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mighty</c><00:17:05.579><c> God.</c><00:17:06.779><c> Let</c><00:17:06.880><c> me</c><00:17:06.880><c> go</c><00:17:07.019><c> back</c><00:17:07.220><c> to</c><00:17:07.319><c> Ruth</c> 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:10.599 chapter<00:17:07.940><c> 1.</c><00:17:08.859><c> From</c><00:17:09.099><c> verse</c><00:17:09.440><c> 6</c><00:17:09.740><c> to</c><00:17:09.940><c> the</c><00:17:10.059><c> end</c><00:17:10.259><c> of</c><00:17:10.359><c> that</c> 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:22.980 chapter,<00:17:12.539><c> the</c><00:17:12.700><c> word</c><00:17:13.160><c> return</c><00:17:13.680><c> is</c><00:17:14.059><c> used</c><00:17:14.460><c> at</c><00:17:14.980><c> least</c><00:17:15.940><c> 12</c><00:17:17.380><c> times.</c><00:17:19.299><c> 12</c><00:17:19.799><c> times!</c><00:17:21.079><c> In</c><00:17:21.319><c> these</c><00:17:21.539><c> little</c><00:17:21.759><c> verses</c><00:17:22.059><c> from</c><00:17:22.319><c> 6</c> 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.839 to<00:17:23.240><c> 22,</c> 00:17:23.839 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her</c><00:17:51.859><c> daughters</c> 00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:56.279 in<00:17:52.259><c> law,</c><00:17:52.480><c> verse</c><00:17:52.579><c> 6,</c><00:17:53.119><c> that</c><00:17:53.299><c> she</c><00:17:53.460><c> might</c><00:17:53.839><c> go</c><00:17:54.400><c> back</c><00:17:55.019><c> from</c><00:17:55.599><c> the</c><00:17:55.720><c> country</c><00:17:56.059><c> of</c> 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:58.180 Moab,<00:17:56.960><c> for</c><00:17:57.099><c> she</c><00:17:57.240><c> had</c><00:17:57.380><c> heard</c><00:17:57.500><c> in</c><00:17:57.680><c> the</c><00:17:57.779><c> country</c> 00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:01.779 that<00:17:58.480><c> God</c><00:17:58.700><c> had</c><00:17:59.019><c> visited</c><00:17:59.460><c> his</c><00:17:59.980><c> people,</c><00:18:00.500><c> giving</c><00:18:00.579><c> them</c><00:18:00.839><c> bread.</c> 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:04.819 Wherefore,<00:18:03.019><c> she</c><00:18:03.240><c> went</c><00:18:03.519><c> forth</c><00:18:03.799><c> 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because</c><00:22:36.440><c> he</c><00:22:36.660><c> loves</c><00:22:36.920><c> us</c> 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:39.799 that<00:22:37.759><c> we're</c><00:22:38.019><c> going</c><00:22:38.220><c> through</c><00:22:38.400><c> what</c><00:22:38.559><c> we're</c><00:22:38.740><c> going</c><00:22:38.980><c> through.</c><00:22:39.700><c> It</c> 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.019 was<00:22:39.940><c> because</c><00:22:40.160><c> he</c><00:22:40.319><c> loved</c><00:22:40.519><c> them</c><00:22:41.019><c> that</c><00:22:41.559><c> they</c><00:22:41.740><c> went</c><00:22:41.880><c> through</c> 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:45.579 what<00:22:42.160><c> they</c><00:22:42.359><c> went</c><00:22:42.599><c> through.</c><00:22:43.440><c> It</c><00:22:43.480><c> says,</c><00:22:44.599><c> verse</c><00:22:44.859><c> five,</c><00:22:45.420><c> these</c> 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:47.980 people<00:22:45.880><c> that</c><00:22:46.019><c> have</c><00:22:46.180><c> come</c><00:22:46.380><c> back</c><00:22:46.599><c> into</c><00:22:46.799><c> the</c><00:22:47.019><c> land,</c> 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:51.500 now<00:22:48.460><c> therefore</c><00:22:48.920><c> thus</c><00:22:49.160><c> saith</c><00:22:49.339><c> the</c><00:22:49.559><c> Lord</c><00:22:49.859><c> of</c><00:22:50.059><c> hosts,</c><00:22:51.000><c> consider</c> 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:54.859 your<00:22:51.779><c> ways</c><00:22:52.039><c> Israel.</c><00:22:53.740><c> Ye</c><00:22:53.859><c> have</c><00:22:54.059><c> sown</c><00:22:54.319><c> much</c> 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:57.599 and<00:22:55.220><c> you</c><00:22:55.359><c> bring</c><00:22:55.599><c> in</c><00:22:55.859><c> little.</c><00:22:56.579><c> You</c><00:22:56.660><c> eat</c><00:22:56.940><c> but</c><00:22:57.099><c> you</c><00:22:57.220><c> don't</c><00:22:57.400><c> have</c> 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.980 enough.<00:22:58.579><c> You</c><00:22:58.819><c> drink</c><00:22:59.079><c> but</c><00:22:59.279><c> you</c><00:22:59.460><c> have</c><00:22:59.640><c> not</c><00:22:59.779><c> been</c> 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:02.759 filled<00:23:00.279><c> with</c><00:23:00.539><c> drink.</c><00:23:01.259><c> You</c><00:23:01.400><c> put</c><00:23:01.619><c> clothes</c><00:23:01.940><c> on</c><00:23:02.160><c> but</c><00:23:02.319><c> you're</c><00:23:02.519><c> not</c> 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:06.039 warm.<00:23:04.099><c> And</c><00:23:04.240><c> he</c><00:23:04.319><c> that</c><00:23:04.480><c> earneth</c><00:23:04.759><c> wages,</c><00:23:05.519><c> earneth</c><00:23:05.740><c> wages</c> 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:09.380 to<00:23:06.240><c> put</c><00:23:06.380><c> it</c><00:23:06.539><c> into</c><00:23:06.700><c> a</c><00:23:06.880><c> bag</c><00:23:07.000><c> with</c><00:23:07.259><c> holes</c><00:23:07.619><c> because</c><00:23:08.079><c> it's</c><00:23:08.319><c> all</c><00:23:08.559><c> gone.</c><00:23:09.180><c> It</c> 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:11.980 doesn't<00:23:10.160><c> help</c><00:23:10.579><c> you</c><00:23:10.880><c> prosper</c><00:23:11.279><c> in</c><00:23:11.519><c> any</c><00:23:11.700><c> way.</c> 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:17.519 Thus<00:23:12.619><c> saith</c><00:23:12.779><c> the</c><00:23:12.940><c> Lord</c><00:23:13.079><c> of</c><00:23:13.259><c> hosts,</c><00:23:13.980><c> consider</c><00:23:14.700><c> your</c><00:23:15.019><c> ways.</c><00:23:16.960><c> Think</c><00:23:17.380><c> of</c> 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:20.079 what<00:23:17.720><c> you're</c><00:23:17.920><c> doing.</c><00:23:18.920><c> Here</c><00:23:19.299><c> is</c><00:23:19.460><c> what</c><00:23:19.640><c> I</c><00:23:19.839><c> have</c> 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:24.900 done<00:23:20.319><c> to</c><00:23:20.700><c> you.</c><00:23:21.539><c> Think</c><00:23:21.819><c> of</c><00:23:21.940><c> what</c><00:23:22.140><c> you're</c><00:23:22.380><c> doing</c><00:23:22.839><c> on</c><00:23:23.720><c> either</c><00:23:24.019><c> side</c><00:23:24.599><c> of</c> 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.759 those<00:23:25.119><c> statements.</c><00:23:25.839><c> This</c><00:23:26.160><c> is</c><00:23:26.359><c> the</c><00:23:26.480><c> condition</c> 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:32.359 you're<00:23:27.019><c> in.</c><00:23:27.799><c> Think</c><00:23:28.119><c> about</c><00:23:28.420><c> it.</c><00:23:29.940><c> Think</c><00:23:30.160><c> about</c><00:23:30.440><c> your</c><00:23:30.660><c> ways.</c><00:23:31.700><c> That's</c><00:23:31.819><c> what</c><00:23:31.880><c> he's</c><00:23:31.960><c> saying</c><00:23:32.140><c> to</c> 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.519 me.<00:23:33.099><c> That's</c><00:23:33.160><c> what</c><00:23:33.220><c> he's</c> 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.819 saying<00:23:33.700><c> to</c><00:23:33.880><c> Elie</c><00:23:34.099><c> Malik</c><00:23:34.299><c> and</c><00:23:34.460><c> his</c><00:23:34.660><c> family.</c><00:23:35.380><c> That's</c><00:23:35.579><c> what</c><00:23:35.640><c> he's</c> 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:39.240 saying<00:23:36.039><c> to</c><00:23:36.460><c> Bethlehem</c><00:23:36.980><c> Judah</c><00:23:37.279><c> in</c><00:23:37.619><c> famine.</c><00:23:38.880><c> He</c><00:23:39.019><c> says</c> 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:44.759 to<00:23:39.359><c> them,</c><00:23:40.079><c> go</c><00:23:40.160><c> up</c><00:23:40.359><c> to</c><00:23:40.480><c> the</c><00:23:40.599><c> mountain</c><00:23:40.819><c> and</c><00:23:41.039><c> bring</c><00:23:41.220><c> wood</c><00:23:41.640><c> and</c><00:23:43.000><c> build</c><00:23:43.279><c> a</c><00:23:43.480><c> house</c><00:23:43.920><c> and</c><00:23:44.579><c> I</c> 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.240 will<00:23:44.940><c> take</c><00:23:45.200><c> pleasure</c><00:23:45.519><c> in</c><00:23:45.700><c> it</c><00:23:46.039><c> and</c> 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.359 I<00:23:46.380><c> will</c><00:23:46.500><c> be</c><00:23:46.859><c> glorified,</c><00:23:47.599><c> saith</c><00:23:47.640><c> the</c><00:23:47.859><c> Lord.</c><00:23:48.720><c> You</c><00:23:48.859><c> looked</c><00:23:49.099><c> for</c> 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:51.859 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waste</c><00:24:02.420><c> while</c><00:24:02.940><c> ye</c><00:24:03.299><c> run</c><00:24:03.539><c> every</c><00:24:03.980><c> man</c><00:24:04.559><c> to</c> 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:07.099 his<00:24:05.839><c> own</c><00:24:06.059><c> house.</c> 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.920 Therefore,<00:24:08.880><c> for</c><00:24:09.160><c> your</c><00:24:09.480><c> sakes,</c><00:24:09.819><c> the</c><00:24:09.900><c> heaven</c><00:24:10.079><c> is</c><00:24:10.400><c> stayed</c><00:24:10.559><c> from</c> 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:14.920 dew<00:24:11.400><c> but</c><00:24:12.380><c> the</c><00:24:12.599><c> earth</c><00:24:12.839><c> is</c><00:24:13.240><c> stayed</c><00:24:13.420><c> from</c><00:24:13.680><c> her</c><00:24:14.019><c> fruit</c> 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:18.980 and<00:24:15.599><c> I</c><00:24:15.900><c> called</c><00:24:16.180><c> for</c><00:24:16.440><c> a</c><00:24:16.799><c> trout</c><00:24:17.000><c> upon</c><00:24:17.299><c> the</c><00:24:17.539><c> land</c><00:24:17.960><c> 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the</c><00:24:31.400><c> hands.</c><00:24:34.099><c> I've</c><00:24:34.400><c> taken</c><00:24:34.579><c> away</c> 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:38.440 all<00:24:35.000><c> your</c><00:24:35.180><c> prosperity,</c><00:24:37.000><c> all</c><00:24:37.180><c> your</c><00:24:37.359><c> happiness.</c> 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:43.700 Why?