.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:28.619><c> Lord.</c><00:26:29.539><c> Now</c><00:26:29.819><c> we</c><00:26:29.839><c> don't</c><00:26:30.119><c> have</c><00:26:30.359><c> a</c><00:26:30.640><c> time</c><00:26:30.799><c> to</c><00:26:30.980><c> get</c><00:26:31.079><c> into</c><00:26:31.319><c> an</c><00:26:31.640><c> exhaustive</c><00:26:32.160><c> study</c><00:26:32.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:32.759><c> fear</c><00:26:32.859><c> of</c><00:26:33.039><c> the</c><00:26:33.140><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:26:34.299><c> David</c><00:26:34.599><c> says</c><00:26:34.859><c> this</c><00:26:35.059><c> is</c><00:26:35.339><c> fundamental</c><00:26:36.039><c> to</c><00:26:36.720><c> righteousness</c><00:26:37.220><c> and</c><00:26:38.059><c> to</c><00:26:38.240><c> having</c><00:26:38.400><c> a</c>

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real<00:26:38.940><c> relationship</c><00:26:39.559><c> with</c><00:26:39.859><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:26:42.000><c> absolutely</c><00:26:42.599><c> fundamental</c><00:26:43.480><c> and</c><00:26:43.740><c> it</c><00:26:44.059><c> drives</c><00:26:44.500><c> a</c><00:26:44.920><c> transformation</c><00:26:45.599><c> in</c><00:26:45.880><c> our</c><00:26:46.039><c> behavior.</c><00:26:47.319><c> In</c>

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very<00:26:47.920><c> real</c><00:26:48.339><c> and</c>

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very<00:26:49.359><c> practical</c><00:26:49.779><c> ways.</c><00:26:50.920><c> Look</c><00:26:51.099><c> at</c><00:26:51.240><c> the</c><00:26:51.420><c> things</c><00:26:51.599><c> that</c><00:26:51.880><c> David</c><00:26:52.220><c> keys</c><00:26:52.539><c> in</c>

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on<00:26:52.960><c> here</c><00:26:53.319><c> in</c><00:26:53.720><c> verse</c><00:26:54.059><c> 13.</c><00:26:55.359><c> First</c><00:26:55.640><c> and</c><00:26:55.940><c> foremost</c>

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he<00:26:56.480><c> says,</c><00:26:57.460><c> keep</c><00:26:57.500><c> thy</c><00:26:57.799><c> tongue</c><00:26:58.099><c> from</c><00:26:58.380><c> evil</c><00:26:58.799><c> and</c><00:26:59.599><c> thy</c><00:26:59.799><c> lips</c><00:27:00.039><c> from</c>

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speaking<00:27:00.819><c> guile.</c><00:27:02.319><c> David</c><00:27:02.579><c> tells</c><00:27:03.019><c> these</c><00:27:03.359><c> young</c><00:27:03.619><c> men</c>

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that<00:27:04.640><c> the</c><00:27:04.940><c> first</c><00:27:05.220><c> step</c><00:27:05.460><c> is</c><00:27:05.680><c> to</c><00:27:05.819><c> get</c><00:27:05.960><c> their</c><00:27:06.180><c> mouths</c><00:27:06.480><c> under</c><00:27:06.819><c> control.</c><00:27:08.640><c> It's</c>

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no<00:27:09.019><c> good</c><00:27:09.160><c> going</c><00:27:09.420><c> around</c><00:27:09.819><c> complaining</c>

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about<00:27:10.680><c> the</c><00:27:10.940><c> kingdom</c><00:27:11.319><c> and</c><00:27:11.960><c> what's</c><00:27:12.319><c> wrong</c><00:27:12.519><c> with</c><00:27:12.819><c> Saul</c><00:27:13.140><c> and</c><00:27:13.619><c> all</c>

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the<00:27:14.059><c> things</c><00:27:14.200><c> that</c><00:27:14.380><c> were</c><00:27:14.579><c> taking</c><00:27:14.799><c> place.</c>

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And<00:27:16.000><c> they</c><00:27:16.160><c> couldn't</c><00:27:16.440><c> sink</c><00:27:16.759><c> to</c><00:27:16.960><c> the</c><00:27:17.180><c> same</c><00:27:17.400><c> level</c><00:27:17.700><c> of</c><00:27:17.900><c> the</c><00:27:18.160><c> deceit</c><00:27:18.460><c> that</c>

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Saul<00:27:18.920><c> was</c><00:27:19.220><c> practicing.</c>

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They<00:27:20.599><c> had</c><00:27:20.900><c> to</c><00:27:21.119><c> get</c><00:27:21.240><c> their</c><00:27:21.480><c> mouth</c><00:27:21.740><c> under</c><00:27:22.079><c> control</c><00:27:22.759><c> and</c><00:27:23.279><c> the</c><00:27:23.480><c> things</c><00:27:23.680><c> that</c><00:27:23.880><c> they</c><00:27:24.039><c> were</c><00:27:24.279><c> saying.</c><00:27:25.359><c> Christ</c><00:27:25.720><c> tells</c><00:27:26.059><c> us</c>

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that<00:27:26.519><c> out</c><00:27:26.720><c> of</c><00:27:26.859><c> the</c><00:27:27.140><c> abundance</c><00:27:27.480><c> of</c><00:27:27.700><c> the</c><00:27:27.900><c> heart,</c><00:27:28.839><c> the</c><00:27:28.960><c> mouth</c><00:27:29.279><c> speaks</c><00:27:29.759><c> in</c>

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Matthew<00:27:30.319><c> 12</c><00:27:30.759><c> and</c><00:27:30.920><c> verse</c><00:27:31.200><c> 34.</c><00:27:32.240><c> So</c><00:27:32.420><c> if</c><00:27:32.579><c> we</c><00:27:32.839><c> truly</c>

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want<00:27:33.460><c> to</c><00:27:33.619><c> get</c><00:27:33.779><c> our</c><00:27:34.119><c> mouths</c><00:27:34.539><c> under</c><00:27:34.940><c> control</c><00:27:35.640><c> and</c><00:27:36.079><c> the</c><00:27:36.259><c> things</c>

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that<00:27:36.720><c> we're</c><00:27:36.980><c> saying,</c><00:27:38.799><c> the</c><00:27:38.960><c> implication</c><00:27:39.539><c> is</c>

