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home.<00:19:31.029><c> So</c><00:19:31.250><c> see</c><00:19:31.369><c> what</c><00:19:31.509><c> you</c><00:19:31.690><c> can</c><00:19:31.890><c> do</c><00:19:32.289><c> to</c><00:19:32.569><c> be</c><00:19:32.809><c> hospitable</c><00:19:33.250><c> and</c><00:19:33.509><c> generous,</c><00:19:34.269><c> and</c>

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got<00:19:44.269><c> no</c><00:19:44.589><c> time,</c><00:19:45.910><c> try</c><00:19:46.210><c> and</c><00:19:46.309><c> just</c><00:19:46.430><c> have</c><00:19:46.569><c> a</c><00:19:46.750><c> simple</c><00:19:47.109><c> meal</c><00:19:47.309><c> and</c><00:19:47.609><c> do</c><00:19:47.950><c> the</c><00:19:48.210><c> readings</c><00:19:48.609><c> together.</c><00:19:49.509><c> That's</c><00:19:49.990><c> a</c><00:19:50.109><c> real</c>

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meal<00:19:51.150><c> to</c><00:19:51.509><c> share,</c><00:19:52.349><c> and</c><00:19:52.750><c> you</c><00:19:52.869><c> can</c><00:19:53.150><c> share</c><00:19:53.430><c> each</c><00:19:53.670><c> other's</c><00:19:54.009><c> insights,</c><00:19:54.589><c> encourage,</c><00:19:55.029><c> you</c><00:19:55.049><c> can</c>

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in<00:19:56.789><c> your</c><00:19:56.970><c> understanding</c><00:19:57.349><c> of</c><00:19:57.529><c> the</c><00:19:57.630><c> word</c><00:19:57.769><c> of</c><00:19:57.990><c> God,</c><00:19:58.589><c> in</c><00:19:58.650><c> your,</c><00:19:59.329><c> you'll</c><00:19:59.750><c> make</c><00:19:59.890><c> a</c>

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to<00:20:05.690><c> get</c><00:20:06.049><c> alongside</c><00:20:06.589><c> people,</c><00:20:07.089><c> to</c><00:20:07.089><c> go</c><00:20:07.230><c> and</c><00:20:07.509><c> visit</c><00:20:07.690><c> them,</c>

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not<00:20:08.509><c> just</c><00:20:08.809><c> to</c><00:20:08.990><c> visit</c><00:20:09.150><c> them</c><00:20:09.349><c> and</c><00:20:09.529><c> gossip</c><00:20:09.849><c> and</c><00:20:10.089><c> chat,</c><00:20:10.349><c> but</c><00:20:10.430><c> to</c><00:20:10.609><c> visit</c><00:20:10.750><c> them</c><00:20:11.210><c> and</c><00:20:11.329><c> say,</c><00:20:12.029><c> shall</c><00:20:12.170><c> we</c>

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together?<00:20:14.829><c> And</c><00:20:14.829><c> mind</c><00:20:15.670><c> you,</c><00:20:15.769><c> there's</c><00:20:15.869><c> an</c><00:20:16.049><c> older</c><00:20:16.549><c> sister</c><00:20:16.890><c> in</c><00:20:17.029><c> our</c><00:20:17.210><c> meeting,</c><00:20:17.569><c> sometimes</c><00:20:17.849><c> we</c>

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go,<00:20:18.289><c> shall</c><00:20:18.430><c> we</c>

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may<00:20:56.170><c> be</c><00:20:56.430><c> glorified.</c><00:20:57.410><c> Maybe</c><00:20:57.650><c> it</c><00:20:57.769><c> is</c><00:20:57.869><c> talking</c>

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wonderful<00:21:19.410><c> capabilities,</c>

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it's<00:21:20.990><c> simply</c><00:21:21.450><c> talking</c><00:21:21.829><c> about</c><00:21:22.210><c> that</c><00:21:23.450><c> humble</c><00:21:23.950><c> and</c><00:21:24.430><c> contrite</c><00:21:25.029><c> and</c><00:21:25.390><c> willing</c><00:21:25.849><c> spirit.</c><00:21:28.089><c> And</c><00:21:28.130><c> I</c>

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motivated<00:21:36.690><c> and</c><00:21:36.890><c> they</c><00:21:36.990><c> don't</c><00:21:37.250><c> let</c><00:21:37.549><c> their</c><00:21:38.029><c> stammer</c><00:21:38.630><c> get</c><00:21:38.869><c> in</c><00:21:39.069><c> the</c>

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I<00:21:43.390><c> know</c><00:21:43.950><c> of</c><00:21:44.430><c> somebody,</c><00:21:45.369><c> some</c><00:21:45.470><c> of</c><00:21:45.670><c> you</c><00:21:45.769><c> may</c><00:21:46.089><c> have,</c><00:21:46.990><c> a</c><00:21:47.109><c> sister</c><00:21:47.309><c> in,</c><00:21:48.329><c> I</c>

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think<00:21:48.630><c> it</c><00:21:48.730><c> was</c><00:21:48.869><c> a</c><00:21:48.950><c> sister</c><00:21:49.150><c> in</c><00:21:49.730><c> Rhode</c>

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Island,<00:21:50.970><c> in</c><00:21:51.329><c> America,</c><00:21:52.589><c> a</c><00:21:52.630><c> sister</c><00:21:52.829><c> dying</c><00:21:53.069><c> grandchild</c><00:21:53.829><c> who</c><00:21:54.410><c> is</c>

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been,<00:21:58.470><c> since</c><00:21:58.750><c> she</c><00:21:58.869><c> was</c><00:21:59.089><c> a</c><00:21:59.410><c> small</c><00:21:59.910><c> girl,</c><00:22:01.210><c> she's</c><00:22:01.490><c> got</c><00:22:01.549><c> some</c><00:22:01.910><c> sort</c>

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control.<00:22:04.250><c> She's</c><00:22:04.450><c> not</c><00:22:04.710><c> fully</c><00:22:04.950><c> developed,</c><00:22:05.390><c> so</c><00:22:05.529><c> she</c><00:22:05.630><c> just</c><00:22:05.950><c> lies</c>

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through<00:22:10.730><c> her</c><00:22:11.250><c> throat</c><00:22:11.609><c> into</c><00:22:12.990><c> her</c><00:22:13.670><c> windpipe</c><00:22:14.289><c> which</c><00:22:14.789><c> is</c><00:22:15.009><c> connected</c><00:22:15.309><c> to</c><00:22:15.529><c> a</c><00:22:15.650><c> computer</c><00:22:16.170><c> and</c><00:22:16.690><c> it</c>

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machine.<00:22:22.309><c> So</c><00:22:22.490><c> when</c><00:22:22.710><c> she</c><00:22:23.069><c> speaks</c>

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wonderfully<00:22:35.569><c> uplifting</c><00:22:36.369><c> experience</c><00:22:37.029><c> because</c><00:22:37.250><c> you</c><00:22:37.369><c> don't</c><00:22:37.569><c> have</c><00:22:37.710><c> any</c><00:22:37.890><c> kind</c><00:22:37.990><c> of</c>

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circumstances<00:22:59.930><c> and</c><00:23:00.289><c> realize</c><00:23:00.650><c> that</c><00:23:00.809><c> they</c>

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things<00:23:06.769><c> of</c><00:23:07.089><c> God</c><00:23:07.390><c> then</c><00:23:08.329><c> they're</c>

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be<00:23:11.130><c> generous</c><00:23:11.829><c> and</c><00:23:12.549><c> gracious</c><00:23:13.089><c> with</c><00:23:13.650><c> the</c>

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God.<00:23:28.069><c> So</c><00:23:28.250><c> it</c><00:23:28.369><c> means</c><00:23:28.470><c> being</c><00:23:28.849><c> faithful</c><00:23:29.269><c> to</c><00:23:29.490><c> the</c><00:23:29.630><c> word</c><00:23:29.809><c> of</c><00:23:29.990><c> God,</c>

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others.<00:23:42.930><c> So</c><00:23:43.049><c> there's</c><00:23:43.170><c> a</c><00:23:43.289><c> kind</c><00:23:43.390><c> of</c><00:23:43.630><c> practical</c><00:23:43.970><c> dimension</c><00:23:44.490><c> that</c>

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characteristics<00:23:47.250><c> you</c><00:23:47.690><c> know</c><00:23:47.890><c> they're</c><00:23:48.109><c> actually</c><00:23:48.589><c> a</c><00:23:49.309><c> pretty</c><00:23:49.549><c> good</c><00:23:49.910><c> summary</c><00:23:50.369><c> of</c>

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seven<00:23:51.450><c> key</c><00:23:51.809><c> things</c>

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that<00:23:52.430><c> we,</c><00:23:53.329><c> that</c><00:23:53.470><c> if</c><00:23:53.630><c> we</c><00:23:53.809><c> could</c><00:23:55.269><c> work</c><00:23:56.269><c> those</c><00:23:56.650><c> through</c><00:23:57.109><c> effectively</c><00:23:57.869><c> then</c><00:24:00.430><c> our</c>

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discipleship<00:24:03.289><c> would</c><00:24:04.130><c> be</c>

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very<00:24:06.049><c> much</c><00:24:06.450><c> more</c><00:24:07.150><c> effective.</c><00:24:12.970><c> Now</c><00:24:13.009><c> the</c><00:24:13.329><c> apostle</c><00:24:13.789><c> goes</c><00:24:14.230><c> on</c><00:24:14.789><c> and</c>

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the<00:24:58.029><c> right</c><00:24:58.029><c> attitude</c><00:24:58.630><c> to</c><00:24:58.849><c> what's</c><00:24:59.049><c> happening</c><00:24:59.329><c> to</c><00:24:59.549><c> us</c><00:25:00.069><c> then</c><00:25:00.970><c> we</c>

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depressed.<00:25:07.769><c> We</c><00:25:07.789><c> can</c><00:25:07.970><c> be</c><00:25:08.369><c> strong</c><00:25:08.750><c> through</c><00:25:08.990><c> it</c><00:25:09.410><c> and</c><00:25:09.710><c> we</c><00:25:09.769><c> can</c><00:25:10.089><c> feel</c><00:25:10.289><c> that</c><00:25:10.450><c> we're</c><00:25:10.609><c> being</c><00:25:10.910><c> developed</c><00:25:11.410><c> and</c>

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man's<00:25:22.869><c> matters.</c><00:25:23.210><c> You're</c><00:25:23.369><c> not</c><00:25:23.369><c> talking</c><00:25:23.670><c> about</c><00:25:24.150><c> that</c><00:25:24.529><c> kind</c><00:25:24.809><c> of</c>

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he<00:25:42.369><c> says,</c><00:25:43.369><c> let</c><00:25:43.549><c> him</c><00:25:43.769><c> glorify</c><00:25:44.410><c> God.</c><00:25:44.630><c> So</c><00:25:44.750><c> if</c><00:25:44.829><c> you're</c><00:25:45.089><c> suffering</c>

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of<00:25:59.490><c> their</c><00:25:59.710><c> lives.</c><00:26:01.650><c> And</c><00:26:01.650><c> they</c><00:26:02.869><c> are</c><00:26:03.130><c> only</c><00:26:03.430><c> able</c><00:26:03.750><c> to</c><00:26:04.109><c> handle</c><00:26:04.490><c> those</c><00:26:05.369><c> difficult</c><00:26:06.029><c> situations</c><00:26:06.829><c> in</c><00:26:07.730><c> hostile</c>

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regimes<00:26:08.970><c> and</c><00:26:09.529><c> oppressive</c><00:26:10.450><c> governments</c><00:26:11.230><c> or</c><00:26:12.490><c> in</c><00:26:12.910><c> countries</c><00:26:13.309><c> where</c><00:26:13.950><c> it's</c><00:26:14.289><c> unacceptable</c><00:26:14.869><c> to</c>

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become<00:26:15.789><c> a</c><00:26:16.170><c> Christian.</c>

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They're<00:26:16.730><c> only</c><00:26:16.890><c> able</c><00:26:17.029><c> to</c><00:26:17.269><c> handle</c><00:26:17.509><c> those</c><00:26:17.789><c> situations</c><00:26:18.529><c> if</c><00:26:19.190><c> they</c>

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are<00:26:19.910><c> empowered</c><00:26:20.430><c> and</c><00:26:20.650><c> strengthened</c><00:26:21.390><c> by</c>

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the<00:26:22.890><c> things</c><00:26:22.890><c> that</c><00:26:23.130><c> come</c><00:26:23.349><c> from</c><00:26:23.549><c> God.</c><00:26:25.309><c> So</c><00:26:25.490><c> he</c><00:26:25.509><c> says</c><00:26:25.690><c> the</c><00:26:25.890><c> trial</c>

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of<00:26:26.309><c> the</c><00:26:26.490><c> righteous</c><00:26:26.970><c> will</c><00:26:27.369><c> lead</c><00:26:27.670><c> to</c><00:26:27.849><c> glory</c>

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but<00:26:29.809><c> of</c><00:26:29.970><c> course</c><00:26:30.190><c> the</c><00:26:30.490><c> ungodly,</c><00:26:32.269><c> their</c><00:26:32.549><c> trials</c><00:26:32.930><c> will</c><00:26:33.269><c> simply</c>

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lead<00:26:34.930><c> to</c><00:26:35.150><c> death.</c><00:26:36.549><c> So</c><00:26:36.549><c> if</c><00:26:36.769><c> it</c><00:26:36.970><c> begins,</c><00:26:37.490><c> he</c>

