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it<00:21:09.759><c> definitely</c><00:21:09.960><c> was</c><00:21:10.180><c> Goliath.</c>

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Overconfidence<00:21:30.240><c> at</c><00:21:30.460><c> its</c><00:21:30.700><c> worst,</c><00:21:31.039><c> right</c><00:21:31.240><c> there,</c><00:21:31.759><c> my</c><00:21:31.920><c> dear</c><00:21:32.079><c> brothers</c><00:21:32.319><c> and</c><00:21:32.559><c> sisters.</c>

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Today's<00:21:35.200><c> readings</c><00:21:35.440><c> in</c><00:21:35.640><c> First</c><00:21:35.839><c> Corinthians,</c><00:21:36.539><c> though,</c><00:21:37.339><c> and</c><00:21:37.420><c> I</c>

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did<00:21:37.900><c> say</c><00:21:38.079><c> I</c><00:21:38.160><c> would</c><00:21:38.319><c> get</c><00:21:38.519><c> to</c><00:21:38.680><c> him.</c>

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We're<00:21:38.960><c> going</c><00:21:39.039><c> to</c><00:21:39.140><c> get</c><00:21:39.259><c> to</c><00:21:39.400><c> him</c><00:21:39.539><c> now.</c>

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Paul<00:21:41.039><c> reminds</c><00:21:41.539><c> us,</c><00:21:42.859><c> and</c><00:21:43.160><c> he</c><00:21:43.440><c> reminded</c><00:21:43.880><c> the</c><00:21:44.480><c> believers</c><00:21:44.799><c> at</c><00:21:45.140><c> Corinth</c><00:21:45.480><c> that</c><00:21:47.500><c> they</c><00:21:47.779><c> had</c>

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better<00:21:48.180><c> not</c><00:21:48.480><c> grow</c>

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overconfident<00:21:49.319><c> in</c><00:21:49.500><c> themselves,</c><00:21:50.619><c> and</c><00:21:50.839><c> especially</c><00:21:51.200><c> in</c><00:21:51.380><c> those</c>

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first<00:21:51.799><c> 12</c><00:21:52.200><c> verses</c><00:21:53.240><c> of</c><00:21:54.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:54.680><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:21:57.599><c> famous,</c><00:21:58.420><c> or</c><00:21:58.980><c> I</c><00:21:59.039><c> guess</c><00:21:59.220><c> you</c><00:21:59.339><c> could</c><00:21:59.460><c> say</c><00:21:59.579><c> the</c><00:21:59.759><c> famous</c><00:22:00.079><c> verse,</c><00:22:00.319><c> verse</c><00:22:00.559><c> 12.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:22:02.480><c> let</c><00:22:02.720><c> him</c><00:22:02.940><c> that</c><00:22:03.200><c> thinketh</c><00:22:03.559><c> he</c><00:22:03.880><c> standeth</c><00:22:04.680><c> take</c><00:22:05.200><c> heed</c><00:22:05.519><c> lest</c><00:22:05.819><c> he</c><00:22:06.119><c> fall.</c>

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And<00:22:07.740><c> he</c><00:22:07.880><c> was</c><00:22:08.119><c> warning,</c><00:22:08.680><c> reminding</c><00:22:09.119><c> them</c><00:22:09.619><c> that,</c><00:22:10.880><c> you</c><00:22:11.180><c> know,</c>

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you<00:22:11.400><c> think</c><00:22:12.000><c> because</c><00:22:12.839><c> you're</c><00:22:13.160><c> baptized,</c>

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you're<00:22:14.019><c> the</c><00:22:14.259><c> saving</c><00:22:14.539><c> name,</c><00:22:16.279><c> I'm</c><00:22:16.660><c> here</c><00:22:16.819><c> to</c><00:22:17.019><c> warn</c><00:22:17.160><c> you</c><00:22:17.339><c> that</c><00:22:17.480><c> you</c>

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can't<00:22:17.940><c> be</c><00:22:18.119><c> overconfident.</c>

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You<00:22:18.940><c> need</c><00:22:19.200><c> to</c><00:22:19.460><c> keep</c><00:22:19.920><c> working.</c>