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that<00:27:39.920><c> we</c><00:27:40.059><c> have</c><00:27:40.319><c> to</c><00:27:40.500><c> deal</c><00:27:40.640><c> with</c><00:27:40.839><c> the</c><00:27:41.119><c> source</c><00:27:41.599><c> of</c><00:27:42.279><c> what's</c><00:27:42.640><c> going</c>

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on<00:27:43.059><c> inside</c><00:27:43.359><c> of</c><00:27:43.579><c> our</c><00:27:43.799><c> mind.</c><00:27:45.279><c> What</c><00:27:45.460><c> are</c><00:27:45.640><c> we</c><00:27:45.859><c> putting</c>

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into<00:27:46.500><c> our</c><00:27:46.779><c> minds?</c><00:27:48.640><c> Because</c><00:27:49.039><c> that's</c><00:27:49.420><c> what's</c><00:27:49.640><c> going</c><00:27:49.779><c> to</c><00:27:49.940><c> come</c>

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out.<00:27:51.660><c> We</c><00:27:52.039><c> have</c><00:27:52.359><c> to</c><00:27:52.700><c> work</c><00:27:52.940><c> on</c><00:27:53.200><c> the</c><00:27:53.420><c> mind</c><00:27:53.819><c> and</c><00:27:54.299><c> the</c>

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transformation<00:27:55.319><c> of</c><00:27:55.539><c> it</c><00:27:55.819><c> because</c><00:27:56.480><c> our</c><00:27:57.019><c> speech</c><00:27:57.299><c> is</c><00:27:57.519><c> like</c><00:27:57.700><c> the</c>

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litmus<00:27:58.259><c> test</c><00:27:58.759><c> that</c><00:27:59.380><c> provides</c><00:27:59.759><c> the</c><00:28:00.119><c> quickest</c><00:28:00.400><c> insight</c>

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into<00:28:01.140><c> where</c><00:28:01.380><c> we're</c><00:28:01.619><c> at</c><00:28:01.880><c> spiritually.</c><00:28:02.880><c> You</c><00:28:03.000><c> think</c><00:28:03.160><c> about</c><00:28:03.319><c> those</c><00:28:03.559><c> little</c><00:28:03.859><c> strips</c><00:28:04.119><c> that</c>

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you<00:28:04.900><c> dunk</c><00:28:05.119><c> into</c><00:28:05.400><c> a</c><00:28:05.660><c> solution</c>

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and<00:28:06.519><c> they</c><00:28:06.839><c> change</c><00:28:07.099><c> color</c><00:28:07.380><c> immediately</c><00:28:07.900><c> giving</c><00:28:08.160><c> the</c><00:28:08.500><c> acidity.</c>

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Well<00:28:10.319><c> it's</c><00:28:10.539><c> the</c><00:28:10.700><c> same</c><00:28:10.940><c> thing</c><00:28:11.160><c> with</c><00:28:11.359><c> our</c><00:28:11.700><c> speech</c>

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regarding<00:28:12.500><c> where</c><00:28:12.900><c> we're</c><00:28:13.220><c> at</c><00:28:13.599><c> spiritually.</c><00:28:14.500><c> It's</c><00:28:14.740><c> no</c><00:28:14.920><c> good</c><00:28:15.079><c> saying</c><00:28:15.220><c> I</c>

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didn't<00:28:15.599><c> mean</c><00:28:15.859><c> that.</c><00:28:16.779><c> Take</c><00:28:17.059><c> the</c><00:28:17.279><c> results</c><00:28:17.559><c> of</c>

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that<00:28:17.960><c> litmus</c><00:28:18.299><c> test</c><00:28:18.539><c> of</c><00:28:18.700><c> what</c><00:28:18.839><c> we</c><00:28:19.140><c> just</c><00:28:19.440><c> said</c><00:28:19.779><c> and</c><00:28:20.759><c> do</c><00:28:21.099><c> something</c><00:28:21.420><c> with</c><00:28:21.720><c> it</c>

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to<00:28:22.079><c> affect</c><00:28:22.359><c> real</c><00:28:22.700><c> change</c><00:28:23.079><c> in</c><00:28:23.240><c> our</c>

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lives.<00:28:24.460><c> To</c><00:28:24.779><c> work</c><00:28:25.000><c> on</c><00:28:25.160><c> the</c><00:28:25.400><c> transformation</c><00:28:26.000><c> of</c><00:28:26.279><c> our</c><00:28:26.440><c> minds.</c><00:28:27.720><c> When</c><00:28:27.880><c> memorial</c><00:28:28.359><c> finishes,</c><00:28:29.019><c> what</c><00:28:29.119><c> do</c>

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we<00:28:29.420><c> find</c><00:28:29.740><c> ourselves</c>

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talking<00:28:30.640><c> about?</c><00:28:31.720><c> Things</c><00:28:31.980><c> that</c><00:28:32.299><c> relate</c><00:28:32.519><c> to</c><00:28:32.779><c> eternal</c><00:28:33.140><c> life</c><00:28:33.680><c> or</c>

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things<00:28:35.019><c> that</c><00:28:35.619><c> ultimately</c><00:28:36.099><c> don't</c><00:28:36.420><c> matter?</c>

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What<00:28:38.160><c> about</c><00:28:38.319><c> when</c><00:28:38.480><c> we</c><00:28:38.740><c> leave</c><00:28:38.920><c> this</c><00:28:39.200><c> place</c><00:28:39.460><c> and</c><00:28:39.599><c> we're</c><00:28:39.799><c> around</c>

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people<00:28:40.299><c> from</c><00:28:40.559><c> work</c><00:28:40.799><c> or</c><00:28:41.019><c> school?</c>

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Do<00:28:42.539><c> we</c><00:28:42.759><c> find</c><00:28:42.980><c> that</c><00:28:43.140><c> what</c><00:28:43.259><c> we're</c><00:28:43.460><c> comfortable</c><00:28:43.900><c> talking</c><00:28:44.279><c> about</c>

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changes?<00:28:46.740><c> Well</c><00:28:46.960><c> David's</c><00:28:47.339><c> saying</c><00:28:47.420><c> if</c><00:28:47.599><c> we</c><00:28:47.920><c> fear</c><00:28:48.119><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:28:48.440><c> if</c><00:28:48.599><c> we</c><00:28:48.819><c> respect</c><00:28:49.400><c> the</c><00:28:49.660><c> Lord,</c><00:28:50.119><c> if</c><00:28:50.299><c> we</c><00:28:50.619><c> really</c><00:28:51.000><c> believe</c><00:28:51.900><c> that</c><00:28:52.599><c> God</c><00:28:52.980><c> is</c>

