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allusion<00:12:35.340><c> to</c><00:12:35.720><c> the</c><00:12:35.940><c> work</c><00:12:36.159><c> of</c><00:12:36.379><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:12:37.279><c> In</c>

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Isaiah<00:12:37.759><c> chapter</c><00:12:38.159><c> 58</c><00:12:38.700><c> and</c><00:12:39.000><c> verse</c><00:12:39.259><c> 8,</c><00:12:39.919><c> we</c><00:12:39.919><c> read,</c><00:12:40.919><c> and</c><00:12:40.980><c> notice</c><00:12:41.279><c> all</c><00:12:41.519><c> the</c><00:12:41.720><c> allusions</c><00:12:42.259><c> to</c>

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in<00:12:47.039><c> this</c><00:12:47.240><c> passage.</c><00:12:48.860><c> Then</c><00:12:48.899><c> shall</c>

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thy<00:12:49.539><c> light</c><00:12:49.779><c> break</c><00:12:50.080><c> forth</c><00:12:50.379><c> as</c><00:12:50.559><c> the</c><00:12:50.740><c> morning,</c><00:12:51.100><c> and</c><00:12:51.220><c> thine</c><00:12:51.379><c> health,</c><00:12:51.679><c> verse</c>

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8,<00:12:52.879><c> shall</c><00:12:53.019><c> spring</c><00:12:53.320><c> forth</c><00:12:53.700><c> speedily,</c>

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and<00:12:54.580><c> thy</c><00:12:54.840><c> righteousness</c><00:12:55.460><c> shall</c><00:12:55.799><c> go</c><00:12:56.039><c> before</c><00:12:56.519><c> thee.</c><00:12:57.000><c> The</c><00:12:57.299><c> glory</c>

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Nehemiah<00:13:06.139><c> chapter</c><00:13:06.480><c> 1,</c><00:13:06.940><c> right?</c>

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Thou<00:13:08.419><c> shalt</c><00:13:08.720><c> cry,</c><00:13:09.139><c> and</c><00:13:09.159><c> he</c><00:13:09.360><c> shall</c><00:13:09.559><c> say,</c><00:13:09.940><c> here</c><00:13:10.220><c> I</c><00:13:10.519><c> am.</c><00:13:11.019><c> Here</c><00:13:11.200><c> I</c><00:13:11.460><c> am,</c><00:13:11.820><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:13:12.419><c> right?</c><00:13:12.700><c> Here</c><00:13:12.840><c> I</c>

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am.<00:13:13.820><c> If</c><00:13:13.899><c> thou</c><00:13:14.120><c> take</c>

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away<00:13:14.740><c> from</c><00:13:14.980><c> the</c><00:13:15.200><c> midst</c><00:13:15.419><c> of</c><00:13:15.679><c> thee</c><00:13:15.840><c> the</c><00:13:16.120><c> yoke,</c><00:13:16.879><c> the</c><00:13:17.100><c> putting</c><00:13:17.320><c> forth</c><00:13:17.659><c> of</c>

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thou<00:13:21.360><c> draw</c><00:13:21.720><c> out</c><00:13:21.940><c> thy</c><00:13:22.120><c> soul</c><00:13:22.419><c> to</c><00:13:22.600><c> the</c><00:13:22.779><c> hungry</c><00:13:23.080><c> and</c><00:13:23.299><c> satisfy</c><00:13:23.840><c> the</c>

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afflicted<00:13:24.659><c> soul,</c><00:13:25.360><c> then</c><00:13:25.559><c> shall</c><00:13:25.799><c> thy</c><00:13:25.980><c> light</c><00:13:26.220><c> rise</c><00:13:26.500><c> in</c>

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obscurity,<00:13:27.200><c> and</c><00:13:27.259><c> thy</c><00:13:27.379><c> darkness</c><00:13:27.740><c> be</c><00:13:27.940><c> as</c><00:13:28.080><c> the</c><00:13:28.220><c> noonday.</c><00:13:28.799><c> Didn't</c>

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Nehemiah<00:13:29.500><c> do</c><00:13:29.679><c> that?</c><00:13:30.860><c> Every</c><00:13:31.340><c> single</c><00:13:31.720><c> day</c><00:13:31.960><c> Nehemiah</c>

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themselves<00:13:48.919><c> back</c><00:13:49.279><c> up</c><00:13:49.480><c> and</c><00:13:49.600><c> going</c><00:13:49.759><c> in</c><00:13:49.960><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:13:50.600><c> That</c><00:13:50.820><c> was</c>

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drought.<00:13:59.200><c> In</c><00:13:59.379><c> Nehemiah</c><00:13:59.759><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.100><c> 5,</c><00:14:00.440><c> there</c><00:14:00.539><c> was</c><00:14:00.779><c> a</c>

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land.<00:14:05.460><c> And</c><00:14:05.460><c> make</c><00:14:05.740><c> fat</c><00:14:06.039><c> thy</c><00:14:06.299><c> bones,</c><00:14:06.820><c> and</c><00:14:06.879><c> thou</c><00:14:07.080><c> shalt</c><00:14:07.259><c> be</c><00:14:07.460><c> like</c>

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a<00:14:07.919><c> watered</c><00:14:08.360><c> garden,</c><00:14:08.679><c> and</c><00:14:08.759><c> like</c><00:14:08.940><c> a</c><00:14:09.139><c> spring</c><00:14:09.320><c> of</c><00:14:09.539><c> water</c>

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whose<00:14:10.019><c> waters</c><00:14:10.340><c> fail</c><00:14:10.700><c> not.</c><00:14:11.919><c> Verse</c><00:14:12.299><c> 12,</c><00:14:13.480><c> you</c><00:14:13.559><c> might</c><00:14:13.820><c> want</c><00:14:14.039><c> to</c><00:14:14.179><c> write</c><00:14:14.360><c> Nehemiah</c><00:14:15.100><c> beside</c><00:14:15.639><c> verse</c><00:14:16.019><c> 12</c>

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in<00:14:17.259><c> your</c><00:14:17.480><c> margin.</c>

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foundations<00:14:27.399><c> of</c><00:14:28.340><c> many</c><00:14:28.759><c> generations.</c><00:14:30.440><c> The</c><00:14:30.759><c> wall</c><00:14:31.039><c> lay</c><00:14:31.340><c> flat</c><00:14:31.799><c> for</c><00:14:32.120><c> over</c><00:14:32.500><c> a</c>

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restorer<00:14:43.580><c> of</c><00:14:43.820><c> the</c><00:14:44.100><c> paths</c><00:14:44.360><c> to</c><00:14:44.679><c> dwell</c><00:14:44.899><c> in.</c>

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they<00:15:01.940><c> weren't</c><00:15:02.179><c> able</c><00:15:02.539><c> to</c><00:15:02.700><c> do</c><00:15:02.820><c> for</c><00:15:03.039><c> themselves.</c><00:15:06.899><c> And</c><00:15:07.039><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:07.379><c> indeed</c><00:15:07.679><c> a</c><00:15:07.980><c> strategist.</c><00:15:09.000><c> When</c><00:15:09.120><c> he</c><00:15:09.320><c> came</c><00:15:09.539><c> before</c><00:15:09.919><c> the</c><00:15:10.159><c> king,</c><00:15:10.440><c> the</c>

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king<00:15:10.759><c> asked</c><00:15:11.220><c> him</c><00:15:11.480><c> certain</c><00:15:11.799><c> questions,</c>

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me,<00:15:17.019><c> the</c><00:15:17.100><c> queen</c><00:15:17.379><c> sitting</c><00:15:17.639><c> beside</c><00:15:18.059><c> him,</c>

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how<00:15:18.740><c> long</c><00:15:19.100><c> shall</c><00:15:19.340><c> thy</c><00:15:19.480><c> journey</c><00:15:19.720><c> be?</c><00:15:20.379><c> When</c><00:15:20.639><c> will</c><00:15:20.860><c> you</c><00:15:21.039><c> return?</c>

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And<00:15:22.019><c> so</c><00:15:22.139><c> it</c><00:15:22.360><c> pleased</c><00:15:22.600><c> the</c><00:15:22.799><c> king</c><00:15:23.039><c> to</c><00:15:24.759><c> send</c><00:15:25.000><c> me,</c>

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and<00:15:25.700><c> I</c><00:15:26.000><c> set</c><00:15:26.139><c> him</c><00:15:26.379><c> a</c><00:15:26.600><c> time.</c><00:15:27.179><c> So</c><00:15:27.480><c> obviously</c><00:15:28.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:28.539><c> had</c><00:15:28.799><c> given</c>

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questions,<00:15:31.700><c> and</c><00:15:31.759><c> he</c><00:15:31.919><c> had</c><00:15:32.100><c> probably</c><00:15:32.419><c> put,</c><00:15:32.799><c> there's</c><00:15:33.340><c> some</c><00:15:33.620><c> engineers</c><00:15:33.940><c> in</c><00:15:34.100><c> the</c><00:15:34.279><c> audience,</c><00:15:34.539><c> I</c>

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answer<00:15:51.279><c> the</c><00:15:51.580><c> king.</c><00:15:51.879><c> He</c><00:15:51.879><c> said,</c><00:15:52.120><c> yes,</c><00:15:52.379><c> king,</c>

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here's<00:15:53.139><c> the</c><00:15:53.399><c> timeline,</c><00:15:53.779><c> and</c><00:15:54.039><c> I'm</c><00:15:54.399><c> going</c><00:15:54.559><c> to</c><00:15:54.740><c> set</c><00:15:54.899><c> you</c><00:15:55.039><c> this</c>

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time.<00:15:56.080><c> And</c><00:15:56.320><c> he'd</c><00:15:56.559><c> done</c><00:15:56.659><c> his</c><00:15:56.919><c> homework,</c><00:15:57.340><c> right?</c>

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need<00:16:02.019><c> your</c><00:16:02.299><c> help</c><00:16:02.559><c> with,</c><00:16:02.879><c> right?</c><00:16:03.440><c> He</c><00:16:03.700><c> need</c><00:16:03.919><c> a</c>

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letter<00:16:06.379><c> to</c><00:16:06.580><c> convey</c><00:16:06.980><c> him</c><00:16:07.179><c> over</c><00:16:07.500><c> so</c><00:16:07.720><c> that</c><00:16:07.820><c> when</c><00:16:07.899><c> he</c><00:16:08.100><c> got</c><00:16:08.340><c> there,</c>

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he<00:16:08.659><c> could</c><00:16:08.879><c> give</c><00:16:09.100><c> the</c><00:16:09.279><c> letters</c><00:16:09.679><c> to</c><00:16:10.240><c> those</c><00:16:10.659><c> that</c>

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were<00:16:11.019><c> round</c><00:16:11.220><c> about</c><00:16:11.440><c> and</c><00:16:11.639><c> say,</c><00:16:12.139><c> look,</c><00:16:12.600><c> see,</c><00:16:12.840><c> I</c><00:16:12.860><c> have</c><00:16:13.059><c> the</c><00:16:13.200><c> blessing</c><00:16:13.519><c> of</c><00:16:13.919><c> the</c><00:16:14.220><c> king</c><00:16:14.419><c> of</c>

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Babylon<00:16:14.980><c> to</c><00:16:15.279><c> do</c><00:16:15.419><c> this,</c>

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right?<00:16:17.200><c> I</c><00:16:17.480><c> also</c><00:16:17.899><c> need</c><00:16:18.120><c> from</c><00:16:18.379><c> you,</c><00:16:18.720><c> okay?</c><00:16:19.019><c> I</c><00:16:19.159><c> need</c><00:16:19.379><c> some</c><00:16:19.679><c> supplies</c><00:16:20.159><c> and</c><00:16:20.440><c> materials.</c><00:16:21.000><c> And</c><00:16:21.080><c> so</c>

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the<00:16:21.379><c> king</c><00:16:21.500><c> gave</c>

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him<00:16:21.980><c> letters</c><00:16:22.279><c> so</c><00:16:22.519><c> that</c><00:16:22.639><c> he</c><00:16:22.779><c> could</c><00:16:23.179><c> get</c><00:16:23.639><c> supplies</c><00:16:24.100><c> from</c><00:16:24.320><c> the</c><00:16:24.580><c> king's</c><00:16:25.039><c> forest</c><00:16:25.419><c> and</c><00:16:25.899><c> bring</c><00:16:26.139><c> them</c><00:16:26.360><c> to</c><00:16:26.580><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:16:27.700><c> by</c><00:16:27.960><c> the</c><00:16:28.100><c> way,</c><00:16:28.360><c> okay,</c><00:16:28.679><c> I</c><00:16:28.840><c> also</c><00:16:29.340><c> need</c><00:16:29.659><c> some</c><00:16:30.279><c> security.</c><00:16:30.820><c> I</c><00:16:31.080><c> need</c><00:16:31.600><c> some</c><00:16:31.940><c> of</c>

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your<00:16:32.639><c> captains</c><00:16:33.220><c> and</c><00:16:33.379><c> your</c><00:16:33.639><c> horsemen</c>

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to<00:16:34.240><c> make</c><00:16:34.440><c> sure</c><00:16:34.820><c> that</c><00:16:35.340><c> all</c><00:16:35.519><c> of</c><00:16:35.679><c> my</c><00:16:35.879><c> workers</c><00:16:36.240><c> stay</c><00:16:36.679><c> safe</c><00:16:37.080><c> from</c><00:16:37.360><c> those</c><00:16:37.720><c> that</c><00:16:37.960><c> are</c><00:16:38.039><c> round</c><00:16:38.259><c> about.</c><00:16:38.720><c> Can</c><00:16:38.879><c> you</c><00:16:39.039><c> help</c><00:16:39.240><c> me</c>

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out?<00:16:41.519><c> And</c><00:16:41.840><c> so</c><00:16:41.980><c> he</c><00:16:42.120><c> had</c><00:16:42.320><c> a</c><00:16:42.539><c> plan</c><00:16:42.659><c> and</c><00:16:42.799><c> went</c><00:16:42.899><c> in</c><00:16:43.139><c> before</c><00:16:43.419><c> the</c><00:16:43.659><c> king</c>

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and<00:16:43.940><c> he</c><00:16:44.120><c> said,</c><00:16:44.679><c> well,</c><00:16:44.860><c> I</c><00:16:44.980><c> don't</c><00:16:45.100><c> know,</c><00:16:45.320><c> king,</c>

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what<00:16:45.559><c> do</c><00:16:45.639><c> you</c><00:16:45.820><c> think?</c><00:16:46.000><c> How</c><00:16:46.139><c> should</c><00:16:46.299><c> we</c><00:16:46.460><c> do</c><00:16:46.720><c> this?</c><00:16:49.600><c> You</c><00:16:49.759><c> know,</c>

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he<00:16:50.100><c> knew</c><00:16:50.379><c> he</c><00:16:50.539><c> went</c><00:16:50.779><c> in</c><00:16:51.019><c> and</c><00:16:51.179><c> he</c><00:16:51.320><c> knew</c><00:16:51.480><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:16:52.620><c> he</c><00:16:52.820><c> needed</c><00:16:52.960><c> to</c><00:16:53.220><c> ask</c><00:16:53.379><c> from</c><00:16:53.580><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> king.</c><00:16:56.500><c> And</c><00:16:56.899><c> when</c><00:16:57.059><c> the</c><00:16:57.340><c> king</c><00:16:57.700><c> granted</c><00:16:58.460><c> all</c>

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those<00:16:59.220><c> things</c><00:16:59.500><c> without</c><00:16:59.960><c> question</c><00:17:00.460><c> to</c>

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Nehemiah,<00:17:02.820><c> again,</c><00:17:03.379><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:03.740><c> knew</c><00:17:04.180><c> that</c><00:17:05.380><c> the</c><00:17:05.480><c> heart</c><00:17:05.619><c> of</c><00:17:05.779><c> the</c>

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king<00:17:06.019><c> was</c><00:17:06.220><c> in</c><00:17:06.359><c> the</c><00:17:06.380><c> hand</c><00:17:06.579><c> of</c><00:17:06.759><c> the</c><00:17:06.900><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:17:13.019><c> was</c><00:17:13.279><c> absolutely</c><00:17:13.859><c> a</c><00:17:14.160><c> strategist</c><00:17:15.259><c> and</c><00:17:16.180><c> a</c><00:17:16.319><c> visionary.</c><00:17:17.220><c> And</c>

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so<00:17:17.440><c> he</c><00:17:17.539><c> comes</c><00:17:17.799><c> to</c><00:17:18.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:18.440><c> in</c><00:17:18.640><c> verse</c><00:17:18.859><c> 11,</c><00:17:19.259><c> right?</c>

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So<00:17:20.140><c> I</c><00:17:20.220><c> came</c><00:17:20.519><c> to</c><00:17:20.720><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:21.279><c> and</c><00:17:21.799><c> I</c><00:17:21.980><c> was</c><00:17:22.180><c> there</c><00:17:22.619><c> three</c><00:17:23.000><c> days.</c><00:17:25.000><c> So</c>

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there<00:17:25.519><c> he</c><00:17:25.640><c> was</c><00:17:25.880><c> three</c><00:17:26.140><c> days.</c><00:17:26.339><c> Do</c><00:17:26.480><c> you</c><00:17:26.519><c> think</c>

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he<00:17:27.279><c> booked</c><00:17:27.480><c> into</c><00:17:27.759><c> a</c><00:17:27.799><c> hotel</c><00:17:28.220><c> and</c><00:17:28.500><c> he</c><00:17:28.619><c> sat</c><00:17:28.740><c> back</c><00:17:29.000><c> by</c><00:17:29.180><c> the</c><00:17:29.359><c> pool</c>

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and<00:17:29.799><c> lounged</c><00:17:30.140><c> around?</c><00:17:30.880><c> Absolutely</c><00:17:31.359><c> not.</c>

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For<00:17:33.259><c> three</c><00:17:33.660><c> days</c><00:17:34.180><c> he</c><00:17:34.359><c> was</c><00:17:34.700><c> walking</c><00:17:35.160><c> around</c><00:17:35.700><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:17:37.039><c> He</c><00:17:37.180><c> was</c><00:17:37.480><c> looking</c><00:17:37.839><c> at</c>

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the<00:17:38.220><c> people</c><00:17:38.500><c> that</c><00:17:38.640><c> were</c><00:17:38.900><c> left</c><00:17:39.119><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:39.380><c> was</c><00:17:39.599><c> making</c><00:17:40.000><c> lists</c><00:17:40.380><c> of</c><00:17:40.640><c> all</c><00:17:40.900><c> their</c><00:17:41.059><c> names.</c><00:17:41.619><c> Who's</c><00:17:42.099><c> left</c><00:17:42.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:42.720><c> city?</c><00:17:43.240><c> Who</c><00:17:43.460><c> can</c><00:17:43.660><c> I</c><00:17:43.900><c> use</c><00:17:44.220><c> for</c><00:17:44.759><c> doing</c><00:17:45.099><c> what?</c>

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What<00:17:45.880><c> abilities,</c><00:17:46.480><c> what</c><00:17:46.660><c> talents</c><00:17:47.059><c> do</c><00:17:47.299><c> I</c><00:17:47.480><c> have</c><00:17:47.720><c> here</c><00:17:47.980><c> in</c><00:17:48.099><c> the</c><00:17:48.259><c> city</c><00:17:48.440><c> that</c><00:17:48.599><c> I</c>

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can<00:17:48.920><c> work</c><00:17:49.200><c> with?</c>

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And<00:17:52.500><c> he</c><00:17:52.640><c> spent</c><00:17:52.900><c> three</c><00:17:53.220><c> days</c><00:17:53.539><c> doing</c><00:17:53.819><c> that.</c><00:17:54.259><c> And</c><00:17:54.279><c> then</c><00:17:54.420><c> on</c><00:17:54.559><c> the</c>

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third<00:17:54.940><c> day</c><00:17:55.200><c> it</c><00:17:55.339><c> says,</c>

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I<00:17:56.200><c> arose</c><00:17:56.720><c> in</c><00:17:56.920><c> the</c><00:17:57.079><c> night</c><00:17:57.299><c> in</c><00:17:57.559><c> some</c><00:17:57.799><c> few</c><00:17:58.140><c> men</c><00:17:58.400><c> with</c><00:17:58.680><c> me,</c><00:17:59.559><c> neither</c>

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told<00:18:00.440><c> I</c><00:18:00.819><c> any</c><00:18:01.160><c> man</c><00:18:01.599><c> what</c><00:18:02.119><c> my</c><00:18:02.400><c> God</c><00:18:02.579><c> had</c><00:18:02.779><c> put</c><00:18:02.920><c> in</c>

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my<00:18:03.299><c> heart</c><00:18:03.460><c> to</c><00:18:03.680><c> do</c><00:18:03.759><c> at</c><00:18:03.940><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:18:05.819><c> Neither</c><00:18:06.099><c> was</c><00:18:06.359><c> there</c><00:18:06.640><c> any</c><00:18:06.859><c> beast</c><00:18:07.099><c> with</c><00:18:07.359><c> me</c>

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save<00:18:08.400><c> the</c><00:18:08.660><c> beast</c><00:18:09.119><c> that</c><00:18:09.720><c> I</c><00:18:10.039><c> rode</c><00:18:10.240><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:18:11.200><c> so</c><00:18:11.319><c> he</c><00:18:11.400><c> comes</c><00:18:11.720><c> to</c><00:18:11.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:12.380><c> and</c><00:18:12.519><c> he</c><00:18:12.619><c> was</c><00:18:12.779><c> there</c><00:18:13.160><c> for</c><00:18:13.519><c> three</c><00:18:13.880><c> days.</c><00:18:14.660><c> And</c>

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it<00:18:15.079><c> says</c><00:18:15.319><c> there</c><00:18:15.619><c> that</c><00:18:15.839><c> he</c><00:18:16.059><c> told</c><00:18:16.480><c> no</c><00:18:16.859><c> man,</c>

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right?<00:18:18.460><c> There's</c><00:18:18.720><c> a</c><00:18:18.819><c> lot</c><00:18:18.920><c> of</c><00:18:19.099><c> wisdom</c><00:18:19.359><c> in</c><00:18:19.519><c> that</c><00:18:19.740><c> sometimes,</c>

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isn't<00:18:20.480><c> there?</c><00:18:21.079><c> Right?</c><00:18:21.460><c> Psalm</c><00:18:21.720><c> 141,</c>

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see<00:18:24.720><c> if</c><00:18:24.880><c> I</c><00:18:24.980><c> can,</c><00:18:25.440><c> Psalm</c><00:18:25.660><c> 141</c><00:18:26.339><c> in</c><00:18:26.480><c> verse</c><00:18:26.660><c> 3</c><00:18:26.960><c> says,</c><00:18:28.079><c> set</c><00:18:28.079><c> a</c><00:18:28.400><c> watch,</c>

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O<00:18:28.940><c> Lord,</c><00:18:29.380><c> before</c><00:18:29.720><c> my</c><00:18:30.059><c> mouth,</c><00:18:30.900><c> keep</c><00:18:31.140><c> the</c><00:18:31.440><c> door</c>

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of<00:18:32.619><c> my</c><00:18:33.000><c> lips.</c><00:18:33.200><c> That's</c><00:18:33.579><c> a</c><00:18:33.799><c> prayer</c><00:18:34.259><c> that</c><00:18:34.920><c> sometimes</c><00:18:35.440><c> we</c><00:18:35.700><c> all</c><00:18:35.960><c> need</c><00:18:36.140><c> to</c>

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utter,<00:18:36.720><c> isn't</c><00:18:36.859><c> it?</c>

