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So<00:10:45.000><c> that's</c><00:10:45.480><c> the</c><00:10:45.860><c> cycle</c><00:10:46.679><c> of</c><00:10:47.740><c> a</c><00:10:47.960><c> shepherd.</c>

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So<00:10:51.240><c> we</c><00:10:51.720><c> walk</c><00:10:52.159><c> with</c><00:10:52.659><c> this</c><00:10:53.039><c> man,</c><00:10:53.679><c> James</c><00:10:54.059><c> Rebanks.</c>

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He's<00:10:59.399><c> hating</c><00:10:59.700><c> school.</c>

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He's<00:11:00.919><c> frustrated.</c>

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He<00:11:01.679><c> knows</c><00:11:02.080><c> he</c><00:11:02.200><c> just</c><00:11:02.460><c> wants</c><00:11:02.659><c> to</c><00:11:02.820><c> be</c><00:11:02.980><c> a</c><00:11:03.139><c> shepherd.</c>

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That's<00:11:03.919><c> all</c><00:11:04.100><c> he</c><00:11:04.259><c> wants.</c>

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He's<00:11:06.799><c> frustrated,</c><00:11:07.460><c> misplaced,</c><00:11:07.980><c> and</c><00:11:08.259><c> driven.</c>

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He's<00:11:09.100><c> from</c><00:11:09.460><c> a</c><00:11:09.679><c> family</c><00:11:10.259><c> of</c><00:11:10.659><c> farmers.</c>

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They're,<00:11:12.539><c> again,</c><00:11:12.879><c> in</c><00:11:13.039><c> the</c><00:11:13.220><c> Lake</c><00:11:13.440><c> District.</c>

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It's<00:11:15.519><c> actually</c><00:11:15.840><c> a</c><00:11:16.080><c> national</c><00:11:16.419><c> park.</c>

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It<00:11:16.799><c> looks</c><00:11:17.000><c> quite</c><00:11:17.259><c> beautiful</c><00:11:17.659><c> in</c><00:11:17.860><c> some</c><00:11:18.039><c> of</c><00:11:18.139><c> the</c><00:11:18.240><c> pictures.</c>

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In<00:11:19.159><c> a</c><00:11:19.340><c> place</c><00:11:19.500><c> called</c><00:11:20.039><c> Madderdale.</c>

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I<00:11:21.120><c> don't</c><00:11:21.279><c> know.</c>

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Has<00:11:21.500><c> anybody</c><00:11:21.799><c> been</c><00:11:22.000><c> to</c><00:11:22.159><c> England</c><00:11:22.600><c> in</c><00:11:23.240><c> that</c><00:11:23.480><c> area?</c>

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There's<00:11:23.980><c> a</c><00:11:24.179><c> region</c><00:11:24.399><c> called</c><00:11:24.779><c> Cumbria</c><00:11:25.340><c> and</c><00:11:26.460><c> a</c><00:11:26.740><c> city</c><00:11:26.980><c> called</c><00:11:27.519><c> Penrith.</c>

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That's<00:11:28.539><c> the</c><00:11:28.779><c> closest</c><00:11:29.220><c> city</c><00:11:29.659><c> to</c><00:11:29.860><c> where</c><00:11:30.019><c> he</c><00:11:30.259><c> is.</c>

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So<00:11:32.819><c> he</c><00:11:33.299><c> says</c><00:11:34.019><c> in</c><00:11:34.259><c> his</c><00:11:34.480><c> book</c><00:11:34.700><c> when</c><00:11:34.860><c> he</c><00:11:35.059><c> was</c><00:11:35.340><c> 13</c><00:11:35.840><c> or</c><00:11:35.960><c> 14</c><00:11:36.360><c>-year</c><00:11:36.580><c>-old,</c>

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He's<00:11:42.259><c> quite</c><00:11:42.440><c> a</c><00:11:42.700><c> scholar.</c>

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Someone<00:11:43.559><c> instilled</c><00:11:44.220><c> him</c><00:11:44.440><c> with</c><00:11:44.620><c> a</c><00:11:44.679><c> love</c><00:11:44.879><c> of</c><00:11:45.059><c> books.</c>

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I<00:11:45.340><c> think</c><00:11:45.480><c> it</c><00:11:45.600><c> was</c><00:11:45.740><c> his</c><00:11:46.120><c> grandmother.</c>

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And<00:11:47.919><c> even</c><00:11:48.240><c> though</c><00:11:48.480><c> he</c><00:11:48.679><c> dropped</c><00:11:49.000><c> out</c><00:11:49.279><c> of</c><00:11:49.460><c> school,</c><00:11:50.139><c> he</c><00:11:50.279><c> went</c><00:11:50.639><c> to</c><00:11:50.899><c> Oxford.</c>

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Somehow<00:11:52.500><c> he</c><00:11:52.860><c> got</c><00:11:53.080><c> to</c><00:11:53.259><c> Oxford</c><00:11:53.700><c> and</c><00:11:53.879><c> he</c><00:11:54.039><c> made</c><00:11:54.179><c> it</c><00:11:54.419><c> through.</c>

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He<00:11:54.799><c> was</c><00:11:55.000><c> a</c><00:11:55.139><c> genius.</c>

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But<00:11:57.360><c> his</c><00:11:57.860><c> impulses</c><00:11:58.679><c> kept</c><00:11:58.960><c> on</c><00:11:59.360><c> driving</c><00:11:59.620><c> him</c><00:11:59.940><c> towards</c><00:12:00.419><c> the</c><00:12:00.720><c> flock.</c>

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Driving<00:12:01.620><c> him</c><00:12:02.000><c> towards</c><00:12:02.740><c> being</c><00:12:03.399><c> a</c><00:12:03.639><c> shepherd.</c>

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So<00:12:05.059><c> this</c><00:12:05.360><c> deep</c><00:12:05.759><c>-seated</c><00:12:06.659><c> family</c><00:12:07.360><c> connection.</c>

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He<00:12:08.179><c> idolized</c><00:12:08.980><c> his</c><00:12:09.320><c> grandfather</c><00:12:09.980><c> and</c><00:12:11.080><c> he</c><00:12:11.279><c> fought</c><00:12:11.419><c> with</c><00:12:11.659><c> his</c><00:12:11.840><c> dad.</c>

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And<00:12:14.819><c> life</c><00:12:15.299><c> was</c><00:12:17.259><c> woven</c><00:12:17.960><c> as</c><00:12:19.100><c> a</c><00:12:19.320><c> shepherd.</c>

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His<00:12:20.740><c> life</c><00:12:21.139><c> was</c><00:12:21.480><c> woven</c><00:12:21.820><c> into</c><00:12:22.200><c> the</c><00:12:22.440><c> fabric</c><00:12:22.759><c> of</c><00:12:23.039><c> his</c><00:12:23.539><c> life.</c>

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He<00:12:24.279><c> breathed</c><00:12:24.679><c> and</c><00:12:24.799><c> he</c><00:12:24.960><c> ate</c><00:12:25.120><c> and</c><00:12:25.320><c> he</c><00:12:25.460><c> slept.</c>

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And<00:12:26.600><c> he</c><00:12:26.779><c> drank</c><00:12:27.039><c> shepherding.</c>

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When<00:12:27.639><c> he</c><00:12:27.779><c> was</c><00:12:27.940><c> at</c><00:12:28.120><c> school,</c><00:12:28.919><c> he</c><00:12:29.460><c> had</c><00:12:29.899><c> maybe</c><00:12:30.299><c> three</c><00:12:30.519><c> or</c><00:12:30.639><c> four</c><00:12:30.840><c> days</c><00:12:31.159><c> that</c><00:12:31.299><c> he</c>

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was<00:12:31.580><c> in</c><00:12:31.779><c> classes.</c>

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And<00:12:32.279><c> then</c><00:12:32.379><c> he</c><00:12:32.440><c> would</c><00:12:32.639><c> actually</c><00:12:32.899><c> go</c><00:12:33.120><c> back</c><00:12:33.379><c> home</c><00:12:33.639><c> and</c><00:12:33.840><c> do</c><00:12:34.059><c> shepherding</c><00:12:34.440><c> while</c>

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he<00:12:34.779><c> was</c><00:12:34.940><c> at</c><00:12:35.100><c> Oxford.</c>

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He<00:12:36.840><c> counted</c><00:12:37.279><c> the</c><00:12:37.480><c> number</c><00:12:37.740><c> of</c><00:12:37.960><c> days</c><00:12:38.159><c> that</c><00:12:38.320><c> he</c><00:12:38.399><c> could</c><00:12:38.539><c> be</c><00:12:38.799><c> back</c><00:12:39.039><c> there.</c>

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He<00:12:39.360><c> just</c><00:12:39.740><c> wanted</c><00:12:40.059><c> to</c><00:12:40.200><c> be</c><00:12:40.379><c> back</c><00:12:40.559><c> at</c><00:12:40.720><c> the</c><00:12:40.899><c> farm.</c>

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So<00:12:45.100><c> again,</c><00:12:45.960><c> from</c><00:12:47.379><c> Acts</c><00:12:47.759><c> chapter</c><00:12:48.200><c> 20,</c><00:12:49.120><c> a</c><00:12:49.379><c> charge</c><00:12:49.720><c> to</c><00:12:49.940><c> the</c>

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Ephesian<00:12:50.500><c> elders.</c>

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From<00:12:53.080><c> verse</c><00:12:53.340><c> 28,</c><00:12:53.940><c> keep</c><00:12:54.299><c> watch</c><00:12:55.039><c> over</c><00:12:56.179><c> yourselves.</c>

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I<00:12:56.960><c> think</c><00:12:57.100><c> it's</c><00:12:57.440><c> interesting</c><00:12:57.899><c> that</c><00:12:58.120><c> it</c><00:12:58.399><c> starts</c><00:12:58.580><c> out</c><00:12:58.919><c> with</c>

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looking<00:12:59.399><c> after</c><00:13:00.559><c> yourself.</c>

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Be<00:13:04.600><c> careful,</c><00:13:06.120><c> in</c><00:13:06.399><c> other</c><00:13:06.639><c> words.</c>

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Keep<00:13:09.200><c> watch</c><00:13:09.480><c> over</c><00:13:09.720><c> yourselves</c><00:13:10.200><c> and</c><00:13:10.419><c> all</c><00:13:10.539><c> the</c><00:13:10.820><c> flock</c><00:13:11.100><c> which</c>

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the<00:13:11.679><c> Holy</c><00:13:11.899><c> Spirit</c><00:13:12.179><c> has</c><00:13:12.399><c> made</c><00:13:12.559><c> you</c><00:13:12.860><c> overseers.</c>

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Be<00:13:13.779><c> shepherds</c><00:13:14.259><c> of</c><00:13:14.419><c> the</c><00:13:14.580><c> church</c><00:13:14.840><c> of</c><00:13:15.080><c> God</c><00:13:15.379><c> which</c><00:13:15.740><c> he</c><00:13:16.159><c> bought</c><00:13:16.539><c> with</c><00:13:17.299><c> his</c>

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own<00:13:17.759><c> blood.</c>

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So<00:13:20.500><c> the</c><00:13:21.080><c> exhort</c><00:13:21.659><c> is</c><00:13:22.039><c> a</c><00:13:22.279><c> challenge</c><00:13:22.940><c> to</c><00:13:23.399><c> you.</c>

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Is<00:13:26.039><c> this</c><00:13:26.600><c> the</c><00:13:27.019><c> reflection</c><00:13:27.539><c> of</c><00:13:27.919><c> your</c><00:13:28.220><c> work?</c>

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Again,<00:13:30.720><c> Rebank</c><00:13:30.940><c> says,</c><00:13:31.399><c> everywhere</c><00:13:31.840><c> else</c><00:13:32.220><c> feels</c><00:13:32.519><c> like</c><00:13:32.840><c> nowhere.</c>

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Is<00:13:33.279><c> that</c><00:13:33.519><c> what</c><00:13:33.639><c> it</c><00:13:33.879><c> feels</c><00:13:34.080><c> like</c><00:13:34.399><c> when</c><00:13:34.600><c> you're</c><00:13:34.860><c> not</c><00:13:35.259><c> here</c><00:13:35.740><c> or</c>

