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Sayeth<00:14:02.460><c> the</c><00:14:02.639><c> Lord</c><00:14:02.820><c> of</c><00:14:02.980><c> hosts.</c>

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the<00:14:11.179><c> table</c><00:14:11.580><c> of</c><00:14:11.820><c> the</c><00:14:12.000><c> Lord</c><00:14:12.220><c> is</c><00:14:12.460><c> polluted,</c>

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Well,<00:14:27.220><c> actually</c><00:14:27.639><c> the</c><00:14:27.980><c> verse</c><00:14:28.340><c> where</c><00:14:28.559><c> it</c><00:14:28.840><c> says,</c><00:14:29.779><c> verse</c><00:14:30.399><c> eight,</c>

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Why<00:14:35.360><c> would</c><00:14:35.559><c> you</c><00:14:35.840><c> think</c><00:14:36.000><c> that</c><00:14:36.200><c> I</c><00:14:36.340><c> would</c><00:14:36.559><c> accept</c><00:14:36.899><c> it?</c>

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because<00:14:47.720><c> that's</c><00:14:48.360><c> what</c><00:14:48.580><c> the</c><00:14:48.759><c> law</c><00:14:48.919><c> said.</c>

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Offer<00:14:50.519><c> animals</c><00:14:51.000><c> without</c><00:14:51.600><c> blemish.</c>

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Offer<00:14:52.519><c> the</c><00:14:52.679><c> best</c><00:14:52.940><c> that</c><00:14:53.080><c> you</c><00:14:53.259><c> have</c><00:14:53.440><c> to</c><00:14:53.700><c> offer</c><00:14:54.139><c> to</c><00:14:54.659><c> the</c><00:14:54.860><c> Lord,</c>

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And<00:14:57.519><c> it's</c><00:14:57.740><c> interesting</c><00:14:58.159><c> to</c><00:14:58.399><c> note</c><00:14:58.940><c> that</c><00:14:59.740><c> God</c><00:15:00.059><c> refers</c><00:15:00.600><c> to</c><00:15:00.899><c> the</c><00:15:01.679><c> altar</c>

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were<00:15:07.000><c> part</c><00:15:07.299><c> of</c><00:15:07.659><c> a</c><00:15:07.899><c> meal,</c><00:15:08.340><c> a</c><00:15:08.519><c> fellowship</c><00:15:08.879><c> meal,</c>

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in<00:15:10.340><c> which</c><00:15:10.559><c> God</c><00:15:10.940><c> would</c><00:15:11.179><c> be</c><00:15:11.480><c> served</c><00:15:11.899><c> first</c><00:15:12.539><c> with</c><00:15:12.779><c> the</c><00:15:13.000><c> choicest</c><00:15:13.480><c> portion.</c>

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really,<00:15:23.500><c> for</c><00:15:23.820><c> the</c><00:15:24.019><c> holy</c><00:15:24.220><c> things</c><00:15:24.419><c> of</c><00:15:24.600><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:15:26.919><c> the</c><00:15:26.980><c> people</c><00:15:27.340><c> weren't</c><00:15:27.639><c> blameless</c><00:15:28.100><c> in</c><00:15:28.240><c> this</c><00:15:28.480><c> at</c><00:15:28.639><c> all,</c>

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And<00:15:34.840><c> the</c><00:15:34.940><c> reason</c><00:15:35.200><c> for</c><00:15:35.440><c> that</c><00:15:36.539><c> was</c><00:15:37.740><c> probably</c><00:15:38.179><c> pretty</c><00:15:38.519><c> obvious</c>

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at<00:15:41.960><c> the</c><00:15:42.120><c> market</c><00:15:42.500><c> as</c><00:15:42.879><c> the</c><00:15:43.159><c> perfect</c><00:15:43.360><c> ones</c><00:15:43.740><c> would.</c>

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So<00:15:47.539><c> they</c><00:15:47.799><c> thought</c><00:15:48.019><c> they</c><00:15:48.179><c> could</c><00:15:48.519><c> get</c><00:15:48.779><c> away</c><00:15:49.039><c> a</c><00:15:49.220><c> little</c><00:15:49.460><c> bit</c><00:15:49.659><c> from,</c>

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well,<00:15:50.539><c> you</c><00:15:50.539><c> know,</c><00:15:50.840><c> God,</c><00:15:52.700><c> maybe</c><00:15:52.960><c> he</c><00:15:53.120><c> can't</c><00:15:53.480><c> see,</c><00:15:53.799><c> you</c><00:15:54.000><c> know,</c>

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It<00:16:18.559><c> appears</c><00:16:18.899><c> that</c><00:16:19.879><c> the</c><00:16:20.120><c> people</c><00:16:20.340><c> were</c><00:16:20.620><c> using</c>

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and<00:16:21.240><c> the</c><00:16:21.460><c> priests</c><00:16:21.659><c> were</c><00:16:21.940><c> using</c><00:16:22.559><c> a</c><00:16:23.200><c> provision</c><00:16:23.580><c> in</c><00:16:23.779><c> the</c><00:16:23.940><c> law.</c>

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Because<00:16:25.759><c> in</c><00:16:25.940><c> Leviticus</c><00:16:26.600><c> 22,</c><00:16:28.600><c> verse</c><00:16:28.860><c> 23,</c><00:16:29.639><c> and</c><00:16:29.779><c> we</c><00:16:29.940><c> won't</c><00:16:30.039><c> look</c>

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it<00:16:30.360><c> up,</c>

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there<00:16:30.679><c> is</c><00:16:30.960><c> a</c><00:16:31.139><c> provision</c><00:16:31.480><c> in</c><00:16:31.659><c> the</c><00:16:31.820><c> law</c>

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that<00:16:32.419><c> allows</c><00:16:32.820><c> for</c><00:16:33.259><c> imperfect</c><00:16:33.840><c> animals.</c>

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But<00:16:36.779><c> this</c><00:16:37.039><c> provision</c><00:16:37.399><c> is</c><00:16:37.759><c> only</c><00:16:38.139><c> for</c><00:16:38.919><c> a</c><00:16:39.659><c> free</c><00:16:39.860><c> will</c><00:16:40.100><c> offering</c>

