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go<00:11:39.659><c> before</c><00:11:40.000><c> the</c><00:11:40.299><c> king</c><00:11:40.759><c> because</c><00:11:41.840><c> it</c><00:11:42.039><c> could</c><00:11:42.259><c> cost</c><00:11:42.539><c> me</c><00:11:42.740><c> my</c><00:11:42.980><c> life.</c>

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She<00:11:57.179><c> can</c><00:11:57.480><c> probably</c><00:11:58.019><c> hardly</c><00:11:58.600><c> believe</c><00:11:59.179><c> the</c><00:12:00.120><c> circumstances</c><00:12:01.120><c> that</c><00:12:03.019><c> Mordecai</c><00:12:03.620><c> would</c><00:12:03.960><c> ask</c>

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her<00:12:04.500><c> to</c><00:12:04.639><c> risk</c><00:12:04.899><c> her</c><00:12:05.159><c> life</c><00:12:05.379><c> in</c><00:12:05.559><c> the</c><00:12:05.740><c> back</c><00:12:05.879><c> of</c><00:12:06.080><c> her</c><00:12:06.279><c> mind.</c>

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She<00:12:08.059><c> recounts</c><00:12:08.779><c> the</c><00:12:09.000><c> last</c><00:12:09.379><c> queen</c><00:12:10.240><c> challenged</c><00:12:11.379><c> the</c><00:12:11.620><c> king</c><00:12:12.100><c> and</c>

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he<00:12:13.659><c> got</c><00:12:13.820><c> rid</c><00:12:13.980><c> of</c><00:12:14.120><c> her.</c>

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The<00:12:16.220><c> last</c><00:12:16.460><c> thing</c><00:12:16.620><c> I</c><00:12:16.799><c> want</c><00:12:16.940><c> to</c><00:12:17.100><c> do</c><00:12:17.259><c> is</c><00:12:17.600><c> challenge</c><00:12:18.019><c> the</c><00:12:18.220><c> king.</c>

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And<00:12:20.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:12:20.960><c> tells</c><00:12:21.279><c> her</c><00:12:21.460><c> that's</c><00:12:21.840><c> exactly</c><00:12:22.379><c> what</c><00:12:22.779><c> you</c><00:12:22.980><c> need</c>

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to<00:12:23.340><c> do,</c><00:12:23.500><c> not</c><00:12:23.820><c> challenge</c><00:12:24.240><c> him</c><00:12:24.539><c> in</c><00:12:24.679><c> the</c><00:12:24.799><c> way</c><00:12:24.940><c> that</c><00:12:25.179><c> Vashti</c><00:12:25.500><c> did,</c>

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but<00:12:26.960><c> you</c><00:12:27.159><c> need</c><00:12:27.320><c> to</c><00:12:27.580><c> take</c><00:12:27.799><c> all</c><00:12:28.159><c> that</c><00:12:28.320><c> you</c><00:12:28.600><c> have</c><00:12:28.820><c> and</c><00:12:29.159><c> set</c><00:12:29.320><c> it</c><00:12:29.580><c> aside.</c>

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But<00:12:31.179><c> the</c><00:12:31.480><c> important</c><00:12:31.720><c> point</c><00:12:31.960><c> to</c><00:12:32.179><c> recognize</c><00:12:32.620><c> in</c><00:12:32.820><c> verse</c><00:12:33.039><c> 10</c><00:12:33.220><c> is</c>

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that<00:12:33.480><c> she</c><00:12:33.659><c> is</c><00:12:33.879><c> not</c><00:12:34.120><c> ready</c><00:12:34.399><c> at</c><00:12:34.700><c> this</c><00:12:35.019><c> point</c><00:12:35.399><c> in</c><00:12:35.639><c> verse</c><00:12:35.940><c> 10</c><00:12:36.279><c> to</c>

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forsake<00:12:36.960><c> all</c><00:12:37.220><c> that</c><00:12:37.340><c> she</c><00:12:37.600><c> has</c>

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and<00:12:38.759><c> to</c><00:12:38.940><c> put</c><00:12:39.059><c> her</c><00:12:39.279><c> life</c><00:12:39.639><c> in</c><00:12:39.899><c> jeopardy</c><00:12:40.320><c> for</c><00:12:40.580><c> her</c><00:12:40.820><c> people.</c>

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So<00:12:44.059><c> she</c><00:12:44.320><c> sends</c><00:12:44.580><c> back</c><00:12:44.940><c> to</c><00:12:45.139><c> Mordecai,</c><00:12:45.820><c> I</c><00:12:45.899><c> want</c><00:12:46.120><c> you</c><00:12:46.320><c> to</c><00:12:46.639><c> rethink</c>

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what<00:12:47.580><c> you're</c><00:12:47.860><c> asking</c><00:12:48.179><c> me</c><00:12:48.480><c> to</c><00:12:48.659><c> do.</c>

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And<00:12:50.340><c> the</c><00:12:50.580><c> response</c><00:12:51.379><c> that</c><00:12:52.159><c> Mordecai</c><00:12:52.759><c> now</c><00:12:53.139><c> sends</c><00:12:53.440><c> to</c><00:12:53.799><c> Esther</c><00:12:53.980><c> is</c>

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the<00:12:54.740><c> essence</c><00:12:55.379><c> of</c><00:12:55.879><c> the</c><00:12:56.100><c> gospel</c><00:12:56.500><c> itself.</c>

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and<00:13:04.279><c> will</c><00:13:04.600><c> remind</c><00:13:05.000><c> her</c><00:13:05.259><c> of</c><00:13:05.500><c> spiritual</c><00:13:05.919><c> principles</c><00:13:06.399><c> that</c><00:13:06.659><c> she</c>

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already<00:13:07.379><c> knew</c><00:13:07.659><c> of,</c>

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but<00:13:08.980><c> at</c><00:13:09.179><c> this</c><00:13:09.440><c> point</c><00:13:09.620><c> in</c><00:13:09.820><c> her</c><00:13:10.019><c> life</c><00:13:10.200><c> she</c><00:13:10.360><c> is</c><00:13:10.639><c> not</c><00:13:10.899><c> willing</c><00:13:11.200><c> to</c><00:13:11.480><c> live.</c>

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Think<00:13:12.500><c> not</c><00:13:13.200><c> with</c><00:13:13.559><c> thyself</c><00:13:14.720><c> that</c><00:13:15.259><c> thou</c><00:13:15.600><c> shalt</c><00:13:15.940><c> escape</c><00:13:16.440><c> in</c><00:13:16.679><c> the</c>

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king's<00:13:17.220><c> house</c><00:13:17.460><c> more</c><00:13:17.720><c> than</c><00:13:17.840><c> all</c><00:13:18.159><c> the</c><00:13:18.360><c> Jews,</c>

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for<00:13:19.820><c> if</c><00:13:20.039><c> thou</c><00:13:20.320><c> altogether</c><00:13:21.100><c> holdest</c><00:13:21.700><c> thy</c><00:13:21.879><c> peace</c><00:13:22.179><c> at</c><00:13:22.399><c> this</c><00:13:22.679><c> time,</c>

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then<00:13:23.820><c> shall</c><00:13:24.120><c> their</c><00:13:24.759><c> enlargement</c><00:13:25.580><c> and</c><00:13:26.039><c> deliverance</c><00:13:26.620><c> arise</c><00:13:27.120><c> to</c>

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but<00:13:30.539><c> thou</c><00:13:30.899><c> and</c><00:13:31.059><c> thy</c><00:13:31.299><c> father's</c><00:13:31.860><c> house</c><00:13:32.419><c> shall</c><00:13:32.779><c> be</c><00:13:33.039><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:13:35.000><c> who</c><00:13:35.340><c> knoweth</c><00:13:35.799><c> whether</c><00:13:36.080><c> thou</c><00:13:36.320><c> art</c><00:13:36.580><c> come</c><00:13:36.840><c> to</c><00:13:37.000><c> the</c><00:13:37.179><c> kingdom</c>

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When<00:13:41.759><c> the</c><00:13:42.059><c> exchange</c><00:13:42.440><c> starts</c><00:13:42.899><c> between</c><00:13:43.419><c> Esther</c><00:13:43.740><c> and</c><00:13:44.019><c> Mordecai,</c>

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she<00:13:44.840><c> is</c><00:13:45.179><c> thinking</c><00:13:45.500><c> naturally</c><00:13:46.200><c> and</c><00:13:46.500><c> she</c><00:13:46.659><c> is</c><00:13:47.000><c> thinking</c><00:13:47.419><c> self</c><00:13:47.840><c>-centeredly.</c>

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And<00:13:49.399><c> that's</c><00:13:49.639><c> why</c><00:13:49.860><c> she</c><00:13:50.159><c> rejects</c><00:13:50.779><c> Mordecai's</c><00:13:51.679><c> initial</c><00:13:52.080><c> command.</c>

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And<00:13:53.740><c> part</c><00:13:53.879><c> of</c><00:13:53.980><c> what</c><00:13:54.220><c> Mordecai</c><00:13:54.820><c> will</c><00:13:55.080><c> do</c><00:13:55.279><c> for</c><00:13:55.600><c> Esther</c><00:13:55.960><c> is</c><00:13:56.259><c> to</c><00:13:56.600><c> expose</c><00:13:57.240><c> this</c><00:13:57.720><c> thinking</c><00:13:58.000><c> for</c><00:13:58.299><c> her</c><00:13:58.539><c> to</c><00:13:58.820><c> see.</c>

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Esther,<00:13:59.980><c> you</c><00:14:00.220><c> are</c><00:14:00.480><c> being</c><00:14:00.840><c> deceived</c><00:14:01.559><c> by</c><00:14:01.919><c> your</c><00:14:02.159><c> own</c><00:14:02.419><c> thinking.</c>

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Think<00:14:04.500><c> not</c><00:14:05.179><c> that</c><00:14:06.460><c> your</c><00:14:06.960><c> course</c><00:14:07.340><c> is</c><00:14:07.700><c> going</c><00:14:07.879><c> to</c><00:14:08.240><c> deliver</c><00:14:08.519><c> you</c>

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and<00:14:09.179><c> your</c><00:14:09.340><c> father's</c><00:14:09.840><c> house.</c>

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Mordecai<00:14:11.480><c> can</c><00:14:11.840><c> see</c><00:14:12.039><c> right</c><00:14:12.440><c> through</c><00:14:12.899><c> her</c><00:14:13.179><c> deceptive</c><00:14:13.720><c> thinking</c>

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and<00:14:14.779><c> he</c><00:14:15.039><c> sees</c><00:14:15.340><c> what</c><00:14:15.659><c> she</c><00:14:15.980><c> doesn't.</c>

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She<00:14:17.840><c> has</c><00:14:18.080><c> a</c><00:14:18.399><c> wrong</c><00:14:18.899><c> focus</c><00:14:19.600><c> on</c><00:14:19.960><c> this</c><00:14:20.200><c> situation</c><00:14:20.840><c> and</c><00:14:21.720><c> he's</c><00:14:22.039><c> not</c>

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afraid<00:14:22.860><c> to</c><00:14:23.059><c> let</c><00:14:23.220><c> her</c><00:14:23.460><c> know</c>

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and<00:14:24.960><c> to</c><00:14:25.100><c> let</c><00:14:25.220><c> her</c><00:14:25.419><c> know</c><00:14:25.559><c> what</c><00:14:25.700><c> he</c><00:14:25.960><c> sees</c><00:14:26.259><c> and</c><00:14:26.580><c> to</c><00:14:26.820><c> encourage</c><00:14:27.399><c> her</c>

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to<00:14:27.860><c> take</c><00:14:28.159><c> another</c><00:14:28.639><c> look</c>

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at<00:14:30.480><c> where</c><00:14:30.700><c> her</c><00:14:31.039><c> focus</c><00:14:31.419><c> is</c><00:14:32.179><c> and</c><00:14:32.480><c> what</c><00:14:32.659><c> she's</c><00:14:33.019><c> trying</c><00:14:33.220><c> to</c><00:14:33.519><c> preserve.</c>

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Your<00:14:35.659><c> priorities,</c><00:14:36.759><c> Esther,</c><00:14:36.940><c> he</c><00:14:37.220><c> tells</c><00:14:37.440><c> her,</c><00:14:37.879><c> are</c><00:14:38.019><c> upside</c><00:14:38.639><c> down.</c>

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You've<00:14:40.360><c> got</c><00:14:40.539><c> yourself</c><00:14:41.080><c> and</c><00:14:41.299><c> your</c><00:14:41.580><c> family</c><00:14:41.940><c> up</c><00:14:42.299><c> here</c><00:14:42.799><c> and</c><00:14:43.360><c> you've</c><00:14:43.620><c> got</c>

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the<00:14:44.019><c> community</c><00:14:44.419><c> second.</c>

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And<00:14:45.940><c> what</c><00:14:46.039><c> you</c><00:14:46.220><c> need</c><00:14:46.360><c> to</c><00:14:46.600><c> do</c><00:14:46.799><c> is</c><00:14:47.179><c> change</c><00:14:47.820><c> that</c><00:14:48.440><c> order</c><00:14:48.820><c> of</c><00:14:49.320><c> priority.</c>

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She's<00:14:50.779><c> asking</c><00:14:51.139><c> herself</c><00:14:51.639><c> the</c><00:14:51.960><c> wrong</c><00:14:52.179><c> question.</c>

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What<00:14:54.039><c> can</c><00:14:54.279><c> I</c><00:14:54.519><c> do</c><00:14:54.820><c> to</c><00:14:55.120><c> save</c><00:14:55.299><c> myself</c><00:14:55.879><c> and</c><00:14:56.120><c> my</c><00:14:56.440><c> family?</c>

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And,<00:14:57.919><c> brethren</c><00:14:57.919><c> and</c><00:14:58.200><c> sisters,</c><00:14:58.559><c> when</c><00:14:58.740><c> we</c><00:14:59.039><c> ask</c><00:14:59.360><c> ourselves</c><00:15:00.100><c> that</c><00:15:00.639><c> question</c>

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it<00:15:05.059><c> will</c><00:15:05.399><c> inevitably</c><00:15:05.940><c> lead</c><00:15:06.620><c> to</c><00:15:07.360><c> selfish</c><00:15:07.960><c> conclusions</c><00:15:08.840><c> and</c>

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then<00:15:10.240><c> selfish</c><00:15:10.779><c> actions.</c>

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Her<00:15:12.879><c> initial</c><00:15:13.240><c> focus</c><00:15:13.740><c> and</c><00:15:14.080><c> concern</c><00:15:14.539><c> is</c><00:15:14.860><c> to</c><00:15:15.080><c> save</c><00:15:15.240><c> herself</c><00:15:15.940><c> and</c>

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her<00:15:16.720><c> father's</c><00:15:17.240><c> household</c>

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regardless<00:15:18.840><c> of</c><00:15:19.620><c> what</c><00:15:19.799><c> happens</c><00:15:20.139><c> to</c><00:15:20.340><c> the</c><00:15:20.519><c> community.</c>

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And<00:15:22.639><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:23.179><c> tells</c><00:15:23.539><c> her</c><00:15:23.779><c> that</c><00:15:24.019><c> your</c><00:15:24.620><c> failure</c><00:15:25.379><c> to</c><00:15:26.659><c> stand</c><00:15:27.100><c> up</c>

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will<00:15:29.740><c> be</c><00:15:30.120><c> at</c><00:15:30.399><c> the</c><00:15:30.779><c> cost</c><00:15:31.320><c> of</c><00:15:31.720><c> your</c><00:15:32.059><c> life</c><00:15:32.659><c> and</c><00:15:33.519><c> the</c><00:15:33.679><c> life</c><00:15:34.080><c> of</c><00:15:34.279><c> your</c>

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father's<00:15:34.860><c> house.</c>

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Thy<00:15:38.179><c> father's</c><00:15:38.679><c> house,</c><00:15:39.799><c> she's</c><00:15:40.139><c> an</c><00:15:40.360><c> orphan.</c>

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Mordecai<00:15:43.120><c> is</c><00:15:43.480><c> her</c><00:15:43.720><c> family.</c>

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You<00:15:45.419><c> think</c><00:15:45.720><c> you're</c><00:15:45.940><c> going</c><00:15:46.019><c> to</c><00:15:46.220><c> save</c><00:15:46.399><c> yourself</c><00:15:47.039><c> and</c><00:15:47.379><c> me</c><00:15:48.179><c> by</c><00:15:49.600><c> remaining</c><00:15:50.039><c> silent</c><00:15:50.600><c> at</c>

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this<00:15:51.100><c> time?</c>

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It's<00:15:54.879><c> not</c><00:15:55.059><c> going</c><00:15:55.220><c> to</c><00:15:55.340><c> happen.</c>

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Now,<00:15:57.159><c> we</c><00:15:57.259><c> need</c><00:15:57.399><c> to</c><00:15:57.500><c> be</c><00:15:57.700><c> careful</c><00:15:58.039><c> here.</c>

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When<00:15:58.679><c> we</c><00:15:58.960><c> talk</c><00:15:59.159><c> about</c><00:15:59.500><c> the</c><00:15:59.720><c> need</c><00:15:59.899><c> to</c><00:16:00.120><c> put</c><00:16:00.320><c> the</c><00:16:00.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:00.879><c> first,</c>

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we're<00:16:03.399><c> talking</c><00:16:03.720><c> about</c><00:16:04.100><c> situations</c><00:16:04.820><c> in</c><00:16:05.120><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:05.580><c> life,</c>

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all<00:16:06.519><c> these</c><00:16:06.860><c> lovely</c><00:16:07.299><c> little</c><00:16:07.639><c> children</c><00:16:08.039><c> running</c><00:16:08.299><c> around</c><00:16:08.639><c> this</c><00:16:08.919><c> week.</c>

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There<00:16:10.440><c> is</c><00:16:10.919><c> nobody</c><00:16:11.240><c> that's</c><00:16:11.559><c> going</c><00:16:11.659><c> to</c><00:16:11.840><c> take</c><00:16:12.019><c> care</c><00:16:12.200><c> of</c><00:16:12.379><c> them</c><00:16:12.580><c> except</c><00:16:12.860><c> mom</c>

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and<00:16:13.279><c> dad.</c>

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So<00:16:14.740><c> they</c><00:16:15.059><c> are</c><00:16:15.320><c> your</c><00:16:15.639><c> first</c><00:16:16.039><c> and</c><00:16:16.480><c> foremost</c><00:16:16.940><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:16:18.879><c> you</c><00:16:19.080><c> need</c><00:16:19.279><c> to</c><00:16:19.600><c> show</c><00:16:19.779><c> them</c><00:16:20.159><c> all</c><00:16:20.519><c> of</c><00:16:20.679><c> the</c><00:16:20.860><c> love</c><00:16:21.179><c> and</c><00:16:21.500><c> all</c><00:16:21.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:22.139><c> care</c>

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and<00:16:22.720><c> all</c><00:16:23.000><c> of</c><00:16:23.120><c> the</c><00:16:23.440><c> consideration</c><00:16:24.059><c> that</c><00:16:24.539><c> they</c><00:16:24.759><c> need.</c>

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That<00:16:26.840><c> is</c><00:16:27.100><c> not</c><00:16:27.320><c> the</c><00:16:27.620><c> issue</c><00:16:27.799><c> here</c><00:16:28.220><c> in</c><00:16:28.440><c> Esther</c><00:16:28.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.019><c> 4.</c>

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When<00:16:31.320><c> they</c><00:16:31.559><c> get</c><00:16:31.759><c> older</c><00:16:32.220><c> and</c><00:16:32.840><c> they</c><00:16:33.080><c> become</c><00:16:33.279><c> members</c><00:16:33.639><c> of</c><00:16:33.899><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:16:34.700><c> Lord</c><00:16:34.840><c> willing,</c>

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and<00:16:36.480><c> situations</c><00:16:37.399><c> confront</c><00:16:38.080><c> the</c><00:16:38.419><c> ecclesia,</c>

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if<00:16:40.320><c> we</c><00:16:40.740><c> adopt</c><00:16:41.220><c> a</c><00:16:41.679><c> spirit</c><00:16:41.980><c> that</c><00:16:42.399><c> says,</c>

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I<00:16:42.960><c> am</c><00:16:43.240><c> going</c><00:16:43.440><c> to</c><00:16:43.759><c> influence</c><00:16:44.259><c> the</c><00:16:44.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:44.980><c> to</c><00:16:45.220><c> move</c><00:16:45.460><c> in</c><00:16:45.700><c> a</c><00:16:45.820><c> way</c>

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that<00:16:46.600><c> is</c><00:16:46.879><c> best</c><00:16:47.179><c> for</c><00:16:47.500><c> my</c><00:16:47.919><c> family,</c>

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that's<00:16:51.259><c> when</c><00:16:51.460><c> ecclesias</c><00:16:52.000><c> end</c><00:16:52.259><c> up</c><00:16:52.460><c> in</c><00:16:52.659><c> trouble,</c>

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because<00:16:54.220><c> everyone</c><00:16:54.820><c> has</c><00:16:55.299><c> their</c><00:16:55.639><c> own</c><00:16:56.059><c> family's</c><00:16:56.860><c> perspective</c>

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first<00:16:58.820><c> and</c><00:16:59.120><c> foremost</c><00:16:59.480><c> in</c><00:16:59.759><c> mind.</c>

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You<00:17:00.960><c> look</c><00:17:01.159><c> in</c><00:17:01.299><c> the</c><00:17:01.340><c> book</c><00:17:01.539><c> of</c><00:17:01.799><c> Judges,</c><00:17:02.659><c> where</c><00:17:02.960><c> that</c><00:17:03.259><c> led</c><00:17:03.580><c> some</c>

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of<00:17:04.220><c> the</c><00:17:04.380><c> tribes,</c><00:17:05.160><c> too.</c>

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That<00:17:06.880><c> spirit</c><00:17:07.259><c> will</c><00:17:07.619><c> destroy</c><00:17:08.160><c> a</c><00:17:08.500><c> family.</c>

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It<00:17:09.000><c> will</c><00:17:09.299><c> destroy</c><00:17:09.819><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:10.500><c> and</c><00:17:10.720><c> leave</c><00:17:10.940><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:11.500><c> rent</c><00:17:11.900><c> entwined.</c>

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That<00:17:14.160><c> was</c><00:17:14.440><c> the</c><00:17:14.819><c> spirit</c><00:17:15.200><c> Esther</c><00:17:15.579><c> had,</c><00:17:16.339><c> and</c><00:17:16.579><c> understandably</c><00:17:17.359><c> so,</c>

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because,<00:17:18.200><c> brethren</c><00:17:18.339><c> and</c><00:17:18.599><c> sisters,</c><00:17:18.960><c> it's</c><00:17:19.160><c> where</c><00:17:19.319><c> we</c><00:17:19.640><c> all</c><00:17:20.039><c> start</c><00:17:20.339><c> out.</c>

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But<00:17:23.279><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:23.779><c> will</c><00:17:24.099><c> show</c><00:17:24.339><c> Esther</c><00:17:24.880><c> the</c><00:17:25.279><c> fallacy</c><00:17:25.700><c> of</c><00:17:25.940><c> that</c><00:17:26.200><c> thinking.</c>

