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 I mentioned them in prayer there, how precious these words are.

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 I just want to for a few moments just think on them.

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 We've all been in situations, I'm sure, where all of a sudden our plans have been changed very quickly.

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 Things happen and you're feeling nice and relaxed and prepared one minute,

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 and suddenly something changes those plans and you're set into a panic.

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 You can be all set to go away on holiday.

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 You've got the car packed, you go out of the car, turn the key and nothing happens.

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 There's a panic. What are you going to do?

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 Or you're all set to go on a text come through from Calmark, ferries cancelled.

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 Again, how often does that occur and our plans are changed?

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 Again, we see so many people have had COVID recently.

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 A COVID test changes your plans there and then.

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 There are so many things that just come our way.

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 Our best laid plans don't always work out.

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 But are our plans the priority?

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 Or whose plans are important?

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 Surely it's not our own plans that so often take priority.

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 But we lean towards that, don't we?

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 And yet as we read in these words in verse 5 and 6 of Proverbs chapter 3,

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 they're a great reminder to us of where our plans and our focus is always to be.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 Do not lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths.

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 We need to be open to a change of plans.

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 Things can change very quickly.

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 And we saw that in our reading in Acts chapter 16 where we saw Paul and Timothy on their journey there.

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 Their plans were being changed.

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 Where they thought they were going, suddenly they weren't.

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 The spirit of God stopped them in their tracks, changed their direction.

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 And then in a vision God spoke to Paul about a call to Macedonia.

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 Now Paul could easily have said, that's not the plans we have in mind.

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 That's not where we're going.

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 That's not what we're doing.

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 What was important was that's what God wanted them to do.

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 That's where God wanted them.

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 Where he wanted them to go.

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 And so we want to see for ourselves the importance of these words in verse 5 and 6.

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 We're just going to go through them individually.

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 Three different parts.

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 Split them into three different parts.

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 And see the wisdom of God in always listening to him.

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 Somebody once said,

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 Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.

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 Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.

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 And when we think of that with ourselves and God,

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 how often do we want to be the ones doing the talking to God?

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 Telling him, this is our plans.

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 This is what we're going to do.

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 But wisdom is listening.

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 And listening requires patience.

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 So we look at these words.

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 And we begin first of all with these words.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 This is where it begins.

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 Trust in the Lord.

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 Not in ourselves.

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 Trust in the Lord.

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 The creator of heaven and earth.

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 The sustainer of our lives.

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 The God who created all that we see around us.

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 The God who made us in his own image.

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 And the God who puts faith in our hearts by his grace.

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 And yet we still think that we know better than him.

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 No.

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 He says,

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 Samuel Rutherford once said,

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 Duties are ours.

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 Events are God's.

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 When our faith goes to meddle with events

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 and to hold account upon God's providence

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 and begins to say,

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 How will you do this or that?

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 We lose ground.

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 We have nothing to do there.

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 We leave him to steer his own helm.

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 There is nothing left for us

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 but to see how we may be approved of him.

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 How often are we guilty of that?

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 Saying to God,

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 How will you do this or that for us?

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 Instead of just looking to God

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 to steer his own helm.

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 To steer the direction of our lives

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 individually and collectively.

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 That is trust.

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 Trusting God to direct everything for us.

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 His providence and his will are in his hands.

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 But instead we so often seek our own will.

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 When we think of relationships,

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 whatever relationships they are,

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 without trust,

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 our relationship is doomed.

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 If there is no trust in our relationship,

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 where is it going to go?

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 There is always going to be doubt,

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 anxiety, fear, worries.

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 And yet we are told here,

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 Trust in the Lord.

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 Because we can.

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 We can depend on him,

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 the one who won't leave us.

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 Trust in God as we go about his business,

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 as we go about all that we do

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 in his name.

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 And trust is very similar to faith.

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 You could almost tie the two together.

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 Trust in the Lord is the same thing.

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 Have faith in the Lord.

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 When you think of that great passage

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 in Hebrews 11

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 and all these people we read of there

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 who by faith,

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 by trust in God,

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 lived their lives,

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 went forward in life

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 in circumstances

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 where it seemed senseless.