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Sometimes<00:18:38.839><c> it's</c><00:18:39.140><c> better</c><00:18:39.619><c> if</c><00:18:40.259><c> we</c><00:18:40.440><c> don't</c><00:18:40.660><c> say</c><00:18:40.900><c> anything</c><00:18:41.240><c> at</c><00:18:41.500><c> all.</c>

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Why<00:18:47.420><c> did</c><00:18:47.759><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:48.359><c> not</c><00:18:48.759><c> say</c><00:18:49.160><c> anything</c><00:18:49.599><c> at</c><00:18:49.859><c> all?</c>

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Neither<00:18:53.400><c> told</c><00:18:53.700><c> I</c><00:18:53.859><c> any</c><00:18:54.079><c> man</c><00:18:54.319><c> what</c><00:18:54.480><c> my</c><00:18:54.759><c> God</c><00:18:54.900><c> had</c><00:18:55.059><c> put</c><00:18:55.180><c> in</c><00:18:55.259><c> my</c><00:18:55.480><c> heart</c><00:18:55.599><c> to</c>

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do<00:18:55.839><c> at</c><00:18:56.019><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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neither<00:18:57.180><c> was</c><00:18:57.400><c> there</c><00:18:57.660><c> any</c><00:18:57.900><c> beast</c><00:18:58.240><c> with</c><00:18:58.599><c> me</c><00:18:58.839><c> save</c><00:18:59.039><c> the</c><00:18:59.240><c> beast</c><00:18:59.440><c> that</c><00:18:59.640><c> I</c>

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rode<00:18:59.920><c> upon.</c><00:19:02.220><c> Why</c><00:19:02.720><c> is</c><00:19:03.039><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:19:07.039><c> turn</c><00:19:07.180><c> if</c><00:19:07.319><c> you</c><00:19:07.440><c> will</c><00:19:07.539><c> to</c><00:19:07.759><c> Ezra</c><00:19:08.059><c> chapter</c><00:19:08.380><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:19:17.640><c> Ezra</c><00:19:18.099><c> chapter</c><00:19:18.440><c> 9,</c><00:19:20.819><c> it's</c><00:19:22.039><c> kind</c><00:19:22.220><c> of</c><00:19:22.380><c> a</c><00:19:22.440><c> sad</c><00:19:22.660><c> situation</c><00:19:23.319><c> that</c>

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we<00:19:23.660><c> read</c><00:19:23.819><c> about</c><00:19:24.059><c> there</c><00:19:24.299><c> actually</c><00:19:24.680><c> in</c><00:19:24.839><c> Ezra</c><00:19:25.119><c> chapter</c>

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9<00:19:25.799><c> and</c><00:19:26.019><c> it</c><00:19:26.440><c> crops</c><00:19:26.640><c> up</c><00:19:26.940><c> again</c><00:19:27.279><c> in</c><00:19:27.579><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:19:28.480><c> But</c><00:19:28.640><c> in</c><00:19:28.799><c> Ezra</c><00:19:29.019><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.359><c> 9</c><00:19:29.720><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:30.160><c> 2,</c><00:19:32.200><c> it</c><00:19:32.420><c> says,</c><00:19:33.880><c> and</c><00:19:34.119><c> we</c><00:19:34.220><c> won't</c><00:19:34.400><c> read</c>

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the<00:19:35.339><c> whole</c><00:19:35.579><c> context</c><00:19:36.119><c> here,</c><00:19:37.079><c> but</c><00:19:37.259><c> Ezra</c><00:19:37.579><c> says,</c><00:19:38.079><c> they</c><00:19:38.079><c> have</c><00:19:38.319><c> taken</c><00:19:38.759><c> of</c>

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their<00:19:39.640><c> daughters</c><00:19:40.099><c> for</c><00:19:40.359><c> themselves</c><00:19:40.920><c> and</c><00:19:41.119><c> for</c>

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their<00:19:41.539><c> sons</c><00:19:41.880><c> so</c><00:19:42.480><c> that</c><00:19:42.700><c> the</c><00:19:42.980><c> holy</c><00:19:43.339><c> seed</c><00:19:43.619><c> have</c><00:19:43.859><c> mingled</c><00:19:44.200><c> themselves</c><00:19:44.720><c> with</c><00:19:44.980><c> the</c><00:19:45.180><c> people</c><00:19:45.380><c> of</c>

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those<00:19:45.880><c> lands.</c>

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Yea,<00:19:47.599><c> the</c><00:19:47.880><c> hand</c><00:19:48.180><c> of</c><00:19:48.400><c> the</c><00:19:48.579><c> princes</c><00:19:49.059><c> and</c><00:19:49.700><c> the</c><00:19:49.980><c> rulers</c><00:19:50.539><c> hath</c><00:19:51.079><c> been</c>

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chief<00:19:51.819><c> in</c><00:19:52.160><c> this</c><00:19:52.460><c> trespass.</c>

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And<00:19:56.839><c> so</c><00:19:56.920><c> when</c><00:19:57.019><c> he</c><00:19:57.220><c> comes</c><00:19:57.460><c> to</c><00:19:57.720><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:58.339><c> he</c><00:19:58.599><c> specifically</c><00:19:59.200><c> does</c><00:19:59.519><c> not</c><00:19:59.700><c> tell</c><00:19:59.960><c> the</c><00:20:00.240><c> rulers</c><00:20:00.559><c> or</c>

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anybody<00:20:01.140><c> in</c><00:20:01.440><c> charge</c><00:20:01.660><c> what</c>

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he's<00:20:01.980><c> doing</c><00:20:02.339><c> because</c><00:20:03.099><c> it's</c><00:20:03.440><c> apparent</c><00:20:03.759><c> here</c><00:20:04.039><c> in</c><00:20:04.200><c> Ezra</c><00:20:04.480><c> chapter</c>

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those<00:20:08.460><c> that</c><00:20:08.759><c> were</c><00:20:09.180><c> in</c><00:20:09.720><c> authority</c><00:20:10.099><c> at</c><00:20:10.339><c> that</c><00:20:10.640><c> time</c><00:20:11.339><c> were</c><00:20:14.400><c> probably</c><00:20:14.880><c> going</c>

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to<00:20:15.180><c> be</c><00:20:15.359><c> working</c><00:20:15.599><c> against</c><00:20:15.980><c> him</c><00:20:16.180><c> rather</c>

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than<00:20:16.680><c> for</c><00:20:16.920><c> him.</c><00:20:18.819><c> And</c><00:20:19.059><c> that's</c><00:20:19.400><c> brought</c><00:20:19.619><c> out</c><00:20:19.759><c> if</c><00:20:19.920><c> we</c><00:20:20.079><c> turn</c><00:20:20.259><c> over</c>

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to<00:20:20.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:20:21.279><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.819><c> 6.</c><00:20:26.299><c> In</c><00:20:26.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:20:26.880><c> chapter</c><00:20:27.200><c> 6,</c>

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moreover<00:20:28.240><c> in</c><00:20:28.380><c> those</c><00:20:28.680><c> days,</c><00:20:29.220><c> the</c><00:20:29.220><c> nobles</c><00:20:29.680><c> of</c><00:20:29.960><c> Judah</c><00:20:30.240><c> sent</c><00:20:31.180><c> many</c>

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letters<00:20:31.880><c> unto</c><00:20:32.180><c> Tobiah,</c><00:20:32.779><c> and</c><00:20:32.880><c> the</c><00:20:32.980><c> letters</c><00:20:33.240><c> of</c>

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Tobiah<00:20:33.759><c> came</c><00:20:34.000><c> unto</c><00:20:34.200><c> them,</c><00:20:34.859><c> for</c><00:20:35.039><c> there</c><00:20:35.240><c> were</c><00:20:35.420><c> many</c><00:20:35.700><c> in</c><00:20:35.920><c> Judah</c>

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sworn<00:20:36.660><c> unto</c><00:20:36.980><c> him,</c><00:20:37.579><c> because</c><00:20:37.880><c> he</c><00:20:38.019><c> was</c><00:20:38.259><c> the</c><00:20:38.500><c> son</c><00:20:38.660><c>-in</c><00:20:38.839><c>-law</c>

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of<00:20:39.119><c> Shekiniah,</c><00:20:39.640><c> the</c><00:20:39.819><c> son</c><00:20:40.000><c> of</c><00:20:40.240><c> Era,</c><00:20:40.819><c> and</c><00:20:40.960><c> his</c><00:20:41.220><c> son,</c><00:20:41.440><c> Johanan,</c>

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had<00:20:42.220><c> taken</c><00:20:42.480><c> the</c><00:20:42.660><c> daughter</c><00:20:43.019><c> of</c><00:20:43.259><c> Mishulam,</c>

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the<00:20:44.240><c> son</c><00:20:44.440><c> of</c><00:20:44.619><c> Barakiah.</c><00:20:46.400><c> Also</c><00:20:46.859><c> they</c><00:20:47.119><c> reported</c><00:20:47.680><c> his</c><00:20:48.160><c> good</c><00:20:48.500><c> deeds.</c><00:20:49.839><c> Whose</c><00:20:50.359><c> good</c>

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deeds?<00:20:50.960><c> The</c><00:20:51.180><c> deeds</c><00:20:51.359><c> of</c><00:20:51.599><c> Tobiah.</c>

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They<00:20:52.660><c> reported</c><00:20:53.099><c> his</c><00:20:53.359><c> good</c><00:20:53.640><c> deeds.</c><00:20:53.940><c> You</c><00:20:54.180><c> know</c><00:20:54.359><c> what?</c><00:20:54.480><c> He's</c><00:20:54.740><c> not</c>

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so<00:20:55.339><c> bad.</c><00:20:55.660><c> He's</c><00:20:56.000><c> okay.</c><00:20:56.240><c> He's</c><00:20:56.440><c> a</c><00:20:56.519><c> pretty</c><00:20:56.680><c> nice</c><00:20:56.940><c> guy.</c>

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Don't<00:20:57.980><c> be</c><00:20:58.299><c> so</c><00:20:58.579><c> hard</c><00:20:58.819><c> on</c><00:20:58.960><c> him.</c><00:20:59.740><c> They</c><00:21:00.200><c> were</c><00:21:00.400><c> reporting</c><00:21:00.900><c> that</c><00:21:01.140><c> Tobiah</c><00:21:01.420><c> was</c>

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a<00:21:01.660><c> good</c><00:21:01.859><c> man,</c>

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and<00:21:06.720><c> Tobiah</c><00:21:07.140><c> sent</c><00:21:07.380><c> letters</c><00:21:07.660><c> to</c><00:21:07.839><c> put</c><00:21:07.980><c> me</c><00:21:08.220><c> in</c><00:21:08.400><c> fear.</c>

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So<00:21:13.420><c> it's</c><00:21:13.599><c> no</c><00:21:13.779><c> wonder</c><00:21:14.259><c> that</c><00:21:15.599><c> the</c><00:21:15.779><c> rulers</c><00:21:16.000><c> didn't</c><00:21:16.240><c> know</c><00:21:16.420><c> what</c><00:21:16.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:16.920><c> was</c><00:21:17.140><c> doing</c><00:21:17.299><c> and</c><00:21:17.460><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:21:17.740><c> tell</c><00:21:17.960><c> them.</c>

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There<00:21:22.769><c> was</c><00:21:23.130><c> absolutely</c><00:21:23.769><c> a</c><00:21:23.950><c> lack</c><00:21:24.190><c> of</c><00:21:24.470><c> trust</c><00:21:24.690><c> and</c><00:21:24.950><c> integrity,</c>

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right?<00:21:26.609><c> And</c><00:21:26.769><c> had</c><00:21:26.910><c> he</c><00:21:27.049><c> told</c><00:21:27.269><c> them,</c>

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do<00:21:27.589><c> you</c><00:21:27.670><c> think</c><00:21:27.849><c> Tobiah</c><00:21:28.269><c> would</c><00:21:28.410><c> have</c><00:21:28.490><c> found</c><00:21:28.730><c> out?</c><00:21:29.329><c> Absolutely</c>

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he<00:21:29.930><c> would</c><00:21:30.130><c> have,</c><00:21:31.170><c> right?</c><00:21:31.369><c> They</c><00:21:31.509><c> would</c>

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have<00:21:31.789><c> sent</c><00:21:31.869><c> him</c><00:21:32.049><c> a</c><00:21:32.150><c> letter</c><00:21:32.269><c> right</c><00:21:32.509><c> away.</c><00:21:35.930><c> And</c><00:21:36.109><c> so</c><00:21:36.230><c> what</c><00:21:36.410><c> was</c><00:21:36.549><c> he</c>

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doing?<00:21:38.049><c> We</c><00:21:38.230><c> read</c><00:21:38.450><c> in</c><00:21:38.630><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:39.029><c> chapter</c><00:21:39.410><c> 2</c><00:21:40.329><c> that</c>

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it<00:21:41.910><c> says,</c><00:21:42.269><c> I</c><00:21:42.269><c> went</c><00:21:42.450><c> out</c><00:21:42.670><c> by</c><00:21:42.890><c> night</c><00:21:43.029><c> by</c><00:21:43.230><c> the</c><00:21:43.369><c> gate</c><00:21:43.470><c> of</c><00:21:43.630><c> the</c><00:21:43.789><c> valley,</c><00:21:44.130><c> even</c>

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before<00:21:44.569><c> the</c><00:21:44.809><c> dragon</c><00:21:45.089><c> well,</c><00:21:45.329><c> to</c><00:21:45.470><c> the</c>

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walls<00:21:46.430><c> of</c><00:21:46.950><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:21:47.569><c> which</c><00:21:47.569><c> were</c><00:21:47.769><c> broken</c><00:21:48.049><c> down</c><00:21:48.309><c> and</c><00:21:48.450><c> the</c><00:21:48.589><c> gates</c><00:21:48.789><c> thereof</c><00:21:49.430><c> that</c><00:21:49.650><c> were</c><00:21:49.869><c> consumed</c><00:21:50.289><c> by</c><00:21:50.630><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:21:51.069><c> he</c><00:21:51.150><c> goes</c><00:21:51.349><c> on</c><00:21:51.609><c> to</c><00:21:51.829><c> tell</c><00:21:52.029><c> of</c><00:21:52.170><c> what</c><00:21:52.309><c> he</c><00:21:52.490><c> did.</c><00:21:52.690><c> So</c><00:21:52.970><c> he</c><00:21:53.410><c> starts</c>

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down<00:21:54.029><c> here.</c><00:21:54.210><c> And</c><00:21:54.349><c> if</c><00:21:54.410><c> you</c><00:21:54.509><c> have</c><00:21:54.670><c> your</c><00:21:54.890><c> map</c><00:21:55.089><c> of</c>

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Nehemiah<00:21:55.690><c> chapter</c><00:21:56.029><c> 3</c><00:21:56.589><c> that</c><00:21:57.049><c> we</c><00:21:57.349><c> handed</c><00:21:57.569><c> out</c><00:21:57.769><c> the</c><00:21:57.930><c> other</c><00:21:58.109><c> night,</c><00:21:58.829><c> you</c>

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can<00:21:59.109><c> mark</c><00:21:59.349><c> on</c><00:21:59.630><c> that</c><00:21:59.910><c> map</c><00:22:00.170><c> where</c><00:22:00.430><c> he</c><00:22:00.769><c> starts,</c>

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right?<00:22:01.630><c> He</c><00:22:01.930><c> starts</c><00:22:02.089><c> at</c><00:22:02.250><c> the</c><00:22:02.450><c> valley</c><00:22:02.690><c> gate</c><00:22:02.869><c> down</c><00:22:03.210><c> here</c><00:22:03.490><c> and</c><00:22:03.670><c> he's</c><00:22:03.849><c> on</c>

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a<00:22:04.210><c> beast.</c><00:22:04.509><c> I</c><00:22:04.589><c> don't</c><00:22:04.730><c> know</c><00:22:04.809><c> whether</c><00:22:04.930><c> it's</c><00:22:05.490><c> a</c><00:22:05.569><c> donkey</c>

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or<00:22:06.329><c> a</c><00:22:06.450><c> horse</c><00:22:06.730><c> or</c><00:22:06.930><c> whatever,</c><00:22:07.690><c> right?</c><00:22:07.809><c> He's</c><00:22:07.990><c> on</c><00:22:08.150><c> a</c><00:22:08.269><c> beast</c><00:22:08.410><c> and</c><00:22:08.549><c> there's</c><00:22:08.789><c> a</c>

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some<00:22:11.269><c> trusted</c><00:22:11.769><c> men</c><00:22:12.210><c> with</c><00:22:12.630><c> whom</c><00:22:12.990><c> he</c><00:22:13.410><c> has</c><00:22:13.690><c> brought</c><00:22:13.950><c> into</c><00:22:14.269><c> his</c><00:22:14.589><c> confidence,</c><00:22:15.250><c> right?</c><00:22:15.750><c> And</c><00:22:15.910><c> he</c>

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takes<00:22:16.309><c> them</c><00:22:16.529><c> with</c><00:22:16.769><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:17.369><c> he's</c><00:22:17.589><c> on</c><00:22:17.750><c> a</c><00:22:17.869><c> beast</c><00:22:18.049><c> and</c><00:22:18.150><c> he</c><00:22:18.250><c> comes</c><00:22:18.490><c> out</c><00:22:18.730><c> at</c><00:22:18.829><c> the</c><00:22:19.049><c> valley</c><00:22:19.309><c> gate</c><00:22:19.490><c> down</c><00:22:19.809><c> here.</c><00:22:20.349><c> And</c><00:22:20.490><c> he</c>

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starts<00:22:20.910><c> going</c>

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this<00:22:22.109><c> way</c><00:22:22.430><c> to</c><00:22:22.569><c> go</c><00:22:22.829><c> around</c><00:22:23.109><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:22:24.769><c> And</c><00:22:25.029><c> he</c><00:22:25.190><c> gets</c><00:22:25.410><c> to</c><00:22:25.690><c> the</c>

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dumb<00:22:26.069><c> gate</c><00:22:26.329><c> and</c><00:22:26.450><c> by</c><00:22:26.690><c> the</c><00:22:26.890><c> time</c><00:22:27.089><c> he</c><00:22:27.250><c> gets</c><00:22:27.490><c> to</c><00:22:27.710><c> the</c>

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fountain<00:22:28.269><c> gate,</c><00:22:29.049><c> there's</c><00:22:29.309><c> so</c><00:22:29.690><c> much</c><00:22:30.049><c> rubble</c><00:22:30.470><c> lying</c><00:22:30.789><c> in</c><00:22:31.009><c> the</c><00:22:31.250><c> outside</c><00:22:31.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:32.029><c> city</c><00:22:32.230><c> that</c><00:22:32.369><c> he</c><00:22:32.509><c> has</c><00:22:32.730><c> to</c><00:22:32.869><c> get</c><00:22:32.990><c> off</c><00:22:33.250><c> his</c>

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beast.<00:22:34.609><c> And</c><00:22:34.930><c> he</c><00:22:35.009><c> has</c><00:22:35.250><c> to</c><00:22:35.450><c> do</c><00:22:35.549><c> the</c><00:22:35.690><c> rest</c><00:22:35.970><c> of</c><00:22:36.190><c> the</c><00:22:36.269><c> trip</c><00:22:36.450><c> by</c><00:22:36.809><c> foot,</c>

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right?<00:22:39.049><c> It</c><00:22:39.150><c> says</c><00:22:39.470><c> there,</c>

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then<00:22:41.890><c> I</c><00:22:42.109><c> went</c><00:22:42.289><c> in</c><00:22:42.470><c> the</c><00:22:42.609><c> night</c><00:22:42.750><c> by</c><00:22:42.990><c> the</c><00:22:43.269><c> brook.</c><00:22:43.509><c> So</c><00:22:43.670><c> after</c><00:22:43.990><c> he's</c>

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gotten<00:22:45.170><c> off</c><00:22:45.549><c> of</c><00:22:45.710><c> his</c><00:22:45.970><c> beast</c><00:22:46.289><c> in</c><00:22:46.549><c> verse</c><00:22:46.869><c> 14,</c><00:22:47.529><c> it</c><00:22:47.630><c> says,</c>

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then<00:22:48.470><c> I</c><00:22:48.650><c> went</c><00:22:48.789><c> up</c><00:22:49.009><c> in</c><00:22:49.150><c> the</c><00:22:49.289><c> night</c><00:22:49.450><c> by</c><00:22:49.670><c> the</c><00:22:49.890><c> brook</c><00:22:50.130><c> and</c><00:22:50.349><c> viewed</c>

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the<00:22:50.769><c> wall</c><00:22:50.990><c> and</c><00:22:51.210><c> turned</c><00:22:51.430><c> back</c><00:22:51.789><c> and</c><00:22:52.049><c> entered</c><00:22:52.250><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:52.630><c> gate</c><00:22:52.750><c> of</c><00:22:52.910><c> the</c><00:22:53.089><c> valley</c><00:22:53.289><c> and</c><00:22:53.529><c> so</c><00:22:53.690><c> returned.</c><00:22:54.509><c> And</c><00:22:54.670><c> so</c><00:22:54.789><c> he</c><00:22:54.890><c> gets</c><00:22:55.049><c> off</c>

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his<00:22:55.609><c> beast</c><00:22:55.869><c> down</c><00:22:56.230><c> here</c><00:22:56.829><c> and</c><00:22:57.329><c> then</c><00:22:57.509><c> he</c><00:22:57.750><c> walks</c>

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along<00:22:58.690><c> the</c><00:22:58.990><c> side</c><00:22:59.269><c> of</c><00:22:59.450><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:00.150><c> the</c><00:23:00.250><c> Kidron</c><00:23:00.690><c> Valley</c><00:23:01.109><c> over</c>

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here,<00:23:01.809><c> the</c><00:23:02.049><c> brook</c><00:23:02.309><c> Kidron.</c><00:23:03.230><c> He</c><00:23:03.430><c> walks</c><00:23:03.730><c> up</c><00:23:04.210><c> around</c>

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the<00:23:04.869><c> city</c><00:23:05.089><c> here</c><00:23:05.549><c> and</c><00:23:05.950><c> when</c><00:23:06.109><c> he</c><00:23:06.230><c> gets</c><00:23:06.410><c> to</c><00:23:06.609><c> here</c><00:23:06.730><c> he</c><00:23:06.829><c> says,</c><00:23:07.230><c> I</c><00:23:07.230><c> turned</c><00:23:07.609><c> back</c><00:23:07.990><c> and</c>

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I<00:23:08.430><c> came</c><00:23:08.670><c> and</c><00:23:08.890><c> it</c><00:23:09.269><c> re</c><00:23:09.390><c>-entered</c><00:23:09.730><c> through</c>

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the<00:23:10.190><c> valley</c><00:23:10.490><c> gate.</c><00:23:13.890><c> And</c><00:23:14.109><c> so</c><00:23:14.250><c> he</c><00:23:14.549><c> spends</c><00:23:14.950><c> the</c><00:23:15.210><c> night</c><00:23:15.470><c> walking</c>

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around<00:23:16.430><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:17.190><c> with</c><00:23:17.970><c> those</c><00:23:18.490><c> trusted</c>

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men<00:23:19.369><c> who</c><00:23:19.549><c> he</c><00:23:19.769><c> had</c><00:23:19.869><c> brought</c><00:23:19.990><c> into</c><00:23:20.250><c> his</c><00:23:20.529><c> confidence.</c><00:23:21.269><c> Now</c><00:23:21.490><c> what</c>

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do<00:23:21.829><c> you</c><00:23:21.849><c> think</c><00:23:22.009><c> he</c><00:23:22.170><c> was</c><00:23:22.329><c> doing?</c>

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He<00:23:27.190><c> was</c><00:23:27.490><c> assessing</c><00:23:27.950><c> the</c><00:23:28.289><c> extent</c><00:23:29.009><c> of</c><00:23:29.309><c> the</c><00:23:29.430><c> damage.</c><00:23:31.690><c> He</c><00:23:31.730><c> was</c>