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Don't<00:17:29.279><c> try</c><00:17:29.640><c> and</c><00:17:30.119><c> save</c><00:17:30.420><c> yourself</c><00:17:31.440><c> and</c><00:17:32.299><c> don't</c><00:17:32.660><c> try</c><00:17:33.039><c> and</c><00:17:33.420><c> save</c><00:17:33.599><c> me</c>

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through<00:17:34.359><c> your</c><00:17:34.700><c> silence.</c>

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You<00:17:36.619><c> know,</c><00:17:36.859><c> this</c><00:17:37.240><c> father</c><00:17:37.799><c> is</c><00:17:39.220><c> asking</c><00:17:39.700><c> his</c><00:17:40.319><c> daughter</c><00:17:40.900><c> to</c><00:17:42.339><c> risk</c>

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her<00:17:43.180><c> life</c><00:17:43.779><c> to</c><00:17:44.700><c> save</c><00:17:44.980><c> the</c><00:17:45.259><c> community.</c>

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It's<00:17:48.900><c> a</c><00:17:49.039><c> tremendous</c><00:17:49.500><c> request</c><00:17:50.099><c> on</c><00:17:50.339><c> his</c><00:17:50.640><c> part.</c>

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What<00:17:52.619><c> father</c><00:17:53.039><c> here</c><00:17:53.579><c> today</c><00:17:54.420><c> would</c><00:17:55.799><c> ask</c><00:17:56.119><c> his</c><00:17:56.480><c> own</c><00:17:56.839><c> daughter</c><00:17:57.319><c> to</c>

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risk<00:17:58.420><c> her</c><00:17:58.880><c> life</c><00:17:59.420><c> for</c><00:17:59.740><c> the</c><00:18:00.000><c> sake</c><00:18:00.220><c> of</c><00:18:00.440><c> the</c><00:18:00.599><c> ecclesia?</c>

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But<00:18:03.680><c> that's</c><00:18:03.920><c> what</c><00:18:04.059><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:04.559><c> is</c><00:18:04.819><c> asking</c><00:18:05.099><c> her</c><00:18:05.279><c> to</c><00:18:05.440><c> do.</c>

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He<00:18:07.119><c> will</c><00:18:07.460><c> redefine</c><00:18:08.279><c> for</c><00:18:08.640><c> her</c><00:18:09.359><c> who</c><00:18:10.559><c> it</c><00:18:10.779><c> is</c><00:18:11.000><c> that</c><00:18:11.160><c> she</c><00:18:11.359><c> should</c><00:18:11.519><c> be</c>

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asking,<00:18:12.359><c> or</c><00:18:12.480><c> who</c><00:18:12.660><c> it</c><00:18:12.779><c> is</c><00:18:12.880><c> she</c><00:18:13.059><c> should</c><00:18:13.240><c> be</c><00:18:13.440><c> helping.</c>

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The<00:18:13.920><c> question</c><00:18:14.220><c> that</c><00:18:14.420><c> she</c><00:18:14.579><c> was</c><00:18:14.900><c> asking</c><00:18:15.240><c> herself,</c><00:18:16.640><c> what</c><00:18:16.859><c> can</c><00:18:17.079><c> I</c>

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do<00:18:17.400><c> to</c><00:18:17.720><c> save</c><00:18:17.900><c> myself</c><00:18:18.440><c> and</c><00:18:18.640><c> my</c><00:18:18.900><c> family,</c><00:18:19.539><c> needed</c><00:18:19.740><c> to</c><00:18:20.000><c> be</c><00:18:20.259><c> replaced.</c>

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The<00:18:22.380><c> appropriate</c><00:18:22.680><c> question</c><00:18:23.240><c> was,</c><00:18:24.200><c> what</c><00:18:24.440><c> can</c><00:18:24.680><c> I</c><00:18:24.880><c> do</c><00:18:25.140><c> to</c><00:18:25.480><c> help</c>

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save<00:18:26.480><c> my</c><00:18:26.859><c> people?</c>

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And<00:18:29.000><c> the</c><00:18:29.180><c> warning</c><00:18:29.700><c> that</c><00:18:30.180><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:30.980><c> presents</c><00:18:31.500><c> to</c><00:18:31.880><c> Esther</c><00:18:32.200><c> is</c>

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the<00:18:33.299><c> same</c><00:18:33.579><c> warning</c><00:18:33.980><c> that</c><00:18:34.319><c> he</c><00:18:34.579><c> provides</c><00:18:34.980><c> to</c><00:18:35.299><c> us,</c>

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because<00:18:35.940><c> if</c><00:18:36.140><c> we</c><00:18:36.420><c> put</c><00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:36.900><c> needs</c><00:18:37.180><c> of</c><00:18:37.400><c> our</c><00:18:37.660><c> family</c><00:18:38.160><c> above</c><00:18:38.740><c> our</c>

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ecclesia,<00:18:40.799><c> our</c><00:18:41.319><c> family</c><00:18:41.900><c> will</c><00:18:42.259><c> perish.</c>

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It<00:18:44.119><c> may</c><00:18:44.359><c> not</c><00:18:44.599><c> happen</c><00:18:44.859><c> in</c><00:18:45.140><c> the</c><00:18:45.359><c> short</c><00:18:45.599><c> term,</c><00:18:46.720><c> but</c><00:18:46.940><c> that</c><00:18:47.380><c> kind</c><00:18:47.619><c> of</c>

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a<00:18:48.140><c> spirit</c><00:18:48.400><c> is</c><00:18:48.819><c> not</c><00:18:49.140><c> the</c><00:18:49.359><c> kind</c><00:18:49.579><c> of</c><00:18:49.720><c> a</c><00:18:49.980><c> spirit</c><00:18:50.200><c> that</c><00:18:50.480><c> God</c><00:18:50.740><c> can</c>

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work<00:18:51.299><c> with,</c>

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because<00:18:52.799><c> it's</c><00:18:53.160><c> a</c><00:18:53.420><c> destructive</c><00:18:54.059><c> spirit.</c>

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It<00:18:54.880><c> is</c><00:18:55.160><c> a</c><00:18:55.380><c> spirit</c><00:18:55.579><c> that</c><00:18:55.779><c> is</c><00:18:56.400><c> inconsistent</c><00:18:57.220><c> with</c><00:18:57.559><c> the</c><00:18:57.819><c> mind</c><00:18:58.160><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:59.039><c> love</c><00:18:59.359><c> of</c><00:18:59.579><c> the</c><00:18:59.720><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.880><c> Jesus</c><00:19:00.200><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:19:01.799><c> when</c><00:19:02.079><c> our</c><00:19:02.400><c> ecclesias</c><00:19:02.900><c> are</c><00:19:03.259><c> under</c><00:19:03.740><c> crises,</c><00:19:05.440><c> that</c><00:19:05.519><c> is</c><00:19:05.759><c> not</c>

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the<00:19:06.279><c> time</c><00:19:06.480><c> to</c><00:19:06.700><c> be</c><00:19:06.920><c> looking</c><00:19:07.160><c> at</c><00:19:07.420><c> what</c><00:19:07.579><c> is</c><00:19:07.859><c> best</c><00:19:08.140><c> for</c><00:19:08.400><c> me</c><00:19:08.740><c> and</c><00:19:08.920><c> my</c><00:19:09.240><c> family.</c>

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We<00:19:11.240><c> need</c><00:19:11.440><c> to</c><00:19:11.619><c> maintain</c><00:19:12.019><c> the</c><00:19:12.279><c> perspective</c><00:19:12.819><c> that</c><00:19:13.099><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:13.740><c> impressed</c><00:19:14.359><c> upon</c><00:19:14.819><c> Esther,</c><00:19:15.980><c> what</c><00:19:16.180><c> is</c>

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best<00:19:16.920><c> for</c><00:19:17.220><c> the</c><00:19:17.420><c> ecclesia.</c>

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She's<00:19:18.779><c> putting</c><00:19:19.059><c> her</c><00:19:19.539><c> faith</c><00:19:19.819><c> in</c><00:19:20.079><c> the</c><00:19:20.299><c> wrong</c><00:19:20.559><c> place.</c>

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Think<00:19:21.440><c> not</c><00:19:21.759><c> that</c><00:19:21.960><c> the</c><00:19:22.240><c> walls</c><00:19:22.579><c> of</c><00:19:22.799><c> the</c><00:19:22.980><c> palace</c><00:19:23.339><c> are</c><00:19:23.859><c> going</c><00:19:24.099><c> to</c>

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save<00:19:24.660><c> you,</c><00:19:25.220><c> and</c><00:19:25.859><c> that's</c><00:19:26.119><c> where</c><00:19:26.220><c> she</c><00:19:26.400><c> was</c><00:19:26.599><c> putting</c><00:19:26.839><c> her</c><00:19:27.180><c> faith.</c>

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I<00:19:27.640><c> will</c><00:19:27.900><c> be</c><00:19:28.259><c> secure</c><00:19:29.019><c> within</c><00:19:29.900><c> the</c><00:19:30.279><c> palace</c><00:19:30.599><c> walls.</c>

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Now,<00:19:33.319><c> you</c><00:19:33.559><c> notice</c><00:19:34.799><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:36.299><c> can</c><00:19:36.799><c> never</c><00:19:37.240><c> assure</c><00:19:37.819><c> her</c><00:19:38.519><c> that</c><00:19:39.480><c> if</c>

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you<00:19:40.619><c> put</c><00:19:40.940><c> yourself</c><00:19:41.539><c> at</c><00:19:42.039><c> risk</c><00:19:42.400><c> for</c><00:19:42.740><c> the</c><00:19:43.000><c> sake</c><00:19:43.180><c> of</c><00:19:43.420><c> your</c><00:19:43.660><c> people,</c>

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I<00:19:44.700><c> can</c><00:19:45.099><c> guarantee</c><00:19:45.779><c> that</c><00:19:46.180><c> God</c><00:19:46.380><c> will</c><00:19:46.660><c> bless</c><00:19:46.900><c> that</c><00:19:47.240><c> situation</c><00:19:47.839><c> and</c><00:19:48.099><c> it</c>

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will<00:19:48.460><c> all</c><00:19:48.700><c> work</c><00:19:48.900><c> out</c><00:19:49.160><c> well.</c>

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Mordecai<00:19:51.039><c> never</c><00:19:51.339><c> says</c><00:19:51.599><c> that,</c><00:19:51.859><c> because</c><00:19:52.119><c> he's</c><00:19:52.319><c> not</c><00:19:52.519><c> in</c><00:19:52.660><c> a</c><00:19:52.799><c> position</c><00:19:53.079><c> to,</c>

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because<00:19:53.579><c> no</c><00:19:53.940><c> angel</c><00:19:54.539><c> has</c><00:19:55.019><c> appeared</c><00:19:55.319><c> to</c><00:19:55.519><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:56.119><c> to</c><00:19:56.480><c> tell</c><00:19:56.619><c> him</c>

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what<00:19:57.000><c> chapters</c><00:19:57.400><c> 6</c><00:19:58.019><c> and</c><00:19:58.359><c> 7</c><00:19:58.980><c> and</c><00:19:59.140><c> 8</c><00:19:59.539><c> and</c><00:19:59.660><c> 9</c><00:19:59.940><c> are</c><00:20:00.140><c> all</c><00:20:00.380><c> about.</c>

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When<00:20:03.079><c> we</c><00:20:03.319><c> put</c><00:20:03.519><c> ourselves</c><00:20:04.180><c> at</c><00:20:04.640><c> risk</c><00:20:04.940><c> for</c><00:20:05.160><c> the</c><00:20:05.380><c> sake</c><00:20:05.539><c> of</c><00:20:05.720><c> the</c><00:20:05.900><c> ecclesia,</c><00:20:06.319><c> when</c><00:20:06.519><c> we</c>

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lay<00:20:06.920><c> down</c><00:20:07.259><c> our</c><00:20:07.599><c> life,</c>

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as<00:20:09.460><c> the</c><00:20:09.759><c> shepherd</c><00:20:10.059><c> has</c><00:20:10.440><c> showed</c><00:20:10.619><c> us</c><00:20:10.859><c> we</c><00:20:11.000><c> might</c><00:20:11.279><c> do,</c><00:20:11.539><c> the</c><00:20:11.660><c> great</c>

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shepherd,<00:20:12.759><c> we</c><00:20:13.099><c> don't</c><00:20:13.480><c> know</c><00:20:13.740><c> the</c><00:20:14.000><c> outcome.</c>

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We<00:20:16.000><c> commit</c><00:20:16.259><c> the</c><00:20:16.480><c> situation</c><00:20:17.059><c> to</c><00:20:17.279><c> God</c><00:20:17.539><c> by</c><00:20:17.940><c> faith,</c><00:20:18.500><c> and</c><00:20:18.680><c> we</c><00:20:18.940><c> say,</c>

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Lord,<00:20:19.440><c> I</c><00:20:19.740><c> am</c><00:20:19.920><c> willing</c><00:20:20.180><c> to</c><00:20:20.519><c> risk</c><00:20:20.799><c> all</c><00:20:21.319><c> that</c><00:20:21.500><c> I</c><00:20:21.759><c> have,</c>

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even<00:20:22.460><c> my</c><00:20:22.819><c> life</c><00:20:23.039><c> itself,</c><00:20:24.839><c> my</c><00:20:25.019><c> reputation,</c><00:20:26.079><c> my</c><00:20:26.259><c> everything</c><00:20:26.720><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:27.220><c> sake</c><00:20:27.339><c> of</c><00:20:27.559><c> the</c><00:20:27.740><c> salvation</c><00:20:28.299><c> of</c><00:20:28.680><c> my</c><00:20:28.880><c> people,</c><00:20:30.039><c> our</c><00:20:30.240><c> people.</c>

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And<00:20:31.380><c> we</c><00:20:31.599><c> trust</c><00:20:31.880><c> that</c><00:20:32.099><c> God</c><00:20:32.339><c> will</c><00:20:32.579><c> take</c><00:20:32.819><c> that</c><00:20:33.279><c> spirit</c><00:20:33.819><c> and</c><00:20:34.740><c> work</c>

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with<00:20:35.319><c> that</c><00:20:35.700><c> spirit</c><00:20:36.000><c> in</c><00:20:36.200><c> a</c><00:20:36.299><c> way</c><00:20:36.400><c> that</c><00:20:36.559><c> will</c><00:20:36.759><c> bring</c><00:20:36.940><c> honor</c><00:20:37.259><c> and</c>

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glory<00:20:37.779><c> to</c><00:20:38.000><c> him.</c>

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Mordecai<00:20:40.240><c> is</c><00:20:40.500><c> not</c><00:20:40.819><c> presumptuous</c><00:20:41.740><c> in</c><00:20:42.039><c> this</c><00:20:42.180><c> situation.</c>

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In<00:20:42.900><c> that</c><00:20:43.140><c> phrase,</c><00:20:44.319><c> who</c><00:20:44.619><c> knows</c><00:20:45.460><c> whether</c><00:20:46.420><c> God</c><00:20:48.140><c> has</c><00:20:48.460><c> brought</c><00:20:48.720><c> you</c>

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to<00:20:49.180><c> this</c><00:20:49.440><c> point</c><00:20:49.640><c> in</c><00:20:49.940><c> time</c><00:20:50.200><c> and</c><00:20:50.339><c> to</c><00:20:50.480><c> this</c><00:20:50.720><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:20:51.759><c> made</c><00:20:51.980><c> you</c><00:20:52.319><c> queen</c><00:20:52.700><c> to</c><00:20:53.140><c> be</c><00:20:53.319><c> able</c><00:20:53.519><c> to</c><00:20:53.740><c> exercise</c><00:20:54.339><c> this</c><00:20:54.660><c> situation.</c>

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He<00:20:55.680><c> didn't</c><00:20:56.000><c> know</c><00:20:56.279><c> for</c><00:20:56.599><c> certain.</c><00:20:57.680><c> He</c><00:20:57.880><c> doesn't</c><00:20:58.200><c> have</c><00:20:58.440><c> the</c><00:20:58.680><c> answer.</c>

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He's<00:20:59.240><c> not</c><00:20:59.500><c> presumptuous</c><00:21:00.079><c> and</c><00:21:00.200><c> he's</c><00:21:00.380><c> not</c><00:21:00.619><c> presuming</c><00:21:01.559><c> upon</c><00:21:01.960><c> God.</c>

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But<00:21:02.579><c> he</c><00:21:02.740><c> does</c><00:21:03.099><c> know</c><00:21:03.559><c> when</c><00:21:04.000><c> crises</c><00:21:04.380><c> are</c><00:21:04.700><c> faced,</c><00:21:06.059><c> brethren</c><00:21:06.180><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:21:06.799><c> need</c><00:21:07.079><c> to</c><00:21:07.339><c> be,</c><00:21:07.539><c> by</c><00:21:07.980><c> faith,</c>

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putting<00:21:09.519><c> themselves,</c><00:21:10.380><c> putting</c><00:21:10.500><c> their</c><00:21:10.779><c> lives</c><00:21:11.180><c> on</c><00:21:11.539><c> the</c><00:21:11.740><c> line</c>

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for<00:21:12.200><c> the</c><00:21:12.339><c> sake</c><00:21:12.480><c> of</c><00:21:12.779><c> those</c><00:21:13.200><c> that</c><00:21:13.759><c> are</c><00:21:13.960><c> in</c><00:21:14.099><c> need</c><00:21:14.240><c> of</c><00:21:14.400><c> their</c><00:21:14.559><c> help.</c>

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So<00:21:15.700><c> that</c><00:21:15.880><c> when</c><00:21:16.039><c> we</c><00:21:16.220><c> do</c><00:21:16.420><c> our</c><00:21:16.759><c> part</c><00:21:17.460><c> and</c><00:21:18.920><c> we</c><00:21:19.059><c> act</c><00:21:19.220><c> consistent</c><00:21:19.839><c> with</c><00:21:20.079><c> God's</c><00:21:20.640><c> principles,</c><00:21:21.019><c> we</c>

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can<00:21:21.460><c> leave</c><00:21:21.660><c> the</c><00:21:21.900><c> rest</c><00:21:22.160><c> to</c><00:21:22.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:23.859><c> you</c><00:21:24.079><c> watch</c><00:21:24.380><c> now</c><00:21:24.900><c> how</c><00:21:25.319><c> God</c><00:21:25.660><c> will</c><00:21:25.960><c> take</c><00:21:26.240><c> that</c><00:21:26.660><c> spirit</c><00:21:27.160><c> and</c>

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what<00:21:27.859><c> he</c><00:21:28.059><c> will</c><00:21:28.319><c> accomplish</c><00:21:28.859><c> in</c><00:21:29.440><c> this</c><00:21:29.640><c> situation.</c>

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In<00:21:31.819><c> verse</c><00:21:32.059><c> 14,</c><00:21:32.819><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:33.200><c> asked</c><00:21:33.619><c> Esther</c><00:21:33.980><c> a</c><00:21:34.319><c> compelling</c><00:21:34.940><c> question.</c>

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Do<00:21:36.740><c> you</c><00:21:37.160><c> want</c><00:21:37.380><c> to</c><00:21:37.559><c> be</c><00:21:37.799><c> part</c><00:21:38.180><c> of</c><00:21:38.480><c> God's</c><00:21:38.980><c> plan</c><00:21:39.480><c> or</c><00:21:40.779><c> must</c><00:21:41.339><c> he</c><00:21:41.759><c> work</c>

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through<00:21:42.519><c> another?</c>

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And<00:21:44.220><c> this</c><00:21:44.380><c> is</c><00:21:44.559><c> where</c><00:21:44.740><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:45.299><c> reminds</c><00:21:45.920><c> Esther</c><00:21:46.339><c> there</c><00:21:46.660><c> is</c><00:21:46.880><c> an</c>

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absolute<00:21:47.740><c> certainty</c><00:21:48.480><c> that</c><00:21:48.740><c> God</c><00:21:49.000><c> will</c><00:21:49.359><c> not</c><00:21:49.599><c> allow</c><00:21:49.900><c> his</c><00:21:50.240><c> people</c>

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to<00:21:50.740><c> be</c><00:21:50.920><c> destroyed.</c>

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Mordecai<00:21:52.779><c> was</c><00:21:53.140><c> 100</c><00:21:53.660><c>%</c><00:21:54.200><c> convinced</c><00:21:54.940><c> that</c><00:21:55.440><c> Haman's</c><00:21:55.900><c> decree</c><00:21:56.220><c> would</c>

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not<00:21:56.680><c> be</c><00:21:56.960><c> executed</c>

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because<00:21:59.200><c> he</c><00:21:59.380><c> has</c><00:21:59.500><c> the</c><00:21:59.799><c> promises</c><00:22:00.079><c> to</c><00:22:00.420><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:00.900><c> he</c><00:22:00.980><c> has</c><00:22:01.140><c> the</c><00:22:01.440><c> promises</c><00:22:01.740><c> to</c>

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David,<00:22:02.420><c> he</c><00:22:02.420><c> has</c><00:22:02.640><c> Numbers</c><00:22:02.940><c> 14,</c><00:22:03.480><c> verse</c><00:22:03.680><c> 21.</c>

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He's<00:22:05.000><c> absolutely</c><00:22:05.640><c> certain</c><00:22:06.339><c> that</c><00:22:07.099><c> God's</c><00:22:07.519><c> purpose</c><00:22:07.819><c> with</c><00:22:08.039><c> his</c>

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people<00:22:08.579><c> will</c><00:22:08.819><c> be</c><00:22:09.039><c> fulfilled.</c>

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That<00:22:09.619><c> was</c><00:22:10.019><c> never</c><00:22:10.380><c> in</c><00:22:10.619><c> doubt</c><00:22:10.799><c> in</c><00:22:11.000><c> Mordecai's</c><00:22:11.579><c> mind.</c>

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The<00:22:13.160><c> question</c><00:22:13.500><c> Esther</c><00:22:13.819><c> is,</c><00:22:14.480><c> are</c><00:22:14.579><c> you</c><00:22:15.000><c> going</c><00:22:15.240><c> to</c><00:22:15.380><c> be</c><00:22:15.579><c> part</c><00:22:15.880><c> of</c>

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that<00:22:16.299><c> future</c><00:22:16.619><c> purpose?</c>

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And,<00:22:19.119><c> brethren</c><00:22:19.220><c> and</c><00:22:19.440><c> sisters,</c><00:22:19.779><c> that's</c><00:22:20.140><c> the</c><00:22:20.359><c> same</c><00:22:20.579><c> question</c>

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Mordecai<00:22:21.539><c> could</c><00:22:21.759><c> ask</c><00:22:21.960><c> of</c><00:22:22.160><c> us.</c>

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It<00:22:23.619><c> is</c><00:22:23.900><c> an</c><00:22:24.059><c> absolute</c><00:22:24.599><c> certainty</c><00:22:25.319><c> that</c><00:22:25.619><c> the</c><00:22:25.859><c> Kingdom</c><00:22:26.140><c> of</c><00:22:26.440><c> God</c>