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You<00:22:20.640><c> need</c><00:22:20.880><c> to</c><00:22:21.079><c> keep</c><00:22:21.319><c> studying,</c><00:22:22.460><c> and</c><00:22:23.160><c> you</c><00:22:23.319><c> can't</c><00:22:23.619><c> fall</c><00:22:23.900><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:24.380><c> trap.</c>

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In<00:22:27.339><c> the</c><00:22:27.519><c> first</c><00:22:27.779><c> four</c><00:22:28.039><c> verses,</c><00:22:29.880><c> Paul</c><00:22:30.140><c> warns</c><00:22:30.599><c> them</c><00:22:30.920><c> that</c><00:22:32.359><c> even</c>

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though<00:22:32.839><c> they've</c><00:22:33.000><c> been</c><00:22:33.240><c> given</c><00:22:33.480><c> special</c>

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privileges,<00:22:36.299><c> that</c><00:22:36.579><c> was</c><00:22:36.799><c> no</c><00:22:36.980><c> guarantee</c><00:22:37.400><c> that</c><00:22:37.579><c> they</c><00:22:37.720><c> would</c><00:22:37.920><c> be</c><00:22:38.099><c> successful.</c>

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And<00:22:39.480><c> he</c><00:22:39.660><c> uses</c><00:22:40.019><c> the</c><00:22:40.380><c> example</c><00:22:40.880><c> of</c><00:22:41.819><c> the</c><00:22:42.140><c> Israelites</c><00:22:42.460><c> being</c><00:22:42.839><c> delivered</c><00:22:43.220><c> from</c>

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Egypt<00:22:44.119><c> by</c><00:22:45.380><c> the</c><00:22:45.640><c> power</c><00:22:45.900><c> of</c><00:22:46.140><c> God.</c>

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Just<00:22:47.900><c> as</c><00:22:48.079><c> the</c><00:22:48.319><c> Corinthian</c><00:22:48.700><c> believers</c><00:22:49.240><c> had</c><00:22:49.599><c> redeemed</c><00:22:50.319><c> from</c>

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their<00:22:50.779><c> sin</c><00:22:51.680><c> through</c><00:22:52.619><c> Jesus</c><00:22:53.059><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:22:55.319><c> reminds</c><00:22:55.660><c> them</c><00:22:55.819><c> that</c><00:22:56.039><c> Israel</c><00:22:56.500><c> was</c><00:22:56.920><c> identified</c><00:22:57.460><c> with</c><00:22:57.720><c> Moses</c>

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in<00:22:58.400><c> their</c><00:22:58.539><c> Red</c><00:22:58.819><c> Sea</c><00:22:59.079><c> crossing</c><00:22:59.500><c> as</c><00:23:00.640><c> their</c><00:23:01.279><c> baptism,</c>

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just<00:23:03.279><c> as</c><00:23:03.480><c> the</c><00:23:03.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:04.200><c> had</c><00:23:05.039><c> been</c><00:23:05.319><c> identified</c><00:23:05.819><c> with</c><00:23:06.099><c> Christ</c><00:23:06.440><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:06.839><c> baptism.</c>

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Israel<00:23:09.799><c> partook</c><00:23:10.220><c> of</c><00:23:10.380><c> the</c><00:23:10.619><c> manna,</c><00:23:11.779><c> and</c><00:23:11.880><c> they</c><00:23:12.140><c> drank</c><00:23:12.339><c> from</c><00:23:12.519><c> the</c>

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water<00:23:12.940><c> that</c><00:23:13.140><c> God</c><00:23:13.380><c> provided.</c>

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on<00:23:18.140><c> the</c><00:23:18.380><c> spiritual</c><00:23:19.599><c> word</c><00:23:20.019><c> of</c><00:23:20.240><c> God</c><00:23:20.460><c> for</c><00:23:20.680><c> their</c><00:23:20.900><c> sustenance.</c>

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But<00:23:24.119><c> Paul</c><00:23:24.279><c> reminds</c><00:23:24.779><c> them</c><00:23:25.180><c> very</c><00:23:25.640><c> keenly</c><00:23:26.079><c> that</c><00:23:27.380><c> even</c><00:23:29.220><c> with</c><00:23:29.440><c> all</c>

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these<00:23:29.819><c> privileges,</c>

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the<00:23:30.900><c> Israelites</c><00:23:31.380><c> still</c><00:23:33.200><c> fell</c><00:23:33.839><c> into</c><00:23:34.140><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:23:37.920><c> great</c><00:23:38.240><c> to</c><00:23:38.440><c> be</c><00:23:38.680><c> confident.</c>