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identifying<00:23:32.670><c> areas</c><00:23:33.210><c> that</c><00:23:33.589><c> need</c><00:23:33.890><c> more</c><00:23:34.269><c> work</c><00:23:34.609><c> than</c><00:23:34.809><c> others.</c>

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He<00:23:36.970><c> was</c><00:23:37.190><c> making</c><00:23:37.630><c> a</c><00:23:37.910><c> list</c><00:23:38.130><c> of</c><00:23:38.390><c> materials</c><00:23:38.849><c> that</c><00:23:39.069><c> they</c><00:23:39.250><c> would</c><00:23:39.509><c> need.</c><00:23:40.349><c> He</c>

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was<00:23:40.630><c> developing</c><00:23:41.190><c> a</c><00:23:41.450><c> deployment</c><00:23:41.849><c> strategy.</c><00:23:42.470><c> He</c>

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was<00:23:43.130><c> listing</c><00:23:43.509><c> all</c><00:23:43.849><c> the</c><00:23:44.029><c> tools</c><00:23:44.309><c> that</c><00:23:44.529><c> would</c><00:23:44.970><c> be</c><00:23:45.230><c> required.</c><00:23:46.029><c> He</c>

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was<00:23:46.369><c> looking</c><00:23:46.690><c> for</c><00:23:46.950><c> areas</c><00:23:47.269><c> where</c><00:23:47.509><c> he</c><00:23:47.650><c> could</c><00:23:47.869><c> set</c><00:23:48.089><c> up</c>

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supply<00:23:48.890><c> posts</c><00:23:49.369><c> to</c><00:23:49.950><c> provide</c><00:23:50.390><c> supplies</c><00:23:50.990><c> for</c><00:23:51.190><c> those</c><00:23:51.549><c> that</c><00:23:52.009><c> would</c>

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be<00:23:52.390><c> doing</c><00:23:52.549><c> the</c><00:23:52.750><c> building.</c><00:23:53.910><c> And</c><00:23:54.130><c> he</c><00:23:54.210><c> was</c><00:23:54.390><c> ensuring</c>

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that<00:23:55.009><c> there</c><00:23:55.170><c> was</c><00:23:55.390><c> a</c><00:23:55.589><c> pathway</c><00:23:55.910><c> or</c><00:23:56.230><c> roadways</c><00:23:56.690><c> for</c><00:23:56.970><c> the</c><00:23:57.329><c> accessibility</c><00:23:57.869><c> of</c><00:23:58.089><c> those</c>

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supplies<00:23:58.769><c> and</c><00:23:59.390><c> for</c><00:23:59.589><c> the</c>

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removal<00:24:00.170><c> of</c><00:24:00.430><c> all</c><00:24:00.589><c> the</c><00:24:00.730><c> rubble.</c><00:24:02.710><c> And</c><00:24:02.950><c> he</c><00:24:03.069><c> was</c><00:24:03.349><c> establishing</c>

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goals<00:24:04.390><c> and</c><00:24:04.609><c> targets</c><00:24:05.029><c> for</c><00:24:05.230><c> those</c><00:24:05.549><c> that</c><00:24:05.710><c> were</c><00:24:05.930><c> working.</c>

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And<00:24:06.730><c> he</c><00:24:06.829><c> was</c><00:24:07.069><c> taking</c><00:24:07.390><c> that</c><00:24:07.710><c> list</c><00:24:07.990><c> of</c><00:24:08.289><c> people</c><00:24:08.589><c> that</c><00:24:08.789><c> he</c><00:24:08.970><c> had</c><00:24:09.150><c> made</c><00:24:09.349><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:09.750><c> three</c><00:24:09.910><c> days</c><00:24:10.230><c> that</c><00:24:10.369><c> he</c><00:24:10.490><c> was</c><00:24:10.730><c> there</c>

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and<00:24:11.349><c> he</c><00:24:11.470><c> was</c><00:24:11.730><c> matching</c><00:24:12.130><c> that</c><00:24:12.470><c> list</c><00:24:12.750><c> of</c><00:24:13.029><c> those</c><00:24:13.329><c> talents</c><00:24:13.670><c> and</c><00:24:13.950><c> abilities</c><00:24:14.289><c> with</c><00:24:14.589><c> the</c><00:24:14.849><c> tasks</c><00:24:15.069><c> that</c><00:24:15.289><c> needed</c><00:24:15.490><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:15.849><c> done.</c>

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And<00:24:16.509><c> so</c><00:24:16.730><c> by</c><00:24:16.970><c> the</c><00:24:17.109><c> time</c><00:24:17.430><c> he</c><00:24:17.690><c> had</c><00:24:17.950><c> finished</c><00:24:18.269><c> encircling</c><00:24:18.950><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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he<00:24:20.210><c> had</c><00:24:20.470><c> the</c><00:24:20.809><c> plan</c><00:24:21.150><c> that</c><00:24:21.289><c> was</c><00:24:21.609><c> executed</c><00:24:22.109><c> in</c><00:24:22.349><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:22.809><c> chapter</c>

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3<00:24:23.829><c> all</c><00:24:24.450><c> drawn</c><00:24:24.690><c> out.</c>

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He<00:24:35.410><c> was</c><00:24:35.750><c> absolutely</c><00:24:36.630><c> a</c><00:24:37.890><c> strategist</c><00:24:38.730><c> and</c><00:24:39.670><c> a</c><00:24:39.789><c> visionary.</c>

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And<00:24:42.750><c> remember</c><00:24:43.210><c> from</c><00:24:43.529><c> class</c><00:24:43.849><c> number</c><00:24:44.289><c> one</c><00:24:44.529><c> when</c><00:24:44.730><c> we</c><00:24:44.990><c> said</c><00:24:45.190><c> that</c>

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when<00:24:45.670><c> there's</c><00:24:46.450><c> significant</c><00:24:46.990><c> change</c><00:24:47.529><c> and</c><00:24:47.690><c> there's</c>

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difficulty<00:24:48.509><c> that</c><00:24:48.809><c> arises,</c><00:24:49.410><c> we</c><00:24:49.549><c> react</c><00:24:49.910><c> first</c><00:24:50.230><c> of</c><00:24:50.369><c> all</c><00:24:50.529><c> emotionally</c><00:24:51.069><c> and</c><00:24:51.589><c> then</c><00:24:51.730><c> we</c>

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need<00:24:52.049><c> somebody</c><00:24:52.390><c> to</c><00:24:52.670><c> help</c><00:24:52.789><c> us</c>

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invent<00:24:53.369><c> possibilities</c><00:24:54.170><c> in</c><00:24:54.470><c> order</c><00:24:54.650><c> to</c><00:24:54.910><c> get</c><00:24:55.069><c> to</c><00:24:55.250><c> a</c><00:24:55.369><c> good</c><00:24:55.490><c> result?</c><00:24:58.609><c> In</c><00:24:58.730><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:59.069><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.430><c> 2,</c>

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he<00:25:00.950><c> was</c><00:25:01.230><c> inventing</c>

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the<00:25:02.609><c> possibility</c><00:25:02.609><c> for</c><00:25:03.769><c> the</c><00:25:03.910><c> people.</c><00:25:07.430><c> And</c><00:25:07.670><c> now</c><00:25:07.930><c> his</c><00:25:08.190><c> job</c><00:25:08.950><c> was</c>

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to<00:25:11.390><c> motivate</c><00:25:11.750><c> them</c><00:25:12.769><c> to</c><00:25:13.690><c> do</c><00:25:13.930><c> the</c><00:25:14.109><c> work.</c>

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So<00:25:20.630><c> how</c><00:25:20.829><c> does</c><00:25:20.970><c> he</c><00:25:21.089><c> do</c><00:25:21.289><c> that?</c>

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Verse<00:25:25.670><c> 17,</c><00:25:26.190><c> he</c><00:25:27.170><c> says,</c>

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Then<00:25:28.569><c> said</c><00:25:28.910><c> I</c><00:25:29.089><c> unto</c><00:25:29.309><c> them,</c><00:25:30.670><c> ye</c><00:25:30.990><c> see</c><00:25:31.250><c> the</c><00:25:31.450><c> distress</c><00:25:31.829><c> that</c><00:25:32.049><c> we</c>

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are<00:25:32.430><c> in,</c><00:25:33.190><c> how</c><00:25:33.430><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:33.990><c> lieth</c><00:25:34.369><c> waste</c><00:25:34.690><c> and</c><00:25:34.849><c> the</c><00:25:35.009><c> gates</c>

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thereof<00:25:35.549><c> are</c><00:25:35.750><c> burned</c><00:25:35.950><c> with</c><00:25:36.190><c> fire.</c><00:25:37.450><c> Come</c><00:25:37.710><c> and</c><00:25:37.809><c> let</c><00:25:37.990><c> us</c><00:25:38.150><c> build</c>

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up<00:25:38.549><c> the</c><00:25:38.750><c> wall</c><00:25:38.990><c> of</c><00:25:39.250><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:39.710><c> that</c><00:25:39.990><c> we</c><00:25:40.190><c> be</c><00:25:40.390><c> no</c><00:25:40.690><c> more</c>

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a<00:25:41.569><c> reproach.</c><00:25:44.829><c> Look</c><00:25:45.190><c> at</c><00:25:45.390><c> the</c><00:25:45.549><c> pronouns</c><00:25:45.910><c> that</c><00:25:46.150><c> he</c><00:25:46.269><c> uses.</c><00:25:47.470><c> You</c>

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know<00:25:47.670><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:48.190><c> could</c><00:25:48.410><c> have</c><00:25:48.589><c> come</c><00:25:48.829><c> and</c><00:25:49.130><c> said,</c>

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You<00:25:51.529><c> know</c><00:25:51.789><c> brothers</c><00:25:52.130><c> and</c><00:25:52.410><c> sisters,</c><00:25:54.589><c> it's</c><00:25:54.730><c> incredible</c><00:25:55.269><c> how</c><00:25:55.829><c> lazy</c><00:25:56.410><c> you</c><00:25:56.750><c> are.</c><00:25:57.309><c> How</c><00:25:57.569><c> could</c><00:25:57.849><c> you</c><00:25:58.109><c> for</c><00:25:58.369><c> a</c><00:25:58.470><c> hundred</c>

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years<00:25:59.269><c> walk</c><00:25:59.589><c> past</c><00:25:59.970><c> all</c><00:26:00.250><c> these</c><00:26:00.509><c> stones</c><00:26:00.930><c> and</c><00:26:01.390><c> all</c><00:26:01.589><c> these</c><00:26:01.809><c> timbers</c><00:26:02.170><c> and</c><00:26:02.390><c> all</c><00:26:02.529><c> these</c><00:26:02.829><c> gates</c><00:26:03.069><c> lying</c><00:26:03.410><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:03.789><c> ground?</c>

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I<00:26:04.750><c> cannot</c><00:26:05.069><c> believe</c><00:26:05.589><c> that</c><00:26:05.769><c> you</c><00:26:05.890><c> could</c><00:26:06.049><c> be</c><00:26:06.289><c> so</c><00:26:06.630><c> lazy.</c><00:26:09.950><c> Come</c><00:26:10.210><c> on,</c>

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we<00:26:10.529><c> need</c><00:26:10.710><c> to</c><00:26:10.829><c> get</c><00:26:10.910><c> up</c><00:26:11.109><c> and</c><00:26:11.210><c> get</c><00:26:11.490><c> moving.</c><00:26:11.789><c> So</c><00:26:11.970><c> let's</c><00:26:12.210><c> go</c>

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How<00:26:13.630><c> motivated</c><00:26:14.130><c> would</c><00:26:14.329><c> you</c><00:26:14.410><c> be?</c><00:26:16.569><c> Not</c><00:26:17.130><c> very.</c><00:26:20.549><c> So</c><00:26:20.710><c> what</c><00:26:20.829><c> does</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:21.430><c> do?</c>

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You<00:26:24.089><c> know</c><00:26:24.150><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:24.789><c> doesn't</c><00:26:25.190><c> divorce</c><00:26:25.730><c> himself</c><00:26:26.190><c> from</c><00:26:26.450><c> the</c>

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people<00:26:26.869><c> and</c><00:26:27.089><c> say,</c>

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You<00:26:27.769><c> know</c><00:26:27.789><c> you</c><00:26:27.990><c> could</c><00:26:28.190><c> have</c><00:26:28.210><c> done</c><00:26:28.349><c> a</c><00:26:28.470><c> lot</c><00:26:28.569><c> better</c><00:26:28.809><c> and</c><00:26:28.930><c> I'm</c><00:26:29.130><c> going</c><00:26:29.250><c> to</c>

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help<00:26:29.490><c> you</c><00:26:29.670><c> out.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:33.289><c> says,</c><00:26:33.910><c> look</c><00:26:33.910><c> at,</c><00:26:34.210><c> let</c><00:26:34.490><c> us</c><00:26:35.130><c> that</c><00:26:35.589><c> we</c><00:26:36.089><c> and</c><00:26:36.329><c> we</c><00:26:36.670><c> his</c><00:26:36.970><c> servants,</c><00:26:38.250><c> right,</c><00:26:38.829><c> let</c>

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us<00:26:39.509><c> do</c><00:26:39.769><c> this.</c><00:26:40.569><c> Look</c><00:26:40.789><c> at</c><00:26:40.950><c> the</c>

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predicament<00:26:41.569><c> that</c><00:26:41.890><c> we</c><00:26:42.430><c> are</c><00:26:42.849><c> in.</c><00:26:45.190><c> He</c><00:26:45.369><c> never</c><00:26:45.690><c> divorces</c><00:26:46.130><c> himself</c>

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from<00:26:47.049><c> the</c><00:26:47.549><c> people</c><00:26:47.990><c> of</c><00:26:48.170><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:26:55.369><c> servant</c><00:26:55.549><c> leadership,</c><00:26:56.329><c> isn't</c><00:26:56.329><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:27:01.349><c> mutual</c><00:27:01.849><c> submission,</c><00:27:04.170><c> one</c><00:27:04.509><c> to</c><00:27:04.730><c> another.</c><00:27:05.490><c> That's</c><00:27:06.230><c> esteeming</c><00:27:07.609><c> our</c>

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brother<00:27:08.390><c> and</c><00:27:08.670><c> our</c><00:27:08.869><c> sister</c><00:27:09.130><c> better</c><00:27:09.410><c> than</c>

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ourselves.<00:27:19.109><c> So</c><00:27:19.589><c> he</c><00:27:19.690><c> doesn't</c><00:27:19.990><c> give</c><00:27:20.230><c> them</c><00:27:20.410><c> a</c><00:27:20.549><c> reprimand,</c><00:27:21.109><c> does</c><00:27:21.250><c> he?</c>

00:27:25.849 --> 00:27:29.109
You<00:27:26.009><c> know</c><00:27:26.089><c> when</c><00:27:26.150><c> he</c><00:27:26.269><c> looks</c><00:27:26.470><c> at</c><00:27:26.650><c> the</c><00:27:26.789><c> people,</c><00:27:28.470><c> evidently</c><00:27:28.970><c> there</c>

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was<00:27:29.289><c> some</c><00:27:29.529><c> lethargy,</c><00:27:31.289><c> there</c><00:27:31.329><c> was</c><00:27:31.910><c> some</c><00:27:32.210><c> apostasy,</c>

00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:38.190
there<00:27:33.130><c> was</c><00:27:33.450><c> some</c><00:27:33.910><c> indifference.</c><00:27:35.589><c> They</c><00:27:36.190><c> were</c><00:27:36.430><c> definitely</c><00:27:37.190><c> caught</c><00:27:37.789><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:39.130><c> apathetic</c><00:27:40.190><c> sort</c><00:27:40.509><c> of</c><00:27:40.789><c> mindset.</c>

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We<00:27:49.509><c> can</c><00:27:50.109><c> get</c><00:27:50.630><c> caught</c><00:27:50.890><c> up</c><00:27:51.089><c> in</c><00:27:51.250><c> that</c><00:27:51.549><c> same</c><00:27:51.849><c> mindset</c><00:27:52.250><c> as</c><00:27:52.450><c> well.</c><00:27:52.650><c> It's</c><00:27:52.670><c> kind</c><00:27:52.970><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:53.210><c> Eor</c><00:27:53.470><c> principle,</c><00:27:54.150><c> isn't</c><00:27:54.190><c> it?</c>

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You<00:27:54.569><c> know,</c><00:27:56.289><c> yeah,</c><00:27:57.109><c> there's</c><00:27:57.609><c> some</c><00:27:58.029><c> stones</c><00:27:58.470><c> and</c><00:27:59.369><c> there's</c><00:27:59.650><c> some</c>

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gates<00:28:00.289><c> and</c><00:28:01.430><c> you</c><00:28:02.390><c> know,</c><00:28:02.750><c> have</c><00:28:02.849><c> a</c><00:28:02.970><c> good</c><00:28:03.190><c> day.</c>

00:28:04.869 --> 00:28:10.970
And<00:28:05.430><c> we</c><00:28:05.609><c> can</c><00:28:05.849><c> feel</c><00:28:06.069><c> like</c><00:28:06.430><c> that,</c><00:28:06.650><c> can't</c><00:28:06.950><c> we?</c><00:28:08.230><c> But</c><00:28:08.529><c> not</c><00:28:08.869><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:28:10.069><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:28:10.630><c> when</c><00:28:10.809><c> he</c>

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looked<00:28:11.210><c> at</c><00:28:11.349><c> those</c>

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things,<00:28:11.930><c> he</c><00:28:12.170><c> was</c><00:28:12.430><c> motivated.</c><00:28:13.289><c> He</c><00:28:13.569><c> was</c><00:28:14.029><c> moved</c><00:28:14.369><c> by</c><00:28:14.609><c> the</c><00:28:14.890><c> opportunity</c><00:28:15.509><c> that</c><00:28:15.690><c> was</c><00:28:15.990><c> presented</c><00:28:16.390><c> to</c>

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pick<00:28:17.150><c> those</c>

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things<00:28:17.730><c> up</c><00:28:18.009><c> and</c><00:28:18.250><c> build</c><00:28:18.490><c> them</c><00:28:18.730><c> back</c><00:28:19.069><c> up.</c><00:28:20.069><c> And</c><00:28:20.289><c> we</c><00:28:20.450><c> need</c><00:28:20.730><c> to,</c><00:28:20.890><c> when</c><00:28:21.049><c> we</c>

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see<00:28:21.509><c> that,</c><00:28:21.970><c> we</c><00:28:22.029><c> need</c><00:28:22.269><c> to</c><00:28:22.450><c> make</c><00:28:22.650><c> sure</c>

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that<00:28:23.589><c> we're</c><00:28:23.910><c> not</c><00:28:24.349><c> the</c><00:28:24.690><c> Eors</c><00:28:25.009><c> in</c><00:28:25.230><c> the</c><00:28:25.369><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:28:26.049><c> We</c><00:28:26.210><c> need</c><00:28:26.430><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:26.690><c> the</c><00:28:26.849><c> Nehemiahs</c><00:28:27.650><c> and</c><00:28:27.750><c> we</c><00:28:27.890><c> need</c><00:28:28.089><c> to</c><00:28:28.230><c> be</c><00:28:28.450><c> motivated</c>

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by<00:28:29.230><c> those</c><00:28:29.549><c> opportunities.</c><00:28:32.269><c> Because</c><00:28:32.650><c> those</c><00:28:33.250><c> opportunities</c>

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in<00:28:34.130><c> the</c><00:28:34.269><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:34.890><c> are</c><00:28:35.349><c> the</c><00:28:35.609><c> opportunities</c><00:28:36.349><c> that</c><00:28:36.730><c> allow</c>

00:28:37.289 --> 00:28:41.549
for<00:28:37.769><c> growth</c><00:28:38.190><c> within</c><00:28:38.490><c> the</c><00:28:38.730><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:28:39.430><c> In</c><00:28:39.630><c> those</c><00:28:39.950><c> opportunities</c><00:28:40.630><c> we</c><00:28:40.990><c> should</c>

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see<00:28:41.890><c> the</c><00:28:42.109><c> potential</c><00:28:42.650><c> for</c><00:28:42.930><c> growth.</c>

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And<00:28:46.809><c> if</c><00:28:46.809><c> we</c><00:28:50.269><c> don't</c><00:28:50.569><c> see</c><00:28:50.809><c> them</c><00:28:50.950><c> as</c><00:28:51.250><c> such,</c><00:28:52.789><c> how</c><00:28:52.970><c> can</c><00:28:53.130><c> we</c><00:28:53.289><c> not</c>

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become<00:28:53.970><c> discouraged</c>

00:28:56.609 --> 00:29:02.509
and<00:28:57.130><c> avoid</c><00:28:57.430><c> them</c><00:28:58.289><c> and</c><00:28:58.869><c> get</c><00:28:59.089><c> caught</c><00:28:59.349><c> up</c><00:29:00.289><c> in</c><00:29:00.589><c> that</c><00:29:00.829><c> apathetic</c><00:29:01.410><c> mindset?</c>

00:29:07.170 --> 00:29:10.130
And<00:29:07.690><c> so</c><00:29:07.789><c> what</c><00:29:07.930><c> does</c><00:29:08.069><c> he</c><00:29:08.170><c> do</c><00:29:08.349><c> in</c><00:29:08.529><c> verse</c><00:29:08.769><c> 18?</c><00:29:09.190><c> He</c><00:29:09.329><c> says,</c><00:29:09.710><c> then</c><00:29:09.910><c> I</c>

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told<00:29:10.430><c> them.</c><00:29:10.569><c> Well,</c><00:29:10.750><c> what</c><00:29:10.849><c> do</c><00:29:11.029><c> you</c><00:29:11.049><c> think</c><00:29:11.150><c> he</c><00:29:11.329><c> told</c><00:29:11.609><c> them?</c>

00:29:15.210 --> 00:29:17.849
You<00:29:15.650><c> know,</c><00:29:15.789><c> he</c><00:29:15.930><c> would</c><00:29:16.109><c> have</c><00:29:16.150><c> told</c><00:29:16.390><c> them</c><00:29:16.589><c> all</c><00:29:16.950><c> about</c><00:29:17.210><c> the</c><00:29:17.490><c> plans</c>

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that<00:29:18.089><c> he</c><00:29:18.210><c> had</c><00:29:18.450><c> made</c><00:29:18.609><c> in</c><00:29:18.809><c> that</c><00:29:19.029><c> four</c><00:29:19.289><c> months</c><00:29:19.589><c> in</c><00:29:19.849><c> prayer</c><00:29:20.049><c> to</c><00:29:20.230><c> God.</c>

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He<00:29:20.869><c> would</c><00:29:21.049><c> have</c><00:29:21.190><c> told</c><00:29:21.329><c> them</c><00:29:21.470><c> all</c><00:29:21.690><c> about</c><00:29:21.910><c> those</c><00:29:22.170><c> things.</c><00:29:22.710><c> And</c><00:29:22.829><c> he</c><00:29:22.890><c> would</c><00:29:23.069><c> have</c><00:29:23.250><c> told</c><00:29:23.369><c> them</c><00:29:23.529><c> about,</c><00:29:24.009><c> look,</c><00:29:24.009><c> I</c>

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went<00:29:24.430><c> to</c><00:29:24.630><c> the</c>

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king<00:29:25.049><c> of</c><00:29:25.329><c> Babylon</c><00:29:25.750><c> and</c><00:29:26.210><c> I</c><00:29:26.470><c> presented</c><00:29:26.930><c> all</c><00:29:27.289><c> these</c><00:29:27.569><c> things.</c><00:29:28.009><c> And</c>