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says<00:26:37.950><c> the</c><00:26:38.369><c> time</c><00:26:38.609><c> has</c><00:26:38.890><c> come</c><00:26:39.089><c> that</c><00:26:39.329><c> judgment</c><00:26:39.690><c> must</c><00:26:40.009><c> begin</c><00:26:40.349><c> at</c><00:26:40.569><c> the</c><00:26:40.710><c> house</c><00:26:40.990><c> of</c>

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God,<00:26:41.730><c> verse</c><00:26:41.930><c> 17.</c><00:26:42.509><c> I</c><00:26:42.589><c> think</c>

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he's<00:26:43.329><c> thinking</c><00:26:43.609><c> about</c><00:26:44.450><c> the</c><00:26:45.569><c> pressures</c><00:26:46.089><c> now</c><00:26:46.569><c> coming</c><00:26:46.730><c> upon</c><00:26:47.089><c> the</c>

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household<00:26:47.829><c> through</c><00:26:48.910><c> the</c><00:26:50.410><c> increased</c>

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persecution<00:26:51.950><c> of</c><00:26:52.210><c> Christians.</c><00:26:53.109><c> And</c><00:26:53.630><c> in</c><00:26:53.710><c> our</c><00:26:53.869><c> own</c><00:26:54.109><c> generation</c>

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the<00:26:55.490><c> political</c><00:26:56.009><c> situation</c><00:26:56.609><c> may</c><00:26:56.950><c> change</c>

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for<00:26:57.849><c> all</c><00:26:58.130><c> of</c><00:26:58.230><c> us.</c><00:26:59.769><c> Where</c><00:26:59.849><c> being</c><00:27:00.650><c> a</c><00:27:00.930><c> Christian,</c><00:27:01.470><c> upholding</c><00:27:01.970><c> the</c>

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things<00:27:02.309><c> that</c><00:27:02.490><c> we</c><00:27:02.630><c> believe,</c><00:27:03.549><c> brings</c><00:27:03.769><c> us</c><00:27:03.970><c> under</c>

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much<00:27:04.549><c> more</c><00:27:04.910><c> pressure</c><00:27:05.210><c> than</c><00:27:05.329><c> we've</c><00:27:05.609><c> been</c><00:27:05.789><c> used</c><00:27:06.089><c> to.</c><00:27:07.150><c> We</c><00:27:07.349><c> seem</c>

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to<00:27:07.950><c> be</c><00:27:08.230><c> intolerant</c><00:27:09.150><c> because</c><00:27:09.529><c> we're</c><00:27:09.750><c> not</c>

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prepared<00:27:10.329><c> to</c><00:27:10.670><c> compromise</c><00:27:11.349><c> on</c><00:27:12.250><c> many</c><00:27:12.690><c> moral</c><00:27:13.109><c> issues</c><00:27:13.650><c> as</c><00:27:13.950><c> the</c><00:27:14.170><c> church</c><00:27:14.450><c> is</c>

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doing<00:27:14.950><c> and</c><00:27:15.450><c> the</c><00:27:15.630><c> society</c><00:27:16.049><c> around</c>

00:27:16.430 --> 00:27:22.910
us<00:27:16.710><c> does.</c><00:27:18.190><c> Where</c><00:27:18.430><c> we're</c><00:27:18.609><c> not</c><00:27:18.849><c> prepared</c><00:27:19.349><c> to</c><00:27:20.049><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:21.109><c> other</c><00:27:22.049><c> religions</c><00:27:22.589><c> as</c>

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being<00:27:23.109><c> equally</c><00:27:23.650><c> as</c><00:27:23.910><c> valid</c>

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as<00:27:24.809><c> the</c><00:27:25.549><c> way</c><00:27:25.769><c> of</c><00:27:25.970><c> Christ.</c><00:27:26.730><c> So</c><00:27:26.869><c> all</c><00:27:27.029><c> those</c><00:27:27.210><c> things</c><00:27:27.470><c> may</c><00:27:28.130><c> increase</c><00:27:28.990><c> our</c><00:27:29.869><c> isolation</c><00:27:30.490><c> as</c>

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a<00:27:31.410><c> community</c>

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even<00:27:32.670><c> in</c><00:27:32.890><c> our</c><00:27:33.069><c> western</c><00:27:33.470><c> societies.</c><00:27:34.730><c> So</c><00:27:34.910><c> we</c><00:27:35.049><c> need</c><00:27:35.289><c> to</c><00:27:35.470><c> be</c><00:27:35.849><c> strong</c><00:27:36.329><c> while</c>

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we<00:27:36.750><c> have</c><00:27:36.910><c> the</c><00:27:37.049><c> opportunity</c>

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and<00:27:38.470><c> to</c><00:27:38.710><c> develop</c><00:27:39.109><c> our</c><00:27:39.750><c> capability</c><00:27:40.430><c> to</c><00:27:40.849><c> handle</c><00:27:41.529><c> the</c><00:27:42.130><c> things</c>

00:27:42.589 --> 00:27:45.210
which<00:27:43.210><c> may</c><00:27:43.710><c> come</c><00:27:43.970><c> upon</c><00:27:44.250><c> us.</c><00:27:44.789><c> And</c><00:27:44.990><c> that's</c>

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what<00:27:45.589><c> Peter</c><00:27:45.970><c> is</c><00:27:46.210><c> telling</c><00:27:46.450><c> people</c><00:27:46.849><c> here.</c><00:27:48.849><c> We've</c><00:27:48.990><c> noticed</c><00:27:49.589><c> quite</c><00:27:49.930><c> a</c><00:27:50.170><c> few</c><00:27:50.730><c> links</c><00:27:51.250><c> to</c>

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Daniel.<00:27:52.410><c> I</c><00:27:52.410><c> think</c>

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earlier<00:27:52.990><c> on</c><00:27:53.170><c> I</c><00:27:53.269><c> mentioned</c><00:27:53.609><c> in</c><00:27:54.250><c> chapter</c><00:27:54.690><c> 1</c><00:27:54.970><c> the</c><00:27:55.309><c> fiery</c><00:27:55.630><c> trial</c><00:27:56.049><c> as</c><00:27:56.329><c> being</c><00:27:56.549><c> a</c>

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link<00:27:56.890><c> back</c><00:27:57.190><c> to</c><00:27:57.369><c> Daniel.</c><00:27:58.450><c> And</c>

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there's<00:27:59.289><c> quite</c><00:27:59.470><c> a</c><00:27:59.569><c> number</c><00:27:59.769><c> of</c><00:27:59.930><c> links</c><00:28:00.109><c> that</c><00:28:00.309><c> you</c><00:28:00.430><c> might</c><00:28:00.589><c> just</c>

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like<00:28:01.029><c> to</c><00:28:01.230><c> note</c><00:28:01.430><c> and</c><00:28:01.809><c> follow</c><00:28:02.029><c> up.</c><00:28:02.690><c> The</c><00:28:02.890><c> fiery</c>

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trial,<00:28:04.930><c> Shadrach,</c><00:28:05.349><c> Meshach</c><00:28:05.650><c> and</c><00:28:06.089><c> Ednego,</c><00:28:07.150><c> he</c><00:28:07.369><c> talks</c><00:28:07.509><c> about</c>

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our<00:28:08.410><c> faith</c><00:28:08.609><c> being</c><00:28:08.869><c> more</c><00:28:09.230><c> precious</c><00:28:09.549><c> than</c><00:28:09.829><c> gold</c>

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that<00:28:10.630><c> perishes</c><00:28:11.150><c> as</c><00:28:11.369><c> the</c><00:28:11.589><c> contrast</c><00:28:12.029><c> between</c><00:28:12.849><c> the</c><00:28:13.230><c> image</c><00:28:13.509><c> and</c>

00:28:13.750 --> 00:28:19.210
its<00:28:13.950><c> head</c><00:28:14.089><c> of</c><00:28:14.349><c> gold</c><00:28:14.869><c> and</c><00:28:17.849><c> indeed</c><00:28:18.250><c> the</c>

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great<00:28:19.609><c> image</c><00:28:20.009><c> that</c><00:28:20.130><c> was</c><00:28:20.509><c> set</c><00:28:20.809><c> up</c><00:28:21.210><c> and</c><00:28:21.549><c> the</c><00:28:21.710><c> things</c><00:28:21.869><c> of</c><00:28:22.130><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:28:22.730><c> stone</c><00:28:23.150><c> that's</c><00:28:23.390><c> cut</c><00:28:23.589><c> out</c><00:28:23.789><c> of</c><00:28:23.869><c> the</c>

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mountain<00:28:24.230><c> without</c><00:28:24.569><c> hands</c><00:28:24.930><c> that</c><00:28:25.130><c> becomes</c><00:28:25.369><c> the</c><00:28:25.569><c> head</c><00:28:25.650><c> of</c><00:28:25.809><c> the</c>

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corner,<00:28:26.710><c> and</c><00:28:26.849><c> Peter's</c><00:28:27.190><c> been</c><00:28:27.650><c> talked</c><00:28:27.910><c> about</c>

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that<00:28:28.329><c> in</c><00:28:28.470><c> chapter</c><00:28:28.750><c> 2.</c><00:28:29.470><c> And</c><00:28:29.589><c> when</c><00:28:29.690><c> we</c><00:28:29.849><c> come</c><00:28:29.970><c> to</c><00:28:30.109><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.490><c> 5</c><00:28:30.970><c> here</c>

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there's<00:28:31.789><c> going</c><00:28:31.910><c> to</c><00:28:32.049><c> be</c><00:28:32.170><c> the</c><00:28:32.349><c> reference</c><00:28:32.750><c> in</c>

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verse<00:28:33.369><c> 8</c><00:28:33.849><c> to</c><00:28:34.809><c> the</c><00:28:35.130><c> devil</c><00:28:35.410><c> as</c><00:28:35.750><c> a</c><00:28:36.069><c> roaring</c><00:28:36.470><c> lion</c><00:28:36.990><c> walking</c><00:28:37.369><c> about</c>

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seeking<00:28:38.230><c> whom</c><00:28:38.589><c> he</c><00:28:38.809><c> made</c><00:28:39.130><c> devour.</c><00:28:40.450><c> And</c><00:28:40.490><c> we</c>

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remember<00:28:40.990><c> how</c><00:28:41.289><c> Daniel</c><00:28:42.009><c> had</c><00:28:42.630><c> to</c><00:28:42.849><c> cope</c><00:28:43.170><c> with</c><00:28:43.589><c> the</c><00:28:43.849><c> lions</c><00:28:44.289><c> in</c><00:28:44.589><c> the</c>

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lion's<00:28:45.549><c> den.</c><00:28:48.269><c> And</c><00:28:48.529><c> it's</c><00:28:48.869><c> worth</c><00:28:49.130><c> reminding</c>

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ourselves<00:28:50.329><c> that</c><00:28:51.009><c> when</c><00:28:51.490><c> he</c><00:28:51.670><c> was</c><00:28:51.950><c> coping</c><00:28:52.269><c> with</c><00:28:52.490><c> the</c><00:28:52.670><c> lion</c><00:28:52.809><c> in</c><00:28:52.930><c> the</c><00:28:53.069><c> lion's</c><00:28:53.410><c> den</c><00:28:53.509><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:28:53.970><c> the</c><00:28:54.289><c> young</c>

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handsome<00:28:55.470><c> fellow</c><00:28:55.809><c> with</c><00:28:56.089><c> golden</c><00:28:56.450><c> hair</c><00:28:56.789><c> in</c><00:28:56.970><c> the</c><00:28:57.190><c> child's</c><00:28:57.950><c> picture</c><00:28:58.109><c> book.</c>

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He<00:28:59.009><c> was</c><00:28:59.230><c> actually</c><00:28:59.890><c> well</c><00:29:00.109><c> into</c><00:29:00.369><c> his</c>

00:29:03.009 --> 00:29:07.250
15<00:29:03.430><c> plus</c><00:29:04.190><c> when</c><00:29:04.430><c> he</c><00:29:04.529><c> went</c><00:29:04.769><c> into</c><00:29:05.029><c> captivity</c><00:29:05.470><c> in</c><00:29:05.730><c> Babylon.</c><00:29:06.410><c> Seventy</c><00:29:06.910><c> years</c>

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had<00:29:07.589><c> passed</c><00:29:08.349><c> before</c><00:29:09.529><c> the</c><00:29:10.329><c> Persians</c>

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captured<00:29:11.890><c> Babylon</c><00:29:12.509><c> and</c><00:29:13.089><c> Daniel</c><00:29:13.509><c> was</c><00:29:13.789><c> then</c><00:29:14.190><c> made</c><00:29:14.430><c> one</c><00:29:14.650><c> of</c><00:29:14.750><c> the</c>

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three<00:29:15.150><c> rulers.</c><00:29:16.049><c> So</c><00:29:16.529><c> he</c><00:29:16.990><c> was</c><00:29:17.690><c> 85</c><00:29:18.670><c> plus.</c>

00:29:19.769 --> 00:29:24.690
He<00:29:19.849><c> was</c><00:29:20.269><c> an</c><00:29:20.390><c> old</c><00:29:20.730><c> man,</c><00:29:21.529><c> certainly</c><00:29:21.730><c> in</c><00:29:21.910><c> our</c><00:29:22.230><c> terms.</c><00:29:23.789><c> And</c><00:29:24.170><c> yet</c><00:29:24.430><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:25.130><c> still</c><00:29:25.490><c> sustaining</c><00:29:26.130><c> his</c><00:29:26.569><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:29:27.190><c> his</c><00:29:27.369><c> example</c><00:29:28.170><c> is</c><00:29:28.589><c> an</c><00:29:28.769><c> example</c><00:29:29.130><c> there</c><00:29:29.390><c> in</c><00:29:29.529><c> the</c><00:29:29.750><c> scriptures</c>