<00:24:41.460><c> Because</c><00:24:41.799><c> you</c><00:24:42.000><c> were</c><00:24:42.200><c> going</c><00:24:42.559><c> into</c><00:24:42.980><c> idolatry.</c><00:24:43.539><c> It</c><00:24:43.539><c> doesn't</c> 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:45.160 say<00:24:43.859><c> that</c><00:24:44.059><c> here.</c> 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:49.099 It's<00:24:45.960><c> because</c><00:24:46.259><c> they</c><00:24:46.400><c> were</c><00:24:46.680><c> not</c><00:24:47.039><c> building</c><00:24:47.559><c> the</c><00:24:47.900><c> house</c><00:24:48.420><c> of</c><00:24:48.819><c> the</c> 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:54.440 Lord.<00:24:51.980><c> Now</c><00:24:52.299><c> apply</c><00:24:52.980><c> to</c><00:24:53.200><c> your</c><00:24:53.400><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:24:56.740 --> 00:25:01.819 Are<00:24:56.900><c> you</c><00:24:57.119><c> spending</c><00:24:57.420><c> any</c><00:24:57.960><c> time</c><00:24:59.039><c> building</c><00:24:59.740><c> the</c><00:25:00.140><c> house</c><00:25:00.519><c> of</c><00:25:00.759><c> the</c><00:25:00.900><c> Lord</c><00:25:01.119><c> that</c><00:25:01.339><c> you</c><00:25:01.519><c> are</c><00:25:01.700><c> a</c> 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:03.140 member<00:25:02.059><c> of?</c> 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:09.400 Are<00:25:04.900><c> you</c><00:25:05.119><c> spending</c><00:25:05.380><c> time</c><00:25:06.339><c> encouraging</c><00:25:07.140><c> the</c><00:25:07.519><c> sisters</c><00:25:07.940><c> that</c><00:25:08.460><c> are</c><00:25:08.900><c> trying</c><00:25:09.119><c> to</c> 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:12.279 raise<00:25:09.640><c> children</c><00:25:10.160><c> without</c><00:25:11.039><c> husbands?</c> 00:25:13.579 --> 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with</c><00:29:27.140><c> you.</c><00:29:29.180><c> When</c><00:29:29.339><c> your</c><00:29:29.519><c> heart</c><00:29:29.720><c> is</c><00:29:30.019><c> broken</c><00:29:30.579><c> and</c> 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.940 you're<00:29:31.440><c> utterly</c><00:29:31.839><c> helpless</c><00:29:32.400><c> and</c><00:29:33.160><c> there</c><00:29:33.279><c> is</c><00:29:33.440><c> a</c><00:29:33.640><c> feeling</c> 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:38.920 that<00:29:34.319><c> your</c><00:29:34.640><c> life</c><00:29:34.960><c> is</c><00:29:35.220><c> going</c><00:29:35.359><c> to</c><00:29:35.599><c> fall</c><00:29:35.759><c> apart</c><00:29:36.119><c> and</c><00:29:36.640><c> dribble</c><00:29:36.940><c> away</c><00:29:37.180><c> through</c><00:29:37.380><c> your</c><00:29:37.640><c> hands</c><00:29:38.140><c> and</c> 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.900 nobody<00:29:39.299><c> will</c><00:29:39.559><c> catch</c><00:29:39.740><c> you,</c> 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.640 you've<00:29:40.460><c> fallen</c><00:29:40.660><c> and</c><00:29:40.940><c> there</c><00:29:41.180><c> isn't</c><00:29:41.559><c> the</c><00:29:41.799><c> net</c><00:29:41.980><c> for</c><00:29:42.180><c> you</c><00:29:42.299><c> to</c><00:29:42.500><c> fall</c> 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:45.339 into<00:29:43.140><c> and</c><00:29:43.660><c> you're</c><00:29:44.059><c> falling</c><00:29:44.400><c> and</c><00:29:44.799><c> falling</c><00:29:45.039><c> and</c> 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:51.579 falling.<00:29:45.859><c> God</c><00:29:46.099><c> says,</c><00:29:46.900><c> I</c><00:29:47.380><c> am</c><00:29:47.940><c> with</c><00:29:48.200><c> you.</c><00:29:49.680><c> That's</c><00:29:49.880><c> what</c><00:29:49.920><c> he</c><00:29:50.079><c> says.</c><00:29:51.259><c> I'm</c> 00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:55.160 with<00:29:51.799><c> you.</c><00:29:52.720><c> And</c><00:29:53.200><c> what</c><00:29:53.440><c> does</c><00:29:53.640><c> the</c><00:29:53.759><c> Lord</c><00:29:53.900><c> do</c><00:29:54.059><c> for</c><00:29:54.279><c> us?</c> 00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:58.700 The<00:29:56.200><c> Lord</c><00:29:56.599><c> stirred</c><00:29:56.960><c> up</c><00:29:57.220><c> the</c><00:29:57.440><c> spirit</c><00:29:57.660><c> of</c><00:29:57.859><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:29:58.480><c> the</c><00:29:58.539><c> son</c> 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.539 of<00:29:58.920><c> Shealtiel,</c> 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:03.180 governor<00:30:00.319><c> of</c><00:30:00.599><c> Judah,</c><00:30:01.200><c> and</c><00:30:01.380><c> the</c><00:30:01.640><c> spirit</c><00:30:01.859><c> of</c><00:30:02.079><c> Joshua,</c><00:30:02.880><c> the</c><00:30:03.019><c> son</c> 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.440 of<00:30:03.400><c> Yosedek,</c><00:30:03.799><c> the</c><00:30:03.980><c> high</c><00:30:04.200><c> priest,</c><00:30:04.819><c> and</c><00:30:04.960><c> the</c><00:30:05.200><c> spirit</c> 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.059 of<00:30:05.680><c> all</c><00:30:06.000><c> the</c><00:30:06.180><c> remnant</c><00:30:06.420><c> of</c><00:30:06.599><c> the</c><00:30:06.740><c> people.</c><00:30:07.220><c> And</c><00:30:07.259><c> they</c><00:30:07.480><c> came</c><00:30:07.819><c> and</c> 00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:10.980 did<00:30:08.420><c> work</c><00:30:08.859><c> in</c><00:30:09.319><c> the</c><00:30:09.539><c> house</c><00:30:09.720><c> of</c><00:30:09.980><c> the</c><00:30:10.079><c> Lord</c><00:30:10.339><c> of</c><00:30:10.519><c> hosts,</c> 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:16.359 their<00:30:11.400><c> God.</c><00:30:12.539><c> Isn't</c><00:30:12.740><c> that</c><00:30:12.940><c> wonderful?</c><00:30:15.519><c> When</c><00:30:15.680><c> they</c><00:30:15.880><c> started</c><00:30:16.099><c> to</c> 00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.740 listen,<00:30:16.619><c> then</c><00:30:16.740><c> God</c><00:30:16.980><c> worked</c><00:30:17.339><c> in</c><00:30:17.500><c> them</c> 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.740 and<00:30:18.160><c> built</c><00:30:18.339><c> them</c><00:30:18.480><c> and</c><00:30:18.759><c> strengthened</c><00:30:19.059><c> them</c><00:30:19.240><c> and</c><00:30:19.400><c> encouraged</c> 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.220 them.<00:30:20.140><c> From</c><00:30:20.319><c> the</c><00:30:20.680><c> inside</c><00:30:20.960><c> out,</c> 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.279 he<00:30:21.680><c> stirred</c><00:30:21.880><c> up</c><00:30:22.079><c> their</c><00:30:22.299><c> hearts.</c><00:30:23.240><c> So</c><00:30:23.440><c> we</c><00:30:23.579><c> might</c><00:30:23.720><c> think</c><00:30:23.859><c> that</c><00:30:24.079><c> we</c> 00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.980 are<00:30:24.500><c> doing</c><00:30:24.660><c> it</c><00:30:24.839><c> in</c><00:30:24.980><c> the</c><00:30:25.200><c> strength</c><00:30:25.380><c> of</c><00:30:25.859><c> our</c> 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:30.779 of<00:30:25.980><c> our</c><00:30:26.180><c> own</c><00:30:26.480><c> character.</c><00:30:27.039><c> We're</c><00:30:27.079><c> not.</c><00:30:28.099><c> When</c><00:30:28.259><c> we</c><00:30:28.519><c> listen</c><00:30:28.680><c> to</c><00:30:28.900><c> God,</c><00:30:29.220><c> God</c><00:30:29.680><c> does</c><00:30:30.019><c> the</c><00:30:30.319><c> stirring</c><00:30:30.559><c> up</c> 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.859 in<00:30:31.000><c> us.</c> 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.420 Just<00:30:32.480><c> as</c><00:30:32.660><c> the</c><00:30:32.880><c> Proverb</c><00:30:33.160><c> had</c><00:30:33.420><c> said,</c><00:30:34.440><c> whatever</c><00:30:34.619><c> plans</c><00:30:35.180><c> and</c><00:30:35.740><c> thoughts</c><00:30:36.140><c> may</c> 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.740 come<00:30:36.660><c> in</c><00:30:36.920><c> and</c><00:30:37.099><c> out</c><00:30:37.240><c> of</c><00:30:37.339><c> our</c><00:30:37.519><c> mind,</c> 00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:40.759 drifting<00:30:38.220><c> like</c><00:30:38.519><c> the</c><00:30:38.740><c> waves</c><00:30:38.980><c> of</c><00:30:39.180><c> the</c><00:30:39.299><c> ocean,</c><00:30:40.019><c> whatever</c><00:30:40.420><c> comes</c> 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.680 out<00:30:40.960><c> that</c><00:30:41.099><c> is</c><00:30:41.299><c> worthwhile,</c> 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:45.980 God<00:30:42.420><c> brings</c><00:30:42.740><c> it</c><00:30:42.960><c> out</c><00:30:43.099><c> of</c><00:30:43.240><c> us.</c><00:30:43.759><c> It</c><00:30:43.880><c> has</c><00:30:44.079><c> its</c><00:30:44.400><c> origin</c><00:30:44.740><c> with</c><00:30:45.019><c> him.</c> 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.019 And<00:30:46.720><c> when</c><00:30:46.859><c> we</c><00:30:47.079><c> turn</c><00:30:47.279><c> around</c><00:30:47.559><c> our</c><00:30:47.819><c> lives,</c> 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:55.559 it's<00:30:48.240><c> not</c><00:30:48.359><c> us,</c><00:30:48.779><c> you</c><00:30:48.779><c> know.</c><00:30:50.299><c> It's</c><00:30:50.480><c> God</c><00:30:50.740><c> turning</c><00:30:51.059><c> us</c><00:30:51.339><c> around.</c><00:30:53.220><c> And</c><00:30:53.519><c> when</c><00:30:53.660><c> there's</c><00:30:53.839><c> something</c><00:30:54.180><c> worthwhile</c><00:30:54.940><c> out</c><00:30:55.279><c> of</c><00:30:55.420><c> all</c> 00:30:55.559 --> 00:31:01.519 the<00:30:55.799><c> wretched</c><00:30:56.660><c> worthlessness</c><00:30:57.339><c> of</c><00:30:58.220><c> our</c><00:30:58.539><c> lives</c><00:30:59.079><c> that</c><00:30:59.799><c> comes</c><00:31:00.119><c> out,</c><00:31:01.519><c> it</c> 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:03.859 is<00:31:01.740><c> the</c><00:31:02.099><c> fruit</c><00:31:02.279><c> of</c><00:31:02.480><c> the</c><00:31:02.779><c> spirit</c><00:31:03.039><c> yielded</c><00:31:03.539><c> by</c><00:31:03.720><c> the</c> 00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:07.759 living<00:31:04.099><c> God,</c><00:31:05.220><c> not</c><00:31:05.440><c> something</c><00:31:05.740><c> that</c><00:31:05.920><c> has</c><00:31:06.140><c> its</c><00:31:06.380><c> origin</c><00:31:06.599><c> in</c><00:31:06.880><c> us.