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look<00:29:28.349><c> at</c><00:29:28.509><c> the</c><00:29:28.650><c> letters.</c><00:29:28.890><c> He</c><00:29:29.130><c> probably</c><00:29:29.410><c> read</c><00:29:29.609><c> them</c><00:29:29.829><c> out.</c>

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He<00:29:30.430><c> read</c><00:29:30.609><c> them</c><00:29:30.809><c> out</c><00:29:31.009><c> to</c><00:29:31.289><c> the</c><00:29:31.750><c> children</c><00:29:32.089><c> of</c><00:29:32.309><c> Israel.</c><00:29:32.450><c> Look</c><00:29:32.609><c> at</c>

00:29:32.730 --> 00:29:34.670
the<00:29:32.890><c> letters</c><00:29:33.130><c> the</c><00:29:33.269><c> king</c><00:29:33.509><c> has</c><00:29:33.789><c> sent.</c><00:29:33.950><c> Look,</c><00:29:34.150><c> he's</c><00:29:34.390><c> gonna</c>

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give<00:29:35.130><c> us</c><00:29:35.329><c> supplies</c><00:29:35.710><c> from</c><00:29:35.930><c> his</c><00:29:36.109><c> forest.</c><00:29:36.650><c> He</c><00:29:36.750><c> sent</c><00:29:36.950><c> his</c><00:29:37.210><c> army.</c>

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He's<00:29:37.829><c> given</c><00:29:37.910><c> us</c><00:29:38.190><c> all</c><00:29:38.609><c> these</c><00:29:38.869><c> things.</c><00:29:39.589><c> Look</c><00:29:39.809><c> at</c><00:29:39.890><c> what</c><00:29:40.029><c> the</c>

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king<00:29:40.390><c> has</c><00:29:40.630><c> done.</c><00:29:41.950><c> And</c><00:29:42.150><c> then</c><00:29:42.309><c> you</c><00:29:42.450><c> know</c><00:29:42.549><c> what</c><00:29:42.690><c> he</c><00:29:42.769><c> would</c><00:29:42.950><c> have</c>

00:29:43.029 --> 00:29:45.690
done?<00:29:43.569><c> He</c><00:29:43.650><c> would</c><00:29:43.829><c> have</c><00:29:43.970><c> taken</c><00:29:44.309><c> that</c><00:29:44.650><c> map</c><00:29:44.930><c> of</c><00:29:45.210><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:29:45.690 --> 00:29:51.529
and<00:29:46.170><c> on</c><00:29:46.390><c> that</c><00:29:46.670><c> map</c><00:29:46.849><c> of</c><00:29:47.069><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:47.549><c> he</c><00:29:47.769><c> would</c><00:29:47.950><c> have</c><00:29:48.130><c> had</c><00:29:48.329><c> all</c><00:29:48.750><c> the</c><00:29:48.990><c> names</c><00:29:49.230><c> written</c><00:29:49.549><c> around</c><00:29:50.150><c> the</c><00:29:50.529><c> wall</c><00:29:50.890><c> on</c><00:29:51.210><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:29:51.710><c> he</c><00:29:51.930><c> would</c><00:29:52.210><c> have</c><00:29:52.390><c> rolled</c><00:29:52.650><c> it</c><00:29:52.869><c> out</c><00:29:53.009><c> in</c><00:29:53.230><c> a</c><00:29:53.450><c> scroll</c><00:29:53.710><c> in</c><00:29:53.950><c> front</c>

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of<00:29:54.230><c> him</c><00:29:54.430><c> and</c><00:29:54.670><c> he</c><00:29:54.769><c> would</c><00:29:54.950><c> have</c><00:29:55.009><c> said,</c><00:29:55.349><c> okay,</c><00:29:55.549><c> let's</c>

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start<00:29:55.970><c> with</c><00:29:56.170><c> you,</c><00:29:56.450><c> Elias.</c><00:29:57.029><c> Elias,</c><00:29:57.490><c> come</c><00:29:57.710><c> here.</c><00:29:58.210><c> Look,</c><00:29:58.670><c> here's</c>

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your<00:29:59.289><c> section</c><00:29:59.549><c> of</c><00:29:59.750><c> the</c><00:29:59.910><c> wall.</c><00:30:00.130><c> You</c><00:30:00.250><c> think</c><00:30:00.410><c> he</c><00:30:00.490><c> can</c>

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build<00:30:00.869><c> it?</c><00:30:01.690><c> Absolutely</c><00:30:02.089><c> he</c><00:30:02.250><c> could,</c><00:30:02.509><c> right?</c><00:30:02.970><c> And</c><00:30:03.109><c> then</c><00:30:03.230><c> he</c><00:30:03.309><c> would</c><00:30:03.470><c> have</c><00:30:03.549><c> moved</c><00:30:03.809><c> around</c><00:30:04.190><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:04.809><c> and</c>

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he<00:30:05.190><c> would</c>

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have<00:30:05.529><c> gone</c><00:30:05.670><c> through</c><00:30:06.049><c> every</c><00:30:06.490><c> individual</c><00:30:06.970><c> along</c><00:30:07.210><c> that</c><00:30:07.450><c> wall</c><00:30:07.609><c> and</c><00:30:07.890><c> said,</c><00:30:08.269><c> here's</c><00:30:08.670><c> your</c><00:30:08.950><c> section.</c><00:30:11.230><c> Do</c>

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you<00:30:11.490><c> think</c>

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you<00:30:11.789><c> can</c><00:30:11.950><c> do</c><00:30:12.130><c> it?</c><00:30:17.910><c> And</c><00:30:18.470><c> look</c><00:30:18.609><c> at</c><00:30:18.710><c> how</c><00:30:18.869><c> the</c><00:30:19.069><c> people</c><00:30:19.250><c> responded.</c>

00:30:23.230 --> 00:30:28.910
The<00:30:23.630><c> people</c><00:30:24.470><c> said,</c><00:30:27.210><c> let</c><00:30:27.509><c> us</c><00:30:27.829><c> rise</c><00:30:28.130><c> up</c><00:30:28.349><c> and</c><00:30:28.609><c> build.</c>

00:30:28.910 --> 00:30:34.009
No<00:30:29.769><c> more</c><00:30:30.089><c> were</c><00:30:30.329><c> they</c><00:30:30.650><c> apathetic,</c><00:30:31.690><c> right?</c><00:30:32.430><c> Let</c><00:30:32.670><c> us</c><00:30:33.150><c> rise</c><00:30:33.710><c> up</c>

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and<00:30:34.269><c> build.</c>

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What<00:30:38.569><c> an</c><00:30:38.869><c> incredible</c><00:30:39.589><c> mental</c><00:30:39.990><c> turnaround</c><00:30:40.430><c> in</c><00:30:40.630><c> those</c><00:30:40.869><c> people.</c>

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Because<00:30:43.690><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:44.250><c> was</c><00:30:44.470><c> a</c><00:30:44.849><c> motivator</c><00:30:45.269><c> of</c><00:30:45.490><c> the</c><00:30:45.670><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:30:47.250><c> he</c>

00:30:47.369 --> 00:30:50.130
was<00:30:47.569><c> making</c><00:30:48.130><c> emotional</c><00:30:49.009><c> deposits</c><00:30:49.589><c> with</c><00:30:49.849><c> his</c>

00:30:50.130 --> 00:30:55.309
brethren<00:30:50.369><c> and</c><00:30:50.609><c> sisters</c><00:30:51.029><c> and</c><00:30:51.490><c> not</c><00:30:51.730><c> withdrawals.</c><00:30:54.049><c> He</c><00:30:54.349><c> was</c><00:30:54.690><c> building</c><00:30:55.049><c> them</c>

00:30:55.309 --> 00:30:58.369
up<00:30:55.809><c> and</c><00:30:56.349><c> he</c><00:30:56.529><c> was</c><00:30:56.789><c> able</c><00:30:57.109><c> to</c><00:30:57.349><c> make</c><00:30:57.529><c> them</c><00:30:57.890><c> see</c>

00:30:58.369 --> 00:31:01.930
possibilities<00:30:59.089><c> that</c><00:31:00.109><c> they</c><00:31:00.430><c> couldn't</c><00:31:00.789><c> themselves</c><00:31:01.410><c> see</c><00:31:01.710><c> on</c>

00:31:01.930 --> 00:31:02.970
their<00:31:02.130><c> own.</c>

00:31:09.890 --> 00:31:14.470
And<00:31:10.049><c> so</c><00:31:10.609><c> in</c><00:31:11.009><c> verse</c><00:31:11.210><c> 20,</c><00:31:12.509><c> despite</c><00:31:12.809><c> the</c><00:31:13.109><c> opposition</c><00:31:13.569><c> that</c><00:31:13.849><c> arises</c><00:31:14.190><c> in</c>

00:31:14.470 --> 00:31:15.930
verse<00:31:14.710><c> 19,</c>

00:31:16.569 --> 00:31:21.549
the<00:31:16.750><c> people</c><00:31:17.289><c> say,</c><00:31:18.890><c> we</c><00:31:19.109><c> his</c><00:31:19.490><c> servants</c><00:31:19.829><c> will</c><00:31:20.130><c> arise</c><00:31:20.470><c> and</c><00:31:20.730><c> build.</c>

00:31:24.250 --> 00:31:33.329
A<00:31:25.269><c> little</c><00:31:25.670><c> example</c><00:31:26.150><c> here.</c><00:31:28.309><c> Anybody</c><00:31:28.309><c> familiar</c><00:31:31.549><c> with</c><00:31:31.809><c> that</c><00:31:32.369><c> cathedral?</c>

00:31:35.390 --> 00:31:42.269
There's<00:31:35.750><c> an</c><00:31:35.910><c> individual,</c><00:31:36.430><c> an</c><00:31:36.769><c> architect,</c><00:31:38.289><c> who</c><00:31:38.450><c> designed</c><00:31:39.009><c> that</c><00:31:39.650><c> cathedral</c><00:31:40.509><c> back</c><00:31:41.849><c> in</c>

00:31:42.269 --> 00:31:43.450
the<00:31:42.710><c> 1600s.</c>

00:31:43.450 --> 00:31:48.009
Has<00:31:43.450><c> anybody</c><00:31:45.049><c> heard</c><00:31:45.369><c> of</c><00:31:45.529><c> Sir</c><00:31:46.490><c> Christopher</c><00:31:47.170><c> Wren?</c>

00:32:04.150 --> 00:32:09.269
So<00:32:04.849><c> here's</c><00:32:05.549><c> the</c><00:32:05.670><c> story</c><00:32:05.990><c> of</c><00:32:06.170><c> Christopher</c><00:32:06.589><c> Wren.</c><00:32:07.170><c> He</c><00:32:07.349><c> had</c><00:32:07.609><c> designed</c><00:32:07.970><c> this</c><00:32:08.349><c> cathedral</c>

00:32:09.529 --> 00:32:13.029
and<00:32:09.789><c> it</c><00:32:09.910><c> was</c><00:32:10.130><c> in</c><00:32:10.329><c> building.</c><00:32:10.990><c> The</c><00:32:11.170><c> building</c><00:32:11.490><c> started</c><00:32:12.089><c> in</c><00:32:12.849><c> the</c>

00:32:13.029 --> 00:32:15.730
1600s,<00:32:14.049><c> approximately</c><00:32:14.769><c> 1670,</c>

00:32:16.049 --> 00:32:20.089
and<00:32:16.769><c> while</c><00:32:17.269><c> that</c><00:32:18.009><c> cathedral</c><00:32:18.390><c> was</c><00:32:18.609><c> in</c><00:32:18.750><c> the</c><00:32:18.890><c> building,</c><00:32:19.329><c> he</c><00:32:19.369><c> decided</c><00:32:19.769><c> one</c>

00:32:20.089 --> 00:32:23.049
day<00:32:20.549><c> to</c><00:32:21.809><c> go</c><00:32:21.990><c> out</c><00:32:22.170><c> and</c><00:32:22.329><c> see</c><00:32:22.529><c> how</c><00:32:22.789><c> things</c>

00:32:23.049 --> 00:32:28.849
were<00:32:23.349><c> progressing.</c><00:32:26.410><c> And</c><00:32:26.609><c> so</c><00:32:26.869><c> as</c><00:32:27.349><c> he</c><00:32:27.529><c> goes</c><00:32:27.769><c> out,</c><00:32:28.049><c> he</c><00:32:28.190><c> comes</c><00:32:28.529><c> by</c>

00:32:28.849 --> 00:32:32.109
a<00:32:29.029><c> man</c><00:32:29.609><c> who</c><00:32:30.109><c> is</c><00:32:30.309><c> standing</c><00:32:30.529><c> in</c><00:32:30.690><c> the</c><00:32:30.849><c> field</c><00:32:31.109><c> and</c><00:32:31.349><c> he's</c>

00:32:32.369 --> 00:32:37.049
breaking<00:32:32.849><c> up</c><00:32:33.210><c> rocks</c><00:32:33.670><c> in</c><00:32:34.269><c> the</c><00:32:34.410><c> field.</c><00:32:36.410><c> And</c><00:32:36.490><c> he</c><00:32:36.569><c> says</c><00:32:36.769><c> to</c><00:32:36.890><c> him,</c>

00:32:37.069 --> 00:32:39.309
he<00:32:37.069><c> says,</c><00:32:37.809><c> sir,</c><00:32:38.109><c> what</c><00:32:38.269><c> are</c><00:32:38.369><c> you</c><00:32:38.470><c> doing?</c>

00:32:40.509 --> 00:32:43.750
What<00:32:40.690><c> do</c><00:32:40.809><c> you</c><00:32:40.809><c> think</c><00:32:41.029><c> I'm</c><00:32:41.150><c> doing?</c><00:32:41.490><c> Breaking</c><00:32:41.750><c> rocks,</c><00:32:43.109><c> right?</c>

00:32:44.190 --> 00:32:45.569
He<00:32:44.349><c> goes</c><00:32:44.549><c> back,</c><00:32:45.250><c> you</c><00:32:45.250><c> know,</c>

00:32:45.690 --> 00:32:50.029
sweat<00:32:45.869><c> stripping</c><00:32:46.210><c> off</c><00:32:46.490><c> him</c><00:32:46.650><c> and</c><00:32:46.789><c> then</c><00:32:46.950><c> he</c><00:32:47.029><c> goes</c><00:32:47.150><c> back</c><00:32:47.450><c> and</c><00:32:47.930><c> breaks</c><00:32:48.130><c> more</c><00:32:48.369><c> rocks.</c><00:32:49.809><c> So</c>

00:32:50.029 --> 00:32:51.529
Christopher<00:32:50.329><c> Wren</c><00:32:50.549><c> moves</c><00:32:50.789><c> on.</c>

00:32:54.190 --> 00:32:58.369
A<00:32:54.369><c> few</c><00:32:54.750><c> hundred</c><00:32:55.789><c> yards</c><00:32:56.109><c> later,</c><00:32:56.390><c> he</c><00:32:56.470><c> comes</c><00:32:56.690><c> across</c><00:32:57.009><c> another</c><00:32:57.289><c> man</c>

00:32:59.390 --> 00:33:04.710
who<00:32:59.910><c> is</c><00:33:00.109><c> in</c><00:33:00.190><c> the</c><00:33:00.430><c> field</c><00:33:01.150><c> breaking</c><00:33:01.730><c> rocks.</c><00:33:03.990><c> And</c><00:33:04.170><c> he</c><00:33:04.210><c> says</c><00:33:04.410><c> to</c><00:33:04.529><c> him,</c><00:33:04.710><c> he</c>

00:33:04.710 --> 00:33:07.009
says,<00:33:05.430><c> sir,</c><00:33:05.829><c> what</c><00:33:05.970><c> are</c><00:33:06.109><c> you</c><00:33:06.230><c> doing?</c>

00:33:08.009 --> 00:33:14.210
And<00:33:08.529><c> he</c><00:33:08.730><c> stops,</c><00:33:10.289><c> he</c><00:33:10.490><c> pauses,</c><00:33:12.349><c> and</c><00:33:12.490><c> he</c><00:33:12.650><c> sits.</c><00:33:13.690><c> And</c><00:33:13.849><c> he</c><00:33:13.890><c> had</c><00:33:14.029><c> no</c>

00:33:14.210 --> 00:33:15.930
idea<00:33:14.470><c> who</c><00:33:14.650><c> Christopher</c><00:33:14.990><c> Wren</c><00:33:15.230><c> was,</c>

00:33:16.309 --> 00:33:23.130
never<00:33:16.529><c> met</c><00:33:16.769><c> the</c><00:33:16.950><c> man.</c><00:33:18.109><c> And</c><00:33:18.390><c> he</c><00:33:18.450><c> says,</c><00:33:18.690><c> sir,</c><00:33:21.150><c> I'm</c><00:33:21.549><c> building</c><00:33:21.869><c> a</c><00:33:22.109><c> cathedral.</c>

00:33:26.430 --> 00:33:30.730
What<00:33:27.109><c> an</c><00:33:27.450><c> incredible</c><00:33:28.009><c> difference</c><00:33:28.410><c> of</c><00:33:28.750><c> attitude</c><00:33:29.250><c> from</c><00:33:29.589><c> the</c><00:33:29.809><c> one</c><00:33:30.009><c> who</c><00:33:30.269><c> said,</c><00:33:30.529><c> what</c><00:33:30.549><c> do</c>

00:33:30.730 --> 00:33:31.250
you<00:33:30.789><c> think</c><00:33:30.970><c> I'm</c><00:33:31.130><c> doing,</c>

00:33:31.349 --> 00:33:35.269
and<00:33:31.470><c> breaking</c><00:33:31.650><c> rocks,</c><00:33:32.750><c> to,</c><00:33:33.829><c> I'm</c><00:33:33.910><c> building</c><00:33:34.230><c> a</c><00:33:34.529><c> cathedral.</c><00:33:35.109><c> And</c>

00:33:35.269 --> 00:33:38.990
you<00:33:35.390><c> know</c><00:33:35.589><c> what?</c><00:33:36.470><c> That</c><00:33:36.809><c> cathedral</c><00:33:37.349><c> took</c><00:33:38.130><c> almost</c><00:33:38.730><c> 80</c>

00:33:38.990 --> 00:33:44.450
years<00:33:39.349><c> to</c><00:33:39.609><c> build</c><00:33:39.769><c> from</c><00:33:40.089><c> 1670</c><00:33:41.130><c> through</c><00:33:41.829><c> until</c><00:33:42.349><c> about</c><00:33:42.849><c> 1730.</c>

00:33:45.710 --> 00:33:48.730
The<00:33:45.849><c> man</c><00:33:46.089><c> breaking</c><00:33:46.490><c> rocks</c><00:33:46.910><c> probably</c><00:33:47.589><c> never</c><00:33:48.049><c> saw</c><00:33:48.369><c> that</c>

00:33:48.730 --> 00:33:52.210
cathedral<00:33:49.230><c> ever</c><00:33:49.670><c> finished,</c><00:33:50.309><c> but</c><00:33:50.650><c> he</c><00:33:50.950><c> said,</c><00:33:51.230><c> I'm</c><00:33:51.630><c> building</c><00:33:51.950><c> a</c>

00:33:52.210 --> 00:33:53.109
cathedral.<00:33:52.609><c> And</c><00:33:52.609><c> he</c><00:33:52.609><c> says,</c><00:33:52.609><c> I'm</c><00:33:52.609><c> building</c><00:33:52.609><c> a</c><00:33:52.609><c> cathedral.</c>

00:33:55.210 --> 00:33:58.170
Now<00:33:55.849><c> that's</c><00:33:56.170><c> just</c><00:33:56.470><c> a</c><00:33:56.609><c> story,</c><00:33:56.970><c> but</c><00:33:57.130><c> it</c><00:33:57.390><c> illustrates</c><00:33:57.730><c> a</c><00:33:57.990><c> point,</c>

00:33:58.470 --> 00:34:00.990
doesn't<00:33:58.470><c> it?</c><00:33:59.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:59.910><c> took</c><00:34:00.269><c> the</c><00:34:00.569><c> people</c>

00:34:00.990 --> 00:34:04.869
of<00:34:01.309><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:01.849><c> from</c><00:34:02.730><c> the</c><00:34:03.130><c> attitude</c><00:34:03.450><c> of</c><00:34:03.710><c> just</c><00:34:03.990><c> breaking</c><00:34:04.369><c> rocks</c>

00:34:04.869 --> 00:34:08.050
to,<00:34:06.029><c> I'm</c><00:34:06.049><c> building</c><00:34:06.470><c> heavenly</c><00:34:06.890><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:11.329 --> 00:34:16.309
And<00:34:11.969><c> we</c><00:34:12.190><c> need</c><00:34:12.369><c> to</c><00:34:12.590><c> work</c><00:34:12.730><c> in</c><00:34:12.889><c> our</c><00:34:13.110><c> ecclesias</c><00:34:13.469><c> to</c><00:34:13.610><c> make</c><00:34:13.889><c> sure</c><00:34:14.329><c> that</c><00:34:14.710><c> we're</c><00:34:14.929><c> not</c><00:34:15.389><c> just</c>

00:34:16.369 --> 00:34:20.510
breaking<00:34:16.809><c> rocks,</c><00:34:18.210><c> but</c><00:34:18.210><c> we're</c><00:34:18.530><c> building</c><00:34:18.949><c> heavenly</c><00:34:19.389><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:26.369 --> 00:34:29.829
How<00:34:27.130><c> many</c><00:34:27.369><c> of</c><00:34:27.449><c> us</c><00:34:27.670><c> are</c><00:34:27.929><c> stuck</c><00:34:28.130><c> just</c><00:34:28.409><c> breaking</c><00:34:28.750><c> rocks?</c>

00:34:30.869 --> 00:34:34.389
When<00:34:31.070><c> was</c><00:34:31.329><c> the</c><00:34:31.469><c> last</c><00:34:31.650><c> time</c><00:34:31.909><c> you</c><00:34:32.070><c> gave</c><00:34:32.750><c> a</c><00:34:33.469><c> motivational</c><00:34:33.949><c> speech</c>

00:34:34.389 --> 00:34:37.070
like<00:34:34.690><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:34:35.469><c> to</c><00:34:35.610><c> your</c><00:34:35.809><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:34:41.230 --> 00:34:48.150
When<00:34:41.750><c> we</c><00:34:41.929><c> look</c><00:34:42.130><c> at</c><00:34:42.289><c> how</c><00:34:42.510><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:42.909><c> communicates,</c><00:34:44.869><c> he</c><00:34:45.090><c> communicates</c><00:34:46.909><c> only</c>

00:34:48.150 --> 00:34:51.949
positively.<00:34:50.829><c> Now,</c><00:34:51.690><c> we're</c><00:34:51.869><c> going</c>

00:34:51.949 --> 00:34:54.190
to<00:34:52.030><c> speed</c><00:34:52.289><c> through</c><00:34:52.489><c> this</c><00:34:52.690><c> a</c><00:34:52.789><c> little</c><00:34:52.969><c> bit</c><00:34:53.130><c> because</c><00:34:53.349><c> we've</c><00:34:53.730><c> covered</c><00:34:53.929><c> some</c>

00:34:54.190 --> 00:34:56.349
of<00:34:54.309><c> this</c><00:34:54.530><c> information,</c><00:34:55.510><c> but</c><00:34:55.750><c> what</c><00:34:55.929><c> I</c><00:34:56.130><c> want</c>

00:34:56.349 --> 00:35:00.110
you<00:34:56.550><c> to</c><00:34:56.730><c> notice</c><00:34:57.030><c> is</c><00:34:57.489><c> patterns.</c><00:34:58.070><c> We</c><00:34:58.289><c> have</c><00:34:58.550><c> not</c><00:34:58.829><c> identified</c><00:34:59.389><c> patterns</c><00:34:59.889><c> in</c>