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Paul's<00:23:41.579><c> warning</c><00:23:41.799><c> them</c><00:23:42.319><c> that</c><00:23:43.359><c> with</c><00:23:44.119><c> great</c><00:23:44.539><c> confidence,</c><00:23:46.579><c> you</c>

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need<00:23:47.880><c> to</c><00:23:48.000><c> be</c><00:23:48.240><c> cautious.</c>

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When<00:23:50.779><c> we</c><00:23:51.019><c> think</c><00:23:51.220><c> we</c><00:23:51.420><c> are</c><00:23:51.599><c> strong,</c><00:23:52.819><c> we</c><00:23:52.960><c> discover</c><00:23:53.420><c> that</c><00:23:53.640><c> we</c><00:23:53.740><c> are</c><00:23:53.940><c> weak.</c>

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The<00:23:56.099><c> Israelites</c><00:23:56.460><c> had</c><00:23:56.779><c> experienced</c><00:23:57.200><c> God's</c><00:23:57.660><c> miracles,</c><00:23:57.960><c> and</c>

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yet<00:23:58.279><c> they</c><00:23:58.640><c> failed</c><00:23:59.059><c> when</c><00:24:00.559><c> the</c><00:24:00.779><c> bell</c><00:24:00.960><c> rang,</c>

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when<00:24:01.420><c> they</c><00:24:01.599><c> were</c><00:24:01.720><c> in</c><00:24:01.799><c> the</c><00:24:01.940><c> wilderness.</c>

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Confidence,<00:24:04.779><c> our</c><00:24:05.079><c> confidence,</c><00:24:05.619><c> needs</c><00:24:05.880><c> to</c><00:24:06.059><c> be</c><00:24:06.299><c> balanced.</c>

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It<00:24:07.940><c> needs</c><00:24:08.140><c> to</c><00:24:08.299><c> be</c><00:24:08.539><c> balanced</c><00:24:08.700><c> with</c><00:24:08.940><c> caution,</c><00:24:11.380><c> for</c><00:24:11.460><c> we</c><00:24:11.660><c> never</c><00:24:12.099><c> come</c><00:24:12.440><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:12.819><c> place</c><00:24:13.000><c> in</c><00:24:13.160><c> our</c><00:24:13.380><c> walk</c><00:24:13.599><c> where</c><00:24:13.900><c> we</c><00:24:14.059><c> are</c><00:24:14.319><c> free</c><00:24:14.599><c> from</c><00:24:15.119><c> temptation.</c>

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It's<00:24:15.900><c> all</c><00:24:16.079><c> around</c><00:24:16.319><c> us</c><00:24:17.200><c> in</c><00:24:17.559><c> potential</c><00:24:17.980><c> failure.</c>

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As<00:24:19.519><c> we</c><00:24:19.680><c> remember</c><00:24:19.900><c> all</c><00:24:20.099><c> the</c><00:24:20.380><c> Israelites,</c><00:24:21.579><c> 20</c><00:24:21.880><c> years</c><00:24:22.500><c> old</c><00:24:23.119><c> and</c>

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up,<00:24:23.859><c> that</c><00:24:24.140><c> were</c><00:24:25.119><c> saved</c><00:24:25.339><c> from</c><00:24:25.559><c> Egypt,</c>

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except<00:24:28.099><c> for</c><00:24:28.380><c> Joshua</c><00:24:28.640><c> and</c><00:24:28.900><c> Caleb,</c><00:24:29.180><c> died</c><00:24:29.680><c> in</c><00:24:30.000><c> the</c><00:24:30.140><c> wilderness</c>

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on<00:24:31.279><c> the</c><00:24:31.420><c> edge</c><00:24:31.539><c> of</c><00:24:31.759><c> the</c><00:24:31.900><c> promised</c><00:24:32.099><c> land.</c>

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Now<00:24:35.039><c> you</c><00:24:35.140><c> can</c><00:24:35.380><c> almost</c><00:24:35.640><c> hear</c><00:24:35.900><c> the</c><00:24:36.140><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:36.700><c> saying,</c><00:24:38.480><c> Paul,</c>

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what<00:24:38.900><c> are</c><00:24:38.980><c> you</c><00:24:39.099><c> crazy?</c>