</c> 00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:10.299 And<00:31:08.380><c> so</c><00:31:08.440><c> 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that</c><00:31:51.759><c> throughout</c><00:31:51.940><c> the</c><00:31:52.180><c> law,</c><00:31:53.019><c> God</c> 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:57.019 has<00:31:53.480><c> to</c><00:31:53.759><c> keep</c><00:31:53.960><c> on</c><00:31:54.319><c> saying</c><00:31:54.579><c> over</c><00:31:55.279><c> and</c><00:31:55.519><c> over</c><00:31:55.779><c> again,</c> 00:31:57.259 --> 00:32:06.799 be<00:31:57.599><c> sure</c><00:31:58.079><c> that</c><00:31:58.440><c> you</c><00:31:58.819><c> do</c><00:31:59.259><c> not</c><00:31:59.839><c> abuse</c><00:32:00.720><c> widows,</c><00:32:02.960><c> orphans,</c><00:32:04.680><c> and</c><00:32:04.779><c> the</c><00:32:05.059><c> stranger.</c><00:32:06.539><c> I</c> 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:09.059 will<00:32:07.119><c> not</c><00:32:07.460><c> hold</c><00:32:07.759><c> you</c><00:32:08.200><c> guiltless</c> 00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:15.460 if<00:32:09.539><c> you</c><00:32:09.880><c> abuse</c><00:32:10.539><c> widows,</c><00:32:12.160><c> orphans,</c><00:32:13.079><c> and</c><00:32:13.359><c> strangers,</c><00:32:15.079><c> because</c> 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.559 those<00:32:15.700><c> were</c><00:32:15.859><c> people</c><00:32:16.079><c> that</c><00:32:16.259><c> had</c><00:32:16.440><c> no</c><00:32:16.559><c> one</c><00:32:16.559><c> to</c> 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:22.859 protect<00:32:17.059><c> them.</c><00:32:18.980><c> Widow</c><00:32:19.140><c> had</c><00:32:19.339><c> no</c><00:32:19.519><c> husband.</c><00:32:21.240><c> She</c><00:32:21.400><c> had</c><00:32:21.579><c> no</c><00:32:21.839><c> son.</c> 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:27.039 She<00:32:24.019><c> had</c><00:32:24.119><c> no</c><00:32:24.339><c> father.</c><00:32:26.319><c> Orphans</c><00:32:26.680><c> were</c><00:32:26.839><c> people</c> 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:31.299 without<00:32:27.339><c> parents.</c><00:32:29.200><c> Who</c><00:32:29.480><c> cares</c><00:32:29.700><c> about</c><00:32:30.000><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:30.539><c> walking</c><00:32:30.799><c> around</c><00:32:31.079><c> in</c> 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:34.240 Israel?<00:32:33.039><c> So</c><00:32:33.279><c> they</c><00:32:33.480><c> believe</c><00:32:33.660><c> in</c><00:32:33.859><c> our</c><00:32:34.039><c> God,</c> 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:37.720 so<00:32:34.579><c> what?</c><00:32:35.740><c> Who's</c><00:32:36.000><c> going</c><00:32:36.119><c> to</c><00:32:36.380><c> stop</c><00:32:36.519><c> me</c><00:32:36.720><c> from</c><00:32:36.960><c> taking</c><00:32:37.220><c> what</c><00:32:37.400><c> they</c> 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:41.759 have?<00:32:39.079><c> And</c><00:32:39.299><c> in</c><00:32:39.460><c> an</c><00:32:39.640><c> age</c><00:32:39.940><c> when</c><00:32:40.380><c> every</c><00:32:40.779><c> man</c><00:32:41.039><c> did</c><00:32:41.400><c> that</c> 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.160 which<00:32:41.839><c> was</c><00:32:42.140><c> right</c><00:32:42.380><c> in</c><00:32:42.480><c> his</c><00:32:42.680><c> own</c><00:32:42.880><c> eyes,</c><00:32:44.400><c> think</c><00:32:44.640><c> how</c><00:32:44.819><c> much</c><00:32:45.019><c> worse</c> 00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:49.720 it<00:32:45.299><c> was</c><00:32:45.480><c> then.</c><00:32:47.720><c> And</c><00:32:48.000><c> she's</c><00:32:48.200><c> going</c><00:32:48.440><c> back</c><00:32:48.740><c> to</c><00:32:48.940><c> this.</c> 00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:53.799 She's<00:32:50.200><c> an</c><00:32:50.380><c> old</c><00:32:50.559><c> sister.</c><00:32:52.500><c> There</c><00:32:52.619><c> was</c><00:32:52.799><c> never</c><00:32:53.039><c> a</c><00:32:53.240><c> time</c><00:32:53.400><c> in</c><00:32:53.539><c> her</c> 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:56.660 life<00:32:54.059><c> when</c><00:32:54.259><c> she</c><00:32:54.539><c> needed</c><00:32:54.920><c> people</c><00:32:55.599><c> that</c><00:32:56.079><c> cared</c><00:32:56.279><c> for</c><00:32:56.460><c> her</c> 00:32:56.660 --> 00:33:00.819 more<00:32:57.059><c> around</c><00:32:57.420><c> her.</c><00:32:59.400><c> 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sacrifice</c><00:33:18.579><c> her</c> 00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:22.599 needs,<00:33:20.119><c> and</c><00:33:20.259><c> she</c><00:33:20.500><c> needed</c><00:33:20.839><c> them</c><00:33:21.259><c> desperately</c> 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.599 because<00:33:23.599><c> she</c><00:33:23.900><c> cared</c><00:33:24.099><c> more</c><00:33:24.380><c> for</c><00:33:24.519><c> their</c><00:33:24.799><c> needs,</c><00:33:26.160><c> because</c><00:33:27.299><c> she</c> 00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.259 knew<00:33:27.980><c> they</c><00:33:28.279><c> were</c><00:33:28.640><c> Gentile</c><00:33:29.279><c> women.</c> 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:34.059 She<00:33:31.039><c> had</c><00:33:31.319><c> no</c><00:33:31.559><c> male</c><00:33:31.859><c> relatives</c><00:33:32.200><c> she</c><00:33:32.380><c> could</c><00:33:32.619><c> rely</c><00:33:32.940><c> on,</c><00:33:33.380><c> and</c><00:33:33.480><c> fields</c><00:33:33.759><c> for</c> 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:36.759 certain<00:33:34.400><c> would</c><00:33:34.819><c> defend</c><00:33:35.200><c> her</c><00:33:35.640><c> and</c><00:33:35.920><c> them.</c> 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:41.259 They<00:33:37.200><c> were</c><00:33:37.440><c> Moabite</c><00:33:37.960><c> women.</c><00:33:39.559><c> There</c><00:33:39.599><c> was</c><00:33:39.779><c> nothing</c><00:33:40.140><c> looser</c><00:33:40.940><c> or</c> 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:44.359 more<00:33:41.619><c> immoral</c><00:33:42.160><c> than</c><00:33:42.259><c> a</c><00:33:42.640><c> Moabite</c><00:33:43.220><c> woman.</c> 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:48.880 All<00:33:45.640><c> the</c><00:33:45.759><c> men</c><00:33:45.900><c> of</c><00:33:46.000><c> Israel</c><00:33:46.259><c> knew</c><00:33:46.480><c> that.</c><00:33:47.380><c> All</c><00:33:47.680><c> the</c><00:33:47.779><c> men</c><00:33:47.960><c> of</c><00:33:48.000><c> Israel</c><00:33:48.420><c> knew</c> 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:52.299 that<00:33:49.319><c> Balaam</c><00:33:49.579><c> had</c><00:33:49.799><c> used</c><00:33:50.180><c> Moabite</c><00:33:51.180><c> women</c> 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:56.579 to<00:33:52.900><c> be</c><00:33:53.480><c> a</c><00:33:53.920><c> snare</c><00:33:54.220><c> to</c><00:33:54.619><c> the</c><00:33:54.740><c> children</c><00:33:55.019><c> of</c><00:33:55.200><c> Israel.</c><00:33:56.019><c> All</c><00:33:56.319><c> of</c><00:33:56.420><c> them</c> 00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:58.579 knew<00:33:56.720><c> that</c><00:33:56.940><c> Phinehas</c><00:33:57.400><c> had</c><00:33:57.660><c> put</c><00:33:57.900><c> a</c><00:33:58.119><c> spare</c><00:33:58.240><c> through</c> 00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:04.339 a<00:33:58.960><c> prince</c><00:33:59.220><c> of</c><00:33:59.380><c> Israel</c><00:33:59.700><c> and</c><00:34:00.099><c> a</c><00:34:00.400><c> Moabite</c><00:34:00.940><c> woman</c><00:34:01.440><c> in</c><00:34:01.900><c> a</c><00:34:02.000><c> tent.</c><00:34:04.200><c> So</c> 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:08.039 Moabite<00:34:04.759><c> women</c><00:34:05.079><c> were</c><00:34:05.940><c> the</c><00:34:06.660><c> absolute</c><00:34:07.259><c> bottom</c> 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:13.280 of<00:34:08.360><c> womankind.</c><00:34:10.880><c> And</c><00:34:11.059><c> she</c><00:34:11.199><c> knew</c><00:34:11.380><c> these</c><00:34:11.599><c> girls</c><00:34:11.920><c> weren't</c><00:34:12.219><c> that.</c> 00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:16.940 She'd<00:34:14.599><c> lived</c><00:34:14.739><c> in</c><00:34:15.019><c> Moab.</c><00:34:16.199><c> She'd</c><00:34:16.539><c> seen</c><00:34:16.739><c> their</c> 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:20.699 capacity<00:34:17.519><c> for</c><00:34:17.840><c> good.</c><00:34:18.199><c> Out</c><00:34:18.400><c> of</c><00:34:18.539><c> the</c><00:34:18.940><c> worst</c><00:34:19.260><c> circumstances</c><00:34:20.059><c> she</c> 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:23.420 had<00:34:21.000><c> seen,</c><00:34:21.599><c> the</c><00:34:21.880><c> truth</c><00:34:22.159><c> could</c><00:34:22.500><c> make</c><00:34:22.739><c> an</c><00:34:23.039><c> 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protect</c><00:34:39.079><c> them.</c><00:34:40.260><c> She</c> 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:44.239 couldn't<00:34:40.699><c> give</c><00:34:40.900><c> them</c><00:34:41.099><c> husbands.</c><00:34:43.000><c> How</c><00:34:43.400><c> could</c><00:34:43.599><c> she</c><00:34:43.760><c> take</c><00:34:44.019><c> them</c> 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:47.980 back<00:34:44.480><c> to</c><00:34:44.659><c> all</c><00:34:44.900><c> that?</c><00:34:46.800><c> And</c><00:34:47.000><c> so</c><00:34:47.099><c> what</c><00:34:47.280><c> she</c><00:34:47.519><c> does</c><00:34:47.760><c> with</c> 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:56.239 them<00:34:48.139><c> is</c><00:34:49.059><c> she</c><00:34:50.659><c> reminds</c><00:34:51.059><c> them</c><00:34:51.280><c> of</c><00:34:51.340><c> the</c><00:34:51.460><c> Lord.</c><00:34:51.599><c> Look</c><00:34:51.800><c> at</c><00:34:51.940><c> this</c><00:34:52.159><c> old</c><00:34:52.679><c> sister</c><00:34:53.619><c> preaching</c><00:34:55.059><c> the</c><00:34:55.480><c> truth</c><00:34:55.980><c> to</c> 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.860 those<00:34:56.519><c> she</c> 00:34:56.860 --> 00:35:02.260 loves<00:34:57.360><c> for</c><00:34:57.940><c> the</c><00:34:58.159><c> last</c><00:34:58.480><c> time</c><00:34:59.519><c> and</c><00:34:59.840><c> who</c><00:34:59.920><c> she'll</c><00:35:00.219><c> never</c><00:35:00.480><c> see</c><00:35:00.739><c> again.