00:29:30.029 --> 00:29:31.789
which<00:29:30.309><c> is</c><00:29:30.609><c> still</c><00:29:30.890><c> impacting</c><00:29:31.349><c> upon</c><00:29:31.650><c> us.</c>

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And<00:29:31.970><c> so</c><00:29:32.029><c> as</c><00:29:32.130><c> we</c><00:29:32.309><c> were</c><00:29:32.470><c> saying</c><00:29:32.849><c> with</c><00:29:33.410><c> characters</c><00:29:33.809><c> like</c><00:29:34.490><c> Amram</c><00:29:34.809><c> and</c><00:29:35.029><c> Jochebed</c><00:29:35.470><c> who</c><00:29:35.650><c> lived</c><00:29:36.029><c> to</c><00:29:36.269><c> a</c>

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great<00:29:36.630><c> age</c>

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and<00:29:38.230><c> whose</c><00:29:38.410><c> example</c><00:29:39.130><c> was</c><00:29:40.430><c> influential</c><00:29:41.029><c> upon</c><00:29:41.509><c> Moses</c><00:29:42.069><c> for</c><00:29:42.730><c> some</c>

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other<00:29:49.250><c> people.</c><00:29:49.890><c> And</c><00:29:50.069><c> we</c><00:29:50.150><c> need</c><00:29:50.329><c> to</c><00:29:50.569><c> remember</c>

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that<00:29:51.289><c> in</c><00:29:51.589><c> the</c><00:29:51.710><c> way</c><00:29:51.890><c> in</c><00:29:52.009><c> which</c><00:29:52.309><c> we</c><00:29:52.589><c> behave.</c>

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talking<00:30:02.049><c> about</c>

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shepherds,<00:30:03.369><c> doesn't</c><00:30:03.670><c> he?</c><00:30:03.930><c> He</c><00:30:03.930><c> says,</c>

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witness<00:30:08.309><c> of</c><00:30:08.529><c> the</c><00:30:08.750><c> sufferings</c><00:30:09.069><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:30:09.529><c> and</c><00:30:09.750><c> a</c><00:30:09.890><c> partaker</c><00:30:10.369><c> of</c><00:30:10.509><c> the</c><00:30:10.650><c> glory</c><00:30:10.789><c> which</c><00:30:10.930><c> shall</c><00:30:11.029><c> be</c><00:30:11.230><c> revealed,</c><00:30:12.190><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:30:12.829><c> reflecting</c><00:30:13.470><c> on</c><00:30:13.910><c> his</c><00:30:14.170><c> experience</c>

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on<00:30:15.009><c> the</c><00:30:15.130><c> Mount</c><00:30:15.289><c> of</c><00:30:15.549><c> Transfiguration</c><00:30:16.349><c> there,</c><00:30:17.849><c> feed</c><00:30:18.089><c> the</c><00:30:18.329><c> flock</c>

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of<00:30:18.650><c> God</c><00:30:18.910><c> which</c><00:30:19.069><c> is</c><00:30:19.230><c> among</c><00:30:19.390><c> you,</c><00:30:19.970><c> taking</c><00:30:20.329><c> the</c>

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sight<00:30:21.069><c> thereof,</c><00:30:21.890><c> not</c><00:30:22.150><c> by</c><00:30:22.589><c> constraint</c><00:30:23.210><c> but</c><00:30:24.089><c> willingly.</c><00:30:25.230><c> Again,</c><00:30:25.950><c> we</c>

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remember,<00:30:26.970><c> don't</c><00:30:26.970><c> we,</c><00:30:27.089><c> how</c><00:30:27.430><c> the</c><00:30:27.490><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:30:28.250><c> Christ</c><00:30:29.170><c> said</c><00:30:29.710><c> to</c><00:30:31.950><c> Peter</c><00:30:32.190><c> that</c><00:30:33.089><c> he</c><00:30:33.750><c> had</c><00:30:34.029><c> got</c><00:30:34.369><c> to</c><00:30:34.789><c> feed</c><00:30:35.069><c> the</c><00:30:35.329><c> sheep</c><00:30:35.569><c> after</c><00:30:36.049><c> he</c>

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revealed<00:30:36.930><c> to</c><00:30:37.089><c> him</c>

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to<00:30:37.430><c> tend</c><00:30:37.710><c> my</c><00:30:37.990><c> sheep,</c><00:30:38.289><c> feed</c><00:30:38.509><c> my</c><00:30:38.750><c> sheep,</c><00:30:39.230><c> and</c><00:30:39.589><c> so</c><00:30:39.869><c> forth.</c><00:30:40.309><c> And</c><00:30:40.309><c> so</c>

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here's<00:30:42.089><c> Peter</c><00:30:42.430><c> remembering</c><00:30:43.009><c> that</c><00:30:43.349><c> message</c>

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which<00:30:44.349><c> is</c><00:30:44.410><c> a</c><00:30:44.529><c> message</c><00:30:44.809><c> which</c><00:30:45.150><c> derives</c><00:30:45.630><c> ultimately</c><00:30:46.069><c> from</c><00:30:46.349><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:30:47.390><c> I</c><00:30:47.470><c> suppose</c><00:30:47.670><c> going</c><00:30:47.930><c> right</c><00:30:48.130><c> back</c><00:30:48.710><c> to</c>

00:30:48.809 --> 00:30:53.150
Moses<00:30:49.230><c> as</c><00:30:49.349><c> well,</c><00:30:50.329><c> where</c><00:30:50.329><c> Ezekiel</c><00:30:50.849><c> in</c><00:30:51.130><c> chapter</c><00:30:51.450><c> 34</c><00:30:51.910><c> talks</c><00:30:52.210><c> about</c><00:30:52.509><c> feeding</c><00:30:52.910><c> the</c>

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sheep,<00:30:53.829><c> strengthening,</c>

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healing,<00:30:54.829><c> binding</c><00:30:54.990><c> up,</c><00:30:55.509><c> rescuing</c><00:30:55.869><c> the</c><00:30:56.109><c> lost</c><00:30:56.410><c> and</c><00:30:57.490><c> talks</c><00:30:57.750><c> about</c><00:30:58.069><c> David</c><00:30:58.470><c> my</c>

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shepherd,<00:30:59.230><c> my</c><00:30:59.509><c> servant</c>

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feeding<00:31:00.890><c> the</c><00:31:01.150><c> people.</c><00:31:01.509><c> And</c><00:31:01.569><c> it's</c><00:31:02.049><c> contrasting</c><00:31:02.910><c> the</c><00:31:03.170><c> leadership</c><00:31:03.710><c> of</c><00:31:04.549><c> the</c>

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princes<00:31:05.710><c> of</c><00:31:05.910><c> Israel</c><00:31:06.369><c> in</c><00:31:06.569><c> Ezekiel</c>

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34<00:31:08.109><c> with</c><00:31:08.950><c> those</c><00:31:10.009><c> who</c><00:31:10.230><c> were</c><00:31:10.410><c> the</c><00:31:10.670><c> true</c><00:31:10.950><c> shepherds</c><00:31:11.369><c> of</c><00:31:11.470><c> the</c><00:31:11.650><c> flock.</c><00:31:12.230><c> So</c>

00:31:12.410 --> 00:31:14.250
it's<00:31:12.569><c> in</c><00:31:12.789><c> the</c><00:31:12.930><c> context</c><00:31:13.349><c> of</c><00:31:13.630><c> leadership</c>

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and<00:31:15.130><c> we</c><00:31:15.710><c> saw</c><00:31:16.109><c> how</c><00:31:16.549><c> Moses</c><00:31:17.230><c> had</c><00:31:17.869><c> to</c><00:31:18.210><c> learn</c><00:31:18.690><c> the</c><00:31:19.509><c> role</c><00:31:19.750><c> of</c><00:31:19.990><c> the</c><00:31:20.130><c> shepherd</c><00:31:20.490><c> to</c>

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develop<00:31:21.529><c> his</c><00:31:21.869><c> leadership.</c>

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We<00:31:22.630><c> know</c><00:31:22.849><c> how</c><00:31:23.109><c> David</c><00:31:23.710><c> was</c><00:31:24.869><c> a</c><00:31:25.289><c> shepherd.</c><00:31:26.130><c> We</c><00:31:26.130><c> know</c><00:31:26.470><c> how</c><00:31:27.170><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:31:27.589><c> Jesus</c><00:31:27.970><c> Christ</c><00:31:28.329><c> speaks</c><00:31:28.710><c> about</c><00:31:29.130><c> being</c>

00:31:29.630 --> 00:31:36.809
the<00:31:30.009><c> good</c><00:31:30.390><c> shepherd.</c><00:31:31.430><c> And</c><00:31:31.509><c> so</c><00:31:32.470><c> Peter</c><00:31:33.089><c> who</c><00:31:33.730><c> has</c><00:31:34.130><c> learnt</c><00:31:34.569><c> the</c><00:31:35.170><c> lesson</c><00:31:35.529><c> and</c><00:31:36.329><c> whereas</c><00:31:36.569><c> it</c>

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would<00:31:37.009><c> have</c><00:31:37.230><c> been</c>

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led<00:31:42.369><c> from</c><00:31:42.690><c> the</c><00:31:42.930><c> front</c><00:31:43.150><c> in</c><00:31:43.430><c> the</c><00:31:43.589><c> sense</c><00:31:43.809><c> that</c>

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he's<00:31:44.210><c> been</c><00:31:44.210><c> out</c><00:31:44.509><c> there</c><00:31:44.930><c> demanding</c><00:31:45.470><c> and</c><00:31:45.789><c> telling</c><00:31:45.990><c> people</c><00:31:46.789><c> in</c><00:31:47.970><c> a</c>

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rather<00:31:48.630><c> coercive</c><00:31:49.269><c> way</c><00:31:49.789><c> what</c><00:31:50.089><c> they</c>

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should<00:31:50.490><c> be</c><00:31:50.710><c> doing,</c><00:31:51.589><c> he's</c><00:31:52.049><c> learnt</c><00:31:52.329><c> now</c><00:31:52.869><c> what</c><00:31:53.309><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.710><c> has</c><00:31:54.049><c> taught</c><00:31:54.170><c> about</c>

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the<00:31:55.150><c> humility,</c><00:31:55.809><c> the</c><00:31:55.970><c> meekness</c>

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that's<00:31:56.690><c> required</c><00:31:57.289><c> in</c><00:31:57.890><c> a</c><00:31:58.029><c> true</c><00:31:58.230><c> leader.</c><00:31:58.710><c> Feed</c><00:31:59.049><c> the</c><00:31:59.269><c> flock</c><00:31:59.450><c> of</c>

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God<00:31:59.809><c> which</c><00:31:59.990><c> is</c><00:32:00.089><c> among</c><00:32:00.349><c> you,</c><00:32:01.029><c> taking</c><00:32:01.349><c> the</c>

00:32:01.809 --> 00:32:05.549
oversight<00:32:02.250><c> thereof,</c><00:32:02.630><c> not</c><00:32:02.789><c> of</c><00:32:03.130><c> constraint</c><00:32:03.910><c> but</c><00:32:04.970><c> willingly,</c>

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not<00:32:06.430><c> for</c><00:32:06.710><c> filthy</c><00:32:07.069><c> lucre,</c><00:32:08.690><c> think</c><00:32:08.970><c> of</c><00:32:09.269><c> Balaam</c><00:32:09.490><c> perhaps,</c>

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but<00:32:10.190><c> of</c><00:32:10.470><c> a</c><00:32:10.710><c> ready</c><00:32:10.990><c> mind.</c><00:32:11.490><c> So</c><00:32:11.529><c> not</c><00:32:11.930><c> engaged</c><00:32:12.569><c> in</c><00:32:13.349><c> situations</c><00:32:14.130><c> of</c>

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bribery,<00:32:14.829><c> not</c><00:32:15.029><c> for</c><00:32:15.190><c> what</c><00:32:15.269><c> you</c><00:32:15.349><c> can</c><00:32:15.569><c> get</c><00:32:15.769><c> out</c><00:32:16.009><c> of</c>

00:32:16.109 --> 00:32:26.049
it,<00:32:16.690><c> but</c><00:32:16.930><c> of</c><00:32:17.190><c> a</c><00:32:17.569><c> ready</c><00:32:18.549><c> mind,</c><00:32:19.829><c> a</c><00:32:19.970><c> prompt</c><00:32:20.230><c> mind,</c><00:32:21.210><c> willing</c><00:32:21.630><c> to</c><00:32:22.269><c> act,</c><00:32:25.269><c> quick</c><00:32:25.769><c> to</c>

00:32:26.049 --> 00:32:30.210
do<00:32:26.349><c> what's</c><00:32:27.250><c> right.</c><00:32:29.130><c> So</c><00:32:29.250><c> there's</c>

00:32:30.210 --> 00:32:36.049
a<00:32:30.269><c> set</c><00:32:30.470><c> of</c><00:32:30.710><c> qualities</c><00:32:31.009><c> here</c><00:32:31.410><c> of</c><00:32:31.829><c> spiritual</c><00:32:32.490><c> leadership.</c><00:32:34.170><c> Think</c><00:32:34.329><c> about</c><00:32:34.730><c> having</c><00:32:35.609><c> the</c>

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oversight.<00:32:37.269><c> This</c><00:32:37.329><c> is</c>