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Now<00:24:40.339><c> this</c><00:24:40.460><c> has</c><00:24:40.660><c> nothing</c><00:24:40.880><c> to</c><00:24:41.079><c> do</c><00:24:41.160><c> with</c><00:24:41.359><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:43.539><c> that's</c><00:24:43.920><c> a</c><00:24:44.000><c> lot</c><00:24:44.200><c> of</c><00:24:44.380><c> times</c><00:24:44.619><c> the</c><00:24:44.880><c> signs</c><00:24:45.099><c> of</c><00:24:45.400><c> overconfidence,</c><00:24:47.220><c> where</c><00:24:47.259><c> you</c><00:24:47.480><c> can't,</c><00:24:48.799><c> you</c>

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know,<00:24:49.380><c> you</c><00:24:49.500><c> pooh</c><00:24:49.900><c>-pooh</c><00:24:50.099><c> things</c><00:24:50.400><c> aside,</c><00:24:50.839><c> so</c><00:24:51.059><c> to</c><00:24:51.240><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:24:52.019><c> that's</c><00:24:52.180><c> what</c><00:24:52.279><c> they</c><00:24:52.460><c> were</c><00:24:52.599><c> doing.</c>

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But<00:24:54.920><c> Paul</c><00:24:55.200><c> reminds</c><00:24:55.720><c> them</c><00:24:55.940><c> that</c><00:24:56.640><c> the</c><00:24:56.839><c> Corinthians,</c><00:24:57.339><c> the</c><00:24:57.559><c> church,</c><00:24:58.859><c> was</c>

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guilty<00:24:59.519><c> of</c><00:25:00.359><c> some</c><00:25:00.559><c> of</c><00:25:00.779><c> the</c><00:25:00.859><c> same</c><00:25:01.099><c> sins</c><00:25:01.339><c> that</c><00:25:01.579><c> the</c><00:25:01.779><c> Israelites</c>

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had<00:25:02.359><c> committed.</c>

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Immorality,<00:25:05.100><c> idolatry,</c><00:25:06.019><c> murmuring</c><00:25:06.380><c> against</c><00:25:06.759><c> God.</c>

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As<00:25:09.180><c> I</c><00:25:09.380><c> said</c><00:25:09.480><c> earlier,</c><00:25:10.059><c> the</c><00:25:10.319><c> Israelites</c><00:25:10.599><c> were</c><00:25:10.900><c> saved</c><00:25:11.099><c> from</c><00:25:11.319><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:11.619><c> but</c>

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they<00:25:12.299><c> weren't</c><00:25:12.519><c> allowed</c><00:25:12.859><c> to</c><00:25:13.140><c> enter</c><00:25:13.140><c> the</c><00:25:13.420><c> promised</c><00:25:13.619><c> land.</c>

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Now<00:25:15.839><c> Paul</c><00:25:16.000><c> was</c><00:25:16.259><c> not</c><00:25:16.500><c> telling</c><00:25:16.759><c> the</c><00:25:17.079><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:17.460><c> that</c><00:25:18.539><c> they</c>

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would<00:25:19.059><c> not,</c><00:25:19.920><c> that</c><00:25:20.119><c> they</c><00:25:20.259><c> would</c><00:25:20.480><c> lose</c><00:25:20.680><c> their</c><00:25:20.880><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:25:39.299><c> today</c><00:25:39.440><c> we've</c><00:25:39.700><c> talked</c><00:25:39.980><c> about</c><00:25:40.259><c> lack</c><00:25:40.559><c> of</c><00:25:40.920><c> confidence,</c>

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we've<00:25:41.640><c> talked</c><00:25:41.819><c> about</c><00:25:42.119><c> overconfidence.</c>

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We've<00:25:45.299><c> looked</c><00:25:45.460><c> at</c><00:25:45.660><c> it</c><00:25:45.779><c> in</c><00:25:45.920><c> scripture,</c><00:25:46.220><c> but</c><00:25:46.420><c> how</c><00:25:46.640><c> do</c><00:25:46.779><c> we</c><00:25:46.940><c> apply</c>

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it<00:25:47.359><c> to</c><00:25:47.519><c> ourselves?</c>