</c><00:35:02.119><c> She</c> 00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.480 knows<00:35:02.500><c> that</c><00:35:02.679><c> they've</c><00:35:02.880><c> come</c><00:35:03.059><c> out</c><00:35:03.219><c> of</c><00:35:03.320><c> the</c> 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:07.800 worship<00:35:03.719><c> of</c><00:35:04.239><c> the</c><00:35:04.619><c> God</c><00:35:04.940><c> and</c><00:35:05.139><c> the</c><00:35:05.300><c> obscenity</c><00:35:06.039><c> of</c><00:35:06.739><c> Moab.</c><00:35:07.460><c> And</c><00:35:07.639><c> she</c> 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:12.860 says<00:35:08.079><c> to</c><00:35:08.179><c> them,</c><00:35:08.599><c> look,</c><00:35:10.099><c> the</c><00:35:10.820><c> Lord</c><00:35:11.380><c> of</c><00:35:11.980><c> Israel,</c> 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:17.300 Yahweh,<00:35:13.820><c> the</c><00:35:13.900><c> God</c><00:35:14.079><c> of</c><00:35:14.260><c> the</c><00:35:14.420><c> Jews,</c><00:35:16.139><c> may</c><00:35:16.239><c> He</c><00:35:16.420><c> deal</c><00:35:16.619><c> kindly</c><00:35:17.000><c> with</c> 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:19.260 you.<00:35:17.820><c> Girls,</c><00:35:18.059><c> remember</c><00:35:18.440><c> everything,</c> 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:22.960 remember<00:35:20.019><c> what</c><00:35:20.179><c> I</c><00:35:20.500><c> taught</c><00:35:20.699><c> you</c><00:35:20.860><c> about</c><00:35:21.099><c> Him.</c><00:35:22.179><c> Remember</c><00:35:22.619><c> how</c><00:35:22.820><c> He</c> 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:25.960 has<00:35:23.159><c> worked</c><00:35:23.320><c> in</c><00:35:23.440><c> my</c><00:35:23.699><c> life.</c><00:35:25.159><c> May</c><00:35:25.239><c> He</c><00:35:25.380><c> deal</c><00:35:25.599><c> kindly</c> 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:29.179 with<00:35:26.119><c> you.</c><00:35:26.300><c> Remember</c><00:35:26.639><c> that</c><00:35:26.820><c> the</c><00:35:27.019><c> only</c><00:35:27.340><c> things</c><00:35:27.780><c> you</c><00:35:28.139><c> ever</c><00:35:28.559><c> receive</c><00:35:28.960><c> as</c> 00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:31.039 blessings<00:35:29.500><c> in</c><00:35:29.699><c> life</c><00:35:29.880><c> come</c><00:35:30.320><c> from</c><00:35:30.500><c> Him.</c><00:35:30.780><c> Not</c> 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:33.900 from<00:35:31.300><c> that</c><00:35:31.599><c> religion,</c><00:35:32.000><c> not</c><00:35:32.179><c> from</c><00:35:32.400><c> all</c><00:35:32.579><c> that</c><00:35:32.780><c> stuff,</c><00:35:33.539><c> from</c><00:35:33.739><c> the</c> 00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:36.440 God<00:35:34.019><c> I</c><00:35:34.239><c> taught</c><00:35:34.480><c> you</c><00:35:34.719><c> about.</c><00:35:35.460><c> May</c><00:35:35.599><c> He</c><00:35:35.840><c> deal</c><00:35:36.079><c> kindly</c> 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:41.699 with<00:35:36.619><c> you.</c><00:35:36.820><c> And</c><00:35:36.940><c> if</c><00:35:37.059><c> you</c><00:35:37.199><c> get</c><00:35:37.380><c> a</c><00:35:37.539><c> husband,</c><00:35:38.840><c> remember</c><00:35:39.199><c> that</c><00:35:39.380><c> He's</c><00:35:39.659><c> come</c><00:35:39.840><c> from</c><00:35:40.059><c> Him.</c><00:35:41.400><c> May</c> 00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.539 He<00:35:42.059><c> provide</c><00:35:42.380><c> you</c> 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:46.719 with<00:35:42.619><c> a</c><00:35:42.780><c> husband.</c><00:35:43.260><c> If</c><00:35:43.400><c> you</c><00:35:43.559><c> get</c><00:35:43.739><c> a</c><00:35:43.900><c> husband</c><00:35:44.539><c> and</c><00:35:46.039><c> He's</c><00:35:46.300><c> come</c><00:35:46.559><c> to</c> 00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:50.079 you<00:35:46.840><c> from</c><00:35:47.059><c> the</c><00:35:47.239><c> Lord,</c><00:35:48.800><c> please</c><00:35:49.300><c> remember</c><00:35:49.880><c> what</c> 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:53.920 I<00:35:50.420><c> taught</c><00:35:50.679><c> you.</c><00:35:52.460><c> You</c><00:35:52.679><c> know,</c><00:35:52.800><c> you</c><00:35:53.079><c> have</c><00:35:53.340><c> learned</c><00:35:53.519><c> to</c><00:35:53.780><c> read</c><00:35:53.780><c> the</c> 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.940 Bible<00:35:54.079><c> effectively</c><00:35:54.599><c> seminar</c><00:35:55.019><c> series.</c> 00:35:57.099 --> 00:36:00.760 Sometimes<00:35:57.500><c> they</c><00:35:57.679><c> can</c><00:35:57.900><c> last</c><00:35:58.260><c> for</c><00:35:58.619><c> two,</c><00:35:58.780><c> three</c><00:35:59.000><c> years</c><00:35:59.619><c> with</c><00:36:00.500><c> no</c> 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:04.000 effect.<00:36:02.679><c> No</c><00:36:02.940><c> effect.</c><00:36:03.300><c> She'd</c><00:36:03.519><c> been</c><00:36:03.719><c> teaching</c> 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:10.360 these<00:36:04.139><c> girls</c><00:36:04.440><c> for</c><00:36:04.679><c> 10</c><00:36:04.900><c> years,</c><00:36:06.300><c> 10</c><00:36:06.780><c> years.</c><00:36:09.340><c> And</c><00:36:09.579><c> it</c><00:36:09.840><c> says</c><00:36:10.019><c> as</c><00:36:10.179><c> we</c> 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:16.480 go<00:36:10.579><c> further,</c><00:36:13.099><c> first</c><00:36:13.559><c> at</c><00:36:14.920><c> the</c><00:36:15.019><c> end</c><00:36:15.159><c> of</c><00:36:15.280><c> verse</c><00:36:15.420><c> 9,</c> 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:19.019 then<00:36:16.840><c> she</c><00:36:17.079><c> kissed</c><00:36:17.300><c> them</c><00:36:17.579><c> and</c><00:36:17.820><c> they</c><00:36:18.099><c> lifted</c><00:36:18.280><c> up</c><00:36:18.519><c> their</c><00:36:18.739><c> voice</c> 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:22.119 and<00:36:19.280><c> wept.</c><00:36:20.900><c> And</c><00:36:21.019><c> then</c><00:36:21.119><c> they</c><00:36:21.219><c> say</c><00:36:21.320><c> to</c><00:36:21.440><c> her,</c><00:36:21.719><c> surely</c> 00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:27.000 we<00:36:22.480><c> will</c><00:36:22.860><c> go</c><00:36:23.300><c> back</c><00:36:24.219><c> with</c><00:36:24.739><c> thee</c><00:36:25.300><c> unto</c><00:36:25.599><c> thy</c><00:36:25.840><c> people.</c><00:36:26.519><c> Now</c><00:36:26.679><c> there's</c><00:36:26.800><c> no</c> 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.739 commitment<00:36:27.420><c> other</c><00:36:27.639><c> than</c><00:36:27.900><c> that.</c><00:36:28.440><c> There's</c> 00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:31.139 no<00:36:28.980><c> commitment</c><00:36:29.320><c> to</c><00:36:29.519><c> their</c><00:36:29.679><c> religion.</c><00:36:30.420><c> They</c><00:36:30.659><c> haven't</c><00:36:30.900><c> said,</c> 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:33.440 we<00:36:31.400><c> want</c><00:36:31.639><c> the</c><00:36:31.880><c> truth</c><00:36:32.219><c> that</c><00:36:32.820><c> you've</c><00:36:33.119><c> taught</c><00:36:33.219><c> us</c> 00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:36.460 out<00:36:33.559><c> for</c><00:36:33.760><c> so</c><00:36:34.039><c> long</c><00:36:34.360><c> that</c><00:36:34.699><c> you've</c><00:36:35.179><c> sweated</c><00:36:35.420><c> over</c><00:36:35.840><c> and</c><00:36:36.239><c> taught</c> 00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:38.380 us<00:36:36.659><c> and</c><00:36:36.840><c> tried</c><00:36:36.980><c> to</c><00:36:37.300><c> live</c><00:36:37.480><c> in</c><00:36:37.679><c> front</c><00:36:37.840><c> of</c><00:36:38.000><c> us,</c> 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:46.039 Naomi.<00:36:39.559><c> We'll</c><00:36:40.000><c> come</c><00:36:40.159><c> with</c><00:36:40.300><c> you</c><00:36:40.380><c> to</c><00:36:40.519><c> your</c><00:36:40.719><c> people.</c><00:36:42.420><c> That's</c><00:36:42.639><c> what</c><00:36:42.719><c> they</c><00:36:42.920><c> say.</c><00:36:45.380><c> We'll</c><00:36:45.559><c> come</c><00:36:45.719><c> with</c><00:36:45.920><c> you</c> 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:47.400 to<00:36:46.159><c> your</c><00:36:46.420><c> people.</c> 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:52.159 And<00:36:48.360><c> Naomi</c><00:36:48.539><c> says,</c><00:36:49.000><c> no,</c><00:36:49.519><c> go</c><00:36:49.800><c> back,</c><00:36:50.619><c> my</c><00:36:50.840><c> daughters.</c><00:36:51.780><c> Why</c><00:36:52.000><c> will</c> 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.639 you<00:36:52.280><c> go</c><00:36:52.440><c> with</c><00:36:52.639><c> me?</c><00:36:52.880><c> Look,</c><00:36:53.059><c> I'm</c><00:36:53.239><c> not</c><00:36:53.360><c> going</c><00:36:53.460><c> to</c><00:36:53.539><c> have</c> 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:57.199 any<00:36:53.940><c> children.</c><00:36:54.599><c> I'm</c><00:36:54.920><c> old.</c><00:36:55.519><c> If</c><00:36:55.780><c> I</c><00:36:55.980><c> was</c><00:36:56.099><c> to</c><00:36:56.340><c> miraculously</c><00:36:56.920><c> find</c> 00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:59.760 a<00:36:57.360><c> husband</c><00:36:57.719><c> and</c><00:36:58.400><c> become</c><00:36:58.699><c> pregnant,</c><00:36:59.400><c> would</c><00:36:59.539><c> you</c> 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:03.039 wait<00:37:00.019><c> for</c><00:37:00.239><c> the</c><00:37:00.400><c> sons</c><00:37:00.599><c> to</c><00:37:00.840><c> grow</c><00:37:01.000><c> up?</c><00:37:01.880><c> I</c><00:37:01.920><c> know</c><00:37:02.059><c> that's</c><00:37:02.400><c> the</c><00:37:02.440><c> job</c><00:37:02.619><c> of</c><00:37:02.840><c> a</c> 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:05.199 redeemer,<00:37:03.760><c> according</c><00:37:04.059><c> to</c><00:37:04.300><c> the</c><00:37:04.460><c> Jewish</c><00:37:04.699><c> law,</c> 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.679 that<00:37:06.079><c> the</c><00:37:06.500><c> brothers</c><00:37:06.800><c> would</c><00:37:07.079><c> grow</c><00:37:07.280><c> up</c><00:37:07.599><c> and</c><00:37:07.980><c> marry</c><00:37:08.320><c> you</c><00:37:08.820><c> to</c><00:37:09.119><c> raise</c><00:37:09.440><c> up</c> 00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:11.860 children<00:37:10.139><c> to</c><00:37:10.480><c> their</c><00:37:10.699><c> brothers</c><00:37:11.039><c> that</c><00:37:11.199><c> have</c><00:37:11.440><c> died.