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you<00:16:51.899><c> could</c><00:16:52.120><c> offer</c><00:16:52.399><c> it</c><00:16:52.580><c> before</c><00:16:52.820><c> the</c><00:16:53.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:16:55.399><c> it</c><00:16:55.600><c> seems</c><00:16:55.860><c> to</c><00:16:56.100><c> me</c><00:16:57.019><c> that</c><00:16:57.899><c> the</c><00:16:58.559><c> priests,</c>

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You<00:17:03.460><c> open</c><00:17:03.700><c> a</c><00:17:03.879><c> little</c><00:17:04.099><c> crack</c><00:17:04.359><c> in</c><00:17:04.519><c> the</c><00:17:04.660><c> door</c>

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and<00:17:12.660><c> take</c><00:17:13.019><c> that,</c><00:17:13.579><c> it's</c><00:17:13.819><c> like,</c><00:17:14.000><c> you</c><00:17:14.119><c> know,</c><00:17:14.240><c> the</c><00:17:14.559><c> politicians</c>

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and<00:17:15.500><c> the</c><00:17:15.900><c> billionaires</c><00:17:16.579><c> and</c><00:17:16.759><c> the</c><00:17:17.000><c> loopholes</c>

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that<00:17:17.640><c> they</c><00:17:17.920><c> find</c><00:17:18.220><c> in</c><00:17:18.359><c> the</c><00:17:18.539><c> law.</c>

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And<00:17:19.980><c> to</c><00:17:20.180><c> me,</c><00:17:20.480><c> it</c><00:17:20.539><c> seems</c><00:17:20.759><c> like</c><00:17:21.059><c> everyone</c><00:17:21.359><c> was</c><00:17:22.380><c> being</c><00:17:22.859><c> lazy</c>

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and<00:17:23.440><c> use</c><00:17:23.660><c> this</c><00:17:23.960><c> loophole</c><00:17:24.400><c> as</c><00:17:24.680><c> kind</c><00:17:24.859><c> of</c><00:17:25.000><c> their</c><00:17:25.140><c> way</c>

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to<00:17:25.640><c> justify</c><00:17:25.940><c> what</c><00:17:26.140><c> they</c><00:17:26.319><c> were</c><00:17:26.460><c> doing.</c>

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and<00:17:32.900><c> maybe</c><00:17:33.119><c> God</c><00:17:33.359><c> won't</c><00:17:33.660><c> notice</c><00:17:34.200><c> and</c><00:17:34.799><c> he'll</c><00:17:35.240><c> forgive</c><00:17:35.539><c> us</c>

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and<00:17:36.619><c> that</c><00:17:37.299><c> could</c><00:17:37.500><c> be</c><00:17:37.740><c> a</c><00:17:38.319><c> point</c><00:17:38.519><c> that</c><00:17:38.720><c> they</c><00:17:38.880><c> were</c><00:17:39.000><c> doing.</c>

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where<00:17:42.920><c> they</c><00:17:43.160><c> weren't</c><00:17:43.380><c> giving</c><00:17:43.759><c> God</c><00:17:44.539><c> the</c><00:17:44.799><c> due</c><00:17:45.359><c> that</c><00:17:46.480><c> he</c><00:17:46.940><c> deserves.</c>

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a<00:18:58.539><c> corrupt</c><00:18:58.940><c> thing.</c>

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and<00:19:03.799><c> my</c><00:19:04.059><c> name</c><00:19:04.240><c> is</c><00:19:04.500><c> dreadful</c><00:19:05.220><c> among</c><00:19:05.519><c> the</c><00:19:05.779><c> heathen.</c>

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of<00:19:08.279><c> God's</c><00:19:08.819><c> graciousness</c><00:19:09.720><c> of</c><00:19:10.299><c> saying,</c>

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you<00:19:10.720><c> know,</c><00:19:10.900><c> I</c><00:19:11.220><c> understand</c><00:19:11.740><c> that</c><00:19:12.019><c> maybe</c><00:19:12.259><c> at</c><00:19:12.500><c> some</c><00:19:12.740><c> point,</c>

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What<00:20:02.400><c> an</c><00:20:02.660><c> amazing</c><00:20:03.079><c> privilege</c><00:20:03.500><c> this</c><00:20:03.740><c> is</c><00:20:04.019><c> for</c><00:20:04.180><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:20:04.640><c> and</c><00:20:04.940><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:20:06.619><c> know</c><00:20:06.859><c> that</c><00:20:07.099><c> God</c><00:20:07.460><c> will</c><00:20:07.759><c> fellowship</c><00:20:08.240><c> with</c><00:20:08.519><c> us</c>

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even<00:20:20.200><c> though</c><00:20:20.640><c> we're</c><00:20:20.960><c> blemished</c><00:20:21.420><c> by</c><00:20:21.980><c> sin.</c>

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where<00:20:31.460><c> Paul</c><00:20:31.720><c> says,</c><00:20:32.000><c> shall</c><00:20:32.339><c> we</c><00:20:32.640><c> continue</c><00:20:33.759><c> in</c><00:20:34.980><c> sin</c>

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so<00:20:35.420><c> that</c><00:20:35.599><c> grace</c><00:20:35.880><c> may</c><00:20:36.140><c> abound?</c>

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And<00:20:39.000><c> I</c><00:20:39.079><c> think</c><00:20:39.220><c> that's</c><00:20:39.539><c> kind</c><00:20:39.799><c> of</c><00:20:39.940><c> the</c><00:20:40.119><c> thought</c>

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that<00:20:40.960><c> the</c><00:20:41.140><c> Jews</c><00:20:41.319><c> had</c><00:20:41.579><c> at</c><00:20:41.799><c> this</c><00:20:42.039><c> point.</c>

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They<00:20:43.339><c> thought</c><00:20:43.720><c> that</c><00:20:44.119><c> God's</c><00:20:44.579><c> grace</c><00:20:45.099><c> would</c><00:20:45.460><c> be</c><00:20:45.740><c> sufficient</c>

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for<00:20:46.440><c> them</c><00:20:46.759><c> to</c><00:20:47.319><c> basically</c><00:20:47.740><c> continue</c><00:20:48.279><c> in</c><00:20:48.579><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:20:50.380><c> that</c><00:20:50.599><c> attitude</c><00:20:50.960><c> of</c><00:20:51.220><c> mine</c><00:20:51.460><c> is</c><00:20:51.880><c> similar</c>

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to<00:20:53.640><c> what</c><00:20:54.160><c> we</c><00:20:54.420><c> read</c><00:20:54.539><c> of</c><00:20:54.819><c> Malachi's</c><00:20:55.660><c> time,</c>