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is<00:22:27.119><c> coming,</c><00:22:28.960><c> regardless</c><00:22:29.420><c> of</c><00:22:29.759><c> the</c><00:22:29.960><c> events</c><00:22:30.180><c> that</c><00:22:30.420><c> come</c><00:22:30.539><c> into</c>

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your<00:22:30.960><c> life.</c>

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The<00:22:33.619><c> question</c><00:22:33.980><c> each</c><00:22:34.319><c> of</c><00:22:34.480><c> us</c><00:22:34.640><c> needs</c><00:22:34.880><c> to</c><00:22:35.200><c> ask</c><00:22:35.440><c> is,</c><00:22:36.000><c> are</c><00:22:36.000><c> we</c><00:22:36.259><c> going</c>

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to<00:22:36.579><c> be</c><00:22:36.859><c> a</c><00:22:37.119><c> part</c><00:22:37.380><c> of</c><00:22:37.660><c> that</c>

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or<00:22:39.619><c> is</c><00:22:39.859><c> God</c><00:22:40.140><c> going</c><00:22:40.440><c> to</c><00:22:40.599><c> have</c><00:22:40.740><c> to</c><00:22:40.940><c> find</c><00:22:41.180><c> someone</c><00:22:41.539><c> else</c><00:22:42.059><c> to</c><00:22:42.420><c> work</c>

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through<00:22:43.180><c> as</c><00:22:43.740><c> situations</c><00:22:44.380><c> develop?</c>

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Mordecai<00:22:46.400><c> has</c><00:22:46.660><c> an</c><00:22:46.980><c> absolute</c><00:22:47.960><c> faith</c><00:22:48.799><c> in</c><00:22:49.339><c> God</c><00:22:49.940><c> and</c><00:22:51.640><c> he</c><00:22:51.940><c> exposes</c>

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to<00:22:52.480><c> her</c><00:22:53.119><c> that</c><00:22:54.099><c> your</c><00:22:54.359><c> failure</c><00:22:54.839><c> to</c><00:22:55.200><c> act,</c><00:22:56.319><c> Esther,</c>

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will<00:22:57.019><c> not</c><00:22:57.420><c> prevent</c><00:22:57.940><c> God</c><00:22:58.279><c> from</c><00:22:58.640><c> saving</c><00:22:58.900><c> his</c><00:22:59.240><c> people,</c><00:23:00.619><c> it</c><00:23:00.799><c> will</c>

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only<00:23:01.339><c> prevent</c><00:23:01.640><c> him</c><00:23:02.000><c> from</c><00:23:02.319><c> saving</c><00:23:02.519><c> you.</c>

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Mordecai<00:23:07.339><c> is</c><00:23:07.839><c> not</c><00:23:08.160><c> in</c><00:23:08.400><c> a</c><00:23:08.539><c> panic.</c><00:23:10.799><c> Men</c><00:23:11.000><c> like</c><00:23:11.440><c> Haman</c><00:23:11.680><c> cannot</c><00:23:12.359><c> thwart</c><00:23:12.859><c> the</c>

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plan<00:23:13.579><c> of</c><00:23:13.920><c> God.</c>

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There<00:23:14.339><c> have</c><00:23:14.539><c> been</c><00:23:14.900><c> lots</c><00:23:15.299><c> of</c><00:23:15.599><c> Hamans</c><00:23:15.839><c> before</c><00:23:16.259><c> this</c><00:23:16.559><c> time</c><00:23:16.980><c> and</c>

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none<00:23:18.119><c> of</c><00:23:18.319><c> them</c><00:23:18.500><c> could</c><00:23:18.819><c> thwart</c><00:23:19.019><c> the</c><00:23:19.220><c> plan</c><00:23:19.420><c> of</c><00:23:19.579><c> God.</c>

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Mordecai<00:23:21.059><c> knew</c><00:23:21.240><c> there</c><00:23:21.339><c> would</c><00:23:21.539><c> be</c><00:23:21.740><c> more</c><00:23:22.019><c> Hamans</c><00:23:22.319><c> in</c><00:23:22.500><c> the</c><00:23:22.640><c> future,</c><00:23:23.000><c> none</c>

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of<00:23:23.319><c> them</c><00:23:23.460><c> would</c><00:23:23.660><c> be</c><00:23:23.819><c> able</c><00:23:23.960><c> to</c><00:23:24.140><c> thwart</c><00:23:24.299><c> the</c><00:23:24.500><c> plan</c><00:23:24.660><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> God.</c>

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All<00:23:26.539><c> they're</c><00:23:26.720><c> able</c><00:23:26.880><c> to</c><00:23:27.059><c> do</c><00:23:27.200><c> is</c><00:23:27.500><c> to</c><00:23:27.839><c> challenge</c><00:23:28.299><c> God's</c><00:23:28.880><c> people.</c>

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He<00:23:30.380><c> has</c><00:23:30.619><c> a</c><00:23:30.940><c> quiet</c><00:23:31.240><c> assurance</c><00:23:31.940><c> that</c><00:23:32.279><c> God's</c><00:23:32.660><c> plan</c><00:23:32.880><c> will</c><00:23:33.099><c> be</c><00:23:33.279><c> realized.</c>

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Romans<00:23:34.220><c> 8</c><00:23:34.680><c> verse</c><00:23:34.940><c> 28,</c><00:23:35.460><c> which</c><00:23:35.640><c> we've</c><00:23:36.000><c> mentioned</c><00:23:36.220><c> before,</c><00:23:36.740><c> that</c>

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all<00:23:37.140><c> things</c><00:23:37.440><c> work</c><00:23:37.740><c> together</c><00:23:38.140><c> for</c><00:23:38.440><c> our</c><00:23:38.680><c> good</c><00:23:38.839><c> to</c><00:23:39.039><c> them</c><00:23:39.240><c> that</c>

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love<00:23:39.660><c> God</c>

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and<00:23:40.740><c> are</c><00:23:40.940><c> called</c><00:23:41.140><c> according</c><00:23:41.480><c> to</c><00:23:41.660><c> his</c><00:23:41.799><c> purpose,</c><00:23:42.220><c> was</c><00:23:42.339><c> a</c><00:23:42.599><c> living</c>

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principle<00:23:43.519><c> in</c><00:23:44.240><c> Mordecai's</c><00:23:45.079><c> life.</c>

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He<00:23:46.180><c> anticipated</c><00:23:47.319><c> God</c><00:23:47.799><c> working</c><00:23:48.220><c> in</c><00:23:48.460><c> his</c><00:23:48.740><c> life</c><00:23:49.160><c> and</c><00:23:50.019><c> he</c><00:23:50.339><c> lived</c>

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in<00:23:50.880><c> expectation</c><00:23:51.579><c> of</c><00:23:51.859><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:52.859><c> his</c><00:23:53.099><c> appeal</c><00:23:53.500><c> to</c><00:23:53.940><c> Esther</c><00:23:54.099><c> in</c><00:23:54.359><c> this</c><00:23:54.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:55.019><c> is</c><00:23:55.359><c> to</c><00:23:55.640><c> learn</c>

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to<00:23:56.339><c> act</c><00:23:57.119><c> not</c><00:23:57.960><c> out</c><00:23:58.400><c> of</c><00:23:58.880><c> fear</c><00:23:59.240><c> of</c><00:23:59.539><c> being</c><00:23:59.819><c> destroyed</c><00:24:00.440><c> but</c><00:24:00.759><c> by</c><00:24:01.319><c> faith</c><00:24:02.019><c> in</c>

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being<00:24:03.039><c> delivered.</c>

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And<00:24:05.019><c> that's</c><00:24:05.279><c> an</c><00:24:05.680><c> important</c><00:24:06.359><c> transition</c><00:24:07.220><c> that</c><00:24:07.559><c> Esther</c><00:24:07.799><c> will</c>

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make<00:24:08.319><c> in</c><00:24:08.539><c> this</c><00:24:08.819><c> chapter.</c>

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Do<00:24:10.779><c> not</c><00:24:11.200><c> act</c><00:24:11.539><c> out</c><00:24:11.859><c> of</c><00:24:12.200><c> fear</c><00:24:12.460><c> of</c><00:24:12.740><c> being</c><00:24:13.059><c> destroyed</c><00:24:13.819><c> but</c><00:24:14.220><c> in</c><00:24:14.740><c> faith</c><00:24:15.420><c> of</c>

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being<00:24:16.799><c> delivered.</c>

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And<00:24:19.339><c> his</c><00:24:19.539><c> counsel</c><00:24:20.240><c> to</c><00:24:20.799><c> Esther,</c><00:24:23.299><c> Mordecai,</c><00:24:23.819><c> you</c><00:24:24.180><c> see,</c><00:24:24.599><c> is</c><00:24:24.779><c> bringing</c><00:24:25.220><c> her</c>

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to<00:24:26.799><c> the</c><00:24:27.059><c> foot</c><00:24:27.420><c> of</c><00:24:27.640><c> the</c><00:24:27.799><c> cross.</c>

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The<00:24:29.799><c> way</c><00:24:30.059><c> to</c><00:24:30.380><c> life,</c><00:24:31.059><c> the</c><00:24:31.279><c> way</c><00:24:31.480><c> to</c><00:24:31.759><c> salvation</c><00:24:32.259><c> is</c><00:24:32.759><c> through</c><00:24:33.019><c> death.</c>

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It's<00:24:34.339><c> by</c><00:24:34.559><c> putting</c><00:24:35.000><c> our</c><00:24:35.619><c> own</c><00:24:36.119><c> interests</c><00:24:36.799><c> to</c><00:24:37.359><c> death</c><00:24:37.900><c> for</c><00:24:38.299><c> the</c><00:24:38.559><c> sake</c><00:24:38.819><c> of</c><00:24:39.099><c> others.</c>

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This<00:24:40.440><c> is</c><00:24:40.680><c> how</c><00:24:40.920><c> God</c><00:24:41.460><c> defines</c><00:24:42.099><c> love.</c><00:24:42.660><c> It's</c><00:24:42.759><c> not</c><00:24:42.960><c> how</c><00:24:43.140><c> the</c><00:24:43.359><c> world</c>

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defines<00:24:44.220><c> love,</c><00:24:44.539><c> but</c><00:24:44.640><c> it's</c><00:24:44.880><c> how</c><00:24:45.019><c> God</c><00:24:45.299><c> defines</c><00:24:45.799><c> love.</c>

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Because<00:24:46.680><c> he</c><00:24:47.339><c> laid</c><00:24:47.559><c> down</c><00:24:47.880><c> his</c><00:24:48.140><c> life</c><00:24:48.380><c> for</c><00:24:48.640><c> us,</c><00:24:49.660><c> we</c><00:24:49.920><c> ought</c><00:24:50.119><c> to</c><00:24:50.339><c> lay</c>

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down<00:24:50.799><c> our</c><00:24:51.099><c> lives</c><00:24:51.579><c> for</c><00:24:52.099><c> the</c><00:24:52.359><c> brethren.</c>

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Those<00:24:53.819><c> who</c><00:24:54.140><c> seek</c><00:24:54.339><c> to</c><00:24:54.680><c> save</c><00:24:54.900><c> their</c><00:24:55.200><c> life</c><00:24:55.400><c> will</c><00:24:55.599><c> lose</c><00:24:55.819><c> it,</c><00:24:56.019><c> but</c>

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those<00:24:56.539><c> who</c><00:24:56.740><c> are</c><00:24:56.940><c> willing</c><00:24:57.180><c> to</c><00:24:57.480><c> lose</c><00:24:57.680><c> it</c><00:24:58.500><c> for</c><00:24:58.799><c> the</c><00:24:59.059><c> sake</c><00:24:59.200><c> of</c><00:24:59.380><c> Christ</c><00:24:59.779><c> will</c>

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find<00:25:00.380><c> it.</c>

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This<00:25:01.880><c> was</c><00:25:02.200><c> the</c><00:25:02.599><c> simple</c><00:25:03.059><c> yet</c><00:25:03.500><c> powerful</c><00:25:04.180><c> and</c><00:25:04.660><c> life</c><00:25:04.980><c>-altering</c><00:25:05.519><c> lesson</c><00:25:06.079><c> Jesus</c><00:25:06.619><c> teaches</c><00:25:07.059><c> us</c>

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by<00:25:08.519><c> his</c><00:25:08.859><c> death</c><00:25:09.119><c> on</c><00:25:09.359><c> the</c><00:25:09.579><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:25:10.279><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:10.819><c> is</c><00:25:11.460><c> explaining</c><00:25:11.799><c> that</c><00:25:12.220><c> lesson</c><00:25:12.720><c> to</c><00:25:13.299><c> Esther</c><00:25:13.579><c> that</c>

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day<00:25:14.420><c> in</c><00:25:14.839><c> clear</c><00:25:15.299><c> and</c><00:25:15.880><c> unmistakable</c><00:25:16.700><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:25:18.259><c> it</c><00:25:18.400><c> wasn't</c><00:25:18.619><c> just</c><00:25:19.119><c> a</c><00:25:19.440><c> doctrine</c><00:25:19.759><c> that</c><00:25:19.960><c> he</c><00:25:20.119><c> was</c><00:25:20.420><c> explaining,</c>

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it<00:25:21.039><c> was</c><00:25:21.339><c> a</c><00:25:21.480><c> way</c><00:25:21.779><c> of</c><00:25:22.200><c> life</c><00:25:22.539><c> that</c><00:25:22.740><c> he</c><00:25:22.859><c> was</c><00:25:23.099><c> encouraging</c><00:25:23.640><c> her</c><00:25:24.240><c> to</c><00:25:24.660><c> embrace.</c>

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This<00:25:26.380><c> is</c><00:25:26.660><c> what</c><00:25:26.980><c> the</c><00:25:27.319><c> doctrine</c><00:25:27.799><c> of</c><00:25:28.059><c> the</c><00:25:28.319><c> atonement</c><00:25:28.779><c> is</c><00:25:29.160><c> intended</c><00:25:29.619><c> to</c><00:25:29.960><c> bring</c><00:25:30.079><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:30.720><c> in</c><00:25:31.200><c> our</c><00:25:31.559><c> life,</c>

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to<00:25:33.200><c> where</c><00:25:33.440><c> your</c><00:25:33.900><c> needs</c><00:25:34.579><c> are</c><00:25:35.720><c> more</c><00:25:36.019><c> important</c><00:25:36.599><c> than</c><00:25:36.940><c> mine.</c>

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And<00:25:39.119><c> armed</c><00:25:39.319><c> with</c><00:25:39.579><c> that</c><00:25:39.819><c> understanding</c><00:25:40.339><c> and</c><00:25:40.660><c> recognition,</c><00:25:41.259><c> then</c><00:25:41.420><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:41.920><c> act</c><00:25:42.440><c> consistent</c><00:25:43.180><c> with</c><00:25:43.500><c> that</c><00:25:43.799><c> understanding.</c>

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So<00:25:45.880><c> if</c><00:25:46.079><c> you</c><00:25:46.359><c> have</c><00:25:46.539><c> a</c><00:25:46.799><c> need</c><00:25:47.000><c> in</c><00:25:47.319><c> your</c><00:25:47.660><c> life,</c><00:25:48.279><c> it</c><00:25:48.559><c> becomes</c><00:25:48.900><c> more</c><00:25:49.299><c> important</c><00:25:49.779><c> to</c><00:25:50.039><c> me</c><00:25:50.559><c> than</c><00:25:50.880><c> whatever</c><00:25:51.259><c> else</c><00:25:51.579><c> I</c>

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have<00:25:52.039><c> planned</c><00:25:52.279><c> to</c><00:25:52.539><c> do</c><00:25:52.720><c> today.</c>

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Because<00:25:55.660><c> that's</c><00:25:56.000><c> what</c><00:25:56.140><c> the</c><00:25:56.299><c> love</c><00:25:56.400><c> of</c><00:25:56.579><c> Christ</c><00:25:56.839><c> will</c><00:25:57.019><c> bring</c><00:25:57.160><c> us</c><00:25:57.440><c> to.</c>

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I<00:25:59.039><c> don't</c><00:25:59.380><c> first</c><00:25:59.920><c> satisfy</c><00:26:00.539><c> my</c><00:26:00.900><c> own</c><00:26:01.119><c> needs</c><00:26:01.759><c> and</c><00:26:02.460><c> then</c><00:26:02.740><c> say,</c><00:26:03.019><c> you</c>

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know,<00:26:03.079><c> I've</c><00:26:03.240><c> got</c><00:26:03.440><c> 20</c><00:26:03.720><c> minutes</c><00:26:04.119><c> tonight</c><00:26:04.500><c> that</c><00:26:04.759><c> I'll</c><00:26:05.000><c> have</c><00:26:05.200><c> left</c>

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over,<00:26:05.920><c> come</c><00:26:06.140><c> see</c><00:26:06.380><c> me</c><00:26:06.599><c> then.</c>

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Your<00:26:09.619><c> needs</c><00:26:10.200><c> come</c><00:26:10.640><c> first.</c>

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It's<00:26:14.039><c> a</c><00:26:14.240><c> different</c><00:26:14.539><c> way</c><00:26:14.920><c> to</c><00:26:15.200><c> live.</c>

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It's<00:26:17.640><c> what</c><00:26:17.819><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.180><c> was</c><00:26:18.420><c> doing</c><00:26:18.640><c> all</c><00:26:19.019><c> his</c><00:26:19.240><c> life,</c><00:26:21.000><c> putting</c><00:26:21.299><c> to</c>

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death<00:26:21.839><c> those</c><00:26:22.220><c> natural</c><00:26:22.700><c> desires.</c>

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So<00:26:24.599><c> that</c><00:26:24.720><c> when</c><00:26:24.839><c> we</c><00:26:25.019><c> wake</c><00:26:25.220><c> up</c><00:26:25.420><c> in</c><00:26:25.539><c> the</c><00:26:25.660><c> morning,</c><00:26:25.920><c> now</c><00:26:26.099><c> what</c><00:26:26.279><c> am</c><00:26:26.440><c> I</c>

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going<00:26:26.759><c> to</c><00:26:27.099><c> accomplish</c><00:26:27.539><c> today</c><00:26:27.880><c> and</c><00:26:28.039><c> what</c><00:26:28.279><c> do</c><00:26:28.500><c> I</c><00:26:28.660><c> need</c><00:26:28.819><c> to</c><00:26:29.019><c> get</c>

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through<00:26:29.519><c> the</c><00:26:29.720><c> day?</c>

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And<00:26:30.819><c> maybe</c><00:26:31.019><c> if</c><00:26:31.259><c> somebody</c><00:26:31.500><c> else</c><00:26:31.799><c> needs</c><00:26:31.980><c> some</c><00:26:32.259><c> help</c><00:26:32.519><c> along</c><00:26:32.799><c> the</c>

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way,<00:26:33.140><c> I'll</c><00:26:33.299><c> help</c><00:26:33.519><c> them</c><00:26:33.660><c> if</c><00:26:33.819><c> I</c><00:26:34.019><c> have</c><00:26:34.180><c> time</c><00:26:34.460><c> to</c><00:26:34.660><c> do</c><00:26:34.819><c> it.</c>

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That<00:26:36.059><c> is</c><00:26:36.380><c> not</c><00:26:36.660><c> the</c><00:26:36.799><c> love</c><00:26:36.900><c> of</c><00:26:37.099><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:26:38.940><c> listen</c><00:26:39.380><c> to</c><00:26:39.740><c> hear</c><00:26:39.940><c> what</c><00:26:40.140><c> the</c><00:26:40.339><c> needs</c><00:26:40.519><c> of</c><00:26:40.720><c> others</c><00:26:40.900><c> are</c><00:26:41.240><c> and</c>

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you<00:26:41.619><c> give</c><00:26:41.779><c> to</c><00:26:41.960><c> those</c><00:26:42.160><c> needs,</c>

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regardless<00:26:44.359><c> of</c><00:26:44.680><c> what</c><00:26:44.839><c> they</c><00:26:45.079><c> are,</c><00:26:46.039><c> regardless</c><00:26:46.519><c> of</c><00:26:46.819><c> the</c><00:26:47.059><c> cost</c>

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to<00:26:47.539><c> your</c><00:26:47.779><c> life.</c>

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The<00:26:51.259><c> power</c><00:26:51.539><c> of</c><00:26:51.759><c> the</c><00:26:51.940><c> cross</c><00:26:52.279><c> can</c><00:26:52.660><c> change</c><00:26:52.940><c> us</c><00:26:53.599><c> from</c><00:26:54.119><c> being</c><00:26:54.440><c> a</c><00:26:54.859><c> self</c><00:26:55.240><c>-centered</c><00:26:55.920><c> individual,</c><00:26:57.339><c> a</c>

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what's<00:26:57.920><c> best</c><00:26:58.200><c> for</c><00:26:58.539><c> me</c><00:26:58.900><c> individual</c><00:26:59.460><c> with</c><00:26:59.740><c> that</c><00:27:00.079><c> kind</c><00:27:00.319><c> of</c><00:27:00.539><c> an</c><00:27:00.839><c> outlook,</c>

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to<00:27:01.920><c> a</c><00:27:02.140><c> person</c><00:27:02.440><c> that</c><00:27:02.640><c> has</c><00:27:02.819><c> a</c><00:27:03.059><c> life</c><00:27:03.279><c> devoted</c><00:27:03.720><c> to</c><00:27:03.920><c> the</c><00:27:04.119><c> salvation</c>

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of<00:27:04.759><c> others.</c>

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And<00:27:06.000><c> the</c><00:27:06.440><c> proof</c><00:27:06.940><c> that</c><00:27:07.380><c> this</c><00:27:07.720><c> doctrine</c><00:27:08.160><c> can</c><00:27:08.539><c> change</c><00:27:08.859><c> a</c><00:27:09.039><c> person's</c><00:27:09.539><c> life</c><00:27:09.880><c> is</c>

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in<00:27:10.539><c> Esther</c><00:27:10.680><c> chapter</c><00:27:11.099><c> four,</c>

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because<00:27:11.799><c> when</c><00:27:12.180><c> Esther</c><00:27:12.460><c> comes</c><00:27:12.759><c> to</c><00:27:13.079><c> see</c><00:27:13.279><c> that</c><00:27:13.579><c> doctrine</c><00:27:14.059><c> and</c><00:27:15.039><c> understand</c><00:27:15.539><c> what</c><00:27:15.720><c> it</c>

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requires,<00:27:16.779><c> it</c><00:27:16.920><c> changes</c><00:27:17.460><c> her</c><00:27:17.900><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:27:19.759><c> a</c><00:27:20.059><c> different</c><00:27:20.319><c> Esther</c><00:27:20.759><c> at</c><00:27:21.079><c> the</c><00:27:21.299><c> end</c><00:27:21.500><c> of</c><00:27:21.660><c> this</c><00:27:21.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:22.279><c> than</c><00:27:22.460><c> it</c>

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was<00:27:22.900><c> at</c><00:27:23.099><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> beginning.</c>