</c> 00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:14.420 But<00:37:12.480><c> I</c><00:37:12.679><c> can't</c><00:37:13.039><c> promise</c><00:37:13.260><c> you</c><00:37:13.420><c> that</c><00:37:13.579><c> that's</c><00:37:13.820><c> going</c><00:37:13.960><c> to</c><00:37:14.159><c> happen.</c> 00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:16.780 Would<00:37:14.980><c> you</c><00:37:15.179><c> even</c><00:37:15.400><c> wait</c><00:37:15.639><c> for</c><00:37:15.840><c> them?</c> 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:24.860 She<00:37:18.199><c> says,</c><00:37:18.579><c> no,</c><00:37:18.960><c> no,</c><00:37:19.280><c> go,</c><00:37:19.780><c> go,</c><00:37:20.340><c> leave</c><00:37:20.500><c> me,</c><00:37:21.159><c> go</c><00:37:21.360><c> back.</c><00:37:23.099><c> And</c><00:37:23.500><c> remember,</c><00:37:24.539><c> it</c> 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.500 creeps<00:37:25.280><c> me</c><00:37:25.500><c> much</c><00:37:25.739><c> for</c><00:37:25.960><c> your</c><00:37:26.239><c> sakes</c> 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:29.900 that<00:37:26.800><c> the</c><00:37:27.059><c> hand</c><00:37:27.380><c> of</c><00:37:27.539><c> the</c><00:37:27.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:28.059><c> has</c><00:37:28.619><c> gone</c><00:37:28.920><c> forth</c><00:37:29.239><c> against</c><00:37:29.579><c> me.</c> 00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.780 Why<00:37:30.420><c> does</c><00:37:30.539><c> she</c><00:37:30.719><c> say</c><00:37:30.880><c> that?</c><00:37:31.059><c> Is</c><00:37:31.159><c> it</c><00:37:31.300><c> out</c><00:37:31.440><c> of</c><00:37:31.539><c> bitterness?</c> 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:38.699 It's<00:37:32.380><c> to</c><00:37:32.539><c> tell</c><00:37:32.820><c> them</c><00:37:33.300><c> the</c><00:37:33.679><c> Lord</c><00:37:34.199><c> is</c><00:37:34.460><c> in</c><00:37:34.760><c> all</c><00:37:35.119><c> areas</c><00:37:35.500><c> of</c><00:37:35.699><c> our</c><00:37:36.000><c> life.</c><00:37:36.880><c> Girls,</c><00:37:37.539><c> don't</c><00:37:37.960><c> forget</c><00:37:38.300><c> it.</c> 00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:40.340 You've<00:37:39.519><c> seen</c><00:37:39.840><c> the</c><00:37:40.139><c> Lord</c> 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:44.119 in<00:37:40.539><c> my</c><00:37:40.780><c> life.</c><00:37:41.659><c> He's</c><00:37:42.019><c> there</c><00:37:42.320><c> to</c><00:37:42.500><c> love,</c><00:37:43.099><c> to</c><00:37:43.239><c> nurture,</c><00:37:43.699><c> to</c><00:37:43.860><c> bless,</c> 00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:46.099 but<00:37:44.360><c> he's</c><00:37:44.519><c> also</c><00:37:44.760><c> there</c><00:37:44.980><c> to</c><00:37:45.219><c> discipline.</c> 00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:49.840 Never<00:37:46.480><c> forget</c><00:37:46.860><c> how</c><00:37:47.099><c> active</c><00:37:47.440><c> he</c><00:37:47.579><c> is.</c><00:37:48.500><c> Remember</c><00:37:49.059><c> he's</c><00:37:49.400><c> there.</c> 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:53.019 It<00:37:50.699><c> creeps</c><00:37:51.099><c> me</c><00:37:51.239><c> that</c><00:37:51.500><c> you</c><00:37:51.860><c> have</c><00:37:52.079><c> had</c><00:37:52.219><c> to</c><00:37:52.380><c> be</c><00:37:52.579><c> impacted</c> 00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:57.280 by<00:37:53.440><c> the</c><00:37:53.619><c> mistakes</c><00:37:54.059><c> I</c><00:37:54.539><c> have</c><00:37:54.820><c> made,</c><00:37:56.320><c> by</c><00:37:56.440><c> what</c><00:37:56.579><c> the</c><00:37:56.760><c> Lord</c><00:37:56.920><c> has</c><00:37:57.179><c> had</c> 00:37:57.280 --> 00:38:00.139 to<00:37:57.480><c> put</c><00:37:57.599><c> me</c><00:37:57.920><c> through.</c><00:37:58.739><c> It</c><00:37:59.119><c> creeps</c><00:37:59.460><c> me</c><00:37:59.599><c> that</c><00:37:59.800><c> you've</c> 00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:03.800 been<00:38:00.400><c> affected</c><00:38:00.800><c> by</c><00:38:01.099><c> that.</c><00:38:02.260><c> And</c><00:38:02.519><c> they</c><00:38:02.800><c> lifted</c><00:38:02.980><c> up</c><00:38:03.219><c> their</c><00:38:03.500><c> voice</c> 00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:07.460 and<00:38:04.059><c> wept</c><00:38:04.360><c> again,</c><00:38:05.119><c> and</c><00:38:05.440><c> Orpah</c><00:38:05.900><c> kissed</c><00:38:06.159><c> her</c><00:38:06.400><c> mother</c><00:38:06.599><c>-in</c><00:38:06.820><c>-law</c> 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:13.679 and<00:38:07.940><c> left.</c><00:38:09.960><c> But</c><00:38:10.199><c> Ruth</c><00:38:10.920><c> claved</c><00:38:11.679><c> unto</c><00:38:11.960><c> her,</c><00:38:12.760><c> glued</c><00:38:13.039><c> herself</c><00:38:13.480><c> to</c> 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:17.639 her,<00:38:14.360><c> stuck</c><00:38:14.559><c> herself</c><00:38:15.000><c> by</c><00:38:15.280><c> her.</c><00:38:15.739><c> It</c><00:38:15.860><c> means</c><00:38:16.179><c> to</c><00:38:17.280><c> cling,</c> 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:23.940 to<00:38:18.059><c> adhere.</c><00:38:19.139><c> It's</c><00:38:19.260><c> the</c><00:38:19.360><c> same</c><00:38:19.519><c> word</c><00:38:19.679><c> that</c><00:38:19.800><c> was</c><00:38:19.960><c> used</c><00:38:20.119><c> of</c><00:38:20.300><c> Adam</c><00:38:20.599><c> and</c><00:38:20.780><c> Eve,</c><00:38:21.579><c> to</c><00:38:21.639><c> cleave</c><00:38:22.360><c> together.</c><00:38:23.679><c> It's</c><00:38:23.780><c> a</c><00:38:23.840><c> word</c> 00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:27.739 that's<00:38:24.179><c> used</c><00:38:24.340><c> of</c><00:38:24.460><c> Israel</c><00:38:24.820><c> and</c><00:38:25.000><c> God</c><00:38:25.280><c> likewise.</c><00:38:26.460><c> A</c><00:38:26.800><c> cleaving,</c><00:38:27.539><c> a</c> 00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:30.000 sticking<00:38:27.940><c> together.</c><00:38:28.760><c> She</c><00:38:28.960><c> could</c><00:38:29.260><c> not</c><00:38:29.420><c> get</c><00:38:29.579><c> her</c><00:38:29.820><c> away</c> 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:35.519 from<00:38:30.199><c> her,</c><00:38:30.980><c> but</c><00:38:31.119><c> Orpah</c><00:38:31.380><c> turned</c><00:38:31.619><c> around</c><00:38:31.820><c> and</c><00:38:31.940><c> walked</c><00:38:32.139><c> away.</c><00:38:33.179><c> Don't</c><00:38:33.420><c> judge</c><00:38:33.719><c> her.</c><00:38:35.219><c> Think</c><00:38:35.460><c> of</c> 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.440 her<00:38:35.699><c> as</c><00:38:35.840><c> your</c><00:38:36.059><c> daughter,</c> 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:40.699 struggling<00:38:37.159><c> to</c><00:38:37.559><c> believe</c><00:38:37.900><c> that</c><00:38:38.500><c> God</c><00:38:38.760><c> will</c><00:38:39.000><c> be</c><00:38:39.139><c> there</c><00:38:39.380><c> for</c><00:38:39.559><c> her,</c> 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:43.380 and<00:38:41.159><c> not</c><00:38:41.519><c> being</c><00:38:42.000><c> able</c><00:38:42.260><c> to</c><00:38:42.460><c> have</c><00:38:42.599><c> the</c><00:38:42.880><c> strength</c> 00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:47.340 to<00:38:43.820><c> believe</c><00:38:44.139><c> that</c><00:38:44.500><c> God</c><00:38:44.719><c> will</c><00:38:44.960><c> take</c><00:38:45.179><c> care</c><00:38:45.360><c> of</c><00:38:45.500><c> her,</c><00:38:46.360><c> and</c><00:38:46.760><c> walking</c><00:38:46.980><c> away</c> 00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.260 as<00:38:47.519><c> she</c><00:38:47.659><c> thinks</c><00:38:47.860><c> of,</c> 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:51.139 what<00:38:48.659><c> would</c><00:38:48.880><c> those</c><00:38:49.079><c> men</c><00:38:49.320><c> do</c><00:38:49.480><c> to</c><00:38:49.699><c> me?</c><00:38:50.199><c> What</c><00:38:50.360><c> would</c><00:38:50.539><c> my</c><00:38:50.739><c> life</c><00:38:50.900><c> be</c> 00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:55.679 like?<00:38:52.519><c> I</c><00:38:53.039><c> can't</c><00:38:53.440><c> bring</c><00:38:53.579><c> myself</c><00:38:53.940><c> to</c><00:38:54.179><c> choose</c><00:38:54.460><c> that</c><00:38:54.780><c> life.</c> 00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:59.500 Understand<00:38:56.900><c> her</c><00:38:57.159><c> decision,</c><00:38:58.099><c> have</c><00:38:58.300><c> compassion</c><00:38:58.860><c> for</c><00:38:59.059><c> her,</c><00:38:59.360><c> and</c> 00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:02.019 don't<00:38:59.699><c> judge</c><00:38:59.980><c> her.</c><00:39:00.699><c> But</c><00:39:00.980><c> Ruth,</c> 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:05.960 the<00:39:02.940><c> contrast</c><00:39:03.480><c> of</c><00:39:03.719><c> the</c><00:39:04.059><c> decision</c><00:39:04.380><c> and</c><00:39:04.739><c> the</c><00:39:05.000><c> courage,</c><00:39:05.300><c> the</c><00:39:05.480><c> lack</c><00:39:05.699><c> of</c> 00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.579 courage,<00:39:07.039><c> Orpah</c><00:39:07.360><c> is</c><00:39:07.519><c> like</c><00:39:07.699><c> us.</c><00:39:08.579><c> Ruth</c> 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:13.619 is<00:39:09.900><c> vastly</c><00:39:10.559><c> superior</c><00:39:11.079><c> to</c><00:39:11.300><c> us</c><00:39:11.500><c> in</c><00:39:11.659><c> her</c><00:39:11.920><c> faith.</c><00:39:12.760><c> Ruth</c><00:39:12.960><c> clings</c><00:39:13.440><c> to</c> 00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.840 her<00:39:13.780><c> mother</c><00:39:14.039><c>-in</c><00:39:14.199><c>-law</c><00:39:14.320><c> and</c><00:39:14.579><c> says,</c> 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:18.480 I<00:39:15.159><c> don't</c><00:39:15.579><c> care</c><00:39:15.940><c> what</c><00:39:16.139><c> I'm</c><00:39:16.340><c> going</c><00:39:16.539><c> to</c><00:39:16.659><c> go</c><00:39:16.880><c> through.