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listening<00:28:53.660><c> and</c><00:28:53.980><c> present</c><00:28:54.279><c> at</c><00:28:54.559><c> all</c><00:28:54.759><c> times,</c>

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then<00:28:57.039><c> there</c><00:28:57.160><c> will</c><00:28:57.319><c> be</c><00:28:57.519><c> a</c><00:28:57.839><c> consistency</c><00:28:58.460><c> in</c><00:28:59.400><c> what</c><00:28:59.579><c> we</c><00:28:59.880><c> say</c><00:29:00.160><c> and</c>

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what<00:29:00.519><c> we</c><00:29:00.720><c> don't</c><00:29:00.960><c> say.</c><00:29:02.420><c> He</c><00:29:02.619><c> continues</c><00:29:03.220><c> on</c><00:29:03.500><c> in</c><00:29:03.640><c> verse</c><00:29:03.940><c> 14</c>

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to<00:29:05.240><c> say</c><00:29:05.420><c> depart</c><00:29:05.859><c> from</c><00:29:06.200><c> evil</c><00:29:06.539><c> and</c><00:29:07.079><c> do</c><00:29:07.339><c> good.</c><00:29:08.480><c> Now</c><00:29:08.759><c> David</c><00:29:09.079><c> transitions</c><00:29:09.660><c> from</c>

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what<00:29:10.119><c> we</c><00:29:10.440><c> say</c><00:29:10.839><c> to</c><00:29:11.240><c> what</c><00:29:11.460><c> we</c><00:29:11.720><c> do.</c>

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He<00:29:12.640><c> tells</c><00:29:12.940><c> his</c><00:29:13.200><c> men</c><00:29:13.359><c> to</c><00:29:13.660><c> not</c><00:29:13.960><c> do</c><00:29:14.319><c> evil.</c><00:29:15.160><c> It</c><00:29:15.420><c> would</c><00:29:15.599><c> have</c><00:29:15.759><c> been</c>

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easy<00:29:16.279><c> for</c><00:29:16.440><c> them</c><00:29:16.619><c> to</c><00:29:16.859><c> lower</c><00:29:17.119><c> their</c><00:29:17.440><c> standards</c><00:29:17.839><c> based</c>

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on<00:29:18.319><c> what</c><00:29:18.599><c> Saul</c><00:29:18.819><c> was</c><00:29:19.079><c> doing.</c><00:29:20.299><c> While</c><00:29:20.500><c> David's</c><00:29:20.960><c> here</c><00:29:21.160><c> telling</c><00:29:21.380><c> his</c><00:29:21.680><c> men</c><00:29:21.799><c> to</c>

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refrain<00:29:22.440><c> from</c><00:29:22.759><c> evil</c><00:29:22.960><c> in</c><00:29:23.140><c> the</c><00:29:23.339><c> cave,</c>

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at<00:29:24.359><c> about</c><00:29:24.579><c> the</c><00:29:24.839><c> same</c><00:29:25.079><c> time</c><00:29:25.279><c> in</c><00:29:25.440><c> the</c><00:29:25.660><c> exact</c><00:29:25.940><c> same</c><00:29:26.240><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.579><c> in</c>

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first<00:29:26.960><c> Samuel</c><00:29:27.299><c> 22,</c><00:29:28.259><c> what's</c><00:29:28.640><c> Saul</c><00:29:28.859><c> instructing</c><00:29:29.420><c> his</c>

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men<00:29:29.779><c> to</c><00:29:30.000><c> do?</c><00:29:30.880><c> He's</c><00:29:31.279><c> instructing</c><00:29:31.700><c> his</c><00:29:31.960><c> men</c><00:29:32.240><c> to</c><00:29:32.640><c> kill</c><00:29:32.900><c> the</c><00:29:33.180><c> priests</c><00:29:33.359><c> of</c><00:29:33.599><c> God.</c><00:29:35.039><c> What</c><00:29:35.240><c> a</c>

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contrast.<00:29:36.039><c> It</c><00:29:36.160><c> couldn't</c><00:29:36.319><c> be</c>

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more<00:29:36.920><c> stark</c><00:29:37.160><c> than</c><00:29:37.299><c> what</c><00:29:37.440><c> we</c><00:29:37.700><c> see</c><00:29:38.019><c> between</c><00:29:38.599><c> David</c><00:29:39.039><c> and</c><00:29:39.420><c> Saul</c>

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and<00:29:40.160><c> how</c><00:29:40.359><c> they're</c><00:29:40.680><c> instructing</c><00:29:41.160><c> their</c><00:29:41.359><c> men.</c>

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But<00:29:42.859><c> he</c><00:29:43.079><c> says</c><00:29:43.440><c> don't</c><00:29:44.140><c> let</c><00:29:44.359><c> others</c><00:29:44.619><c> behavior</c><00:29:45.339><c> impact</c><00:29:46.140><c> your</c><00:29:46.380><c> own</c>

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standard<00:29:47.099><c> and</c><00:29:47.940><c> it's</c><00:29:48.160><c> not</c><00:29:48.359><c> just</c><00:29:48.599><c> a</c><00:29:48.740><c> matter</c>

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of<00:29:49.220><c> refraining</c><00:29:49.680><c> from</c><00:29:49.940><c> doing</c><00:29:50.240><c> evil.</c><00:29:51.019><c> Yes</c><00:29:51.279><c> it's</c><00:29:51.559><c> important</c><00:29:51.880><c> to</c>

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not<00:29:52.420><c> speak</c><00:29:52.740><c> evil.</c><00:29:53.240><c> It's</c><00:29:53.579><c> important</c><00:29:53.920><c> to</c><00:29:54.240><c> not</c><00:29:54.460><c> do</c><00:29:54.740><c> evil</c>

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but<00:29:55.400><c> you</c><00:29:55.680><c> have</c><00:29:55.859><c> to</c><00:29:56.140><c> actually</c><00:29:56.579><c> do</c><00:29:57.059><c> good.</c><00:29:58.400><c> He</c><00:29:58.640><c> says</c><00:29:58.779><c> go</c><00:29:59.099><c> out</c><00:29:59.420><c> and</c>