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and<00:20:55.960><c> there's</c><00:20:56.180><c> a</c><00:20:56.319><c> danger</c><00:20:56.599><c> for</c><00:20:56.880><c> us,</c><00:20:57.920><c> I</c><00:20:58.119><c> think,</c><00:20:58.500><c> brothers</c><00:20:58.619><c> and</c><00:20:58.880><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:21:04.140><c> somehow</c><00:21:04.519><c> test</c><00:21:05.119><c> the</c><00:21:05.359><c> limits</c><00:21:05.579><c> of</c><00:21:05.779><c> God's</c><00:21:06.240><c> grace</c><00:21:06.539><c> and</c><00:21:06.799><c> forgiveness.</c>

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in<00:21:10.880><c> our</c><00:21:11.119><c> service</c><00:21:11.460><c> to</c><00:21:11.640><c> him,</c>

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for<00:21:14.420><c> there</c><00:21:14.940><c> can</c><00:21:15.200><c> be</c><00:21:15.460><c> times,</c><00:21:16.220><c> and</c><00:21:16.519><c> I'm</c><00:21:16.720><c> speaking</c><00:21:16.960><c> for</c><00:21:17.180><c> myself,</c>

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you'll<00:21:18.400><c> have</c><00:21:18.579><c> to</c><00:21:18.819><c> examine</c><00:21:19.059><c> yourselves,</c>

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that<00:21:21.400><c> I</c><00:21:21.940><c> could</c><00:21:22.180><c> probably</c><00:21:22.440><c> say</c><00:21:22.680><c> that</c><00:21:22.880><c> I</c><00:21:23.059><c> haven't</c><00:21:23.279><c> given</c><00:21:23.539><c> my</c><00:21:23.799><c> best</c>

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service<00:21:25.400><c> to</c><00:21:25.740><c> our</c><00:21:25.859><c> Heavenly</c><00:21:26.140><c> Father.</c>

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and<00:21:30.740><c> we</c><00:21:30.940><c> give</c><00:21:31.200><c> God</c><00:21:31.640><c> the</c><00:21:32.059><c> leftovers.</c>

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we<00:21:36.880><c> decide</c><00:21:37.240><c> to</c><00:21:38.559><c> pray</c><00:21:38.940><c> or</c><00:21:39.440><c> do</c><00:21:39.579><c> the</c><00:21:39.779><c> readings</c><00:21:40.119><c> or,</c>

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you<00:21:41.960><c> know,</c><00:21:42.279><c> you</c><00:21:42.720><c> can</c><00:21:42.900><c> think</c><00:21:43.119><c> of</c><00:21:43.259><c> a</c><00:21:43.400><c> million</c><00:21:43.579><c> things.</c>

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Do<00:21:47.400><c> we</c><00:21:48.059><c> honor</c><00:21:48.359><c> others?</c>

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Do<00:21:49.000><c> we</c><00:21:49.200><c> honor</c><00:21:49.440><c> our</c><00:21:49.660><c> bosses?</c>

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Do<00:21:51.579><c> we</c><00:21:51.779><c> honor</c><00:21:52.220><c> men</c><00:21:52.519><c> and</c><00:21:52.700><c> women</c><00:21:53.079><c> of</c><00:21:53.539><c> the</c><00:21:53.740><c> world</c>

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more<00:21:54.279><c> than</c><00:21:54.420><c> we</c><00:21:54.660><c> honor</c><00:21:54.839><c> our</c><00:21:55.059><c> Father?</c>

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Verse<00:21:59.339><c> 10</c><00:21:59.859><c> of</c><00:22:00.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:00.680><c> one</c><00:22:02.079><c> points</c><00:22:03.339><c> out</c>

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another<00:22:05.900><c> aspect</c><00:22:06.500><c> of</c><00:22:06.720><c> the</c><00:22:06.920><c> priest's</c><00:22:07.380><c> failure</c>

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in<00:22:08.259><c> their</c><00:22:08.480><c> service</c><00:22:09.039><c> to</c><00:22:10.039><c> God.</c>

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It<00:22:11.539><c> appears</c><00:22:11.960><c> in</c><00:22:12.160><c> verse</c><00:22:12.440><c> 10,</c>

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God<00:22:15.240><c> says,</c><00:22:15.720><c> who</c><00:22:15.720><c> is</c><00:22:16.000><c> there</c><00:22:16.259><c> even</c><00:22:16.519><c> among</c><00:22:16.859><c> you</c>

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that<00:22:17.720><c> would</c><00:22:17.920><c> shut</c><00:22:18.140><c> the</c><00:22:18.400><c> doors</c><00:22:19.019><c> for</c><00:22:19.440><c> naught?</c>

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Neither<00:22:20.680><c> do</c><00:22:20.880><c> you</c><00:22:21.099><c> kindle</c><00:22:21.480><c> fire</c><00:22:21.759><c> on</c><00:22:22.039><c> mine</c><00:22:22.200><c> altar</c><00:22:22.539><c> for</c><00:22:22.799><c> naught.</c>

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I<00:22:24.059><c> have</c><00:22:24.279><c> no</c><00:22:24.640><c> pleasure</c><00:22:24.980><c> in</c><00:22:25.240><c> you,</c><00:22:25.619><c> sayeth</c><00:22:25.799><c> the</c><00:22:25.960><c> Lord</c><00:22:26.160><c> of</c><00:22:26.359><c> Host.</c>

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in<00:22:34.599><c> their</c><00:22:34.740><c> reasonable</c><00:22:35.279><c> service</c><00:22:36.119><c> to</c><00:22:36.980><c> the</c><00:22:37.220><c> flock,</c>

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unless<00:22:38.799><c> they</c><00:22:40.400><c> themselves</c><00:22:41.000><c> benefited</c><00:22:41.519><c> from</c><00:22:41.779><c> it.</c>

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Prophet<00:22:44.660><c> Micah</c><00:22:45.039><c> spoke</c><00:22:45.339><c> the</c><00:22:45.559><c> same</c><00:22:45.839><c> thing</c>

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in<00:22:47.099><c> Micah</c><00:22:47.460><c> three,</c><00:22:47.799><c> verse</c><00:22:47.980><c> 11.</c>