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As<00:25:49.500><c> I</c><00:25:49.740><c> said</c><00:25:49.859><c> earlier,</c><00:25:50.279><c> confidence</c><00:25:50.960><c> can</c><00:25:52.079><c> take</c><00:25:52.299><c> an</c><00:25:52.460><c> awful</c><00:25:52.700><c> long</c>

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time<00:25:53.700><c> to</c><00:25:54.339><c> build</c><00:25:54.519><c> up,</c><00:25:55.039><c> and</c><00:25:55.900><c> that's</c><00:25:56.240><c> the</c><00:25:56.400><c> beauty</c><00:25:56.619><c> of</c><00:25:56.740><c> what</c><00:25:56.940><c> we</c><00:25:57.200><c> have.</c>

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Not<00:25:58.579><c> only</c><00:25:58.839><c> do</c><00:25:59.000><c> we</c><00:25:59.119><c> have</c><00:25:59.299><c> a</c><00:25:59.440><c> Heavenly</c><00:25:59.720><c> Father</c><00:26:00.039><c> that</c><00:26:00.240><c> has</c><00:26:00.500><c> called</c>

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us<00:26:00.980><c> and</c><00:26:01.180><c> said,</c><00:26:02.000><c> I</c><00:26:02.180><c> have</c><00:26:02.539><c> confidence</c><00:26:03.000><c> in</c><00:26:03.220><c> you.</c>

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We<00:26:05.400><c> have</c><00:26:05.660><c> families,</c><00:26:06.680><c> we</c><00:26:06.900><c> have</c><00:26:07.099><c> each</c><00:26:07.339><c> other,</c><00:26:09.039><c> all</c><00:26:09.400><c> this</c><00:26:09.720><c> spiritual</c><00:26:10.400><c> power</c>

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around<00:26:11.420><c> us</c><00:26:11.759><c> saying,</c><00:26:13.000><c> I</c><00:26:13.099><c> have</c><00:26:13.440><c> confidence</c><00:26:13.880><c> in</c><00:26:14.059><c> you,</c><00:26:14.380><c> Sister</c><00:26:14.500><c> Ruth.</c>

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I<00:26:16.140><c> have</c><00:26:16.420><c> confidence</c><00:26:16.880><c> in</c><00:26:17.099><c> you,</c><00:26:17.339><c> Brother</c><00:26:17.480><c> Bob.</c><00:26:19.460><c> It's</c><00:26:19.640><c> all</c><00:26:19.880><c> around</c><00:26:20.160><c> us,</c>

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just<00:26:20.660><c> waiting</c><00:26:20.980><c> for</c><00:26:21.480><c> us</c><00:26:21.680><c> to</c><00:26:21.900><c> tap</c><00:26:22.079><c> into</c><00:26:22.319><c> it.</c>

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But<00:26:24.200><c> as</c><00:26:24.460><c> great</c><00:26:24.680><c> as</c><00:26:24.839><c> it</c><00:26:25.019><c> is</c><00:26:25.599><c> that</c><00:26:26.460><c> we</c><00:26:26.700><c> all</c><00:26:26.900><c> have</c><00:26:27.180><c> confidence</c><00:26:27.579><c> in</c>

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our<00:26:27.900><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:28.200><c> Father,</c><00:26:29.660><c> we</c><00:26:30.000><c> still</c><00:26:30.240><c> need</c><00:26:30.420><c> to</c><00:26:30.579><c> do</c><00:26:30.740><c> our</c><00:26:30.960><c> part.</c>

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I<00:26:33.619><c> don't</c><00:26:33.940><c> think</c><00:26:34.140><c> God</c><00:26:34.500><c> would</c><00:26:34.819><c> give</c><00:26:34.920><c> me</c><00:26:36.559><c> the</c><00:26:37.440><c> power,</c><00:26:37.759><c> not</c><00:26:37.960><c> the</c><00:26:38.200><c> power,</c><00:26:38.559><c> but</c><00:26:38.680><c> the</c><00:26:38.920><c> talent</c><00:26:39.279><c> to</c>

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play<00:26:40.079><c> the</c><00:26:40.319><c> piano</c><00:26:40.660><c> if</c><00:26:40.900><c> I</c><00:26:41.039><c> just</c><00:26:41.240><c> sat</c><00:26:41.440><c> there</c><00:26:41.660><c> and</c><00:26:41.779><c> said,</c>