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 They could have easily said to God,

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 what are you doing?

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 By faith Noah built an ark

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 in the middle of nowhere

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 with no sign of rain or water.

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 But he did it by trust,

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 by faith that God knew what he was doing.

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 And so many others,

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 that you read in that passage

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 and throughout scripture,

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 they didn't know.

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 They didn't know what was ahead

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 or what they were doing sometimes.

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 But they trusted God.

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 They had faith in God.

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 And that's what we are being told here,

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 to trust in the Lord

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 with all our heart,

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 with all that we are.

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 The wisdom of God's word.

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 There was a well-off lady

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 who was interested

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 in the things of God.

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 And she was searching her Bible

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 for answers.

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 She wasn't trusting

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 in the Lord at this point,

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 but she was showing an interest.

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 And so she wrote a letter

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 to her minister.

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 And she wrote this letter saying,

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 Will you put down in black and white

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 what I am to believe?

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 I have been told

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 of so many different texts,

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 she said,

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 and there are so many

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 that I'm confused.

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 Please tell me one text

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 and I will try and believe it.

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 Well, the minister's reply was this.

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 It's not one text

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 more than another

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 or any number of texts

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 that saves.

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 It's by trusting

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 in a person,

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 by trusting

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 that we are saved.

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 And we see

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 the word of God before us.

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 I'm sure

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 this kind of text

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 is a kind of text

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 you see on

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 so many walls and homes.

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 Proverbs 3,

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 verse 5 and 6.

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 But we don't just trust

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 in these words.

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 We trust in the Lord

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 of these words.

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 Trust in the Lord

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 with all your heart.

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 And that's what we see

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 Paul doing

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 so often

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 on his missionary journeys

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 and in his life.

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 Trusting in the Lord

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 when change seems

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 to come along.

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 We don't see him asking,

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 why?

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 Why don't we do it this way?

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 Why don't we do it another way?

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 He goes

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 where he's directed.

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 And as a people

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 that is what we are

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 to be open to as well.

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 Individually

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 and collectively

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 in our lives.

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 To trust in the Lord

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 with all

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 our hearts.

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 Trust him

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 when dark doubts

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 assail thee.

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 Trust him

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 when thy strength

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 is small.

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 Trust him

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 when to simply

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 trust him

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 seems the hardest

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 thing of all.

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 Trust him

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 he is ever faithful.

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 Trust him

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 for his will

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 is best.

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 Trust him

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 for the heart

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 of Jesus

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 is the only

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 place

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 of rest.

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 Trust

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 in the Lord

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 with all

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 your heart.

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 that's the first

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 thing

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 that we see

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 here.

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 The second

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 thing is

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 lean not

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 on your

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 own

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 understanding.

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 Lean not

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 on your

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 own

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 understanding.

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 And again

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 the idea

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 here is

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 of being

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 self

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 reliant.

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 I

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 and I'm sure

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 all of us

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 would love

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 to be able

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 to say

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 we're right

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 all the time.

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 I would love

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 to be able

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 to say

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 to everyone

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 look

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 I've got

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 the answer

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 I know

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 best

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 but the

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 reality is

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 I don't

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 you don't

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 but collectively

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 we can find

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 the right

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 answer

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 with God.

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 Lean not

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 on your

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 own

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 understanding.

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 We all

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 have

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 opinions.

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 We all

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 have opinions

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 about

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 anything

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 and everything

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 in this

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 world.

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 We all

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 have

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 something

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 to say

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 but they

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 are just

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 that

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 our own

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 opinions.

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 And when we

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 think of the

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 situation that

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 we're in

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 just now

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 a time

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 of vacancy

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 it's a

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 time when

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 we'll hear

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 many different

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 opinions.

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 Who has

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 the right

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 answer?

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 Can we look

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 to one

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 person

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 here and

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 say

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 they've

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 got the

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 right

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 answer?

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 Well we

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 don't want

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 to lean

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 on our

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 own

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 understanding.

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 We don't

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 want to

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 lean on

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 our own

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 wisdom,

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 our own

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 opinions.

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 We want

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 to lean

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 on the

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 Lord.

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 That's

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 what the

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 writer here

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 is saying

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 Solomon in

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 his wisdom

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 is saying.