00:32:37.869 --> 00:32:42.450
being,<00:32:38.130><c> isn't</c><00:32:38.329><c> it,</c><00:32:38.970><c> overseeing.</c><00:32:41.009><c> And</c><00:32:41.349><c> an</c><00:32:41.569><c> effective</c><00:32:41.990><c> leader</c>

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is<00:32:42.730><c> somebody</c><00:32:43.230><c> who</c><00:32:43.609><c> has</c><00:32:44.069><c> vision,</c><00:32:45.869><c> who</c><00:32:46.309><c> knows</c>

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the<00:32:47.049><c> direction</c><00:32:47.549><c> in</c><00:32:47.730><c> which</c><00:32:47.910><c> we</c><00:32:48.109><c> should</c><00:32:48.250><c> be</c><00:32:48.490><c> going.</c><00:32:49.230><c> And</c><00:32:49.390><c> we</c><00:32:49.529><c> experienced</c><00:32:49.950><c> it</c>

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yesterday<00:32:50.410><c> when</c><00:32:51.009><c> Father</c>

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Anthony<00:32:51.470><c> was</c><00:32:51.670><c> leading</c><00:32:51.990><c> us</c><00:32:52.250><c> along</c><00:32:52.630><c> the</c><00:32:52.890><c> path.</c><00:32:55.430><c> We</c><00:32:55.990><c> trusted</c><00:32:56.490><c> that</c><00:32:56.769><c> he</c>

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knew<00:32:57.069><c> where</c><00:32:57.289><c> he</c><00:32:57.470><c> was</c><00:32:57.650><c> going</c><00:32:57.950><c> even</c><00:32:58.250><c> though</c>

00:32:58.470 --> 00:33:00.450
it<00:32:58.509><c> was</c><00:32:58.650><c> perfectly</c><00:32:59.049><c> obvious</c><00:32:59.410><c> he</c><00:32:59.549><c> didn't</c><00:32:59.890><c> know</c><00:33:00.210><c> where</c><00:33:00.369><c> he</c><00:33:00.369><c> was</c>

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going.<00:33:04.970><c> But</c><00:33:05.190><c> in</c><00:33:05.809><c> our</c><00:33:06.089><c> ecclesias</c><00:33:06.730><c> we</c><00:33:06.970><c> need</c>

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people<00:33:07.970><c> who</c><00:33:08.670><c> have</c><00:33:08.970><c> that</c><00:33:09.589><c> grasp</c><00:33:10.109><c> of</c><00:33:10.410><c> the</c><00:33:10.549><c> word</c><00:33:10.750><c> of</c><00:33:10.990><c> God</c><00:33:11.329><c> and</c><00:33:11.609><c> who</c>

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have<00:33:12.309><c> that</c><00:33:12.630><c> vision</c><00:33:12.849><c> of</c><00:33:13.069><c> the</c><00:33:13.250><c> Kingdom</c>

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to<00:33:14.369><c> provide</c><00:33:14.890><c> leadership.</c><00:33:15.549><c> Now</c><00:33:15.690><c> who</c><00:33:15.829><c> are</c><00:33:15.950><c> those</c><00:33:16.190><c> people?</c><00:33:16.569><c> Is</c>

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it<00:33:16.789><c> just</c><00:33:17.109><c> the</c><00:33:17.230><c> arranging</c><00:33:17.569><c> brethren?</c><00:33:17.970><c> Do</c><00:33:18.069><c> we</c><00:33:18.170><c> leave</c>

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it<00:33:18.509><c> to</c><00:33:18.609><c> the</c><00:33:18.670><c> arranging</c><00:33:19.049><c> brethren?</c><00:33:20.690><c> Do</c><00:33:20.849><c> we</c><00:33:20.970><c> leave</c><00:33:21.190><c> it</c><00:33:21.390><c> to</c><00:33:21.470><c> the</c>

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children<00:33:23.329><c> to</c><00:33:23.529><c> do</c><00:33:23.690><c> that?</c><00:33:24.750><c> No,</c><00:33:25.009><c> you</c><00:33:25.029><c> see,</c><00:33:25.170><c> every</c><00:33:25.470><c> one</c><00:33:25.769><c> of</c><00:33:25.869><c> us</c><00:33:26.769><c> can</c>

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exercise<00:33:27.710><c> leadership</c><00:33:28.390><c> by</c><00:33:29.190><c> having</c><00:33:29.829><c> a</c>

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vision<00:33:30.730><c> and</c><00:33:32.130><c> a</c><00:33:32.750><c> clarity</c><00:33:33.069><c> about</c><00:33:33.650><c> what</c><00:33:34.210><c> is</c><00:33:34.769><c> the</c><00:33:34.910><c> direction</c><00:33:35.250><c> of</c>

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our<00:33:35.690><c> lives,</c><00:33:36.210><c> what</c><00:33:36.410><c> we</c><00:33:36.670><c> should</c><00:33:36.789><c> be</c><00:33:37.029><c> doing,</c><00:33:37.769><c> and</c>

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seeking<00:33:38.569><c> to</c><00:33:40.269><c> walk</c><00:33:40.809><c> the</c><00:33:41.190><c> talk,</c><00:33:42.130><c> to</c><00:33:42.410><c> actually</c><00:33:43.190><c> keep</c><00:33:43.970><c> on</c><00:33:44.349><c> talking</c>

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about<00:33:45.190><c> it,</c><00:33:45.509><c> to</c><00:33:45.670><c> keep</c><00:33:45.789><c> on</c><00:33:46.390><c> reminding</c>

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people,<00:33:47.930><c> not</c><00:33:48.250><c> in</c><00:33:48.490><c> a</c><00:33:48.630><c> sort</c><00:33:48.829><c> of</c><00:33:48.890><c> oppressive</c><00:33:49.289><c> way,</c><00:33:49.569><c> but</c><00:33:49.690><c> just</c><00:33:50.009><c> making</c><00:33:50.309><c> it</c>

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the<00:33:50.670><c> normal</c><00:33:51.450><c> part</c><00:33:52.230><c> of</c><00:33:52.390><c> our</c><00:33:52.630><c> conversation.</c>

00:33:53.809 --> 00:33:58.690
An<00:33:54.029><c> effective</c><00:33:54.490><c> leader</c><00:33:54.930><c> in</c><00:33:55.170><c> a</c><00:33:55.769><c> large</c><00:33:56.049><c> organization</c><00:33:56.950><c> will</c><00:33:58.289><c> keep</c>

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on<00:33:58.990><c> about</c><00:33:59.309><c> the</c><00:33:59.589><c> goals</c><00:33:59.990><c> of</c><00:34:00.230><c> the</c><00:34:00.430><c> organization.</c>

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When<00:34:01.970><c> they're</c><00:34:02.210><c> talking</c><00:34:02.470><c> to</c><00:34:02.630><c> people</c><00:34:02.690><c> they'll</c><00:34:02.890><c> keep</c><00:34:03.049><c> reminding</c>

00:34:03.690 --> 00:34:06.769
people<00:34:04.109><c> what</c><00:34:04.609><c> the</c><00:34:04.950><c> mission</c><00:34:05.369><c> of</c><00:34:05.809><c> that</c><00:34:06.049><c> organization</c>

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is<00:34:07.470><c> until</c><00:34:08.210><c> people</c><00:34:08.570><c> have</c><00:34:08.829><c> come</c><00:34:09.050><c> on</c><00:34:09.309><c> board,</c><00:34:09.630><c> until</c><00:34:09.809><c> people</c><00:34:10.050><c> have</c>

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come<00:34:10.530><c> to</c><00:34:10.670><c> accept</c><00:34:11.090><c> it</c><00:34:11.289><c> and</c><00:34:11.429><c> have</c><00:34:11.750><c> owned</c>

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the<00:34:12.789><c> vision.</c><00:34:13.670><c> Then</c><00:34:14.010><c> the</c><00:34:14.289><c> effective</c><00:34:14.610><c> leader,</c><00:34:14.869><c> of</c><00:34:15.050><c> course,</c><00:34:16.610><c> tries</c><00:34:16.909><c> to</c>

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hold<00:34:17.769><c> people</c><00:34:18.230><c> to</c><00:34:18.570><c> that</c><00:34:18.849><c> vision</c>

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so<00:34:19.309><c> that</c><00:34:19.469><c> everybody's</c><00:34:19.889><c> going</c><00:34:20.070><c> in</c><00:34:20.250><c> the</c><00:34:20.349><c> same</c><00:34:20.550><c> direction.</c><00:34:21.269><c> Now</c>

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if<00:34:21.469><c> you</c><00:34:21.530><c> think</c><00:34:21.710><c> of</c><00:34:21.789><c> the</c><00:34:21.809><c> Lord</c><00:34:21.989><c> Jesus</c><00:34:22.309><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:34:23.250><c> the</c><00:34:23.610><c> leader,</c><00:34:24.349><c> then</c><00:34:24.489><c> that's</c><00:34:24.769><c> exactly</c><00:34:25.090><c> what</c><00:34:25.289><c> he</c><00:34:25.409><c> did,</c><00:34:25.630><c> wasn't</c><00:34:25.789><c> he?</c>

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He<00:34:26.610><c> had</c><00:34:26.909><c> the</c><00:34:27.130><c> vision,</c><00:34:27.829><c> which</c><00:34:27.969><c> he</c>

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got<00:34:28.369><c> by</c><00:34:28.829><c> his</c><00:34:29.690><c> knowledge</c><00:34:29.989><c> of</c><00:34:30.170><c> the</c><00:34:30.329><c> word</c><00:34:30.510><c> of</c><00:34:30.750><c> God,</c><00:34:30.909><c> by</c><00:34:31.110><c> his</c><00:34:31.409><c> prayerful,</c><00:34:32.349><c> watchful</c><00:34:32.789><c> communion</c><00:34:33.289><c> with</c><00:34:33.869><c> the</c>

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word<00:34:34.309><c> of</c><00:34:34.570><c> God,</c><00:34:35.010><c> and</c><00:34:35.369><c> he</c><00:34:35.710><c> willingly</c><00:34:36.110><c> kept</c><00:34:36.590><c> sharing</c><00:34:36.949><c> it.</c><00:34:37.190><c> He</c><00:34:37.289><c> kept</c><00:34:37.530><c> on</c>

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talking<00:34:38.690><c> to</c><00:34:38.929><c> his</c><00:34:39.170><c> disciples.</c><00:34:40.030><c> Think</c>

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of<00:34:40.610><c> those</c><00:34:40.610><c> twelve</c><00:34:40.969><c> disciples,</c><00:34:41.969><c> the</c><00:34:42.650><c> journey</c><00:34:43.170><c> that</c><00:34:43.449><c> they</c><00:34:43.750><c> made</c>

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in<00:34:44.309><c> three</c><00:34:44.550><c> and</c><00:34:44.710><c> a</c><00:34:44.769><c> half</c><00:34:44.989><c> years.</c><00:34:45.530><c> He</c><00:34:45.769><c> sought</c>

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to<00:34:46.329><c> win</c><00:34:46.610><c> them,</c><00:34:47.250><c> to</c><00:34:47.489><c> show</c><00:34:47.750><c> them,</c><00:34:48.110><c> to</c><00:34:48.329><c> bring</c><00:34:48.489><c> them</c><00:34:48.670><c> on</c><00:34:48.929><c> board</c><00:34:49.289><c> so</c>

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they<00:34:50.510><c> would</c><00:34:50.789><c> understand</c><00:34:51.449><c> what</c><00:34:51.670><c> was</c><00:34:51.989><c> expected</c>

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of<00:34:52.750><c> them.</c><00:34:52.989><c> So</c><00:34:53.170><c> as</c><00:34:53.289><c> a</c><00:34:53.429><c> result</c><00:34:53.690><c> of</c><00:34:53.829><c> that,</c><00:34:54.369><c> he</c><00:34:54.630><c> empowered</c><00:34:55.090><c> them</c><00:34:55.929><c> and</c><00:34:56.230><c> he</c>

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holds<00:34:56.710><c> them</c><00:34:56.909><c> in.</c><00:34:57.010><c> He</c><00:34:57.070><c> doesn't</c><00:34:57.210><c> just</c>

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let<00:34:57.610><c> them</c><00:34:57.769><c> go</c><00:34:58.030><c> off.</c><00:34:58.789><c> The</c><00:34:59.110><c> Good</c><00:34:59.349><c> Shepherd</c><00:35:00.050><c> brings</c><00:35:00.469><c> in</c><00:35:01.289><c> the</c><00:35:01.929><c> members</c><00:35:02.230><c> of</c>

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the<00:35:02.590><c> flock</c><00:35:02.750><c> who</c><00:35:03.090><c> are</c><00:35:04.170><c> wavering</c>

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from<00:35:05.030><c> the</c><00:35:05.230><c> route</c><00:35:05.429><c> where</c><00:35:05.690><c> they</c><00:35:05.909><c> should</c><00:35:06.090><c> be</c><00:35:06.329><c> going</c><00:35:06.469><c> and</c><00:35:06.750><c> seeks</c>

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to<00:35:07.329><c> save</c><00:35:07.889><c> those</c><00:35:08.369><c> who</c><00:35:08.590><c> are</c><00:35:08.690><c> lost.</c><00:35:08.869><c> So</c><00:35:09.030><c> there</c>

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should<00:35:09.869><c> be</c><00:35:09.869><c> that</c><00:35:09.949><c> willingness</c><00:35:10.670><c> about</c><00:35:11.250><c> it,</c><00:35:11.849><c> which</c><00:35:12.030><c> all</c><00:35:12.349><c> of</c><00:35:12.469><c> us</c>