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Okay,<00:26:42.099><c> I</c><00:26:42.319><c> have</c><00:26:42.559><c> confidence</c><00:26:43.000><c> in</c><00:26:43.220><c> you,</c><00:26:44.240><c> help</c><00:26:44.339><c> me</c><00:26:44.559><c> play.</c>

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don't<00:26:49.960><c> think</c><00:26:50.079><c> he'd</c><00:26:50.240><c> do</c><00:26:50.420><c> it.</c>

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He'd<00:26:51.220><c> say,</c><00:26:51.359><c> Mark,</c><00:26:52.759><c> you</c><00:26:52.940><c> have</c><00:26:53.160><c> to</c><00:26:53.319><c> sit</c><00:26:53.480><c> there,</c><00:26:54.279><c> and</c><00:26:54.480><c> you</c><00:26:54.599><c> have</c>

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It's<00:26:59.759><c> the</c><00:26:59.900><c> same</c><00:27:00.019><c> with</c><00:27:00.200><c> our</c><00:27:00.359><c> spiritual</c><00:27:00.740><c> lives,</c><00:27:01.160><c> brothers</c><00:27:01.240><c> and</c><00:27:01.440><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:27:01.960><c> have</c><00:27:02.180><c> been</c><00:27:02.420><c> called</c><00:27:02.779><c> to</c><00:27:03.380><c> be</c><00:27:03.619><c> priests</c><00:27:04.019><c> and</c><00:27:04.319><c> kings</c><00:27:04.599><c> in</c><00:27:04.779><c> the</c><00:27:04.940><c> kingdom</c><00:27:05.180><c> to</c><00:27:05.420><c> come.</c>

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so<00:27:11.319><c> that</c><00:27:11.480><c> we</c><00:27:11.559><c> can</c><00:27:11.720><c> do</c><00:27:11.960><c> that</c><00:27:12.559><c> in</c><00:27:12.880><c> the</c><00:27:13.039><c> kingdom</c><00:27:13.279><c> age</c><00:27:13.519><c> to</c><00:27:13.740><c> come.</c>

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It<00:27:15.099><c> takes</c><00:27:15.319><c> work,</c><00:27:15.859><c> it</c><00:27:15.880><c> takes</c><00:27:16.180><c> prayer,</c><00:27:17.200><c> it</c><00:27:17.240><c> takes</c><00:27:17.519><c> patience,</c><00:27:18.599><c> it</c>

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takes<00:27:18.900><c> study,</c><00:27:19.819><c> it</c><00:27:19.859><c> takes</c><00:27:20.339><c> everything.</c>

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But<00:27:24.579><c> we</c><00:27:24.759><c> just</c><00:27:25.019><c> can't</c><00:27:25.680><c> throw</c><00:27:25.940><c> it</c><00:27:26.119><c> all</c><00:27:26.279><c> to</c><00:27:26.420><c> God</c><00:27:26.640><c> and</c><00:27:26.799><c> say,</c><00:27:27.619><c> God,</c>

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give<00:27:28.160><c> me</c><00:27:28.319><c> the</c><00:27:28.559><c> confidence</c><00:27:29.019><c> to</c><00:27:30.200><c> do</c><00:27:30.359><c> it.</c>

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We<00:27:30.700><c> need</c><00:27:30.880><c> to</c><00:27:31.019><c> do</c><00:27:31.180><c> our</c><00:27:31.380><c> part.</c>

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God<00:27:35.460><c> loves</c><00:27:35.720><c> us,</c><00:27:36.019><c> brothers</c><00:27:36.140><c> and</c><00:27:36.339><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:27:38.920><c> shows</c><00:27:39.140><c> it</c><00:27:39.339><c> every</c><00:27:39.599><c> day.</c>

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He's<00:27:41.140><c> called</c><00:27:41.359><c> us</c><00:27:41.619><c> to</c><00:27:41.839><c> be</c><00:27:42.220><c> with</c><00:27:42.559><c> him.</c>

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We<00:27:44.960><c> know</c><00:27:45.180><c> how</c><00:27:45.440><c> difficult</c><00:27:45.859><c> it</c><00:27:45.980><c> can</c><00:27:46.180><c> be</c><00:27:46.339><c> in</c><00:27:46.480><c> this</c><00:27:46.700><c> world</c><00:27:46.900><c> that's</c>