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be<00:30:00.039><c> ambassadors</c><00:30:00.680><c> for</c><00:30:01.019><c> God.</c><00:30:01.880><c> Be</c><00:30:02.180><c> God's</c><00:30:02.700><c> representative</c>

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because<00:30:03.539><c> the</c><00:30:03.839><c> only</c><00:30:04.099><c> way</c><00:30:04.319><c> that</c><00:30:04.500><c> the</c><00:30:04.680><c> nation</c><00:30:04.960><c> was</c><00:30:05.220><c> going</c><00:30:05.420><c> to</c><00:30:05.779><c> change</c><00:30:06.339><c> was</c>

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by<00:30:07.299><c> individuals</c><00:30:07.859><c> making</c><00:30:08.200><c> the</c><00:30:08.539><c> personal</c>

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commitment<00:30:09.460><c> that</c><00:30:10.180><c> they</c><00:30:10.500><c> themselves</c><00:30:11.019><c> would</c><00:30:11.240><c> be</c><00:30:11.440><c> different.</c>

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That<00:30:12.539><c> they</c><00:30:12.819><c> would</c><00:30:13.000><c> do</c><00:30:13.220><c> better</c><00:30:13.700><c> and</c><00:30:14.319><c> through</c>

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all<00:30:14.900><c> of</c><00:30:15.000><c> them</c><00:30:15.119><c> making</c><00:30:15.420><c> that</c><00:30:15.799><c> individual</c><00:30:16.380><c> commitment</c><00:30:16.880><c> together</c><00:30:17.619><c> they</c><00:30:18.740><c> could</c><00:30:18.960><c> move</c><00:30:19.259><c> forward</c><00:30:19.700><c> to</c>

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affect<00:30:20.460><c> real</c>

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change<00:30:21.480><c> in</c><00:30:22.039><c> God's</c><00:30:22.500><c> strength.</c><00:30:23.920><c> And</c><00:30:24.160><c> that's</c><00:30:24.420><c> the</c><00:30:24.559><c> same</c><00:30:24.759><c> thing</c>

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for<00:30:25.180><c> each</c><00:30:25.460><c> one</c><00:30:25.599><c> of</c><00:30:25.720><c> us</c><00:30:25.839><c> in</c><00:30:26.000><c> the</c><00:30:26.160><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:30:26.960><c> That</c>

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each<00:30:27.619><c> one</c><00:30:27.839><c> of</c><00:30:27.960><c> us</c><00:30:28.119><c> needs</c><00:30:28.299><c> to</c><00:30:28.539><c> make</c><00:30:28.660><c> that</c><00:30:28.940><c> personal</c><00:30:29.480><c> commitment</c>

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to<00:30:30.799><c> do</c><00:30:31.039><c> better.</c><00:30:32.039><c> To</c><00:30:32.299><c> not</c><00:30:32.460><c> just</c><00:30:32.720><c> refrain</c>

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from<00:30:33.640><c> speaking</c><00:30:33.980><c> evil</c><00:30:34.240><c> and</c><00:30:34.460><c> doing</c><00:30:34.720><c> evil</c><00:30:35.099><c> but</c><00:30:35.799><c> to</c><00:30:36.079><c> do</c><00:30:36.319><c> good</c><00:30:36.500><c> and</c>

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to<00:30:37.119><c> seek</c><00:30:37.359><c> peace.</c><00:30:38.660><c> To</c><00:30:38.880><c> pursue</c><00:30:39.259><c> it</c>

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because<00:30:40.720><c> the</c><00:30:41.059><c> peacemakers</c><00:30:41.740><c> are</c><00:30:42.559><c> going</c><00:30:42.740><c> to</c><00:30:42.940><c> be</c><00:30:43.059><c> the</c><00:30:43.299><c> children</c>

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of<00:30:43.819><c> God.</c>

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And<00:30:45.960><c> don't</c><00:30:46.119><c> you</c><00:30:46.279><c> think</c><00:30:46.440><c> that</c><00:30:46.680><c> God</c><00:30:46.880><c> is</c><00:30:47.119><c> going</c><00:30:47.279><c> to</c><00:30:47.599><c> deliver</c><00:30:47.799><c> his</c><00:30:48.099><c> children?</c>

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So<00:30:49.880><c> how</c><00:30:50.099><c> is</c><00:30:50.279><c> it</c><00:30:50.400><c> that</c><00:30:50.640><c> deliverance</c><00:30:51.039><c> is</c><00:30:51.319><c> tied</c><00:30:51.460><c> in</c><00:30:51.700><c> then</c><00:30:51.799><c> to</c><00:30:52.000><c> the</c>

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fear<00:30:52.339><c> of</c><00:30:52.500><c> the</c><00:30:52.680><c> Lord?</c>

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Well<00:30:54.039><c> David</c><00:30:54.279><c> says</c><00:30:54.619><c> in</c><00:30:54.799><c> verse</c><00:30:55.079><c> four</c><00:30:55.819><c> that</c><00:30:56.380><c> the</c><00:30:56.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:56.859><c> delivered</c>

00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.380
him<00:30:57.799><c> from</c><00:30:58.299><c> all</c><00:30:58.680><c> of</c><00:30:58.819><c> his</c><00:30:59.079><c> fears.</c><00:30:59.880><c> Imagine</c>

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the<00:31:00.740><c> fears</c><00:31:00.980><c> that</c><00:31:01.319><c> David</c><00:31:01.559><c> had.</c><00:31:03.099><c> How</c><00:31:03.319><c> many</c><00:31:03.579><c> of</c><00:31:03.700><c> us</c><00:31:03.880><c> have</c><00:31:04.079><c> somebody</c><00:31:04.440><c> actively</c><00:31:05.019><c> seeking</c>

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our<00:31:05.779><c> life</c><00:31:06.019><c> to</c><00:31:06.259><c> extinguish</c>

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us<00:31:07.059><c> from</c><00:31:07.240><c> the</c><00:31:07.440><c> earth?</c><00:31:09.019><c> David</c><00:31:09.319><c> had</c><00:31:09.519><c> that</c><00:31:09.700><c> with</c><00:31:09.940><c> Saul</c><00:31:10.299><c> and</c><00:31:11.539><c> now</c>