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when<00:13:36.340><c> you</c><00:13:36.559><c> are</c><00:13:36.759><c> here?</c>

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The<00:13:41.440><c> opening</c><00:13:41.820><c> of</c><00:13:42.019><c> the</c><00:13:42.159><c> book,</c><00:13:43.039><c> there</c><00:13:43.340><c> are</c><00:13:44.100><c> several</c><00:13:44.539><c> gatherings</c>

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of<00:13:45.340><c> sheep</c><00:13:45.539><c> through</c><00:13:45.820><c> the</c><00:13:46.000><c> year.</c>

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And<00:13:46.679><c> one</c><00:13:46.840><c> of</c><00:13:47.000><c> them</c><00:13:48.220><c> opens</c><00:13:49.159><c> the</c><00:13:49.419><c> book</c><00:13:49.659><c> and</c><00:13:50.019><c> he</c><00:13:50.240><c> gets</c><00:13:50.460><c> a</c><00:13:50.659><c> phone</c><00:13:50.879><c> call</c><00:13:51.740><c> late</c><00:13:52.159><c> at</c><00:13:52.419><c> night.</c>

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He<00:13:52.840><c> knows</c><00:13:53.100><c> it's</c><00:13:53.440><c> coming.</c><00:13:53.700><c> He</c><00:13:53.860><c> knows</c><00:13:54.139><c> this</c><00:13:54.379><c> gathering</c><00:13:54.740><c> is</c><00:13:55.019><c> coming.</c>

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He<00:13:55.360><c> doesn't</c><00:13:55.559><c> know</c><00:13:55.820><c> exactly</c><00:13:56.220><c> when.</c>

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But<00:13:57.159><c> it's</c><00:13:57.379><c> something</c><00:13:57.600><c> like</c><00:13:57.919><c> 10</c><00:13:58.159><c> o</c><00:13:58.320><c>'clock</c><00:13:58.460><c> at</c><00:13:58.700><c> night</c><00:13:58.879><c> and</c><00:13:59.059><c> this</c>

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guy<00:13:59.399><c> calls</c><00:13:59.740><c> and</c><00:13:59.919><c> he</c><00:14:00.059><c> says,</c>

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We're<00:14:02.139><c> going</c><00:14:02.139><c> to</c><00:14:02.700><c> the</c><00:14:02.840><c> gate.</c><00:14:03.379><c> Be</c><00:14:03.559><c> at</c><00:14:03.700><c> the</c><00:14:03.840><c> gate,</c><00:14:04.259><c> 5</c><00:14:04.460><c> a</c><00:14:04.679><c>.m.</c>

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And<00:14:06.879><c> I</c><00:14:07.080><c> think</c><00:14:07.279><c> of</c><00:14:08.100><c> the</c><00:14:08.360><c> gathering</c><00:14:08.820><c> when</c><00:14:10.279><c> Christ</c><00:14:10.799><c> returns.</c>

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We<00:14:12.259><c> know</c><00:14:12.460><c> he's</c><00:14:12.779><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:14:13.639><c> he's</c><00:14:13.820><c> got</c><00:14:13.919><c> this</c><00:14:14.159><c> long</c><00:14:14.399><c> list</c><00:14:14.639><c> of</c><00:14:14.860><c> things</c><00:14:15.059><c> to</c><00:14:15.320><c> do.</c>

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My<00:14:53.240><c> children</c><00:14:53.740><c> have</c><00:14:54.120><c> long</c><00:14:54.460><c> figured</c><00:14:54.799><c> out</c><00:14:55.120><c> what</c><00:14:55.320><c> makes</c><00:14:55.639><c> me</c><00:14:55.919><c> tick.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:15:20.200><c> that</c><00:15:20.419><c> be</c><00:15:20.659><c> awesome</c><00:15:21.379><c> if</c><00:15:22.620><c> that's</c><00:15:23.059><c> what</c><00:15:23.480><c> our</c><00:15:23.860><c> friends</c>

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Wouldn't<00:15:43.679><c> that</c><00:15:43.899><c> be</c><00:15:44.059><c> awesome</c><00:15:44.419><c> if</c><00:15:44.559><c> that's</c><00:15:44.860><c> what</c><00:15:45.000><c> Jesus</c><00:15:46.120><c> says</c><00:15:47.600><c> to</c><00:15:48.039><c> me?</c>

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It's<00:16:25.519><c> not</c><00:16:25.740><c> about</c><00:16:26.059><c> you,</c><00:16:26.700><c> it's</c><00:16:27.080><c> about</c><00:16:27.279><c> the</c><00:16:27.519><c> sheep.</c>

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He's<00:17:25.460><c> always</c><00:17:25.779><c> working</c><00:17:26.299><c> tirelessly.</c>

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It<00:18:25.480><c> drains</c><00:18:25.819><c> the</c><00:18:26.140><c> fields.</c>

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Paul<00:18:35.240><c> says</c><00:18:35.500><c> something</c><00:18:35.859><c> similar</c><00:18:36.519><c> in</c><00:18:37.180><c> 2</c><00:18:37.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:37.980><c> 5,</c><00:18:39.839><c> starting</c><00:18:40.059><c> in</c>

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Having<00:18:45.680><c> concluded</c><00:18:46.220><c> this,</c><00:18:46.619><c> that</c><00:18:46.740><c> one</c><00:18:46.980><c> died</c><00:18:47.279><c> for</c><00:18:47.599><c> all,</c><00:18:48.819><c> therefore</c><00:18:49.339><c> all</c><00:18:50.220><c> died.</c>

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And<00:18:51.579><c> he</c><00:18:51.720><c> died</c><00:18:51.940><c> for</c><00:18:52.240><c> all,</c><00:18:52.579><c> so</c><00:18:52.579><c> that</c><00:18:52.779><c> they</c><00:18:53.140><c> who</c><00:18:53.359><c> live</c><00:18:53.660><c> might</c><00:18:54.339><c> no</c>

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longer<00:18:55.059><c> live</c><00:18:55.279><c> for</c><00:18:55.519><c> themselves,</c>

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but<00:18:56.599><c> for</c><00:18:57.140><c> him</c><00:18:57.380><c> who</c><00:18:57.640><c> died</c><00:18:57.940><c> and</c><00:18:58.119><c> rose</c><00:18:58.440><c> again</c><00:18:59.000><c> on</c><00:19:00.019><c> their</c><00:19:00.339><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:19:03.160><c> to</c><00:19:03.299><c> the</c><00:19:03.480><c> Galatians,</c><00:19:03.940><c> Paul</c><00:19:04.200><c> says,</c><00:19:04.480><c> I</c><00:19:04.640><c> am</c><00:19:04.900><c> crucified</c><00:19:05.480><c> with</c><00:19:05.759><c> Christ.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:19:09.859><c> I</c><00:19:10.299><c> live,</c><00:19:11.680><c> yet</c><00:19:11.900><c> not</c><00:19:12.180><c> I,</c><00:19:12.519><c> but</c><00:19:12.740><c> Christ</c><00:19:13.559><c> liveth</c><00:19:13.960><c> in</c><00:19:14.140><c> me.</c>

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This<00:19:23.279><c> is</c><00:19:23.539><c> my</c><00:19:23.799><c> life,</c><00:19:24.119><c> he</c><00:19:24.299><c> says.</c>

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I<00:19:25.019><c> want</c><00:19:25.559><c> for</c><00:19:26.400><c> no</c><00:19:26.720><c> other.</c>

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And<00:19:29.420><c> we</c><00:19:29.619><c> think</c><00:19:29.819><c> of</c><00:19:29.980><c> Jesus</c><00:19:30.539><c> instructing</c><00:19:31.500><c> us</c><00:19:31.759><c> to</c><00:19:31.980><c> seek</c><00:19:32.200><c> first</c>

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the<00:19:32.759><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:19:35.000><c> think</c><00:19:35.160><c> of</c><00:19:35.299><c> Jesus</c><00:19:35.700><c> praying</c><00:19:36.160><c> for</c><00:19:37.200><c> the</c><00:19:37.599><c> brothers</c><00:19:37.859><c> and</c><00:19:38.180><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:19:41.440><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> ecclesia.</c>

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He<00:19:42.539><c> prays</c><00:19:43.299><c> that</c><00:19:43.480><c> they</c><00:19:44.480><c> are</c><00:19:45.039><c> one</c><00:19:45.359><c> as</c><00:19:46.039><c> he</c><00:19:46.299><c> and</c><00:19:46.440><c> his</c><00:19:46.640><c> father</c><00:19:46.940><c> were</c><00:19:47.220><c> one.</c>

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And<00:19:50.619><c> he's</c><00:19:51.039><c> reflecting</c><00:19:51.599><c> the</c><00:19:52.140><c> character,</c><00:19:52.660><c> and</c><00:19:52.839><c> he</c><00:19:53.019><c> wants</c><00:19:53.339><c> us</c><00:19:53.640><c> to</c>

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show<00:19:54.259><c> his</c><00:19:54.680><c> father's</c><00:19:55.319><c> character.</c>

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If<00:19:56.700><c> you've</c><00:19:57.000><c> seen</c><00:19:57.220><c> me,</c><00:19:57.500><c> you've</c><00:19:57.720><c> seen</c><00:19:57.920><c> the</c><00:19:58.160><c> father.</c>

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So<00:20:03.380><c> on</c><00:20:03.779><c> being</c><00:20:04.160><c> tireless,</c><00:20:06.259><c> we</c><00:20:06.420><c> think</c><00:20:06.640><c> of</c><00:20:07.319><c> our</c><00:20:07.880><c> sister</c><00:20:08.180><c> Ruth</c><00:20:08.660><c> gleaning,</c><00:20:10.460><c> and</c>

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gleaning,<00:20:11.180><c> and</c><00:20:11.339><c> gleaning,</c><00:20:11.799><c> and</c><00:20:12.000><c> gleaning.</c>

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I<00:20:12.400><c> think</c><00:20:12.559><c> it's</c><00:20:12.819><c> chapter</c><00:20:13.140><c> 3,</c><00:20:13.599><c> we</c><00:20:13.720><c> read</c><00:20:13.940><c> gleaning</c><00:20:14.460><c> a</c><00:20:14.740><c> dozen</c><00:20:14.980><c> times.</c>

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That's<00:20:15.700><c> all</c><00:20:15.839><c> she's</c><00:20:16.180><c> doing,</c><00:20:17.500><c> is</c><00:20:17.680><c> gleaning,</c><00:20:18.180><c> tirelessly</c><00:20:18.799><c> working.</c>

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And<00:20:21.720><c> again,</c><00:20:21.940><c> we</c><00:20:22.059><c> think</c><00:20:22.240><c> of</c><00:20:22.440><c> our</c><00:20:22.599><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:20:22.980><c> did</c><00:20:23.140><c> he</c><00:20:23.319><c> say</c><00:20:24.019><c> to</c><00:20:25.380><c> that</c><00:20:25.799><c> man</c><00:20:26.099><c> who</c><00:20:26.319><c> wanted</c><00:20:26.539><c> to</c><00:20:26.799><c> follow?</c>

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I<00:20:27.339><c> will</c><00:20:27.599><c> follow</c><00:20:27.880><c> you.</c>

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And<00:20:29.960><c> Jesus</c><00:20:30.279><c> says,</c><00:20:30.819><c> the</c><00:20:30.819><c> son</c><00:20:31.079><c> of</c><00:20:31.299><c> man</c><00:20:31.559><c> has</c><00:20:31.940><c> nowhere</c><00:20:32.259><c> to</c><00:20:32.740><c> lay</c><00:20:32.940><c> his</c><00:20:33.319><c> head.</c>

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Paul<00:20:36.279><c> says</c><00:20:36.759><c> to</c><00:20:37.019><c> Timothy,</c><00:20:37.460><c> hang</c><00:20:37.759><c> on,</c><00:20:38.779><c> don't</c><00:20:39.140><c> give</c><00:20:39.400><c> up,</c><00:20:39.660><c> you</c><00:20:39.799><c> need</c><00:20:40.000><c> to</c><00:20:40.200><c> endure.</c>