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around<00:27:47.400><c> us</c><00:27:47.579><c> with</c><00:27:47.759><c> everything</c><00:27:48.180><c> that's</c><00:27:48.519><c> thrown</c><00:27:48.640><c> at</c><00:27:48.819><c> us</c><00:27:48.940><c> each</c>

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and<00:27:49.299><c> every</c><00:27:49.480><c> day.</c>

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How<00:27:51.740><c> do</c><00:27:51.900><c> we</c><00:27:52.079><c> stand</c><00:27:52.319><c> firm</c><00:27:52.599><c> and</c><00:27:52.859><c> confident?</c>

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What<00:27:53.480><c> do</c><00:27:53.700><c> we</c><00:27:53.839><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:27:56.500><c> we</c><00:27:56.700><c> continue</c><00:27:57.119><c> to</c><00:27:57.400><c> learn.</c>

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We<00:28:00.079><c> continue</c><00:28:00.519><c> to</c><00:28:00.799><c> learn.</c>

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When<00:28:01.700><c> we</c><00:28:02.019><c> think</c><00:28:02.279><c> we</c><00:28:02.559><c> are</c><00:28:02.720><c> at</c><00:28:02.799><c> our</c><00:28:03.039><c> strongest,</c><00:28:04.359><c> we</c><00:28:04.680><c> actually</c><00:28:05.059><c> find</c><00:28:05.319><c> out</c><00:28:05.500><c> we're</c><00:28:05.680><c> at</c>

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our<00:28:05.960><c> weakest</c><00:28:06.240><c> so</c><00:28:06.579><c> that</c><00:28:06.839><c> at</c><00:28:06.980><c> no</c><00:28:07.200><c> point</c><00:28:07.799><c> should</c><00:28:08.500><c> we</c><00:28:08.759><c> feel</c><00:28:09.380><c> overconfident.</c>

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We<00:28:11.940><c> need</c><00:28:12.180><c> to</c><00:28:12.500><c> continue</c><00:28:12.740><c> to</c><00:28:13.079><c> learn,</c><00:28:13.339><c> to</c><00:28:13.640><c> study,</c><00:28:14.619><c> so</c><00:28:14.839><c> that</c><00:28:14.960><c> when</c>

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that<00:28:15.400><c> knock</c><00:28:15.519><c> comes</c><00:28:15.779><c> on</c><00:28:15.960><c> the</c><00:28:16.119><c> door</c><00:28:16.660><c> and</c><00:28:17.019><c> someone</c><00:28:17.279><c> wants</c><00:28:17.539><c> to</c><00:28:17.799><c> talk</c><00:28:17.980><c> with</c><00:28:18.140><c> us,</c>

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the<00:28:19.380><c> words</c><00:28:19.700><c> just</c><00:28:20.019><c> flow</c><00:28:20.200><c> out.</c>

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We<00:28:21.819><c> have</c><00:28:22.000><c> the</c><00:28:22.279><c> confidence</c><00:28:22.720><c> of</c><00:28:23.079><c> God</c><00:28:23.339><c> to</c><00:28:23.519><c> be</c><00:28:23.700><c> with</c><00:28:23.880><c> us,</c><00:28:24.059><c> to</c><00:28:24.200><c> help</c>

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us,<00:28:25.059><c> but</c><00:28:25.259><c> we</c><00:28:25.440><c> also</c><00:28:25.740><c> need</c><00:28:25.940><c> the</c><00:28:26.259><c> confidence</c><00:28:26.500><c> from</c><00:28:26.779><c> within.</c>

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As<00:28:32.019><c> we</c><00:28:32.539><c> meet</c><00:28:32.740><c> around</c><00:28:33.039><c> this</c><00:28:33.339><c> table,</c><00:28:33.740><c> confidently</c><00:28:34.579><c> meet</c><00:28:35.279><c> around</c>

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this<00:28:35.779><c> table,</c><00:28:36.920><c> to</c><00:28:37.099><c> partake</c><00:28:37.480><c> of</c><00:28:37.619><c> the</c><00:28:37.859><c> communion</c><00:28:38.180><c> of</c><00:28:38.359><c> the</c><00:28:38.579><c> body</c>

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and<00:28:39.160><c> the</c><00:28:39.380><c> blood</c><00:28:39.519><c> of</c><00:28:39.720><c> our</c><00:28:39.920><c> Savior,</c>