</c><00:39:18.019><c> She</c><00:39:18.199><c> says</c> 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:22.380 to<00:39:18.599><c> her,</c><00:39:20.559><c> Naomi</c><00:39:20.900><c> looks</c><00:39:21.480><c> at</c><00:39:21.719><c> her,</c> 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:27.920 but<00:39:22.739><c> who</c><00:39:22.900><c> does</c><00:39:23.019><c> she</c><00:39:23.239><c> love</c><00:39:23.420><c> the</c><00:39:23.619><c> most</c><00:39:23.840><c> here?</c><00:39:25.199><c> Who</c><00:39:25.420><c> is</c><00:39:25.619><c> the</c><00:39:25.860><c> closest</c><00:39:26.119><c> to</c><00:39:26.340><c> her</c><00:39:26.579><c> heart?</c><00:39:27.539><c> Who</c><00:39:27.719><c> is</c> 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.760 the<00:39:28.059><c> one</c><00:39:28.159><c> that</c><00:39:28.360><c> she</c><00:39:28.539><c> has</c> 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:33.179 seen<00:39:29.039><c> a</c><00:39:29.619><c> growth</c><00:39:29.960><c> in</c><00:39:30.340><c> understanding</c><00:39:31.099><c> in</c><00:39:31.900><c> the</c><00:39:32.119><c> heart</c><00:39:32.380><c> of?</c><00:39:33.019><c> Has</c> 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:35.780 she<00:39:33.460><c> taught</c><00:39:33.739><c> her</c><00:39:34.019><c> over</c><00:39:34.260><c> all</c><00:39:34.599><c> these</c><00:39:34.920><c> years?</c> 00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:40.460 She<00:39:36.559><c> says,</c><00:39:36.880><c> look,</c><00:39:37.059><c> behold,</c><00:39:38.500><c> your</c><00:39:38.699><c> sister</c><00:39:39.099><c>-in</c><00:39:39.320><c>-law</c><00:39:39.420><c> is</c><00:39:39.940><c> gone</c> 00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:45.320 back<00:39:41.179><c> unto</c><00:39:41.579><c> her</c><00:39:41.940><c> people</c><00:39:42.619><c> and</c><00:39:43.820><c> unto</c><00:39:44.079><c> her</c><00:39:44.400><c> gods.</c> 00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:47.900 I'm<00:39:46.019><c> not</c><00:39:46.179><c> foolish</c><00:39:46.480><c> enough</c><00:39:46.739><c> to</c><00:39:46.900><c> believe</c><00:39:47.099><c> that</c><00:39:47.280><c> she'll</c><00:39:47.579><c> hold</c><00:39:47.739><c> on</c> 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.000 to<00:39:48.019><c> the</c><00:39:48.219><c> truth.</c> 00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:52.579 I<00:39:49.380><c> know</c><00:39:49.539><c> she's</c><00:39:49.739><c> going</c><00:39:49.960><c> back</c><00:39:50.199><c> to</c><00:39:50.340><c> her</c><00:39:50.559><c> religion,</c><00:39:52.019><c> and</c><00:39:52.340><c> then</c><00:39:52.420><c> she</c> 00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:55.659 looks<00:39:52.820><c> at</c><00:39:53.039><c> her,</c><00:39:54.400><c> and</c><00:39:54.559><c> you</c><00:39:54.820><c> try</c><00:39:55.139><c> and</c><00:39:55.400><c> imagine</c> 00:39:55.659 --> 00:40:03.679 yourself<00:39:56.099><c> saying</c><00:39:56.440><c> this,</c><00:39:56.900><c> sisters,</c><00:39:58.619><c> to</c><00:39:58.800><c> this</c><00:39:58.940><c> young</c><00:39:59.260><c> girl.</c><00:40:00.159><c> She's</c><00:40:00.659><c> all</c><00:40:00.980><c> you</c><00:40:01.300><c> have.</c><00:40:02.380><c> You</c><00:40:02.579><c> don't</c><00:40:02.760><c> love</c><00:40:02.940><c> anybody</c><00:40:03.300><c> in</c><00:40:03.519><c> the</c> 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:07.980 more<00:40:04.099><c> than</c><00:40:04.360><c> you</c><00:40:04.480><c> love</c><00:40:04.679><c> that</c><00:40:04.980><c> girl,</c><00:40:06.159><c> and</c><00:40:06.360><c> you</c><00:40:06.480><c> don't</c><00:40:06.860><c> want</c><00:40:07.159><c> anybody</c><00:40:07.659><c> near</c> 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.820 to<00:40:08.179><c> you</c><00:40:08.380><c> more</c><00:40:08.760><c> than</c><00:40:08.900><c> that</c><00:40:09.260><c> girl.</c> 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:21.880 She<00:40:10.599><c> says</c><00:40:10.880><c> to</c><00:40:11.039><c> her,</c><00:40:14.079><c> go</c><00:40:14.219><c> back</c><00:40:14.559><c> after</c><00:40:14.820><c> your</c><00:40:15.099><c> sister</c><00:40:15.400><c>-in</c><00:40:15.679><c>-law,</c><00:40:17.500><c> and</c><00:40:17.699><c> Ruth</c><00:40:18.380><c> bursts</c><00:40:19.000><c> out.</c><00:40:20.760><c> For</c><00:40:20.960><c> 10</c><00:40:21.219><c> years,</c> 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:28.219 work,<00:40:23.000><c> teaching,</c><00:40:23.699><c> teaching,</c><00:40:24.360><c> instruction,</c><00:40:25.119><c> and</c><00:40:25.599><c> look</c><00:40:25.739><c> at</c><00:40:25.860><c> what</c><00:40:25.920><c> she</c><00:40:26.159><c> says.</c><00:40:27.519><c> Don't</c><00:40:27.860><c> beg</c><00:40:28.019><c> me</c> 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.420 to<00:40:28.360><c> leave</c><00:40:28.599><c> you</c> 00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:33.719 or<00:40:30.280><c> to</c><00:40:30.539><c> go</c><00:40:30.820><c> back</c><00:40:31.079><c> from</c><00:40:31.380><c> following</c><00:40:31.619><c> after</c><00:40:31.920><c> you.</c><00:40:32.699><c> Where</c><00:40:32.980><c> you</c><00:40:33.300><c> go,</c> 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:36.159 I<00:40:34.099><c> am</c><00:40:34.360><c> going.</c><00:40:35.159><c> Where</c><00:40:35.360><c> you</c><00:40:35.780><c> stay,</c> 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.159 I<00:40:36.699><c> am</c><00:40:36.880><c> going</c><00:40:37.019><c> to</c><00:40:37.300><c> stay.</c><00:40:37.780><c> Your</c><00:40:38.079><c> people</c><00:40:38.380><c> will</c><00:40:38.599><c> be</c><00:40:39.019><c> my</c><00:40:39.280><c> people,</c><00:40:39.800><c> and</c><00:40:39.920><c> I</c> 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.659 want<00:40:40.380><c> the</c><00:40:40.619><c> truth.</c> 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:53.599 Thy<00:40:44.320><c> God</c><00:40:44.659><c> shall</c><00:40:44.880><c> be</c><00:40:45.039><c> my</c><00:40:45.320><c> God.</c><00:40:46.800><c> 10</c><00:40:47.360><c> years,</c><00:40:48.320><c> work,</c><00:40:49.179><c> finally.</c><00:40:51.079><c> I</c><00:40:51.360><c> want</c><00:40:51.599><c> to</c><00:40:51.760><c> be</c><00:40:51.920><c> baptized.</c><00:40:53.440><c> I</c> 00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.579 want<00:40:53.699><c> to</c><00:40:53.780><c> be</c><00:40:53.940><c> a</c><00:40:54.099><c> sister</c><00:40:54.360><c> in</c> 00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:58.840 Christ<00:40:54.719><c> like</c><00:40:55.639><c> you.</c><00:40:56.880><c> I</c><00:40:56.880><c> want</c><00:40:57.039><c> to</c><00:40:57.159><c> be</c><00:40:57.300><c> just</c><00:40:57.659><c> like</c><00:40:57.860><c> you,</c><00:40:58.320><c> Naomi,</c> 00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:03.340 and<00:40:59.579><c> I'm</c><00:40:59.679><c> not</c><00:40:59.860><c> going</c><00:41:00.639><c> any</c><00:41:01.260><c> place.</c><00:41:02.860><c> I'm</c><00:41:03.099><c> staying</c> 00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:09.500 here<00:41:03.599><c> with</c><00:41:03.800><c> you.</c><00:41:05.920><c> Where</c><00:41:06.380><c> you</c><00:41:06.780><c> die,</c><00:41:07.039><c> I</c><00:41:07.260><c> will</c><00:41:07.480><c> die.</c><00:41:08.699><c> There</c><00:41:08.960><c> I</c><00:41:09.099><c> will</c><00:41:09.320><c> be</c> 00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:13.639 buried.<00:41:10.579><c> May</c><00:41:10.679><c> the</c><00:41:10.880><c> Lord</c><00:41:11.440><c> punish</c><00:41:11.940><c> me</c><00:41:12.699><c> greatly</c> 00:41:13.489 --> 00:41:18.820 if<00:41:13.840><c> anything</c><00:41:14.239><c> but</c><00:41:14.679><c> death</c><00:41:15.739><c> separates</c><00:41:16.400><c> you</c><00:41:16.659><c> and</c><00:41:16.820><c> me.</c><00:41:18.280><c> And</c><00:41:18.519><c> when</c> 00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:21.699 Naomi<00:41:19.280><c> saw</c><00:41:19.760><c> that</c><00:41:19.940><c> she</c><00:41:20.159><c> was</c><00:41:20.840><c> steadfastly</c> 00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:28.940 to<00:41:21.980><c> go</c><00:41:22.159><c> with</c><00:41:22.400><c> her,</c><00:41:23.840><c> and</c><00:41:24.039><c> she</c><00:41:24.320><c> stopped</c><00:41:24.579><c> speaking</c><00:41:25.000><c> with</c><00:41:25.260><c> her.</c><00:41:27.320><c> The</c><00:41:27.420><c> word</c><00:41:27.559><c> steadfastly</c><00:41:28.199><c> means</c><00:41:28.460><c> to</c> 00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.119 stiffen<00:41:29.320><c> oneself</c> 00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:38.079 firmly<00:41:31.039><c> upon</c><00:41:32.019><c> the</c><00:41:32.239><c> thing.</c><00:41:33.679><c> To</c><00:41:33.820><c> be</c><00:41:34.300><c> firmly</c><00:41:34.960><c> stiffened</c><00:41:35.659><c> upon</c><00:41:35.880><c> the</c><00:41:36.079><c> thing.</c><00:41:36.940><c> And</c><00:41:37.119><c> that's</c><00:41:37.340><c> the</c><00:41:37.420><c> kind</c><00:41:37.599><c> of</c><00:41:37.699><c> individual</c> 00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:42.780 that<00:41:38.280><c> Ruth</c><00:41:38.440><c> is.</c><00:41:39.360><c> She</c><00:41:39.699><c> is</c><00:41:39.980><c> somebody</c><00:41:40.380><c> who</c><00:41:41.019><c> has</c><00:41:41.539><c> a</c><00:41:41.679><c> sisterly,</c> 00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:46.679 gentle,<00:41:44.440><c> quiet</c><00:41:44.980><c> determination.</c> 00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:53.320 A<00:41:48.539><c> strong</c><00:41:48.800><c> mind.</c><00:41:50.800><c> When</c><00:41:50.920><c> she</c><00:41:51.039><c> makes</c><00:41:51.300><c> a</c><00:41:51.440><c> decision,</c><00:41:52.940><c> she</c><00:41:53.039><c> makes</c> 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.400 it<00:41:53.519><c> forever.