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Micah<00:22:49.319><c> says,</c><00:22:50.099><c> the</c><00:22:50.119><c> heads</c><00:22:50.500><c> thereof</c><00:22:51.019><c> judge</c><00:22:51.380><c> for</c><00:22:51.759><c> reward,</c>

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and<00:22:53.680><c> the</c><00:22:53.980><c> priests</c><00:22:54.460><c> teach</c><00:22:55.099><c> for</c><00:22:55.420><c> hire.</c>

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They<00:22:58.119><c> teach</c><00:22:58.359><c> for</c><00:22:58.599><c> hire,</c><00:23:00.180><c> so</c><00:23:00.519><c> if</c><00:23:00.680><c> you</c><00:23:00.839><c> wanna</c><00:23:01.200><c> fatten</c><00:23:01.660><c> my</c><00:23:01.960><c> pockets,</c>

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I'll<00:23:02.559><c> teach</c><00:23:02.799><c> you,</c><00:23:03.900><c> is</c><00:23:04.099><c> basically</c><00:23:04.559><c> what</c><00:23:04.799><c> Micah</c><00:23:05.039><c> was</c><00:23:05.299><c> saying.</c>

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And<00:23:07.220><c> that</c><00:23:07.779><c> wasn't</c><00:23:08.240><c> the</c><00:23:08.480><c> role</c><00:23:08.720><c> of</c><00:23:09.059><c> the</c><00:23:09.279><c> priest</c><00:23:09.460><c> at</c><00:23:09.680><c> all,</c><00:23:09.880><c> was</c><00:23:10.019><c> it?</c>

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I<00:23:12.200><c> find</c><00:23:12.420><c> it</c><00:23:12.640><c> ironic</c><00:23:13.019><c> that</c><00:23:13.380><c> Malachi,</c>

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whose<00:23:14.160><c> name</c><00:23:14.519><c> means</c><00:23:14.920><c> my</c><00:23:15.259><c> messenger,</c>

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presents<00:23:17.259><c> this</c><00:23:17.619><c> message</c><00:23:17.960><c> to</c><00:23:18.160><c> the</c><00:23:18.380><c> priest</c>

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who<00:23:18.880><c> was</c><00:23:19.140><c> supposed</c><00:23:19.500><c> to</c><00:23:19.680><c> be</c><00:23:19.900><c> the</c><00:23:20.160><c> messengers</c><00:23:20.640><c> to</c><00:23:20.880><c> the</c><00:23:21.059><c> people.</c>

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They<00:23:23.700><c> should</c><00:23:23.920><c> have</c><00:23:24.059><c> been</c><00:23:24.180><c> the</c><00:23:24.319><c> ones</c>

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teaching<00:23:25.099><c> the</c><00:23:25.400><c> people</c><00:23:25.660><c> the</c><00:23:25.940><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:23:28.400><c> prophet</c><00:23:28.660><c> Hosea</c><00:23:29.140><c> speaks</c><00:23:29.880><c> and</c><00:23:30.940><c> condemns</c><00:23:31.420><c> the</c><00:23:31.759><c> priest</c>

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for<00:23:32.279><c> their</c><00:23:32.519><c> lack</c><00:23:32.720><c> of</c><00:23:33.059><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:23:34.819><c> listen</c><00:23:35.039><c> to</c><00:23:35.240><c> what</c><00:23:35.400><c> Hosea</c><00:23:35.859><c> says</c><00:23:36.140><c> in</c><00:23:36.339><c> Hosea</c><00:23:36.880><c> four,</c>

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we<00:23:37.160><c> won't</c><00:23:37.319><c> look</c><00:23:37.539><c> it</c><00:23:37.680><c> up,</c><00:23:38.819><c> but</c><00:23:38.960><c> his</c><00:23:39.319><c> words,</c>

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my<00:23:40.480><c> people</c><00:23:40.980><c> are</c><00:23:41.460><c> destroyed.</c>

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My<00:23:44.619><c> flock</c><00:23:44.960><c> is</c><00:23:45.619><c> destroyed</c><00:23:46.259><c> for</c><00:23:46.880><c> lack</c><00:23:47.140><c> of</c><00:23:47.460><c> knowledge,</c>

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because<00:23:48.819><c> thou,</c><00:23:49.880><c> priest,</c><00:23:51.200><c> has</c><00:23:51.420><c> rejected</c><00:23:52.019><c> knowledge.</c>

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that<00:23:56.019><c> thou</c><00:23:56.240><c> shall</c><00:23:56.599><c> no</c><00:23:57.140><c> more</c><00:23:57.380><c> be</c><00:23:57.680><c> priest</c><00:23:57.980><c> to</c><00:23:58.240><c> me.</c>

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They<00:23:59.559><c> were</c><00:23:59.740><c> the</c><00:23:59.960><c> messengers,</c><00:24:00.339><c> they</c><00:24:00.500><c> were</c><00:24:00.660><c> the</c><00:24:00.880><c> teachers,</c>

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they<00:24:01.279><c> were</c><00:24:01.460><c> supposed</c><00:24:01.900><c> to</c><00:24:03.440><c> help</c><00:24:03.700><c> the</c><00:24:03.980><c> flock</c><00:24:04.240><c> as</c><00:24:04.539><c> their</c><00:24:04.759><c> shepherds,</c>

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and<00:24:05.259><c> they</c><00:24:05.420><c> had</c><00:24:05.700><c> failed</c><00:24:06.039><c> terribly.</c>

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Brothers<00:24:09.819><c> and</c><00:24:10.099><c> sisters,</c><00:24:10.599><c> as</c><00:24:10.920><c> we</c><00:24:11.200><c> read</c><00:24:11.660><c> the</c><00:24:12.140><c> charges</c><00:24:12.599><c> and</c><00:24:12.880><c> appeals</c>

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directed<00:24:14.000><c> to</c><00:24:14.880><c> the</c><00:24:15.140><c> priest</c><00:24:15.640><c> in</c><00:24:16.819><c> Malachi,</c>

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it's<00:24:17.619><c> important</c><00:24:18.019><c> to</c><00:24:18.339><c> remember</c><00:24:18.599><c> also,</c>

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in<00:24:22.819><c> the</c><00:24:23.119><c> kingdom</c><00:24:23.359><c> age,</c><00:24:25.319><c> we're</c><00:24:25.619><c> told</c><00:24:25.799><c> that</c><00:24:26.039><c> we</c><00:24:26.160><c> will</c><00:24:26.359><c> be</c><00:24:26.640><c> priest.</c>

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Right?