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we<00:28:42.180><c> are</c><00:28:42.460><c> reminded</c><00:28:43.099><c> in</c><00:28:44.240><c> Scripture</c><00:28:44.740><c> and</c><00:28:45.119><c> through</c><00:28:45.259><c> our</c><00:28:45.460><c> daily</c><00:28:45.680><c> lives</c><00:28:45.940><c> that</c><00:28:46.079><c> we</c>

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all<00:28:46.579><c> have</c><00:28:46.819><c> our</c><00:28:47.059><c> own</c><00:28:47.319><c> talents,</c><00:28:48.279><c> our</c><00:28:48.460><c> own</c><00:28:48.680><c> gifts</c><00:28:48.880><c> from</c><00:28:49.099><c> God.</c>

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Our<00:28:50.880><c> job</c><00:28:51.339><c> is</c><00:28:52.019><c> to</c><00:28:52.259><c> build</c><00:28:52.420><c> up</c><00:28:52.660><c> those</c><00:28:52.960><c> talents,</c><00:28:53.579><c> to</c><00:28:53.799><c> be</c><00:28:54.099><c> confident</c>

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in<00:28:54.640><c> those</c><00:28:54.859><c> talents</c><00:28:55.359><c> so</c><00:28:55.859><c> that</c><00:28:56.319><c> we</c><00:28:56.640><c> can</c><00:28:56.859><c> come</c><00:28:57.119><c> here,</c><00:28:58.380><c> that</c><00:28:58.460><c> we</c><00:28:58.640><c> can</c><00:28:58.940><c> go</c>

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into<00:28:59.359><c> the</c><00:28:59.599><c> world,</c>

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and<00:29:00.539><c> that</c><00:29:00.740><c> we</c><00:29:00.900><c> can</c><00:29:01.119><c> use</c><00:29:01.400><c> those</c><00:29:01.720><c> talents</c><00:29:02.220><c> in</c><00:29:02.740><c> the</c><00:29:03.019><c> service</c><00:29:03.259><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:03.559><c> Heavenly</c><00:29:03.880><c> Father.</c>

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So<00:29:06.759><c> as</c><00:29:07.000><c> we</c><00:29:08.000><c> prepare,</c><00:29:08.839><c> as</c><00:29:09.059><c> we</c><00:29:09.240><c> await</c><00:29:09.480><c> the</c><00:29:09.779><c> return</c><00:29:10.319><c> of</c><00:29:11.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:11.500><c> the</c>

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Christ,<00:29:13.579><c> as</c><00:29:13.900><c> we</c><00:29:14.180><c> prepare</c><00:29:14.559><c> to</c><00:29:14.839><c> be</c><00:29:15.279><c> and</c><00:29:15.680><c> to</c><00:29:15.920><c> rule</c><00:29:16.119><c> in</c><00:29:16.279><c> that</c><00:29:16.460><c> kingdom</c><00:29:16.680><c> to</c><00:29:16.960><c> come,</c>

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let<00:29:18.599><c> us</c><00:29:18.819><c> all</c><00:29:19.039><c> be</c><00:29:19.900><c> confident</c><00:29:20.400><c> in</c><00:29:22.420><c> ourselves</c><00:29:23.119><c> and</c><00:29:24.880><c> overconfident,</c><00:29:25.859><c> tremendously</c>

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confident<00:29:26.900><c> in</c><00:29:27.859><c> our</c><00:29:27.980><c> Heavenly</c><00:29:28.319><c> Father,</c><00:29:28.700><c> for</c><00:29:28.819><c> we</c><00:29:29.059><c> know</c><00:29:29.380><c> that</c><00:29:29.539><c> He</c>

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If<00:29:31.240><c> we</c><00:29:31.460><c> ask</c><00:29:31.759><c> Him,</c><00:29:33.180><c> He</c><00:29:33.460><c> will</c><00:29:33.640><c> do</c><00:29:33.799><c> for</c><00:29:33.960><c> us.</c><00:29:34.980><c> So</c><00:29:35.200><c> let's</c><00:29:35.380><c> go</c><00:29:35.599><c> out</c><00:29:36.000><c> and</c>

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let's<00:29:36.480><c> be</c><00:29:36.700><c> confident.</c>