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 Well, good morning, church. Those of you who are here, those of you who are listening in from home,

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 as we worship the Lord this morning, turn with me in your Bible, if you have one, to the book of James.

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 James chapter 4, verses 13 to 17.

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 James chapter 4, verses 13 through 17.

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 Let me read these verses.

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 Come now, you who say, today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit.

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 Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.

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 What is your life?

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 For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

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 Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.

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 As it is, you boast in your arrogance.

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 All such boasting is evil.

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 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

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 Some Bible passages seem to ring so obviously true in the age of COVID.

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 And I think this is one of them, right?

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 Here we have a warning directed towards people who are making plans and setting goals and anticipating results with far too much confidence.

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 Now if you just think over the last six months, probably all of us can identify plans that have had to be canceled, goals that have needed to be adjusted, and results that didn't come through in the way we would have expected.

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 And as we look ahead to the next six months, one of the few things that we can be certain of about this world is that many things will continue to be uncertain.

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 What's school looking like in the fall?

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 Well, still up in the air.

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 What about the job market in six months?

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 That's pretty unclear.

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 Will we see a resurgence of COVID in Connecticut this fall?

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 Well, maybe.

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 What will be the long-term effects?

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 Socially, politically, economically, of this pandemic that we're living through?

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 Well, we'll have to see how those develop, for good and bad.

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 We're living in a time of uncertainty.

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 And for many of us, uncertainty produces anxiety.

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 Right?

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 If we know what's coming down the pike, we can prepare ourselves for it.

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 If it's already happened, then most of the time we can somehow reconcile ourselves to what has already happened.

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 But when so much of what we used to take for granted is now uncertain, we can feel constantly on edge.

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 According to a Census Bureau study, rates of anxiety and depression in the United States have doubled since January.

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 And ironically, younger people, 18 to 29, have had by far the highest increase in rates of anxiety and depression,

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 even though younger people have by far the lowest chance of dying from COVID.

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 Older people, 70 and above, report only one-third the rate of anxiety and depression as younger folks.

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 Interesting.

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 Right?

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 Now, different ones of us are prone to feel anxiety for different reasons,

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 whether it's health concerns or whether it's financial stress or whether it's political turmoil

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 or whether it's worries for loved ones.

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 But the anxiety we experience is not always in proportion to the danger that we actually face.

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 Sometimes we can feel far more anxiety than is actually warranted.

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 Or sometimes we can feel no concern at all when we actually should have some serious concerns.

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 Now, we may not be able to control all our feelings of anxiety,

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 but the thing is when we let anxiety drive us,

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 it can either make us debilitated and paralyzed and unable to do nearly anything

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 except worry and worry more,

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 or we can become angry and volatile

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 because we don't like feeling anxious

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 and we don't like the uncertainty and we want it to go away, but it won't.

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 Now, it's also possible to respond to uncertainty not so much with anxiety,

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 but rather with arrogance.

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 Right?

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 Many people have become just fed up with all the restrictions.

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 And perhaps in some cases, with some warrant,

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 some people see that some particular restriction doesn't completely make sense,

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 and so they've decided,

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 I'm just going to do what I want to do.

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 I don't want anybody to tell me otherwise.

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 Now, of course, that attitude has often surfaces in many circumstances and times, right?

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 That's what James was dealing with.

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 In verse 13, he addresses business people

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 who are making confident plans to travel and trade and make money.

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 Now, as far as we know, they weren't,

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 James doesn't mention anything about plagues or pestilences,

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 but in the ancient world, there was always the possibility of wars,

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 conflicts, famines, plagues, civil unrest, economic decline.

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 Those are always possibilities in the ancient world,

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 and especially when you would travel outside of your homeland.

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 But, of course, these people, in verse 13, who are talking,

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 had a cushion to protect themselves.

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 They were business people.

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 You know, 70 to 80 percent of people in the ancient world

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 could not fathom traveling to a different place,

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 settling there for a year, starting a business there,

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 because they didn't have the capital to do that.