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That<00:24:30.599><c> the</c><00:24:30.839><c> faithful</c><00:24:31.279><c> saints</c><00:24:31.819><c> will</c><00:24:32.119><c> be</c><00:24:32.319><c> priest.</c>

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What<00:24:35.359><c> a,</c><00:24:36.279><c> that's</c><00:24:36.839><c> eye</c><00:24:37.059><c>-opening</c><00:24:37.339><c> for</c><00:24:37.519><c> us</c><00:24:37.740><c> as</c><00:24:37.960><c> well.</c>

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Not<00:24:39.319><c> just</c><00:24:39.599><c> back</c><00:24:39.960><c> to</c><00:24:40.160><c> the</c><00:24:40.400><c> priest</c><00:24:40.660><c> in</c><00:24:41.200><c> Malachi's</c><00:24:42.559><c> time,</c>

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but<00:24:42.839><c> it's</c><00:24:43.039><c> a</c><00:24:43.160><c> message</c><00:24:43.380><c> for</c><00:24:43.559><c> us</c><00:24:43.759><c> as</c><00:24:43.980><c> well.</c>

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We<00:24:45.299><c> will</c><00:24:45.460><c> be</c><00:24:45.740><c> among,</c><00:24:46.440><c> we</c><00:24:46.599><c> pray,</c><00:24:47.019><c> those</c><00:24:47.119><c> immortalized</c><00:24:47.779><c> saints</c>

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whose<00:24:48.319><c> job</c><00:24:48.619><c> it</c><00:24:48.759><c> will</c><00:24:49.000><c> be</c><00:24:49.519><c> to</c><00:24:50.019><c> teach</c>

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the<00:24:51.299><c> mortal</c><00:24:51.539><c> population</c><00:24:52.140><c> of</c><00:24:52.319><c> the</c><00:24:52.480><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:24:55.480><c> words</c><00:24:55.660><c> of</c><00:24:55.880><c> Malachi</c><00:24:56.319><c> two,</c><00:24:56.700><c> verse</c><00:24:56.880><c> seven,</c>

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should<00:24:58.539><c> kindle</c><00:24:59.119><c> something</c><00:24:59.480><c> within</c><00:24:59.779><c> us.</c>

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The<00:25:01.380><c> priest's</c><00:25:01.900><c> lips</c><00:25:02.000><c> should</c><00:25:02.319><c> keep</c><00:25:02.619><c> knowledge,</c>

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and<00:25:05.700><c> they</c><00:25:05.900><c> should</c><00:25:06.279><c> seek</c><00:25:06.619><c> the</c><00:25:06.960><c> law</c><00:25:07.440><c> at</c><00:25:07.960><c> his</c><00:25:08.240><c> mouth,</c>

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for<00:25:09.799><c> he</c><00:25:10.500><c> is</c><00:25:11.059><c> the</c><00:25:11.339><c> messenger</c><00:25:11.980><c> of</c><00:25:12.579><c> the</c><00:25:12.759><c> Lord</c><00:25:12.900><c> of</c><00:25:13.099><c> Hosts.</c>

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Lord<00:25:17.359><c> willing,</c><00:25:17.660><c> that</c><00:25:17.839><c> will</c><00:25:18.019><c> be</c><00:25:18.279><c> our</c><00:25:18.680><c> future</c><00:25:19.119><c> role</c><00:25:19.359><c> in</c><00:25:19.539><c> the</c><00:25:19.700><c> kingdom,</c>

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being<00:25:20.579><c> the</c><00:25:21.000><c> messenger</c><00:25:21.440><c> of</c><00:25:22.079><c> the</c><00:25:22.240><c> Lord</c><00:25:22.380><c> of</c><00:25:22.539><c> Hosts.</c>

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So<00:25:27.480><c> how</c><00:25:27.619><c> do</c><00:25:27.779><c> we</c><00:25:27.880><c> do</c><00:25:28.019><c> it?</c>

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How<00:25:28.319><c> do</c><00:25:28.539><c> we</c><00:25:29.359><c> keep</c><00:25:29.680><c> our</c><00:25:30.039><c> focus</c><00:25:30.559><c> and</c><00:25:31.400><c> try</c><00:25:31.680><c> to</c><00:25:31.960><c> offer</c><00:25:32.220><c> our</c><00:25:32.440><c> very</c><00:25:32.740><c> best?</c>

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And<00:25:33.299><c> it's</c><00:25:33.720><c> a</c><00:25:33.859><c> hard</c><00:25:34.059><c> thing</c><00:25:34.220><c> to</c><00:25:34.440><c> do,</c><00:25:34.880><c> I</c><00:25:35.140><c> know.</c>

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We<00:25:36.420><c> all</c><00:25:36.740><c> have</c><00:25:38.299><c> lives,</c><00:25:38.839><c> and</c><00:25:38.980><c> we</c><00:25:39.119><c> have</c><00:25:39.279><c> a</c><00:25:39.380><c> lot</c><00:25:39.539><c> of</c><00:25:39.680><c> things</c><00:25:39.859><c> going</c><00:25:40.119><c> on,</c>

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and,<00:25:42.279><c> but</c><00:25:42.539><c> Jim</c><00:25:42.759><c> Boyko</c><00:25:43.099><c> gave</c><00:25:43.339><c> an</c><00:25:43.599><c> excitation</c><00:25:44.079><c> once,</c>

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and<00:25:45.319><c> basically</c><00:25:45.859><c> he</c><00:25:46.160><c> said,</c><00:25:46.500><c> you</c><00:25:46.740><c> need</c><00:25:46.980><c> to</c><00:25:47.259><c> remove</c><00:25:47.460><c> the</c><00:25:47.799><c> trash.</c>

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You<00:25:48.779><c> need</c><00:25:48.980><c> to</c><00:25:49.140><c> get</c><00:25:49.240><c> rid</c><00:25:49.420><c> of</c><00:25:49.579><c> the</c><00:25:49.859><c> stuff</c><00:25:50.079><c> that's</c><00:25:50.420><c> not</c><00:25:50.700><c> productive.</c>

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And<00:25:51.960><c> he's</c><00:25:52.200><c> so</c><00:25:52.400><c> right.</c>