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he<00:31:11.940><c> had</c><00:31:12.019><c> it</c><00:31:12.160><c> with</c><00:31:12.319><c> the</c><00:31:12.519><c> Philistines.</c><00:31:13.319><c> He</c><00:31:13.460><c> could</c><00:31:13.660><c> only</c>

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travel<00:31:14.240><c> six</c><00:31:14.559><c> miles</c><00:31:14.960><c> east</c><00:31:15.380><c> to</c><00:31:15.559><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> cave</c><00:31:15.880><c> of</c><00:31:16.079><c> Adullam</c><00:31:16.279><c> that</c><00:31:16.420><c> was</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.779
right<00:31:16.900><c> on</c><00:31:17.079><c> the</c><00:31:17.279><c> border</c><00:31:17.559><c> of</c><00:31:17.799><c> the</c><00:31:17.900><c> nation</c><00:31:18.180><c> of</c><00:31:18.400><c> Israel</c>

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:21.200
but<00:31:19.240><c> right</c><00:31:19.480><c> in</c><00:31:19.640><c> the</c><00:31:19.779><c> land</c><00:31:19.900><c> of</c><00:31:20.099><c> the</c><00:31:20.240><c> Philistines.</c><00:31:20.720><c> Well</c><00:31:20.920><c> within</c>

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the<00:31:21.400><c> day's</c><00:31:21.720><c> journey</c><00:31:21.920><c> of</c><00:31:22.099><c> the</c><00:31:22.279><c> Philistines.</c>

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Saul<00:31:23.839><c> on</c><00:31:24.019><c> the</c><00:31:24.160><c> one</c><00:31:24.339><c> hand</c><00:31:24.460><c> the</c><00:31:24.720><c> Philistines</c><00:31:25.220><c> on</c><00:31:25.420><c> the</c><00:31:25.579><c> other</c><00:31:25.819><c> and</c>

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now<00:31:26.380><c> he</c><00:31:26.480><c> had</c><00:31:26.599><c> 400</c><00:31:27.079><c> men</c><00:31:27.440><c> and</c><00:31:27.700><c> likely</c><00:31:27.940><c> their</c><00:31:28.200><c> families</c>

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that<00:31:28.740><c> he</c><00:31:28.880><c> had</c><00:31:29.119><c> to</c><00:31:29.359><c> provide</c><00:31:29.660><c> for.</c><00:31:30.900><c> Those</c><00:31:31.160><c> are</c><00:31:31.359><c> the</c><00:31:31.640><c> fears</c><00:31:32.019><c> that</c>

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:35.960
David<00:31:32.859><c> had</c><00:31:33.339><c> but</c><00:31:34.579><c> this</c><00:31:34.819><c> is</c><00:31:35.000><c> the</c><00:31:35.140><c> key</c><00:31:35.299><c> that</c><00:31:35.539><c> David's</c>

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teaching<00:31:36.160><c> his</c><00:31:36.460><c> men.</c><00:31:37.319><c> David</c><00:31:37.680><c> says</c><00:31:38.200><c> replace</c><00:31:39.160><c> your</c><00:31:39.640><c> fears</c><00:31:39.960><c> in</c><00:31:40.259><c> this</c><00:31:40.559><c> life</c><00:31:41.039><c> with</c><00:31:42.259><c> the</c><00:31:42.599><c> fear</c><00:31:42.940><c> or</c>

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respect<00:31:44.140><c> of</c><00:31:44.339><c> God.</c>

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Think<00:31:46.160><c> about</c><00:31:46.400><c> that</c><00:31:46.619><c> for</c><00:31:46.859><c> a</c><00:31:47.019><c> moment.</c><00:31:47.920><c> He</c><00:31:48.140><c> says</c><00:31:48.299><c> it</c><00:31:48.619><c> four</c><00:31:49.000><c> times</c>

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:52.319
speaking<00:31:50.119><c> about</c><00:31:50.460><c> the</c><00:31:50.740><c> fear</c><00:31:50.900><c> of</c><00:31:51.079><c> the</c><00:31:51.259><c> Lord</c><00:31:51.420><c> in</c><00:31:51.619><c> verse</c>

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that<00:31:52.900><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> Lord</c><00:31:53.279><c> and</c><00:31:53.559><c> camps</c><00:31:53.740><c> round</c><00:31:54.000><c> about</c><00:31:54.259><c> them</c><00:31:54.460><c> that</c><00:31:54.759><c> fear</c><00:31:54.960><c> him.</c><00:31:55.700><c> In</c>

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verse<00:31:56.259><c> nine</c><00:31:56.759><c> twice</c><00:31:57.400><c> he</c><00:31:58.059><c> says</c><00:31:58.339><c> oh</c><00:31:58.720><c> fear</c><00:31:58.920><c> the</c><00:31:59.140><c> Lord</c>

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ye<00:31:59.500><c> his</c><00:31:59.700><c> saints</c><00:31:59.960><c> for</c><00:32:00.140><c> there</c><00:32:00.359><c> is</c><00:32:00.519><c> no</c><00:32:00.779><c> want</c><00:32:00.960><c> to</c><00:32:01.119><c> them</c><00:32:01.279><c> that</c><00:32:01.599><c> fear</c>

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him.<00:32:02.440><c> In</c><00:32:02.660><c> verse</c><00:32:02.920><c> 11</c><00:32:03.799><c> hearken</c><00:32:04.380><c> unto</c><00:32:04.619><c> me</c><00:32:04.799><c> I</c><00:32:04.880><c> will</c><00:32:05.099><c> teach</c>

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you<00:32:05.519><c> the</c><00:32:05.839><c> fear</c><00:32:06.000><c> of</c><00:32:06.160><c> the</c><00:32:06.339><c> Lord.</c><00:32:07.099><c> Each</c><00:32:07.400><c> of</c><00:32:07.559><c> these</c><00:32:07.839><c> 400</c><00:32:08.259><c> men</c><00:32:08.759><c> were</c>

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in<00:32:09.720><c> distress.</c><00:32:10.920><c> They</c><00:32:11.119><c> were</c><00:32:11.440><c> in</c><00:32:11.740><c> debt.</c><00:32:12.359><c> They</c><00:32:12.539><c> were</c><00:32:12.740><c> in</c>