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 They didn't have the money to travel far, right?

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 They couldn't, they were people who were living at a subsistence level,

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 surviving day to day, right?

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 So these people James was speaking to were relatively well off in the ancient world.

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 They had enough capital, enough freedom, enough resources to consider traveling to a different city,

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 settling, living abroad for a year, starting their business, trading, and making a profit in the end.

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 Now, there's nothing wrong with any of the things they were planning to do.

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 There's nothing, you know, the Bible never says it's wrong to travel or live abroad or trade

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 or even try to make a profit, right?

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 All of those are legitimate human activities.

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 But the problem, James says, is that these people were boasting in their self-centered arrogance.

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 Notice that their plans are all about themselves.

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 There's no acknowledgement of factors beyond their control.

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 There's no mention of God at all.

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 And there's no apparent concern for other people's well-being.

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 They're only thinking about what I want to do and how I'm going to accomplish it.

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 Now, how do we face an uncertain world without falling into ungodly anxiety or ungodly arrogance?

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 That's the question we're dealing with this morning and that James is speaking to.

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 So, in this passage, what we're going to see is two truths to remember and two instructions to follow.

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 Two truths to remember and two instructions to follow.

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 So, first truth to remember we see in verse 14.

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 Life is unpredictable and short.

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 You don't know what tomorrow will bring.

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 What is your life?

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 You are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

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 You know, over and over the Bible reminds us of how short and unpredictable our lives on earth are.

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 In the Psalms, Psalm 39, verse 5 and 6,

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 Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath.

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 Surely a man goes about as a shadow.

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 Surely as a breath they are in turmoil.

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 Or in the book of Job,

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 Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.

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 He comes out like a flower and withers.

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 He flees like a shadow and continues not.

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 Or in the Prophets, Hosea 13, 3,

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 We are like the morning mist,

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 Like the dew that goes early away,

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 Like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor,

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 Like smoke from a window.

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 Right?

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 All of these metaphors,

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 A breath,

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 A shadow,

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 A flower,

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 The chaff,

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 The dew,

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 The morning mist,

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 Smoke from a window,

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 Emphasize how fragile our human lives are.

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 We are not invincible.

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 We are not indestructible.

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 We are not ultimately in control.

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 Now some of us have,

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 Some of us like these people in verse 13,

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 May have resources and connections and choices

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 That cushion us against the bumps and bruises

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 That we would otherwise feel more acutely in life.

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 But none of those resources and connections and choices

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 Can save us from dying in the end.

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 And over and over the Bible reminds us of this fact.

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 Now I think during the course of this pandemic,

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 Pretty much everyone has been forced to acknowledge

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 That the first half of this verse is true.

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 You don't know what tomorrow will bring.

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 Right?

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 Now of course,

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 Some people knew that pretty well beforehand.

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 If you've experienced trauma,

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 Trauma teaches you that lesson.

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 You don't know what tomorrow is going to bring.

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 Now some of us have been sailing along pretty well

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 And we thought we had a good handle on life

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 And maybe it was hardest for us

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 To recognize the unpredictability of life.

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 But here's the question.

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 Have we faced not just the first half of this verse

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 But also the second half?

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 Life is not just unpredictable.

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 Life is short.

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 You are a mist, James says.

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 You know, there were maybe a couple of weeks in March

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 When it felt like many people were really grappling with their mortality

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 In the face of this new and mysterious virus.

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 You know, since then,

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 The world has largely moved on from that topic.

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 Right?

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 We're focused on all kinds of other things now.

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 Suppressing the virus,

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 Finding a vaccine,

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 Reopening the economy,

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 The coming election,

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 All kinds of other turmoil

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 In the world.

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 And these are all legitimate topics to consider and discuss.

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 But have we shifted our focus to all those things

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 That we think we can control

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 Or maybe at least a little bit influence

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 Because it's too uncomfortable to face the fact

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 That one day,

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 And it could really be any day,

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 Our time on earth will be done.