00:35:00.110 --> 00:35:02.989
Nehemiah's<00:35:00.750><c> communication.</c><00:35:02.469><c> There's</c>

00:35:02.989 --> 00:35:05.590
four<00:35:03.250><c> patterns</c><00:35:03.650><c> that</c><00:35:03.889><c> we</c><00:35:04.050><c> want</c><00:35:04.210><c> to</c><00:35:04.349><c> notice</c><00:35:04.610><c> in</c><00:35:04.809><c> how</c><00:35:05.070><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:35:05.590 --> 00:35:06.550
communicates.<00:35:06.550><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:06.550><c> communicates</c>

00:35:06.550 --> 00:35:09.769
and<00:35:07.170><c> those</c><00:35:07.409><c> patterns</c><00:35:07.829><c> produce</c><00:35:08.250><c> very</c><00:35:08.630><c> powerful</c><00:35:09.150><c> results</c><00:35:09.630><c> in</c>

00:35:09.769 --> 00:35:11.510
what<00:35:10.010><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:10.369><c> is</c><00:35:10.510><c> trying</c><00:35:10.869><c> to</c><00:35:11.130><c> do</c>

00:35:11.510 --> 00:35:14.869
with<00:35:12.130><c> the</c><00:35:12.369><c> people</c><00:35:12.630><c> that</c><00:35:12.829><c> are</c><00:35:12.909><c> in</c><00:35:13.030><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:14.309><c> First</c><00:35:14.510><c> pattern</c>

00:35:14.869 --> 00:35:19.570
is<00:35:15.130><c> this,</c><00:35:16.170><c> he</c><00:35:16.349><c> listens</c><00:35:17.150><c> and</c><00:35:18.150><c> then</c><00:35:18.349><c> he</c><00:35:18.710><c> prays.</c>

00:35:20.510 --> 00:35:24.230
Nehemiah<00:35:21.010><c> chapter</c><00:35:21.369><c> one,</c><00:35:21.989><c> Hanani</c><00:35:22.289><c> comes,</c><00:35:22.929><c> he</c><00:35:23.090><c> says,</c><00:35:23.949><c> how</c><00:35:24.070><c> are</c>

00:35:24.230 --> 00:35:26.949
the<00:35:24.429><c> people</c><00:35:24.670><c> in</c><00:35:24.889><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:25.289><c> and</c><00:35:25.489><c> how</c><00:35:25.730><c> is</c><00:35:25.869><c> the</c><00:35:26.070><c> city?</c>

00:35:27.630 --> 00:35:32.150
And<00:35:28.349><c> he</c><00:35:28.489><c> listens</c><00:35:28.909><c> to</c><00:35:29.289><c> Hanani</c><00:35:29.829><c> and</c><00:35:30.550><c> he</c><00:35:30.690><c> would</c><00:35:30.809><c> have</c><00:35:30.929><c> asked</c><00:35:31.190><c> Hanani</c><00:35:31.690><c> tons</c>

00:35:32.150 --> 00:35:33.989
of<00:35:32.449><c> questions</c><00:35:32.989><c> and</c><00:35:33.369><c> he</c><00:35:33.489><c> would</c><00:35:33.650><c> have</c><00:35:33.849><c> got</c>

00:35:33.989 --> 00:35:36.909
very<00:35:34.369><c> good</c><00:35:34.889><c> mental</c><00:35:35.369><c> picture</c><00:35:35.710><c> of</c><00:35:35.869><c> what</c><00:35:36.050><c> was</c><00:35:36.230><c> going</c><00:35:36.510><c> on.</c><00:35:36.809><c> It</c><00:35:36.809><c> was</c>

00:35:36.909 --> 00:35:38.630
not<00:35:37.210><c> a</c><00:35:37.389><c> pretty</c><00:35:37.570><c> picture,</c><00:35:38.230><c> but</c><00:35:38.309><c> he</c><00:35:38.389><c> would</c><00:35:38.550><c> have</c>

00:35:38.630 --> 00:35:41.010
got<00:35:38.769><c> a</c><00:35:38.929><c> very</c><00:35:39.269><c> good</c><00:35:39.469><c> mental</c><00:35:39.809><c> picture</c><00:35:40.150><c> of</c><00:35:40.289><c> what</c><00:35:40.449><c> was</c><00:35:40.650><c> going</c><00:35:40.889><c> on</c>

00:35:41.010 --> 00:35:43.650
in<00:35:41.150><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:41.949><c> And</c><00:35:42.110><c> so</c><00:35:42.230><c> he</c><00:35:42.409><c> listened</c><00:35:42.769><c> to</c><00:35:43.110><c> Hanani</c><00:35:43.489><c> and</c>

00:35:43.650 --> 00:35:50.869
he<00:35:44.030><c> was</c><00:35:44.349><c> able</c><00:35:44.670><c> to</c><00:35:44.909><c> be</c><00:35:45.170><c> empathetic</c><00:35:45.789><c> with</c><00:35:45.969><c> the</c><00:35:46.170><c> people.</c><00:35:46.929><c> The</c><00:35:47.070><c> word</c><00:35:47.309><c> empathetic</c><00:35:48.070><c> means,</c><00:35:50.349><c> I</c>

00:35:50.869 --> 00:35:52.309
wrote<00:35:51.090><c> it</c><00:35:51.329><c> down,</c>

00:35:53.010 --> 00:35:57.010
the<00:35:53.090><c> word</c><00:35:53.409><c> M</c><00:35:53.869><c> means</c><00:35:54.269><c> in</c><00:35:54.670><c> and</c><00:35:55.050><c> pathos</c><00:35:55.630><c> means</c><00:35:55.969><c> feeling.</c><00:35:56.650><c> And</c><00:35:56.909><c> so</c>

00:35:57.010 --> 00:35:59.090
he<00:35:57.150><c> would</c><00:35:57.269><c> have</c><00:35:57.449><c> asked</c><00:35:57.809><c> enough</c><00:35:58.210><c> questions</c><00:35:58.809><c> from</c>

00:35:59.090 --> 00:36:04.170
Hanani<00:35:59.630><c> to</c><00:36:00.329><c> get</c><00:36:00.829><c> a</c><00:36:01.670><c> sense</c><00:36:01.989><c> of</c><00:36:02.210><c> how</c><00:36:02.489><c> those</c><00:36:02.829><c> people</c><00:36:03.190><c> felt</c><00:36:03.510><c> and</c><00:36:03.750><c> get</c><00:36:03.889><c> a</c>

00:36:04.170 --> 00:36:05.789
sense<00:36:04.389><c> of</c><00:36:04.590><c> what</c><00:36:04.690><c> it</c><00:36:04.809><c> was</c><00:36:04.989><c> like</c><00:36:05.150><c> to</c><00:36:05.449><c> walk</c><00:36:05.670><c> in</c>

00:36:05.789 --> 00:36:10.610
their<00:36:06.050><c> shoes.</c><00:36:07.989><c> And</c><00:36:08.090><c> no</c><00:36:08.250><c> wonder</c><00:36:08.469><c> he</c><00:36:08.789><c> wept</c><00:36:09.269><c> and</c><00:36:09.750><c> he</c><00:36:09.929><c> mourned</c><00:36:10.429><c> and</c>

00:36:10.610 --> 00:36:12.349
he<00:36:10.809><c> fasted</c><00:36:11.289><c> and</c><00:36:11.409><c> he</c><00:36:11.590><c> prayed.</c>

00:36:14.849 --> 00:36:19.929
And<00:36:15.070><c> he</c><00:36:15.190><c> asks</c><00:36:15.409><c> enough</c><00:36:15.769><c> questions,</c><00:36:17.110><c> he</c><00:36:17.289><c> asks</c><00:36:17.570><c> enough</c><00:36:17.949><c> questions</c><00:36:18.730><c> of</c><00:36:19.210><c> Hanani</c><00:36:19.690><c> and</c>

00:36:19.929 --> 00:36:21.329
he<00:36:20.070><c> listens</c><00:36:20.489><c> to</c><00:36:20.869><c> the</c><00:36:21.110><c> story</c>

00:36:21.329 --> 00:36:25.429
that<00:36:21.610><c> Hanani</c><00:36:21.909><c> gives</c><00:36:22.230><c> him</c><00:36:22.750><c> and</c><00:36:23.650><c> that</c><00:36:23.909><c> motivates</c><00:36:24.349><c> him</c><00:36:24.550><c> to</c><00:36:24.690><c> do</c><00:36:24.909><c> what?</c><00:36:25.130><c> It</c>

00:36:25.429 --> 00:36:27.269
motivates<00:36:25.789><c> him</c><00:36:26.050><c> to</c><00:36:26.309><c> pray.</c>

00:36:29.090 --> 00:36:33.070
And<00:36:29.409><c> in</c><00:36:29.630><c> his</c><00:36:29.949><c> prayer</c><00:36:30.309><c> he's</c><00:36:30.610><c> able</c><00:36:30.909><c> to</c><00:36:31.750><c> give</c><00:36:32.110><c> details</c><00:36:32.670><c> to</c><00:36:32.929><c> his</c>

00:36:33.070 --> 00:36:34.909
heavenly<00:36:33.409><c> father,</c><00:36:33.829><c> not</c><00:36:33.969><c> that</c><00:36:34.130><c> his</c><00:36:34.349><c> heavenly</c><00:36:34.650><c> father</c>

00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:38.750
didn't<00:36:35.170><c> know,</c><00:36:35.730><c> but</c><00:36:35.849><c> in</c><00:36:35.989><c> his</c><00:36:36.269><c> prayer</c><00:36:36.449><c> he</c><00:36:36.570><c> was</c><00:36:36.849><c> able</c><00:36:37.070><c> to</c><00:36:37.289><c> articulate</c><00:36:37.869><c> the</c><00:36:38.150><c> details</c><00:36:38.530><c> of</c>

00:36:38.750 --> 00:36:39.849
the<00:36:38.889><c> situation</c><00:36:39.449><c> that</c><00:36:39.690><c> he</c>

00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:43.409
had<00:36:40.050><c> learned</c><00:36:40.369><c> and</c><00:36:40.869><c> he</c><00:36:41.190><c> began</c><00:36:41.389><c> to</c><00:36:41.829><c> formulate</c><00:36:42.429><c> things</c><00:36:42.909><c> in</c><00:36:43.110><c> his</c>

00:36:43.409 --> 00:36:46.309
mind<00:36:43.650><c> and</c><00:36:43.829><c> plans</c><00:36:44.130><c> in</c><00:36:44.329><c> his</c><00:36:44.530><c> mind</c><00:36:44.869><c> that</c><00:36:45.329><c> he</c><00:36:45.650><c> could</c><00:36:45.889><c> ask</c>

00:36:46.309 --> 00:36:58.010
God's<00:36:46.809><c> help</c><00:36:47.230><c> with</c><00:36:47.769><c> to</c><00:36:48.409><c> overcome.</c><00:36:56.010><c> How</c><00:36:56.610><c> well</c><00:36:56.849><c> do</c><00:36:56.989><c> we</c><00:36:57.130><c> listen</c>

00:36:58.309 --> 00:37:00.750
and<00:36:58.829><c> how</c><00:36:59.090><c> detailed</c><00:36:59.530><c> are</c><00:36:59.730><c> our</c><00:36:59.989><c> prayers?</c>

00:37:02.849 --> 00:37:05.710
First<00:37:02.949><c> pattern,</c><00:37:03.809><c> he</c><00:37:03.949><c> listens</c><00:37:04.309><c> and</c><00:37:04.750><c> then</c><00:37:04.949><c> prays.</c>

00:37:06.969 --> 00:37:12.170
Notice<00:37:07.150><c> this</c><00:37:07.389><c> pattern</c><00:37:07.949><c> has</c><00:37:09.469><c> to</c><00:37:09.630><c> do</c><00:37:09.730><c> with</c><00:37:09.889><c> prayer,</c><00:37:11.530><c> but</c><00:37:11.690><c> almost</c>

00:37:12.170 --> 00:37:14.329
without<00:37:12.449><c> exception</c><00:37:12.909><c> in</c><00:37:13.090><c> the</c><00:37:13.150><c> book</c><00:37:13.369><c> of</c><00:37:13.530><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:37:14.829 --> 00:37:20.550
he<00:37:15.030><c> always</c><00:37:15.510><c> speaks</c><00:37:15.789><c> to</c><00:37:16.030><c> God</c><00:37:16.369><c> before</c><00:37:16.750><c> he</c><00:37:17.010><c> answers</c><00:37:17.309><c> man.</c><00:37:19.170><c> He</c><00:37:19.409><c> always</c><00:37:19.949><c> speaks</c><00:37:20.349><c> to</c>

00:37:20.550 --> 00:37:21.670
God<00:37:20.789><c> before</c><00:37:21.090><c> he</c><00:37:21.269><c> answers</c><00:37:21.469><c> man.</c>

00:37:21.730 --> 00:37:24.530
We<00:37:21.829><c> saw</c><00:37:22.010><c> that</c><00:37:22.230><c> in</c><00:37:22.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:22.750><c> chapter</c><00:37:23.090><c> 2,</c><00:37:23.329><c> right,</c><00:37:23.570><c> when</c><00:37:23.650><c> he</c><00:37:23.809><c> appeared</c><00:37:24.030><c> before</c><00:37:24.349><c> the</c>

00:37:24.530 --> 00:37:26.610
king.<00:37:25.030><c> He</c><00:37:25.329><c> said</c><00:37:25.610><c> that</c><00:37:25.949><c> short,</c>

00:37:26.610 --> 00:37:30.630
quick<00:37:27.050><c> prayer,</c><00:37:27.769><c> right?</c><00:37:28.929><c> Romans</c><00:37:29.170><c> chapter</c><00:37:29.610><c> 12</c><00:37:29.909><c> and</c><00:37:30.050><c> verse</c><00:37:30.269><c> 12</c>

00:37:30.630 --> 00:37:33.929
says<00:37:31.250><c> continue</c><00:37:32.010><c> instant</c><00:37:32.610><c> in</c><00:37:32.929><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:34.690 --> 00:37:43.190
Continue<00:37:35.050><c> instant</c><00:37:35.610><c> in</c><00:37:35.929><c> prayer,</c><00:37:36.969><c> right?</c><00:37:37.590><c> We</c><00:37:37.829><c> need</c><00:37:38.030><c> to</c><00:37:38.250><c> take</c><00:37:38.610><c> those</c><00:37:39.230><c> instances</c><00:37:39.989><c> and</c><00:37:41.570><c> commit</c><00:37:41.829><c> them</c><00:37:41.989><c> to</c><00:37:42.230><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:43.590 --> 00:37:47.150
Philippians<00:37:43.969><c> 4</c><00:37:44.329><c> verse</c><00:37:44.570><c> 6,</c><00:37:45.170><c> in</c><00:37:45.190><c> everything</c><00:37:45.869><c> and</c><00:37:46.489><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:46.869><c> 3</c>

00:37:47.150 --> 00:37:48.050
that<00:37:47.289><c> we</c><00:37:47.429><c> looked</c><00:37:47.610><c> at</c><00:37:47.750><c> earlier,</c>

00:37:48.250 --> 00:37:53.289
in<00:37:48.389><c> all</c><00:37:48.849><c> thy</c><00:37:49.010><c> ways</c><00:37:49.269><c> acknowledge</c><00:37:49.730><c> him,</c><00:37:50.829><c> right?</c><00:37:51.590><c> He</c><00:37:51.969><c> always</c><00:37:52.550><c> speaks</c><00:37:53.050><c> to</c>

00:37:53.289 --> 00:37:55.510
God<00:37:53.610><c> before</c><00:37:53.969><c> he</c><00:37:54.230><c> answers</c><00:37:54.590><c> man.</c>

00:37:55.710 --> 00:37:57.909
He<00:37:55.989><c> didn't</c><00:37:56.170><c> go</c><00:37:56.349><c> before</c><00:37:56.690><c> the</c><00:37:56.769><c> king</c><00:37:56.969><c> and</c><00:37:57.150><c> say</c><00:37:57.269><c> excuse</c><00:37:57.570><c> me</c><00:37:57.750><c> king,</c>

00:37:57.989 --> 00:37:59.469
I<00:37:57.989><c> got</c><00:37:58.170><c> to</c><00:37:58.289><c> go</c><00:37:58.510><c> pray</c><00:37:58.670><c> for</c><00:37:58.889><c> half</c><00:37:59.110><c> an</c><00:37:59.269><c> hour.</c>

00:37:59.469 --> 00:38:04.409
He<00:37:59.630><c> doesn't</c><00:37:59.909><c> say</c><00:38:00.210><c> that,</c><00:38:00.710><c> right?</c><00:38:02.730><c> He</c><00:38:02.909><c> takes</c><00:38:03.230><c> advantage</c><00:38:03.829><c> of</c><00:38:04.150><c> the</c>

00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:07.789
instance,<00:38:05.469><c> commits</c><00:38:05.949><c> what</c><00:38:06.309><c> he's</c><00:38:06.590><c> about</c><00:38:06.849><c> to</c><00:38:07.070><c> do</c><00:38:07.250><c> to</c><00:38:07.469><c> God</c>

00:38:07.789 --> 00:38:18.449
in<00:38:08.110><c> prayer</c><00:38:08.750><c> and</c><00:38:12.690><c> then</c><00:38:12.849><c> he</c><00:38:13.210><c> accepts</c><00:38:13.670><c> the</c><00:38:14.190><c> answer</c><00:38:14.409><c> God</c><00:38:14.650><c> gives</c><00:38:14.909><c> him.</c><00:38:18.210><c> He</c>

00:38:18.449 --> 00:38:21.570
listens<00:38:18.989><c> and</c><00:38:19.730><c> then</c><00:38:20.030><c> prays.</c><00:38:20.829><c> He</c><00:38:21.150><c> always</c>

00:38:21.570 --> 00:38:25.630
speaks<00:38:21.710><c> to</c><00:38:22.090><c> God</c><00:38:22.409><c> before</c><00:38:22.889><c> he</c><00:38:23.170><c> speaks</c><00:38:23.590><c> to</c><00:38:23.829><c> man.</c><00:38:24.989><c> Same</c><00:38:25.230><c> thing</c><00:38:25.489><c> in</c>

00:38:25.630 --> 00:38:27.590
Nehemiah<00:38:26.010><c> chapter</c><00:38:26.449><c> 4</c><00:38:26.789><c> that</c><00:38:26.929><c> we're</c><00:38:27.090><c> going</c><00:38:27.190><c> to</c><00:38:27.230><c> look</c><00:38:27.449><c> at</c>

00:38:27.590 --> 00:38:31.329
in<00:38:27.750><c> a</c><00:38:27.869><c> few</c><00:38:27.949><c> moments</c><00:38:28.429><c> and</c><00:38:29.329><c> you</c><00:38:29.630><c> remember</c><00:38:29.889><c> the</c><00:38:30.130><c> short</c><00:38:30.329><c> three</c><00:38:30.570><c> word</c><00:38:30.789><c> prayer</c><00:38:31.090><c> he</c>

00:38:31.329 --> 00:38:33.150
gave<00:38:31.550><c> in</c><00:38:31.730><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:32.090><c> 6</c><00:38:32.389><c> verse</c><00:38:32.610><c> 9</c><00:38:32.849><c> that</c><00:38:32.949><c> we</c>

00:38:33.150 --> 00:38:37.909
talked<00:38:33.349><c> about</c><00:38:33.590><c> the</c><00:38:33.710><c> other</c><00:38:33.909><c> day.</c><00:38:35.969><c> He</c><00:38:36.170><c> listens</c><00:38:36.489><c> and</c><00:38:36.849><c> prays.</c><00:38:37.690><c> He</c>

00:38:37.909 --> 00:38:42.269
always<00:38:38.210><c> speaks</c><00:38:38.469><c> to</c><00:38:38.690><c> God</c><00:38:39.190><c> before</c><00:38:39.969><c> he</c><00:38:40.789><c> speaks</c><00:38:41.170><c> to</c><00:38:41.409><c> man.</c>

00:38:43.449 --> 00:38:47.989
We<00:38:43.610><c> just</c><00:38:43.789><c> looked</c><00:38:43.969><c> at</c><00:38:44.150><c> this</c><00:38:44.369><c> one.</c><00:38:45.489><c> Third</c><00:38:45.969><c> communication</c><00:38:46.769><c> pattern,</c><00:38:47.269><c> he</c><00:38:47.369><c> knows</c><00:38:47.630><c> when</c><00:38:47.809><c> to</c>

00:38:47.989 --> 00:38:49.090
keep<00:38:48.130><c> silent.</c>

00:38:51.769 --> 00:38:56.530
Psalm<00:38:52.250><c> 141</c><00:38:52.730><c> and</c><00:38:52.869><c> verse</c><00:38:53.050><c> 3</c><00:38:53.289><c> says,</c><00:38:54.150><c> said</c><00:38:54.150><c> a</c><00:38:54.389><c> watch</c><00:38:54.590><c> o</c><00:38:54.809><c> Lord</c><00:38:54.949><c> before</c><00:38:55.289><c> my</c><00:38:55.530><c> mouth</c><00:38:55.750><c> keep</c><00:38:55.969><c> the</c><00:38:56.170><c> door</c><00:38:56.309><c> of</c>

00:38:56.530 --> 00:38:57.329
my<00:38:56.750><c> lips</c><00:38:56.949><c> and</c><00:38:57.110><c> in</c>

00:38:57.329 --> 00:39:00.329
Proverbs<00:38:57.610><c> 21,</c><00:38:58.670><c> whoso</c><00:38:58.889><c> keepeth</c><00:38:59.289><c> his</c><00:38:59.550><c> mouth</c><00:38:59.769><c> and</c><00:38:59.949><c> his</c><00:39:00.150><c> tongue</c>

00:39:00.329 --> 00:39:04.030
keepeth<00:39:00.730><c> his</c><00:39:00.969><c> soul</c><00:39:01.190><c> from</c><00:39:01.489><c> troubles,</c><00:39:03.010><c> right?</c>

00:39:04.710 --> 00:39:08.630
How<00:39:05.190><c> often</c><00:39:05.670><c> I</c><00:39:06.409><c> don't</c><00:39:06.630><c> think</c><00:39:06.730><c> there</c><00:39:06.909><c> would</c><00:39:07.090><c> be</c><00:39:07.349><c> any</c><00:39:07.570><c> one</c><00:39:07.710><c> of</c><00:39:07.909><c> us</c>

00:39:08.630 --> 00:39:12.449
that<00:39:09.550><c> has</c><00:39:09.889><c> ever</c><00:39:10.329><c> said</c><00:39:10.730><c> or</c><00:39:11.170><c> ever</c><00:39:11.489><c> not</c><00:39:11.849><c> said</c><00:39:12.090><c> something</c>

00:39:12.449 --> 00:39:20.909
that<00:39:12.570><c> we</c><00:39:12.809><c> regret.</c><00:39:16.289><c> We</c><00:39:17.070><c> need</c><00:39:17.349><c> to</c><00:39:17.650><c> teach</c><00:39:17.869><c> ourselves</c><00:39:18.670><c> to</c><00:39:19.550><c> keep</c><00:39:19.769><c> silent.</c>

00:39:26.010 --> 00:39:31.269
The<00:39:26.429><c> last</c><00:39:27.269><c> pattern</c><00:39:28.449><c> is</c><00:39:29.530><c> that</c><00:39:29.889><c> his</c><00:39:30.090><c> communication</c><00:39:30.710><c> is</c><00:39:31.050><c> solely</c>