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Brie<00:20:44.680><c> Banks</c><00:20:44.880><c> talks</c><00:20:45.240><c> about</c><00:20:45.500><c> his</c><00:20:45.720><c> grandfather</c><00:20:46.359><c> making</c><00:20:47.640><c> a</c><00:20:48.059><c> comment</c><00:20:48.319><c> on</c>

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leisure<00:20:48.980><c> time.</c>

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He<00:20:52.059><c> says,</c><00:20:52.440><c> it's</c><00:20:52.660><c> a</c><00:20:52.900><c> strange,</c><00:20:54.180><c> troubling,</c><00:20:54.579><c> and</c><00:20:54.880><c> modern</c><00:20:55.539><c> phenomenon.</c>

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Somebody<00:20:57.359><c> was</c><00:20:57.599><c> walking</c><00:20:57.940><c> on</c><00:20:58.259><c> one</c><00:20:58.420><c> of</c><00:20:58.559><c> the</c><00:20:58.720><c> fells,</c><00:20:59.079><c> the</c><00:20:59.259><c> hills,</c>

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and<00:20:59.740><c> his</c><00:20:59.940><c> grandfather</c><00:21:00.380><c> saw</c><00:21:01.079><c> this</c><00:21:01.480><c> person,</c><00:21:01.839><c> just</c><00:21:02.099><c> a</c><00:21:02.299><c> tourist</c>

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walking<00:21:03.079><c> in</c><00:21:03.299><c> the</c><00:21:03.460><c> area.</c>

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And<00:21:05.299><c> he</c><00:21:05.420><c> says,</c><00:21:05.680><c> walking</c><00:21:06.079><c> on</c><00:21:06.299><c> the</c><00:21:06.599><c> fell</c><00:21:06.859><c> for</c><00:21:07.119><c> the</c><00:21:07.420><c> sake</c><00:21:07.599><c> of</c><00:21:07.900><c> walking</c><00:21:08.220><c> is</c>

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sheer<00:21:09.039><c> lunacy.</c>

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There<00:21:12.359><c> is</c><00:21:12.640><c> no</c><00:21:12.940><c> leisure</c><00:21:13.339><c> in</c><00:21:13.680><c> our</c><00:21:14.740><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:15.299><c> life.</c>

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No<00:21:17.680><c> holidays.</c>

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He<00:21:19.920><c> says,</c><00:21:20.220><c> I</c><00:21:20.420><c> hate</c><00:21:20.759><c> not</c><00:21:21.039><c> to</c><00:21:21.259><c> work</c><00:21:21.400><c> at</c><00:21:21.599><c> Christmas.</c>

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The<00:21:24.099><c> kids</c><00:21:24.319><c> are</c><00:21:25.240><c> obviously</c><00:21:25.720><c> ready</c><00:21:26.039><c> to</c><00:21:26.299><c> open</c><00:21:26.440><c> their</c><00:21:26.700><c> presents.</c>

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And<00:21:28.599><c> there's</c><00:21:29.180><c> a</c><00:21:29.279><c> pile</c><00:21:29.480><c> of</c><00:21:29.680><c> them</c><00:21:29.819><c> over</c><00:21:30.059><c> there,</c><00:21:30.400><c> and</c><00:21:31.099><c> this</c><00:21:31.359><c> guy</c>

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says,<00:21:32.140><c> no,</c><00:21:32.579><c> we</c><00:21:32.740><c> have</c><00:21:32.900><c> to</c><00:21:33.079><c> do</c><00:21:33.200><c> our</c><00:21:33.420><c> chores</c><00:21:33.619><c> first.</c>

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He<00:21:39.140><c> was</c><00:21:39.380><c> never</c><00:21:39.720><c> idle.</c>

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Paul<00:21:46.019><c> says</c><00:21:46.299><c> to</c><00:21:46.579><c> the</c><00:21:46.779><c> Galatians,</c><00:21:47.859><c> don't</c><00:21:47.980><c> get</c><00:21:48.299><c> tired</c><00:21:48.779><c> of</c><00:21:49.720><c> doing</c>

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good,<00:21:50.519><c> for</c><00:21:50.579><c> at</c><00:21:50.759><c> the</c><00:21:50.960><c> proper</c><00:21:51.220><c> time,</c><00:21:52.660><c> we</c><00:21:52.799><c> will</c><00:21:53.019><c> reap</c><00:21:53.259><c> a</c><00:21:53.440><c> harvest</c>

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if<00:21:54.480><c> we</c><00:21:54.839><c> do</c><00:21:55.059><c> not</c><00:21:55.220><c> give</c><00:21:55.460><c> up.</c>

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Much<00:22:04.299><c> of</c><00:22:04.480><c> the</c><00:22:04.700><c> day</c><00:22:04.839><c>-to</c><00:22:04.940><c>-day</c><00:22:05.079><c> work</c><00:22:05.559><c> on</c><00:22:05.859><c> a</c><00:22:06.039><c> farm</c><00:22:06.200><c> is</c><00:22:06.480><c> spent</c><00:22:06.819><c> in</c><00:22:07.319><c> the</c>

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hundreds<00:22:07.980><c> of</c><00:22:08.539><c> little</c><00:22:08.940><c> unnewsworthy</c><00:22:09.839><c> jobs</c><00:22:10.259><c> that</c><00:22:10.460><c> are</c><00:22:10.759><c> required</c><00:22:11.279><c> in</c><00:22:12.119><c> managing</c><00:22:12.500><c> the</c>

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worming<00:22:19.180><c> lambs,</c><00:22:19.700><c> moving</c><00:22:20.059><c> sheep</c><00:22:20.299><c> between</c><00:22:20.740><c> fields,</c><00:22:21.240><c> running</c>

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sheep<00:22:21.779><c> through</c><00:22:21.960><c> the</c><00:22:22.180><c> foot</c><00:22:22.380><c> bath,</c><00:22:22.680><c> laying</c><00:22:22.980><c> hedges,</c><00:22:23.599><c> hanging</c>

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gates,<00:22:24.319><c> cleaning</c><00:22:24.680><c> the</c><00:22:25.000><c> rainwater</c><00:22:25.440><c> gutters,</c>

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dipping<00:22:26.619><c> the</c><00:22:26.920><c> sheep,</c><00:22:27.160><c> trimming</c><00:22:27.440><c> sheep</c><00:22:27.759><c> feet,</c><00:22:28.220><c> rescuing</c><00:22:28.599><c> lambs</c><00:22:29.440><c> stuck</c><00:22:29.680><c> in</c>

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fences,<00:22:30.819><c> mucking</c><00:22:31.039><c> out</c><00:22:31.299><c> the</c><00:22:31.500><c> dogs,</c><00:22:31.920><c> trimming</c><00:22:32.140><c> the</c><00:22:32.400><c> muck</c><00:22:32.539><c> from</c>

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the<00:22:32.960><c> tails</c><00:22:33.180><c> of</c><00:22:33.420><c> the</c><00:22:33.599><c> ews</c><00:22:33.799><c> and</c><00:22:34.039><c> lambs.</c>

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add<00:22:38.660><c> up</c><00:22:39.680><c> over</c><00:22:40.200><c> time.</c>

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Landscapes<00:22:43.259><c> like</c><00:22:43.720><c> ours</c><00:22:44.019><c> are</c><00:22:44.240><c> the</c><00:22:44.420><c> sum</c><00:22:44.680><c> total</c><00:22:45.019><c> and</c><00:22:45.319><c> culmination</c><00:22:45.960><c> of</c><00:22:46.220><c> a</c><00:22:46.339><c> million</c><00:22:46.680><c> little</c><00:22:47.279><c> unseen</c><00:22:47.960><c> jobs.</c>

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Calling<00:22:51.519><c> the</c><00:22:51.799><c> brothers</c><00:22:52.039><c> and</c><00:22:52.359><c> sisters,</c><00:22:53.279><c> visiting</c><00:22:53.839><c> them,</c><00:22:54.980><c> doing</c><00:22:55.220><c> the</c>

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daily<00:22:55.799><c> readings,</c><00:22:57.440><c> prepping</c><00:22:57.759><c> Sunday</c><00:22:58.140><c> school</c><00:22:58.480><c> lessons,</c><00:22:59.319><c> collecting</c><00:22:59.680><c> food</c>

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for<00:23:00.299><c> the</c><00:23:00.539><c> food</c><00:23:00.960><c> pantry,</c>

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dropping<00:23:03.140><c> off</c><00:23:03.539><c> food</c><00:23:03.799><c> at</c><00:23:03.980><c> the</c><00:23:04.160><c> food</c><00:23:04.359><c> pantry,</c><00:23:06.119><c> organizing</c><00:23:06.579><c> Bible</c><00:23:07.000><c> school</c><00:23:07.319><c> speakers,</c><00:23:08.920><c> doing</c><00:23:09.200><c> registration</c><00:23:09.940><c> for</c>

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CYC,<00:23:12.240><c> picking</c><00:23:12.539><c> up</c><00:23:12.819><c> kids</c><00:23:13.079><c> for</c><00:23:13.420><c> CYC,</c><00:23:14.059><c> making</c><00:23:14.359><c> dinner</c><00:23:14.700><c> for</c><00:23:14.980><c> CYC,</c>

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shoveling<00:23:16.400><c> the</c><00:23:16.640><c> walkway</c><00:23:16.980><c> at</c><00:23:17.140><c> the</c><00:23:17.279><c> meeting</c><00:23:17.519><c> house,</c><00:23:18.740><c> picking</c>

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up<00:23:19.240><c> the</c><00:23:19.480><c> trash</c><00:23:19.700><c> at</c><00:23:19.859><c> the</c><00:23:20.059><c> meeting</c><00:23:20.319><c> house,</c><00:23:21.000><c> setting</c><00:23:21.299><c> the</c><00:23:21.599><c> memorial</c><00:23:22.000><c> table,</c>

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vacuuming<00:23:24.140><c> the</c><00:23:24.440><c> floor,</c>

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putting<00:23:26.619><c> our</c><00:23:27.099><c> activities</c><00:23:27.599><c> online,</c><00:23:28.819><c> sending</c><00:23:29.200><c> cards</c><00:23:29.599><c> to</c><00:23:29.880><c> the</c><00:23:30.140><c> sick,</c><00:23:30.680><c> bedtime</c><00:23:31.059><c> prayers</c><00:23:31.480><c> with</c><00:23:31.720><c> the</c><00:23:31.940><c> kids,</c><00:23:32.980><c> preparing</c><00:23:33.380><c> a</c>

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meal<00:23:33.839><c> for</c><00:23:34.079><c> the</c><00:23:34.299><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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cleaning<00:23:36.000><c> up</c><00:23:36.259><c> after</c><00:23:36.599><c> potluck,</c><00:23:38.059><c> buying</c><00:23:38.420><c> supplies</c><00:23:38.920><c> for</c><00:23:39.180><c> the</c>

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kitchen,<00:23:39.960><c> trimming</c><00:23:40.220><c> the</c><00:23:40.559><c> shrubs,</c><00:23:41.400><c> washing</c><00:23:41.839><c> the</c><00:23:42.099><c> kitchen</c><00:23:42.400><c> floor.</c>

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As<00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:48.019><c> sun</c><00:23:48.319><c> crests</c><00:23:48.819><c> above</c><00:23:49.059><c> the</c><00:23:49.339><c> fells</c><00:23:49.700><c> to</c><00:23:49.839><c> the</c><00:23:50.019><c> east,</c><00:23:50.339><c> I</c><00:23:50.500><c> know</c>

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the<00:23:51.200><c> clock</c><00:23:51.420><c> has</c><00:23:51.740><c> started</c><00:23:52.059><c> ticking.</c>

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I<00:23:52.779><c> have</c><00:23:53.099><c> finite</c><00:23:53.599><c> time</c><00:23:54.099><c> to</c><00:23:54.339><c> do</c><00:23:54.539><c> jobs</c><00:23:55.079><c> that</c><00:23:55.779><c> need</c><00:23:55.960><c> to</c><00:23:56.140><c> be</c><00:23:56.319><c> done.</c><00:23:57.680><c> On</c><00:23:57.940><c> good</c><00:23:58.140><c> days,</c><00:23:58.460><c> I</c>