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 And we can't do a thing about it.

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 We are a mist that appears for a little while

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 And then disappears.

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 Have we come to terms with that?

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 You know, even if COVID were to completely disappear off the scene tomorrow,

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 Our bodies are still vulnerable to disease

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 And accidents and violence

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 And toxic chemicals and old age.

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 We are fragile.

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 And the Bible repeatedly confronts us with this truth.

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 First of all, just because it's true.

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 The Bible says a lot of things just because they're true.

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 Undeniably.

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 But the Bible also repeatedly confronts us with this truth

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 Because until we face this truth,

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 We will not be able to truly live wisely

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 In the time that we have.

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 It's only by facing this uncomfortable truth

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 That we can live humbly

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 And courageously

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 In the time that we do have on earth.

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 Moses prayed, as we heard earlier,

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 Teach us to number our days

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 That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

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 Now, I suspect that this is one reason

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 Why older people in general

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 Have been far less anxious and depressed

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 During this pandemic.

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 Even though they have a far greater health risk.

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 Many older people have grappled with their mortality.

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 And many younger people haven't.

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 But you know, the Bible's words are for all of us.

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 Young and old alike.

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 So that we all might become wise.

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 It doesn't happen automatically as we age.

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 It happens as we take to heart

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 The lessons that God is teaching us

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 Through his word

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 And along the way of our lives.

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 So life is short

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 And unpredictable.

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 That's the first truth

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 That James wants us to remember.

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 But the second truth that James

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 Points us to in verse 15

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 Is that our lives are in

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 The Lord's hands.

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 And if the first truth

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 Life is short and unpredictable

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 Is a humbling truth

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 The second truth

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 Is a reassuring truth.

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 Our lives are in the Lord's hands.

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 If the Lord wills

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 We will live and do this or that.

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 James is not just saying

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 James is not just

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 Sort of making a general acknowledgement

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 That life is uncertain

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 And we can't predict what will happen.

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 James is specifically reminding us

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 Our lives are in the hands

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 Of the Lord himself.

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 God is the one who gave us

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 Life and breath

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 In the first place.

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 God is the one who sustains our lives

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 Until our last breath.

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 So we're not just subject to

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 Circumstances we can't predict

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 And other people's choices

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 That we can't control.

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 The world that we live in

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 Is ordered by God's providence.

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 In other words,

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 The God who created all things

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 Holds all things together

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 By his power.

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 He's the one who holds together

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 The atoms and the molecules

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 And the tiny particles

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 That none of us really understand

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 How they work.

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 He holds the world together.

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 And yet, the Bible also says

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 This fallen and sinful world

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 Is also standing under God's judgment.

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 When we look at the world

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 And see chaos

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 Or lies, violence, disharmony,

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 Selfishness, bitterness

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 Those are all signs

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 Of the fallen and broken state

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 Of this world

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 And of God's righteous judgment.

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 In other words, God

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 Giving us over

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 To our selfish and foolish desires

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 And letting us see

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 Some of their harmful

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 And destructive effects.

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 And yet, the Bible says

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 That God not only sustains

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 The world in his providence

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 And the world is under

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 His righteous judgment

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 But it's also sustained

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 And kept by his steadfast love.

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 God has not unleashed

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 His judgment

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 Finally and completely.

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 He also holds us together

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 In his steadfast love.

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 He hasn't let our world

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 Unravel completely.

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 Because he's showing us

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 His kindness and patience

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 And forbearance

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 And calling us

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 To see his steadfast love

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 That is ultimately shown to us

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 In his son Jesus.

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 You know, we will not

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 Always understand

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 Why things happen

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 The way they do.

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 But the Bible says

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 We can know the one

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 Who holds us

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 And holds all things

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 In his hands.

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 Notice that here

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 In verse 15

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 James doesn't just say

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 If it is God's will.