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positive<00:39:32.130><c> and</c><00:39:32.769><c> it's</c><00:39:33.050><c> motivational.</c>

00:39:34.530 --> 00:39:37.570
It's<00:39:34.769><c> not</c><00:39:34.949><c> demeaning.</c><00:39:35.730><c> It's</c><00:39:35.889><c> not</c><00:39:36.090><c> tearing</c><00:39:36.409><c> down.</c><00:39:37.130><c> It's</c><00:39:37.349><c> not</c>

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undermining<00:39:38.090><c> the</c><00:39:38.309><c> foundations.</c>

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It's<00:39:39.849><c> always</c><00:39:40.150><c> positive</c><00:39:40.670><c> and</c><00:39:41.050><c> motivational.</c><00:39:43.630><c> Proverbs</c><00:39:43.889><c> chapter</c><00:39:44.329><c> 29</c><00:39:44.809><c> and</c><00:39:45.030><c> verse</c><00:39:45.389><c> 18</c><00:39:46.030><c> says,</c>

00:39:47.170 --> 00:39:51.369
where<00:39:47.210><c> there</c><00:39:47.489><c> is</c><00:39:47.730><c> no</c><00:39:48.030><c> vision,</c><00:39:48.809><c> the</c><00:39:48.989><c> people</c><00:39:49.309><c> perish.</c><00:39:51.030><c> The</c><00:39:51.150><c> word</c>

00:39:51.369 --> 00:39:54.110
vision<00:39:51.710><c> there</c><00:39:52.050><c> in</c><00:39:52.250><c> the</c><00:39:52.389><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:52.750><c> means</c><00:39:53.369><c> to</c><00:39:53.750><c> see</c><00:39:53.889><c> with</c>

00:39:54.110 --> 00:39:57.630
the<00:39:54.329><c> mind.</c><00:39:55.449><c> Where</c><00:39:55.630><c> there</c><00:39:55.909><c> is</c><00:39:56.110><c> no</c><00:39:56.369><c> vision,</c><00:39:56.710><c> where</c><00:39:56.929><c> there</c><00:39:57.210><c> is</c><00:39:57.389><c> no</c>

00:39:57.630 --> 00:40:00.590
mental<00:39:58.030><c> picture,</c><00:39:59.250><c> if</c><00:39:59.409><c> we</c><00:39:59.590><c> do</c><00:39:59.789><c> not</c><00:39:59.949><c> have</c><00:40:00.130><c> a</c><00:40:00.369><c> mental</c>

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picture<00:40:01.230><c> of</c><00:40:01.730><c> what</c><00:40:01.909><c> the</c><00:40:02.130><c> kingdom</c><00:40:02.349><c> will</c><00:40:02.610><c> be</c><00:40:02.789><c> like</c><00:40:03.090><c> and</c><00:40:03.289><c> what</c><00:40:03.530><c> our</c>

00:40:03.789 --> 00:40:06.170
Ecclesia<00:40:04.170><c> needs</c><00:40:04.469><c> to</c><00:40:04.690><c> be</c><00:40:04.889><c> like</c><00:40:05.170><c> so</c><00:40:05.389><c> that</c><00:40:05.610><c> we</c><00:40:05.750><c> make</c><00:40:05.989><c> sure</c>

00:40:06.170 --> 00:40:10.630
everybody<00:40:06.849><c> in</c><00:40:07.050><c> our</c><00:40:07.309><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:07.570><c> gets</c><00:40:07.949><c> there,</c><00:40:08.690><c> if</c><00:40:08.809><c> we</c><00:40:08.929><c> don't</c><00:40:09.130><c> have</c><00:40:09.389><c> that</c><00:40:09.710><c> mental</c><00:40:09.929><c> picture</c><00:40:10.349><c> to</c>

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motivate<00:40:11.050><c> us,</c>

00:40:14.309 --> 00:40:16.409
then<00:40:14.510><c> we</c><00:40:14.710><c> will</c><00:40:14.889><c> cast</c><00:40:15.170><c> off</c><00:40:15.409><c> restraint.</c>

00:40:20.369 --> 00:40:24.969
And<00:40:20.849><c> that's</c><00:40:21.070><c> what</c><00:40:21.210><c> had</c><00:40:21.349><c> happened</c><00:40:21.630><c> to</c><00:40:21.829><c> the</c><00:40:21.949><c> children</c><00:40:22.170><c> of</c><00:40:22.349><c> Israel,</c><00:40:23.170><c> right,</c><00:40:23.269><c> or</c><00:40:23.469><c> the</c><00:40:23.710><c> people</c><00:40:23.909><c> in</c><00:40:24.130><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:26.429 --> 00:40:31.590
They<00:40:26.909><c> didn't</c><00:40:27.090><c> have</c><00:40:27.309><c> the</c><00:40:27.489><c> vision</c><00:40:27.929><c> and</c><00:40:29.650><c> so</c><00:40:29.809><c> they</c><00:40:30.030><c> cast</c><00:40:30.230><c> off</c><00:40:30.489><c> restraint.</c>

00:40:34.710 --> 00:40:40.269
Nehemiah<00:40:35.309><c> gave</c><00:40:35.570><c> the</c><00:40:35.809><c> people</c><00:40:36.010><c> the</c><00:40:36.210><c> ability</c><00:40:36.570><c> to</c><00:40:36.909><c> see</c><00:40:37.130><c> and</c><00:40:37.409><c> to</c><00:40:37.650><c> see</c><00:40:37.869><c> what?</c><00:40:39.969><c> To</c>

00:40:40.269 --> 00:40:42.610
see<00:40:40.469><c> themselves</c><00:40:41.170><c> differently.</c>

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That's<00:40:45.590><c> the</c><00:40:45.769><c> key</c><00:40:46.269><c> to</c><00:40:47.170><c> being</c><00:40:47.389><c> a</c><00:40:47.690><c> motivator</c><00:40:48.110><c> in</c><00:40:48.369><c> the</c><00:40:48.550><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:52.309 --> 00:40:57.510
Sometimes,<00:40:53.010><c> however,</c><00:40:53.630><c> in</c><00:40:53.809><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:54.190><c> life,</c><00:40:55.329><c> our</c><00:40:55.570><c> conversations</c><00:40:56.110><c> are</c><00:40:56.349><c> not</c><00:40:56.570><c> always</c><00:40:57.030><c> going</c><00:40:57.289><c> to</c>

00:40:57.510 --> 00:40:58.030
be<00:40:57.710><c> about</c>

00:40:58.030 --> 00:41:05.289
joyful<00:40:58.469><c> things,</c><00:41:00.469><c> right?</c><00:41:01.150><c> And</c><00:41:01.429><c> here's</c><00:41:02.050><c> the</c><00:41:02.309><c> biggest</c><00:41:02.570><c> challenge</c><00:41:03.349><c> in</c><00:41:04.309><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:04.730><c> life</c>

00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.110
is<00:41:05.909><c> how</c><00:41:06.289><c> do</c><00:41:06.530><c> we</c><00:41:06.750><c> manage</c>

00:41:07.110 --> 00:41:12.849
confrontation<00:41:07.989><c> and</c><00:41:09.409><c> how</c><00:41:11.510><c> do</c><00:41:11.710><c> we</c><00:41:11.829><c> manage</c><00:41:12.230><c> when</c><00:41:12.389><c> we're</c><00:41:12.590><c> dealing</c>

00:41:12.849 --> 00:41:15.090
with<00:41:13.150><c> confrontation,</c><00:41:14.210><c> how</c><00:41:14.309><c> do</c><00:41:14.489><c> we</c><00:41:14.650><c> manage</c><00:41:14.869><c> our</c>

00:41:15.090 --> 00:41:22.289
emotions?<00:41:19.030><c> There's</c><00:41:19.590><c> times</c><00:41:19.949><c> when</c><00:41:20.130><c> we</c><00:41:20.369><c> have</c><00:41:20.610><c> to</c><00:41:20.809><c> deal</c><00:41:20.969><c> with</c><00:41:21.269><c> conflict</c><00:41:21.829><c> and</c>

00:41:22.289 --> 00:41:23.929
we<00:41:22.489><c> need</c><00:41:22.710><c> to</c><00:41:23.010><c> have</c><00:41:23.150><c> a</c><00:41:23.449><c> crucial</c>

00:41:23.929 --> 00:41:26.829
conversation<00:41:24.570><c> with</c><00:41:24.769><c> our</c><00:41:24.989><c> brethren</c><00:41:25.230><c> and</c><00:41:25.449><c> sisters</c><00:41:26.010><c> based</c><00:41:26.590><c> on</c>

00:41:26.829 --> 00:41:29.329
scripture.<00:41:28.090><c> And</c><00:41:28.269><c> in</c><00:41:28.449><c> those</c><00:41:28.690><c> situations,</c>

00:41:29.389 --> 00:41:32.190
we<00:41:29.590><c> often</c><00:41:30.010><c> wrestle</c><00:41:30.349><c> with</c><00:41:30.590><c> our</c><00:41:30.789><c> own</c><00:41:30.949><c> emotions.</c><00:41:31.829><c> Turn,</c><00:41:32.070><c> if</c><00:41:32.070><c> you</c>

00:41:32.190 --> 00:41:35.030
will,<00:41:32.329><c> to</c><00:41:32.449><c> Matthew</c><00:41:32.829><c> chapter</c><00:41:33.329><c> five.</c><00:41:34.369><c> Matthew</c><00:41:34.650><c> chapter</c>

00:41:35.030 --> 00:41:39.030
five<00:41:35.510><c> gives</c><00:41:35.789><c> us</c><00:41:36.050><c> some</c><00:41:36.269><c> very</c><00:41:36.750><c> explicit</c><00:41:37.429><c> instructions</c><00:41:38.250><c> as</c><00:41:38.869><c> to</c>

00:41:39.030 --> 00:41:42.329
how<00:41:39.269><c> we</c><00:41:39.610><c> should</c><00:41:39.809><c> conduct</c><00:41:40.289><c> ourselves</c><00:41:40.869><c> relative</c><00:41:41.469><c> to</c><00:41:41.809><c> the</c>

00:41:42.329 --> 00:41:46.130
emotion<00:41:42.989><c> of</c><00:41:43.369><c> anger</c><00:41:43.929><c> in</c><00:41:44.429><c> dealing</c><00:41:44.670><c> with</c><00:41:44.889><c> our</c><00:41:45.110><c> brethren</c><00:41:45.349><c> and</c><00:41:45.630><c> sisters</c><00:41:45.909><c> in</c>

00:41:46.130 --> 00:41:50.389
the<00:41:46.309><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:41:47.909><c> It</c><00:41:48.090><c> says</c><00:41:48.510><c> in</c><00:41:49.530><c> Matthew</c><00:41:50.010><c> five</c>

00:41:50.389 --> 00:41:54.610
verse<00:41:50.670><c> 22,</c><00:41:51.309><c> but</c><00:41:51.329><c> I</c><00:41:51.610><c> say</c><00:41:51.789><c> unto</c><00:41:52.030><c> you</c><00:41:52.829><c> that</c><00:41:53.110><c> whosoever</c><00:41:53.829><c> is</c><00:41:54.230><c> angry</c>

00:41:54.610 --> 00:41:56.929
with<00:41:54.949><c> his</c><00:41:55.269><c> brother,</c><00:41:56.010><c> now</c><00:41:56.230><c> the</c><00:41:56.389><c> King</c><00:41:56.610><c> James</c>

00:41:56.929 --> 00:42:01.050
version<00:41:57.250><c> says</c><00:41:57.590><c> without</c><00:41:57.929><c> a</c><00:41:58.210><c> cause.</c><00:41:58.829><c> If</c><00:41:58.949><c> you</c><00:41:59.030><c> look</c><00:41:59.170><c> at</c><00:41:59.329><c> the</c><00:41:59.489><c> RV</c><00:41:59.769><c> version,</c><00:42:00.409><c> without</c><00:42:00.789><c> a</c>

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cause<00:42:01.269><c> isn't</c><00:42:01.530><c> even</c><00:42:01.829><c> there.</c>

00:42:02.929 --> 00:42:06.150
But<00:42:03.070><c> I</c><00:42:03.369><c> say</c><00:42:03.530><c> unto</c><00:42:03.769><c> you</c><00:42:03.969><c> that</c><00:42:04.190><c> whosoever</c><00:42:04.730><c> is</c><00:42:05.170><c> angry</c><00:42:05.570><c> with</c><00:42:05.869><c> his</c>

00:42:06.150 --> 00:42:08.590
brother<00:42:06.690><c> shall</c><00:42:07.090><c> be</c><00:42:07.309><c> in</c><00:42:07.489><c> danger</c><00:42:07.869><c> of</c><00:42:08.150><c> the</c><00:42:08.329><c> judgment.</c>

00:42:08.710 --> 00:42:11.949
So<00:42:08.989><c> anger</c><00:42:09.289><c> towards</c><00:42:09.630><c> our</c><00:42:09.889><c> brother</c><00:42:10.010><c> is</c><00:42:10.210><c> a</c><00:42:10.329><c> serious</c><00:42:10.550><c> matter,</c><00:42:11.010><c> isn't</c><00:42:11.090><c> it?</c>

00:42:12.349 --> 00:42:14.510
It's<00:42:12.530><c> not</c><00:42:12.750><c> something</c><00:42:13.010><c> to</c><00:42:13.190><c> be</c><00:42:13.369><c> taken</c><00:42:13.570><c> lightly.</c>

00:42:14.590 --> 00:42:19.090
And<00:42:14.909><c> so</c><00:42:15.090><c> he</c><00:42:15.309><c> says</c><00:42:15.510><c> in</c><00:42:15.690><c> verse</c><00:42:15.929><c> 23</c><00:42:16.429><c> there,</c><00:42:16.849><c> if</c><00:42:16.989><c> you're</c><00:42:17.329><c> angry</c><00:42:17.630><c> with</c><00:42:17.849><c> your</c><00:42:18.050><c> brother</c><00:42:18.230><c> about</c><00:42:18.489><c> whatever</c><00:42:18.809><c> the</c>

00:42:19.090 --> 00:42:19.809
situation<00:42:19.550><c> may</c>

00:42:19.809 --> 00:42:23.789
be,<00:42:20.329><c> if</c><00:42:20.929><c> you</c><00:42:21.190><c> bring</c><00:42:21.409><c> your</c><00:42:21.630><c> gift</c><00:42:21.769><c> to</c><00:42:21.989><c> the</c><00:42:22.190><c> altar</c><00:42:22.570><c> and</c><00:42:23.250><c> there</c><00:42:23.570><c> you</c>

00:42:23.789 --> 00:42:25.230
remember<00:42:24.389><c> that</c><00:42:24.590><c> your</c><00:42:24.769><c> brother</c><00:42:24.969><c> hath</c>

00:42:25.230 --> 00:42:27.829
fought<00:42:25.429><c> against</c><00:42:25.849><c> thee,</c><00:42:26.269><c> you're</c><00:42:26.449><c> to</c><00:42:26.710><c> leave</c><00:42:27.010><c> your</c><00:42:27.289><c> gift</c><00:42:27.469><c> before</c>

00:42:27.829 --> 00:42:29.730
the<00:42:28.070><c> altar,</c><00:42:28.650><c> you're</c><00:42:28.829><c> to</c><00:42:28.909><c> go</c><00:42:29.190><c> your</c><00:42:29.449><c> way,</c>

00:42:29.789 --> 00:42:32.730
first<00:42:30.110><c> be</c><00:42:30.469><c> reconciled</c><00:42:31.030><c> to</c><00:42:31.210><c> your</c><00:42:31.429><c> brother,</c><00:42:31.949><c> and</c><00:42:32.250><c> then</c><00:42:32.489><c> come</c>

00:42:32.730 --> 00:42:34.210
and<00:42:32.929><c> offer</c><00:42:33.070><c> your</c><00:42:33.309><c> gift.</c>

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Brother<00:42:37.630><c> and</c><00:42:37.869><c> sisters,</c><00:42:38.210><c> how</c><00:42:38.530><c> can</c><00:42:38.750><c> we</c><00:42:38.949><c> approach</c><00:42:39.369><c> that</c><00:42:39.630><c> memorial</c><00:42:40.130><c> table</c>

00:42:40.610 --> 00:42:43.610
if<00:42:41.070><c> we've</c><00:42:41.389><c> got</c><00:42:41.590><c> this</c><00:42:41.949><c> raging</c><00:42:42.389><c> anger</c><00:42:42.789><c> towards</c><00:42:43.170><c> a</c><00:42:43.369><c> brother</c><00:42:43.550><c> or</c>

00:42:43.610 --> 00:42:45.050
sister<00:42:43.949><c> in</c><00:42:44.090><c> our</c><00:42:44.289><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:42:52.610 --> 00:42:54.550
We<00:42:53.329><c> can't.</c>

00:42:56.349 --> 00:42:59.070
And<00:42:56.429><c> Matthew</c><00:42:56.789><c> chapter</c><00:42:57.190><c> five</c><00:42:57.670><c> says</c><00:42:58.150><c> that</c><00:42:58.389><c> we</c><00:42:58.469><c> need</c><00:42:58.710><c> to</c><00:42:58.909><c> have</c>

00:42:59.070 --> 00:43:00.530
the<00:42:59.389><c> spiritual</c><00:42:59.869><c> courage</c>

00:43:00.530 --> 00:43:06.849
to<00:43:01.369><c> go</c><00:43:01.809><c> and</c><00:43:02.190><c> deal</c><00:43:02.389><c> with</c><00:43:02.610><c> that</c><00:43:02.889><c> brother</c><00:43:03.190><c> or</c><00:43:03.449><c> that</c><00:43:03.809><c> sister</c><00:43:04.610><c> and</c><00:43:05.710><c> reconcile</c>

00:43:08.030 --> 00:43:11.510
before<00:43:08.750><c> we</c><00:43:09.469><c> make</c><00:43:09.650><c> our</c><00:43:09.949><c> offering</c><00:43:10.150><c> before</c><00:43:10.469><c> the</c><00:43:10.650><c> altar.</c>

00:43:16.389 --> 00:43:18.619
So<00:43:16.929><c> how</c><00:43:17.070><c> does</c><00:43:17.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:17.670><c> do</c><00:43:17.849><c> it?</c>

00:43:20.030 --> 00:43:24.110
Let's<00:43:20.170><c> go</c><00:43:20.309><c> to</c><00:43:20.429><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:20.849><c> chapter</c><00:43:21.150><c> five.</c><00:43:22.369><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:22.670><c> chapter</c><00:43:23.010><c> five,</c><00:43:24.010><c> a</c>

00:43:24.110 --> 00:43:26.150
problem<00:43:24.489><c> arises</c><00:43:25.030><c> amongst</c><00:43:25.449><c> the</c><00:43:25.670><c> people,</c>

00:43:26.429 --> 00:43:29.789
verse<00:43:26.710><c> one,</c><00:43:27.469><c> and</c><00:43:27.590><c> there</c><00:43:27.750><c> was</c><00:43:27.949><c> a</c><00:43:28.130><c> great</c><00:43:28.449><c> cry</c><00:43:28.909><c> of</c><00:43:29.150><c> the</c><00:43:29.349><c> people</c>

00:43:29.789 --> 00:43:32.389
and<00:43:30.369><c> their</c><00:43:30.650><c> wives</c><00:43:31.010><c> against</c><00:43:31.409><c> their</c><00:43:31.730><c> brother</c><00:43:32.010><c> and</c><00:43:32.190><c> the</c>

00:43:32.389 --> 00:43:35.730
Jews.<00:43:33.630><c> So</c><00:43:33.869><c> there</c><00:43:34.010><c> was</c><00:43:34.150><c> this</c><00:43:34.409><c> great</c><00:43:34.630><c> problem,</c><00:43:35.190><c> there</c><00:43:35.309><c> was</c><00:43:35.469><c> this</c>

00:43:35.730 --> 00:43:37.900
cry<00:43:35.989><c> of</c><00:43:36.190><c> the</c><00:43:36.369><c> people,</c><00:43:36.730><c> you</c><00:43:36.829><c> know</c><00:43:37.030><c> it</c><00:43:37.130><c> was</c>

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:41.260
it<00:43:38.420><c> was</c><00:43:38.579><c> like</c><00:43:38.900><c> they</c><00:43:39.039><c> were</c><00:43:39.300><c> back</c><00:43:39.519><c> in</c><00:43:39.659><c> Egypt,</c><00:43:40.079><c> right,</c><00:43:41.000><c> and</c><00:43:41.159><c> the</c>

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:43.480
children<00:43:41.539><c> of</c><00:43:41.760><c> Israel</c><00:43:42.159><c> were</c><00:43:42.599><c> crying</c><00:43:42.980><c> unto</c><00:43:43.219><c> their</c>

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:48.159
God<00:43:43.639><c> in</c><00:43:43.880><c> Egypt,</c><00:43:44.139><c> except</c><00:43:44.500><c> this</c><00:43:44.820><c> time</c><00:43:45.139><c> it</c><00:43:45.500><c> wasn't</c><00:43:45.840><c> the</c><00:43:46.199><c> Egyptians</c><00:43:46.599><c> that</c><00:43:46.820><c> were</c><00:43:47.139><c> persecuting</c><00:43:47.639><c> them,</c><00:43:48.039><c> it</c>

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was<00:43:48.340><c> their</c>

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:57.820
own<00:43:48.940><c> brethren.</c><00:43:52.440><c> And</c><00:43:52.760><c> what</c><00:43:52.940><c> were</c><00:43:53.079><c> they</c><00:43:53.300><c> doing?</c><00:43:53.940><c> Their</c><00:43:54.199><c> sons</c><00:43:54.480><c> and</c><00:43:54.679><c> their</c><00:43:54.920><c> daughters</c><00:43:55.260><c> were</c><00:43:55.539><c> being</c><00:43:55.880><c> bereft</c><00:43:56.380><c> of</c><00:43:56.659><c> food</c>

00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:02.340
because<00:43:59.539><c> there</c><00:43:59.739><c> was</c><00:44:00.019><c> a</c><00:44:00.199><c> dearth</c><00:44:00.519><c> in</c><00:44:00.619><c> the</c><00:44:00.840><c> land</c><00:44:01.179><c> and</c><00:44:01.900><c> they</c><00:44:02.059><c> had</c>

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:04.039
mortgaged<00:44:02.800><c> their</c><00:44:03.079><c> lands,</c><00:44:03.599><c> their</c><00:44:03.639><c> houses,</c>

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:07.239
their<00:44:04.320><c> vineyards</c><00:44:04.880><c> to</c><00:44:05.079><c> buy</c><00:44:05.380><c> food.</c><00:44:05.980><c> They</c><00:44:06.239><c> borrowed</c><00:44:06.579><c> money</c><00:44:06.960><c> to</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.480
pay<00:44:07.420><c> the</c><00:44:07.659><c> king's</c><00:44:08.079><c> tribute</c><00:44:08.380><c> against</c><00:44:08.780><c> their</c><00:44:09.079><c> lands</c>

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:14.760
and<00:44:09.980><c> when</c><00:44:10.119><c> they</c><00:44:10.340><c> couldn't</c><00:44:10.619><c> make</c><00:44:10.840><c> those</c><00:44:11.179><c> payments,</c><00:44:11.780><c> their</c><00:44:11.920><c> brethren</c><00:44:12.400><c> were</c><00:44:13.099><c> taking</c><00:44:13.440><c> their</c><00:44:13.800><c> sons</c><00:44:14.079><c> and</c><00:44:14.380><c> daughters</c>

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:18.940
into<00:44:15.099><c> bondage</c><00:44:15.619><c> as</c><00:44:15.860><c> servants.</c><00:44:17.579><c> And</c><00:44:17.760><c> when</c><00:44:17.960><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:18.480><c> was</c><00:44:18.699><c> made</c>