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don't<00:23:58.859><c> notice</c><00:23:59.200><c> it.</c><00:24:00.200><c> On</c><00:24:00.559><c> bad</c><00:24:00.839><c> days,</c><00:24:01.380><c> the</c><00:24:01.619><c> clock</c><00:24:02.019><c> ticks</c><00:24:02.599><c> heavily</c>

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in<00:24:04.220><c> my</c><00:24:04.559><c> skull.</c>

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x
Even<00:24:09.819><c> when</c><00:24:10.619><c> the</c><00:24:12.240><c> shepherds</c><00:24:12.759><c> are</c><00:24:13.119><c> sitting</c><00:24:13.319><c> there</c><00:24:13.680><c> leaning</c><00:24:14.000><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:14.500><c> gate,</c><00:24:14.940><c> seemingly</c><00:24:15.700><c> taking</c><00:24:16.299><c> a</c><00:24:16.500><c> rest,</c><00:24:18.099><c> Rebanks</c><00:24:18.460><c> assures</c><00:24:19.039><c> us</c>

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that<00:24:19.960><c> they're</c><00:24:20.240><c> thinking</c><00:24:20.880><c> about</c><00:24:22.099><c> what</c><00:24:22.339><c> needs</c><00:24:22.619><c> to</c><00:24:22.799><c> be</c><00:24:22.900><c> done</c><00:24:23.119><c> next.</c>

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His<00:24:26.460><c> grandfather</c><00:24:26.960><c> got</c><00:24:27.180><c> a</c><00:24:27.359><c> phone</c><00:24:27.539><c> call</c><00:24:27.859><c> from</c><00:24:28.759><c> the</c><00:24:29.319><c> government</c>

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when<00:24:29.960><c> he</c><00:24:30.200><c> became</c><00:24:30.519><c> a</c><00:24:30.799><c> pensioner,</c><00:24:31.180><c> I</c><00:24:31.240><c> guess</c><00:24:31.420><c> when</c><00:24:31.579><c> he</c><00:24:31.680><c> was</c><00:24:31.859><c> retirement</c><00:24:32.319><c> age,</c>

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and<00:24:33.400><c> his</c><00:24:33.599><c> grandfather</c><00:24:34.140><c> laughed</c><00:24:34.960><c> at</c><00:24:36.640><c> the</c><00:24:36.859><c> question</c><00:24:37.220><c> as</c><00:24:37.420><c> if</c><00:24:37.559><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:24:37.960><c> even</c><00:24:38.279><c> serious.</c>

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Are<00:24:38.920><c> you</c><00:24:39.079><c> going</c><00:24:39.180><c> to</c><00:24:39.359><c> stop</c><00:24:39.519><c> working?</c><00:24:42.259><c> That's</c><00:24:42.779><c> what</c><00:24:42.880><c> the</c><00:24:43.140><c> government</c><00:24:43.460><c> agent</c>

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asked<00:24:44.059><c> him.</c>

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He<00:24:50.859><c> makes</c><00:24:51.160><c> a</c><00:24:51.400><c> sober</c><00:24:51.819><c> commentary</c><00:24:52.579><c> on</c><00:24:52.799><c> the</c><00:24:53.039><c> failure</c><00:24:53.299><c> to</c><00:24:53.559><c> work.</c>

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There<00:24:56.019><c> is</c><00:24:56.319><c> no</c><00:24:56.519><c> opt</c><00:24:56.799><c>-out.</c><00:24:59.740><c> Something</c><00:25:00.140><c> could</c><00:25:00.640><c> die</c><00:25:01.400><c> if</c><00:25:02.220><c> you</c><00:25:02.460><c> couldn't</c><00:25:02.720><c> be</c><00:25:03.000><c> bothered.</c>

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We<00:25:06.599><c> can't</c><00:25:07.039><c> opt</c><00:25:07.240><c> out,</c><00:25:08.059><c> brothers</c><00:25:08.460><c> and</c><00:25:09.059><c> sisters,</c><00:25:09.660><c> from</c><00:25:09.940><c> our</c><00:25:10.200><c> work.</c>

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In<00:25:16.059><c> Caring</c><00:25:16.359><c> for</c><00:25:16.599><c> the</c><00:25:16.799><c> Sheep,</c><00:25:17.519><c> another</c><00:25:17.799><c> one</c><00:25:18.000><c> of</c><00:25:18.160><c> those</c><00:25:18.799><c> opening</c>

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scenes,<00:25:19.660><c> or</c><00:25:19.759><c> that</c><00:25:20.019><c> same</c><00:25:20.299><c> opening</c><00:25:20.740><c> scene,</c><00:25:23.980><c> where</c><00:25:24.079><c> they're</c><00:25:24.380><c> gathering</c><00:25:24.859><c> the</c>

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sheep,<00:25:25.460><c> there</c><00:25:25.740><c> were,</c><00:25:26.059><c> I</c><00:25:26.140><c> think,</c><00:25:26.599><c> eight</c><00:25:26.720><c> or</c><00:25:26.880><c> nine</c><00:25:27.440><c> sets</c><00:25:27.779><c> of</c><00:25:28.220><c> shepherds.</c>

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Eight<00:25:29.720><c> or</c><00:25:29.880><c> nine</c><00:25:30.160><c> shepherds</c><00:25:30.660><c> out</c><00:25:30.960><c> on</c><00:25:31.240><c> the</c><00:25:31.619><c> fell,</c><00:25:32.059><c> I</c><00:25:32.140><c> guess</c><00:25:32.359><c> a</c><00:25:32.480><c> hill.</c><00:25:35.759><c> This</c><00:25:36.339><c> guy,</c><00:25:36.980><c> Rebanks,</c><00:25:38.380><c> his</c><00:25:38.839><c> talents</c><00:25:39.339><c> weren't</c><00:25:39.740><c> sufficient.</c><00:25:40.420><c> There</c><00:25:40.539><c> were</c><00:25:40.740><c> some</c><00:25:41.000><c> sheep</c><00:25:41.220><c> that</c><00:25:41.759><c> he</c>

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could<00:25:42.180><c> barely</c><00:25:42.500><c> see.</c><00:25:43.460><c> They</c><00:25:43.619><c> were</c><00:25:43.839><c> way</c><00:25:44.000><c> out</c><00:25:44.200><c> in</c><00:25:44.359><c> the</c><00:25:44.500><c> distance.</c>

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x
And<00:25:47.720><c> I</c><00:25:47.900><c> guess</c><00:25:48.140><c> the</c><00:25:48.660><c> trick</c><00:25:49.000><c> is</c><00:25:49.339><c> to</c><00:25:49.579><c> have</c><00:25:49.980><c> good</c><00:25:50.279><c> dogs,</c><00:25:50.799><c> and</c><00:25:50.880><c> the</c>

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dogs,<00:25:51.400><c> you</c><00:25:51.660><c> command</c><00:25:52.039><c> them</c><00:25:52.220><c> where</c><00:25:52.380><c> to</c><00:25:52.579><c> go,</c><00:25:52.920><c> and</c><00:25:53.039><c> they</c><00:25:53.220><c> listen</c>

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to<00:25:53.660><c> your</c><00:25:53.859><c> whistle</c><00:25:54.240><c> or</c><00:25:54.519><c> your</c><00:25:54.819><c> hand</c><00:25:55.119><c> signal</c><00:25:55.359><c> or</c><00:25:55.519><c> whatever</c><00:25:55.759><c> it</c><00:25:55.940><c> is.</c>

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x
But<00:25:57.940><c> he</c><00:25:58.099><c> didn't</c><00:25:58.359><c> have</c><00:25:58.680><c> a</c><00:25:58.900><c> great</c><00:25:59.140><c> set</c><00:25:59.339><c> of</c><00:25:59.579><c> dogs,</c><00:25:59.900><c> but</c><00:26:00.019><c> he</c><00:26:00.160><c> was</c><00:26:00.380><c> with</c><00:26:00.660><c> somebody</c><00:26:01.059><c> who</c><00:26:01.380><c> did.</c><00:26:04.420><c> And</c><00:26:04.420><c> again,</c><00:26:05.359><c> he</c>

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could<00:26:05.619><c> barely</c><00:26:05.940><c> see</c><00:26:06.559><c> the</c><00:26:07.279><c> sheep</c><00:26:07.559><c> and</c><00:26:07.740><c> the</c><00:26:07.920><c> dogs</c><00:26:08.160><c> as</c><00:26:08.339><c> they're</c><00:26:08.500><c> running</c><00:26:08.799><c> away</c><00:26:09.099><c> to</c>

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go<00:26:09.420><c> get</c><00:26:09.579><c> those</c><00:26:09.900><c> sheep.</c>

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His<00:26:11.599><c> partners,</c><00:26:12.220><c> dogs,</c><00:26:13.180><c> he</c><00:26:13.400><c> lost</c><00:26:13.700><c> sight</c><00:26:13.940><c> of</c><00:26:14.119><c> them,</c><00:26:14.599><c> and</c><00:26:15.000><c> the</c><00:26:15.160><c> dogs</c><00:26:15.480><c> lost</c><00:26:15.839><c> sight</c><00:26:16.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:17.339><c> shepherds.</c><00:26:19.279><c> But</c><00:26:19.740><c> they</c><00:26:19.900><c> knew</c><00:26:20.079><c> where</c><00:26:20.259><c> to</c><00:26:20.440><c> go,</c><00:26:20.740><c> and</c><00:26:20.859><c> they</c>

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come<00:26:21.539><c> back</c><00:26:21.779><c> with</c><00:26:22.000><c> the</c><00:26:22.160><c> sheep.</c>

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And<00:26:24.019><c> it's</c><00:26:24.500><c> like</c><00:26:25.039><c> our</c><00:26:25.460><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:26:28.119><c> Sometimes</c><00:26:28.720><c> I</c><00:26:28.960><c> just</c><00:26:29.380><c> don't</c><00:26:29.779><c> know</c><00:26:30.000><c> what</c><00:26:30.240><c> to</c>

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say<00:26:31.019><c> when</c><00:26:32.880><c> you</c><00:26:33.259><c> have</c><00:26:33.460><c> a</c><00:26:33.619><c> need.</c><00:26:35.839><c> But</c><00:26:36.220><c> Katie</c><00:26:36.460><c> does.</c>

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Sometimes<00:26:40.299><c> I</c><00:26:40.640><c> just</c><00:26:41.039><c> don't</c><00:26:41.319><c> have</c><00:26:41.599><c> the</c><00:26:41.819><c> energy</c><00:26:42.160><c> to</c><00:26:42.819><c> send</c><00:26:43.019><c> a</c><00:26:43.240><c> card,</c><00:26:44.200><c> but</c>

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Sister<00:26:45.119><c> Nancy</c><00:26:45.599><c> Rice</c><00:26:45.880><c> does.</c>

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I've<00:26:51.400><c> never</c><00:26:51.640><c> been</c><00:26:51.980><c> in</c><00:26:52.160><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> situation</c><00:26:53.039><c> where</c><00:26:53.900><c> I've</c><00:26:56.079><c> had</c><00:26:56.240><c> this</c>

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loss,<00:26:58.240><c> but</c><00:26:59.019><c> somebody</c><00:26:59.339><c> else</c><00:26:59.660><c> does.</c>

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He's<00:27:06.299><c> caring</c><00:27:06.619><c> for</c><00:27:07.079><c> his</c><00:27:07.400><c> animals.</c><00:27:10.039><c> He</c><00:27:10.140><c> sees</c><00:27:10.519><c> it</c><00:27:10.779><c> was</c><00:27:11.059><c> after</c><00:27:11.779><c> lambing</c><00:27:12.319><c> time,</c><00:27:12.539><c> and</c>

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there's<00:27:13.039><c> a</c><00:27:13.220><c> ewe,</c><00:27:13.880><c> that's</c><00:27:14.180><c> a</c><00:27:14.279><c> female,</c><00:27:14.880><c> and</c><00:27:15.140><c> she's</c><00:27:15.460><c> running</c><00:27:15.680><c> back</c><00:27:16.000><c> and</c>