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It's<00:27:23.940><c> a</c><00:27:24.220><c> changed</c><00:27:24.759><c> Esther.</c>

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:29.599
She<00:27:26.240><c> went</c><00:27:26.460><c> from</c><00:27:26.740><c> serving</c><00:27:27.019><c> her</c><00:27:27.339><c> own</c><00:27:27.660><c> interests</c><00:27:27.980><c> to</c><00:27:28.180><c> serving</c><00:27:28.500><c> the</c><00:27:28.759><c> interests</c><00:27:28.980><c> of</c><00:27:29.240><c> others.</c>

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:35.640
Her<00:27:30.460><c> response</c><00:27:31.299><c> to</c><00:27:31.599><c> Mordecai's</c><00:27:32.500><c> last</c><00:27:32.799><c> communique</c><00:27:33.519><c> is</c><00:27:34.359><c> the</c><00:27:34.740><c> equivalent</c><00:27:35.079><c> of</c>

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not<00:27:35.980><c> my</c><00:27:36.460><c> will,</c><00:27:37.000><c> Lord,</c><00:27:38.480><c> but</c><00:27:38.740><c> thine</c><00:27:39.079><c> be</c><00:27:39.339><c> done.</c>

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In<00:27:41.039><c> verse</c><00:27:41.380><c> 11,</c><00:27:42.799><c> she</c><00:27:43.000><c> is</c><00:27:43.400><c> not</c><00:27:43.740><c> prepared</c><00:27:44.319><c> to</c><00:27:44.599><c> lay</c><00:27:44.759><c> down</c><00:27:45.000><c> her</c><00:27:45.240><c> life.</c>

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.019
And<00:27:46.440><c> in</c><00:27:46.640><c> verse</c><00:27:47.420><c> 16,</c><00:27:48.539><c> she</c><00:27:48.559><c> is.</c>

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Make<00:27:49.279><c> a</c><00:27:49.519><c> note.</c>

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In<00:27:50.640><c> verse</c><00:27:50.920><c> 11,</c><00:27:51.240><c> she's</c><00:27:51.579><c> not</c><00:27:51.839><c> prepared</c><00:27:52.200><c> to</c><00:27:52.380><c> lay</c><00:27:52.539><c> down</c><00:27:52.740><c> her</c><00:27:52.920><c> life.</c>

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.980
And<00:27:53.539><c> in</c><00:27:53.720><c> verse</c><00:27:53.960><c> 16,</c><00:27:54.480><c> she</c><00:27:54.700><c> is.</c>

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What<00:27:55.339><c> has</c><00:27:55.759><c> changed</c><00:27:56.519><c> between</c><00:27:57.220><c> verse</c><00:27:57.579><c> 11</c><00:27:57.900><c> and</c><00:27:58.039><c> verse</c><00:27:58.299><c> 16?</c>

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Has<00:27:59.920><c> the</c><00:28:00.119><c> law</c><00:28:00.339><c> changed</c><00:28:00.759><c> that</c><00:28:00.920><c> if</c><00:28:01.039><c> she</c><00:28:01.180><c> goes</c><00:28:01.380><c> before</c><00:28:01.720><c> the</c><00:28:02.000><c> king</c>

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and<00:28:02.680><c> he</c><00:28:02.819><c> doesn't</c><00:28:03.119><c> extend</c><00:28:03.500><c> the</c><00:28:03.740><c> scepter,</c><00:28:04.059><c> she</c><00:28:04.240><c> will</c><00:28:04.480><c> die?</c>

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That<00:28:04.900><c> has</c><00:28:05.200><c> not</c><00:28:05.440><c> changed.</c>

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Has<00:28:06.640><c> Haman's</c><00:28:07.160><c> decree</c><00:28:07.400><c> changed</c><00:28:07.859><c> that</c><00:28:08.039><c> all</c><00:28:08.259><c> Jews</c><00:28:08.460><c> will</c><00:28:08.759><c> die?</c>

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That<00:28:09.140><c> has</c><00:28:09.440><c> not</c><00:28:09.720><c> changed.</c>

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What<00:28:12.619><c> has</c><00:28:12.980><c> changed</c><00:28:13.579><c> was</c><00:28:13.980><c> her</c><00:28:14.299><c> faith</c><00:28:14.980><c> and</c><00:28:15.799><c> her</c><00:28:16.059><c> love.</c>

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Godly<00:28:18.799><c> love</c><00:28:19.299><c> for</c><00:28:19.579><c> her</c><00:28:19.880><c> people</c><00:28:20.440><c> had</c><00:28:21.400><c> replaced</c><00:28:22.099><c> human</c><00:28:22.859><c> love</c><00:28:23.480><c> for</c>

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herself<00:28:24.480><c> and</c><00:28:24.960><c> her</c><00:28:25.220><c> family.</c>

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And<00:28:26.859><c> as</c><00:28:27.039><c> a</c><00:28:27.279><c> result</c><00:28:27.559><c> of</c><00:28:27.819><c> Mordecai's</c><00:28:28.539><c> counsel,</c><00:28:29.200><c> Esther</c><00:28:29.319><c> changes</c>

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.299
her<00:28:30.099><c> mind</c><00:28:30.420><c> and</c><00:28:30.599><c> it</c><00:28:30.839><c> changes</c><00:28:31.180><c> her</c><00:28:31.440><c> life.</c>

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:38.359
She<00:28:32.759><c> is</c><00:28:32.980><c> now</c><00:28:33.220><c> ready</c><00:28:33.420><c> to</c><00:28:33.859><c> perish</c><00:28:34.339><c> if</c><00:28:35.339><c> necessary</c><00:28:36.039><c> to</c><00:28:36.240><c> keep</c><00:28:36.579><c> others</c><00:28:36.980><c> from</c><00:28:37.380><c> perishing.</c>

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It's<00:28:38.980><c> the</c><00:28:39.200><c> exact</c><00:28:39.599><c> opposite</c><00:28:40.180><c> of</c><00:28:40.500><c> where</c><00:28:40.640><c> she</c><00:28:40.960><c> started</c><00:28:41.140><c> out</c><00:28:41.400><c> in</c>

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.500
her<00:28:41.720><c> thinking.</c>

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Her<00:28:43.920><c> final</c><00:28:44.359><c> reply</c><00:28:44.839><c> to</c><00:28:45.099><c> Mordecai</c><00:28:45.680><c> did</c><00:28:46.000><c> not</c><00:28:46.539><c> likely</c><00:28:46.980><c> happen</c><00:28:47.460><c> instantaneously.</c>

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It's<00:28:49.579><c> recorded</c><00:28:49.940><c> as</c><00:28:50.119><c> if</c><00:28:50.299><c> these</c><00:28:50.559><c> things</c><00:28:50.740><c> happened,</c><00:28:51.240><c> boom,</c><00:28:51.339><c> boom,</c><00:28:51.519><c> boom,</c><00:28:51.720><c> boom,</c><00:28:51.920><c> and</c>

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it<00:28:52.359><c> probably</c><00:28:52.579><c> wasn't</c><00:28:52.799><c> the</c><00:28:52.980><c> case.</c>

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:58.359
She<00:28:55.720><c> had</c><00:28:55.940><c> time</c><00:28:56.240><c> to</c><00:28:56.480><c> ponder</c><00:28:56.759><c> the</c><00:28:57.039><c> principles</c><00:28:57.539><c> that</c><00:28:57.839><c> Mordecai</c>

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was<00:28:58.619><c> raising.</c>

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Why<00:28:59.460><c> in</c><00:28:59.720><c> the</c><00:28:59.980><c> world</c><00:29:00.859><c> is</c><00:29:01.900><c> this</c><00:29:02.200><c> man</c><00:29:02.400><c> who</c><00:29:02.619><c> has</c><00:29:02.920><c> raised</c><00:29:03.140><c> me</c><00:29:03.339><c> as</c><00:29:03.500><c> my</c>

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:07.680
own<00:29:03.940><c> father</c><00:29:04.220><c> now</c><00:29:04.500><c> asking</c><00:29:04.799><c> me</c><00:29:05.039><c> to</c><00:29:05.240><c> lay</c><00:29:05.420><c> down</c><00:29:05.599><c> my</c><00:29:05.859><c> life</c><00:29:06.420><c> when</c><00:29:07.039><c> I've</c><00:29:07.359><c> told</c><00:29:07.500><c> him</c>

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I<00:29:07.900><c> don't</c><00:29:08.279><c> want</c><00:29:08.519><c> to</c><00:29:08.720><c> do</c><00:29:08.839><c> it?</c>

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And<00:29:09.079><c> his</c><00:29:09.319><c> response</c><00:29:10.019><c> is,</c><00:29:10.839><c> you</c><00:29:10.940><c> need</c><00:29:11.299><c> to</c><00:29:11.559><c> do</c><00:29:11.740><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:29:13.539><c> what</c><00:29:13.700><c> God</c><00:29:13.980><c> looks</c><00:29:14.319><c> for</c><00:29:14.559><c> you</c><00:29:14.720><c> to</c><00:29:14.940><c> do,</c><00:29:15.359><c> expects</c><00:29:15.660><c> for</c><00:29:15.940><c> you</c><00:29:16.099><c> to</c><00:29:16.299><c> do.</c>

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The<00:29:17.640><c> reason</c><00:29:17.859><c> we</c><00:29:18.079><c> say</c><00:29:18.220><c> there</c><00:29:18.380><c> is</c><00:29:18.599><c> some</c><00:29:18.880><c> time</c><00:29:19.079><c> likely</c><00:29:19.420><c> involved</c>

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is<00:29:20.059><c> because</c><00:29:20.319><c> living</c><00:29:20.619><c> the</c><00:29:20.900><c> cross</c><00:29:21.180><c> is</c><00:29:21.519><c> not</c><00:29:21.920><c> something</c><00:29:22.279><c> you</c><00:29:22.539><c> rush</c><00:29:22.819><c> into.</c>

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It's<00:29:24.460><c> not</c><00:29:24.720><c> something</c><00:29:25.019><c> that</c><00:29:25.240><c> you</c><00:29:25.420><c> do</c><00:29:25.640><c> out</c><00:29:25.900><c> of</c><00:29:26.079><c> emotion,</c><00:29:26.900><c> a</c><00:29:27.059><c> spur</c>

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of<00:29:27.339><c> the</c><00:29:27.500><c> moment.</c>

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Well,<00:29:27.900><c> I</c><00:29:27.980><c> guess</c><00:29:28.160><c> I'll</c><00:29:28.319><c> just</c><00:29:28.539><c> do</c><00:29:28.779><c> that.</c>

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:33.799
Living<00:29:30.660><c> the</c><00:29:31.039><c> cross</c><00:29:31.380><c> is</c><00:29:31.720><c> done</c><00:29:31.920><c> willingly</c><00:29:32.339><c> and</c><00:29:32.599><c> it's</c><00:29:32.859><c> done</c><00:29:33.019><c> by</c><00:29:33.400><c> faith.</c>

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When<00:29:34.680><c> she</c><00:29:35.059><c> says</c><00:29:35.259><c> in</c><00:29:35.440><c> verse</c><00:29:35.660><c> 16,</c><00:29:36.400><c> if</c><00:29:36.400><c> I</c><00:29:36.740><c> perish,</c><00:29:37.220><c> I</c><00:29:37.460><c> perish,</c><00:29:37.920><c> let</c>

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:42.539
us<00:29:38.619><c> not</c><00:29:39.000><c> do</c><00:29:39.220><c> her</c><00:29:39.460><c> the</c><00:29:39.779><c> disservice</c><00:29:40.859><c> of</c><00:29:41.359><c> saying</c><00:29:41.559><c> this</c><00:29:41.799><c> is</c><00:29:42.099><c> a</c>

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fatalistic<00:29:43.240><c> Esther,</c>

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regardless<00:29:44.900><c> of</c><00:29:45.160><c> what</c><00:29:45.319><c> you've</c><00:29:45.640><c> learned</c><00:29:45.859><c> in</c><00:29:46.200><c> Sunday</c><00:29:46.400><c> school,</c>

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regardless<00:29:47.319><c> of</c><00:29:47.519><c> what</c><00:29:47.700><c> you've</c><00:29:48.039><c> taught</c><00:29:48.180><c> in</c><00:29:48.500><c> Sunday</c><00:29:48.779><c> school.</c>

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:53.720
Esther<00:29:50.940><c> is</c><00:29:51.440><c> not</c><00:29:51.839><c> being</c><00:29:52.380><c> fatalistic.</c>

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:59.920
This<00:29:54.539><c> is</c><00:29:54.880><c> a</c><00:29:55.180><c> declaration</c><00:29:55.900><c> of</c><00:29:56.319><c> her</c><00:29:56.819><c> faith,</c><00:29:58.859><c> not</c><00:29:59.059><c> of</c><00:29:59.240><c> her</c><00:29:59.440><c> despair.</c>

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:04.140
This<00:30:00.599><c> is</c><00:30:00.900><c> a</c><00:30:01.119><c> woman</c><00:30:01.400><c> who</c><00:30:01.579><c> is</c><00:30:01.839><c> prepared</c><00:30:02.339><c> to</c><00:30:02.859><c> risk</c><00:30:03.160><c> her</c><00:30:03.480><c> life</c><00:30:03.880><c> for</c>

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.440
her<00:30:04.440><c> people.</c>

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A<00:30:06.779><c> woman</c><00:30:07.099><c> in</c><00:30:07.359><c> despair</c><00:30:07.859><c> does</c><00:30:08.160><c> not</c><00:30:08.400><c> now</c><00:30:08.599><c> turn</c><00:30:08.859><c> to</c><00:30:09.039><c> the</c><00:30:09.200><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:18.380
and<00:30:13.119><c> say,</c><00:30:13.500><c> I</c><00:30:13.500><c> need</c><00:30:13.839><c> you</c><00:30:14.460><c> to</c><00:30:14.920><c> help</c><00:30:15.160><c> me</c><00:30:16.779><c> because</c><00:30:17.359><c> in</c><00:30:17.720><c> three</c><00:30:17.940><c> days</c>

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I'm<00:30:18.720><c> going</c><00:30:18.859><c> to</c><00:30:19.000><c> go</c><00:30:19.220><c> before</c><00:30:19.559><c> the</c><00:30:19.839><c> king</c><00:30:20.240><c> and</c><00:30:21.460><c> I'm</c><00:30:21.740><c> going</c><00:30:21.880><c> to</c><00:30:22.119><c> lay</c>

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my<00:30:22.519><c> life</c><00:30:22.700><c> on</c><00:30:22.940><c> the</c><00:30:23.119><c> line.</c>

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You<00:30:25.539><c> have</c><00:30:25.740><c> been</c><00:30:26.019><c> fasting,</c><00:30:26.480><c> I</c><00:30:26.740><c> know,</c><00:30:26.900><c> I</c><00:30:27.019><c> need</c><00:30:27.180><c> you</c><00:30:27.380><c> to</c><00:30:27.619><c> fast</c>

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three<00:30:28.200><c> more</c><00:30:28.420><c> days.</c>

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:33.539
And<00:30:31.619><c> what</c><00:30:31.740><c> do</c><00:30:31.920><c> you</c><00:30:31.960><c> think</c><00:30:32.079><c> the</c><00:30:32.339><c> community</c><00:30:32.720><c> did,</c><00:30:33.220><c> brethren</c><00:30:33.339><c> and</c>

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:35.539
sisters,<00:30:33.859><c> during</c><00:30:34.119><c> those</c><00:30:34.380><c> three</c><00:30:34.599><c> days?</c>

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:41.240
What<00:30:37.240><c> would</c><00:30:37.500><c> you</c><00:30:37.720><c> have</c><00:30:37.940><c> done</c><00:30:38.519><c> if</c><00:30:39.660><c> you</c><00:30:39.900><c> were</c><00:30:40.019><c> part</c><00:30:40.220><c> of</c><00:30:40.359><c> the</c><00:30:40.519><c> community</c><00:30:40.920><c> of</c>

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.140
believers<00:30:41.579><c> in</c><00:30:41.900><c> Shushan</c>

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:49.680
and<00:30:44.140><c> word</c><00:30:44.339><c> came</c><00:30:44.619><c> to</c><00:30:44.880><c> you</c><00:30:46.039><c> that</c><00:30:47.420><c> in</c><00:30:47.700><c> three</c><00:30:47.940><c> days</c><00:30:48.599><c> the</c><00:30:49.039><c> queen</c><00:30:49.380><c> is</c>

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.640
going<00:30:49.819><c> to</c><00:30:49.940><c> go</c><00:30:50.079><c> before</c><00:30:50.359><c> the</c><00:30:50.559><c> king.</c>

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:59.819
And<00:30:55.339><c> if</c><00:30:55.500><c> he</c><00:30:55.619><c> doesn't</c><00:30:55.940><c> extend</c><00:30:56.279><c> the</c><00:30:56.519><c> scepter,</c><00:30:58.400><c> her</c><00:30:58.519><c> life</c><00:30:58.779><c> ends.</c>

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:07.339
Do<00:31:03.559><c> you</c><00:31:03.559><c> see</c><00:31:03.660><c> the</c><00:31:03.940><c> power</c><00:31:04.220><c> and</c><00:31:04.480><c> the</c><00:31:04.599><c> wisdom</c><00:31:05.160><c> of</c><00:31:05.880><c> a</c><00:31:06.079><c> united</c><00:31:06.359><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.339
Do<00:31:09.319><c> you</c><00:31:09.359><c> think</c><00:31:09.480><c> there</c><00:31:09.599><c> was</c><00:31:09.859><c> a</c><00:31:10.000><c> single</c><00:31:10.259><c> Jew</c><00:31:10.480><c> in</c><00:31:10.720><c> Shushan</c><00:31:11.180><c> that</c>

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:14.339
wasn't<00:31:11.640><c> praying</c><00:31:12.019><c> and</c><00:31:12.339><c> fasting</c><00:31:12.619><c> during</c><00:31:13.000><c> those</c><00:31:13.240><c> three</c><00:31:13.480><c> days?</c>

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:20.640
A<00:31:16.500><c> person</c><00:31:16.759><c> who</c><00:31:16.940><c> is</c><00:31:17.180><c> fatalistic</c><00:31:17.740><c> doesn't</c><00:31:18.099><c> turn</c><00:31:18.400><c> to</c><00:31:18.640><c> prayer,</c><00:31:19.900><c> they</c><00:31:20.039><c> don't</c><00:31:20.200><c> turn</c><00:31:20.440><c> to</c>

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:23.420
fasting,<00:31:21.319><c> they</c><00:31:21.440><c> don't</c><00:31:21.619><c> turn</c><00:31:21.799><c> to</c><00:31:21.920><c> the</c><00:31:22.079><c> community</c><00:31:22.460><c> asking</c><00:31:22.799><c> for</c><00:31:23.079><c> help.</c>

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.720
They<00:31:24.059><c> go</c><00:31:24.279><c> off</c><00:31:24.420><c> on</c><00:31:24.539><c> their</c><00:31:24.759><c> own.</c>

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.519
They<00:31:26.259><c> say,</c><00:31:26.420><c> oh</c><00:31:26.539><c> well,</c><00:31:26.660><c> whatever's</c><00:31:26.960><c> going</c><00:31:27.099><c> to</c><00:31:27.240><c> happen</c><00:31:27.400><c> is</c><00:31:27.500><c> going</c><00:31:27.599><c> to</c><00:31:27.779><c> happen.</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:31.079
And<00:31:29.160><c> that's</c><00:31:29.319><c> where</c><00:31:29.400><c> they</c><00:31:29.579><c> end,</c><00:31:29.700><c> on</c><00:31:29.880><c> their</c><00:31:30.099><c> own,</c><00:31:30.440><c> somewhere</c><00:31:30.640><c> out</c><00:31:30.880><c> there</c><00:31:31.000><c> in</c>

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.099
the<00:31:31.200><c> wilderness.</c>

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:37.500
This<00:31:32.759><c> is</c><00:31:33.059><c> not</c><00:31:33.319><c> a</c><00:31:33.779><c> fatalistic</c><00:31:34.420><c> Esther</c><00:31:34.779><c> who</c><00:31:35.099><c> says,</c><00:31:35.599><c> if</c><00:31:35.599><c> I</c><00:31:35.920><c> perish,</c><00:31:36.339><c> I</c><00:31:36.519><c> perish.</c>

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:40.920
Haman's<00:31:38.279><c> decree</c><00:31:38.579><c> said</c><00:31:38.880><c> all</c><00:31:39.240><c> Jews</c><00:31:39.519><c> were</c><00:31:39.839><c> perish.</c>

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:43.319
Same<00:31:41.180><c> word</c><00:31:41.559><c> back</c><00:31:41.759><c> in</c><00:31:41.920><c> chapter</c><00:31:42.140><c> three.</c>

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:47.500
Esther<00:31:43.700><c> says,</c><00:31:44.079><c> if</c><00:31:44.319><c> I'm</c><00:31:44.660><c> going</c><00:31:44.839><c> to</c><00:31:45.160><c> perish,</c><00:31:46.640><c> it</c><00:31:46.880><c> is</c><00:31:47.119><c> not</c><00:31:47.339><c> going</c>

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.420
to<00:31:47.660><c> be</c><00:31:47.880><c> because</c><00:31:48.099><c> of</c><00:31:48.240><c> his</c><00:31:48.500><c> decree.</c>

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:52.660
It's<00:31:50.420><c> going</c><00:31:50.539><c> to</c><00:31:50.680><c> be</c><00:31:50.819><c> because</c><00:31:51.059><c> I</c><00:31:51.240><c> am</c><00:31:51.400><c> putting</c><00:31:51.579><c> my</c><00:31:51.880><c> life</c><00:31:52.160><c> on</c><00:31:52.460><c> the</c>

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.980
line<00:31:52.819><c> for</c><00:31:53.019><c> the</c><00:31:53.200><c> sake</c><00:31:53.319><c> of</c><00:31:53.480><c> my</c><00:31:53.640><c> brothers</c><00:31:53.839><c> and</c><00:31:54.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:55.359 --> 00:32:01.099
It's<00:31:56.160><c> a</c><00:31:56.259><c> declaration</c><00:31:57.000><c> of</c><00:31:57.319><c> her</c><00:31:57.740><c> faith,</c><00:31:59.579><c> not</c><00:31:59.759><c> of</c><00:31:59.920><c> her</c><00:32:00.119><c> despair.</c>

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:08.640
She<00:32:05.000><c> is</c><00:32:05.259><c> not</c><00:32:05.480><c> being</c><00:32:06.259><c> fatalistic.</c>

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:14.160
She<00:32:09.960><c> is</c><00:32:10.319><c> a</c><00:32:10.400><c> sister</c><00:32:11.039><c> facing</c><00:32:11.839><c> a</c><00:32:12.339><c> severe</c><00:32:12.759><c> crisis.</c>