</c><00:41:55.219><c> And</c><00:41:55.320><c> now</c><00:41:55.739><c> after</c><00:41:56.219><c> all</c><00:41:56.679><c> of</c><00:41:56.880><c> this</c><00:41:57.079><c> period</c> 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:00.260 of<00:41:57.659><c> instruction,</c><00:41:59.099><c> when</c><00:41:59.199><c> so</c><00:41:59.400><c> many</c><00:41:59.559><c> other</c><00:41:59.800><c> people</c><00:42:00.000><c> would</c><00:42:00.159><c> have</c> 00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:03.920 given<00:42:00.440><c> up</c><00:42:00.679><c> hope,</c><00:42:02.679><c> Ruth</c><00:42:02.940><c> chooses</c><00:42:03.320><c> to</c><00:42:03.559><c> become</c><00:42:03.780><c> a</c> 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:08.739 sister<00:42:04.139><c> in</c><00:42:04.300><c> Christ.</c><00:42:07.059><c> So</c><00:42:07.340><c> they</c><00:42:07.579><c> too</c><00:42:07.760><c> went</c><00:42:07.920><c> until</c><00:42:08.139><c> they</c><00:42:08.320><c> came</c><00:42:08.559><c> to</c> 00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:10.780 Bethlehem.<00:42:10.019><c> They</c><00:42:10.139><c> get</c><00:42:10.219><c> into</c><00:42:10.380><c> Bethlehem,</c> 00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:13.579 the<00:42:10.960><c> city</c><00:42:11.260><c> is</c><00:42:11.420><c> all</c><00:42:11.760><c> moved</c><00:42:12.219><c> around</c><00:42:12.559><c> them.</c><00:42:12.739><c> It</c><00:42:12.780><c> means</c><00:42:13.119><c> there's</c> 00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:15.460 an<00:42:13.739><c> uproar</c><00:42:14.099><c> made,</c><00:42:14.519><c> and</c><00:42:14.659><c> the</c><00:42:14.800><c> women</c><00:42:14.940><c> come</c><00:42:15.119><c> out</c><00:42:15.280><c> and</c><00:42:15.380><c> say,</c> 00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:24.920 is<00:42:15.739><c> this</c><00:42:16.940><c> Naomi?</c><00:42:19.260><c> Can</c><00:42:19.739><c> this</c><00:42:20.139><c> be</c><00:42:20.420><c> Naomi?</c><00:42:22.000><c> So</c><00:42:22.199><c> all</c><00:42:22.340><c> of</c><00:42:22.440><c> the</c><00:42:22.659><c> trials,</c><00:42:24.719><c> all</c> 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:27.780 of<00:42:25.039><c> the</c><00:42:25.320><c> pain,</c><00:42:26.719><c> all</c><00:42:26.940><c> of</c><00:42:27.059><c> the</c><00:42:27.300><c> grief</c><00:42:27.519><c> must</c> 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:31.599 have<00:42:27.880><c> been</c><00:42:28.019><c> in</c><00:42:28.300><c> her</c><00:42:28.360><c> face</c><00:42:29.059><c> of</c><00:42:29.960><c> what</c><00:42:30.159><c> she'd</c><00:42:30.460><c> gone</c><00:42:30.619><c> through</c><00:42:31.280><c> in</c> 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:35.559 those<00:42:31.739><c> years</c><00:42:32.039><c> in</c><00:42:32.260><c> Moab.</c><00:42:33.980><c> What</c><00:42:34.280><c> she</c><00:42:34.619><c> left</c><00:42:34.840><c> as</c><00:42:35.179><c> was</c> 00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:40.079 different<00:42:36.079><c> to</c><00:42:36.940><c> what</c><00:42:37.119><c> came</c><00:42:37.340><c> back</c><00:42:37.679><c> home.</c><00:42:38.579><c> She</c><00:42:38.739><c> says,</c><00:42:39.119><c> look,</c><00:42:39.199><c> don't</c><00:42:39.579><c> call</c><00:42:39.840><c> me</c> 00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.760 Naomi,<00:42:40.519><c> which</c><00:42:40.719><c> means</c><00:42:40.980><c> pleasantness.</c> 00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:46.800 Call<00:42:42.320><c> me</c><00:42:42.579><c> Mara.</c><00:42:44.300><c> That</c><00:42:44.300><c> means</c><00:42:44.599><c> bitterness.</c><00:42:45.699><c> When</c><00:42:45.840><c> the</c><00:42:45.980><c> children</c><00:42:46.179><c> of</c><00:42:46.280><c> Israel</c><00:42:46.539><c> got</c> 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:47.280 out<00:42:46.940><c> of</c><00:42:47.079><c> Egypt,</c> 00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:49.699 and<00:42:47.420><c> they</c><00:42:47.619><c> got</c><00:42:47.820><c> to</c><00:42:48.039><c> a</c><00:42:48.139><c> place</c><00:42:48.340><c> where</c><00:42:48.679><c> they</c><00:42:48.800><c> were</c><00:42:48.920><c> to</c><00:42:49.059><c> drink</c><00:42:49.199><c> water,</c><00:42:49.599><c> the</c> 00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:52.539 waters<00:42:50.039><c> were</c><00:42:50.539><c> bitter.</c><00:42:51.280><c> They</c><00:42:51.460><c> were</c><00:42:51.840><c> Mara.</c> 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.500 The<00:42:53.119><c> only</c><00:42:53.320><c> thing</c><00:42:53.460><c> that</c><00:42:53.780><c> healed</c><00:42:54.219><c> those</c><00:42:54.760><c> things</c><00:42:55.000><c> so</c><00:42:55.199><c> that</c><00:42:55.280><c> they</c> 00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:57.800 became<00:42:55.900><c> life</c><00:42:56.679><c>-giving,</c><00:42:57.179><c> as</c><00:42:57.340><c> opposed</c><00:42:57.579><c> to</c> 00:42:57.800 --> 00:43:01.639 life<00:42:58.019><c>-threatening,</c><00:42:59.139><c> was</c><00:42:59.260><c> a</c><00:42:59.519><c> tree</c><00:43:00.019><c> dropped</c><00:43:00.699><c> into</c><00:43:00.960><c> the</c><00:43:01.219><c> water</c> 00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:05.039 that<00:43:02.280><c> healed</c><00:43:02.679><c> the</c><00:43:02.940><c> waters.</c><00:43:03.699><c> And</c><00:43:04.199><c> outside</c><00:43:04.800><c> of</c> 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:09.539 Jerusalem,<00:43:06.079><c> at</c><00:43:06.159><c> the</c><00:43:06.340><c> foot</c><00:43:06.500><c> of</c><00:43:06.840><c> a</c><00:43:07.340><c> tree</c><00:43:07.880><c> that</c><00:43:08.320><c> was</c><00:43:08.579><c> healing</c> 00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:15.340 mankind,<00:43:11.960><c> three</c><00:43:12.260><c> women</c><00:43:12.599><c> stood</c><00:43:12.900><c> named</c><00:43:14.059><c> Mary,</c> 00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:22.179 which<00:43:16.019><c> means</c><00:43:16.300><c> the</c><00:43:16.500><c> same</c><00:43:16.760><c> thing.</c><00:43:18.460><c> Mara,</c><00:43:19.139><c> Mara,</c><00:43:20.099><c> Mara.</c><00:43:21.519><c> All</c><00:43:21.840><c> the</c> 00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:25.780 bitterness<00:43:22.480><c> of</c><00:43:22.800><c> human</c><00:43:23.079><c> life,</c><00:43:24.139><c> standing</c><00:43:24.699><c> at</c><00:43:25.139><c> the</c><00:43:25.420><c> foot</c> 00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:30.960 of<00:43:26.059><c> a</c><00:43:26.300><c> tree</c><00:43:26.960><c> upon</c><00:43:27.579><c> which</c><00:43:27.860><c> human</c><00:43:28.440><c> nature</c><00:43:29.099><c> was</c><00:43:29.880><c> being</c><00:43:30.219><c> healed</c><00:43:30.579><c> out</c><00:43:30.820><c> of</c> 00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:33.420 a<00:43:31.079><c> man</c><00:43:31.659><c> through</c><00:43:32.480><c> suffering.</c> 00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:37.579 And<00:43:34.800><c> so</c><00:43:35.099><c> she</c><00:43:35.320><c> says,</c><00:43:35.760><c> call</c><00:43:35.760><c> me,</c><00:43:36.079><c> call</c><00:43:36.280><c> me</c><00:43:36.559><c> Mara.</c><00:43:36.920><c> Don't</c><00:43:37.139><c> call</c><00:43:37.400><c> me</c> 00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:40.380 Naomi.<00:43:38.340><c> For</c><00:43:38.460><c> the</c><00:43:38.619><c> Almighty</c><00:43:39.139><c> have</c><00:43:39.420><c> dealt</c><00:43:39.719><c> very</c> 00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:43.380 bitterly<00:43:40.719><c> with</c><00:43:40.920><c> me.</c><00:43:41.519><c> You</c><00:43:41.679><c> know,</c><00:43:41.840><c> she</c><00:43:42.019><c> doesn't</c><00:43:42.260><c> hide</c><00:43:42.579><c> it.</c><00:43:43.219><c> She</c> 00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:45.500 comes<00:43:43.599><c> right</c><00:43:43.920><c> out.</c><00:43:44.139><c> This</c><00:43:44.260><c> woman</c><00:43:44.579><c> is</c><00:43:44.760><c> like</c><00:43:44.960><c> David,</c> 00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:49.780 who<00:43:45.900><c> had</c><00:43:46.219><c> his</c><00:43:46.539><c> sins</c><00:43:46.800><c> trumpeted</c><00:43:47.619><c> abroad,</c><00:43:48.880><c> sung</c><00:43:49.000><c> as</c><00:43:49.260><c> hymns</c><00:43:49.619><c> in</c> 00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:53.199 the<00:43:49.940><c> temple.</c><00:43:50.860><c> His</c><00:43:51.159><c> sins,</c><00:43:52.320><c> the</c><00:43:52.500><c> Psalms</c><00:43:52.780><c> were</c><00:43:52.980><c> hymns.</c> 00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:56.199 They<00:43:53.260><c> were</c><00:43:53.500><c> songs.</c><00:43:54.940><c> She</c><00:43:55.099><c> comes</c><00:43:55.300><c> right</c><00:43:55.599><c> out</c><00:43:55.699><c> to</c><00:43:55.820><c> the</c><00:43:55.980><c> community</c> 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:58.099 and<00:43:56.280><c> says,</c><00:43:56.519><c> look,</c><00:43:57.320><c> the</c><00:43:57.460><c> Lord</c><00:43:57.579><c> has</c><00:43:57.780><c> dealt</c> 00:43:58.099 --> 00:44:02.940 with<00:43:58.340><c> me</c><00:43:58.619><c> bitterly.</c><00:43:59.920><c> Call</c><00:44:00.099><c> me</c><00:44:00.380><c> bitter.</c><00:44:01.079><c> It</c><00:44:01.219><c> will</c><00:44:01.579><c> always</c><00:44:01.940><c> memorialize</c><00:44:02.659><c> what</c> 00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:04.579 I<00:44:03.159><c> have</c><00:44:03.280><c> been</c><00:44:03.480><c> through.</c><00:44:03.920><c> The</c><00:44:04.280><c> mistakes</c> 00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:10.179 I<00:44:04.880><c> made,</c><00:44:05.019><c> I</c><00:44:05.159><c> want</c><00:44:05.500><c> you</c><00:44:05.739><c> to</c><00:44:06.019><c> know,</c><00:44:06.579><c> I</c><00:44:06.900><c> made</c><00:44:07.300><c> mistakes.</c><00:44:09.679><c> I</c><00:44:10.000><c> made</c> 00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:12.059 mistakes<00:44:10.579><c> that</c><00:44:10.820><c> brought</c><00:44:10.980><c> trouble</c><00:44:11.340><c> on</c><00:44:11.500><c> my</c><00:44:11.760><c> family</c> 00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:17.780 and<00:44:12.219><c> on</c><00:44:12.380><c> me.</c><00:44:13.480><c> I</c><00:44:13.619><c> went</c><00:44:13.820><c> out</c><00:44:14.119><c> full,</c><00:44:14.460><c> but</c><00:44:14.579><c> the</c><00:44:14.780><c> Lord,</c><00:44:15.059><c> the</c><00:44:15.440><c> Lord</c><00:44:15.940><c> have</c><00:44:16.300><c> brought</c><00:44:17.019><c> me</c> 00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:20.300 home.