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forth<00:27:16.480><c> in</c><00:27:16.680><c> the</c><00:27:16.839><c> gated</c><00:27:17.119><c> area,</c><00:27:17.759><c> fenced</c><00:27:18.039><c> area.</c>

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x
And<00:27:20.240><c> Rebanks</c><00:27:20.640><c> knows</c><00:27:21.019><c> something</c><00:27:21.380><c> is</c><00:27:21.720><c> wrong,</c><00:27:22.319><c> because</c><00:27:23.259><c> she's</c>

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x
normally<00:27:24.000><c> just</c><00:27:24.519><c> resting</c><00:27:24.839><c> there</c><00:27:25.180><c> with</c><00:27:25.480><c> her</c><00:27:25.779><c> lamb</c><00:27:26.140><c> and</c><00:27:26.900><c> feeding.</c>

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x
So<00:27:28.079><c> he</c><00:27:28.200><c> figures</c><00:27:28.519><c> out</c><00:27:28.819><c> the</c><00:27:29.019><c> lamb</c><00:27:29.180><c> is</c><00:27:29.460><c> gone,</c><00:27:29.960><c> and</c><00:27:29.960><c> so</c><00:27:30.339><c> he</c><00:27:32.000><c> looks</c><00:27:32.579><c> at</c><00:27:33.220><c> all</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.599><c> other</c><00:27:33.900><c> ewes,</c><00:27:34.319><c> because</c><00:27:34.420><c> sometimes</c><00:27:34.920><c> a</c>

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lamb<00:27:35.299><c> will</c><00:27:35.700><c> go</c><00:27:35.980><c> find</c><00:27:36.279><c> another</c><00:27:37.640><c> mother,</c><00:27:38.539><c> another</c><00:27:38.900><c> ewe,</c><00:27:39.420><c> and</c>

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hang<00:27:39.779><c> around</c><00:27:40.059><c> with</c><00:27:40.259><c> them.</c>

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He<00:27:41.720><c> goes</c><00:27:42.000><c> to</c><00:27:42.200><c> the</c><00:27:42.359><c> other</c><00:27:42.619><c> fields,</c><00:27:43.160><c> he</c><00:27:43.339><c> goes</c><00:27:43.700><c> in</c><00:27:44.019><c> the</c><00:27:44.440><c> stream</c><00:27:44.799><c> where</c><00:27:45.079><c> sometimes</c><00:27:45.640><c> a</c>

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ewe<00:27:46.019><c> will</c><00:27:46.240><c> have</c><00:27:46.500><c> slipped</c><00:27:46.920><c> and</c><00:27:47.160><c> could</c><00:27:47.319><c> have</c><00:27:47.539><c> drowned.</c>

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So<00:27:48.220><c> he</c><00:27:48.759><c> goes</c><00:27:49.059><c> there,</c><00:27:49.700><c> and</c><00:27:49.700><c> he</c><00:27:49.859><c> goes,</c><00:27:50.839><c> he</c><00:27:51.099><c> checks</c><00:27:51.380><c> everywhere,</c>

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and<00:27:53.339><c> he</c><00:27:53.460><c> doesn't</c><00:27:53.799><c> stop</c><00:27:54.259><c> until</c><00:27:54.740><c> he</c><00:27:55.059><c> finds</c><00:27:55.799><c> the</c><00:27:56.819><c> lamb.</c>

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He<00:28:00.359><c> says,</c><00:28:00.839><c> I</c><00:28:00.839><c> hate</c><00:28:01.220><c> to</c><00:28:01.500><c> lose</c><00:28:01.740><c> a</c><00:28:01.980><c> lamb,</c><00:28:06.000><c> like</c><00:28:06.000><c> our</c><00:28:07.859><c> Lord</c><00:28:08.200><c> Jesus</c>

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wanting<00:28:10.579><c> that</c><00:28:10.940><c> none</c><00:28:11.160><c> be</c><00:28:11.400><c> lost.</c>

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We<00:28:13.079><c> think</c><00:28:13.259><c> of</c><00:28:13.500><c> Paul</c><00:28:13.960><c> in</c><00:28:14.339><c> the</c><00:28:14.519><c> shipwreck,</c><00:28:17.920><c> where</c><00:28:18.400><c> everybody</c><00:28:18.960><c> had</c><00:28:19.200><c> to</c>

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stay<00:28:19.539><c> with</c><00:28:19.759><c> the</c><00:28:19.960><c> ship.</c><00:28:21.079><c> He</c><00:28:21.319><c> didn't</c><00:28:21.559><c> want</c><00:28:21.839><c> any</c><00:28:22.160><c> lost.</c>

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Of<00:28:25.720><c> course,</c><00:28:25.960><c> we</c><00:28:26.160><c> think</c><00:28:26.359><c> of</c><00:28:26.480><c> the</c><00:28:26.680><c> peril</c><00:28:27.019><c> of</c><00:28:27.180><c> the</c><00:28:27.400><c> lost</c><00:28:27.660><c> sheep.</c>

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x
And<00:28:31.420><c> he</c><00:28:31.559><c> talks</c><00:28:31.859><c> about</c><00:28:32.180><c> how</c><00:28:32.539><c> his</c><00:28:32.819><c> heart</c><00:28:33.079><c> actually</c><00:28:33.680><c> sinks</c><00:28:34.059><c> when</c>

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a<00:28:35.759><c> ewe</c><00:28:36.400><c> has</c><00:28:37.140><c> a</c><00:28:37.299><c> miscarriage.</c>

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All<00:28:39.279><c> that</c><00:28:39.619><c> effort,</c><00:28:41.799><c> all</c><00:28:42.180><c> the</c><00:28:42.299><c> effort</c><00:28:42.559><c> that</c><00:28:42.740><c> he</c><00:28:42.900><c> went</c><00:28:43.140><c> through,</c>

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all<00:28:43.660><c> the</c><00:28:43.839><c> effort</c><00:28:44.160><c> that</c><00:28:45.599><c> you</c><00:28:45.839><c> went</c><00:28:46.119><c> through,</c><00:28:47.200><c> and</c><00:28:47.500><c> to</c><00:28:47.740><c> bring</c><00:28:48.940><c> a</c>

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lamb<00:28:51.000><c> that</c><00:28:51.299><c> isn't</c><00:28:51.559><c> alive.</c>

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x
And<00:28:55.180><c> our</c><00:28:55.380><c> Lord</c><00:28:55.680><c> knows</c><00:28:56.200><c> our</c><00:28:56.680><c> hearts.</c>

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x
From<00:29:00.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:01.079><c> chapter</c><00:29:01.500><c> 4</c><00:29:01.859><c> verse</c><00:29:02.119><c> 13,</c><00:29:03.000><c> no</c><00:29:03.019><c> creature</c><00:29:03.460><c> is</c><00:29:03.819><c> unknown.</c>

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x
And<00:29:04.900><c> from</c><00:29:05.079><c> the</c><00:29:05.279><c> Psalms,</c><00:29:07.559><c> the</c><00:29:07.859><c> Lord</c><00:29:08.140><c> knows</c><00:29:08.500><c> our</c><00:29:08.799><c> sitting</c><00:29:09.039><c> down</c>

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x
and<00:29:09.619><c> our</c><00:29:09.819><c> rising</c><00:29:10.119><c> up.</c>

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He<00:29:10.579><c> knows</c><00:29:10.920><c> us,</c><00:29:12.480><c> and</c><00:29:12.799><c> he</c><00:29:12.980><c> cares</c><00:29:13.279><c> for</c><00:29:13.519><c> us.</c>

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He<00:29:16.099><c> practically</c><00:29:16.640><c> wrote</c><00:29:17.220><c> a</c><00:29:17.440><c> eulogy</c><00:29:17.839><c> for</c><00:29:18.099><c> his</c><00:29:18.359><c> favorite</c><00:29:19.680><c> ewe.</c>

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x
It<00:29:20.480><c> was</c><00:29:20.740><c> kind</c><00:29:20.980><c> of,</c><00:29:22.519><c> I've</c><00:29:22.920><c> never</c><00:29:23.160><c> seen</c><00:29:23.380><c> a</c><00:29:23.519><c> eulogy</c><00:29:23.880><c> for</c><00:29:24.200><c> a</c><00:29:24.400><c> lamb,</c>

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for<00:29:25.079><c> a</c><00:29:25.220><c> ewe.</c>

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x
We<00:29:30.880><c> read</c><00:29:31.099><c> it</c><00:29:31.279><c> in</c><00:29:31.440><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:29:31.900><c> and</c><00:29:32.019><c> I</c><00:29:32.119><c> couldn't</c><00:29:32.359><c> imagine</c><00:29:32.859><c> it,</c><00:29:33.279><c> but</c>

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shepherds<00:29:34.039><c> really</c><00:29:34.460><c> do</c><00:29:34.779><c> fix</c><00:29:35.200><c> broken</c><00:29:35.640><c> legs.</c>

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When<00:29:38.039><c> the</c><00:29:38.279><c> lamb,</c><00:29:38.680><c> he</c><00:29:38.980><c> had</c><00:29:39.200><c> a</c><00:29:39.339><c> lamb</c><00:29:39.500><c> that</c><00:29:39.700><c> had</c><00:29:39.859><c> a</c><00:29:40.019><c> broken</c><00:29:40.259><c> leg,</c><00:29:40.640><c> and</c><00:29:40.779><c> he</c><00:29:41.500><c> recognized</c><00:29:42.220><c> it,</c><00:29:42.900><c> and</c><00:29:43.180><c> he</c><00:29:43.279><c> went</c><00:29:43.480><c> and</c><00:29:43.559><c> got</c><00:29:43.779><c> a</c>

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splint<00:29:44.299><c> and</c><00:29:44.539><c> some</c><00:29:44.759><c> tape,</c><00:29:45.059><c> and</c><00:29:45.259><c> he</c><00:29:45.400><c> taped</c><00:29:45.579><c> up</c><00:29:45.839><c> the</c><00:29:46.000><c> legs</c><00:29:46.180><c> so</c><00:29:46.400><c> the</c>

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lamb<00:29:46.759><c> could</c><00:29:47.019><c> carry</c><00:29:47.299><c> on.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:48.279><c> is</c><00:29:48.799><c> writing</c><00:29:49.099><c> about</c><00:29:49.440><c> real</c><00:29:49.720><c> life,</c><00:29:51.839><c> about</c><00:29:52.339><c> splinting</c><00:29:52.980><c> up</c>

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the<00:29:54.980><c> broken.</c>

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There<00:30:03.519><c> was</c><00:30:03.700><c> quite</c><00:30:03.940><c> a</c><00:30:04.299><c> contrast</c><00:30:04.660><c> that</c><00:30:04.900><c> we</c><00:30:05.319><c> read</c><00:30:05.619><c> in</c><00:30:05.940><c> Ezekiel</c>

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that<00:30:06.640><c> Peter</c><00:30:06.920><c> read</c><00:30:07.420><c> about</c><00:30:10.640><c> the</c><00:30:11.539><c> good</c><00:30:11.779><c> shepherds</c><00:30:12.319><c> and</c><00:30:12.460><c> the</c><00:30:12.599><c> ones</c>

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that<00:30:14.019><c> were</c><00:30:14.279><c> feeding</c><00:30:14.519><c> only</c><00:30:14.920><c> themselves.</c>

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On<00:30:19.839><c> saving</c><00:30:20.200><c> lambs.</c><00:30:21.240><c> You</c><00:30:21.299><c> know,</c><00:30:21.539><c> think</c><00:30:21.660><c> about</c><00:30:22.900><c> the</c><00:30:23.519><c> shepherds</c>

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who<00:30:24.019><c> were</c><00:30:24.259><c> feeding</c><00:30:24.519><c> themselves,</c><00:30:25.140><c> who</c><00:30:25.299><c> were</c><00:30:25.519><c> leaving</c><00:30:25.839><c> the</c>

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broken<00:30:26.940><c> hearted.</c>