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should<00:35:12.809><c> show.</c><00:35:13.389><c> Not</c><00:35:13.550><c> a</c><00:35:13.750><c> kind</c><00:35:13.869><c> of</c><00:35:13.969><c> begrudging</c>

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when<00:35:14.590><c> somebody</c><00:35:14.869><c> says,</c><00:35:15.309><c> can</c><00:35:15.309><c> you</c><00:35:15.510><c> assist</c><00:35:15.929><c> with</c><00:35:16.190><c> this?</c><00:35:17.190><c> You're</c>

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not<00:35:17.489><c> just</c><00:35:17.769><c> trying</c><00:35:17.949><c> to</c><00:35:18.110><c> think</c><00:35:18.289><c> of</c><00:35:18.469><c> 101</c><00:35:18.909><c> excuses</c>

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why<00:35:19.769><c> you</c><00:35:19.909><c> shouldn't,</c><00:35:20.829><c> or</c><00:35:21.030><c> you</c><00:35:21.230><c> make</c><00:35:21.389><c> it</c><00:35:21.690><c> perfectly</c><00:35:22.329><c> obvious</c>

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that<00:35:23.650><c> you're</c><00:35:23.809><c> only</c><00:35:24.050><c> willing</c><00:35:24.230><c> to</c><00:35:24.449><c> do</c><00:35:24.530><c> it</c>

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under<00:35:24.989><c> sufferance.</c><00:35:27.829><c> If</c><00:35:28.309><c> we</c><00:35:28.670><c> possibly</c><00:35:29.150><c> can</c><00:35:29.469><c> help,</c><00:35:30.349><c> say,</c><00:35:30.489><c> yes,</c>

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if<00:35:31.210><c> I</c><00:35:31.389><c> can</c><00:35:31.909><c> do</c><00:35:32.170><c> something</c><00:35:32.449><c> to</c><00:35:32.710><c> help</c><00:35:32.909><c> you</c>

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with<00:35:33.170><c> that,</c><00:35:33.949><c> then</c><00:35:33.969><c> I'm</c><00:35:34.630><c> pleased</c><00:35:34.889><c> to</c><00:35:35.050><c> do</c><00:35:35.190><c> so.</c><00:35:35.409><c> Even</c><00:35:35.690><c> though</c><00:35:35.949><c> it</c>

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may<00:35:36.769><c> disrupt</c><00:35:37.250><c> your</c><00:35:37.610><c> week</c><00:35:37.949><c> and</c><00:35:38.530><c> get</c><00:35:38.690><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:39.050><c> way</c><00:35:39.050><c> of</c><00:35:39.150><c> something</c><00:35:39.469><c> else</c><00:35:39.789><c> you're</c><00:35:40.070><c> planning</c><00:35:40.250><c> to</c><00:35:40.429><c> do,</c><00:35:40.550><c> be</c>

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willing<00:35:41.389><c> to</c><00:35:41.949><c> help</c><00:35:42.309><c> and</c><00:35:43.010><c> to</c><00:35:43.449><c> support</c><00:35:43.969><c> and</c>

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show<00:35:45.090><c> an</c><00:35:45.469><c> example</c><00:35:46.010><c> which</c><00:35:46.550><c> involves</c><00:35:47.130><c> leading</c><00:35:47.650><c> from</c><00:35:47.969><c> the</c><00:35:48.130><c> front.</c><00:35:48.510><c> Make</c>

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big<00:35:49.269><c> examples</c><00:35:50.289><c> to</c><00:35:51.190><c> the</c><00:35:51.429><c> flock.</c>

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So,<00:35:52.929><c> you</c><00:35:53.110><c> see,</c><00:35:53.389><c> it's</c><00:35:53.550><c> not</c><00:35:53.750><c> about,</c><00:35:54.369><c> Lord,</c><00:35:54.710><c> you</c><00:35:54.769><c> know,</c><00:35:54.889><c> it's</c><00:35:54.989><c> not</c>

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about<00:35:55.469><c> me</c><00:35:55.829><c> first.</c><00:35:56.250><c> Remember</c><00:35:56.389><c> how</c><00:35:56.590><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:35:57.210><c> were</c><00:35:57.469><c> busy</c><00:35:57.769><c> saying,</c><00:35:58.389><c> who's</c><00:35:58.630><c> going</c><00:35:58.769><c> to</c><00:35:58.929><c> sit</c><00:35:59.030><c> on</c><00:35:59.170><c> your</c><00:35:59.329><c> left</c><00:35:59.650><c> hand</c><00:35:59.809><c> and</c>

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your<00:36:00.070><c> right</c><00:36:00.449><c> hand?</c>

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And<00:36:01.309><c> Jesus</c><00:36:01.449><c> has</c><00:36:01.650><c> to</c><00:36:01.949><c> show</c><00:36:02.190><c> them</c><00:36:02.449><c> that</c><00:36:02.889><c> it</c><00:36:02.989><c> isn't</c><00:36:03.170><c> like</c><00:36:03.630><c> that</c><00:36:03.829><c> in</c>

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the<00:36:04.130><c> Kingdom</c><00:36:04.329><c> of</c><00:36:04.610><c> God.</c><00:36:04.889><c> It</c><00:36:04.969><c> isn't</c><00:36:05.150><c> about</c>

00:36:05.670 --> 00:36:10.789
that<00:36:06.070><c> kind</c><00:36:06.429><c> of</c><00:36:06.789><c> status.</c><00:36:07.829><c> It's</c><00:36:07.909><c> about</c><00:36:08.289><c> service.</c><00:36:10.269><c> It's</c><00:36:10.429><c> about</c>

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meeting<00:36:11.309><c> the</c><00:36:11.570><c> needs</c><00:36:11.889><c> of</c><00:36:12.110><c> other</c><00:36:12.309><c> people.</c>

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And<00:36:14.349><c> effective</c><00:36:14.730><c> leaders</c><00:36:15.190><c> do</c><00:36:15.530><c> this,</c><00:36:15.750><c> and</c><00:36:15.909><c> that's</c><00:36:16.130><c> why.</c><00:36:17.489><c> And</c><00:36:17.710><c> we</c>

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were<00:36:18.449><c> discussing</c><00:36:18.969><c> in</c><00:36:21.030><c> the</c><00:36:21.889><c> brethren's</c>

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discussion<00:36:23.369><c> yesterday</c><00:36:24.130><c> afternoon</c><00:36:24.829><c> about</c><00:36:25.949><c> the</c><00:36:26.389><c> responsibility</c><00:36:27.269><c> of</c><00:36:28.329><c> arranging</c>

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brethren,<00:36:29.070><c> which</c><00:36:29.210><c> came</c><00:36:29.429><c> up,</c><00:36:29.650><c> I</c><00:36:29.650><c> think</c>

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he<00:36:29.949><c> did</c><00:36:30.090><c> anyway,</c><00:36:30.710><c> about</c><00:36:30.949><c> being</c><00:36:31.369><c> servants,</c><00:36:31.889><c> not</c><00:36:32.110><c> masters.</c><00:36:33.289><c> If</c>

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we<00:36:33.690><c> didn't</c><00:36:33.869><c> discuss</c><00:36:34.170><c> it</c><00:36:34.289><c> there,</c><00:36:34.469><c> I</c><00:36:34.550><c> have</c><00:36:34.730><c> discussed</c>

00:36:35.010 --> 00:36:38.969
it<00:36:35.110><c> with</c><00:36:35.250><c> somebody</c><00:36:35.570><c> somewhere</c><00:36:36.150><c> this</c><00:36:36.750><c> week.</c><00:36:38.010><c> And</c><00:36:38.110><c> Brother</c><00:36:38.230><c> Robert</c><00:36:38.489><c> Roberts</c><00:36:38.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:36:39.150><c> Ecclesial</c><00:36:39.530><c> Guide</c>

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very<00:36:41.369><c> powerfully</c><00:36:41.989><c> sets</c><00:36:42.309><c> out</c><00:36:43.210><c> the</c><00:36:43.510><c> fact</c><00:36:43.670><c> that</c><00:36:43.889><c> in</c><00:36:44.090><c> the</c><00:36:44.329><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:44.929><c> we</c><00:36:46.170><c> don't</c><00:36:46.489><c> have</c>

00:36:46.989 --> 00:36:48.190
a<00:36:47.250><c> bishop,</c><00:36:47.889><c> even</c>

00:36:48.190 --> 00:36:52.449
though<00:36:48.550><c> that's</c><00:36:49.030><c> what</c><00:36:49.210><c> the</c><00:36:49.550><c> overseer</c><00:36:50.050><c> is,</c><00:36:50.510><c> in</c><00:36:50.710><c> effect,</c><00:36:51.630><c> but</c><00:36:52.250><c> we</c>

00:36:52.449 --> 00:36:55.070
have<00:36:52.670><c> a</c><00:36:52.989><c> secretary,</c><00:36:53.489><c> a</c><00:36:53.670><c> recording</c><00:36:54.090><c> brother.</c>

00:36:56.070 --> 00:36:59.210
The<00:36:56.230><c> very</c><00:36:56.489><c> term</c><00:36:56.949><c> implies</c><00:36:57.570><c> service,</c><00:36:58.230><c> doesn't</c><00:36:58.469><c> it?</c><00:36:58.909><c> And</c><00:36:59.090><c> the</c>

00:36:59.210 --> 00:37:00.730
arranging<00:36:59.550><c> brethren,</c><00:36:59.889><c> they're</c><00:37:00.070><c> not</c><00:37:00.369><c> there</c>

00:37:00.730 --> 00:37:05.150
as<00:37:01.349><c> the</c><00:37:01.630><c> managing</c><00:37:02.170><c> directors</c><00:37:02.929><c> of</c><00:37:03.389><c> the</c><00:37:03.630><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:04.050><c> company,</c>

00:37:05.610 --> 00:37:07.489
they're<00:37:05.809><c> there</c><00:37:06.210><c> as</c><00:37:06.590><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:07.150><c> servants.</c>

00:37:07.570 --> 00:37:10.130
And<00:37:07.710><c> that's</c><00:37:07.909><c> why</c><00:37:08.289><c> the</c><00:37:08.510><c> arrangements</c><00:37:08.849><c> we</c><00:37:09.170><c> have</c><00:37:09.329><c> of</c><00:37:09.570><c> submitting</c>

00:37:10.130 --> 00:37:12.070
their<00:37:10.730><c> minutes</c><00:37:11.150><c> for</c><00:37:11.510><c> the</c><00:37:11.889><c> approval</c>

00:37:12.070 --> 00:37:17.010
of<00:37:12.250><c> the</c><00:37:12.409><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:12.849><c> are</c><00:37:13.530><c> very</c><00:37:13.869><c> appropriate.</c><00:37:14.650><c> And</c><00:37:14.829><c> those</c><00:37:15.070><c> structures</c><00:37:15.550><c> ensure</c><00:37:16.449><c> that</c>

00:37:17.010 --> 00:37:17.989
we're<00:37:17.429><c> not</c><00:37:17.650><c> developing</c>

00:37:18.329 --> 00:37:22.289
some<00:37:18.849><c> kind</c><00:37:19.030><c> of</c><00:37:19.210><c> hierarchy.</c><00:37:19.829><c> As</c><00:37:19.849><c> Brother</c><00:37:20.409><c> Phil</c><00:37:20.949><c> Bean</c><00:37:21.230><c> was</c><00:37:21.889><c> saying</c><00:37:22.110><c> at</c>

00:37:22.289 --> 00:37:23.050
the<00:37:22.289><c> end</c><00:37:22.409><c> of</c><00:37:22.449><c> that</c><00:37:22.590><c> discussion,</c>

00:37:23.269 --> 00:37:26.050
the<00:37:23.309><c> great</c><00:37:23.670><c> thing</c><00:37:23.929><c> about</c><00:37:24.230><c> our</c><00:37:24.550><c> community</c><00:37:25.050><c> is</c><00:37:25.469><c> that</c><00:37:25.610><c> we</c><00:37:25.789><c> don't</c>

00:37:26.050 --> 00:37:29.050
have<00:37:26.329><c> a</c><00:37:26.550><c> hierarchy.</c><00:37:27.969><c> And</c><00:37:28.329><c> that's</c><00:37:28.690><c> absolutely</c>

00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:32.230
true.<00:37:29.449><c> We</c><00:37:29.449><c> don't</c><00:37:29.750><c> have</c><00:37:29.929><c> a</c><00:37:30.070><c> hierarchy.</c><00:37:30.650><c> The</c><00:37:30.769><c> Christchurch</c><00:37:31.190><c> office,</c><00:37:31.630><c> like</c><00:37:32.150><c> I</c>

00:37:32.230 --> 00:37:33.809
just<00:37:32.650><c> said,</c><00:37:33.050><c> doesn't</c><00:37:33.349><c> attempt</c>

00:37:33.809 --> 00:37:39.349
or<00:37:34.449><c> pretend</c><00:37:34.969><c> to</c><00:37:35.409><c> be</c><00:37:35.610><c> in</c><00:37:35.769><c> any</c><00:37:36.070><c> sense.</c><00:37:36.929><c> It's</c><00:37:37.030><c> simply</c><00:37:37.269><c> a</c><00:37:37.670><c> reference</c><00:37:37.949><c> point.</c><00:37:38.489><c> It's</c><00:37:38.489><c> there</c><00:37:38.650><c> to</c><00:37:38.789><c> provide</c><00:37:39.070><c> a</c>