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bitterness<00:32:13.299><c> of</c><00:32:13.720><c> soul.</c><00:32:14.539><c> Each</c><00:32:14.920><c> one</c><00:32:15.119><c> of</c><00:32:15.279><c> them</c><00:32:15.400><c> had</c><00:32:15.740><c> fears</c><00:32:16.099><c> that</c>

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they<00:32:16.460><c> were</c><00:32:16.640><c> dealing</c><00:32:16.900><c> with</c><00:32:17.299><c> and</c><00:32:17.680><c> each</c><00:32:18.039><c> one</c><00:32:18.240><c> of</c><00:32:18.400><c> us</c><00:32:18.599><c> has</c><00:32:18.960><c> fears</c>

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in<00:32:19.640><c> our</c><00:32:19.900><c> life</c><00:32:20.180><c> that</c><00:32:20.359><c> we're</c><00:32:20.599><c> dealing</c><00:32:20.920><c> with.</c><00:32:22.299><c> David</c><00:32:22.460><c> says</c><00:32:22.819><c> take</c>

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those<00:32:23.619><c> fears</c><00:32:24.259><c> give</c><00:32:25.440><c> them</c><00:32:25.660><c> to</c><00:32:25.880><c> God</c><00:32:26.279><c> and</c><00:32:26.859><c> develop</c><00:32:27.240><c> a</c>

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respect<00:32:28.240><c> a</c><00:32:29.640><c> consciousness</c><00:32:30.059><c> of</c><00:32:30.420><c> God</c><00:32:31.019><c> and</c><00:32:32.259><c> make</c><00:32:32.440><c> God</c><00:32:32.660><c> a</c><00:32:32.980><c> reality</c>

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to<00:32:34.339><c> where</c><00:32:34.500><c> you</c><00:32:34.759><c> truly</c><00:32:35.059><c> believe</c><00:32:35.519><c> that</c><00:32:35.740><c> God</c><00:32:35.900><c> is</c>

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present<00:32:36.599><c> and</c><00:32:37.259><c> that</c><00:32:37.400><c> he</c><00:32:37.599><c> will</c><00:32:37.920><c> deliver</c><00:32:38.279><c> you.</c><00:32:39.859><c> If</c><00:32:40.099><c> we</c><00:32:40.339><c> approach</c>

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:43.200
him<00:32:40.819><c> with</c><00:32:41.059><c> a</c><00:32:41.279><c> contrite</c><00:32:42.099><c> spirit</c><00:32:42.539><c> and</c><00:32:42.740><c> a</c><00:32:42.960><c> broken</c>

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heart<00:32:43.480><c> as</c><00:32:43.599><c> he</c><00:32:43.839><c> says</c><00:32:44.019><c> in</c><00:32:44.180><c> verse</c><00:32:44.420><c> 18</c><00:32:45.119><c> then</c><00:32:46.000><c> he</c><00:32:46.200><c> will</c><00:32:46.420><c> be</c><00:32:46.720><c> nigh</c><00:32:47.180><c> and</c>

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he<00:32:47.720><c> will</c><00:32:48.019><c> save</c><00:32:48.299><c> us</c><00:32:48.940><c> but</c><00:32:49.599><c> we</c><00:32:49.799><c> have</c><00:32:50.000><c> to</c><00:32:50.220><c> believe</c><00:32:50.420><c> it.</c>

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We<00:32:52.079><c> really</c><00:32:52.380><c> have</c><00:32:52.640><c> to</c><00:32:52.900><c> believe</c><00:32:53.200><c> that</c><00:32:53.420><c> God</c><00:32:53.660><c> hears.</c><00:32:55.299><c> We</c><00:32:55.480><c> have</c><00:32:55.680><c> to</c>

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:59.079
believe<00:32:56.240><c> that</c><00:32:56.480><c> God</c><00:32:56.740><c> sees.</c><00:32:57.920><c> We</c><00:32:58.160><c> have</c><00:32:58.380><c> to</c><00:32:58.660><c> believe</c><00:32:58.880><c> that</c>

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his<00:32:59.299><c> angels</c><00:32:59.720><c> are</c><00:33:00.000><c> all</c><00:33:00.240><c> around</c><00:33:00.500><c> us</c><00:33:01.160><c> and</c><00:33:02.099><c> we</c><00:33:02.279><c> have</c><00:33:02.460><c> to</c><00:33:02.759><c> believe</c>

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that<00:33:04.099><c> all</c><00:33:04.400><c> things</c><00:33:04.660><c> are</c><00:33:04.920><c> working</c><00:33:05.140><c> together</c><00:33:05.579><c> for</c><00:33:05.859><c> our</c><00:33:06.079><c> good</c>

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:10.380
to<00:33:07.539><c> deliver</c><00:33:07.940><c> us</c><00:33:08.880><c> from</c><00:33:09.319><c> this</c><00:33:09.619><c> life.</c>

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As<00:33:12.500><c> real</c><00:33:12.759><c> as</c><00:33:13.000><c> this</c><00:33:13.220><c> table</c><00:33:13.519><c> is</c><00:33:13.799><c> here</c><00:33:14.000><c> next</c><00:33:14.259><c> to</c><00:33:14.420><c> me</c><00:33:14.980><c> and</c><00:33:15.319><c> the</c><00:33:15.539><c> emblems</c><00:33:15.920><c> on</c>

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it<00:33:16.779><c> that's</c><00:33:17.480><c> the</c><00:33:17.680><c> reality</c><00:33:18.059><c> of</c><00:33:18.240><c> the</c><00:33:18.420><c> Lord's</c>

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presence<00:33:19.220><c> among</c><00:33:19.480><c> us.</c><00:33:21.759><c> That</c><00:33:21.980><c> yes</c><00:33:22.200><c> we</c><00:33:22.339><c> can</c><00:33:22.640><c> physically</c><00:33:23.039><c> see</c><00:33:23.400><c> this</c><00:33:23.700><c> table</c><00:33:24.119><c> and</c>

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no<00:33:25.279><c> we</c><00:33:25.440><c> can't</c><00:33:25.839><c> physically</c><00:33:26.200><c> see</c><00:33:26.500><c> our</c><00:33:26.720><c> Lord</c>