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 Even ancient pagans

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 Would say things like

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 If the God's will.

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 James says

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 If the Lord wills.

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 And now sometimes

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 In James

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 The Lord

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 Refers to Jesus Christ himself.

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 Chapter 1 verse 1

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 And chapter 2 verse 1

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 Sometimes in James

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 The Lord refers to

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 God the Father

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 As in chapter 3 verse 9.

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 You see, in the Old Testament

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 The Lord, Yahweh

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 Was the personal name

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 Of God.

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 The God who makes

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 And keeps his promises.

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 The God who has come

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 To dwell with his people.

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 The God who is gracious

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 And merciful

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 Slow to anger

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 And abounding in love.

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 And that's a reassuring

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 And energizing truth

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 To know that our lives

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 Are in the hands

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 Of the Lord

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 Who has promised

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 To never leave us

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 Nor forsake us.

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 And that gives us courage

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 To plan and pray

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 And work

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 Because the Lord himself

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 Has put us here

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 For such a time as this

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 And it also gives us

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 Humility

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 It gives us freedom

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 To recognize

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 That we are not the Lord

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 And our choices

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 And our plans

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 Are not the last word.

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 Now throughout

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 The book of James

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 James echoes the wisdom

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 Of the Old Testament

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 Book of Proverbs

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 And he does so here

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 As in many other places

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 Proverbs encourages

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 Careful planning.

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 Proverbs 21 verse 5

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 Says the plans

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 Of the diligent

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 Lead to abundance.

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 Proverbs 20 verse 18

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 Says plans are established

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 By counsel

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 By wise guidance

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 Wage war.

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 Proverbs also reminds us

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 That whatever our plans

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 May be

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 It's only the Lord's purpose

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 That will prevail

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 In the end.

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 Proverbs 19 verse 21

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 The human mind

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 May devise many plans

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 But it is the Lord's purpose

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 That will be established.

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 Or 16.9

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 In their hearts

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 Humans plan their course

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 But the Lord

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 Establishes their steps.

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 And when we look

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 To the New Testament

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 We see the Apostle Paul

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 Putting this principle

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 Into practice.

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 Many times

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 To the church in Ephesus

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 He said

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 Acts 18.21

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 I will return to you

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 If God wills.

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 Or to the church

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 In Corinth he wrote

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 I hope to spend

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 Some time with you

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 If the Lord permits.

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 1 Corinthians 16.7

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 To the church in Rome

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 He wrote

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 I'm asking

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 Praying that somehow

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 By God's will

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 I may succeed

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 In coming to you.

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 Now Paul doesn't

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 Include this phrase

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 If the Lord wills

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 Every single time

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 He talks about his plans

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 It's not a magic word.

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 Right?

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 Sometimes, right,

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 We, you know,

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 Those of us who are parents

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 Teach our children

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 Please and thank you

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 And sometimes

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 Those are even called, right,

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 The magic,

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 What's the magic word?

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 Please.

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 Right?

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 But, you know,

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 You can say please

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 And thank you

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 Without really meaning it.

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 Without really having respect

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 And honor for the person

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 You're speaking to.

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 Right?

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 Those words

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 Are only supposed to cultivate

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 In us an attitude

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 Of respect and honor

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 For whoever we are dealing with.

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 And in the same way

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 This phrase

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 If the Lord wills

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 It's a good phrase to use

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 But it's meant to cultivate

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 A respect and honor

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 For the God

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 Who is sovereign

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 And in charge

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 Of all of our plans

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 And who oversees all things.

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 Right?

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 So whether or not

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 We say those words

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 As we're

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 Explicitly

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 As we're talking about

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 Our plans

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 All of our plans are

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 We're meant to be reminded

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 That all of our plans

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 Are subject to that

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 Subject to that provision.

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 So, two truths to remember

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 Life is short and unpredictable

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 Our lives are in the Lord's hands.

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 Now, James gives us

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 Two instructions to follow

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 That flow out of these two truths

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 In verse 16 and verse 17.