00:37:39.349 --> 00:37:41.469
service<00:37:39.630><c> to</c><00:37:39.809><c> the</c><00:37:39.949><c> Brotherhood.</c><00:37:40.590><c> And</c><00:37:40.750><c> I</c><00:37:40.789><c> can</c><00:37:40.989><c> assure</c><00:37:41.269><c> you</c><00:37:41.409><c> that</c>

00:37:41.469 --> 00:37:43.010
when<00:37:41.650><c> the</c><00:37:41.809><c> committee</c><00:37:42.090><c> is</c><00:37:42.389><c> discussing</c>

00:37:43.010 --> 00:37:47.050
ecclesial<00:37:43.630><c> issues</c><00:37:44.269><c> all</c><00:37:44.909><c> the</c><00:37:45.190><c> time,</c><00:37:45.769><c> we're</c><00:37:46.050><c> thinking</c><00:37:46.469><c> how</c><00:37:46.809><c> can</c>

00:37:47.050 --> 00:37:49.090
we<00:37:47.190><c> just</c><00:37:47.570><c> assist</c><00:37:47.869><c> ecclesias</c><00:37:48.489><c> to</c><00:37:48.730><c> manage</c>

00:37:49.090 --> 00:37:53.349
those<00:37:49.349><c> situations</c><00:37:49.889><c> in</c><00:37:50.309><c> the</c><00:37:50.570><c> ecclesias</c><00:37:51.250><c> that</c><00:37:51.809><c> the</c><00:37:51.989><c> responsibility</c><00:37:52.750><c> lies.</c><00:37:53.150><c> It's</c>

00:37:53.349 --> 00:37:54.889
a<00:37:53.550><c> great</c><00:37:54.090><c> strength</c>

00:37:54.889 --> 00:37:59.909
of<00:37:55.070><c> our</c><00:37:55.449><c> community.</c><00:37:57.489><c> But</c><00:37:57.610><c> all</c><00:37:57.809><c> of</c><00:37:58.030><c> us</c><00:37:58.510><c> need</c><00:37:58.809><c> to</c><00:37:59.030><c> play</c><00:37:59.150><c> our</c><00:37:59.610><c> part</c>

00:37:59.909 --> 00:38:02.929
in<00:38:00.030><c> that</c><00:38:00.869><c> and</c><00:38:01.429><c> to</c><00:38:01.670><c> see</c><00:38:01.809><c> ourselves</c><00:38:02.449><c> as</c>

00:38:02.929 --> 00:38:08.909
serving<00:38:03.409><c> one</c><00:38:03.909><c> another</c><00:38:04.389><c> and</c><00:38:04.909><c> seeking</c><00:38:05.409><c> to</c><00:38:06.849><c> meet</c><00:38:07.369><c> other</c><00:38:07.750><c> people's</c><00:38:08.349><c> needs</c>

00:38:08.909 --> 00:38:11.050
effectively<00:38:09.730><c> in</c><00:38:10.409><c> our</c><00:38:10.650><c> relationships</c>

00:38:11.469 --> 00:38:15.650
and<00:38:12.090><c> above</c><00:38:12.349><c> all</c><00:38:12.869><c> in</c><00:38:13.309><c> our</c><00:38:13.630><c> goal</c><00:38:13.969><c> of</c><00:38:14.449><c> attaining</c><00:38:14.849><c> to</c><00:38:15.070><c> the</c><00:38:15.210><c> King</c><00:38:15.349><c> of</c>

00:38:15.650 --> 00:38:18.690
God.<00:38:16.190><c> We</c><00:38:16.329><c> notice</c><00:38:16.650><c> how</c><00:38:17.030><c> again</c><00:38:17.929><c> watchfulness</c>

00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:26.050
comes<00:38:19.369><c> into</c><00:38:19.829><c> the</c><00:38:20.230><c> picture</c><00:38:20.530><c> here</c><00:38:21.349><c> somewhere</c><00:38:22.090><c> as</c><00:38:22.650><c> being</c><00:38:22.909><c> another</c><00:38:23.389><c> important</c><00:38:24.050><c> manifestation</c><00:38:25.030><c> of</c><00:38:25.710><c> those</c>

00:38:26.050 --> 00:38:32.929
who<00:38:26.369><c> are</c><00:38:27.329><c> leading</c><00:38:27.670><c> effectively</c><00:38:28.429><c> within</c><00:38:28.969><c> the</c><00:38:29.289><c> ecclesia.</c><00:38:32.650><c> And</c>

00:38:32.929 --> 00:38:36.949
the<00:38:33.570><c> Apostle</c><00:38:33.969><c> Peter</c><00:38:34.690><c> says,</c><00:38:35.989><c> verse</c><00:38:36.250><c> 5,</c>

00:38:37.429 --> 00:38:40.869
Likewise<00:38:38.010><c> ye</c><00:38:38.309><c> younger,</c><00:38:38.789><c> submit</c><00:38:39.230><c> yourselves</c><00:38:39.829><c> to</c><00:38:40.010><c> the</c><00:38:40.329><c> older.</c>

00:38:41.030 --> 00:38:44.110
Yea,<00:38:41.349><c> all</c><00:38:41.690><c> of</c><00:38:41.909><c> you</c><00:38:42.409><c> be</c><00:38:42.809><c> subject</c><00:38:43.289><c> one</c><00:38:43.590><c> to</c><00:38:43.829><c> another</c>

00:38:44.110 --> 00:38:50.289
and<00:38:44.349><c> be</c><00:38:44.789><c> clothed</c><00:38:45.230><c> with</c><00:38:45.389><c> humility,</c><00:38:46.190><c> for</c><00:38:46.349><c> God</c><00:38:46.750><c> resists</c><00:38:47.329><c> the</c><00:38:47.650><c> proud</c><00:38:48.070><c> that</c><00:38:48.389><c> gives</c><00:38:48.730><c> grace</c><00:38:49.349><c> to</c>

00:38:50.289 --> 00:38:51.550
the<00:38:50.590><c> humble.</c>

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And<00:38:51.949><c> the</c><00:38:52.389><c> revised</c><00:38:52.670><c> version</c><00:38:53.269><c> for</c><00:38:53.710><c> verse</c><00:38:54.010><c> 5</c><00:38:54.329><c> says,</c><00:38:54.750><c> yea,</c><00:38:54.969><c> all</c><00:38:55.230><c> of</c>

00:38:55.409 --> 00:38:58.809
you<00:38:56.090><c> gird</c><00:38:56.469><c> yourselves</c><00:38:57.289><c> with</c><00:38:57.630><c> humility.</c>

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Yes,<00:38:59.590><c> it's</c><00:38:59.829><c> the</c><00:38:59.969><c> lesson,</c><00:39:00.449><c> isn't</c><00:39:00.650><c> it,</c><00:39:01.269><c> of</c><00:39:02.530><c> John</c><00:39:03.010><c> chapter</c><00:39:03.409><c> 13</c>

00:39:04.090 --> 00:39:06.590
where<00:39:04.610><c> the</c><00:39:04.730><c> Lord</c><00:39:04.909><c> Jesus</c><00:39:05.269><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.670><c> girds</c><00:39:06.170><c> himself</c>

00:39:06.590 --> 00:39:11.909
with<00:39:06.789><c> a</c><00:39:07.030><c> towel</c><00:39:07.429><c> and</c><00:39:08.730><c> at</c><00:39:08.929><c> the</c><00:39:09.570><c> very</c><00:39:09.969><c> last</c><00:39:10.670><c> hour,</c><00:39:11.150><c> knowing</c><00:39:11.730><c> what</c>

00:39:11.909 --> 00:39:16.050
he<00:39:12.050><c> was</c><00:39:12.190><c> going</c><00:39:12.389><c> to</c><00:39:12.650><c> face,</c><00:39:14.230><c> he</c><00:39:15.269><c> demonstrated</c>

00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:20.389
to<00:39:16.570><c> Peter</c><00:39:16.969><c> and</c><00:39:17.349><c> to</c><00:39:17.510><c> the</c><00:39:17.690><c> disciples</c><00:39:18.389><c> the</c><00:39:18.949><c> nature</c><00:39:19.389><c> of</c><00:39:19.630><c> the</c><00:39:19.869><c> glory</c>

00:39:20.389 --> 00:39:22.610
that<00:39:20.849><c> he</c><00:39:21.010><c> was</c><00:39:21.170><c> to</c><00:39:21.409><c> manifest</c><00:39:21.849><c> on</c><00:39:22.110><c> the</c><00:39:22.329><c> cross,</c>

00:39:22.889 --> 00:39:28.769
a<00:39:23.190><c> service</c><00:39:23.690><c> to</c><00:39:24.150><c> meet</c><00:39:24.449><c> the</c><00:39:24.730><c> needs</c><00:39:25.030><c> of</c><00:39:25.289><c> others.</c><00:39:26.389><c> And</c><00:39:26.590><c> how</c><00:39:26.789><c> powerful</c><00:39:27.070><c> is</c><00:39:27.269><c> that</c><00:39:27.510><c> phrase,</c><00:39:27.789><c> draw</c><00:39:28.090><c> near</c><00:39:28.289><c> to</c><00:39:28.469><c> God</c>

00:39:28.769 --> 00:39:35.269
and<00:39:28.969><c> he</c><00:39:29.150><c> will</c><00:39:29.710><c> draw</c><00:39:30.210><c> near</c><00:39:30.829><c> to</c><00:39:31.389><c> you.</c><00:39:33.070><c> Humble</c><00:39:33.469><c> yourselves</c><00:39:34.190><c> therefore</c><00:39:34.989><c> under</c>

00:39:35.269 --> 00:39:36.210
the<00:39:35.409><c> mighty</c><00:39:35.630><c> hand</c><00:39:35.889><c> of</c><00:39:35.989><c> God</c>

00:39:36.210 --> 00:39:38.510
that<00:39:36.210><c> he</c><00:39:36.309><c> may</c><00:39:36.550><c> exalt</c><00:39:36.869><c> you</c><00:39:37.010><c> in</c><00:39:37.090><c> due</c><00:39:37.250><c> time.</c><00:39:37.489><c> It's</c><00:39:37.510><c> the</c><00:39:37.630><c> same</c><00:39:37.829><c> phrase</c><00:39:38.070><c> that's</c><00:39:38.349><c> used</c>

00:39:38.510 --> 00:39:39.429
in<00:39:38.750><c> James,</c><00:39:39.170><c> isn't</c><00:39:39.429><c> it,</c>

00:39:39.429 --> 00:39:42.050
draw<00:39:39.590><c> near</c><00:39:39.710><c> to</c><00:39:39.809><c> God</c><00:39:39.909><c> and</c><00:39:39.989><c> he</c><00:39:39.989><c> will</c><00:39:40.170><c> draw</c><00:39:40.349><c> near</c><00:39:40.469><c> to</c><00:39:40.590><c> you.</c><00:39:41.789><c> Luke</c>

00:39:42.050 --> 00:39:43.610
chapter<00:39:42.289><c> 15,</c><00:39:42.809><c> the</c><00:39:43.010><c> reference</c><00:39:43.090><c> I've</c><00:39:43.329><c> put</c><00:39:43.429><c> there,</c>

00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:46.630
is<00:39:43.750><c> of</c><00:39:43.829><c> course</c><00:39:43.929><c> the</c><00:39:44.110><c> prodigal</c><00:39:44.570><c> son,</c><00:39:45.489><c> who</c><00:39:45.690><c> when</c><00:39:45.929><c> he</c><00:39:46.230><c> came</c><00:39:46.469><c> to</c>

00:39:46.630 --> 00:39:48.829
himself<00:39:47.130><c> and</c><00:39:47.510><c> turned</c><00:39:47.769><c> back</c><00:39:48.409><c> and</c><00:39:48.670><c> headed</c>

00:39:48.829 --> 00:39:52.590
in<00:39:49.090><c> the</c><00:39:49.210><c> right</c><00:39:49.429><c> direction,</c><00:39:50.469><c> then</c><00:39:50.670><c> the</c><00:39:50.909><c> father</c><00:39:51.250><c> who</c><00:39:51.369><c> was</c><00:39:51.690><c> watching</c><00:39:52.110><c> for</c>

00:39:52.590 --> 00:39:54.610
him<00:39:52.869><c> every</c><00:39:53.550><c> morning,</c>

00:39:54.789 --> 00:39:58.369
looking<00:39:55.269><c> out</c><00:39:55.650><c> for</c><00:39:55.809><c> the</c><00:39:55.929><c> return</c><00:39:56.230><c> of</c><00:39:56.389><c> his</c><00:39:56.630><c> son,</c><00:39:57.530><c> runs</c><00:39:57.869><c> towards</c>

00:39:58.369 --> 00:40:01.469
him<00:39:58.590><c> rejoicing</c><00:39:59.309><c> and</c><00:39:59.929><c> brings</c><00:40:00.329><c> him</c><00:40:00.670><c> to</c><00:40:00.869><c> himself.</c>

00:40:01.469 --> 00:40:05.550
So<00:40:02.110><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:02.510><c> 66,</c><00:40:03.750><c> again</c><00:40:03.829><c> it</c><00:40:03.909><c> was</c><00:40:04.030><c> Brother</c><00:40:04.210><c> Phil</c><00:40:04.409><c> being</c><00:40:04.690><c> in</c><00:40:05.230><c> his</c>

00:40:05.550 --> 00:40:06.969
thinking,<00:40:05.969><c> brought</c><00:40:06.190><c> us</c><00:40:06.409><c> to</c><00:40:06.590><c> that,</c>