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but<00:33:27.000><c> he</c><00:33:27.220><c> is</c><00:33:27.579><c> here</c><00:33:27.779><c> with</c><00:33:28.000><c> us.</c><00:33:28.539><c> A</c><00:33:28.720><c> lot</c><00:33:28.839><c> of</c><00:33:29.000><c> times</c><00:33:29.200><c> we</c><00:33:29.440><c> say</c><00:33:29.599><c> that</c><00:33:29.779><c> we</c>

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remember<00:33:30.319><c> our</c><00:33:30.579><c> Lord</c><00:33:30.720><c> in</c><00:33:30.880><c> his</c><00:33:31.059><c> absence</c><00:33:31.660><c> but</c><00:33:32.220><c> our</c><00:33:32.460><c> Lord</c>

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isn't<00:33:32.779><c> truly</c><00:33:33.180><c> absent.</c><00:33:34.279><c> We're</c><00:33:34.339><c> told</c><00:33:34.559><c> in</c><00:33:34.720><c> Revelation</c><00:33:35.319><c> that</c><00:33:35.579><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:33:36.000><c> is</c><00:33:36.480><c> walking</c><00:33:36.819><c> in</c><00:33:37.019><c> the</c><00:33:37.140><c> midst</c><00:33:37.299><c> of</c><00:33:37.480><c> the</c>

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Ecclesias<00:33:38.299><c> that</c><00:33:38.859><c> he's</c><00:33:39.140><c> here</c><00:33:39.359><c> this</c><00:33:39.660><c> morning</c><00:33:40.220><c> and</c><00:33:40.940><c> though</c><00:33:41.119><c> we</c>

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physically<00:33:41.779><c> wait</c><00:33:42.099><c> for</c><00:33:42.259><c> him</c><00:33:42.440><c> to</c><00:33:42.720><c> return</c><00:33:43.240><c> he's</c><00:33:44.319><c> watching</c>

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that<00:33:45.799><c> his</c><00:33:46.079><c> angels</c><00:33:46.619><c> are</c><00:33:47.299><c> paying</c><00:33:47.480><c> attention</c><00:33:48.140><c> and</c><00:33:49.099><c> they're</c><00:33:49.359><c> directing</c><00:33:49.680><c> our</c>

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paths<00:33:50.279><c> in</c><00:33:50.460><c> the</c><00:33:50.619><c> ways</c><00:33:50.779><c> of</c><00:33:51.059><c> righteousness</c>

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if<00:33:52.240><c> we're</c><00:33:52.440><c> willing</c><00:33:52.680><c> to</c><00:33:52.980><c> respond.</c><00:33:54.839><c> So</c><00:33:55.099><c> David</c><00:33:55.380><c> concludes</c><00:33:56.000><c> his</c>

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Psalm<00:33:56.460><c> in</c><00:33:56.599><c> verse</c><00:33:56.880><c> 22</c><00:33:57.339><c> which</c><00:33:57.559><c> is</c><00:33:57.799><c> where</c><00:33:57.920><c> we'll</c><00:33:58.259><c> conclude</c>

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our<00:33:58.819><c> exhortation</c><00:33:59.299><c> this</c><00:33:59.559><c> morning</c><00:33:59.980><c> and</c><00:34:00.819><c> he</c><00:34:00.980><c> says</c><00:34:01.180><c> the</c><00:34:01.359><c> Lord</c><00:34:01.940><c> redeemeth</c><00:34:02.779><c> the</c>

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soul<00:34:03.180><c> of</c><00:34:03.359><c> his</c><00:34:03.579><c> servants</c><00:34:04.039><c> and</c><00:34:04.940><c> none</c><00:34:05.099><c> of</c>

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.980
them<00:34:05.380><c> that</c><00:34:05.640><c> trust</c><00:34:05.900><c> in</c><00:34:06.119><c> him</c><00:34:06.259><c> shall</c><00:34:06.460><c> be</c><00:34:06.720><c> desolate.</c><00:34:08.420><c> This</c><00:34:08.639><c> word</c>

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:12.320
redeem<00:34:09.500><c> first</c><00:34:10.260><c> occurs</c><00:34:10.619><c> back</c><00:34:10.920><c> in</c><00:34:11.139><c> Exodus</c><00:34:11.380><c> 13</c><00:34:11.980><c> verses</c>

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12<00:34:12.780><c> to</c><00:34:12.980><c> 16</c><00:34:13.539><c> and</c><00:34:14.400><c> it's</c><00:34:14.599><c> all</c><00:34:14.780><c> in</c><00:34:14.980><c> the</c><00:34:15.199><c> context</c><00:34:15.519><c> of</c><00:34:15.820><c> deliverance</c>

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from<00:34:16.440><c> Egypt</c><00:34:16.860><c> in</c><00:34:17.559><c> the</c><00:34:17.800><c> Passover.</c><00:34:18.719><c> It</c><00:34:18.960><c> means</c><00:34:19.159><c> to</c><00:34:19.460><c> loose</c><00:34:19.880><c> or</c>

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to<00:34:20.840><c> set</c><00:34:21.000><c> free</c><00:34:21.519><c> but</c><00:34:22.420><c> every</c><00:34:22.960><c> time</c><00:34:23.199><c> that</c><00:34:23.400><c> this</c><00:34:23.679><c> word</c><00:34:23.880><c> is</c><00:34:24.139><c> used</c><00:34:24.320><c> in</c>

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scripture<00:34:24.880><c> of</c><00:34:25.260><c> loosing</c><00:34:25.519><c> or</c><00:34:25.820><c> setting</c><00:34:26.059><c> free</c>

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it<00:34:27.480><c> comes</c><00:34:27.800><c> at</c><00:34:27.960><c> a</c><00:34:28.179><c> price.</c><00:34:30.659><c> Redemption</c><00:34:31.019><c> is</c><00:34:31.280><c> not</c><00:34:31.440><c> free.</c><00:34:32.739><c> Redemption</c><00:34:33.199><c> is</c><00:34:33.500><c> release</c><00:34:33.780><c> for</c><00:34:34.079><c> a</c><00:34:34.239><c> ransom</c>

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and<00:34:35.599><c> every</c><00:34:35.940><c> time</c><00:34:36.179><c> that</c><00:34:36.440><c> somebody</c><00:34:36.699><c> is</c><00:34:37.000><c> loosed</c><00:34:37.239><c> or</c><00:34:37.440><c> set</c><00:34:37.679><c> free</c><00:34:38.179><c> it</c>