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 So, first instruction to follow

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 Verse 16

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 Don't boast in arrogance

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 Instead, plan with humility.

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 See, the major problem

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:56.640
 That James seems to be dealing with

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.340
 In these verses

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 Is arrogant presumption.

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 And this is especially

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 A temptation for those of us

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 Who, like the business people

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 In verse 13

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 Are relatively well off.

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 The people in verse 13

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 Could make travel plans

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 They had enough money

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 To move to a new city

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 They had enough capital

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 To launch a business there

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 They had options.

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 And compared to most people

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 In the ancient world

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 Nearly everyone

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 Not everyone

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 But the vast majority

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 Of people in America today

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 Have options that

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 Most people in the ancient world

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 Could never have imagined

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 Right?

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.480
 The ability to

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 Get in a car

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 And travel

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 The ability to even

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 Get on a bus

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.559
 And travel

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 The ability to

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 Move

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 To a new location

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.819
 A new apartment

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.859
 A new house

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.960
 Right?

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.779
 The ability to

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 Consider multiple options

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.899
 About what

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:02.399
 Our job might look like

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.819
 Or our career might look like

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:07.099
 Again, not everybody

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.059
 Has all those options

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.000
 Some people

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.240
 Are just trying to survive

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.759
 Day to day

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.240
 Right?

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.019
 Maybe you're just trying

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.880
 To survive day to day

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.500
 You feel like

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 I don't have many

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.160
 Of those options

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:18.779
 You know

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.539
 But many of us

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.720
 Have at least some options

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:22.180
 And the more options

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.920
 We have

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.880
 The more this

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.799
 Warning

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.339
 The more seriously

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:29.339
 We need to take this warning

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.380
 Now

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.500
 Having options

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.200
 Is a gift

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.539
 Right?

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.000
 Having options

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.880
 Is not a bad thing

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.819
 It's not evil

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.559
 When God put Adam and Eve

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.039
 In the garden

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:39.099
 He gave them

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.200
 A wealth of options

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.720
 He said

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:42.660
 You can eat from any tree

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.559
 In the garden

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:47.660
 There are so many good options

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.799
 That are open to you

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.640
 And he said to them

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.759
 Be fruitful and multiply

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.759
 And fill the earth

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:54.299
 He gave them a mission

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:54.920
 And he gave them

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.860
 All kinds of options

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.940
 About good ways

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.920
 To fulfill that

00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.120
 And yet what happened?

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:03.519
 They fell into arrogant presumption

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:06.660
 They disregarded the wealth

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.559
 Of options that God

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.339
 Had given them

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:10.039
 And they arrogantly presumed

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.379
 To take from the one tree

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:13.180
 That God had prohibited

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:16.180
 You see

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.259
 Having options

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.180
 Whether it's wealth

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.720
 Or privilege

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.879
 Or leisure time

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.779
 Or the means to travel

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.000
 It's a blessing from God

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.839
 But it comes with this temptation

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.779
 Because having options

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:27.059
 Allows us to feel

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.659
 Less directly

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:30.759
 Dependent on God

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.339
 For our every breath

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:34.399
 Having options

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.480
 Creates the temptation

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.799
 To think that we are

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.279
 More in control

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.500
 Of our lives

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.879
 Than we really are

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:42.759
 Having options

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.639
 Makes it easier

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:45.279
 To distance ourselves

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.259
 From and even ignore

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:50.180
 The needs of

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.839
 Hurting people

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.059
 Around us

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:57.700
 Now over the last six months

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.799
 Many of us have had

00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:00.119
 Options removed

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.159
 In fact I know

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:04.179
 Many people who were

00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:05.839
 You know

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.500
 Ready to graduate

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.179
 And take a job

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.979
 And the whole rug

00:23:07.979 --> 00:23:09.059
 Has gotten pulled out

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.459
 Under them

00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:11.279
 Right?