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:19.160
And<00:32:15.059><c> her</c><00:32:15.220><c> response</c><00:32:15.680><c> is</c><00:32:16.000><c> not,</c><00:32:16.500><c> oh</c><00:32:16.559><c> well,</c><00:32:17.019><c> whatever</c><00:32:17.339><c> happens,</c><00:32:18.259><c> happens.</c>

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:25.200
She<00:32:20.160><c> is</c><00:32:20.380><c> a</c><00:32:20.460><c> young</c><00:32:20.819><c> sister</c><00:32:21.359><c> asking</c><00:32:21.920><c> for</c><00:32:22.420><c> help,</c><00:32:24.380><c> praying</c><00:32:24.660><c> that</c>

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:28.660
God<00:32:25.519><c> will</c><00:32:25.900><c> intervene</c><00:32:26.480><c> in</c><00:32:26.980><c> the</c><00:32:27.200><c> situation</c><00:32:27.940><c> to</c><00:32:28.319><c> save</c><00:32:28.519><c> her.</c>

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:33.180
I<00:32:28.859><c> know</c><00:32:29.180><c> prayer</c><00:32:29.640><c> is</c><00:32:30.000><c> not</c><00:32:30.299><c> mentioned</c><00:32:30.720><c> in</c><00:32:31.079><c> the</c><00:32:31.200><c> book,</c><00:32:32.099><c> and</c><00:32:32.400><c> I</c><00:32:32.480><c> know</c><00:32:32.640><c> it's</c><00:32:32.900><c> not</c>

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:38.400
mentioned<00:32:33.460><c> in</c><00:32:33.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:34.000><c> four,</c><00:32:36.079><c> but</c><00:32:36.740><c> can't</c><00:32:37.019><c> we</c><00:32:37.200><c> see</c><00:32:37.380><c> it?</c>

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.339
The<00:32:38.859><c> word</c><00:32:39.059><c> faith</c><00:32:39.380><c> is</c><00:32:39.720><c> not</c><00:32:40.000><c> mentioned</c><00:32:40.319><c> in</c><00:32:40.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:40.859><c> four,</c><00:32:41.180><c> but</c>

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.980
can't<00:32:41.579><c> we</c><00:32:41.720><c> see</c><00:32:41.900><c> it?</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:46.759
Isn't<00:32:43.279><c> this</c><00:32:43.500><c> what</c><00:32:44.160><c> the</c><00:32:44.920><c> believers</c><00:32:45.500><c> are</c><00:32:45.819><c> asked</c><00:32:46.039><c> to</c><00:32:46.299><c> do?</c>

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:50.259
Living<00:32:47.259><c> in</c><00:32:47.440><c> a</c><00:32:47.619><c> situation,</c><00:32:48.119><c> being</c><00:32:48.420><c> surrounded</c><00:32:48.859><c> by</c><00:32:49.099><c> Gentiles?</c>

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:53.980
Put<00:32:50.799><c> in</c><00:32:51.039><c> situations</c><00:32:51.599><c> like</c><00:32:51.980><c> this</c><00:32:52.220><c> that</c><00:32:52.359><c> are</c><00:32:52.460><c> very</c><00:32:52.779><c> challenging?</c>

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:59.579
They're<00:32:56.319><c> asked</c><00:32:56.420><c> to</c><00:32:56.680><c> appeal</c><00:32:57.039><c> to</c><00:32:57.259><c> God</c><00:32:57.539><c> and</c><00:32:57.759><c> to</c><00:32:57.980><c> ask</c><00:32:58.160><c> for</c><00:32:58.259><c> his</c><00:32:58.519><c> help,</c><00:32:59.460><c> and</c>

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:02.519
to<00:32:59.759><c> ask</c><00:32:59.960><c> for</c><00:33:00.140><c> the</c><00:33:00.299><c> Ecclesia's</c><00:33:00.940><c> help,</c><00:33:01.380><c> as</c><00:33:01.559><c> the</c><00:33:01.839><c> situation</c><00:33:02.279><c> may</c>

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.559
call<00:33:02.779><c> for.</c>

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.720
So<00:33:04.039><c> you</c><00:33:04.099><c> don't</c><00:33:04.279><c> ask</c><00:33:04.599><c> others</c><00:33:04.859><c> to</c><00:33:05.119><c> pray</c><00:33:05.319><c> for</c><00:33:05.559><c> you.</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.059
You<00:33:05.839><c> don't</c><00:33:06.140><c> fast</c><00:33:06.519><c> yourself.</c>

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:12.299
You<00:33:07.299><c> don't</c><00:33:07.559><c> devote</c><00:33:07.940><c> yourself</c><00:33:08.420><c> to</c><00:33:08.619><c> God</c><00:33:09.200><c> if</c><00:33:09.779><c> you</c><00:33:10.019><c> have</c><00:33:10.259><c> lost</c><00:33:10.619><c> your</c><00:33:11.000><c> hope,</c><00:33:12.059><c> as</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:15.480
a<00:33:12.539><c> person</c><00:33:12.859><c> driven</c><00:33:13.160><c> by</c><00:33:13.519><c> fatalism</c><00:33:14.200><c> might</c><00:33:14.500><c> do.</c>

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:20.359
She<00:33:16.519><c> has</c><00:33:16.839><c> reached</c><00:33:17.200><c> the</c><00:33:17.460><c> same</c><00:33:17.700><c> spot</c><00:33:18.299><c> as</c><00:33:18.940><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:19.500><c> had</c><00:33:19.859><c> back</c><00:33:20.160><c> in</c>

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.480
chapter<00:33:20.619><c> three.</c>

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:25.980
Haman<00:33:22.500><c> is</c><00:33:22.980><c> the</c><00:33:23.200><c> type</c><00:33:23.500><c> of</c><00:33:23.819><c> individual</c><00:33:24.299><c> and</c><00:33:24.579><c> the</c><00:33:24.799><c> type</c><00:33:25.000><c> of</c><00:33:25.180><c> influence</c><00:33:25.660><c> that</c>

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:28.240
you<00:33:26.220><c> come</c><00:33:26.460><c> to</c><00:33:26.799><c> stand</c><00:33:27.059><c> up</c><00:33:27.380><c> to.</c>

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:31.160
Mordecai<00:33:29.079><c> had</c><00:33:29.319><c> refused</c><00:33:29.759><c> to</c><00:33:29.980><c> bow</c><00:33:30.099><c> down</c><00:33:30.259><c> to</c><00:33:30.420><c> Haman</c><00:33:30.680><c> in</c><00:33:30.920><c> chapter</c>

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:34.640
three,<00:33:31.519><c> and</c><00:33:31.700><c> he</c><00:33:32.019><c> publicly</c><00:33:32.380><c> stood</c><00:33:32.700><c> up</c><00:33:32.940><c> for</c><00:33:33.119><c> his</c><00:33:33.400><c> faith,</c><00:33:34.240><c> even</c>

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.700
at<00:33:34.960><c> the</c><00:33:35.119><c> risk</c><00:33:35.359><c> of</c><00:33:35.559><c> his</c><00:33:35.779><c> life.</c>

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:41.500
Esther<00:33:37.779><c> is</c><00:33:38.200><c> now</c><00:33:38.640><c> willingly</c><00:33:39.180><c> reaching</c><00:33:40.640><c> the</c><00:33:41.000><c> same</c><00:33:41.259><c> point.</c>

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:47.440
She<00:33:41.700><c> now</c><00:33:42.079><c> stands</c><00:33:42.539><c> right</c><00:33:43.119><c> alongside</c><00:33:44.039><c> of</c><00:33:44.440><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:45.019><c> in</c><00:33:45.660><c> defiance</c><00:33:46.279><c> of</c><00:33:46.579><c> Haman.</c>

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:52.579
Mordecai<00:33:48.720><c> had</c><00:33:48.960><c> put</c><00:33:49.200><c> God</c><00:33:49.559><c> first</c><00:33:50.220><c> in</c><00:33:50.440><c> his</c><00:33:50.720><c> life,</c><00:33:51.500><c> willingly</c><00:33:51.880><c> defied</c><00:33:52.400><c> the</c>

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:54.119
law<00:33:52.740><c> to</c><00:33:52.960><c> do</c><00:33:53.099><c> it.</c>

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:58.720
Esther<00:33:54.380><c> has</c><00:33:54.740><c> now</c><00:33:55.019><c> put</c><00:33:55.279><c> God</c><00:33:55.579><c> first</c><00:33:56.019><c> in</c><00:33:56.180><c> her</c><00:33:56.400><c> life,</c><00:33:56.640><c> and</c><00:33:56.799><c> she</c><00:33:57.039><c> will</c><00:33:57.319><c> willingly</c><00:33:57.779><c> defy</c><00:33:58.500><c> the</c>

00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:01.339
law<00:33:58.980><c> of</c><00:33:59.220><c> the</c><00:33:59.420><c> land</c><00:33:59.759><c> to</c><00:34:00.180><c> do</c><00:34:00.380><c> it.</c>

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:08.280
It<00:34:03.640><c> wasn't</c><00:34:04.059><c> despair</c><00:34:04.839><c> that</c><00:34:06.660><c> brought</c><00:34:06.940><c> Esther</c><00:34:07.400><c> to</c><00:34:07.660><c> this</c><00:34:07.940><c> point.</c>

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:14.920
It<00:34:09.119><c> was</c><00:34:09.340><c> her</c><00:34:09.619><c> faith,</c><00:34:12.659><c> just</c><00:34:12.739><c> as</c><00:34:13.000><c> it</c><00:34:13.039><c> was</c><00:34:13.260><c> Mordecai's</c><00:34:14.019><c> faith.</c>

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:18.519
She<00:34:15.380><c> now</c><00:34:15.659><c> sees</c><00:34:15.880><c> the</c><00:34:16.139><c> wisdom</c><00:34:16.519><c> in</c><00:34:16.760><c> what</c><00:34:17.000><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:17.480><c> has</c><00:34:17.659><c> been</c><00:34:17.860><c> counseling</c><00:34:18.280><c> her</c>

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.780
to<00:34:18.699><c> do.</c>

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There's<00:34:19.019><c> only</c><00:34:19.380><c> one</c><00:34:19.679><c> way</c><00:34:20.300><c> to</c><00:34:20.980><c> overcome</c><00:34:21.420><c> this</c><00:34:21.760><c> enemy</c><00:34:22.119><c> who</c><00:34:23.239><c> has</c>

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.440
the<00:34:23.679><c> power</c><00:34:24.059><c> of</c><00:34:24.360><c> death</c><00:34:24.639><c> over</c><00:34:25.000><c> us.</c>

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:29.880
It's<00:34:25.860><c> through</c><00:34:26.099><c> prayer</c><00:34:26.579><c> and</c><00:34:26.980><c> fasting</c><00:34:27.400><c> and</c><00:34:27.760><c> devoting</c><00:34:28.139><c> ourselves</c><00:34:28.739><c> to</c><00:34:29.059><c> seeking</c><00:34:29.380><c> God's</c>

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:31.800
help<00:34:30.119><c> and</c><00:34:30.420><c> deliverance.</c>

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:33.880
So<00:34:32.320><c> she</c><00:34:32.480><c> calls</c><00:34:32.780><c> for</c><00:34:32.980><c> the</c><00:34:33.179><c> three</c><00:34:33.320><c>-day</c><00:34:33.480><c> fast.</c>

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:38.719
It's<00:34:34.079><c> what</c><00:34:34.340><c> Ezra</c><00:34:34.699><c> did</c><00:34:34.940><c> back</c><00:34:35.199><c> in</c><00:34:35.380><c> chapter</c><00:34:35.679><c> eight</c><00:34:36.559><c> of</c><00:34:36.980><c> Ezra,</c><00:34:37.340><c> humbling</c><00:34:37.840><c> themselves</c><00:34:38.480><c> and</c>

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:41.360
asking<00:34:38.980><c> God</c><00:34:39.280><c> to</c><00:34:39.579><c> deliver</c><00:34:39.760><c> them</c><00:34:40.019><c> from</c><00:34:40.219><c> their</c><00:34:40.440><c> enemies.</c>

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:47.360
The<00:34:42.139><c> wisdom</c><00:34:42.780><c> of</c><00:34:44.320><c> Mordecai's</c><00:34:45.079><c> counsel</c><00:34:45.500><c> and</c><00:34:46.159><c> the</c><00:34:46.619><c> proof</c><00:34:47.000><c> that</c>

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:50.119
God<00:34:47.679><c> was</c><00:34:47.900><c> at</c><00:34:48.139><c> work</c><00:34:48.360><c> in</c><00:34:48.559><c> this</c><00:34:48.739><c> situation</c>

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:58.380
is<00:34:51.340><c> that</c><00:34:51.539><c> within</c><00:34:51.980><c> four</c><00:34:52.500><c> days</c><00:34:53.340><c> of</c><00:34:53.960><c> Esther</c><00:34:54.199><c> making</c><00:34:54.619><c> this</c><00:34:55.119><c> declaration</c><00:34:55.840><c> to</c><00:34:56.199><c> herself</c><00:34:56.780><c> before</c><00:34:57.199><c> God</c>

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:03.500
that<00:34:59.079><c> I</c><00:34:59.300><c> will</c><00:34:59.679><c> now</c><00:35:00.039><c> lay</c><00:35:00.280><c> down</c><00:35:00.579><c> my</c><00:35:00.980><c> life</c><00:35:01.320><c> for</c><00:35:01.539><c> the</c><00:35:01.780><c> sake</c><00:35:01.960><c> of</c><00:35:02.219><c> my</c><00:35:02.460><c> people.</c>

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:06.900
Within<00:35:03.820><c> four</c><00:35:04.360><c> days</c><00:35:04.739><c> of</c><00:35:04.920><c> her</c><00:35:05.099><c> making</c><00:35:05.360><c> that</c><00:35:05.739><c> declaration,</c><00:35:06.699><c> the</c>

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:08.500
enemy<00:35:07.179><c> will</c><00:35:07.420><c> be</c><00:35:07.599><c> dead.</c>

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:15.300
That's<00:35:11.099><c> the</c><00:35:11.480><c> power</c><00:35:11.980><c> of</c><00:35:12.599><c> that</c><00:35:12.880><c> principle</c><00:35:13.460><c> at</c><00:35:13.980><c> work</c><00:35:14.159><c> in</c><00:35:14.320><c> our</c><00:35:14.480><c> life.</c>

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:18.659
All<00:35:16.219><c> of</c><00:35:16.360><c> the</c><00:35:16.519><c> issues</c><00:35:16.699><c> will</c><00:35:16.940><c> not</c><00:35:17.079><c> be</c><00:35:17.320><c> resolved.</c><00:35:17.739><c> They</c><00:35:17.900><c> will</c><00:35:18.119><c> still</c><00:35:18.320><c> have</c><00:35:18.519><c> to</c>

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.960
be<00:35:18.860><c> resolved</c><00:35:19.099><c> in</c><00:35:19.280><c> the</c><00:35:19.380><c> later</c><00:35:19.559><c> chapters.</c>

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:25.940
But<00:35:20.360><c> Haman</c><00:35:20.739><c> will</c><00:35:21.099><c> die</c><00:35:22.079><c> within</c><00:35:22.739><c> four</c><00:35:23.199><c> days</c><00:35:23.880><c> of</c><00:35:24.320><c> a</c><00:35:24.579><c> young</c><00:35:25.199><c> sister</c>

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:30.820
declaring<00:35:27.460><c> that</c><00:35:27.780><c> she</c><00:35:27.980><c> is</c><00:35:28.199><c> willing</c><00:35:28.400><c> to</c><00:35:28.760><c> risk</c><00:35:29.059><c> her</c><00:35:29.380><c> life</c><00:35:30.360><c> to</c>

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:32.599
destroy<00:35:31.320><c> that</c><00:35:31.599><c> enemy.</c>

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:40.579
And<00:35:33.400><c> who</c><00:35:33.539><c> would</c><00:35:33.900><c> ever</c><00:35:34.239><c> have</c><00:35:34.639><c> thought</c><00:35:34.920><c> that</c><00:35:35.260><c> a</c><00:35:35.659><c> young</c><00:35:36.139><c> woman</c><00:35:37.000><c> armed</c><00:35:38.719><c> with</c><00:35:39.099><c> nothing</c><00:35:39.420><c> more</c><00:35:39.920><c> than</c><00:35:40.219><c> a</c>

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:45.239
deep<00:35:40.820><c> and</c><00:35:41.059><c> abiding</c><00:35:41.440><c> faith</c><00:35:41.920><c> in</c><00:35:42.179><c> God</c><00:35:42.800><c> could</c><00:35:43.420><c> bring</c><00:35:43.699><c> down</c><00:35:44.039><c> that</c><00:35:44.340><c> enemy.</c>

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.820
But<00:35:46.599><c> do</c><00:35:46.860><c> you</c><00:35:46.860><c> see</c><00:35:47.039><c> what</c><00:35:47.199><c> God</c><00:35:47.420><c> is</c><00:35:47.679><c> teaching</c><00:35:47.960><c> us</c><00:35:48.280><c> in</c><00:35:48.460><c> this</c><00:35:48.739><c> story?</c>

00:35:55.159 --> 00:36:00.019
Mordecai<00:35:55.800><c> never</c><00:35:56.440><c> spoke</c><00:35:56.980><c> to</c><00:35:57.360><c> Esther</c><00:35:57.679><c> face</c><00:35:58.760><c> to</c><00:35:58.980><c> face.</c>

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.440
He<00:36:01.039><c> only</c><00:36:01.420><c> communicated</c><00:36:02.059><c> through</c><00:36:02.360><c> a</c><00:36:02.579><c> messenger.</c>

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:09.219
And<00:36:04.119><c> this</c><00:36:04.300><c> is</c><00:36:04.480><c> why</c><00:36:04.659><c> we</c><00:36:04.960><c> say</c><00:36:05.340><c> there</c><00:36:05.699><c> is</c><00:36:06.059><c> power</c><00:36:06.579><c> in</c><00:36:06.820><c> the</c><00:36:07.079><c> principles</c><00:36:07.599><c> of</c><00:36:07.980><c> God's</c><00:36:08.400><c> work.</c>

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.380
God's<00:36:09.820><c> word,</c><00:36:10.320><c> sorry.</c>

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:14.320
Because<00:36:10.780><c> the</c><00:36:11.159><c> power</c><00:36:11.480><c> of</c><00:36:11.760><c> the</c><00:36:12.019><c> principles</c><00:36:12.460><c> of</c><00:36:12.780><c> God's</c><00:36:13.260><c> work</c><00:36:13.760><c> were</c><00:36:14.119><c> at</c>

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.079
work<00:36:14.619><c> in</c><00:36:14.820><c> her</c><00:36:15.019><c> life.</c>

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:19.820
God's<00:36:17.260><c> word</c><00:36:17.500><c> can</c><00:36:17.940><c> change</c><00:36:18.260><c> us,</c><00:36:18.739><c> brethren</c><00:36:18.860><c> and</c><00:36:19.079><c> sisters,</c><00:36:19.380><c> as</c><00:36:19.639><c> we</c>

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.880
all<00:36:20.059><c> know.</c>

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:24.800
It's<00:36:21.420><c> a</c><00:36:21.539><c> message</c><00:36:21.820><c> that</c><00:36:22.000><c> we</c><00:36:22.119><c> need</c><00:36:22.300><c> to</c><00:36:22.500><c> keep</c><00:36:22.739><c> reinforcing</c><00:36:23.360><c> to</c><00:36:23.679><c> our</c><00:36:23.880><c> young</c><00:36:24.099><c> people</c><00:36:24.460><c> and</c><00:36:24.639><c> to</c>

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.280
the<00:36:24.980><c> teens</c><00:36:25.280><c> in</c><00:36:25.460><c> that</c><00:36:25.739><c> class</c><00:36:26.019><c> down</c><00:36:26.280><c> the</c><00:36:26.500><c> hallway.</c>

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:31.820
Believe<00:36:28.360><c> it</c><00:36:28.519><c> or</c><00:36:28.639><c> not,</c><00:36:28.880><c> it</c><00:36:29.099><c> does</c><00:36:29.460><c> work</c><00:36:29.900><c> when</c><00:36:30.239><c> you</c><00:36:30.559><c> learn</c><00:36:30.840><c> God's</c><00:36:31.440><c> principles.</c>

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:35.340
You<00:36:31.980><c> can</c><00:36:32.219><c> put</c><00:36:32.380><c> them</c><00:36:32.599><c> to</c><00:36:32.860><c> practice</c><00:36:33.239><c> in</c><00:36:33.460><c> your</c><00:36:33.679><c> life</c><00:36:34.019><c> and</c><00:36:34.480><c> they</c><00:36:34.659><c> will</c><00:36:34.860><c> have</c><00:36:35.019><c> a</c>

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.300
power<00:36:35.639><c> in</c><00:36:35.880><c> your</c><00:36:36.119><c> life.</c>

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:39.019
We're<00:36:36.420><c> not</c><00:36:36.639><c> talking</c><00:36:36.980><c> about</c><00:36:37.239><c> the</c><00:36:37.440><c> Holy</c><00:36:37.659><c> Spirit</c><00:36:38.059><c> now</c><00:36:38.380><c> somehow</c>

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.659
mystically<00:36:39.800><c> taking</c><00:36:40.119><c> over</c><00:36:40.460><c> our</c><00:36:40.739><c> life.</c>

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:45.480
We're<00:36:42.239><c> talking</c><00:36:42.519><c> about</c><00:36:42.820><c> the</c><00:36:43.079><c> power</c><00:36:43.440><c> of</c><00:36:43.659><c> God's</c><00:36:44.099><c> word</c><00:36:44.280><c> to</c><00:36:44.539><c> change</c><00:36:44.820><c> us.</c>

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:50.599
If<00:36:45.960><c> we</c><00:36:46.179><c> will</c><00:36:46.460><c> turn</c><00:36:46.840><c> it</c><00:36:47.260><c> over</c><00:36:47.599><c> in</c><00:36:47.840><c> our</c><00:36:48.079><c> minds</c><00:36:48.559><c> as</c><00:36:48.900><c> Mordecai</c><00:36:49.519><c> caused</c><00:36:49.960><c> Esther</c><00:36:50.360><c> to</c>

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.280
do<00:36:50.860><c> so.</c>

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:55.760
And<00:36:51.820><c> then</c><00:36:52.139><c> commit</c><00:36:52.440><c> ourselves</c><00:36:53.219><c> to</c><00:36:53.599><c> following</c><00:36:53.860><c> what</c><00:36:54.079><c> it</c><00:36:54.320><c> requires</c><00:36:54.639><c> of</c><00:36:54.840><c> us.</c>

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:59.860
The<00:36:56.519><c> truth</c><00:36:56.719><c> is</c><00:36:57.139><c> something</c><00:36:57.579><c> that</c><00:36:57.860><c> we</c><00:36:57.980><c> don't</c><00:36:58.239><c> just</c><00:36:58.619><c> learn.</c>

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:04.800
But<00:37:01.800><c> we</c><00:37:02.179><c> grow</c><00:37:02.619><c> in</c><00:37:02.860><c> our</c><00:37:03.099><c> understanding</c><00:37:03.619><c> and</c><00:37:03.920><c> our</c><00:37:04.219><c> faith</c><00:37:04.460><c> from</c>