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comes<00:34:39.360><c> by</c><00:34:39.780><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:40.539><c> or</c><00:34:41.440><c> the</c><00:34:41.719><c> paying</c><00:34:41.920><c> of</c><00:34:42.179><c> some</c><00:34:42.440><c> cost</c>

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and<00:34:44.139><c> so</c><00:34:44.340><c> these</c><00:34:44.559><c> words</c><00:34:44.880><c> point</c><00:34:45.219><c> forward</c><00:34:45.539><c> to</c><00:34:45.719><c> the</c><00:34:45.880><c> work</c><00:34:46.019><c> of</c><00:34:46.219><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:34:46.500><c> Jesus</c><00:34:46.860><c> Christ</c><00:34:47.420><c> because</c><00:34:48.019><c> as</c><00:34:48.300><c> Peter</c><00:34:48.539><c> tells</c><00:34:48.880><c> us</c>

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in<00:34:49.320><c> first</c><00:34:49.539><c> Peter</c><00:34:49.800><c> one</c><00:34:50.119><c> verses</c><00:34:50.460><c> 18</c><00:34:50.920><c> to</c><00:34:51.079><c> 19</c><00:34:51.639><c> that</c><00:34:52.219><c> we</c><00:34:52.360><c> are</c><00:34:52.539><c> not</c>

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redeemed<00:34:53.179><c> with</c><00:34:53.480><c> corruptible</c><00:34:54.039><c> things</c>

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but<00:34:55.219><c> with</c><00:34:55.460><c> the</c><00:34:55.760><c> precious</c><00:34:56.119><c> blood</c><00:34:56.440><c> of</c><00:34:56.639><c> Christ.</c><00:34:58.219><c> We're</c><00:34:58.420><c> redeemed</c>

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with<00:34:58.920><c> the</c><00:34:59.119><c> blood</c><00:34:59.639><c> of</c><00:35:00.340><c> God's</c><00:35:00.800><c> only</c><00:35:01.139><c> begotten</c><00:35:01.659><c> son</c>

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that<00:35:02.840><c> God</c><00:35:03.199><c> has</c><00:35:03.619><c> purchased</c><00:35:04.039><c> us</c><00:35:04.500><c> and</c><00:35:04.780><c> he</c><00:35:05.000><c> has</c><00:35:05.219><c> loved</c><00:35:05.460><c> us</c><00:35:05.739><c> so</c><00:35:06.079><c> much</c>

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:10.360
that<00:35:08.039><c> he</c><00:35:08.219><c> has</c><00:35:08.440><c> allowed</c><00:35:08.739><c> his</c><00:35:09.039><c> only</c><00:35:09.360><c> begotten</c><00:35:09.860><c> son</c>

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to<00:35:10.920><c> be</c><00:35:11.099><c> put</c><00:35:11.260><c> to</c><00:35:11.480><c> death</c><00:35:11.659><c> that</c><00:35:11.860><c> we</c><00:35:12.159><c> might</c><00:35:12.400><c> have</c><00:35:12.699><c> an</c><00:35:12.880><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:35:14.260><c> be</c><00:35:14.480><c> delivered.</c><00:35:16.320><c> Jesus</c><00:35:16.679><c> himself</c>

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says<00:35:17.480><c> in</c><00:35:17.599><c> Mark</c><00:35:17.820><c> 10</c><00:35:18.019><c> and</c><00:35:18.159><c> verse</c><00:35:18.420><c> 45</c><00:35:19.059><c> the</c><00:35:19.460><c> son</c><00:35:19.739><c> of</c><00:35:19.920><c> man</c><00:35:20.099><c> came</c><00:35:20.360><c> to</c><00:35:20.659><c> minister</c><00:35:20.940><c> and</c><00:35:21.079><c> to</c><00:35:21.320><c> give</c><00:35:21.440><c> his</c><00:35:21.719><c> life</c><00:35:21.940><c> as</c><00:35:22.179><c> a</c>

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ransom<00:35:22.679><c> for</c>

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many.<00:35:24.059><c> We</c><00:35:24.599><c> are</c><00:35:24.840><c> the</c><00:35:25.059><c> many</c><00:35:25.539><c> that</c><00:35:26.119><c> Christ</c><00:35:26.440><c> speaks</c><00:35:26.880><c> of.</c><00:35:28.119><c> We've</c><00:35:28.480><c> been</c><00:35:28.659><c> bought</c><00:35:28.800><c> with</c><00:35:29.019><c> the</c><00:35:29.260><c> price</c><00:35:29.679><c> so</c>

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let's<00:35:31.000><c> examine</c><00:35:31.460><c> our</c>

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it.<00:35:36.500><c> Let's</c><00:35:36.739><c> be</c><00:35:37.039><c> conscious</c><00:35:37.400><c> of</c><00:35:37.599><c> the</c><00:35:37.780><c> fact</c><00:35:37.940><c> that</c><00:35:38.159><c> God</c><00:35:38.500><c> is</c>

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everywhere<00:35:39.260><c> among</c><00:35:39.539><c> us</c><00:35:40.039><c> each</c><00:35:40.679><c> and</c><00:35:41.059><c> every</c><00:35:41.280><c> day</c><00:35:41.860><c> seeking</c><00:35:42.380><c> to</c><00:35:42.699><c> dwell</c><00:35:42.900><c> with</c><00:35:43.199><c> us</c>

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we've<00:35:46.320><c> been</c><00:35:46.619><c> commanded.</c><00:35:48.079><c> The</c><00:35:48.219><c> Lord</c><00:35:48.460><c> redeems</c><00:35:48.920><c> the</c><00:35:49.159><c> soul</c><00:35:49.300><c> of</c><00:35:49.480><c> his</c><00:35:49.659><c> servants</c><00:35:50.099><c> and</c><00:35:51.059><c> none</c><00:35:51.260><c> of</c>

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us<00:35:51.639><c> will</c><00:35:51.840><c> be</c><00:35:52.059><c> left</c><00:35:52.280><c> desolate</c>

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provided<00:35:53.219><c> that</c><00:35:53.420><c> we</c><00:35:53.679><c> trust</c><00:35:53.960><c> in</c><00:35:54.219><c> him</c><00:35:54.619><c> and</c><00:35:55.340><c> we</c><00:35:55.639><c> see</c><00:35:55.800><c> the</c><00:35:56.059><c> reality</c>

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