00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.959
 All kinds of

00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:14.339
 All kinds of options

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.059
 Have been suddenly

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.679
 Taken away

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.979
 Travel plans

00:23:16.979 --> 00:23:18.519
 You know

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.799
 All kinds of things

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:23.379
 And many of us

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.899
 I think have been

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.079
 Reminded to be grateful

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.179
 For the simple things

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:28.279
 The things that we used

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.019
 To take for granted

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:31.039
 Even just

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.579
 Having a meal to eat

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:37.139
 I think that during

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.839
 This pandemic

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.319
 God

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 It's like God

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.460
 Has taken a bright

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.559
 Yellow highlighter

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:43.279
 To certain biblical truths

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.599
 That we have far too

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.599
 Long ignored

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.359
 And neglected

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:48.160
 And disobeyed

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.639
 And he has said

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.000
 Look

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.039
 See

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.099
 See what I said here

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.339
 Two thousand years ago

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.920
 It's still true

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:58.360
 Proverbs 21

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.700
 Or Proverbs 27

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.200
 Verse 1

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.420
 Don't boast about

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.820
 Tomorrow

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.759
 For you don't know

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.920
 What a day may bring

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:06.820
 Here's the question

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.620
 Will we listen

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.460
 To what God

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.080
 Is saying to us

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:11.220
 Through this pandemic

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.920
 And become the wiser

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.120
 For it in the long run

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:16.279
 Or will we just

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.140
 Adapt unhappily

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.080
 For the short term

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.980
 And then return

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.539
 To our old arrogant ways

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.340
 In the long term

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:25.740
 The truths in these verses

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.199
 About the shortness of life

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:28.399
 And the sovereignty of God

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.480
 Are not just true

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.279
 During a pandemic

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.519
 They are true at all times

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.740
 And in all places

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:34.939
 When the world feels calm

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:35.659
 And peaceful

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.559
 And happy

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.579
 And when the world

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.419
 Is in turmoil

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.339
 And upheaval

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.220
 And chaos

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.859
 The truths

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.519
 Remain the same

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:48.959
 And God is reminding us

00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:50.519
 To take these truths

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.279
 To heart

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.960
 And to live wisely

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:56.139
 To live courageously

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.480
 And yet to live humbly

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.480
 In light of them

00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.379
 What about right now?

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:05.019
 What does arrogant presumption

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.279
 Look like right now?

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.740
 Let me suggest

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.720
 A couple of things

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:14.019
 I think arrogant presumption

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:15.160
 Could look like

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:17.980
 An unwillingness to admit

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:20.119
 That your current understanding

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.019
 Of the pandemic

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.719
 Could be wrong

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.799
 In one respect

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.439
 Or another

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:27.459
 Now

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.859
 I've talked to

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.899
 Many of you

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:31.539
 And I read the news

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:33.899
 And I've heard all kinds

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.479
 Of perspectives

00:25:34.479 --> 00:25:35.279
 On this pandemic

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.379
 Right?

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:37.519
 Probably we all have

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.279
 Right?

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.239
 A very wide range

00:25:40.239 --> 00:25:40.859
 And guess what?

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:42.159
 A lot of these perspectives

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:44.139
 Directly contradict each other

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:46.539
 And can't all be true

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.219
 At the same time

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:50.160
 Now

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.339
 We can be confident

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.339
 Of the things

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.019
 That God has

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.240
 Revealed

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.940
 In his word

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.839
 Because guess what?