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The<00:30:29.720><c> ones</c><00:30:29.940><c> who</c><00:30:30.140><c> were</c><00:30:30.339><c> leaving</c><00:30:30.640><c> the</c><00:30:30.960><c> scattered</c><00:30:31.279><c> out</c><00:30:31.539><c> in</c><00:30:31.700><c> the</c><00:30:31.900><c> field,</c><00:30:32.200><c> and</c><00:30:32.400><c> then</c><00:30:32.559><c> we</c>

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read<00:30:33.019><c> this.</c>

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I<00:30:37.880><c> always</c><00:30:38.220><c> marveled</c><00:30:38.799><c> at</c><00:30:38.920><c> how</c><00:30:39.200><c> gentle</c><00:30:39.680><c> some</c><00:30:39.980><c> of</c><00:30:40.200><c> the</c><00:30:40.339><c> men</c><00:30:40.519><c> were</c>

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at<00:30:42.019><c> this</c><00:30:42.319><c> time</c><00:30:42.539><c> of</c><00:30:42.700><c> the</c><00:30:42.819><c> year.</c><00:30:42.980><c> That's</c><00:30:43.279><c> the</c><00:30:43.519><c> lambing</c><00:30:43.940><c> time.</c>

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You<00:30:46.099><c> know,</c><00:30:46.259><c> you</c><00:30:46.420><c> think</c><00:30:46.700><c> of</c><00:30:48.380><c> giving</c><00:30:49.240><c> birth,</c><00:30:50.539><c> and</c><00:30:50.539><c> what</c><00:30:50.740><c> are</c><00:30:50.859><c> those?</c>

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You<00:30:56.180><c> know,</c><00:30:56.400><c> how</c><00:30:56.539><c> there's</c><00:30:57.019><c> usually</c><00:30:57.579><c> a</c><00:30:57.680><c> woman</c><00:30:57.900><c> to</c><00:30:58.099><c> help.</c><00:30:58.259><c> Mary</c>

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went<00:30:58.819><c> to</c><00:30:58.960><c> help</c><00:30:59.259><c> her</c><00:30:59.799><c> cousin</c><00:31:00.099><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:31:00.740><c> right?</c>

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But<00:31:02.700><c> we're</c><00:31:02.880><c> talking</c><00:31:03.220><c> about</c><00:31:04.059><c> strong</c><00:31:04.720><c> men</c><00:31:05.059><c> who</c><00:31:05.299><c> are</c><00:31:05.519><c> throwing</c>

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bales<00:31:06.259><c> of</c><00:31:06.460><c> hay</c><00:31:06.680><c> and</c><00:31:07.279><c> moving</c><00:31:08.460><c> rock</c><00:31:09.160><c> walls.</c>

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I<00:31:10.920><c> always</c><00:31:11.240><c> marveled</c><00:31:11.660><c> at</c><00:31:11.759><c> how</c><00:31:12.000><c> gentle</c><00:31:12.319><c> some</c><00:31:12.559><c> of</c><00:31:12.680><c> the</c><00:31:12.759><c> men</c><00:31:12.880><c> were</c>

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at<00:31:13.240><c> this</c><00:31:13.420><c> time</c><00:31:13.599><c> of</c><00:31:13.740><c> the</c><00:31:13.799><c> year,</c><00:31:13.920><c> how</c><00:31:14.059><c> you</c><00:31:14.279><c> saw</c><00:31:14.500><c> them</c><00:31:14.700><c> kneeling</c>

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in<00:31:15.220><c> the</c><00:31:15.400><c> mud,</c>

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or<00:31:17.259><c> a</c><00:31:17.380><c> straw</c><00:31:17.519><c> of</c><00:31:17.700><c> the</c><00:31:17.900><c> pens</c><00:31:18.140><c> delicately</c><00:31:18.920><c> threading</c><00:31:19.460><c> a</c><00:31:19.980><c> tube</c><00:31:20.220><c> down</c><00:31:20.539><c> a</c>

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nailing<00:31:21.059><c> lamb's</c><00:31:21.579><c> throat</c><00:31:21.740><c> or</c><00:31:21.980><c> over</c><00:31:22.180><c> the</c><00:31:22.359><c> little</c><00:31:22.579><c> pink</c><00:31:22.859><c> tongue.</c>

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You<00:31:24.079><c> could</c><00:31:24.279><c> see</c><00:31:24.460><c> how</c><00:31:24.680><c> much</c><00:31:24.859><c> they</c><00:31:25.180><c> cared.</c><00:31:26.779><c> My</c><00:31:27.000><c> dad</c><00:31:27.180><c> would</c><00:31:27.400><c> be</c><00:31:27.619><c> gutted</c><00:31:28.000><c> if</c>

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he<00:31:28.519><c> lost</c><00:31:28.839><c> a</c><00:31:29.079><c> lamb.</c>

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It<00:31:30.380><c> would</c><00:31:30.559><c> hang</c><00:31:30.779><c> over</c><00:31:31.019><c> him</c><00:31:31.200><c> like</c><00:31:31.440><c> a</c><00:31:31.700><c> gray</c><00:31:31.920><c> cloud</c><00:31:32.279><c> until</c><00:31:32.640><c> he</c><00:31:32.880><c> had</c>

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put<00:31:33.440><c> things</c><00:31:33.799><c> right</c><00:31:34.099><c> by</c><00:31:34.420><c> saving</c><00:31:34.680><c> others.</c>

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Sometimes<00:31:44.079><c> during</c><00:31:44.759><c> the</c><00:31:45.279><c> lambing</c><00:31:45.740><c> season,</c><00:31:48.000><c> lambs</c><00:31:49.019><c> are</c><00:31:50.000><c> orphaned.</c>

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x
And<00:31:55.160><c> some</c><00:31:55.359><c> of</c><00:31:55.519><c> the</c><00:31:55.660><c> lambs</c><00:31:55.960><c> die</c><00:31:56.279><c> on</c><00:31:56.599><c> birth.</c>

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x
And<00:31:59.400><c> the</c><00:31:59.880><c> shepherds</c><00:32:00.160><c> have</c><00:32:00.359><c> this</c><00:32:00.680><c> practice,</c><00:32:01.180><c> it</c><00:32:01.359><c> seems</c><00:32:01.660><c> kind</c><00:32:01.920><c> of</c><00:32:02.140><c> gruesome</c><00:32:02.500><c> at</c><00:32:02.720><c> first,</c><00:32:03.079><c> but</c><00:32:03.519><c> they</c><00:32:04.000><c> actually</c><00:32:04.519><c> skin</c><00:32:05.140><c> a</c>

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dead<00:32:06.640><c> lamb.</c>

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And<00:32:09.160><c> because</c><00:32:09.640><c> they</c><00:32:09.920><c> know</c><00:32:10.660><c> that</c><00:32:13.079><c> that</c><00:32:14.400><c> you,</c><00:32:14.880><c> that</c><00:32:15.220><c> mother,</c><00:32:17.079><c> has</c>

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lost<00:32:18.420><c> one</c><00:32:18.740><c> and</c><00:32:18.880><c> is</c><00:32:19.180><c> ready</c><00:32:19.400><c> to</c><00:32:19.660><c> care</c><00:32:19.900><c> for</c><00:32:20.160><c> one.</c>

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So<00:32:21.720><c> the</c><00:32:21.920><c> shepherd</c><00:32:22.180><c> will</c><00:32:22.480><c> find</c><00:32:22.980><c> an</c><00:32:23.319><c> orphan</c><00:32:23.640><c> lamb.</c><00:32:24.319><c> Some</c><00:32:24.519><c> are</c>

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orphaned<00:32:25.319><c> and</c><00:32:25.500><c> some</c><00:32:26.960><c> die.</c>

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So<00:32:28.200><c> the</c><00:32:28.559><c> shepherd's</c><00:32:29.140><c> job,</c><00:32:29.779><c> one</c><00:32:29.940><c> of</c><00:32:30.099><c> the</c><00:32:30.099><c> things</c><00:32:30.339><c> he</c><00:32:30.519><c> does</c><00:32:30.799><c> is</c>

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he<00:32:31.099><c> takes</c><00:32:31.359><c> that</c><00:32:31.660><c> skin</c><00:32:31.920><c> and</c><00:32:32.140><c> he</c><00:32:32.319><c> puts</c><00:32:32.460><c> it</c><00:32:33.279><c> on</c><00:32:33.680><c> an</c><00:32:33.920><c> orphan</c><00:32:34.200><c> lamb.</c>

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And<00:32:36.619><c> he</c><00:32:36.839><c> connects</c><00:32:37.299><c> that</c><00:32:37.940><c> mother</c><00:32:38.319><c> that's</c><00:32:38.940><c> lost</c><00:32:39.539><c> a</c><00:32:40.059><c> lamb</c><00:32:40.359><c> with</c>

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the<00:32:41.380><c> lamb</c><00:32:41.519><c> that's</c><00:32:41.880><c> lost</c><00:32:42.099><c> her</c><00:32:42.319><c> mother,</c><00:32:42.920><c> and</c><00:32:43.180><c> he</c><00:32:43.559><c> puts</c><00:32:43.779><c> them</c><00:32:44.000><c> together.</c>

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And<00:32:48.480><c> he</c><00:32:48.920><c> becomes</c><00:32:49.420><c> hers.</c><00:32:50.980><c> He's</c><00:32:51.740><c> adopted.</c>

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Isn't<00:32:58.299><c> that</c><00:32:58.480><c> what</c><00:32:58.920><c> Jesus</c><00:32:59.460><c> has</c><00:32:59.859><c> done</c><00:33:00.119><c> for</c><00:33:00.359><c> us?</c>

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He<00:33:13.299><c> cares</c><00:33:13.880><c> for</c><00:33:14.180><c> the</c><00:33:14.440><c> lambs</c><00:33:17.059><c> that</c><00:33:17.920><c> are</c><00:33:18.200><c> sick,</c><00:33:19.000><c> and</c><00:33:21.420><c> he</c><00:33:21.700><c> treats</c>

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sin<00:33:22.660><c> as</c><00:33:22.920><c> it</c><00:33:23.140><c> were.</c>

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Has<00:33:24.339><c> anybody</c><00:33:24.660><c> heard</c><00:33:24.920><c> of</c><00:33:25.240><c> fly</c><00:33:25.539><c> strike?</c><00:33:26.200><c> It's</c><00:33:26.460><c> kind</c><00:33:26.619><c> of</c><00:33:26.799><c> disgusting.</c>

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Flies<00:33:29.780><c> lay</c><00:33:30.640><c> eggs</c><00:33:31.039><c> on</c><00:33:31.440><c> a</c><00:33:31.619><c> lamb.</c><00:33:32.400><c> They</c><00:33:32.700><c> find</c><00:33:33.059><c> a</c><00:33:34.880><c> warm</c><00:33:35.339><c> and</c><00:33:35.579><c> wet</c><00:33:35.779><c> spot.</c>

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And<00:33:37.240><c> eventually</c><00:33:37.740><c> it</c><00:33:38.519><c> causes</c><00:33:39.099><c> an</c><00:33:39.460><c> infestation</c><00:33:40.140><c> on</c><00:33:40.480><c> the</c><00:33:40.759><c> animal.</c>

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It<00:33:42.420><c> reminds</c><00:33:43.079><c> us</c><00:33:47.500><c> of</c><00:33:47.680><c> leprosy.</c><00:33:48.200><c> It</c><00:33:48.339><c> reminds</c><00:33:48.640><c> us</c><00:33:48.920><c> of</c><00:33:49.059><c> sin.</c>

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That's<00:33:50.960><c> why</c><00:33:51.140><c> I'm</c><00:33:51.339><c> reading</c><00:33:51.599><c> this,</c><00:33:52.240><c> because</c><00:33:52.319><c> if</c><00:33:53.900><c> we</c><00:33:55.160><c> opt</c><00:33:55.460><c> out,</c>

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something<00:33:56.319><c> could</c><00:33:57.019><c> die.</c>

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The<00:33:59.359><c> shepherd</c><00:33:59.660><c> has</c><00:34:00.000><c> to</c><00:34:00.220><c> treat</c><00:34:00.480><c> fly</c><00:34:00.819><c> strike.</c><00:34:02.039><c> Otherwise,</c><00:34:02.640><c> in</c><00:34:02.799><c> a</c>