00:40:07.150 --> 00:40:11.710
to<00:40:07.530><c> him</c><00:40:07.710><c> it</c><00:40:07.829><c> is</c><00:40:07.949><c> a</c><00:40:08.110><c> humble</c><00:40:08.309><c> and</c><00:40:08.570><c> a</c><00:40:08.670><c> contrite</c><00:40:09.269><c> heart.</c><00:40:09.610><c> This</c><00:40:09.789><c> is</c><00:40:10.010><c> the</c><00:40:10.170><c> man</c><00:40:10.650><c> to</c><00:40:10.989><c> whom</c><00:40:11.210><c> I</c>

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will<00:40:11.969><c> look.</c>

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So<00:40:12.869><c> we</c><00:40:13.050><c> need</c><00:40:13.250><c> to</c><00:40:13.429><c> have</c><00:40:13.630><c> that</c><00:40:14.210><c> attitude</c><00:40:15.110><c> of</c><00:40:15.869><c> submission</c><00:40:16.349><c> to</c><00:40:16.630><c> God</c>

00:40:17.090 --> 00:40:20.070
and<00:40:17.650><c> of</c><00:40:17.889><c> submission</c><00:40:18.469><c> to</c><00:40:19.010><c> one</c><00:40:19.190><c> another.</c>

00:40:20.590 --> 00:40:24.550
And<00:40:20.710><c> if</c><00:40:20.849><c> we</c><00:40:21.050><c> do</c><00:40:21.289><c> that,</c><00:40:22.010><c> then</c><00:40:22.130><c> as</c><00:40:22.289><c> verse</c><00:40:22.550><c> 7</c><00:40:22.889><c> tells</c><00:40:23.250><c> us,</c><00:40:23.989><c> we</c><00:40:24.070><c> can</c>

00:40:24.550 --> 00:40:28.050
cast<00:40:25.010><c> our</c><00:40:25.650><c> care,</c><00:40:26.070><c> our</c><00:40:26.369><c> anxiety</c><00:40:27.090><c> upon</c><00:40:27.469><c> him,</c>

00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:36.469
knowing<00:40:28.530><c> that</c><00:40:28.789><c> he</c><00:40:28.889><c> cares</c><00:40:29.610><c> for</c><00:40:30.369><c> you.</c><00:40:34.989><c> That's</c><00:40:35.309><c> a</c><00:40:35.570><c> lovely</c><00:40:35.869><c> thought,</c><00:40:36.329><c> isn't</c>

00:40:36.469 --> 00:40:39.150
it,<00:40:36.889><c> of</c><00:40:37.050><c> casting</c><00:40:37.630><c> our</c><00:40:38.030><c> care</c><00:40:38.329><c> upon</c><00:40:38.670><c> him,</c>

00:40:39.329 --> 00:40:46.730
of<00:40:39.409><c> being</c><00:40:39.809><c> willing</c><00:40:40.269><c> to</c><00:40:41.710><c> talk</c><00:40:42.269><c> to</c><00:40:42.989><c> our</c><00:40:43.269><c> Heavenly</c><00:40:43.610><c> Father,</c><00:40:45.429><c> knowing</c><00:40:46.210><c> that</c>

00:40:46.730 --> 00:40:48.989
our<00:40:46.989><c> Lord</c><00:40:47.150><c> Jesus</c><00:40:47.510><c> Christ</c><00:40:47.909><c> is</c><00:40:48.210><c> there</c>

00:40:48.989 --> 00:40:55.130
about<00:40:49.969><c> issues</c><00:40:50.610><c> which</c><00:40:51.110><c> are</c><00:40:52.030><c> a</c><00:40:52.170><c> burden</c><00:40:52.449><c> to</c><00:40:52.809><c> us.</c><00:40:53.650><c> And</c><00:40:53.650><c> as</c><00:40:53.769><c> we</c><00:40:54.570><c> talk</c>

00:40:55.130 --> 00:40:58.150
to<00:40:55.710><c> God</c><00:40:56.070><c> and</c><00:40:56.710><c> share</c><00:40:56.949><c> the</c><00:40:57.210><c> problem,</c>

00:40:58.309 --> 00:41:01.630
so<00:40:58.710><c> they</c><00:40:58.969><c> say</c><00:40:59.130><c> a</c><00:40:59.269><c> problem</c><00:40:59.710><c> shared</c><00:40:59.949><c> is</c><00:41:00.190><c> a</c><00:41:00.329><c> problem</c><00:41:00.650><c> halved,</c><00:41:01.130><c> isn't</c><00:41:01.250><c> it?</c>

00:41:01.789 --> 00:41:03.670
So<00:41:02.030><c> we</c><00:41:02.309><c> shall</c><00:41:02.489><c> receive</c><00:41:03.150><c> guidance.</c>

00:41:03.909 --> 00:41:10.250
If<00:41:03.909><c> we're</c><00:41:06.510><c> watchful</c><00:41:07.030><c> in</c><00:41:07.309><c> prayer,</c><00:41:08.130><c> if</c><00:41:08.309><c> we're</c><00:41:09.449><c> reading</c><00:41:09.769><c> God's</c>

00:41:10.250 --> 00:41:11.809
word,<00:41:10.449><c> then</c><00:41:10.610><c> we</c><00:41:10.889><c> seek</c><00:41:11.130><c> for</c><00:41:11.449><c> guidance</c>

00:41:11.809 --> 00:41:14.670
in<00:41:12.130><c> situations</c><00:41:12.670><c> where</c><00:41:12.849><c> we</c><00:41:13.050><c> can't</c><00:41:13.489><c> see</c><00:41:13.710><c> the</c><00:41:13.909><c> way</c><00:41:14.170><c> forward</c><00:41:14.530><c> and</c>

00:41:14.670 --> 00:41:16.469
we're<00:41:15.050><c> strengthened</c><00:41:15.650><c> and</c><00:41:16.050><c> helped.</c>

00:41:16.469 --> 00:41:20.829
And<00:41:16.789><c> we</c><00:41:16.969><c> realize</c><00:41:17.349><c> that</c><00:41:17.510><c> we're</c><00:41:17.670><c> not</c><00:41:17.969><c> alone,</c><00:41:19.690><c> that</c><00:41:19.869><c> the</c><00:41:20.030><c> Good</c><00:41:20.269><c> Shepherd</c><00:41:20.610><c> is</c>

00:41:20.829 --> 00:41:22.059
there<00:41:21.090><c> with</c><00:41:21.289><c> us,</c>

00:41:23.329 --> 00:41:27.409
his<00:41:23.449><c> rod</c><00:41:23.610><c> and</c><00:41:23.809><c> his</c><00:41:24.110><c> staff</c><00:41:24.449><c> comforts</c><00:41:25.010><c> us.</c><00:41:25.309><c> And</c><00:41:25.409><c> although</c><00:41:25.670><c> we</c><00:41:25.849><c> may</c><00:41:26.170><c> walk</c><00:41:26.530><c> through</c><00:41:26.789><c> the</c><00:41:26.969><c> valley</c><00:41:27.170><c> of</c>

00:41:27.409 --> 00:41:28.969
the<00:41:27.550><c> shadow</c><00:41:27.829><c> of</c><00:41:28.050><c> death,</c>

00:41:29.530 --> 00:41:34.369
I'm<00:41:29.710><c> saying</c><00:41:29.909><c> that</c><00:41:30.130><c> won't</c><00:41:30.369><c> happen.</c><00:41:31.710><c> Though</c><00:41:31.909><c> we</c><00:41:32.050><c> go</c><00:41:32.309><c> through</c><00:41:32.630><c> that</c><00:41:32.909><c> situation,</c><00:41:34.210><c> he</c>

00:41:34.369 --> 00:41:37.170
says<00:41:34.789><c> he</c><00:41:35.250><c> is</c><00:41:35.469><c> with</c><00:41:35.690><c> us</c>

00:41:37.250 --> 00:41:41.349
to<00:41:37.789><c> provide</c><00:41:38.250><c> the</c><00:41:38.550><c> comfort</c><00:41:38.929><c> and</c><00:41:39.210><c> the</c><00:41:39.469><c> strength</c><00:41:39.809><c> that</c><00:41:40.269><c> we</c><00:41:40.489><c> need.</c>

00:41:41.730 --> 00:41:44.610
And<00:41:41.969><c> so</c><00:41:42.150><c> in</c><00:41:42.489><c> humbling</c><00:41:42.849><c> ourselves</c><00:41:43.510><c> before</c><00:41:44.130><c> God</c>

00:41:44.610 --> 00:41:49.030
and<00:41:45.110><c> serving</c><00:41:45.510><c> one</c><00:41:45.769><c> another,</c><00:41:45.989><c> we</c><00:41:46.110><c> have</c><00:41:46.429><c> such</c><00:41:46.789><c> a</c><00:41:47.110><c> huge</c><00:41:47.469><c> gain</c><00:41:47.949><c> in</c>

00:41:49.030 --> 00:41:52.829
letting<00:41:49.489><c> go</c><00:41:50.469><c> that</c><00:41:51.010><c> holding</c><00:41:51.469><c> back,</c>

00:41:52.949 --> 00:41:57.769
that<00:41:53.710><c> desire</c><00:41:54.289><c> to</c><00:41:54.969><c> sort</c><00:41:55.210><c> of</c><00:41:55.829><c> be</c><00:41:56.130><c> independent</c><00:41:56.710><c> and</c><00:41:57.090><c> do</c><00:41:57.309><c> what</c><00:41:57.469><c> I</c>

00:41:57.769 --> 00:41:59.849
want<00:41:58.030><c> and</c><00:41:58.769><c> all</c><00:41:59.110><c> those</c><00:41:59.369><c> things.</c>

00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:04.530
If<00:42:00.329><c> we</c><00:42:00.489><c> can</c><00:42:00.829><c> rid</c><00:42:00.969><c> ourselves</c><00:42:01.510><c> of</c><00:42:01.690><c> that</c><00:42:01.889><c> and</c><00:42:02.449><c> simply</c><00:42:02.929><c> trust</c><00:42:03.969><c> God,</c>

00:42:04.550 --> 00:42:09.030
coming<00:42:04.769><c> back</c><00:42:05.010><c> to</c><00:42:05.170><c> Matthew's</c><00:42:06.869><c> point</c><00:42:07.170><c> in</c><00:42:07.590><c> his</c><00:42:07.909><c> class</c><00:42:08.150><c> about</c><00:42:08.510><c> faith,</c>

00:42:09.030 --> 00:42:13.849
that's<00:42:09.289><c> the</c><00:42:09.869><c> one</c><00:42:10.210><c> thing</c><00:42:10.670><c> that</c><00:42:10.909><c> we</c><00:42:11.550><c> particularly</c><00:42:12.150><c> can</c><00:42:12.590><c> give</c><00:42:12.929><c> God</c><00:42:13.369><c> and</c><00:42:13.650><c> in</c>

00:42:13.849 --> 00:42:16.409
giving<00:42:14.030><c> it</c><00:42:14.289><c> to</c><00:42:14.429><c> God,</c><00:42:14.789><c> we</c><00:42:14.889><c> receive</c><00:42:15.590><c> so</c><00:42:15.949><c> abundantly</c>

00:42:16.409 --> 00:42:19.889
because<00:42:16.710><c> by</c><00:42:17.110><c> trusting,</c><00:42:17.630><c> having</c><00:42:17.869><c> that</c><00:42:18.289><c> trusting</c><00:42:18.690><c> attitude,</c>

00:42:21.610 --> 00:42:24.349
then<00:42:21.610><c> though</c><00:42:22.030><c> everything's</c><00:42:22.610><c> collapsing</c><00:42:22.989><c> around</c><00:42:23.469><c> us,</c>

00:42:24.389 --> 00:42:29.110
we<00:42:24.869><c> trust</c><00:42:25.449><c> that</c><00:42:25.670><c> it</c><00:42:25.789><c> will</c><00:42:25.969><c> all</c><00:42:26.349><c> work</c><00:42:26.730><c> out</c><00:42:27.210><c> perfectly,</c><00:42:28.469><c> that</c><00:42:28.630><c> God</c><00:42:28.889><c> is</c>

00:42:29.110 --> 00:42:32.389
in<00:42:29.510><c> control,</c><00:42:30.230><c> that</c><00:42:30.329><c> God</c><00:42:30.630><c> knows</c><00:42:31.030><c> what</c><00:42:31.210><c> he's</c><00:42:31.469><c> doing.</c>

00:42:32.469 --> 00:42:34.969
We<00:42:32.670><c> may</c><00:42:32.869><c> not</c><00:42:33.030><c> be</c><00:42:33.150><c> able</c><00:42:33.269><c> to</c><00:42:33.469><c> see</c><00:42:33.710><c> ourselves</c><00:42:34.329><c> what's</c><00:42:34.809><c> happening</c>

00:42:34.969 --> 00:42:37.789
or<00:42:35.250><c> understand</c><00:42:35.750><c> it,</c><00:42:36.130><c> but</c><00:42:36.530><c> we're</c><00:42:36.730><c> able</c><00:42:36.929><c> to</c><00:42:37.230><c> trust</c>

00:42:37.789 --> 00:42:41.369
that<00:42:38.289><c> he</c><00:42:38.489><c> cares</c><00:42:38.889><c> for</c><00:42:39.210><c> us,</c><00:42:39.829><c> that</c><00:42:39.949><c> he'll</c><00:42:40.130><c> bring</c><00:42:40.369><c> us</c><00:42:40.690><c> through</c><00:42:40.889><c> it,</c>