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 Lean not

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 on your

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 own

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 understanding.

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 The world

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 has changed

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 a lot since

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 the days of

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 Solomon or

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 indeed the

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 days of

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 Paul.

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 But what

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 hasn't

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 changed is

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 that we

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 need to

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 hear what

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 God is

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 saying to

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 us.

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 Yet we

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 hear so

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 often things

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 have changed.

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 We've moved

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 on.

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 We've moved

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 on from the

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 dark ages of

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 the Bible.

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 We've got all

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 this wisdom

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 in our world

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 now.

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 We've got all

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 this wisdom

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 all around

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 us.

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 We don't

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 need the

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 wisdom of

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 God.

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 But in the

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 many things

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 that have

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 changed,

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 some things

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 remain the

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 same.

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 people of

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 fears and

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 anxieties,

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 a people who

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 face joy and

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 sorrows,

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 a people who

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 struggle with

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 all kinds of

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 sin,

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 the needs

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 that we

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 have,

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 the responsibilities

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 that they

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 bring upon

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 us.

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 All of

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 these things

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 remain the

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 same.

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 They haven't

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 changed.

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 So as you

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 look at the

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 Bible and

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 you see God

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 speaking to

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 people 3,000

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 years ago

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 through Solomon

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 or 2,000

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 years ago

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 through Paul,

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 the people are

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 still the same

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 as ourselves.

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 They're no

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 different.

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 We have

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 the same

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 issues.

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 And in

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 1 of

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 Proverbs,

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 you see what

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 is key to

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 it all is

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 about trusting

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 in the

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 word of

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 God.

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 My son,

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 if you

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 receive my

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 words and

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 treasure up

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 my commandments

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 with you,

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 it begins

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 there, this

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 wisdom that

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 is being

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 imparted from

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 God, the

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 value of

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 wisdom, and

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 that we see

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 built on us,

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 you go on

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 through the

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 book of

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 Proverbs.

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 And these

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 words, lean

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 not on your

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 own understanding.

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 The word

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 literally means

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 to rest upon

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 something, but

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 you wait down

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 on something,

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 to make you

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 think that this

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 is going to

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 hold me, this

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 is going to

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 keep me up.

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 Well, our

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 own understanding,

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 our own

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 wisdom, is

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 not.

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 but by the

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 grace of

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 God that he

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 shows towards

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 us, the

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 one whose

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 ways are

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 above our

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 ways and

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 his thoughts

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 are above

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 our thoughts,

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 he imparts

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 wisdom to

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 us.

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 As the

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 writer James

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 says in the

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 New Testament,

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 if anybody

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 lacks wisdom,

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 let him ask

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 God.

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 And that

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 ties in with

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 just what we

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 have here.

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 Lean not

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 on your own

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 understanding.

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 understanding.

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 God is

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 there.

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 God is

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 there to

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 be lent

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 upon.

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 Our own

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 understanding,

00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:11.680
 our own

00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.840
 wisdom, will

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 so often let

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 us down.

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 And you

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 just have to

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 look at

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 Paul.

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 When you

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 read Paul's

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.640
 testimony in

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 Acts chapter

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 9, and

00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:22.000
 throughout the

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.640
 book of Acts,

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 you see people

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 talking about

00:14:24.520 --> 00:14:25.300
 Paul and the

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 wisdom that

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 he was perceived

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 to have.

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 But it was

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 worthless.

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 He counted it

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 as dung, he

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 says in the

00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.319
 book of

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 Philippians.

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 His own

00:14:36.599 --> 00:14:37.479
 understanding,

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.079
 leaning on his

00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:39.159
 own understanding,

00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:40.759
 led him down a

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:41.399
 path of

00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.439
 destruction and

00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:43.019
 chaos.

00:14:44.099 --> 00:14:44.639
 He was there

00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.779
 destroying the

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:47.979
 church, destroying

00:14:47.979 --> 00:14:49.179
 the Christians, out

00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:50.339
 to pursue them and

00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:51.359
 persecute them.

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 But then the

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 Lord intervened.