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:22.280
aware<00:44:19.260><c> that</c><00:44:19.400><c> this</c><00:44:19.619><c> was</c><00:44:19.860><c> happening,</c><00:44:20.260><c> he</c><00:44:20.460><c> was</c><00:44:20.980><c> angry.</c>

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:30.739
It<00:44:26.340><c> says</c><00:44:26.619><c> in</c><00:44:26.800><c> verse</c><00:44:27.000><c> six,</c><00:44:27.380><c> and</c><00:44:27.559><c> I</c><00:44:27.860><c> was</c><00:44:28.179><c> very</c><00:44:28.780><c> angry</c><00:44:29.239><c> when</c><00:44:29.440><c> I</c><00:44:29.679><c> heard</c><00:44:29.900><c> their</c><00:44:30.280><c> cry</c>

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:32.699
and<00:44:31.559><c> these</c><00:44:31.900><c> words.</c>

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:37.940
The<00:44:34.280><c> word</c><00:44:34.619><c> anger</c><00:44:35.059><c> there</c><00:44:35.380><c> means</c><00:44:35.760><c> in</c><00:44:35.880><c> the</c><00:44:36.019><c> Hebrew,</c><00:44:36.360><c> I</c><00:44:36.480><c> was</c><00:44:36.800><c> angering,</c><00:44:37.360><c> it</c><00:44:37.360><c> means</c><00:44:37.579><c> to</c>

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:39.380
blow<00:44:38.199><c> or</c><00:44:38.480><c> to</c><00:44:38.760><c> grow</c><00:44:38.980><c> warm,</c>

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:42.619
and<00:44:39.760><c> you</c><00:44:39.860><c> could</c><00:44:40.039><c> just</c><00:44:40.239><c> see</c><00:44:40.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:41.059><c> with</c><00:44:41.260><c> the</c><00:44:41.519><c> veins</c><00:44:41.739><c> popping</c><00:44:42.199><c> out</c><00:44:42.480><c> in</c>

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:43.239
his<00:44:42.820><c> neck</c><00:44:42.960><c> going,</c>

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:46.079
well<00:44:43.639><c> I</c><00:44:43.780><c> can't</c><00:44:44.139><c> believe</c><00:44:44.619><c> what</c><00:44:44.780><c> my</c><00:44:45.159><c> brethren</c><00:44:45.420><c> are</c><00:44:45.699><c> doing</c><00:44:45.900><c> to</c>

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:47.280
each<00:44:46.340><c> other.</c>

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:52.980
But<00:44:51.539><c> how</c><00:44:51.719><c> does</c><00:44:51.820><c> he</c><00:44:51.960><c> handle</c><00:44:52.219><c> it?</c>

00:44:56.539 --> 00:45:04.840
Verse<00:44:57.440><c> seven,</c><00:44:59.719><c> first</c><00:45:00.159><c> I</c><00:45:00.480><c> consulted</c><00:45:01.019><c> with</c><00:45:01.440><c> myself</c><00:45:02.320><c> and</c><00:45:04.199><c> then</c><00:45:04.480><c> I</c>

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:06.539
rebuked<00:45:05.179><c> the</c><00:45:05.380><c> nobles.</c>

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:15.659
The<00:45:10.019><c> Neb</c><00:45:10.440><c> says</c><00:45:10.780><c> I</c><00:45:11.159><c> mastered</c><00:45:11.699><c> my</c><00:45:12.159><c> feelings</c><00:45:12.760><c> and</c><00:45:14.420><c> then</c><00:45:14.639><c> I</c><00:45:14.980><c> reasoned</c><00:45:15.460><c> with</c>

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.940
the<00:45:15.920><c> elders.</c>

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:24.199
He<00:45:19.420><c> was</c><00:45:20.000><c> exercising</c><00:45:20.599><c> his</c><00:45:20.920><c> freedom</c><00:45:21.199><c> to</c><00:45:21.500><c> choose.</c><00:45:22.760><c> Let</c><00:45:23.400><c> me</c><00:45:23.619><c> explain</c><00:45:24.019><c> what</c>

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:25.679
I<00:45:24.360><c> mean</c><00:45:24.480><c> by</c><00:45:24.739><c> that.</c>

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:31.860
When<00:45:26.719><c> there</c><00:45:27.059><c> is</c><00:45:28.559><c> something</c><00:45:29.360><c> that</c><00:45:29.780><c> makes</c><00:45:30.000><c> us</c><00:45:30.340><c> angry,</c><00:45:30.960><c> we'll</c><00:45:31.420><c> call</c><00:45:31.539><c> it</c>

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:34.280
in<00:45:31.940><c> this</c><00:45:32.199><c> example,</c><00:45:32.659><c> we</c><00:45:32.760><c> call</c><00:45:32.960><c> it</c><00:45:33.159><c> a</c><00:45:33.340><c> stimulus.</c>

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:39.599
Whatever<00:45:34.820><c> the</c><00:45:35.199><c> stimulus</c><00:45:35.519><c> is,</c><00:45:36.539><c> we</c><00:45:37.460><c> have</c><00:45:37.679><c> a</c><00:45:37.900><c> choice.</c><00:45:38.860><c> When</c><00:45:39.340><c> I'm</c>

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:42.340
cutting<00:45:39.800><c> my</c><00:45:40.159><c> lawn,</c><00:45:40.920><c> I</c><00:45:41.000><c> have</c><00:45:41.139><c> a</c><00:45:41.199><c> very</c><00:45:41.539><c> old</c><00:45:41.820><c> lawnmower</c>

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:47.260
and<00:45:42.739><c> it</c><00:45:42.739><c> takes</c><00:45:42.980><c> me</c><00:45:43.179><c> like</c><00:45:43.360><c> 50</c><00:45:43.679><c> times</c><00:45:44.139><c> to</c><00:45:44.400><c> pull</c><00:45:44.599><c> start</c><00:45:44.840><c> this</c><00:45:45.119><c> lawnmower.</c><00:45:46.480><c> Sometimes</c><00:45:46.960><c> we</c>

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:48.239
get<00:45:47.460><c> so</c><00:45:47.760><c> frustrated</c>

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:51.219
with<00:45:48.480><c> our</c><00:45:48.739><c> lawnmower,</c><00:45:49.280><c> sometimes</c><00:45:49.639><c> we</c><00:45:49.860><c> just</c><00:45:50.079><c> give</c><00:45:50.219><c> it</c><00:45:50.400><c> a</c><00:45:50.519><c> boot.</c>

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:54.420
We<00:45:52.820><c> don't</c><00:45:53.039><c> think</c><00:45:53.260><c> about</c><00:45:53.519><c> that</c><00:45:53.820><c> until</c><00:45:54.119><c> our</c>

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:57.920
toe<00:45:54.579><c> starts</c><00:45:54.960><c> to</c><00:45:55.099><c> hurt</c><00:45:55.199><c> afterwards.</c><00:45:56.599><c> And</c><00:45:56.880><c> that's</c><00:45:57.079><c> what</c><00:45:57.239><c> happens</c><00:45:57.639><c> when</c>

00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:00.019
we<00:45:58.559><c> react</c><00:45:58.940><c> to</c><00:45:59.179><c> the</c><00:45:59.420><c> stimulus</c>

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:05.380
with<00:46:00.820><c> an</c><00:46:01.059><c> immediate</c><00:46:01.420><c> response.</c><00:46:03.800><c> We</c><00:46:04.280><c> don't</c><00:46:04.599><c> think</c><00:46:04.940><c> about</c><00:46:05.179><c> how</c>

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.219
we're<00:46:05.559><c> going</c><00:46:05.699><c> to</c><00:46:05.860><c> respond,</c>

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:09.840
we<00:46:06.420><c> do</c><00:46:06.579><c> it</c><00:46:06.739><c> out</c><00:46:06.840><c> of</c><00:46:06.940><c> emotion</c><00:46:07.300><c> and</c><00:46:07.500><c> we</c><00:46:07.679><c> kick</c><00:46:07.840><c> that</c><00:46:08.139><c> lawnmower</c><00:46:09.119><c> and</c><00:46:09.539><c> then</c><00:46:09.719><c> we</c>

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:11.559
pay<00:46:10.039><c> for</c><00:46:10.239><c> it</c><00:46:10.480><c> afterwards.</c>

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:17.800
Because<00:46:13.659><c> we've</c><00:46:14.579><c> just</c><00:46:14.960><c> reacted</c><00:46:15.440><c> to</c><00:46:15.719><c> the</c><00:46:15.920><c> stimulus</c><00:46:16.380><c> without</c><00:46:16.900><c> pausing</c><00:46:17.500><c> in</c>

00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:19.400
the<00:46:17.900><c> middle</c><00:46:18.260><c> to</c><00:46:18.800><c> think</c><00:46:19.099><c> about</c>

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:27.500
how<00:46:19.679><c> we're</c><00:46:19.980><c> responding.</c><00:46:25.860><c> What</c><00:46:25.900><c> does</c><00:46:26.119><c> Nehemiah</c><00:46:26.539><c> do?</c>

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:36.519
He<00:46:30.719><c> pauses</c><00:46:31.440><c> between</c><00:46:32.739><c> the</c><00:46:33.039><c> stimulus</c><00:46:33.500><c> and</c><00:46:34.619><c> the</c><00:46:34.960><c> response</c><00:46:35.500><c> and</c>

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:39.539
he<00:46:36.920><c> exercises</c><00:46:37.480><c> his</c><00:46:37.900><c> freedom</c><00:46:38.179><c> to</c><00:46:38.519><c> choose.</c>

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:44.340
You<00:46:41.159><c> know,</c><00:46:41.679><c> when</c><00:46:41.860><c> we</c><00:46:42.199><c> experience</c><00:46:42.800><c> a</c><00:46:43.119><c> stimulus</c><00:46:43.519><c> that</c><00:46:43.820><c> makes</c><00:46:44.019><c> us</c>

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:51.639
angry,<00:46:46.400><c> we</c><00:46:46.820><c> do</c><00:46:47.480><c> have</c><00:46:49.139><c> the</c><00:46:49.340><c> freedom</c><00:46:49.539><c> to</c><00:46:49.800><c> choose</c><00:46:50.059><c> how</c><00:46:50.320><c> we</c><00:46:50.519><c> react.</c>

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:56.280
But<00:46:53.579><c> when</c><00:46:53.760><c> we're</c><00:46:54.000><c> caught</c><00:46:54.260><c> up</c><00:46:54.460><c> in</c><00:46:54.579><c> the</c><00:46:54.760><c> emotion</c><00:46:55.139><c> of</c><00:46:55.380><c> the</c><00:46:55.539><c> moment,</c><00:46:56.059><c> it's</c>

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:58.199
pretty<00:46:56.619><c> hard</c><00:46:56.960><c> to</c><00:46:57.239><c> make</c><00:46:57.400><c> that</c><00:46:57.719><c> choice</c>

00:46:58.199 --> 00:47:01.579
or<00:46:58.599><c> make</c><00:46:58.800><c> the</c><00:46:58.940><c> right</c><00:46:59.159><c> choice.</c><00:46:59.960><c> We</c><00:47:00.139><c> can</c><00:47:00.280><c> make</c><00:47:00.440><c> a</c><00:47:00.639><c> choice,</c><00:47:01.320><c> but</c>

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:03.780
quite<00:47:01.800><c> often</c><00:47:02.059><c> it's</c><00:47:02.239><c> not</c><00:47:02.420><c> the</c><00:47:02.599><c> right</c><00:47:02.820><c> one.</c>

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:08.559
And<00:47:04.280><c> so</c><00:47:04.420><c> when</c><00:47:04.659><c> we</c><00:47:05.099><c> are</c><00:47:05.440><c> angered,</c><00:47:06.079><c> when</c><00:47:06.360><c> we</c><00:47:06.739><c> experience</c><00:47:07.440><c> those</c>

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.639
negative<00:47:09.260><c> emotions,</c><00:47:10.460><c> we</c><00:47:10.619><c> need</c><00:47:10.900><c> to</c><00:47:11.179><c> make</c><00:47:11.400><c> sure,</c>

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:15.019
we<00:47:11.760><c> need</c><00:47:11.980><c> to</c><00:47:12.280><c> train</c><00:47:12.519><c> ourselves</c><00:47:13.099><c> because</c><00:47:13.500><c> we're</c><00:47:13.659><c> not</c><00:47:13.960><c> necessarily,</c><00:47:14.679><c> we</c><00:47:14.820><c> don't</c>

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:16.199
do<00:47:15.219><c> this</c><00:47:15.539><c> necessarily</c>

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:21.440
naturally.<00:47:17.519><c> We</c><00:47:17.739><c> need</c><00:47:17.940><c> to</c><00:47:18.219><c> train</c><00:47:18.400><c> ourselves</c><00:47:19.039><c> to</c><00:47:19.539><c> insert</c><00:47:20.019><c> a</c><00:47:20.380><c> pause</c><00:47:20.699><c> before</c><00:47:21.139><c> we</c>

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:24.380
respond,<00:47:22.059><c> like</c><00:47:22.400><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:22.920><c> did</c><00:47:23.139><c> in</c><00:47:23.320><c> verse</c><00:47:23.559><c> 7.</c>

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:32.239
And<00:47:28.199><c> during</c><00:47:28.639><c> that</c><00:47:29.039><c> pause</c><00:47:29.420><c> that's</c><00:47:29.800><c> where</c><00:47:30.099><c> we</c><00:47:30.659><c> master</c><00:47:31.239><c> our</c><00:47:31.539><c> emotions</c><00:47:32.019><c> as</c>

00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:32.980
Nehemiah<00:47:32.699><c> did.</c>

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:36.679
Right?<00:47:34.019><c> We</c><00:47:34.179><c> master</c><00:47:34.860><c> our</c><00:47:35.500><c> emotions.</c>

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:48.320
And<00:47:40.400><c> so</c><00:47:40.679><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:47:41.719><c> after</c><00:47:42.019><c> mastering</c><00:47:42.659><c> his</c><00:47:43.039><c> emotions,</c><00:47:44.739><c> exercises</c><00:47:46.000><c> his</c><00:47:46.460><c> freedom</c><00:47:46.800><c> to</c><00:47:47.159><c> choose</c>

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:52.380
and<00:47:49.039><c> he</c><00:47:49.400><c> responds</c><00:47:49.820><c> accordingly</c><00:47:50.519><c> from</c><00:47:51.420><c> a</c><00:47:51.699><c> scriptural</c><00:47:52.119><c> point</c>

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:53.460
of<00:47:52.559><c> view.</c>

00:47:55.360 --> 00:48:00.539
And<00:47:56.320><c> I</c><00:47:56.599><c> think</c><00:47:56.900><c> in</c><00:47:57.179><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:57.699><c> chapter</c><00:47:58.219><c> 5,</c><00:47:59.219><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:59.900><c> gives</c><00:48:00.179><c> us</c>

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:02.099
a<00:48:00.699><c> model</c><00:48:01.039><c> of</c><00:48:01.400><c> behavior</c>

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:13.880
that<00:48:03.579><c> we</c><00:48:03.820><c> should</c><00:48:04.059><c> follow</c><00:48:04.719><c> in</c><00:48:05.780><c> our</c><00:48:06.260><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:07.780><c> environment</c><00:48:08.599><c> when</c><00:48:09.840><c> issues</c><00:48:10.519><c> arise</c><00:48:11.159><c> that</c><00:48:11.739><c> cause</c><00:48:11.960><c> our</c><00:48:12.219><c> emotions</c><00:48:12.639><c> to</c><00:48:12.960><c> rise.</c>

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:18.019
Here's<00:48:14.500><c> the</c><00:48:14.719><c> pattern</c><00:48:15.320><c> that</c><00:48:15.920><c> he</c><00:48:16.139><c> gives</c><00:48:16.440><c> us.</c>

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:23.559
First<00:48:19.039><c> of</c><00:48:19.260><c> all,</c><00:48:19.699><c> in</c><00:48:19.699><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:48:20.260><c> sorry</c><00:48:20.480><c> that's</c><00:48:20.760><c> a</c><00:48:20.900><c> wrong</c><00:48:21.760><c> passage</c><00:48:22.280><c> up</c><00:48:22.519><c> there,</c><00:48:22.699><c> it's</c><00:48:22.840><c> not</c><00:48:22.980><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:23.320><c> 2,</c>

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it's<00:48:23.760><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:24.159><c> 5.</c>

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:29.480
He<00:48:25.340><c> gives</c><00:48:25.519><c> us</c><00:48:25.760><c> five</c><00:48:26.039><c> steps</c><00:48:26.380><c> to</c><00:48:26.679><c> follow</c><00:48:27.239><c> in</c><00:48:28.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:29.079><c> chapter</c>

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:31.699
5.<00:48:30.039><c> The</c><00:48:30.199><c> first</c><00:48:30.460><c> step</c><00:48:30.719><c> is</c><00:48:31.000><c> to</c><00:48:31.260><c> consciously</c>

00:48:31.699 --> 00:48:34.860
acknowledge<00:48:32.260><c> to</c><00:48:32.440><c> yourself</c><00:48:32.840><c> that</c><00:48:33.019><c> you</c><00:48:33.179><c> are</c><00:48:33.380><c> angry.</c><00:48:34.099><c> Right?</c><00:48:34.719><c> We</c>

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:36.480
need<00:48:35.019><c> to</c><00:48:35.300><c> realize</c><00:48:35.739><c> and</c><00:48:35.940><c> we</c><00:48:36.000><c> need</c><00:48:36.199><c> to</c><00:48:36.360><c> tell</c>

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:40.880
ourselves,<00:48:36.960><c> yes</c><00:48:37.139><c> I'm</c><00:48:37.440><c> angry.</c><00:48:38.019><c> And</c><00:48:38.219><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:38.579><c> did</c><00:48:38.780><c> that</c><00:48:39.059><c> and</c><00:48:39.239><c> he</c><00:48:39.420><c> says</c><00:48:39.599><c> there</c><00:48:39.800><c> in</c><00:48:39.940><c> verse</c><00:48:40.119><c> 6,</c><00:48:40.760><c> I</c>

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.840
was<00:48:41.139><c> very</c><00:48:41.539><c> angry</c>

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:45.119
when<00:48:42.019><c> I</c><00:48:42.219><c> heard</c><00:48:42.400><c> their</c><00:48:42.659><c> cry</c><00:48:42.940><c> in</c><00:48:43.099><c> these</c><00:48:43.320><c> words.</c><00:48:43.699><c> Right?</c><00:48:43.900><c> He</c><00:48:44.159><c> acknowledges</c><00:48:44.519><c> himself</c><00:48:44.940><c> to</c>

00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:46.320
that<00:48:45.619><c> he's</c><00:48:46.039><c> angry.</c>

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:50.320
And<00:48:46.800><c> then</c><00:48:47.679><c> he</c><00:48:48.300><c> restrains</c><00:48:48.719><c> his</c><00:48:48.960><c> immediate</c><00:48:49.320><c> response.</c><00:48:50.239><c> Right?</c>

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:52.619
We<00:48:50.500><c> read</c><00:48:50.679><c> that</c><00:48:50.900><c> in</c><00:48:51.039><c> verse</c><00:48:51.219><c> 7,</c><00:48:51.659><c> I</c><00:48:51.659><c> consulted</c><00:48:52.260><c> with</c>

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:56.159
myself.<00:48:53.380><c> Right?</c><00:48:54.380><c> And</c><00:48:54.480><c> we</c><00:48:54.619><c> need</c><00:48:54.800><c> to</c><00:48:55.119><c> train</c><00:48:55.300><c> ourselves</c><00:48:55.780><c> to</c><00:48:56.000><c> do</c>

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:58.940
that<00:48:56.360><c> because</c><00:48:56.639><c> that's</c><00:48:57.460><c> exercising</c><00:48:57.840><c> that</c><00:48:58.340><c> pause</c>

00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:03.360
that<00:48:59.400><c> we</c><00:48:59.639><c> talked</c><00:48:59.820><c> about</c><00:49:00.280><c> between</c><00:49:00.820><c> the</c><00:49:01.079><c> stimulus</c><00:49:01.440><c> and</c><00:49:01.599><c> the</c><00:49:01.840><c> response.</c><00:49:03.099><c> Now</c>

00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:05.199
there's<00:49:04.059><c> a</c><00:49:04.420><c> quote</c><00:49:04.619><c> that</c><00:49:04.780><c> I'm</c><00:49:04.880><c> going</c><00:49:05.019><c> to</c>

00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:09.179
share<00:49:05.320><c> with</c><00:49:05.559><c> you</c><00:49:06.159><c> and</c><00:49:06.719><c> if</c><00:49:06.900><c> we</c><00:49:07.179><c> fail</c><00:49:07.340><c> to</c><00:49:07.559><c> do</c><00:49:07.699><c> this,</c><00:49:08.320><c> if</c><00:49:08.320><c> we</c><00:49:08.960><c> fail</c>

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:11.780
to<00:49:09.519><c> restrain</c><00:49:09.820><c> our</c><00:49:10.059><c> immediate</c><00:49:10.340><c> response</c><00:49:11.059><c> and</c><00:49:11.619><c> we</c>

00:49:11.780 --> 00:49:15.099
just<00:49:12.139><c> react</c><00:49:12.420><c> directly</c><00:49:12.860><c> to</c><00:49:13.059><c> the</c><00:49:13.280><c> stimulus</c><00:49:13.719><c> and</c><00:49:14.519><c> verbally</c><00:49:14.880><c> we</c>

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:17.679
just<00:49:15.320><c> go</c><00:49:15.619><c> all</c><00:49:16.059><c> over</c><00:49:16.500><c> our</c><00:49:16.739><c> brother</c><00:49:16.980><c> or</c><00:49:17.159><c> our</c><00:49:17.360><c> sister,</c>

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whatever<00:49:18.000><c> the</c><00:49:18.219><c> case</c><00:49:18.400><c> may</c><00:49:18.659><c> be,</c><00:49:19.260><c> tell</c><00:49:19.380><c> them</c><00:49:19.539><c> exactly</c><00:49:20.000><c> what</c><00:49:20.239><c> we</c>

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:22.820
think,<00:49:20.739><c> this</c><00:49:20.940><c> is</c><00:49:21.099><c> the</c><00:49:21.280><c> speech</c><00:49:21.480><c> that</c><00:49:21.719><c> we</c><00:49:21.880><c> make.</c>

00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:26.659
When<00:49:24.199><c> we</c><00:49:24.599><c> speak,</c><00:49:24.800><c> and</c><00:49:24.900><c> this</c><00:49:25.039><c> is</c><00:49:25.260><c> a</c><00:49:25.360><c> quote</c><00:49:25.539><c> and</c><00:49:25.679><c> it's</c><00:49:25.920><c> from</c><00:49:26.099><c> anonymous,</c><00:49:26.559><c> I</c>

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:27.699
don't<00:49:26.820><c> know</c><00:49:26.900><c> where</c><00:49:27.059><c> it's</c><00:49:27.320><c> from,</c>

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:33.099
but<00:49:28.099><c> it's</c><00:49:28.320><c> not</c><00:49:28.519><c> mine.</c><00:49:29.860><c> It</c><00:49:30.139><c> says,</c><00:49:31.400><c> speak</c><00:49:31.940><c> when</c><00:49:32.139><c> you</c><00:49:32.340><c> are</c><00:49:32.619><c> angry</c>

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:35.719
and<00:49:34.159><c> you</c><00:49:34.280><c> will</c><00:49:34.480><c> make</c><00:49:34.659><c> the</c><00:49:34.900><c> best</c><00:49:35.219><c> speech</c>