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And<00:25:53.660><c> if</c><00:25:53.799><c> you</c><00:25:53.940><c> look</c><00:25:54.180><c> back</c><00:25:54.500><c> on</c><00:25:55.140><c> a</c><00:25:55.380><c> normal</c><00:25:55.640><c> day</c>

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and<00:25:56.200><c> think</c><00:25:56.380><c> of</c><00:25:56.519><c> the</c><00:25:56.740><c> things</c><00:25:56.940><c> that</c><00:25:57.160><c> you</c><00:25:57.359><c> do</c>

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that<00:25:58.240><c> aren't</c><00:25:58.480><c> productive</c><00:25:59.000><c> in</c><00:25:59.180><c> the</c><00:25:59.440><c> service</c><00:25:59.660><c> of</c><00:25:59.819><c> the</c><00:25:59.980><c> Lord,</c>

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I'm<00:26:01.200><c> sure</c><00:26:01.380><c> you</c><00:26:01.500><c> can</c><00:26:01.759><c> find</c><00:26:02.099><c> a</c><00:26:02.359><c> few</c><00:26:02.500><c> things</c>

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that<00:26:03.180><c> you</c><00:26:03.319><c> can</c><00:26:04.319><c> get</c><00:26:04.839><c> rid</c><00:26:04.980><c> of.</c>

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So<00:26:07.380><c> one</c><00:26:07.500><c> way</c><00:26:07.680><c> we</c><00:26:07.819><c> need</c><00:26:08.000><c> to</c><00:26:08.160><c> do</c><00:26:08.279><c> this</c><00:26:08.539><c> is</c>

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we<00:26:10.940><c> need</c><00:26:11.140><c> to</c><00:26:11.420><c> really</c><00:26:11.700><c> focus</c><00:26:12.160><c> when</c><00:26:12.339><c> we're</c><00:26:12.579><c> reading,</c>

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and<00:26:13.200><c> I'm</c><00:26:13.599><c> horrible</c><00:26:14.000><c> at</c><00:26:14.160><c> this.</c>

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When<00:26:15.099><c> we're</c><00:26:15.380><c> reading</c><00:26:15.619><c> the</c><00:26:15.839><c> word</c><00:26:15.980><c> of</c><00:26:16.180><c> God,</c>

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if<00:26:16.579><c> we're</c><00:26:16.819><c> going</c><00:26:16.980><c> to</c><00:26:17.180><c> be</c><00:26:17.400><c> priests</c><00:26:17.660><c> in</c><00:26:17.859><c> the</c><00:26:18.019><c> kingdom,</c>

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teaching<00:26:19.579><c> others,</c><00:26:20.640><c> when</c><00:26:20.799><c> we</c><00:26:21.059><c> read</c><00:26:21.220><c> the</c><00:26:21.420><c> word</c><00:26:21.559><c> of</c><00:26:21.740><c> God,</c>

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we<00:26:22.099><c> really</c><00:26:22.480><c> need</c><00:26:22.700><c> to</c><00:26:22.960><c> read</c><00:26:23.119><c> it,</c><00:26:23.720><c> to</c><00:26:24.059><c> understand</c><00:26:24.440><c> it,</c>

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and<00:26:25.259><c> to</c><00:26:25.559><c> think,</c><00:26:26.019><c> what</c><00:26:26.319><c> is</c><00:26:26.579><c> God</c><00:26:27.019><c> trying</c><00:26:27.680><c> to</c><00:26:27.920><c> get</c><00:26:28.039><c> me</c>

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to<00:26:28.640><c> learn</c><00:26:28.839><c> from</c><00:26:29.039><c> this</c><00:26:29.279><c> reading?</c>

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I<00:26:31.519><c> am</c><00:26:31.740><c> so</c><00:26:32.039><c> horrible</c><00:26:32.420><c> that</c><00:26:32.660><c> we're,</c>

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there<00:26:33.740><c> were</c><00:26:33.880><c> times</c><00:26:34.079><c> I'll</c><00:26:34.279><c> just</c><00:26:34.539><c> listen</c><00:26:34.720><c> to</c><00:26:34.859><c> it</c><00:26:34.940><c> on</c><00:26:35.079><c> my</c><00:26:35.319><c> phone.</c>

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I'm<00:26:37.019><c> done.</c>

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Not<00:26:38.059><c> even</c><00:26:38.299><c> give</c><00:26:38.420><c> it</c><00:26:38.599><c> a</c><00:26:38.740><c> thought,</c><00:26:38.980><c> I</c><00:26:39.000><c> just,</c>

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because<00:26:39.460><c> I</c><00:26:39.740><c> did</c><00:26:39.980><c> it,</c><00:26:40.160><c> I</c><00:26:40.299><c> did</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c><00:26:40.599><c> readings,</c>

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but<00:26:41.160><c> if</c><00:26:41.359><c> you</c><00:26:41.539><c> ask</c><00:26:41.700><c> me</c><00:26:41.880><c> 10</c><00:26:42.039><c> minutes</c><00:26:42.299><c> later</c><00:26:42.559><c> what</c><00:26:42.700><c> they</c><00:26:42.859><c> were</c><00:26:43.059><c> about,</c>

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I<00:26:45.259><c> might</c><00:26:45.400><c> not</c><00:26:45.640><c> remember.</c>

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That's<00:26:47.039><c> not</c><00:26:47.220><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:26:48.480><c> not</c><00:26:48.640><c> giving</c><00:26:48.900><c> my</c><00:26:49.220><c> best</c><00:26:49.480><c> to</c><00:26:49.680><c> the</c><00:26:49.839><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:26:50.900><c> far</c><00:26:51.019><c> from</c><00:26:51.240><c> it.</c>

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Another<00:26:52.700><c> thing,</c><00:26:53.079><c> our</c><00:26:53.259><c> prayers.</c>

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Again,<00:26:55.880><c> I'm</c><00:26:56.099><c> not</c><00:26:56.359><c> condemning</c><00:26:56.819><c> myself,</c>

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but<00:26:58.140><c> I'm</c><00:26:58.539><c> one</c><00:26:58.720><c> of</c><00:26:58.819><c> the</c><00:26:58.980><c> worst</c><00:26:59.180><c> when</c><00:26:59.339><c> it</c><00:26:59.460><c> comes</c><00:26:59.700><c> to</c><00:26:59.880><c> a</c><00:27:00.019><c> midnight</c><00:27:00.339><c> prayer</c>