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 And when you

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 see what was

00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.959
 happening then in

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 Paul as he was

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:02.279
 converted, and

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 as we read in

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.779
 Acts chapter 16

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 in verse 5,

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 this man who

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.860
 had persecuted

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 the Christians,

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 it says in

00:15:10.920 --> 00:15:12.259
 Acts 16 verse 5,

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 the churches

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 were strengthened

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 in the faith

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 and grew daily

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 in numbers.

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 Because no

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 longer was he

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 leaning on his

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 own understanding,

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 his own wisdom.

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 He was leaning

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 upon the

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 Lord.

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 And it's

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 always tempting

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 of us to

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 think we have

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.580
 understanding,

00:15:31.800 --> 00:15:32.379
 we have

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.379
 wisdom.

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 But let's not

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 think so highly

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:38.080
 of ourselves.

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 We must

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.500
 decrease,

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.620
 and he must

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.779
 increase.

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 We must look

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 to the Lord,

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.419
 lean on him

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.460
 and his ways,

00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.120
 and wait

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:51.320
 upon him

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 with patience

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.320
 and with

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 prayer.

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 prayer.

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 And thirdly,

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 you see here

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 in verse 6,

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 in all your

00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:00.960
 ways,

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.040
 acknowledge him

00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:03.340
 and he

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.840
 will make

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.540
 straight

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:06.060
 your paths.

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 There is

00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.200
 this assurance,

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 there is this

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.480
 promise that

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 comes from

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:11.560
 God.

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 He will

00:16:12.780 --> 00:16:13.680
 make straight

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:15.160
 your paths.

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 In all

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.700
 your ways,

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.320
 acknowledge him.

00:16:20.040 --> 00:16:20.740
 How do you

00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.800
 acknowledge God?

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.599
 How do you

00:16:23.599 --> 00:16:24.240
 acknowledge God?

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.679
 Is it just

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.959
 paying a token

00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:27.039
 gesture to him?

00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:28.679
 Is it just by

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.599
 turning up in

00:16:29.599 --> 00:16:30.019
 church?

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 Is that

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.479
 acknowledging God?

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 It's more

00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.399
 than that.

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.599
 It comes back

00:16:36.599 --> 00:16:37.459
 to that wisdom

00:16:37.459 --> 00:16:38.939
 of listening,

00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.959
 of not seeking

00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.759
 to speak

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.599
 first and have

00:16:42.599 --> 00:16:43.399
 the answers to

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.500
 all of what

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.299
 we see as the

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:46.279
 important issues

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:47.159
 in our church.

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.500
 It's about

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.039
 listening.

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.639
 By acknowledging

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.159
 him, we

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.120
 listen to

00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:51.759
 his word.

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.199
 We seek

00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:54.000
 the guidance

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.139
 of his

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.079
 Holy Spirit.

00:16:57.099 --> 00:16:57.839
 We wait

00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:59.099
 upon him.

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.480
 Paul found

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.120
 himself in

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:03.980
 that situation

00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.420
 in Acts

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.500
 chapter 16,

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 waiting

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.859
 upon the

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.240
 Lord.

00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.339
 And he

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.159
 found the

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:11.359
 Lord directing

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:12.680
 his path.

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 In Acts

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 16,

00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.039
 verse 10,

00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.619
 when Paul

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.139
 had seen

00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:17.119
 the vision,

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.619
 immediately

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 we sought

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 to go

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 into

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 Macedonia,

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 concluding

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 that God

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 had called

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 us to

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 preach the

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 gospel to

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 them.

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 You see,

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 it wasn't

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 their idea.

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 It wasn't

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 this is our

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 understanding

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 of the

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 situation.

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 They concluded

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 that God

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 had called

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 them to

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 preach the

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 gospel to

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 them in

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 Macedonia.

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 the Lord

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 directed

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 their paths.

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 And our

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 earnest prayer

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 at all

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 times would

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 be that the

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 Lord would

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 show us

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 his ways,

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 to show

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 us where

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 to go,

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 to show

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 us what

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 to do,

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 to tell

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 us what

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 to say.

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 In all

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 your ways

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 acknowledge

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 him and

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 he will

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 make straight

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 your paths.

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 This was

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 prayed

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 earlier.