00:42:41.409 --> 00:42:43.929
because<00:42:41.570><c> in</c><00:42:41.789><c> the</c><00:42:41.909><c> end</c><00:42:42.369><c> he</c><00:42:42.670><c> has</c><00:42:43.030><c> in</c><00:42:43.309><c> store</c><00:42:43.590><c> for</c><00:42:43.730><c> us</c>

00:42:43.929 --> 00:42:47.809
that<00:42:44.150><c> wonderful</c><00:42:44.650><c> table</c><00:42:45.010><c> that</c><00:42:45.150><c> he's</c><00:42:45.429><c> prepared</c><00:42:46.030><c> in</c><00:42:46.710><c> his</c><00:42:47.010><c> kingdom.</c>

00:42:48.610 --> 00:42:54.949
So<00:42:48.969><c> verse</c><00:42:49.150><c> 23,</c><00:42:49.650><c> we're</c><00:42:50.070><c> exhorted</c><00:42:50.530><c> to</c><00:42:50.889><c> be</c><00:42:51.449><c> vigilant</c><00:42:52.070><c> and</c><00:42:53.510><c> steadfast.</c>

00:42:57.909 --> 00:43:04.429
Sorry,<00:42:58.730><c> not</c><00:42:58.750><c> verse</c><00:42:58.929><c> 23,</c><00:42:59.469><c> verse</c><00:43:03.309><c> 8.</c>

00:43:04.690 --> 00:43:07.630
Why<00:43:05.030><c> did</c><00:43:05.269><c> I</c><00:43:05.269><c> say</c><00:43:05.269><c> verse</c><00:43:05.510><c> 23?</c><00:43:06.110><c> Oh,</c><00:43:06.510><c> it's</c><00:43:06.789><c> because</c><00:43:06.989><c> it's</c><00:43:07.369><c> slide</c>

00:43:07.630 --> 00:43:09.889
number<00:43:07.889><c> 23</c><00:43:08.389><c> on</c><00:43:08.630><c> the</c><00:43:08.809><c> presentation.</c>

00:43:10.210 --> 00:43:14.369
Sorry<00:43:10.570><c> about</c><00:43:10.789><c> that.</c><00:43:11.449><c> So</c><00:43:11.630><c> verse</c><00:43:11.909><c> 8,</c><00:43:12.289><c> be</c><00:43:12.389><c> sober,</c><00:43:13.670><c> be</c><00:43:13.949><c> vigilant.</c>

00:43:14.489 --> 00:43:15.670
So<00:43:14.630><c> there's</c><00:43:14.889><c> the</c><00:43:15.090><c> watchfulness.</c>

00:43:16.130 --> 00:43:18.610
Because<00:43:16.590><c> your</c><00:43:16.909><c> adversary,</c><00:43:17.429><c> the</c><00:43:17.510><c> devil,</c><00:43:17.809><c> is</c><00:43:17.949><c> a</c><00:43:18.110><c> roaring</c><00:43:18.289><c> lamb</c>

00:43:18.610 --> 00:43:20.250
walking<00:43:18.949><c> about</c><00:43:19.329><c> seeking</c><00:43:19.630><c> whom</c><00:43:19.869><c> he</c><00:43:20.010><c> desires.</c>

00:43:20.250 --> 00:43:23.030
We<00:43:20.429><c> saw</c><00:43:20.650><c> it</c><00:43:20.869><c> in</c><00:43:21.210><c> Balaam</c><00:43:21.530><c> this</c><00:43:21.789><c> morning,</c><00:43:22.010><c> didn't</c><00:43:22.190><c> we?</c><00:43:22.949><c> There</c>

00:43:23.030 --> 00:43:27.070
are<00:43:23.630><c> those</c><00:43:23.989><c> who</c><00:43:24.230><c> will</c><00:43:24.710><c> undermine</c><00:43:25.630><c> our</c><00:43:26.150><c> walk.</c>

00:43:30.070 --> 00:43:38.230
And<00:43:30.730><c> the</c><00:43:31.389><c> adversary</c><00:43:32.070><c> is</c><00:43:33.130><c> there</c><00:43:33.849><c> to</c><00:43:37.050><c> entrap</c><00:43:37.449><c> us</c><00:43:37.610><c> if</c><00:43:37.730><c> we're</c><00:43:37.929><c> not</c>

00:43:38.230 --> 00:43:39.630
fully<00:43:38.590><c> alert.</c>

00:43:39.690 --> 00:43:44.090
So<00:43:39.889><c> it</c><00:43:40.030><c> says</c><00:43:40.269><c> resist</c><00:43:40.849><c> him</c><00:43:41.469><c> steadfast</c><00:43:42.389><c> in</c><00:43:43.170><c> the</c><00:43:43.630><c> faith.</c><00:43:43.849><c> There</c>

00:43:44.090 --> 00:43:48.309
it<00:43:44.269><c> is,</c><00:43:44.489><c> the</c><00:43:44.769><c> importance</c><00:43:45.250><c> of</c><00:43:45.750><c> faith</c><00:43:46.250><c> that</c><00:43:47.090><c> we</c><00:43:47.289><c> need</c><00:43:47.570><c> to</c><00:43:48.030><c> have</c>

00:43:48.309 --> 00:43:51.570
in<00:43:48.670><c> order</c><00:43:48.809><c> to</c><00:43:49.010><c> be</c><00:43:49.050><c> able</c><00:43:49.230><c> to</c><00:43:49.389><c> resist,</c><00:43:50.250><c> knowing</c><00:43:50.809><c> that</c><00:43:51.190><c> the</c><00:43:51.349><c> same</c>

00:43:51.570 --> 00:43:53.429
afflictions,<00:43:52.449><c> the</c><00:43:52.449><c> same</c><00:43:52.570><c> whatever</c><00:43:52.809><c> you're</c><00:43:53.150><c> suffering,</c>

00:43:53.489 --> 00:43:57.090
whatever<00:43:53.690><c> you're</c><00:43:54.030><c> coping</c><00:43:54.289><c> with,</c><00:43:55.090><c> are</c><00:43:55.590><c> accomplished.</c><00:43:56.130><c> There's</c><00:43:56.210><c> somebody</c><00:43:56.570><c> else</c>

00:43:57.090 --> 00:43:59.750
elsewhere<00:43:57.730><c> who</c><00:43:58.030><c> may</c><00:43:58.250><c> be</c><00:43:58.510><c> worse</c><00:43:58.769><c> off</c><00:43:59.030><c> than</c><00:43:59.309><c> you</c>

00:43:59.750 --> 00:44:05.230
that<00:44:00.110><c> you</c><00:44:00.289><c> can</c><00:44:00.530><c> therefore</c><00:44:01.150><c> perhaps</c><00:44:02.110><c> have</c><00:44:02.429><c> some</c><00:44:02.769><c> better</c><00:44:03.110><c> feeling</c><00:44:03.530><c> for</c><00:44:03.969><c> as</c><00:44:04.210><c> a</c><00:44:04.309><c> result.</c>

00:44:05.889 --> 00:44:10.869
And<00:44:06.050><c> so</c><00:44:06.690><c> finally</c><00:44:07.369><c> the</c><00:44:07.610><c> Apostle</c><00:44:08.230><c> Peter,</c><00:44:09.230><c> converted</c><00:44:10.030><c> by</c><00:44:10.530><c> his</c>

00:44:10.869 --> 00:44:16.750
experience,<00:44:12.429><c> how</c><00:44:12.829><c> Jesus</c><00:44:14.789><c> prayed</c><00:44:15.210><c> for</c><00:44:15.530><c> him</c><00:44:15.869><c> and</c><00:44:16.010><c> said</c>

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afterwards,<00:44:17.809><c> when</c><00:44:18.070><c> thou</c><00:44:18.309><c> art</c><00:44:18.550><c> converted,</c><00:44:20.030><c> strengthen</c><00:44:20.369><c> thy</c><00:44:20.730><c> brethren.</c>

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He's<00:44:22.070><c> now</c><00:44:22.389><c> able</c><00:44:22.789><c> to</c><00:44:23.349><c> be</c><00:44:23.750><c> confident</c><00:44:24.269><c> that</c><00:44:24.530><c> in</c><00:44:24.889><c> trial,</c><00:44:25.789><c> God</c><00:44:25.969><c> is</c>

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at<00:44:26.449><c> work.</c>

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And<00:44:27.369><c> that</c><00:44:27.530><c> if</c><00:44:27.710><c> we</c><00:44:28.130><c> hold</c><00:44:28.530><c> fast</c><00:44:28.929><c> to</c><00:44:29.130><c> the</c><00:44:29.269><c> things</c><00:44:29.449><c> that</c><00:44:29.650><c> God</c><00:44:29.869><c> has</c>

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given<00:44:30.349><c> to</c><00:44:30.650><c> us,</c><00:44:31.289><c> then</c><00:44:31.449><c> whatever</c><00:44:32.150><c> overtakes</c><00:44:32.789><c> us,</c><00:44:33.389><c> we</c><00:44:33.769><c> can</c><00:44:34.150><c> cope</c>

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with<00:44:34.650><c> it.</c>

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So<00:44:36.269><c> we've</c><00:44:38.110><c> got</c><00:44:38.530><c> seven</c><00:44:39.050><c> characteristics,</c><00:44:39.809><c> seven</c><00:44:40.110><c> habits</c><00:44:40.429><c> of</c>

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effective<00:44:41.130><c> discipleship</c><00:44:41.789><c> this</c><00:44:42.050><c> morning.</c>

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We've<00:44:42.969><c> got</c><00:44:43.030><c> the</c><00:44:43.289><c> recognition</c><00:44:43.849><c> that</c><00:44:44.110><c> in</c><00:44:44.369><c> adversity</c><00:44:44.969><c> and</c><00:44:45.349><c> trial</c>

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and<00:44:45.909><c> suffering,</c><00:44:46.809><c> we</c><00:44:46.829><c> need</c><00:44:47.030><c> to</c><00:44:47.309><c> hold</c><00:44:47.489><c> on</c><00:44:47.809><c> in</c>

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and<00:44:48.690><c> recognize</c><00:44:49.130><c> that</c><00:44:49.289><c> we</c><00:44:49.389><c> can</c><00:44:49.690><c> share</c><00:44:50.030><c> that</c><00:44:50.309><c> situation</c><00:44:50.869><c> with</c><00:44:51.150><c> God.</c>

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We've<00:44:52.050><c> got</c><00:44:52.130><c> the</c><00:44:52.429><c> concept</c><00:44:52.929><c> of</c><00:44:53.230><c> spiritual</c><00:44:53.849><c> leadership,</c><00:44:54.809><c> of</c>

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being<00:44:55.329><c> shepherds.</c>

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And<00:44:56.590><c> if</c><00:44:57.130><c> we</c><00:44:57.269><c> can</c><00:44:57.429><c> take</c><00:44:57.570><c> those</c><00:44:57.889><c> three</c><00:44:58.269><c> thoughts</c><00:44:58.610><c> with</c><00:44:58.889><c> us</c><00:44:59.090><c> and</c>

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seek<00:44:59.610><c> to</c><00:44:59.929><c> find</c><00:45:00.130><c> ways</c><00:45:00.409><c> in</c><00:45:00.530><c> which</c><00:45:00.730><c> we</c><00:45:00.829><c> can</c><00:45:00.969><c> work</c><00:45:01.250><c> them</c><00:45:01.409><c> out</c><00:45:01.570><c> in</c>

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our<00:45:02.010><c> own</c><00:45:02.250><c> lives,</c>

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then<00:45:03.250><c> we</c><00:45:03.409><c> will</c><00:45:03.630><c> indeed</c><00:45:04.090><c> be</c><00:45:04.329><c> amongst</c><00:45:04.690><c> those</c><00:45:05.329><c> who</c><00:45:05.809><c> can</c><00:45:06.309><c> be</c><00:45:06.750><c> able</c>

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to<00:45:07.409><c> say</c><00:45:07.670><c> that</c><00:45:07.829><c> we've</c><00:45:08.030><c> been</c><00:45:08.409><c> called,</c><00:45:08.809><c> as</c><00:45:09.010><c> verse</c><00:45:09.269><c> 10</c><00:45:09.550><c> says,</c>

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unto<00:45:10.650><c> his</c><00:45:10.949><c> eternal</c><00:45:11.530><c> glory</c><00:45:11.849><c> by</c><00:45:12.210><c> Christ</c><00:45:12.650><c> Jesus,</c><00:45:13.769><c> after</c><00:45:13.909><c> he</c><00:45:14.150><c> has</c>

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suffered<00:45:14.730><c> a</c><00:45:15.050><c> while,</c>

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and<00:45:16.829><c> that</c><00:45:17.010><c> the</c><00:45:17.110><c> God</c><00:45:17.309><c> of</c><00:45:17.469><c> all</c><00:45:17.670><c> grace</c><00:45:18.010><c> will</c><00:45:18.250><c> make</c><00:45:18.429><c> us</c><00:45:18.730><c> perfect,</c>

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establish,<00:45:20.869><c> strengthen</c><00:45:21.230><c> and</c><00:45:21.590><c> settle</c><00:45:21.849><c> us,</c>

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to<00:45:23.070><c> whom</c><00:45:23.230><c> be</c><00:45:23.449><c> glory</c><00:45:24.090><c> and</c><00:45:24.489><c> dominion</c><00:45:25.050><c> for</c><00:45:25.369><c> ever</c><00:45:25.590><c> and</c><00:45:25.789><c> ever.</c><00:45:26.730><c> Amen.</c>