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:06.059
incident<00:37:05.380><c> to</c><00:37:05.679><c> incident.</c>

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:09.059
And<00:37:06.320><c> again,</c><00:37:06.539><c> I</c><00:37:06.699><c> would</c><00:37:06.880><c> encourage</c><00:37:07.260><c> the</c><00:37:07.539><c> older</c><00:37:07.800><c> ones</c><00:37:08.039><c> among</c><00:37:08.280><c> us.</c>

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:12.280
Find<00:37:09.679><c> the</c><00:37:10.000><c> time,</c><00:37:10.300><c> take</c><00:37:10.659><c> the</c><00:37:10.940><c> time</c><00:37:11.159><c> to</c><00:37:11.400><c> share</c><00:37:11.619><c> this</c><00:37:11.880><c> with</c><00:37:12.039><c> the</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.980
younger<00:37:12.519><c> ones.</c>

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:16.480
Because<00:37:13.639><c> I</c><00:37:13.900><c> guarantee</c><00:37:14.440><c> they</c><00:37:14.699><c> won't</c><00:37:14.960><c> learn</c><00:37:15.199><c> it</c><00:37:15.380><c> in</c><00:37:15.500><c> a</c><00:37:15.659><c> textbook.</c>

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.980
In<00:37:17.519><c> fact,</c><00:37:17.659><c> when</c><00:37:17.820><c> you</c><00:37:18.059><c> talk</c><00:37:18.260><c> about</c><00:37:18.619><c> someone's</c><00:37:19.239><c> faith</c><00:37:19.440><c> growing</c>

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:23.239
and<00:37:20.960><c> being</c><00:37:21.260><c> a</c><00:37:21.599><c> stronger</c><00:37:21.880><c> person</c><00:37:22.380><c> over</c><00:37:22.719><c> the</c><00:37:22.960><c> years,</c>

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:26.360
until<00:37:23.619><c> that</c><00:37:23.860><c> is</c><00:37:24.179><c> experienced,</c><00:37:24.880><c> it's</c><00:37:25.219><c> all</c><00:37:25.500><c> theory.</c>

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:30.320
Share<00:37:27.159><c> with</c><00:37:27.460><c> them</c><00:37:27.760><c> the</c><00:37:28.159><c> experiences</c><00:37:28.679><c> of</c><00:37:29.039><c> your</c><00:37:29.280><c> life.</c>

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:34.519
Not<00:37:31.179><c> in</c><00:37:31.400><c> any</c><00:37:31.659><c> boastful</c><00:37:32.179><c> way,</c><00:37:32.820><c> but</c><00:37:32.940><c> as</c><00:37:33.219><c> a</c><00:37:33.340><c> vindication</c><00:37:34.099><c> of</c><00:37:34.340><c> the</c>

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.659
wisdom<00:37:34.880><c> of</c><00:37:35.159><c> God.</c>

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:40.000
This<00:37:36.340><c> is</c><00:37:36.599><c> not</c><00:37:36.800><c> the</c><00:37:37.019><c> only</c><00:37:37.380><c> time</c><00:37:37.619><c> in</c><00:37:37.780><c> the</c><00:37:37.940><c> history</c><00:37:38.300><c> of</c><00:37:38.579><c> mankind</c><00:37:39.139><c> where</c><00:37:39.760><c> a</c>

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:42.039
90<00:37:40.260><c>-year</c><00:37:40.579><c>-old</c><00:37:40.699><c> man</c><00:37:41.239><c> or</c><00:37:41.539><c> brother</c>

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:45.519
sat<00:37:42.559><c> down</c><00:37:42.820><c> with</c><00:37:43.000><c> a</c><00:37:43.179><c> 25</c><00:37:43.659><c>-year</c><00:37:43.920><c>-old</c><00:37:44.079><c> sister</c><00:37:44.519><c> and</c><00:37:44.840><c> explained</c><00:37:45.360><c> to</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.239
her<00:37:46.059><c> the</c><00:37:46.519><c> difficult</c><00:37:46.980><c> situations</c><00:37:47.659><c> of</c><00:37:47.960><c> life</c>

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:51.340
and<00:37:48.539><c> presented</c><00:37:48.900><c> to</c><00:37:49.199><c> her</c><00:37:49.739><c> the</c><00:37:50.019><c> difficult</c><00:37:50.579><c> steps</c><00:37:50.900><c> she</c><00:37:51.159><c> needed</c>

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:53.400
to<00:37:51.639><c> take</c><00:37:51.800><c> to</c><00:37:51.940><c> be</c><00:37:52.139><c> right</c><00:37:52.300><c> with</c><00:37:52.460><c> God.</c>

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:57.639
And<00:37:54.000><c> she</c><00:37:54.340><c> took</c><00:37:54.719><c> those</c><00:37:55.079><c> steps</c><00:37:55.460><c> and</c><00:37:55.719><c> God</c><00:37:55.940><c> was</c><00:37:56.199><c> able</c><00:37:56.380><c> to</c><00:37:56.699><c> accomplish</c><00:37:57.019><c> a</c><00:37:57.420><c> great</c>

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deal<00:37:58.039><c> as</c><00:37:58.340><c> a</c><00:37:58.480><c> result</c><00:37:58.719><c> of</c><00:37:58.880><c> it.</c>

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In<00:38:04.579><c> the</c><00:38:04.860><c> handout,</c><00:38:05.440><c> there's</c><00:38:05.800><c> a</c><00:38:05.940><c> couple</c><00:38:06.139><c> of</c><00:38:06.360><c> other</c><00:38:06.599><c> points.</c>

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We<00:38:07.380><c> won't</c><00:38:07.659><c> spend</c><00:38:07.920><c> any</c><00:38:08.159><c> time</c><00:38:08.360><c> on</c><00:38:08.539><c> this</c><00:38:08.760><c> morning.</c>

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Just<00:38:09.300><c> bring</c><00:38:09.480><c> them</c><00:38:09.659><c> to</c><00:38:09.780><c> your</c><00:38:10.000><c> attention.</c>

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In<00:38:11.659><c> section</c><00:38:11.940><c> 35.</c>

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It's<00:38:17.900><c> entitled,</c><00:38:18.920><c> Mordecai,</c><00:38:19.639><c> a</c><00:38:19.880><c> model</c><00:38:20.219><c> for</c><00:38:20.599><c> spiritual</c><00:38:21.079><c> counselors.</c>

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He<00:38:21.760><c> really</c><00:38:22.119><c> is.</c>

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Take<00:38:23.420><c> the</c><00:38:23.619><c> time</c><00:38:23.780><c> to</c><00:38:23.960><c> go</c><00:38:24.139><c> through</c><00:38:24.519><c> the</c><00:38:24.820><c> steps</c><00:38:25.099><c> he</c><00:38:25.420><c> took</c><00:38:27.000><c> in</c><00:38:27.579><c> counseling</c><00:38:28.000><c> Esther</c><00:38:28.599><c> and</c>

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what<00:38:29.860><c> she</c><00:38:30.099><c> needed</c><00:38:30.280><c> to</c><00:38:30.519><c> do.</c>

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:35.940
He<00:38:31.000><c> will</c><00:38:31.199><c> never</c><00:38:31.739><c> tell</c><00:38:32.179><c> her</c><00:38:33.059><c> what</c><00:38:33.679><c> she</c><00:38:33.980><c> has</c><00:38:34.320><c> to</c><00:38:34.519><c> do,</c><00:38:34.800><c> insist</c><00:38:35.219><c> upon</c><00:38:35.559><c> it.</c>

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:38.760
He<00:38:36.380><c> will</c><00:38:36.539><c> lay</c><00:38:36.739><c> out</c><00:38:36.900><c> the</c><00:38:37.159><c> principles</c><00:38:37.519><c> of</c><00:38:37.760><c> God's</c><00:38:38.179><c> word</c><00:38:38.440><c> and</c><00:38:38.619><c> then</c>

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:42.820
he<00:38:38.920><c> takes</c><00:38:39.119><c> a</c><00:38:39.380><c> step</c><00:38:39.579><c> back,</c><00:38:40.280><c> as</c><00:38:40.619><c> all</c><00:38:40.960><c> spiritual</c><00:38:41.440><c> counselors</c><00:38:41.880><c> must.</c>

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:46.360
And<00:38:43.320><c> he</c><00:38:43.380><c> will</c><00:38:43.519><c> let</c><00:38:43.659><c> the</c><00:38:43.920><c> person</c><00:38:44.199><c> ultimately</c><00:38:44.800><c> make</c><00:38:45.059><c> their</c><00:38:45.260><c> own</c><00:38:45.440><c> decision.</c>

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:49.599
Each<00:38:47.260><c> must</c><00:38:47.500><c> come</c><00:38:47.739><c> to</c><00:38:47.900><c> act</c><00:38:48.099><c> consistent</c><00:38:48.679><c> with</c><00:38:48.900><c> their</c><00:38:49.179><c> own</c><00:38:49.360><c> level</c>

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of<00:38:49.860><c> faith</c><00:38:50.119><c> in</c><00:38:50.320><c> number</c><00:38:50.579><c> 36.</c>

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I<00:38:52.179><c> can't</c><00:38:52.440><c> take</c><00:38:52.659><c> my</c><00:38:52.960><c> level</c><00:38:53.199><c> of</c><00:38:53.440><c> faith</c><00:38:53.599><c> and</c><00:38:53.760><c> try</c><00:38:53.900><c> to</c><00:38:54.099><c> impose</c><00:38:54.340><c> it</c>

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on<00:38:54.639><c> someone</c><00:38:55.000><c> else</c><00:38:55.320><c> and</c><00:38:55.599><c> expect</c><00:38:55.940><c> them</c><00:38:56.139><c> to</c><00:38:56.380><c> live</c><00:38:57.039><c> according</c><00:38:57.519><c> to</c>

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my<00:38:57.900><c> level</c><00:38:58.139><c> of</c><00:38:58.360><c> faith.</c>

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:03.179
It<00:38:59.460><c> has</c><00:38:59.679><c> to</c><00:38:59.920><c> come</c><00:39:00.099><c> from</c><00:39:00.400><c> them</c><00:39:01.000><c> and</c><00:39:01.579><c> their</c><00:39:01.840><c> trust</c><00:39:02.119><c> in</c><00:39:02.360><c> God.</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:07.480
But<00:39:03.599><c> we'll</c><00:39:03.780><c> draw</c><00:39:03.860><c> your</c><00:39:04.099><c> attention</c><00:39:04.539><c> to</c><00:39:05.760><c> number</c><00:39:06.280><c> 37.</c>

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It's<00:39:08.500><c> remarkable.</c>

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She's<00:39:12.659><c> now</c><00:39:12.880><c> been</c><00:39:13.059><c> the</c><00:39:13.280><c> queen</c><00:39:13.500><c> for</c><00:39:13.800><c> some</c><00:39:14.079><c> five</c><00:39:14.400><c> years</c><00:39:14.980><c> and</c><00:39:15.440><c> still</c><00:39:15.780><c> teaching</c><00:39:16.119><c> us</c>

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:19.519
lessons<00:39:17.000><c> about</c><00:39:17.840><c> raising</c><00:39:18.199><c> our</c><00:39:18.440><c> children.</c>

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:24.519
Our<00:39:20.699><c> responsibility</c><00:39:21.320><c> as</c><00:39:21.579><c> parents</c><00:39:21.960><c> is</c><00:39:22.199><c> to</c><00:39:22.360><c> teach</c><00:39:22.480><c> our</c><00:39:22.739><c> kids</c><00:39:23.099><c> about</c><00:39:23.460><c> how</c><00:39:23.639><c> God</c><00:39:23.860><c> will</c><00:39:24.139><c> work</c><00:39:24.380><c> in</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.280
their<00:39:24.719><c> life</c><00:39:24.940><c> when</c><00:39:25.059><c> they</c><00:39:25.260><c> are</c><00:39:25.400><c> older.</c>

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:29.699
So<00:39:27.219><c> even</c><00:39:27.400><c> for</c><00:39:27.579><c> the</c><00:39:27.739><c> ones</c><00:39:27.940><c> that</c><00:39:28.099><c> are</c><00:39:28.219><c> 8</c><00:39:28.500><c> and</c><00:39:28.599><c> 10</c><00:39:28.920><c> and</c><00:39:29.079><c> 12</c><00:39:29.360><c> years</c>

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:33.900
old,<00:39:31.139><c> to</c><00:39:31.380><c> teach</c><00:39:31.559><c> them</c><00:39:31.800><c> to</c><00:39:32.059><c> learn</c><00:39:32.199><c> to</c><00:39:32.619><c> appreciate</c><00:39:33.179><c> the</c><00:39:33.500><c> value</c>

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of<00:39:34.280><c> trials.</c>

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:38.840
Right<00:39:36.000><c> now</c><00:39:36.179><c> we</c><00:39:36.320><c> try</c><00:39:36.500><c> to</c><00:39:36.699><c> protect</c><00:39:37.059><c> them</c><00:39:37.340><c> from</c><00:39:37.619><c> all</c><00:39:38.039><c> possible</c><00:39:38.539><c> trials.</c>

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:43.440
But<00:39:39.039><c> at</c><00:39:39.280><c> some</c><00:39:39.579><c> point,</c><00:39:41.119><c> before</c><00:39:41.460><c> they</c><00:39:41.639><c> leave</c><00:39:41.860><c> our</c><00:39:42.139><c> home,</c><00:39:42.739><c> we</c><00:39:42.840><c> need</c><00:39:43.079><c> to</c>

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:47.400
explain<00:39:43.719><c> to</c><00:39:44.000><c> them</c><00:39:44.260><c> and</c><00:39:44.480><c> show</c><00:39:44.800><c> them</c><00:39:45.539><c> that</c><00:39:46.059><c> this</c><00:39:46.300><c> is</c><00:39:46.500><c> how</c><00:39:46.639><c> God</c><00:39:46.900><c> works</c><00:39:47.219><c> in</c>

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.960
our<00:39:47.579><c> lives.</c>

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:51.300
He<00:39:48.139><c> brings</c><00:39:48.440><c> trials</c><00:39:48.840><c> into</c><00:39:49.139><c> our</c><00:39:49.360><c> life</c><00:39:49.579><c> for</c><00:39:49.860><c> our</c><00:39:50.119><c> eternal</c><00:39:50.380><c> good.</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.679
And<00:39:51.639><c> we</c><00:39:51.719><c> need</c><00:39:51.880><c> to</c><00:39:52.119><c> teach</c><00:39:52.300><c> them</c><00:39:52.500><c> how</c><00:39:52.679><c> to</c><00:39:52.900><c> see</c><00:39:53.000><c> the</c><00:39:53.219><c> hand</c><00:39:53.360><c> of</c><00:39:53.519><c> God</c>

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.940
at<00:39:53.900><c> work</c><00:39:54.019><c> in</c><00:39:54.159><c> their</c><00:39:54.360><c> life</c><00:39:54.840><c> so</c><00:39:55.719><c> that</c><00:39:55.840><c> they</c><00:39:55.940><c> can</c><00:39:56.179><c> begin</c><00:39:56.440><c> to</c><00:39:56.739><c> learn</c>

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.679
to<00:39:57.179><c> walk</c><00:39:57.380><c> by</c><00:39:57.719><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:39:59.480><c> the</c><00:39:59.559><c> way</c><00:39:59.699><c> to</c><00:39:59.840><c> do</c><00:39:59.980><c> that</c><00:40:00.179><c> is</c><00:40:00.360><c> to</c><00:40:00.579><c> first</c><00:40:00.820><c> encourage</c><00:40:01.360><c> them</c><00:40:01.579><c> to</c>

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identify<00:40:02.239><c> the</c><00:40:02.559><c> spiritual</c><00:40:03.000><c> principles</c><00:40:03.559><c> of</c><00:40:03.739><c> a</c><00:40:04.000><c> situation</c>

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before<00:40:04.900><c> acting.</c>

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And<00:40:06.519><c> then</c><00:40:06.780><c> act</c><00:40:07.119><c> based</c><00:40:07.559><c> on</c><00:40:07.800><c> those</c><00:40:08.079><c> spiritual</c><00:40:08.559><c> principles</c><00:40:09.119><c> so</c>

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:12.320
that<00:40:09.500><c> when</c><00:40:09.699><c> God</c><00:40:10.000><c> takes</c><00:40:10.420><c> over</c><00:40:10.840><c> in</c><00:40:11.099><c> their</c><00:40:11.300><c> life,</c>

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and<00:40:12.659><c> mom</c><00:40:12.840><c> and</c><00:40:13.039><c> dad</c><00:40:13.179><c> are</c><00:40:13.400><c> no</c><00:40:13.659><c> longer</c><00:40:14.019><c> influencing</c><00:40:14.639><c> them</c><00:40:15.039><c> directly,</c>

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:19.940
they<00:40:16.719><c> will</c><00:40:16.960><c> learn</c><00:40:17.159><c> to</c><00:40:17.480><c> face</c><00:40:17.679><c> situations</c><00:40:18.579><c> in</c><00:40:18.940><c> which</c><00:40:19.300><c> they</c><00:40:19.739><c> come</c>

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:25.559
to<00:40:20.239><c> first</c><00:40:20.880><c> appreciate</c><00:40:21.639><c> the</c><00:40:21.960><c> wisdom</c><00:40:22.280><c> and</c><00:40:22.639><c> value</c><00:40:23.039><c> of</c><00:40:23.300><c> the</c><00:40:23.599><c> spiritual</c><00:40:24.019><c> principles</c><00:40:24.659><c> at</c><00:40:25.079><c> work</c><00:40:25.320><c> in</c>

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that<00:40:25.840><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:40:27.579><c> then</c><00:40:27.699><c> they</c><00:40:27.840><c> will</c><00:40:28.099><c> act</c><00:40:28.400><c> consistent</c><00:40:29.039><c> with</c><00:40:29.340><c> those</c><00:40:29.659><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:40:31.559><c> you</c><00:40:31.639><c> have</c><00:40:31.780><c> to</c><00:40:32.059><c> remember,</c><00:40:32.420><c> more</c><00:40:32.579><c> to</c><00:40:32.880><c> Ki,</c><00:40:33.599><c> as</c><00:40:33.940><c> Esther's</c><00:40:34.460><c> father</c><00:40:34.780><c> had</c>

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:39.360
no<00:40:35.539><c> idea</c><00:40:36.320><c> what</c><00:40:37.199><c> her</c><00:40:37.480><c> future</c><00:40:37.780><c> would</c><00:40:38.059><c> be</c><00:40:38.280><c> when</c><00:40:38.400><c> he</c><00:40:38.639><c> took</c><00:40:38.739><c> her</c><00:40:38.920><c> into</c><00:40:39.099><c> his</c>

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:41.420
home<00:40:39.539><c> back</c><00:40:39.820><c> in</c><00:40:39.980><c> chapter</c><00:40:40.260><c> 2.</c>

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He<00:40:42.380><c> didn't</c><00:40:42.699><c> know</c><00:40:43.380><c> what</c><00:40:45.000><c> would</c><00:40:45.340><c> come</c><00:40:45.900><c> up</c><00:40:46.900><c> in</c><00:40:47.000><c> her</c><00:40:47.239><c> life.</c>

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.960
But<00:40:48.119><c> he</c><00:40:48.219><c> did</c><00:40:48.400><c> know</c><00:40:48.500><c> it</c><00:40:48.599><c> was</c><00:40:48.820><c> important</c><00:40:49.219><c> to</c><00:40:49.500><c> teach</c><00:40:49.679><c> her</c><00:40:49.860><c> to</c><00:40:50.039><c> trust</c><00:40:50.360><c> God</c>

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and<00:40:51.539><c> to</c><00:40:51.780><c> submit</c><00:40:52.059><c> to</c><00:40:52.239><c> the</c><00:40:52.460><c> principles</c><00:40:52.860><c> of</c><00:40:53.039><c> his</c><00:40:53.320><c> word.</c>

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In<00:40:53.860><c> chapter</c><00:40:54.219><c> 4,</c><00:40:55.039><c> this</c><00:40:55.239><c> is</c><00:40:55.480><c> not</c><00:40:55.679><c> the</c><00:40:55.920><c> first</c><00:40:56.179><c> time</c><00:40:56.519><c> more</c><00:40:56.719><c> to</c><00:40:56.920><c> Ki</c><00:40:57.179><c> has</c><00:40:57.820><c> been</c><00:40:58.159><c> talking</c><00:40:58.440><c> to</c><00:40:58.760><c> Esther</c><00:40:59.059><c> indirectly</c><00:40:59.840><c> in</c><00:41:00.099><c> chapter</c><00:41:00.340><c> 4</c>

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.840
of<00:41:01.179><c> the</c><00:41:01.420><c> need</c><00:41:01.820><c> to</c><00:41:02.159><c> live</c><00:41:02.280><c> her</c><00:41:02.559><c> life</c><00:41:02.880><c> according</c><00:41:03.199><c> to</c><00:41:03.500><c> godly</c><00:41:03.760><c> principles.</c>

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:11.800
This<00:41:05.480><c> is</c><00:41:05.699><c> not</c><00:41:05.820><c> the</c><00:41:06.079><c> first</c><00:41:06.320><c> time</c><00:41:07.000><c> that</c><00:41:07.280><c> more</c><00:41:07.400><c> to</c><00:41:07.619><c> Ki</c><00:41:07.840><c> has</c><00:41:08.119><c> been</c><00:41:08.420><c> communicating</c><00:41:08.920><c> with</c><00:41:09.219><c> Esther</c><00:41:09.480><c> about</c><00:41:09.860><c> God</c><00:41:10.119><c> bringing</c><00:41:10.460><c> trials</c><00:41:11.119><c> into</c><00:41:11.559><c> a</c>

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person's<00:41:12.199><c> life.</c>

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And<00:41:14.960><c> more</c><00:41:15.039><c> to</c><00:41:15.239><c> Ki</c><00:41:15.460><c> is</c><00:41:15.760><c> now</c><00:41:16.039><c> able</c><00:41:16.300><c> to</c><00:41:16.619><c> draw</c><00:41:16.900><c> upon</c><00:41:17.280><c> that</c><00:41:17.539><c> foundation</c><00:41:18.119><c> that</c>

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:20.840
would<00:41:18.500><c> have</c><00:41:18.639><c> been</c><00:41:18.900><c> laid</c><00:41:19.219><c> years</c><00:41:19.699><c> ago.</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:25.599
And<00:41:21.400><c> he</c><00:41:21.559><c> can</c><00:41:21.820><c> now</c><00:41:22.079><c> reach</c><00:41:22.480><c> Esther</c><00:41:23.000><c> because</c><00:41:24.820><c> they</c><00:41:25.000><c> had</c><00:41:25.139><c> the</c><00:41:25.400><c> kind</c>