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 When we

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 think even

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 of speaking

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 to people,

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 inviting

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 them to

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 church,

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 these words

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 tie in.

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 Trust in

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 the Lord

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 with all

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 your heart.

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 Trust in

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 the Lord

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 that he

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 will prepare

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 that person

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 you're wanting

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 to speak

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 to,

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 to invite

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 along.

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 That there

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 will be

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 an opening,

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 a door

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 opening for

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 you,

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 even before

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 you arrive.

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 Trust in

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 the Lord.

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 Don't lean

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 on your own

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 understanding.

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 Don't start

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 saying to

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 yourself,

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 they're never

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 going to

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 listen to

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 me.

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 They're going

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 to laugh

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 in my

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 face.

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 They're going

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 to turn

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 me away.

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 They're going

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 to rip

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 up the

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 invitation.

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 Don't lean

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 on your

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 own

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.099
 understanding

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 of the

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 situation.

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 In all

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 your ways

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.559
 acknowledge

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 him and

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 he will

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 direct

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 your paths.

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 There will

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 be times

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 when we

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 feel discouraged.

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 There will

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 be times

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 when we

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 meet a

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 closed

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 door.

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 Paul

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 made

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 these

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 things.

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 The

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 disciples

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 made

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 these

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 things.

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 But it

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 didn't

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 turn them

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 away.

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 It

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 didn't

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 turn

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 them

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 off

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 going

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 out

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 with

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 the

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 gospel.

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 They

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 continued

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 to

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 press

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 on.

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 And so

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 should

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 we.

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 To

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 press

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 on

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 because

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 we

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 have

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 the

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 glorious

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.960
 gospel

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 of

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 Christ.

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 And when

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 we think

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 of the

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 amazing

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 ways

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 that the

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 Lord

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.860
 directs

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 our

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 paths.

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 He's

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 done it

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 in the

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 past

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 to all

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 of you

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 I'm

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 sure.

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 Directed

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 your

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 paths

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 towards

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 the

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 Lord.

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 When

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 you

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:43.720
 were

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:43.940
 going

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 in

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 completely

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 the

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 opposite

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 direction.

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 Showing

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 you

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 his

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 wonderful

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 ways

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 that

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 he

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 works

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 to

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 bring

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 you

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:51.720
 back

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 to

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 himself.

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:53.980
 When

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 you

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.640
 trust

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.320
 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 with

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 all

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 your

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 heart.

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 When

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.039
 you

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.240
 lean

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.380
 on

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.740
 his

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.660
 understanding.

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.320
 When

00:19:59.320 --> 00:19:59.460
 you

00:19:59.460 --> 00:19:59.980
 acknowledge

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.680
 him

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 he

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.220
 directs

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.620
 your

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 paths.

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 And

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.779
 God

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.200
 uses

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.420
 remarkable

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 ways

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.500
 to

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 remind

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.299
 us

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 that

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 he

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.599
 loves

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 us.

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 An

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.860
 amazing

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.420
 story

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.740
 a man

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 on

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 the

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 west

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.500
 side

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 once

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 told

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 me

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 of

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 his

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 days

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 in

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 the

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 Navy

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 during

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 the

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 Second

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.460
 World

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 War.

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 He

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 was

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 on

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 a

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 destroyer

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 called

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 HMS

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 Lapwing.

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 And

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 he'd

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 been

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 on

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 it

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 for

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 a

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 while.

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 He

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 was

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 part

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:24.839
 of

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 the

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.240
 crew

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.420
 but

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 he

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 was

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 granted

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 leave

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 to

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 go

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 home

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 in

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 March

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 1945

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 as

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 he

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 was

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 told

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 his

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 mother

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 was

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 gravely

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 ill.

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 And

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 so

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 he

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 left

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 that

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 destroyer

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 and

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 he

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 made

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 his

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 journey

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 back

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 home

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 to

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 the

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 west

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 side.

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 And

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.360
 what

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.480
 did

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.600
 he

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:41.920
 find

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.059
 when

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.140
 he

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.279
 got

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.640
 home?

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.019
 His

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 mother

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.559
 was

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:44.880
 not

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.299
 ill

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.519
 at

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 all.