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month,<00:34:03.400><c> the</c><00:34:03.640><c> animal</c><00:34:03.900><c> is</c><00:34:04.220><c> dead.</c>

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A<00:34:09.559><c> handful</c><00:34:09.960><c> of</c><00:34:11.579><c> ewes</c><00:34:11.860><c> each</c><00:34:12.119><c> summer</c><00:34:12.380><c> have</c><00:34:12.719><c> fly</c><00:34:13.099><c> strike.</c><00:34:13.679><c> Creeping,</c><00:34:14.380><c> hungry,</c><00:34:14.920><c> vicious</c><00:34:15.320><c> little</c><00:34:15.760><c> critters.</c>

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They<00:34:16.400><c> take</c><00:34:16.820><c> hold</c><00:34:17.039><c> in</c><00:34:17.219><c> a</c><00:34:17.420><c> soil</c><00:34:17.639><c> patch</c><00:34:17.960><c> of</c><00:34:18.219><c> wool,</c><00:34:18.980><c> then</c><00:34:19.119><c> in</c><00:34:19.280><c> the</c><00:34:19.519><c> flesh</c><00:34:19.800><c> or</c><00:34:20.039><c> in</c><00:34:20.219><c> a</c><00:34:20.400><c> foot.</c>

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We<00:34:21.539><c> first</c><00:34:21.860><c> know</c><00:34:22.059><c> when</c><00:34:22.260><c> a</c><00:34:22.420><c> ewe</c><00:34:22.559><c> holds</c><00:34:22.780><c> up</c><00:34:23.059><c> a</c><00:34:23.219><c> leg,</c><00:34:23.639><c> as</c><00:34:23.800><c> if</c><00:34:23.980><c> in</c><00:34:24.280><c> pain,</c><00:34:24.679><c> twitches,</c><00:34:25.940><c> tries</c><00:34:26.179><c> to</c>

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bite<00:34:26.559><c> her</c><00:34:26.820><c> side,</c><00:34:27.019><c> or</c><00:34:27.179><c> simply</c><00:34:27.539><c> gives</c><00:34:27.780><c> up</c><00:34:28.019><c> on</c><00:34:28.219><c> the</c><00:34:28.300><c> way</c><00:34:28.420><c> home</c><00:34:28.639><c> and</c>

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lies<00:34:29.059><c> down.</c>

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A<00:34:30.559><c> struck</c><00:34:30.699><c> foot</c><00:34:30.920><c> is</c><00:34:31.099><c> sometimes</c><00:34:31.659><c> a</c><00:34:31.960><c> mass</c><00:34:32.219><c> of</c><00:34:32.500><c> wriggling</c><00:34:32.900><c> maggots.</c>

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A<00:34:35.000><c> tail</c><00:34:35.179><c> or</c><00:34:35.440><c> patch</c><00:34:35.659><c> on</c><00:34:35.840><c> the</c><00:34:36.019><c> wool</c><00:34:36.139><c> is</c><00:34:36.380><c> harder</c><00:34:36.599><c> to</c><00:34:36.920><c> spot</c><00:34:37.199><c> and</c><00:34:37.460><c> can</c>

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spread<00:34:37.960><c> across</c><00:34:38.320><c> the</c><00:34:38.579><c> body.</c>

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Left<00:34:39.579><c> untreated,</c><00:34:40.159><c> the</c><00:34:40.340><c> maggots</c><00:34:40.639><c> can</c><00:34:40.920><c> kill</c><00:34:41.119><c> and</c><00:34:41.420><c> clean</c><00:34:41.539><c> a</c><00:34:41.739><c> sheep</c><00:34:41.920><c> to</c><00:34:42.179><c> bones</c><00:34:42.780><c> in</c><00:34:43.420><c> a</c><00:34:43.579><c> month.</c>

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The<00:34:45.139><c> flies</c><00:34:45.519><c> swarm</c><00:34:45.940><c> around</c><00:34:46.360><c> an</c><00:34:46.599><c> affected</c><00:34:46.940><c> sheep,</c><00:34:47.840><c> the</c><00:34:48.079><c> smell</c>

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making<00:34:48.880><c> them</c><00:34:49.159><c> desperate.</c>

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My<00:34:51.059><c> grandfather</c><00:34:51.619><c> takes</c><00:34:52.099><c> a</c><00:34:52.400><c> struck</c><00:34:52.579><c> ewe</c><00:34:52.860><c> to</c><00:34:53.059><c> the</c><00:34:53.300><c> side</c><00:34:53.539><c> and</c>

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pours,<00:34:55.239><c> battles,</c><00:34:55.639><c> maggot</c><00:34:55.840><c> oil.</c>

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The<00:34:57.460><c> maggots</c><00:34:57.719><c> wriggle</c><00:34:58.019><c> out,</c><00:34:58.480><c> abandoning</c><00:34:59.059><c> ship</c><00:34:59.280><c> at</c><00:34:59.480><c> the</c><00:34:59.800><c> smell</c>

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of<00:35:00.380><c> the</c><00:35:00.539><c> noxious</c><00:35:01.019><c> stuff.</c>

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We<00:35:05.679><c> have</c><00:35:05.900><c> to</c><00:35:06.059><c> keep</c><00:35:06.280><c> the</c><00:35:06.579><c> flock</c><00:35:06.800><c> healthy</c><00:35:07.340><c> by</c><00:35:08.059><c> treating</c><00:35:08.659><c> the</c><00:35:09.000><c> sin.</c>

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Immersing<00:35:12.159><c> the</c><00:35:12.440><c> sheep</c><00:35:12.679><c> in</c><00:35:13.000><c> repellent</c><00:35:13.900><c> and</c><00:35:14.780><c> being</c><00:35:15.239><c> baptized,</c>

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washing<00:35:17.659><c> in</c><00:35:17.880><c> the</c><00:35:18.059><c> word.</c>

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And<00:35:25.599><c> our</c><00:35:25.780><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.019><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:26.480><c> the</c><00:35:26.760><c> same</c><00:35:27.019><c> way,</c><00:35:27.480><c> cares</c><00:35:27.800><c> for</c><00:35:28.280><c> us.</c>

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He<00:35:30.219><c> knew</c><00:35:30.420><c> Nathaniel.</c><00:35:32.639><c> He</c><00:35:32.940><c> knew</c><00:35:33.159><c> the</c><00:35:33.380><c> woman</c><00:35:33.719><c> dying</c><00:35:34.239><c> from</c><00:35:34.659><c> the</c>

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bleeding<00:35:35.179><c> disorder.</c>

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He<00:35:38.179><c> knows</c><00:35:38.519><c> the</c><00:35:38.800><c> hairs</c><00:35:39.019><c> on</c><00:35:39.260><c> our</c><00:35:39.500><c> head.</c>

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Our<00:35:42.980><c> father</c><00:35:43.320><c> fed</c><00:35:43.599><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:35:47.380><c> then</c><00:35:47.659><c> Elijah</c><00:35:48.079><c> fed</c><00:35:48.300><c> the</c><00:35:48.539><c> widow,</c><00:35:49.820><c> who</c><00:35:49.980><c> is</c><00:35:50.320><c> down</c><00:35:50.579><c> to</c><00:35:50.820><c> her</c><00:35:50.940><c> last</c><00:35:51.239><c> bit</c>

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of<00:35:51.639><c> oil.</c>

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I<00:35:56.179><c> mentioned</c><00:35:56.460><c> before</c><00:35:57.059><c> the</c><00:35:58.039><c> cycle</c><00:35:58.500><c> that</c><00:35:58.840><c> ends</c><00:35:59.159><c> in</c><00:36:00.079><c> the</c><00:36:00.280><c> autumn.</c>

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It's<00:36:02.019><c> when</c><00:36:02.199><c> the</c><00:36:02.460><c> shepherds</c><00:36:03.119><c> all</c><00:36:03.619><c> gather</c><00:36:04.000><c> together.</c>

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He<00:36:05.840><c> says</c><00:36:06.079><c> it's</c><00:36:06.320><c> all</c><00:36:06.559><c> about</c><00:36:06.820><c> the</c><00:36:07.099><c> autumn.</c><00:36:07.420><c> He</c><00:36:07.519><c> even</c><00:36:07.820><c> calls</c><00:36:08.239><c> the</c>

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places<00:36:08.900><c> where</c><00:36:09.139><c> they</c><00:36:09.380><c> gather</c><00:36:09.659><c> Mecca.</c>

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Everything<00:36:12.099><c> that</c><00:36:12.559><c> makes</c><00:36:12.739><c> us</c><00:36:13.000><c> who</c><00:36:13.179><c> we</c><00:36:13.380><c> are</c><00:36:13.639><c> culminates</c><00:36:14.480><c> in</c><00:36:14.840><c> the</c><00:36:15.079><c> autumn.</c>

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The<00:36:17.679><c> whole</c><00:36:17.940><c> place</c><00:36:18.320><c> twinges</c><00:36:19.039><c> with</c><00:36:19.340><c> excitement</c><00:36:19.920><c> and</c><00:36:20.980><c> anticipation,</c><00:36:22.579><c> like</c><00:36:22.719><c> us</c>

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waiting<00:36:23.280><c> for</c><00:36:23.559><c> Christ</c><00:36:23.860><c> to</c><00:36:24.159><c> return.</c>

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The<00:36:27.800><c> shepherds'</c><00:36:28.300><c> abilities</c><00:36:28.800><c> are</c><00:36:29.119><c> tested.</c>

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Their<00:36:30.800><c> ability</c><00:36:31.219><c> to</c><00:36:31.440><c> breed</c><00:36:31.760><c> and</c><00:36:31.960><c> nurture</c><00:36:32.400><c> and</c><00:36:32.679><c> nourish,</c><00:36:34.239><c> to</c><00:36:34.579><c> protect</c><00:36:35.019><c> and</c><00:36:35.260><c> to</c>

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prepare<00:36:35.980><c> for</c><00:36:36.599><c> judgment.</c>

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This<00:36:41.460><c> is</c><00:36:41.860><c> where</c><00:36:42.139><c> they</c><00:36:42.619><c> make</c><00:36:42.860><c> their</c><00:36:43.099><c> money.</c>

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:51.000
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If<00:36:45.539><c> they</c><00:36:45.800><c> can</c><00:36:46.079><c> endure</c><00:36:46.360><c> the</c><00:36:46.760><c> trials</c><00:36:47.159><c> of</c><00:36:47.440><c> the</c><00:36:47.659><c> year,</c><00:36:48.139><c> the</c><00:36:48.360><c> weather,</c><00:36:49.539><c> ill</c><00:36:49.719><c> health.</c>

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So<00:36:53.420><c> the</c><00:36:53.619><c> question</c><00:36:54.260><c> is</c><00:36:55.079><c> to</c><00:36:55.320><c> us,</c><00:36:56.659><c> how</c><00:36:56.900><c> strong</c><00:36:57.320><c> is</c><00:36:57.960><c> our</c><00:36:58.320><c> herd?</c>

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How<00:37:01.360><c> much</c><00:37:01.599><c> is</c><00:37:01.960><c> this</c><00:37:02.280><c> herd</c><00:37:02.659><c> worth?</c>

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Is<00:37:05.579><c> your</c><00:37:05.840><c> Sunday</c><00:37:06.179><c> school</c><00:37:06.599><c> class</c><00:37:07.219><c> stronger</c><00:37:07.719><c> for</c><00:37:08.059><c> the</c><00:37:08.280><c> time</c><00:37:08.500><c> that</c><00:37:08.920><c> you</c>

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spent<00:37:09.440><c> with</c><00:37:09.719><c> them?</c>

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Are<00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.179><c> legs</c><00:37:12.559><c> straight?</c><00:37:14.519><c> Is</c><00:37:14.639><c> there</c><00:37:14.760><c> good</c><00:37:15.019><c> coloring?</c>

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Is<00:37:17.559><c> their</c><00:37:17.860><c> wool</c><00:37:18.219><c> trimmed</c><00:37:18.739><c> properly</c><00:37:19.480><c> so</c><00:37:20.119><c> they</c><00:37:20.219><c> have</c><00:37:20.360><c> good</c><00:37:20.619><c> teeth?</c>