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when<00:27:00.920><c> I'm</c><00:27:01.180><c> falling</c><00:27:01.380><c> asleep.</c>

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Not<00:27:04.400><c> good,</c><00:27:04.920><c> not</c><00:27:05.240><c> good.</c>

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It's<00:27:06.559><c> quick,</c><00:27:07.000><c> it's</c><00:27:07.299><c> short,</c><00:27:08.440><c> and</c><00:27:08.700><c> again,</c><00:27:09.019><c> half</c><00:27:09.160><c> the</c><00:27:09.359><c> time,</c>

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do<00:27:09.940><c> I</c><00:27:10.160><c> really</c><00:27:10.660><c> think</c><00:27:10.940><c> about</c><00:27:11.200><c> what</c><00:27:11.380><c> I'm</c><00:27:11.640><c> praying</c><00:27:11.859><c> about?</c>

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He's<00:27:13.759><c> speaking</c><00:27:14.059><c> to</c><00:27:14.339><c> the</c><00:27:14.539><c> heavenly</c><00:27:14.859><c> Father,</c>

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the<00:27:15.519><c> creator</c><00:27:15.839><c> of</c><00:27:16.059><c> all</c><00:27:16.279><c> things,</c>

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and<00:27:17.099><c> I'm</c><00:27:17.259><c> not</c><00:27:17.559><c> giving</c><00:27:17.740><c> him</c><00:27:17.940><c> the</c><00:27:18.299><c> decency</c><00:27:18.880><c> in</c><00:27:19.220><c> my</c><00:27:19.500><c> prayers</c>

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to<00:27:19.940><c> be</c><00:27:20.180><c> alert</c><00:27:20.519><c> and</c><00:27:21.019><c> to</c><00:27:21.259><c> really</c><00:27:21.599><c> think</c><00:27:21.859><c> about</c><00:27:22.119><c> what</c><00:27:22.279><c> I'm</c><00:27:22.519><c> praying</c><00:27:22.720><c> on.</c>

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And<00:27:24.420><c> that's</c><00:27:24.920><c> another</c><00:27:25.180><c> thing,</c><00:27:25.859><c> we</c><00:27:25.960><c> can</c><00:27:26.579><c> work</c><00:27:27.240><c> on</c><00:27:27.420><c> the</c><00:27:27.660><c> details</c>

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and<00:27:28.380><c> clean</c><00:27:28.599><c> up</c><00:27:28.859><c> a</c><00:27:28.920><c> little</c><00:27:29.160><c> bit</c><00:27:29.359><c> in</c><00:27:29.480><c> our</c><00:27:29.640><c> lives.</c>

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I'm<00:27:29.920><c> sure</c><00:27:30.119><c> I</c><00:27:30.279><c> can't</c><00:27:30.500><c> be</c><00:27:30.720><c> alone,</c><00:27:32.160><c> you</c><00:27:32.259><c> know?</c>

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Can't<00:27:34.359><c> be</c><00:27:34.559><c> alone,</c><00:27:35.220><c> but</c><00:27:35.380><c> that's</c><00:27:35.720><c> something</c><00:27:35.859><c> else,</c>

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something<00:27:36.440><c> simple</c><00:27:37.200><c> that</c><00:27:37.859><c> we</c><00:27:38.039><c> can</c><00:27:38.259><c> take</c><00:27:38.519><c> the</c><00:27:38.759><c> time</c>

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and<00:27:39.200><c> really</c><00:27:39.579><c> think</c><00:27:39.839><c> about</c><00:27:40.500><c> our</c><00:27:41.200><c> prayers</c>

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and<00:27:41.640><c> what</c><00:27:41.839><c> we're</c><00:27:42.119><c> praying</c><00:27:42.400><c> for.</c>

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Sunday<00:27:45.660><c> mornings.</c>

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Are<00:27:47.240><c> we</c><00:27:47.420><c> giving</c><00:27:47.619><c> our</c><00:27:47.920><c> best</c><00:27:48.160><c> every</c><00:27:48.500><c> Sunday</c><00:27:48.839><c> morning</c>

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when<00:27:49.299><c> we</c><00:27:49.480><c> meet</c><00:27:49.640><c> here</c><00:27:49.859><c> in</c><00:27:50.000><c> this</c><00:27:50.220><c> place?</c>

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Now<00:27:51.700><c> I</c><00:27:51.799><c> know,</c><00:27:52.180><c> again,</c><00:27:52.599><c> we're</c><00:27:52.900><c> all</c><00:27:53.140><c> distracted</c>

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and<00:27:53.960><c> we</c><00:27:54.119><c> have</c><00:27:54.759><c> things</c><00:27:55.200><c> going</c><00:27:55.559><c> on</c><00:27:55.720><c> in</c><00:27:55.900><c> our</c><00:27:56.079><c> lives,</c>

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x
but<00:27:57.599><c> one</c><00:27:57.759><c> of</c><00:27:57.900><c> the</c><00:27:58.039><c> worst</c><00:27:58.220><c> things</c><00:27:58.500><c> for</c><00:27:58.700><c> me,</c>

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sometimes<00:27:59.579><c> on</c><00:27:59.819><c> Sunday</c><00:28:00.119><c> mornings</c><00:28:00.519><c> being</c><00:28:00.839><c> blunt</c><00:28:01.059><c> with</c><00:28:01.259><c> you,</c>

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is<00:28:01.579><c> I'll</c><00:28:01.759><c> come</c><00:28:01.940><c> in</c><00:28:02.180><c> here</c><00:28:02.460><c> and</c><00:28:03.559><c> Patriots'</c><00:28:04.579><c> playoff</c><00:28:04.960><c> game</c>

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is<00:28:05.319><c> in</c><00:28:05.420><c> two</c><00:28:05.640><c> hours,</c><00:28:06.579><c> and</c><00:28:06.819><c> I'll</c><00:28:06.920><c> be</c><00:28:07.059><c> all</c><00:28:07.240><c> excited</c>

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and<00:28:07.940><c> all</c><00:28:08.079><c> ready</c><00:28:08.279><c> for</c><00:28:08.500><c> that,</c><00:28:09.980><c> and</c><00:28:10.119><c> my</c><00:28:10.319><c> thoughts</c><00:28:10.500><c> will</c><00:28:10.700><c> be</c><00:28:10.819><c> on</c><00:28:10.960><c> that,</c>