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 She

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 was

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 up

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 and

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 about

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 quite

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 healthy

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 quite

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 strong.

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 And

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 he

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.600
 couldn't

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 understand

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 what

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 had

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 happened.

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 How

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 this

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.779
 message

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:54.960
 had

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 been

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 communicated

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 that

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:56.779
 she

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:56.940
 was

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.420
 gravely

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.720
 and he

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:57.840
 was

00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:57.960
 to

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 go

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 home

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 only

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 to

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 find

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 this

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 was

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.320
 the

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 situation.

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 After

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 a few

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 days

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 at

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 home

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 he

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 left

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 to

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 go

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 back

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 to

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 rejoin

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 his

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 ship

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 once

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 it

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 would

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 come

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 back

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 into

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 port.

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 The

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 thing

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 was

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 the

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 ship

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 never

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 returned

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 to

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 port.

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 Since

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 the

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 time

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 that

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 he

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 left

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 it

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 it

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 had

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 been

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 torpedoed

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 on

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 a

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 Russian

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 convoy

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 run.

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 it

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 had

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 sank

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 and

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 158

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 men

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 were

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 lost.

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 Only

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 61

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 survived.

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 He

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 wasn't

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 a

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 professing

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 Christian

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 at

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 the

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 time

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 but

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 it

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 spoke

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 to

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 him

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 of

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 the

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 Lord's

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 protection

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 over

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 him

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 and

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 it

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 spoke

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 to

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 him

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 in

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 a

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 powerful

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 way

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 that

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 he

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 came

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 to

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 give

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 his

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 life

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 to

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 Christ.

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 His

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 mother

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 lived

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 for a

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 number

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 of

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 years

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 after

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 the

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 war

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 and

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 he

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 himself

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 lived

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 until

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 he

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 was

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 over

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 a

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 hundred

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 and

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 he

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 served

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 the

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 Lord

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 in

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 a

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 strong

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 faith

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 all

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 his

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 days.

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 The

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 Lord

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 used

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 a

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 remarkable

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 situation

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 a

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 tragic

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 situation

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 to

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 remind

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 him

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 of

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 his

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 protection

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 over

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 came

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 to

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 with

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 all

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 his

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 heart

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 and

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 God

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 uses

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 different

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 ways

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 and

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 different

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 means

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 to

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 bring

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 us

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 to

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 put

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 our

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 to

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 strengthen

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 our

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 Lord.

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 It's

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 not

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 just

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 about

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 a

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 moment

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 of

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 trust

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 it's

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 a

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 lifetime

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 of

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 trust

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 an

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 ongoing

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 trust

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 living

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 for

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 the

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 Lord

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 today

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 tomorrow

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 the day

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 after

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 all our

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 days

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 these

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 words

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 speak

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 to

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 us

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 Proverbs

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 is a

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 book

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 of

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 wisdom

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 and

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 there's

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 none

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 have

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 all

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 the

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 answers

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 there's

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 none

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 know

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 the

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 best

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 way

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 to

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 go

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 forward

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 but

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 the

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 Lord

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 does

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 and

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 that's

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 what

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 we're

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 being

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 encouraged

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 to

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 do

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 in

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 these

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 words

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 and

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 when

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 we

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 see

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 the

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 likes

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 of

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 Paul

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 in

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 that

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 call

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 to

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 Macedonia

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 to

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 preach

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 the

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 gospel

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 there

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 this

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 is

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 where

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 it

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 comes

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 from

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 trust

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:09.980
 in

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 the

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 Lord

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.620
 with

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 all

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 your

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 heart

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 do

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 not

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 lean

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 on

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 your

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 own

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 understanding

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 in

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 all

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 your

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 ways

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 acknowledge

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 make

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 straight

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 your

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 paths

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 well

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 may

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 the

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 Lord

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 the

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 same

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 Lord

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.840
 of

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 Proverbs

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 be

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 our

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 Lord

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:28.820
 to

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 lead

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 us

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 and

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 to

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 guide

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 us

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 in

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 his

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 paths

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 conclude

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 by

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 singing

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 to

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 God's

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 praise

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.240
 in

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 Psalm

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 143

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 to