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Is<00:37:24.059><c> our</c><00:37:24.360><c> family</c><00:37:25.079><c> producing</c><00:37:25.800><c> spiritual</c><00:37:26.579><c> fruit?</c>

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Is<00:37:28.360><c> this</c><00:37:28.800><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:29.360><c> producing</c><00:37:30.300><c> spiritual</c><00:37:31.539><c> fruit?</c>

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So<00:37:35.360><c> the</c><00:37:35.500><c> whole</c><00:37:35.800><c> year</c><00:37:36.059><c> again</c><00:37:36.320><c> is</c><00:37:36.639><c> spent</c><00:37:36.980><c> getting</c><00:37:37.400><c> ready</c><00:37:37.739><c> for</c>

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the<00:37:38.219><c> autumn.</c>

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Acquiring<00:37:40.139><c> and</c><00:37:40.440><c> producing</c><00:37:40.980><c> from</c><00:37:41.280><c> within</c><00:37:41.719><c> animals,</c><00:37:42.380><c> model</c><00:37:42.679><c> animals.</c>

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He<00:37:45.219><c> talks</c><00:37:45.559><c> about</c><00:37:45.880><c> his</c><00:37:46.559><c> number</c><00:37:47.000><c> one</c><00:37:47.320><c> tup.</c>

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I<00:37:54.199><c> knew</c><00:37:54.400><c> he</c><00:37:54.579><c> would</c><00:37:54.760><c> make</c><00:37:54.980><c> a</c><00:37:55.159><c> high</c><00:37:55.380><c> price</c><00:37:55.780><c> when</c><00:37:55.980><c> a</c><00:37:56.179><c> highly</c><00:37:56.500><c> respected</c><00:37:57.159><c> shepherd</c><00:37:57.639><c> spent</c>

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almost<00:37:58.519><c> an</c><00:37:58.780><c> entire</c><00:37:59.119><c> day</c><00:37:59.480><c> staring</c><00:37:59.840><c> at</c><00:38:00.059><c> him.</c>

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Stanley<00:38:01.460><c> parked</c><00:38:01.760><c> himself</c><00:38:02.119><c> at</c><00:38:02.320><c> the</c><00:38:02.440><c> edge</c><00:38:02.559><c> of</c><00:38:02.699><c> my</c><00:38:02.940><c> pen,</c><00:38:03.280><c> leaning</c>

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over<00:38:03.880><c> the</c><00:38:04.039><c> hurdles.</c>

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Occasionally<00:38:05.679><c> he</c><00:38:05.840><c> would</c><00:38:06.039><c> hold</c><00:38:06.239><c> his</c><00:38:06.480><c> head</c><00:38:06.800><c> to</c><00:38:07.260><c> one</c><00:38:07.599><c> side</c><00:38:07.980><c> and</c>

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scrutinize<00:38:09.420><c> the</c><00:38:09.659><c> tup</c><00:38:09.860><c> from</c><00:38:10.099><c> one</c><00:38:10.320><c> angle.</c>

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When<00:38:11.920><c> I</c><00:38:12.179><c> asked</c><00:38:12.400><c> him</c><00:38:12.539><c> what</c><00:38:12.659><c> he</c><00:38:12.780><c> was</c><00:38:12.960><c> doing,</c><00:38:13.260><c> he</c><00:38:13.480><c> replied,</c><00:38:13.860><c> looking</c><00:38:14.219><c> for</c><00:38:14.539><c> faults.</c>

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I<00:38:16.260><c> smiled</c><00:38:16.539><c> and</c><00:38:16.739><c> asked</c><00:38:16.980><c> him</c><00:38:17.139><c> if</c><00:38:17.280><c> he</c><00:38:17.539><c> found</c><00:38:17.860><c> any.</c><00:38:18.800><c> He</c><00:38:19.079><c> replied,</c>

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not<00:38:19.699><c> yet.</c>

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Stanley<00:38:21.860><c> finally</c><00:38:22.400><c> came</c><00:38:22.699><c> to</c><00:38:22.800><c> the</c><00:38:23.039><c> same</c><00:38:23.239><c> conclusion</c><00:38:23.739><c> as</c><00:38:23.980><c> I</c><00:38:24.260><c> had.</c>

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This<00:38:25.400><c> was</c><00:38:25.659><c> a</c><00:38:25.800><c> really</c><00:38:26.019><c> good</c><00:38:26.280><c> tup.</c><00:38:27.599><c> The</c><00:38:27.880><c> kind</c><00:38:28.019><c> you</c><00:38:28.340><c> dream</c><00:38:28.579><c> of,</c>

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but<00:38:29.500><c> rarely</c><00:38:30.039><c> achieve.</c>

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Is<00:38:34.780><c> this</c><00:38:35.019><c> what</c><00:38:35.219><c> we're</c><00:38:35.800><c> dreaming</c><00:38:36.579><c> about?</c>

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We<00:38:38.579><c> think</c><00:38:39.139><c> on</c><00:38:39.380><c> Joseph</c><00:38:39.860><c> where</c><00:38:40.219><c> he</c><00:38:40.500><c> says,</c><00:38:42.280><c> I</c><00:38:42.280><c> am</c><00:38:42.860><c> seeking</c><00:38:43.280><c> my</c><00:38:43.699><c> brothers,</c><00:38:44.300><c> or</c>

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Jesus,<00:38:46.599><c> for</c><00:38:46.780><c> the</c><00:38:46.980><c> joy</c><00:38:47.199><c> that</c><00:38:47.360><c> was</c><00:38:47.599><c> set</c><00:38:47.760><c> before</c><00:38:48.119><c> him.</c>

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Paul<00:38:52.639><c> says</c><00:38:53.119><c> to</c><00:38:53.380><c> the</c><00:38:53.599><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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But<00:38:57.039><c> since</c><00:38:57.360><c> we</c><00:38:57.559><c> were</c><00:38:57.780><c> torn</c><00:38:57.960><c> away</c><00:38:58.300><c> from</c><00:38:58.460><c> you</c><00:38:58.659><c> brothers</c><00:38:58.980><c> for</c><00:38:59.260><c> a</c>

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short<00:38:59.719><c> time,</c>

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in<00:39:01.380><c> presence</c><00:39:01.699><c> not</c><00:39:02.000><c> in</c><00:39:02.260><c> heart,</c><00:39:02.579><c> our</c><00:39:02.760><c> intense</c><00:39:03.199><c> longing</c><00:39:03.619><c> was</c><00:39:03.900><c> to</c>

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see<00:39:04.280><c> you</c><00:39:04.519><c> face</c><00:39:04.800><c> to</c><00:39:05.019><c> face.</c>

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We<00:39:06.360><c> wanted</c><00:39:06.679><c> to</c><00:39:06.940><c> come</c><00:39:07.099><c> to</c><00:39:07.219><c> you</c><00:39:07.400><c> again</c><00:39:07.679><c> and</c><00:39:07.900><c> again.</c>

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For<00:39:09.519><c> what</c><00:39:09.760><c> is</c><00:39:10.000><c> our</c><00:39:10.280><c> hope,</c><00:39:11.460><c> or</c><00:39:11.760><c> joy,</c><00:39:13.039><c> or</c><00:39:13.219><c> crown</c><00:39:13.659><c> of</c><00:39:14.000><c> rejoicing</c>

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before<00:39:15.159><c> our</c><00:39:15.380><c> Lord</c><00:39:15.619><c> Jesus</c><00:39:16.079><c> at</c><00:39:16.239><c> his</c><00:39:16.500><c> coming?</c>

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Is<00:39:18.039><c> it</c><00:39:18.239><c> not</c><00:39:18.440><c> you?</c>

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For<00:39:21.440><c> you</c><00:39:21.940><c> are</c><00:39:22.539><c> our</c><00:39:23.000><c> joy</c><00:39:23.719><c> and</c><00:39:25.159><c> our</c><00:39:25.440><c> glory.</c>

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The<00:39:28.920><c> shepherd's</c><00:39:29.539><c> life</c><00:39:30.159><c> in</c><00:39:30.639><c> Cumbria</c><00:39:31.219><c> is</c><00:39:31.659><c> a</c><00:39:31.860><c> parable</c><00:39:32.260><c> for</c><00:39:32.800><c> us</c><00:39:33.159><c> as</c>

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brothers<00:39:33.699><c> and</c><00:39:33.980><c> sisters</c><00:39:34.280><c> in</c><00:39:34.559><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:39:35.320><c> family</c><00:39:36.079><c> labors</c><00:39:36.960><c> tirelessly</c><00:39:37.840><c> caring</c><00:39:38.360><c> for</c><00:39:39.019><c> the</c><00:39:39.320><c> flock,</c>

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doing<00:39:41.360><c> countless</c><00:39:41.940><c> forgettable</c><00:39:42.780><c> and</c><00:39:43.159><c> unremarkable</c><00:39:43.860><c> chores</c>

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for<00:39:46.079><c> the</c><00:39:46.340><c> health</c><00:39:46.579><c> and</c><00:39:46.940><c> welfare</c><00:39:47.699><c> of</c><00:39:48.840><c> the</c><00:39:49.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:49.539><c> of</c><00:39:49.820><c> the</c><00:39:50.079><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:39:52.920><c> work</c><00:39:53.179><c> patterns</c><00:39:53.639><c> are</c><00:39:53.940><c> built</c><00:39:54.420><c> into</c><00:39:55.039><c> the</c><00:39:55.699><c> fiber</c><00:39:56.079><c> of</c><00:39:56.300><c> their</c><00:39:56.539><c> being,</c>

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feeding<00:39:58.500><c> and</c><00:39:58.800><c> nurturing,</c>

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doctoring<00:40:00.920><c> and</c><00:40:01.199><c> caring</c><00:40:01.519><c> for</c><00:40:02.440><c> everyone.</c>

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Again,<00:40:06.619><c> the</c><00:40:06.880><c> challenge</c><00:40:07.219><c> is</c><00:40:07.519><c> to</c><00:40:07.780><c> illustrate</c><00:40:08.239><c> our</c><00:40:08.539><c> Father's</c><00:40:09.039><c> character</c>

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as<00:40:11.000><c> these</c><00:40:11.360><c> men</c><00:40:11.980><c> embody</c><00:40:12.480><c> the</c><00:40:12.800><c> caretakers</c><00:40:13.400><c> of</c><00:40:13.659><c> the</c><00:40:13.880><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:40:16.860><c> challenge</c><00:40:17.300><c> is</c><00:40:17.659><c> to</c><00:40:17.920><c> prepare</c><00:40:18.239><c> the</c><00:40:18.519><c> flock</c><00:40:18.739><c> for</c><00:40:18.980><c> the</c><00:40:19.159><c> coming</c>

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of<00:40:19.559><c> the</c><00:40:19.719><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:40:24.179><c> like</c><00:40:24.380><c> those</c><00:40:24.719><c> orphans,</c><00:40:25.400><c> we</c><00:40:25.719><c> needed</c><00:40:26.059><c> adoption.</c>

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And<00:40:28.980><c> we</c><00:40:29.360><c> have</c><00:40:29.639><c> received</c><00:40:30.039><c> it</c><00:40:30.219><c> in</c><00:40:30.460><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:40:32.699><c> are</c><00:40:33.000><c> children</c><00:40:33.460><c> and</c><00:40:33.780><c> heirs,</c><00:40:34.460><c> co</c><00:40:34.679><c>-heirs</c><00:40:35.039><c> with</c><00:40:35.480><c> the</c><00:40:35.599><c> good</c><00:40:35.800><c> shepherd.</c>

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We<00:40:38.119><c> share</c><00:40:38.440><c> now</c><00:40:38.780><c> in</c><00:40:38.960><c> his</c><00:40:39.500><c> suffering</c><00:40:40.119><c> so</c><00:40:41.159><c> that</c><00:40:41.320><c> we</c><00:40:41.480><c> can</c><00:40:41.739><c> share</c><00:40:42.179><c> in</c>

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his<00:40:43.159><c> glory.</c>