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:38.000
you<00:49:36.280><c> will</c><00:49:36.639><c> ever</c><00:49:36.920><c> regret.</c>

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:44.019
Is<00:49:40.380><c> there</c><00:49:40.579><c> any</c><00:49:40.800><c> one</c><00:49:40.900><c> of</c><00:49:41.059><c> us</c><00:49:41.619><c> that's</c><00:49:42.400><c> never</c><00:49:42.619><c> made</c><00:49:42.840><c> that</c><00:49:43.099><c> speech?</c>

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:48.880
I<00:49:45.480><c> know</c><00:49:45.599><c> I</c><00:49:45.840><c> have.</c><00:49:47.019><c> Just</c><00:49:47.460><c> ask</c><00:49:47.639><c> my</c><00:49:47.860><c> kids.</c>

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Then,<00:49:58.980><c> after</c><00:49:59.460><c> restraining</c><00:49:59.920><c> your</c><00:50:00.159><c> immediate</c><00:50:00.440><c> response,</c><00:50:01.119><c> gathering</c><00:50:01.380><c> your</c><00:50:01.679><c> thoughts,</c>

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getting<00:50:03.820><c> all</c><00:50:04.019><c> the</c><00:50:04.199><c> details,</c><00:50:06.400><c> you</c><00:50:06.480><c> need</c><00:50:06.639><c> to</c><00:50:06.940><c> seek</c><00:50:07.079><c> to</c><00:50:07.420><c> understand</c><00:50:07.880><c> before</c>

00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:10.320
making<00:50:08.699><c> yourself</c><00:50:09.099><c> understood.</c>

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:12.679
In<00:50:10.440><c> verse</c><00:50:10.679><c> 8</c><00:50:10.920><c> of</c><00:50:11.119><c> Nehemiah</c><00:50:11.579><c> chapter</c><00:50:11.940><c> 5,</c>

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and<00:50:14.860><c> I</c><00:50:14.960><c> said</c><00:50:15.139><c> unto</c><00:50:15.360><c> them,</c><00:50:15.880><c> we</c><00:50:16.059><c> after</c><00:50:16.380><c> our</c><00:50:16.599><c> ability</c><00:50:16.960><c> have</c><00:50:17.239><c> redeemed</c><00:50:17.639><c> our</c>

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brethren<00:50:18.099><c> the</c><00:50:18.340><c> Jews</c><00:50:18.559><c> which</c><00:50:18.780><c> were</c><00:50:19.019><c> sold</c>

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unto<00:50:19.400><c> the</c><00:50:19.619><c> heathen,</c><00:50:20.559><c> and</c><00:50:20.780><c> will</c><00:50:21.000><c> ye</c><00:50:21.199><c> even</c><00:50:21.519><c> sell</c><00:50:21.760><c> your</c><00:50:21.980><c> brethren,</c><00:50:22.900><c> or</c><00:50:23.099><c> shall</c>

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:25.460
they<00:50:23.539><c> be</c><00:50:23.800><c> sold</c><00:50:24.019><c> unto</c><00:50:24.300><c> us?</c>

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:29.480
And<00:50:26.480><c> so</c><00:50:26.639><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:50:27.099><c> he</c><00:50:27.239><c> doesn't</c><00:50:27.460><c> go</c><00:50:27.659><c> right</c><00:50:27.900><c> after</c><00:50:28.239><c> them.</c><00:50:29.059><c> Right?</c><00:50:29.380><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:50:29.679><c> go</c><00:50:29.900><c> right</c><00:50:30.159><c> after</c><00:50:30.420><c> them</c><00:50:30.559><c> and</c><00:50:31.460><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:50:32.539><c> these</c><00:50:32.800><c> are</c><00:50:32.940><c> the</c><00:50:33.059><c> things</c><00:50:33.219><c> that</c><00:50:33.420><c> I've</c><00:50:33.739><c> heard,</c><00:50:34.219><c> and</c><00:50:34.380><c> you</c>

00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:36.519
guys<00:50:34.739><c> need</c><00:50:34.940><c> to</c><00:50:35.119><c> fix</c><00:50:35.300><c> this,</c><00:50:35.599><c> and</c><00:50:35.739><c> you're</c><00:50:35.940><c> doing</c><00:50:36.179><c> bad</c>

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:39.699
things.<00:50:37.219><c> Right?</c><00:50:37.400><c> He</c><00:50:37.480><c> doesn't</c><00:50:37.699><c> go</c><00:50:37.900><c> and</c><00:50:38.079><c> say</c><00:50:38.219><c> that.</c><00:50:39.139><c> He</c><00:50:39.440><c> asks</c>

00:50:39.699 --> 00:50:42.960
them<00:50:39.920><c> questions.</c><00:50:41.440><c> Are</c><00:50:41.860><c> these</c><00:50:42.179><c> things</c><00:50:42.539><c> that</c><00:50:42.719><c> I've</c>

00:50:42.960 --> 00:50:48.480
been<00:50:43.139><c> hearing</c><00:50:43.380><c> correct?</c><00:50:45.480><c> This</c><00:50:45.920><c> is</c><00:50:46.260><c> what</c><00:50:46.500><c> I</c><00:50:47.039><c> have</c><00:50:47.219><c> come</c><00:50:47.420><c> to</c><00:50:47.739><c> understand.</c><00:50:48.280><c> Is</c>

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:52.679
that<00:50:48.860><c> correct?</c><00:50:50.880><c> He</c><00:50:51.199><c> presents</c><00:50:51.559><c> it</c><00:50:51.760><c> to</c><00:50:51.940><c> them,</c>

00:50:54.780 --> 00:50:59.760
and<00:50:55.260><c> at</c><00:50:55.440><c> the</c><00:50:55.519><c> end</c><00:50:55.679><c> of</c><00:50:55.780><c> verse</c><00:50:55.960><c> 8,</c><00:50:57.199><c> they</c><00:50:57.500><c> held</c><00:50:57.699><c> their</c><00:50:58.000><c> peace,</c><00:50:59.219><c> and</c>

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he<00:50:59.920><c> gives</c><00:51:00.199><c> them</c><00:51:00.420><c> the</c><00:51:00.579><c> opportunity</c><00:51:01.119><c> to</c><00:51:01.360><c> respond</c>

00:51:02.659 --> 00:51:09.820
but<00:51:03.139><c> they</c><00:51:03.360><c> answered</c><00:51:03.739><c> nothing</c><00:51:04.800><c> because</c><00:51:07.800><c> Nehemiah</c><00:51:08.340><c> was</c><00:51:08.619><c> right.</c>

00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:15.940
And<00:51:13.420><c> then</c><00:51:13.559><c> the</c><00:51:13.699><c> next</c><00:51:14.019><c> step</c><00:51:14.320><c> in</c><00:51:14.480><c> the</c><00:51:14.659><c> process</c><00:51:15.059><c> is</c><00:51:15.300><c> to</c><00:51:15.519><c> analyze</c>

00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:17.599
our<00:51:16.360><c> options,</c><00:51:16.719><c> and</c><00:51:16.860><c> when</c><00:51:17.059><c> we're</c><00:51:17.199><c> in</c><00:51:17.420><c> this</c>

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situation,<00:51:18.119><c> we</c><00:51:18.239><c> really</c><00:51:18.519><c> have</c><00:51:18.719><c> two</c><00:51:18.960><c> options.</c><00:51:19.900><c> Right?</c><00:51:20.400><c> We</c><00:51:20.480><c> can</c>

00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:23.340
either<00:51:21.000><c> overlook</c><00:51:21.380><c> the</c><00:51:21.619><c> matter</c><00:51:21.860><c> or</c><00:51:22.539><c> we</c><00:51:22.619><c> can</c><00:51:22.860><c> lovingly</c>

00:51:23.340 --> 00:51:29.000
confront.<00:51:25.300><c> If</c><00:51:25.480><c> we</c><00:51:25.719><c> choose</c><00:51:25.880><c> to</c><00:51:26.199><c> overlook</c><00:51:26.460><c> the</c><00:51:26.679><c> matter,</c><00:51:26.860><c> and</c><00:51:27.000><c> that's</c><00:51:27.260><c> not</c><00:51:27.699><c> what</c><00:51:27.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:51:28.380><c> chooses</c><00:51:28.659><c> here</c><00:51:28.900><c> in</c>

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:32.460
chapter<00:51:29.519><c> 5,</c><00:51:30.199><c> we</c><00:51:30.420><c> need</c><00:51:30.599><c> to</c><00:51:30.840><c> forgive,</c><00:51:31.420><c> and</c><00:51:31.619><c> when</c><00:51:31.800><c> we</c><00:51:32.059><c> forgive,</c>

00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:34.860
that<00:51:32.739><c> means</c><00:51:33.000><c> we're</c><00:51:33.139><c> not</c><00:51:33.340><c> going</c><00:51:33.480><c> to</c><00:51:33.579><c> bring</c><00:51:33.679><c> it</c><00:51:33.780><c> up</c><00:51:33.920><c> again.</c>

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:40.239
Right?<00:51:36.179><c> We</c><00:51:36.340><c> need</c><00:51:36.539><c> to</c><00:51:36.699><c> truly</c><00:51:36.940><c> forgive.</c><00:51:38.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:51:38.980><c> chooses</c><00:51:39.679><c> to</c>

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lovingly<00:51:40.760><c> confront,</c><00:51:42.280><c> and</c><00:51:42.639><c> so</c><00:51:42.800><c> in</c><00:51:42.960><c> verse</c><00:51:43.159><c> 9,</c><00:51:43.599><c> he</c><00:51:43.679><c> does</c>

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:48.599
that.<00:51:45.039><c> He</c><00:51:45.260><c> says,</c><00:51:45.920><c> look,</c><00:51:46.360><c> brethren,</c><00:51:47.460><c> it's</c><00:51:47.739><c> not</c><00:51:47.920><c> good</c><00:51:48.159><c> that</c><00:51:48.380><c> ye</c>

00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:52.219
do.<00:51:49.900><c> Art</c><00:51:50.099><c> ye</c><00:51:50.280><c> not</c><00:51:50.480><c> to</c><00:51:50.719><c> walk</c><00:51:50.940><c> in</c><00:51:51.079><c> the</c><00:51:51.280><c> fear</c><00:51:51.400><c> of</c><00:51:51.579><c> our</c><00:51:51.760><c> God</c>

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because<00:51:53.000><c> of</c><00:51:53.199><c> the</c><00:51:53.340><c> reproach</c><00:51:53.840><c> of</c><00:51:54.039><c> the</c><00:51:54.219><c> heathen,</c><00:51:54.780><c> our</c><00:51:55.019><c> enemies?</c>

00:51:57.519 --> 00:52:01.260
I<00:51:57.760><c> likewise</c><00:51:58.219><c> and</c><00:51:58.400><c> my</c><00:51:58.619><c> brethren</c><00:51:58.840><c> and</c><00:51:59.059><c> my</c><00:51:59.280><c> servants</c><00:51:59.539><c> might</c><00:51:59.739><c> exact</c><00:52:00.119><c> of</c><00:52:00.260><c> them</c><00:52:00.360><c> money</c><00:52:00.579><c> and</c><00:52:00.860><c> corn.</c><00:52:01.159><c> I</c>

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pray<00:52:01.519><c> you,</c>

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:04.980
let<00:52:02.860><c> us</c><00:52:03.139><c> leave</c><00:52:03.420><c> off</c><00:52:03.679><c> this</c><00:52:03.980><c> usury.</c>

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:09.659
And<00:52:07.280><c> so</c><00:52:07.380><c> he</c><00:52:07.400><c> doesn't</c><00:52:07.719><c> reprimand</c><00:52:08.300><c> them,</c><00:52:08.480><c> he</c><00:52:08.639><c> makes</c><00:52:08.940><c> an</c><00:52:09.219><c> appeal</c>

00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:10.900
to<00:52:10.119><c> them,</c>

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:17.820
and<00:52:12.679><c> he</c><00:52:12.960><c> appeals</c><00:52:13.400><c> to</c><00:52:15.219><c> them</c><00:52:15.340><c> to</c><00:52:16.059><c> stop</c><00:52:16.559><c> their</c><00:52:16.820><c> behavior.</c>

00:52:18.719 --> 00:52:24.440
And<00:52:19.239><c> then</c><00:52:19.420><c> he</c><00:52:19.539><c> says,</c><00:52:20.039><c> brethren,</c><00:52:21.420><c> if</c><00:52:21.659><c> you</c><00:52:21.900><c> agree,</c><00:52:23.480><c> and</c><00:52:23.659><c> if</c><00:52:23.800><c> you're</c><00:52:24.000><c> willing</c><00:52:24.239><c> to</c>

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:26.559
do<00:52:24.619><c> this,</c><00:52:24.900><c> these</c><00:52:25.139><c> are</c><00:52:25.320><c> the</c><00:52:25.519><c> things</c>

00:52:27.059 --> 00:52:30.119
that<00:52:27.579><c> we</c><00:52:27.780><c> must</c><00:52:28.059><c> do</c><00:52:28.260><c> to</c><00:52:28.480><c> take</c><00:52:28.820><c> construction,</c><00:52:29.699><c> constructive</c>

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action.<00:52:31.780><c> Restore</c><00:52:32.300><c> all</c><00:52:32.559><c> the</c><00:52:32.780><c> things</c><00:52:33.039><c> that</c><00:52:33.260><c> you</c><00:52:33.420><c> have</c>

00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:37.460
taken,<00:52:34.619><c> require</c><00:52:34.940><c> nothing</c><00:52:35.440><c> of</c><00:52:35.780><c> your</c><00:52:36.039><c> brethren,</c><00:52:36.840><c> and</c><00:52:37.039><c> take</c><00:52:37.219><c> an</c>

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oath<00:52:37.639><c> to</c><00:52:37.860><c> this</c><00:52:38.179><c> effect.</c>

00:52:51.039 --> 00:52:55.300
What<00:52:51.679><c> an</c><00:52:51.940><c> incredible</c><00:52:52.320><c> example</c><00:52:52.960><c> of</c><00:52:53.980><c> managing</c><00:52:54.360><c> your</c><00:52:54.619><c> emotions</c>

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:57.039
in<00:52:56.039><c> the</c><00:52:56.219><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:52:59.320 --> 00:53:04.400
Sometimes<00:52:59.840><c> the</c><00:53:00.059><c> opposition</c><00:53:00.679><c> comes</c><00:53:02.079><c> from</c><00:53:02.340><c> without.</c><00:53:04.099><c> We</c><00:53:04.239><c> don't</c>

00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:07.719
have<00:53:04.639><c> time</c><00:53:04.840><c> to</c><00:53:05.059><c> deal</c><00:53:05.179><c> with</c><00:53:05.980><c> this</c><00:53:06.260><c> in</c><00:53:06.400><c> any</c><00:53:06.679><c> detail,</c>

00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:13.440
but<00:53:08.219><c> in</c><00:53:08.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:53:09.079><c> chapter</c><00:53:09.420><c> 2,</c><00:53:09.719><c> 4,</c><00:53:10.019><c> and</c><00:53:10.059><c> 6,</c><00:53:12.039><c> we</c><00:53:12.039><c> get</c><00:53:12.300><c> grief</c><00:53:12.860><c> coming</c><00:53:13.199><c> at</c>

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:15.119
the<00:53:13.559><c> children</c><00:53:13.820><c> of</c><00:53:13.980><c> Israel,</c><00:53:14.460><c> ridicule,</c>

00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:19.760
indignation,<00:53:15.920><c> intimidation,</c><00:53:17.559><c> violence,</c><00:53:17.960><c> cunning</c><00:53:18.219><c> craftiness,</c><00:53:19.619><c> and</c><00:53:19.659><c> the</c>

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opportunity<00:53:20.199><c> to</c><00:53:20.440><c> compromise.</c>

00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:27.239
How<00:53:24.139><c> does</c><00:53:24.360><c> Nehemiah</c><00:53:24.719><c> deal</c><00:53:24.940><c> with</c><00:53:25.159><c> that?</c><00:53:25.460><c> Three</c><00:53:25.739><c> things.</c><00:53:27.019><c> First</c>

00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:29.719
of<00:53:27.400><c> all,</c><00:53:27.599><c> he</c><00:53:27.679><c> lets</c><00:53:27.920><c> them</c><00:53:28.199><c> know</c><00:53:28.420><c> where</c><00:53:28.579><c> they</c><00:53:28.880><c> stand.</c>

00:53:30.099 --> 00:53:33.820
We<00:53:30.239><c> have</c><00:53:30.500><c> no</c><00:53:30.739><c> portion,</c><00:53:31.400><c> nor</c><00:53:31.559><c> right,</c><00:53:31.960><c> or</c><00:53:32.099><c> you</c><00:53:32.280><c> have</c><00:53:32.519><c> no</c><00:53:32.800><c> portion,</c><00:53:33.239><c> no</c><00:53:33.400><c> right,</c><00:53:33.719><c> or</c>

00:53:33.820 --> 00:53:34.840
no<00:53:34.019><c> memorial</c><00:53:34.320><c> in</c><00:53:34.539><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:38.079
He<00:53:35.039><c> makes</c><00:53:35.199><c> that</c><00:53:35.519><c> clear</c><00:53:35.699><c> to</c><00:53:35.860><c> those</c><00:53:36.440><c> opposing</c><00:53:37.019><c> from</c><00:53:37.360><c> without.</c>

00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:40.280
You<00:53:38.340><c> know</c><00:53:38.420><c> what?</c><00:53:38.539><c> This</c><00:53:38.699><c> is</c><00:53:38.960><c> none</c><00:53:39.099><c> of</c><00:53:39.219><c> your</c><00:53:39.380><c> business.</c>

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:44.119
Stay<00:53:40.920><c> out.</c><00:53:41.099><c> This</c><00:53:41.260><c> is</c><00:53:41.460><c> between</c><00:53:41.679><c> us</c><00:53:41.900><c> and</c><00:53:42.019><c> God,</c><00:53:42.559><c> and</c><00:53:43.059><c> if</c><00:53:43.159><c> you</c><00:53:43.360><c> choose</c><00:53:43.559><c> to</c><00:53:43.800><c> meddle,</c>

00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:47.179
you'll<00:53:44.559><c> suffer</c><00:53:44.739><c> the</c><00:53:45.019><c> consequences</c><00:53:45.380><c> not</c><00:53:45.639><c> from</c><00:53:45.800><c> me,</c><00:53:46.840><c> but</c><00:53:47.000><c> from</c>

00:53:47.179 --> 00:53:48.820
our<00:53:47.300><c> Heavenly</c><00:53:47.579><c> Father.</c>

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In<00:53:50.659><c> the</c><00:53:50.840><c> face</c><00:53:51.019><c> of</c><00:53:51.300><c> verbal</c><00:53:51.559><c> or</c><00:53:51.800><c> physical</c><00:53:52.280><c> confrontation,</c><00:53:53.880><c> he</c><00:53:54.099><c> is</c><00:53:54.280><c> silent</c><00:53:54.639><c> before</c><00:53:54.940><c> the</c><00:53:55.159><c> opposition.</c><00:53:56.699><c> He</c><00:53:57.219><c> says</c><00:53:57.420><c> a</c><00:53:57.659><c> prayer</c>

00:53:57.820 --> 00:54:06.739
to<00:53:58.019><c> God,</c><00:53:59.460><c> and</c><00:54:00.820><c> the</c><00:54:01.059><c> progress</c><00:54:01.360><c> on</c><00:54:01.559><c> the</c><00:54:01.719><c> wall</c><00:54:01.880><c> continues.</c><00:54:03.619><c> He</c><00:54:03.820><c> doesn't</c><00:54:04.159><c> stop.</c><00:54:06.559><c> In</c>

00:54:06.739 --> 00:54:08.480
the<00:54:06.940><c> case</c><00:54:07.300><c> of</c><00:54:07.679><c> craftiness</c><00:54:08.139><c> or</c>

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compromise,<00:54:09.880><c> he</c><00:54:10.079><c> refuses</c><00:54:10.619><c> to</c><00:54:10.840><c> meet</c><00:54:10.960><c> on</c><00:54:11.099><c> their</c><00:54:11.320><c> terms,</c><00:54:12.860><c> and</c><00:54:13.000><c> again,</c><00:54:13.420><c> he</c>

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prays,<00:54:14.679><c> and</c><00:54:14.860><c> progress</c><00:54:15.139><c> continues.</c>

00:54:20.219 --> 00:54:24.179
What<00:54:20.380><c> an</c><00:54:20.639><c> incredible</c><00:54:21.019><c> example</c><00:54:21.559><c> of</c><00:54:21.800><c> how</c><00:54:21.980><c> to</c><00:54:22.239><c> deal</c><00:54:22.679><c> with</c><00:54:23.059><c> opposition</c><00:54:23.599><c> from</c>

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without,<00:54:25.619><c> as</c><00:54:25.820><c> well</c><00:54:26.039><c> as</c><00:54:26.219><c> opposition</c>

00:54:26.820 --> 00:54:31.679
from<00:54:27.300><c> within.</c><00:54:30.059><c> And</c><00:54:30.219><c> so,</c><00:54:30.579><c> brethren</c><00:54:30.659><c> and</c><00:54:30.900><c> sisters,</c><00:54:31.300><c> hopefully</c>

00:54:31.679 --> 00:54:35.320
we<00:54:31.940><c> see</c><00:54:32.400><c> in</c><00:54:32.679><c> Nehemiah</c><00:54:33.659><c> the</c><00:54:34.320><c> example</c><00:54:34.960><c> of</c>

00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:45.920
spiritual<00:54:36.199><c> leader.</c><00:54:40.059><c> A</c><00:54:40.340><c> strategist,</c><00:54:42.139><c> a</c><00:54:42.320><c> visionary,</c><00:54:43.559><c> a</c><00:54:43.880><c> motivator,</c><00:54:45.260><c> only</c><00:54:45.719><c> a</c>

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:47.400
positive<00:54:46.400><c> communicator,</c>

00:54:47.820 --> 00:54:51.880
able<00:54:48.059><c> to</c><00:54:48.320><c> manage</c><00:54:48.619><c> his</c><00:54:48.880><c> emotions</c><00:54:49.760><c> and</c><00:54:50.639><c> win</c><00:54:50.780><c> over</c><00:54:51.300><c> those</c><00:54:51.639><c> with</c>

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whom<00:54:51.980><c> he</c><00:54:52.099><c> has</c><00:54:52.420><c> the</c><00:54:52.639><c> confrontation,</c>

00:54:54.579 --> 00:55:01.599
and<00:54:54.760><c> able</c><00:54:54.900><c> to</c><00:54:55.159><c> manage</c><00:54:55.420><c> opposition</c><00:54:55.900><c> from</c><00:54:56.199><c> without.</c><00:54:58.199><c> The</c><00:54:58.500><c> question</c><00:54:58.820><c> I</c><00:54:59.099><c> leave</c><00:54:59.280><c> with</c><00:54:59.539><c> you,</c><00:55:00.519><c> brethren</c><00:55:00.699><c> and</c><00:55:00.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:08.840
is<00:55:02.400><c> are</c><00:55:03.519><c> you</c><00:55:04.760><c> the</c><00:55:05.260><c> Nehemiah</c><00:55:05.840><c> in</c><00:55:06.039><c> your</c><00:55:06.280><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:55:07.619><c> Are</c><00:55:07.920><c> you</c><00:55:08.539><c> the</c>

00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:13.920
spiritual<00:55:09.320><c> leader</c><00:55:09.780><c> that</c><00:55:10.800><c> your</c><00:55:11.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:55:12.079><c> needs</c><00:55:12.619><c> you</c><00:55:12.920><c> to</c><00:55:13.119><c> be?</c>