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more<00:28:11.859><c> so</c><00:28:12.160><c> than</c><00:28:13.160><c> on</c><00:28:13.859><c> the</c><00:28:14.039><c> table.</c>

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It's<00:28:17.559><c> just</c><00:28:17.720><c> not</c><00:28:17.940><c> right,</c><00:28:18.619><c> it's</c><00:28:19.000><c> not</c><00:28:19.160><c> right.</c>

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Patriots<00:28:21.400><c> haven't</c><00:28:21.680><c> offered</c><00:28:21.960><c> me</c><00:28:22.160><c> life</c><00:28:22.380><c> in</c><00:28:22.579><c> the</c><00:28:22.700><c> kingdom</c><00:28:22.960><c> forever.</c>

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They've<00:28:26.180><c> offered</c><00:28:26.279><c> me</c><00:28:26.500><c> maybe</c><00:28:26.799><c> temporary</c><00:28:27.279><c> joy</c><00:28:27.660><c> if</c><00:28:27.819><c> they</c><00:28:28.059><c> win,</c>

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despair<00:28:29.839><c> if</c><00:28:29.980><c> they</c><00:28:30.200><c> lose,</c><00:28:31.720><c> this</c><00:28:32.000><c> is</c><00:28:32.259><c> life.</c>

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God's<00:28:33.400><c> offered</c><00:28:33.579><c> life,</c><00:28:35.220><c> and</c><00:28:35.359><c> I'm</c><00:28:36.519><c> thinking</c><00:28:36.819><c> of</c><00:28:36.980><c> the</c><00:28:37.160><c> Patriots</c>

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when<00:28:37.640><c> I</c><00:28:37.839><c> should</c><00:28:37.980><c> be</c><00:28:38.220><c> thinking</c><00:28:38.400><c> on</c><00:28:38.619><c> him</c><00:28:38.799><c> and</c><00:28:38.960><c> his</c><00:28:39.160><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:28:40.119><c> not</c><00:28:40.339><c> right,</c><00:28:41.680><c> it's</c><00:28:41.940><c> not</c><00:28:42.099><c> right.</c>

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We<00:28:44.599><c> don't</c><00:28:44.859><c> wanna</c><00:28:45.039><c> get</c><00:28:45.220><c> to</c><00:28:45.420><c> the</c><00:28:45.559><c> point,</c><00:28:45.920><c> brothers</c><00:28:46.000><c> and</c><00:28:46.240><c> sisters,</c>

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you<00:28:47.460><c> know,</c><00:28:48.180><c> we</c><00:28:48.700><c> wanna</c><00:28:48.960><c> keep</c><00:28:49.259><c> the</c><00:28:49.519><c> details,</c>

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we<00:28:50.180><c> wanna</c><00:28:50.519><c> look</c><00:28:51.380><c> hard</c><00:28:51.640><c> at</c><00:28:51.799><c> the</c><00:28:52.099><c> details</c><00:28:52.319><c> every</c><00:28:52.640><c> day,</c>

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because<00:28:53.380><c> we</c><00:28:53.619><c> don't</c><00:28:53.859><c> wanna</c><00:28:54.039><c> be</c><00:28:54.319><c> in</c><00:28:54.839><c> the</c><00:28:55.079><c> spot</c>

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where<00:28:55.819><c> the</c><00:28:56.019><c> Israelites</c><00:28:56.599><c> were</c><00:28:56.859><c> where</c><00:28:57.000><c> they</c><00:28:57.299><c> said</c>

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what<00:28:57.720><c> a</c><00:28:57.940><c> weariness</c><00:28:58.279><c> it</c><00:28:58.500><c> is.</c>

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What<00:30:03.500><c> a</c><00:30:03.740><c> beautiful</c><00:30:04.079><c> message.</c>

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We'll<00:32:13.519><c> give</c><00:32:13.759><c> Jesus</c><00:32:14.339><c> the</c><00:32:14.740><c> final</c><00:32:15.019><c> message</c><00:32:15.720><c> for</c><00:32:16.660><c> 2018.</c>

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And<00:32:18.660><c> who</c><00:32:18.839><c> else</c><00:32:19.160><c> would</c><00:32:19.619><c> you</c><00:32:19.799><c> wanna</c><00:32:19.940><c> hear</c><00:32:20.140><c> from?</c>

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And<00:32:21.680><c> I'm</c><00:32:21.819><c> gonna</c><00:32:21.920><c> read</c><00:32:22.259><c> from</c><00:32:22.799><c> Matthew</c><00:32:23.380><c> chapter</c><00:32:23.779><c> six.</c>

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pretty<00:32:31.940><c> well</c><00:32:32.119><c> this</c><00:32:32.420><c> way.</c>

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but<00:32:48.859><c> seek</c><00:32:49.180><c> ye</c><00:32:49.400><c> first</c><00:32:49.680><c> the</c><00:32:49.940><c> kingdom</c><00:32:50.220><c> of</c><00:32:50.500><c> God</c><00:32:51.359><c> and</c><00:32:51.940><c> his</c><00:32:52.160><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:32:53.039><c> all</c><00:32:53.259><c> these</c><00:32:53.539><c> things</c><00:32:53.759><c> shall</c><00:32:53.960><c> be</c><00:32:54.220><c> added</c><00:32:54.400><c> unto</c><00:32:54.660><c> you.</c>

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And<00:32:57.019><c> from</c><00:32:57.500><c> the</c><00:32:58.059><c> final</c><00:32:58.359><c> promise</c><00:32:58.779><c> in</c><00:32:58.960><c> the</c><00:32:59.079><c> book</c><00:32:59.220><c> of</c><00:32:59.480><c> Revelation,</c>

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Jesus<00:33:00.619><c> says,</c><00:33:01.440><c> he</c><00:33:01.660><c> which</c><00:33:02.000><c> testify</c><00:33:02.579><c> at</c><00:33:02.799><c> these</c><00:33:03.099><c> things</c><00:33:03.400><c> saith,</c>

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surely<00:33:05.440><c> I</c><00:33:05.720><c> come</c><00:33:05.960><c> quickly,</c><00:33:08.460><c> even</c><00:33:08.779><c> so</c><00:33:09.220><c> come</c><00:33:09.599><c> quickly,</c><00:33:10.140><c> Lord</c><00:33:10.279><c> Jesus.</c>

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Amen.