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of<00:41:25.860><c> relationship</c><00:41:26.340><c> not</c><00:41:26.699><c> built</c><00:41:26.960><c> on</c><00:41:27.179><c> natural</c><00:41:27.639><c> love,</c><00:41:30.059><c> but</c><00:41:30.219><c> it</c><00:41:30.280><c> was</c>

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built<00:41:30.599><c> on</c><00:41:30.880><c> spiritual</c><00:41:31.340><c> love.</c>

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The<00:41:31.880><c> only</c><00:41:32.260><c> way</c><00:41:32.559><c> more</c><00:41:32.760><c> to</c><00:41:32.920><c> Ki</c><00:41:33.079><c> could</c><00:41:33.300><c> be</c><00:41:33.559><c> asking</c><00:41:33.940><c> Esther</c><00:41:34.320><c> to</c><00:41:34.579><c> lay</c>

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:39.320
down<00:41:34.960><c> her</c><00:41:35.199><c> life</c><00:41:35.719><c> because</c><00:41:36.420><c> she</c><00:41:36.840><c> knows</c><00:41:37.460><c> that</c><00:41:37.739><c> her</c><00:41:37.960><c> father</c><00:41:38.280><c> loves</c><00:41:38.599><c> her.</c>

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:46.380
The<00:41:40.179><c> only</c><00:41:40.440><c> way</c><00:41:40.619><c> he</c><00:41:40.800><c> can</c><00:41:40.900><c> be</c><00:41:41.159><c> asking</c><00:41:41.400><c> me</c><00:41:41.599><c> to</c><00:41:41.739><c> do</c><00:41:41.940><c> that</c><00:41:43.239><c> is</c><00:41:43.760><c> because</c><00:41:44.019><c> he</c><00:41:44.179><c> wants</c><00:41:44.440><c> what's</c><00:41:45.980><c> best</c><00:41:46.219><c> for</c>

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:49.019
me<00:41:46.639><c> spiritually</c><00:41:47.460><c> and</c><00:41:47.800><c> eternally.</c>

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:52.480
But<00:41:49.860><c> if</c><00:41:50.000><c> he</c><00:41:50.179><c> has</c><00:41:50.380><c> never</c><00:41:50.679><c> conveyed</c><00:41:51.059><c> that</c><00:41:51.340><c> to</c><00:41:51.460><c> her,</c><00:41:51.760><c> if</c><00:41:51.840><c> they</c><00:41:51.980><c> don't</c><00:41:52.139><c> have</c><00:41:52.280><c> the</c>

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:56.380
kind<00:41:52.659><c> of</c><00:41:52.940><c> relationship</c><00:41:53.480><c> where</c><00:41:53.699><c> the</c><00:41:53.860><c> child</c><00:41:54.159><c> is</c><00:41:54.940><c> absolutely</c><00:41:55.559><c> certain</c><00:41:56.099><c> my</c>

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:59.179
dad<00:41:56.519><c> would</c><00:41:56.780><c> not</c><00:41:56.960><c> be</c><00:41:57.199><c> asking</c><00:41:57.360><c> me</c><00:41:57.619><c> to</c><00:41:57.719><c> do</c><00:41:57.920><c> this,</c>

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:03.400
unless<00:42:00.019><c> this</c><00:42:00.260><c> was</c><00:42:00.519><c> really</c><00:42:01.139><c> what's</c><00:42:01.579><c> best</c><00:42:01.780><c> for</c><00:42:02.019><c> me,</c><00:42:02.900><c> he</c><00:42:03.179><c> could</c>

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:07.579
never<00:42:03.659><c> have</c><00:42:03.940><c> made</c><00:42:04.800><c> those</c><00:42:05.320><c> requests</c><00:42:05.739><c> of</c><00:42:05.960><c> her</c><00:42:06.119><c> in</c><00:42:06.340><c> chapter</c><00:42:06.619><c> 4.</c>

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So<00:42:07.860><c> it</c><00:42:08.039><c> shows</c><00:42:08.360><c> the</c><00:42:08.559><c> kind</c><00:42:08.780><c> of</c><00:42:09.059><c> relationship</c><00:42:09.599><c> that</c><00:42:09.880><c> more</c><00:42:10.019><c> to</c><00:42:10.239><c> Ki</c>

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:13.719
and<00:42:10.760><c> Esther</c><00:42:10.960><c> had</c><00:42:11.320><c> as</c><00:42:11.579><c> a</c><00:42:11.820><c> father</c><00:42:12.199><c> and</c><00:42:12.739><c> a</c><00:42:12.940><c> daughter.</c>

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:17.820
If<00:42:14.639><c> we</c><00:42:14.900><c> punish</c><00:42:15.219><c> our</c><00:42:15.480><c> kids</c><00:42:15.760><c> indiscriminately</c><00:42:16.539><c> in</c><00:42:16.739><c> our</c><00:42:16.920><c> home,</c>

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apart<00:42:18.079><c> from</c><00:42:18.300><c> the</c><00:42:18.500><c> word,</c><00:42:19.860><c> and</c><00:42:20.079><c> we</c><00:42:20.280><c> punish</c><00:42:20.480><c> them</c><00:42:20.699><c> based</c><00:42:21.000><c> on</c><00:42:21.139><c> how</c>

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we're<00:42:21.539><c> feeling</c><00:42:21.840><c> that</c><00:42:22.179><c> day,</c>

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:26.800
how<00:42:22.880><c> will</c><00:42:23.059><c> they</c><00:42:23.179><c> ever</c><00:42:23.400><c> learn</c><00:42:23.559><c> to</c><00:42:23.900><c> value</c><00:42:24.639><c> God's</c><00:42:25.340><c> chastening</c><00:42:25.659><c> hand?</c><00:42:26.639><c> It</c>

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:30.059
will<00:42:27.019><c> be</c><00:42:27.280><c> one</c><00:42:28.139><c> entire</c><00:42:29.119><c> state</c><00:42:29.420><c> of</c><00:42:29.659><c> confusion.</c>

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:34.420
If<00:42:30.300><c> our</c><00:42:30.559><c> actions</c><00:42:31.239><c> are</c><00:42:31.980><c> based</c><00:42:32.300><c> on</c><00:42:32.500><c> our</c><00:42:32.760><c> natural</c><00:42:33.199><c> tendencies,</c>

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:37.840
how<00:42:35.079><c> will</c><00:42:35.179><c> they</c><00:42:35.380><c> ever</c><00:42:35.579><c> learn</c><00:42:35.739><c> to</c><00:42:36.019><c> base</c><00:42:36.219><c> their</c><00:42:36.500><c> actions</c><00:42:36.940><c> on</c><00:42:37.159><c> the</c><00:42:37.400><c> scriptures?</c>

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:42.099
If<00:42:38.619><c> we</c><00:42:38.780><c> don't</c><00:42:38.980><c> talk</c><00:42:39.320><c> about</c><00:42:39.639><c> God</c><00:42:40.300><c> working</c><00:42:40.920><c> in</c><00:42:41.199><c> our</c><00:42:41.500><c> lives,</c><00:42:41.960><c> how</c>

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:45.840
can<00:42:42.280><c> we</c><00:42:42.440><c> ever</c><00:42:42.679><c> expect</c><00:42:43.239><c> them</c><00:42:43.860><c> to</c><00:42:44.440><c> see</c><00:42:44.679><c> him</c><00:42:44.920><c> working</c><00:42:45.360><c> in</c><00:42:45.579><c> their</c>

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.719
own<00:42:46.099><c> lives?</c>

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And<00:42:47.360><c> if</c><00:42:47.539><c> we</c><00:42:47.780><c> resent</c><00:42:48.099><c> our</c><00:42:48.579><c> trials</c><00:42:48.960><c> and</c><00:42:49.239><c> speak</c><00:42:49.500><c> negatively</c><00:42:49.980><c> about</c><00:42:50.340><c> them,</c><00:42:50.639><c> how</c>

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:54.059
will<00:42:50.920><c> they</c><00:42:51.159><c> ever</c><00:42:51.420><c> learn</c><00:42:51.659><c> to</c><00:42:52.099><c> appreciate</c><00:42:52.699><c> their</c><00:42:53.300><c> own</c><00:42:53.679><c> trials</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:56.800
when<00:42:54.260><c> they</c><00:42:54.860><c> face</c><00:42:55.139><c> them</c><00:42:55.639><c> later</c><00:42:56.039><c> on</c><00:42:56.239><c> in</c><00:42:56.420><c> life?</c>

00:42:57.260 --> 00:43:00.639
So<00:42:57.440><c> we're</c><00:42:57.599><c> not</c><00:42:57.800><c> told</c><00:42:58.119><c> much</c><00:42:58.519><c> about</c><00:42:59.079><c> what</c><00:42:59.400><c> more</c><00:42:59.539><c> to</c><00:42:59.719><c> Ki</c><00:42:59.900><c> did</c><00:43:00.360><c> in</c>

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:03.840
raising<00:43:00.940><c> Esther,</c><00:43:02.039><c> but</c><00:43:02.260><c> it's</c><00:43:02.539><c> not</c><00:43:02.760><c> too</c><00:43:03.019><c> difficult</c><00:43:03.420><c> to</c><00:43:03.699><c> read</c>

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:05.119
between<00:43:04.260><c> the</c><00:43:04.519><c> lines</c>

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:10.139
the<00:43:05.960><c> kind</c><00:43:06.219><c> of</c><00:43:06.559><c> home</c><00:43:06.880><c> that</c><00:43:07.119><c> they</c><00:43:07.320><c> had</c><00:43:07.699><c> and</c><00:43:07.920><c> the</c><00:43:08.059><c> kind</c><00:43:08.300><c> of</c><00:43:09.019><c> principles</c><00:43:09.539><c> and</c>

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:14.139
spiritual<00:43:10.679><c> things</c><00:43:11.039><c> that</c><00:43:11.219><c> were</c><00:43:11.500><c> impressed</c><00:43:11.820><c> upon</c><00:43:12.340><c> this</c><00:43:12.900><c> young</c><00:43:13.159><c> woman</c>

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:19.659
so<00:43:15.059><c> that</c><00:43:15.300><c> Esther</c><00:43:15.480><c> can</c><00:43:15.880><c> see</c><00:43:16.260><c> the</c><00:43:16.559><c> value</c><00:43:17.079><c> of</c><00:43:17.420><c> the</c><00:43:17.719><c> trial</c><00:43:18.039><c> in</c><00:43:18.300><c> her</c><00:43:18.539><c> life.</c>

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:23.780
And<00:43:20.699><c> in</c><00:43:20.840><c> this</c><00:43:21.039><c> situation,</c><00:43:21.579><c> we</c><00:43:21.760><c> can</c><00:43:22.039><c> see</c><00:43:22.219><c> the</c><00:43:22.500><c> value</c><00:43:22.980><c> of</c><00:43:23.420><c> divine</c>

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:25.820
trials<00:43:24.219><c> in</c><00:43:24.519><c> our</c><00:43:24.780><c> life.</c>

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:30.119
Haman's<00:43:27.059><c> decree</c><00:43:27.380><c> is</c><00:43:27.719><c> a</c><00:43:27.980><c> tragedy.</c><00:43:28.639><c> Make</c><00:43:28.940><c> no</c><00:43:29.320><c> mistake</c><00:43:29.699><c> about</c><00:43:30.000><c> it.</c>

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:37.619
There<00:43:30.260><c> is</c><00:43:30.559><c> no</c><00:43:30.780><c> guarantee</c><00:43:31.420><c> that</c><00:43:32.079><c> the</c><00:43:32.280><c> events</c><00:43:32.500><c> of</c><00:43:32.699><c> chapter</c><00:43:33.079><c> 6</c><00:43:33.380><c> will</c><00:43:33.619><c> take</c><00:43:33.920><c> place.</c><00:43:34.820><c> When</c><00:43:35.000><c> the</c><00:43:35.280><c> decree</c><00:43:35.519><c> comes</c><00:43:35.840><c> out,</c><00:43:36.139><c> it's</c><00:43:36.440><c> a</c><00:43:36.539><c> tragedy.</c>

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:44.000
But<00:43:38.019><c> look</c><00:43:38.260><c> at</c><00:43:38.460><c> all</c><00:43:38.719><c> the</c><00:43:38.960><c> good</c><00:43:39.219><c> that</c><00:43:39.480><c> has</c><00:43:39.840><c> already</c><00:43:40.360><c> resulted</c><00:43:40.820><c> from</c><00:43:41.119><c> the</c><00:43:41.440><c> tragedy,</c><00:43:43.119><c> and</c><00:43:43.380><c> we're</c><00:43:43.559><c> only</c><00:43:43.780><c> in</c>

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:45.480
chapter<00:43:44.280><c> 4.</c>

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:54.099
The<00:43:48.119><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:49.599><c> the</c><00:43:49.820><c> community</c><00:43:50.440><c> across</c><00:43:51.019><c> the</c><00:43:51.239><c> empire,</c><00:43:52.659><c> has</c><00:43:52.820><c> now</c><00:43:53.099><c> drawn</c><00:43:53.340><c> closer</c><00:43:53.860><c> to</c>

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:56.920
God<00:43:54.460><c> in</c><00:43:54.880><c> prayer</c><00:43:55.300><c> and</c><00:43:55.639><c> in</c><00:43:55.860><c> chastening,</c>

00:43:57.059 --> 00:44:01.179
in<00:43:57.360><c> sackcloth</c><00:43:57.980><c> and</c><00:43:58.239><c> ashes,</c><00:43:59.199><c> weeping</c><00:43:59.659><c> and</c><00:44:00.139><c> pleading</c><00:44:00.519><c> with</c><00:44:00.760><c> God</c>

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to<00:44:01.699><c> intervene</c><00:44:02.219><c> in</c><00:44:02.440><c> their</c><00:44:02.679><c> life.</c>

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:10.840
Esther<00:44:05.320><c> has</c><00:44:05.760><c> reached</c><00:44:06.079><c> a</c><00:44:06.400><c> new</c><00:44:06.619><c> level</c><00:44:06.940><c> of</c><00:44:07.320><c> faith</c><00:44:07.619><c> and</c><00:44:08.000><c> willingness</c><00:44:08.380><c> to</c><00:44:08.739><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:09.280><c> herself</c><00:44:09.840><c> for</c><00:44:10.280><c> the</c><00:44:10.500><c> sake</c><00:44:10.659><c> of</c>

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.480
her<00:44:11.039><c> people.</c>

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:16.460
And<00:44:12.519><c> the</c><00:44:12.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:13.280><c> at</c><00:44:13.579><c> Shushan,</c><00:44:14.219><c> so</c><00:44:14.440><c> to</c><00:44:14.699><c> speak,</c><00:44:15.079><c> is</c><00:44:15.199><c> now</c><00:44:15.539><c> united</c><00:44:16.000><c> in</c>

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:20.900
prayer<00:44:16.940><c> and</c><00:44:17.619><c> fasting</c><00:44:18.079><c> for</c><00:44:19.119><c> the</c><00:44:19.420><c> sake</c><00:44:19.619><c> of</c><00:44:19.840><c> that</c><00:44:20.059><c> young</c><00:44:20.420><c> sister</c>

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in<00:44:21.260><c> the</c><00:44:21.460><c> palace.</c>

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Do<00:44:23.780><c> you</c><00:44:23.780><c> see</c><00:44:23.900><c> why</c><00:44:24.079><c> God</c><00:44:24.380><c> brings</c><00:44:24.840><c> trials</c><00:44:25.280><c> into</c><00:44:25.579><c> our</c><00:44:25.840><c> life?</c><00:44:26.159><c> If</c><00:44:26.360><c> we</c>

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:31.920
will<00:44:27.139><c> respond</c><00:44:27.780><c> the</c><00:44:28.239><c> way</c><00:44:28.480><c> we</c><00:44:28.820><c> should,</c><00:44:30.320><c> there</c><00:44:30.440><c> is</c><00:44:31.000><c> great</c><00:44:31.440><c> good</c>

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:35.320
that<00:44:32.239><c> he</c><00:44:32.420><c> can</c><00:44:32.679><c> bring</c><00:44:33.260><c> out</c><00:44:33.659><c> of</c><00:44:33.820><c> those</c><00:44:34.039><c> situations.</c>

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:41.460
If<00:44:37.099><c> our</c><00:44:37.400><c> response</c><00:44:37.900><c> is</c><00:44:38.139><c> to</c><00:44:38.340><c> seek</c><00:44:38.500><c> his</c><00:44:38.820><c> help</c><00:44:39.019><c> and</c><00:44:39.199><c> to</c><00:44:39.380><c> draw</c><00:44:39.559><c> closer</c><00:44:39.940><c> to</c><00:44:40.139><c> him</c><00:44:40.659><c> and</c><00:44:41.260><c> to</c>

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unite<00:44:41.679><c> ourselves</c><00:44:42.280><c> as</c><00:44:42.539><c> a</c><00:44:42.820><c> community</c>

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:46.860
and<00:44:44.059><c> be</c><00:44:44.300><c> willing</c><00:44:44.519><c> to</c><00:44:44.780><c> risk</c><00:44:45.059><c> all</c><00:44:45.360><c> that</c><00:44:45.480><c> we</c><00:44:45.739><c> have</c><00:44:45.980><c> by</c><00:44:46.380><c> faith</c><00:44:46.659><c> to</c>

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:52.139
help<00:44:47.079><c> save</c><00:44:47.360><c> each</c><00:44:47.619><c> other,</c><00:44:49.019><c> this</c><00:44:49.639><c> is</c><00:44:50.139><c> how</c><00:44:50.539><c> the</c><00:44:50.880><c> great</c><00:44:51.179><c> enemy</c><00:44:51.659><c> of</c>

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:55.599
sin<00:44:52.579><c> is</c><00:44:53.440><c> overcome</c><00:44:54.079><c> in</c><00:44:54.440><c> our</c><00:44:54.619><c> life.</c>

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:59.199
And<00:44:56.320><c> this</c><00:44:56.500><c> is</c><00:44:56.679><c> what</c><00:44:56.880><c> the</c><00:44:57.119><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:44:57.719><c> this</c><00:44:57.920><c> is</c><00:44:58.119><c> what</c><00:44:58.280><c> the</c><00:44:58.539><c> community,</c><00:44:59.019><c> this</c>

00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:00.519
is<00:44:59.400><c> what</c><00:44:59.659><c> Esther</c><00:44:59.900><c> is</c><00:45:00.219><c> learning.</c>

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:09.440
So<00:45:01.659><c> that</c><00:45:01.900><c> when</c><00:45:02.059><c> we</c><00:45:02.360><c> come</c><00:45:02.800><c> to</c><00:45:03.000><c> chapter</c><00:45:03.340><c> 5,</c><00:45:08.119><c> day</c><00:45:08.239><c> 3</c><00:45:08.699><c> of</c><00:45:08.880><c> the</c><00:45:09.179><c> fast</c>

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:15.519
arrives<00:45:10.139><c> for</c><00:45:10.519><c> the</c><00:45:10.719><c> Jews</c><00:45:11.079><c> in</c><00:45:11.400><c> Shushan</c><00:45:12.280><c> and</c><00:45:12.820><c> the</c><00:45:13.059><c> drama</c><00:45:13.320><c> continues</c><00:45:13.980><c> to</c><00:45:14.280><c> build.</c>

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:21.780
Esther<00:45:18.300><c> arises</c><00:45:18.780><c> that</c><00:45:19.139><c> morning</c><00:45:19.599><c> and</c><00:45:20.199><c> you</c><00:45:20.340><c> have</c><00:45:20.579><c> to</c><00:45:20.780><c> remind</c><00:45:21.079><c> yourself</c><00:45:21.500><c> she</c>

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:24.840
does<00:45:22.139><c> not</c><00:45:22.460><c> know</c><00:45:23.000><c> what's</c><00:45:23.500><c> going</c><00:45:23.679><c> to</c><00:45:23.920><c> happen.</c>

00:45:25.039 --> 00:45:29.119
Men<00:45:25.519><c> and</c><00:45:25.719><c> women</c><00:45:25.940><c> of</c><00:45:26.199><c> faith</c><00:45:26.460><c> don't</c><00:45:26.900><c> know</c><00:45:27.420><c> what's</c><00:45:27.780><c> going</c><00:45:27.960><c> to</c><00:45:28.139><c> happen.</c>

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:33.360
And<00:45:29.820><c> there</c><00:45:30.000><c> is</c><00:45:30.219><c> no</c><00:45:30.460><c> guarantee</c><00:45:31.059><c> that</c><00:45:31.480><c> things</c><00:45:31.800><c> develop</c><00:45:32.420><c> and</c><00:45:32.840><c> work</c><00:45:33.059><c> out</c>

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:36.599
in<00:45:33.579><c> our</c><00:45:33.780><c> lives</c><00:45:34.360><c> the</c><00:45:34.699><c> way</c><00:45:34.800><c> they</c><00:45:35.039><c> work</c><00:45:35.239><c> out</c><00:45:35.400><c> in</c><00:45:35.539><c> this</c><00:45:35.780><c> book.</c>

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:41.440
But<00:45:37.699><c> we</c><00:45:37.920><c> do</c><00:45:38.179><c> know</c><00:45:38.360><c> they</c><00:45:38.500><c> will</c><00:45:38.760><c> work</c><00:45:38.980><c> out</c><00:45:39.179><c> for</c><00:45:39.460><c> our</c><00:45:39.780><c> eternal</c><00:45:40.139><c> good</c><00:45:40.679><c> if</c>

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:43.860
we<00:45:41.659><c> walk</c><00:45:41.840><c> by</c><00:45:42.159><c> faith</c><00:45:42.559><c> and</c><00:45:42.800><c> obedience.</c>

00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:48.840
It<00:45:45.000><c> could</c><00:45:45.199><c> be</c><00:45:45.460><c> the</c><00:45:45.599><c> last</c><00:45:45.840><c> day</c><00:45:46.000><c> of</c><00:45:46.139><c> her</c><00:45:46.320><c> life.</c><00:45:46.860><c> There's</c><00:45:47.159><c> no</c><00:45:47.360><c> divine</c><00:45:47.679><c> guarantee.</c><00:45:48.239><c> In</c><00:45:48.360><c> verse</c><00:45:48.619><c> 1</c>

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:51.639
she<00:45:49.059><c> puts</c><00:45:49.340><c> on</c><00:45:49.599><c> her</c><00:45:49.900><c> royal</c><00:45:50.159><c> apparel</c><00:45:50.599><c> due</c><00:45:50.800><c> to</c><00:45:50.940><c> the</c><00:45:51.260><c> seriousness</c>

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.739
of<00:45:52.340><c> the</c><00:45:52.579><c> issue.</c>

00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:56.420
She<00:45:52.960><c> will</c><00:45:53.239><c> appear</c><00:45:53.519><c> before</c><00:45:53.940><c> the</c><00:45:54.179><c> king</c><00:45:54.559><c> in</c><00:45:55.139><c> the</c><00:45:55.440><c> full</c><00:45:55.699><c> glory</c><00:45:56.199><c> of</c>

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.460
the<00:45:56.579><c> kingdom.</c>