<00:44:18.400><c> Once</c><00:44:18.679><c> again,</c><00:44:19.820><c> return.</c> 00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:23.659 Those<00:44:20.920><c> three</c><00:44:21.239><c> words</c><00:44:21.460><c> brought</c><00:44:21.739><c> me</c><00:44:21.940><c> home</c><00:44:22.219><c> are</c><00:44:22.559><c> the</c><00:44:22.860><c> same</c><00:44:23.139><c> word</c> 00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:27.639 as<00:44:23.960><c> return.</c><00:44:24.840><c> Now</c><00:44:25.000><c> she's</c><00:44:25.219><c> come</c><00:44:25.420><c> home.</c><00:44:26.139><c> She's</c><00:44:26.519><c> returned.</c> 00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:32.639 And<00:44:27.860><c> Ruth,</c><00:44:29.699><c> Ruth</c><00:44:30.000><c> is</c><00:44:30.239><c> with</c><00:44:30.460><c> her.</c><00:44:31.599><c> Why</c><00:44:31.800><c> call</c><00:44:32.039><c> you</c><00:44:32.199><c> me,</c><00:44:32.440><c> Naomi,</c> 00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:35.440 seeing<00:44:33.000><c> the</c><00:44:33.199><c> Lord</c><00:44:33.360><c> have</c><00:44:33.579><c> testified</c><00:44:34.139><c> against</c><00:44:34.639><c> me?</c> 00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:44.920 The<00:44:35.880><c> Almighty</c><00:44:36.280><c> have</c><00:44:36.579><c> afflicted</c><00:44:37.139><c> me.</c><00:44:38.800><c> So</c><00:44:39.019><c> Naomi</c><00:44:39.539><c> came</c><00:44:41.159><c> back</c><00:44:41.840><c> and</c><00:44:42.659><c> Ruth,</c><00:44:43.179><c> the</c><00:44:43.340><c> Moabitess,</c><00:44:43.860><c> her</c><00:44:44.059><c> daughter</c><00:44:44.320><c>-in</c><00:44:44.559><c>-law,</c> 00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:49.380 with<00:44:45.380><c> her,</c><00:44:46.119><c> which</c><00:44:46.599><c> came</c><00:44:47.079><c> back</c><00:44:47.860><c> out</c><00:44:48.280><c> of</c><00:44:48.400><c> the</c><00:44:48.440><c> country</c><00:44:48.840><c> of</c><00:44:49.059><c> Moab</c> 00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:51.500 and<00:44:50.059><c> they</c><00:44:50.260><c> came</c><00:44:50.420><c> to</c><00:44:50.599><c> Bethlehem</c> 00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:57.059 in<00:44:52.179><c> the</c><00:44:52.320><c> beginning</c><00:44:52.480><c> of</c><00:44:52.780><c> barley</c><00:44:53.059><c> harvest,</c><00:44:55.119><c> Passover</c><00:44:55.380><c> time,</c><00:44:56.900><c> a</c> 00:44:57.059 --> 00:45:00.059 time<00:44:57.280><c> when</c><00:44:57.860><c> an</c><00:44:58.179><c> omer</c><00:44:58.480><c> was</c><00:44:59.239><c> was</c><00:44:59.480><c> cut</c><00:44:59.599><c> out</c><00:44:59.800><c> and</c> 00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:03.420 presented<00:45:00.519><c> to</c><00:45:00.780><c> the</c><00:45:00.960><c> Lord,</c><00:45:01.980><c> the</c><00:45:02.119><c> time</c><00:45:02.280><c> when</c><00:45:02.480><c> the</c><00:45:02.739><c> Jordan</c><00:45:03.119><c> River</c> 00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:06.239 was<00:45:03.679><c> in</c><00:45:04.000><c> flood.</c><00:45:04.880><c> So</c><00:45:05.019><c> if</c><00:45:05.139><c> they</c><00:45:05.460><c> came</c><00:45:05.659><c> to</c><00:45:05.860><c> the</c><00:45:06.019><c> river</c> 00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:12.239 in<00:45:06.619><c> flood,</c><00:45:07.440><c> if</c><00:45:07.559><c> they</c><00:45:07.820><c> came</c><00:45:07.960><c> to</c><00:45:08.219><c> that</c><00:45:08.539><c> point,</c><00:45:09.519><c> when</c><00:45:09.920><c> Naomi</c><00:45:10.219><c> turned</c><00:45:10.559><c> around,</c><00:45:11.300><c> seeing</c><00:45:11.780><c> the</c> 00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:13.519 land<00:45:12.440><c> on</c><00:45:12.639><c> that</c><00:45:12.920><c> side</c><00:45:13.179><c> with</c> 00:45:13.519 --> 00:45:17.559 a<00:45:13.619><c> river</c><00:45:13.960><c> between</c><00:45:14.480><c> them</c><00:45:14.960><c> and</c><00:45:15.659><c> said</c><00:45:15.960><c> to</c><00:45:16.400><c> her</c><00:45:16.639><c> daughter</c><00:45:16.980><c>-in</c><00:45:17.300><c>-law,</c> 00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:20.719 the<00:45:17.880><c> two</c><00:45:18.079><c> of</c><00:45:18.199><c> them</c><00:45:18.320><c> go</c><00:45:18.500><c> back</c><00:45:18.800><c> home,</c><00:45:19.480><c> it</c><00:45:19.559><c> means</c><00:45:19.840><c> Orpah</c><00:45:20.380><c> could</c> 00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:24.239 see<00:45:21.000><c> baptism</c><00:45:21.500><c> right</c><00:45:21.900><c> in</c><00:45:22.099><c> front</c><00:45:22.260><c> of</c><00:45:22.480><c> her,</c><00:45:23.519><c> could</c><00:45:23.719><c> see</c><00:45:23.940><c> the</c><00:45:24.119><c> hope</c> 00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:25.920 of<00:45:24.420><c> the</c><00:45:24.559><c> land</c><00:45:24.679><c> on</c><00:45:24.860><c> the</c><00:45:24.960><c> other</c><00:45:25.219><c> side</c><00:45:25.599><c> with</c> 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:29.440 its<00:45:26.099><c> attendant</c><00:45:26.480><c> troubles,</c><00:45:28.320><c> turned</c><00:45:28.460><c> around</c><00:45:28.739><c> and</c><00:45:28.900><c> went</c><00:45:29.059><c> away.</c> 00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:32.559 But<00:45:30.019><c> Ruth</c><00:45:30.179><c> went</c><00:45:30.659><c> through</c><00:45:31.159><c> those</c><00:45:31.519><c> waters</c> 00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:39.500 with<00:45:33.679><c> her</c><00:45:33.860><c> mother</c><00:45:34.039><c>-in</c><00:45:34.260><c>-law,</c><00:45:35.780><c> became</c><00:45:35.960><c> a</c><00:45:36.079><c> sister</c><00:45:36.280><c> in</c><00:45:36.460><c> Christ.</c><00:45:38.000><c> Pain</c><00:45:38.360><c> turned</c><00:45:38.699><c> into</c><00:45:38.900><c> joy,</c><00:45:39.179><c> but</c><00:45:39.340><c> it</c> 00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.989 wasn't<00:45:39.679><c> the</c><00:45:39.860><c> end</c><00:45:40.039><c> 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Thanks</c><00:45:52.510><c> be</c><00:45:52.690><c> to</c><00:45:52.829><c> God</c> 00:45:52.929 --> 00:45:59.469 that<00:45:53.070><c> we're</c><00:45:53.250><c> all</c><00:45:53.469><c> alive.</c><00:45:55.329><c> Tomorrow</c><00:45:55.789><c> we</c><00:45:57.010><c> shall</c><00:45:57.190><c> meet</c><00:45:57.369><c> a</c><00:45:57.650><c> man</c><00:45:58.389><c> that</c><00:45:59.230><c> is</c> 00:45:59.469 --> 00:46:02.730 like<00:45:59.789><c> Ruth</c><00:46:00.289><c> and</c><00:46:00.590><c> like</c><00:46:00.849><c> Naomi.</c><00:46:01.989><c> The</c><00:46:02.389><c> biggest</c> 00:46:02.730 --> 00:46:07.510 influence<00:46:03.369><c> on</c><00:46:03.809><c> young</c><00:46:04.230><c> sister</c><00:46:04.610><c> Ruth</c><00:46:05.389><c> was</c><00:46:06.150><c> not</c><00:46:06.389><c> her</c><00:46:06.769><c> parentage,</c> 00:46:07.730 --> 00:46:09.530 not<00:46:07.849><c> her</c><00:46:08.090><c> lineage.</c><00:46:08.909><c> Jewish</c><00:46:09.110><c> tradition</c> 00:46:09.530 --> 00:46:11.969 says<00:46:09.750><c> she</c><00:46:09.909><c> was</c><00:46:10.070><c> the</c><00:46:10.230><c> daughter</c><00:46:10.429><c> of</c><00:46:10.610><c> the</c><00:46:10.710><c> king</c><00:46:10.909><c> of</c><00:46:11.110><c> Moab,</c><00:46:11.769><c> Jewish</c> 00:46:11.969 --> 00:46:14.630 tradition<00:46:12.349><c> for</c><00:46:12.570><c> what</c><00:46:12.710><c> it's</c><00:46:12.989><c> worth,</c><00:46:13.469><c> which</c><00:46:13.630><c> is</c><00:46:13.829><c> nothing.</c> 00:46:17.070 --> 00:46:22.070 She<00:46:17.530><c> was</c><00:46:17.989><c> influenced</c><00:46:18.670><c> more</c><00:46:19.050><c> than</c><00:46:19.349><c> anybody</c><00:46:19.730><c> else</c><00:46:20.289><c> by</c><00:46:21.230><c> her</c><00:46:21.590><c> mother</c><00:46:21.849><c>-in</c> 00:46:22.070 --> 00:46:25.110 -law,<00:46:22.929><c> by</c><00:46:23.110><c> her</c><00:46:23.590><c> elderly</c><00:46:24.090><c> mother</c><00:46:24.489><c>-in</c><00:46:24.750><c>-law.</c> 00:46:25.510 --> 00:46:27.630 When<00:46:25.650><c> you</c><00:46:25.849><c> think</c><00:46:26.010><c> as</c><00:46:26.190><c> older</c><00:46:26.429><c> sisters</c><00:46:26.730><c> your</c><00:46:26.949><c> life</c><00:46:27.170><c> has</c><00:46:27.389><c> wound</c> 00:46:27.630 --> 00:46:29.590 down<00:46:27.829><c> and</c><00:46:28.030><c> is</c><00:46:28.369><c> of</c><00:46:28.530><c> no</c><00:46:28.809><c> consequence</c><00:46:29.269><c> anymore,</c> 00:46:29.590 --> 00:46:33.090 you<00:46:29.750><c> can't</c><00:46:30.150><c> do</c><00:46:30.289><c> anything</c><00:46:30.550><c> to</c><00:46:30.789><c> help</c><00:46:30.949><c> anyone.</c><00:46:32.130><c> You</c><00:46:32.469><c> are</c><00:46:32.690><c> at</c><00:46:32.849><c> the</c> 00:46:33.090 --> 00:46:34.929 time<00:46:33.269><c> of</c><00:46:33.429><c> your</c><00:46:33.650><c> lives</c><00:46:33.869><c> where</c><00:46:34.030><c> you</c><00:46:34.230><c> are</c><00:46:34.369><c> the</c><00:46:34.550><c> most</c> 00:46:34.929 --> 00:46:39.289 useful,<00:46:36.210><c> where</c><00:46:36.309><c> you</c><00:46:36.449><c> have</c><00:46:36.570><c> the</c><00:46:36.869><c> greatest</c><00:46:37.269><c> impact</c><00:46:38.070><c> on</c><00:46:38.469><c> people's</c><00:46:38.989><c> lives,</c> 00:46:39.710 --> 00:46:42.050 where<00:46:39.929><c> you</c><00:46:40.349><c> can</c><00:46:40.929><c> follow</c><00:46:41.309><c> the</c><00:46:41.710><c> dictate</c> 00:46:42.050 --> 00:46:46.929 of<00:46:42.309><c> scripture.</c><00:46:42.789><c> Scripture</c><00:46:43.110><c> says</c><00:46:43.550><c> that</c><00:46:43.989><c> you</c><00:46:44.170><c> are</c><00:46:44.309><c> to</c><00:46:44.630><c> teach</c><00:46:45.070><c> the</c><00:46:45.429><c> younger</c><00:46:45.730><c> sisters</c><00:46:46.210><c> how</c><00:46:46.670><c> to</c> 00:46:46.929 --> 00:46:48.230 love<00:46:47.090><c> their</c><00:46:47.610><c> husbands,</c> 00:46:48.630 --> 00:46:51.989 how<00:46:48.949><c> to</c><00:46:49.170><c> love</c><00:46:49.289><c> their</c><00:46:49.590><c> children.</c><00:46:50.690><c> Tomorrow</c><00:46:51.070><c> we'll</c><00:46:51.269><c> look</c><00:46:51.510><c> at</c><00:46:51.670><c> that</c><00:46:51.869><c> in</c> 00:46:51.989 --> 00:46:53.030 more<00:46:52.130><c> detail.</c>