00:45:57.940 --> 00:46:01.619
And<00:45:58.219><c> she</c><00:45:58.360><c> will</c><00:45:58.559><c> use</c><00:45:58.840><c> her</c><00:45:59.099><c> position</c><00:45:59.559><c> as</c><00:46:00.019><c> queen</c><00:46:00.400><c> to</c><00:46:00.780><c> appeal</c><00:46:01.360><c> to</c>

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.760
the<00:46:01.780><c> king.</c>

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:07.719
As<00:46:03.639><c> Mordecai</c><00:46:04.179><c> has</c><00:46:04.480><c> observed,</c><00:46:05.400><c> who</c><00:46:05.579><c> knows</c><00:46:06.019><c> whether</c><00:46:06.360><c> or</c><00:46:06.440><c> not</c><00:46:06.559><c> God</c><00:46:06.820><c> has</c><00:46:07.119><c> brought</c><00:46:07.320><c> you</c><00:46:07.539><c> to</c>

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:11.079
this<00:46:07.980><c> point</c><00:46:08.199><c> in</c><00:46:08.420><c> the</c><00:46:08.579><c> kingdom</c><00:46:08.900><c> to</c><00:46:09.440><c> help</c><00:46:09.639><c> save</c><00:46:09.960><c> your</c><00:46:10.199><c> people.</c>

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.920
But<00:46:12.480><c> it</c><00:46:12.659><c> wasn't</c><00:46:12.920><c> her</c><00:46:13.219><c> position</c><00:46:13.679><c> as</c><00:46:14.300><c> queen</c><00:46:14.659><c> that</c><00:46:14.880><c> she</c><00:46:15.059><c> was</c><00:46:15.320><c> trying</c><00:46:15.599><c> to</c>

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:18.119
protect<00:46:16.360><c> in</c><00:46:16.639><c> chapter</c><00:46:16.940><c> 5.</c>

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:20.860
It<00:46:19.260><c> was</c><00:46:19.460><c> her</c><00:46:19.679><c> people.</c>

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:26.539
It's<00:46:22.719><c> not</c><00:46:23.019><c> the</c><00:46:23.280><c> crown</c><00:46:23.500><c> that</c><00:46:23.780><c> she</c><00:46:24.039><c> was</c><00:46:24.400><c> wearing</c><00:46:24.760><c> that</c><00:46:26.119><c> she</c><00:46:26.320><c> was</c>

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:28.099
looking<00:46:26.820><c> to</c><00:46:27.139><c> protect.</c>

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:33.719
It<00:46:28.900><c> was</c><00:46:29.159><c> the</c><00:46:29.460><c> future</c><00:46:29.900><c> crown</c><00:46:30.400><c> of</c><00:46:30.739><c> life</c><00:46:31.460><c> that</c><00:46:32.179><c> she</c><00:46:32.360><c> was</c><00:46:32.559><c> living</c><00:46:32.739><c> for.</c>

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:38.099
It<00:46:34.380><c> had</c><00:46:34.679><c> become</c><00:46:35.000><c> the</c><00:46:35.159><c> most</c><00:46:35.539><c> important</c><00:46:36.199><c> crown</c><00:46:36.659><c> in</c><00:46:36.940><c> her</c><00:46:37.139><c> life.</c>

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:42.659
Don't<00:46:39.920><c> view</c><00:46:40.219><c> Esther</c><00:46:40.679><c> as</c><00:46:41.079><c> attempting</c><00:46:41.420><c> to</c><00:46:41.840><c> manipulate</c><00:46:42.380><c> the</c>

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:43.380
king's<00:46:43.119><c> favor.</c>

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:47.159
It<00:46:43.820><c> isn't</c><00:46:44.420><c> manipulation</c><00:46:45.300><c> that</c><00:46:45.679><c> motivates</c><00:46:46.119><c> that</c><00:46:46.519><c> remarkable</c>

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:48.380
young<00:46:47.420><c> woman</c><00:46:47.739><c> that</c><00:46:48.079><c> day.</c>

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:55.420
It's<00:46:48.960><c> faith</c><00:46:49.699><c> and</c><00:46:50.800><c> a</c><00:46:51.239><c> desire</c><00:46:51.599><c> for</c><00:46:52.039><c> a</c><00:46:52.340><c> better</c><00:46:52.599><c> country,</c><00:46:53.800><c> a</c><00:46:54.119><c> heavenly</c><00:46:54.420><c> one.</c>

00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:58.280
She's<00:46:56.079><c> seeking</c><00:46:56.480><c> a</c><00:46:57.019><c> spiritual</c><00:46:57.599><c> objective.</c>

00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:02.900
She<00:46:58.619><c> is</c><00:46:59.039><c> standing</c><00:46:59.420><c> with</c><00:46:59.880><c> her</c><00:47:00.239><c> people,</c><00:47:02.000><c> not</c><00:47:02.300><c> with</c><00:47:02.599><c> the</c><00:47:02.739><c> throne</c>

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:04.480
of<00:47:03.139><c> Persia.</c>

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:07.820
That's<00:47:05.300><c> who</c><00:47:05.420><c> goes</c><00:47:05.659><c> in</c><00:47:05.980><c> before</c><00:47:06.239><c> the</c><00:47:06.460><c> king</c><00:47:06.639><c> that</c><00:47:06.920><c> day.</c>

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:11.300
She's<00:47:09.539><c> putting</c><00:47:09.699><c> her</c><00:47:10.019><c> career</c><00:47:10.440><c> on</c><00:47:10.699><c> the</c><00:47:10.860><c> line.</c>

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:14.900
She<00:47:12.179><c> now</c><00:47:12.599><c> has</c><00:47:12.900><c> her</c><00:47:13.360><c> priorities</c><00:47:13.739><c> right.</c>

00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:20.659
God<00:47:15.880><c> and</c><00:47:16.820><c> my</c><00:47:17.079><c> brothers</c><00:47:17.340><c> and</c><00:47:17.679><c> sisters</c><00:47:18.119><c> come</c><00:47:18.559><c> first</c><00:47:18.960><c> in</c><00:47:19.179><c> my</c><00:47:19.400><c> life.</c>

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:24.159
Walk<00:47:21.260><c> with</c><00:47:21.659><c> Esther</c><00:47:22.139><c> that</c><00:47:22.719><c> morning.</c>

00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:30.820
It's<00:47:29.480><c> a</c><00:47:29.599><c> young</c><00:47:29.820><c> sister.</c>

00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:32.840
It<00:47:31.380><c> could</c><00:47:31.579><c> be</c><00:47:31.820><c> the</c><00:47:31.980><c> end.</c>

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:34.840
There's<00:47:33.480><c> no</c><00:47:33.699><c> guarantees.</c>

00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:37.900
King<00:47:35.500><c> hasn't</c><00:47:35.840><c> called</c><00:47:36.059><c> you</c><00:47:36.219><c> for</c><00:47:36.400><c> 30</c><00:47:36.639><c> days.</c>

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:44.380
A<00:47:39.099><c> young,</c><00:47:40.400><c> faithful</c><00:47:40.420><c> woman</c><00:47:40.900><c> like</c><00:47:41.280><c> Esther</c><00:47:41.820><c> does</c><00:47:42.400><c> not</c><00:47:42.659><c> walk</c><00:47:43.000><c> arrogantly.</c>

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:46.840
She<00:47:44.659><c> doesn't</c><00:47:44.940><c> walk</c><00:47:45.320><c> presumptuously.</c>

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:49.179
She<00:47:47.380><c> doesn't</c><00:47:47.659><c> tell</c><00:47:47.920><c> her</c><00:47:48.159><c> maidens</c><00:47:48.420><c> that</c><00:47:48.679><c> morning,</c><00:47:49.000><c> well,</c><00:47:49.079><c> I'm</c>

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:49.920
going<00:47:49.360><c> before</c><00:47:49.619><c> the</c><00:47:49.800><c> king.</c>

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:53.719
I'm<00:47:50.420><c> certain</c><00:47:50.699><c> he's</c><00:47:51.019><c> going</c><00:47:51.219><c> to</c><00:47:51.500><c> accept</c><00:47:51.679><c> me</c><00:47:52.019><c> because</c><00:47:52.840><c> everyone</c>

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:55.159
likes<00:47:54.099><c> me.</c>

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:57.760
That's<00:47:55.940><c> not</c><00:47:56.079><c> who</c><00:47:56.219><c> this</c><00:47:56.460><c> woman</c><00:47:56.619><c> is.</c>

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:00.679
It<00:47:58.739><c> could</c><00:47:58.940><c> all</c><00:47:59.199><c> end</c><00:47:59.659><c> today.</c>

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.539
She<00:48:01.900><c> doesn't</c><00:48:02.239><c> know.</c>

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:04.480
That's<00:48:02.900><c> how</c><00:48:03.019><c> the</c><00:48:03.260><c> record</c><00:48:03.480><c> portrays</c><00:48:04.000><c> it.</c>

00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:06.280
No<00:48:05.340><c> assurances.</c>

00:48:06.739 --> 00:48:08.239
No<00:48:06.960><c> guarantees.</c>

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:13.780
But<00:48:10.000><c> she</c><00:48:10.139><c> goes</c><00:48:10.440><c> before</c><00:48:10.840><c> the</c><00:48:11.099><c> king,</c><00:48:12.659><c> passes</c><00:48:12.940><c> right</c><00:48:13.500><c> through</c>

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:15.119
the<00:48:14.039><c> outer</c><00:48:14.260><c> court.</c>

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:20.119
She<00:48:16.420><c> puts</c><00:48:16.659><c> her</c><00:48:16.880><c> life</c><00:48:17.039><c> at</c><00:48:17.280><c> risk</c><00:48:17.619><c> because</c><00:48:17.940><c> God</c><00:48:18.260><c> puts</c><00:48:18.559><c> us</c><00:48:18.780><c> in</c><00:48:18.940><c> these</c><00:48:19.159><c> situations</c><00:48:19.820><c> to</c>

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:21.679
test<00:48:20.480><c> our</c><00:48:20.860><c> faith,</c>

00:48:21.780 --> 00:48:25.300
to<00:48:22.119><c> see</c><00:48:22.420><c> if</c><00:48:22.619><c> we</c><00:48:22.820><c> will</c><00:48:23.039><c> respond</c><00:48:23.619><c> as</c><00:48:24.000><c> Esther</c><00:48:24.380><c> did.</c>

00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:28.460
You<00:48:26.400><c> see,</c><00:48:26.719><c> too,</c><00:48:26.820><c> that</c><00:48:26.980><c> the</c><00:48:27.239><c> challenges</c><00:48:27.539><c> to</c><00:48:27.800><c> our</c><00:48:28.000><c> faith</c><00:48:28.159><c> are</c>

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.760
not<00:48:28.780><c> all</c><00:48:29.139><c> mental.</c>

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:36.480
At<00:48:30.559><c> times</c><00:48:30.880><c> we</c><00:48:31.139><c> are</c><00:48:31.639><c> literally</c><00:48:32.340><c> asked</c><00:48:33.139><c> to</c><00:48:33.460><c> walk</c><00:48:33.780><c> by</c><00:48:34.239><c> faith</c><00:48:34.579><c> in</c><00:48:35.199><c> a</c><00:48:35.400><c> situation.</c>

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:41.719
And<00:48:37.760><c> as</c><00:48:37.920><c> we've</c><00:48:38.219><c> seen</c><00:48:38.519><c> already</c><00:48:39.139><c> on</c><00:48:39.559><c> numerous</c><00:48:39.900><c> times,</c><00:48:40.880><c> character</c><00:48:40.920><c> is</c><00:48:41.340><c> once</c>

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:44.199
again<00:48:42.139><c> the</c><00:48:42.420><c> issue</c><00:48:42.840><c> in</c><00:48:43.059><c> this</c><00:48:43.360><c> story.</c>

00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:48.099
It<00:48:45.000><c> has</c><00:48:45.219><c> been</c><00:48:45.500><c> five</c><00:48:45.960><c> years</c><00:48:46.400><c> since</c><00:48:46.739><c> Esther</c><00:48:47.099><c> was</c><00:48:47.380><c> selected</c><00:48:47.800><c> by</c>

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:49.719
the<00:48:48.300><c> king</c><00:48:48.480><c> to</c><00:48:48.679><c> be</c><00:48:48.900><c> queen.</c>

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:56.260
She<00:48:50.300><c> now</c><00:48:50.800><c> stands</c><00:48:51.239><c> before</c><00:48:51.760><c> him,</c><00:48:52.659><c> can't</c><00:48:52.960><c> say</c><00:48:53.119><c> a</c><00:48:53.300><c> word,</c><00:48:54.199><c> and</c><00:48:54.480><c> there</c><00:48:54.659><c> she</c><00:48:54.900><c> is.</c>

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:59.940
Character<00:48:58.139><c> is</c><00:48:58.760><c> the</c><00:48:58.980><c> issue.</c>

00:49:00.619 --> 00:49:02.599
And<00:49:00.960><c> what</c><00:49:01.139><c> does</c><00:49:01.340><c> the</c><00:49:01.579><c> king</c><00:49:01.699><c> do?</c>

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He<00:49:04.760><c> shows</c><00:49:05.119><c> her</c><00:49:05.659><c> grace</c><00:49:06.219><c> and</c><00:49:06.860><c> favor,</c><00:49:08.599><c> the</c><00:49:09.119><c> exact</c><00:49:09.619><c> same</c><00:49:10.119><c> thing</c><00:49:10.400><c> he</c>

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did<00:49:11.519><c> five</c><00:49:12.420><c> years</c><00:49:12.780><c> ago</c><00:49:13.079><c> when</c><00:49:13.239><c> he</c><00:49:13.519><c> selected</c><00:49:13.780><c> her.</c>

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You<00:49:16.340><c> see</c><00:49:16.460><c> the</c><00:49:16.639><c> remarkable</c><00:49:17.219><c> aspect</c><00:49:17.699><c> of</c><00:49:17.860><c> her</c><00:49:18.199><c> character,</c><00:49:18.980><c> brethren</c><00:49:19.139><c> and</c><00:49:19.360><c> sisters.</c>

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Remember<00:49:21.320><c> how</c><00:49:21.519><c> she</c><00:49:21.699><c> had</c><00:49:21.860><c> been</c><00:49:22.019><c> in</c><00:49:22.079><c> the</c><00:49:22.219><c> house</c><00:49:22.519><c> of</c><00:49:22.739><c> women</c><00:49:22.920><c> for</c>

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12<00:49:23.579><c> months</c><00:49:24.380><c> and</c><00:49:25.000><c> it</c><00:49:25.219><c> didn't</c><00:49:25.420><c> change</c><00:49:25.760><c> her?</c>

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She<00:49:27.260><c> has</c><00:49:27.559><c> been</c><00:49:27.900><c> queen</c><00:49:28.539><c> of</c><00:49:28.900><c> the</c><00:49:29.099><c> world</c><00:49:29.679><c> for</c><00:49:30.599><c> five</c><00:49:31.099><c> years.</c>

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And<00:49:33.019><c> you</c><00:49:33.219><c> start</c><00:49:33.460><c> running</c><00:49:33.800><c> down</c><00:49:34.260><c> all</c><00:49:34.619><c> of</c><00:49:34.760><c> the</c><00:49:34.980><c> things</c><00:49:35.320><c> that</c><00:49:35.559><c> she</c>

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would<00:49:36.059><c> have</c><00:49:36.199><c> at</c><00:49:36.340><c> her</c><00:49:36.639><c> disposal.</c>

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You<00:49:38.960><c> want</c><00:49:39.239><c> new</c><00:49:39.519><c> clothes.</c>

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We<00:49:40.699><c> can</c><00:49:40.940><c> bring</c><00:49:41.179><c> in</c><00:49:41.440><c> merchants</c><00:49:41.780><c> from</c><00:49:42.239><c> all</c><00:49:42.579><c> over</c><00:49:42.900><c> the</c><00:49:43.099><c> world</c><00:49:43.679><c> to</c>

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provide<00:49:45.559><c> you</c><00:49:45.760><c> with</c><00:49:45.940><c> clothes.</c>

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Would<00:49:47.559><c> you</c><00:49:47.780><c> like</c><00:49:47.960><c> a</c><00:49:48.179><c> new</c><00:49:48.360><c> house?</c>

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How<00:49:49.400><c> many</c><00:49:49.599><c> new</c><00:49:49.800><c> houses</c><00:49:50.219><c> would</c><00:49:50.480><c> you</c><00:49:50.679><c> like?</c>

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You<00:49:52.900><c> would</c><00:49:53.119><c> like</c><00:49:53.320><c> cosmetics.</c>

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How<00:49:54.360><c> many</c><00:49:54.679><c> cosmetics</c><00:49:55.159><c> would</c><00:49:55.360><c> you</c><00:49:55.539><c> like</c><00:49:55.699><c> and</c><00:49:55.880><c> from</c><00:49:56.099><c> what</c><00:49:56.320><c> far</c>

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countries<00:49:56.920><c> would</c><00:49:57.119><c> you</c><00:49:57.239><c> like</c><00:49:57.380><c> them</c><00:49:57.579><c> brought</c><00:49:57.820><c> in?</c>

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There<00:50:00.000><c> isn't</c><00:50:00.340><c> a</c><00:50:00.800><c> known</c><00:50:01.219><c> luxury</c><00:50:01.980><c> available</c><00:50:02.719><c> to</c><00:50:03.000><c> her.</c>

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She<00:50:04.400><c> didn't</c><00:50:04.639><c> have</c><00:50:04.980><c> to</c><00:50:05.139><c> go</c><00:50:05.360><c> shopping.</c>

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They<00:50:06.199><c> brought</c><00:50:06.380><c> the</c><00:50:06.679><c> shopping</c><00:50:07.000><c> stores</c><00:50:07.360><c> to</c><00:50:07.579><c> her.</c>

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Every<00:50:10.500><c> available</c><00:50:11.139><c> luxury</c><00:50:11.760><c> known</c><00:50:12.239><c> to</c><00:50:12.619><c> mankind</c><00:50:13.179><c> in</c><00:50:13.599><c> that</c><00:50:13.840><c> day</c>

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would<00:50:14.679><c> have</c><00:50:14.880><c> been</c><00:50:15.079><c> at</c><00:50:15.420><c> her</c><00:50:15.820><c> disposal.</c>

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And<00:50:17.719><c> the</c><00:50:17.920><c> merchants</c><00:50:18.320><c> and</c><00:50:18.559><c> the</c><00:50:18.739><c> others</c><00:50:18.920><c> would</c><00:50:19.099><c> have</c><00:50:19.239><c> been</c><00:50:19.460><c> only</c>

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too<00:50:20.500><c> happy</c><00:50:20.900><c> to</c><00:50:21.139><c> provide</c><00:50:21.539><c> for</c><00:50:21.760><c> the</c><00:50:21.980><c> queen.</c>

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She's<00:50:23.739><c> had</c><00:50:23.880><c> it</c><00:50:24.260><c> all</c><00:50:24.679><c> available</c><00:50:25.239><c> to</c><00:50:25.579><c> her</c><00:50:26.219><c> and</c><00:50:27.099><c> it</c><00:50:27.619><c> hasn't</c><00:50:28.300><c> changed</c><00:50:29.219><c> her</c><00:50:29.780><c> character.</c>

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She<00:50:31.840><c> is</c><00:50:32.460><c> still</c><00:50:33.059><c> the</c><00:50:33.739><c> same</c><00:50:34.239><c> remarkable</c><00:50:35.539><c> young</c><00:50:36.280><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:36.760><c> maiden</c>

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as<00:50:37.800><c> queen</c><00:50:38.159><c> for</c><00:50:38.460><c> five</c><00:50:38.820><c> years</c>

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as<00:50:39.820><c> she</c><00:50:40.239><c> was</c><00:50:40.539><c> when</c><00:50:40.739><c> she</c><00:50:40.980><c> was</c><00:50:41.320><c> taken</c><00:50:41.699><c> into</c><00:50:42.019><c> the</c><00:50:42.280><c> house</c><00:50:42.679><c> of</c><00:50:42.880><c> the</c><00:50:43.019><c> women.</c>

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God<00:50:46.320><c> didn't</c><00:50:46.619><c> just</c><00:50:47.039><c> need</c><00:50:47.420><c> a</c><00:50:47.860><c> beautiful</c><00:50:48.340><c> young</c><00:50:48.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:49.420><c> maiden.</c>

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He<00:50:51.900><c> didn't</c><00:50:52.159><c> just</c><00:50:52.500><c> need</c><00:50:52.800><c> a</c><00:50:53.119><c> beautiful</c><00:50:53.559><c> young</c><00:50:54.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:54.360><c> maiden</c>

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who<00:50:55.320><c> would</c><00:50:55.539><c> be</c><00:50:55.760><c> willing</c><00:50:55.980><c> to</c><00:50:56.260><c> withstand</c><00:50:56.900><c> the</c><00:50:57.199><c> purification</c><00:50:57.820><c> process</c><00:50:58.280><c> for</c><00:50:58.519><c> 12</c><00:50:58.780><c> months</c>

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and<00:50:59.599><c> not</c><00:50:59.800><c> have</c><00:50:59.920><c> it</c><00:51:00.179><c> change</c><00:51:00.360><c> her</c><00:51:00.679><c> character.</c>

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He<00:51:02.739><c> needed</c><00:51:03.019><c> a</c><00:51:03.260><c> remarkable</c><00:51:03.940><c> young</c><00:51:04.239><c> woman</c><00:51:04.539><c> who</c><00:51:04.739><c> could</c><00:51:04.920><c> be</c><00:51:05.340><c> exposed</c><00:51:05.739><c> to</c><00:51:06.079><c> that</c><00:51:06.380><c> level</c><00:51:06.699><c> of</c><00:51:07.059><c> dignity</c>

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and<00:51:08.420><c> honor</c><00:51:08.739><c> and</c><00:51:09.360><c> availability</c><00:51:09.960><c> of</c><00:51:10.300><c> the</c><00:51:10.539><c> things</c><00:51:10.760><c> of</c><00:51:10.980><c> this</c><00:51:11.260><c> world</c>

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and<00:51:14.239><c> not</c><00:51:14.780><c> have</c><00:51:15.059><c> it</c><00:51:15.460><c> change</c><00:51:16.320><c> her</c><00:51:16.679><c> character.</c>

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That's<00:51:18.099><c> what</c><00:51:18.219><c> God</c><00:51:18.440><c> needed.</c>

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Because<00:51:20.019><c> on</c><00:51:20.360><c> that</c><00:51:20.639><c> day</c><00:51:20.880><c> when</c><00:51:21.099><c> the</c><00:51:21.300><c> king</c><00:51:21.599><c> extends</c><00:51:22.420><c> the</c><00:51:22.780><c> scepter,</c>

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he<00:51:24.900><c> did</c><00:51:25.239><c> so</c><00:51:25.619><c> because</c><00:51:26.280><c> of</c><00:51:26.500><c> the</c><00:51:26.880><c> character</c><00:51:27.500><c> of</c><00:51:27.900><c> Esther.</c>

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Thank<00:51:41.460><c> you.</c>