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.660
 There are many things

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.680
 That the Bible has said

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.220
 And the church

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.279
 Has consistently taught

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.559
 For 2,000 years

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.319
 They're not going to change tomorrow

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:05.400
 Christ died on the cross

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.220
 For our sins

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.640
 He rose up from the dead

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.539
 On the third day

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:10.140
 Jesus Christ is the same

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.559
 Yesterday

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.920
 Today

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.519
 And forever

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.059
 We can hold on

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.879
 To those truths

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.639
 With confidence

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:17.200
 And they won't change

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.180
 But this virus

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.759
 Has been around

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.660
 For less than a year

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:24.059
 Now whatever you think

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.680
 Of the virus

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.599
 Or the government's

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.299
 Response to it

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.220
 Or society's

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.879
 Response to it

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.740
 Or our church's

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.440
 Response to it

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.200
 You and I

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.079
 Might look back

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.440
 5 or 10 years

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.139
 Down the road

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.799
 Or even 5 or 10 months

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.279
 Down the road

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.139
 And we might see

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.900
 Some things about

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:38.099
 This situation differently

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:42.019
 Right?

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.000
 That's at least

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.279
 A strong possibility

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.259
 That we will look back

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.679
 And say

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.439
 Huh

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:48.199
 Well

00:26:48.199 --> 00:26:49.059
 In hindsight

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.519
 I guess that looks

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.159
 Sort of different

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:53.240
 And we can't

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.099
 Completely predict

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.579
 What our insights

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.059
 Down the road

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.579
 Are going to be

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:59.779
 So let's acknowledge

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.559
 With humility

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.559
 What we know

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.599
 Only tentatively

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.359
 And in part

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:05.199
 Right?

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.240
 We have to make decisions

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.439
 Based on limited knowledge

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.860
 Right?

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.980
 We shouldn't just do nothing

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.840
 But we have to acknowledge

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:14.240
 What we can know

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.759
 With confidence

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.660
 And what we know

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.720
 Only tentatively

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.759
 And partially

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:22.620
 Second

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:25.140
 What might arrogant

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.980
 Presumption look like

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.360
 Right now?

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.620
 Well

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.519
 Very practically

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:29.200
 Consider what are you

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.100
 Hoping to accomplish

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.160
 In this next year?

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.720
 Right?

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.380
 Like these people

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.039
 In verse 13

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.680
 They're talking about

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.299
 Their plans

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.279
 For the next year

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:39.099
 Now it's good

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.759
 To have plans

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.379
 And goals

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.259
 If you don't have

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.839
 Any plans

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.220
 And you don't

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.940
 Have any goals

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.019
 Then

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.559
 You should start

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.319
 Praying about that

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.980
 And maybe talk

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.599
 With somebody else

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.859
 About

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.420
 What are you

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.819
 Intending

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.059
 To do

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.019
 Over this next year

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.440
 How are you

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.220
 Intending to grow?

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.339
 Right?

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:54.980
 But look at the

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.619
 People's goals

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.099
 And plans

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.720
 In verse 13

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.559
 It's all about

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.319
 Themselves

00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:00.259
 I want to

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.279
 I want to

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.579
 Travel

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:00.879
 And live

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.460
 Abroad

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.079
 There

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.599
 I have

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.039
 Ambitions

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.659
 For career

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.179
 And business

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.720
 I want

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:04.939
 To make

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.480
 A profit

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.319
 God

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.659
 And other

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:06.980
 People

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.659
 Were nowhere

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.460
 In the picture

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:12.480
 Now let's

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.980
 Consider our

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.599
 Own plans

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.939
 And goals

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.279
 Are they

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.599
 Centered

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.519
 On ourselves

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.200
 On our own

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.659
 Desires

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.200
 And our own

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.659
 Ambitions

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:21.180
 Is God

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.759
 In the center

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.400
 Of the picture

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.320
 Or is God

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.400
 Only on the

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.980
 Periphery

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.779
 Or not even

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.360
 Really in the

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.660
 Picture

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:28.720
 What about

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.340
 Other people

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.980
 What about

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.460
 Other people

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.960
 Who God

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.480
 Has put

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.100
 Around you

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.600
 Even people

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.980
 Who God

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.620
 Has given you

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.720
 A responsibility

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.140
 To love

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.940
 And care for

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:40.620
 You know

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.019
 According to

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.340
 The Bible

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.600
 Self-actualization

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.440
 Is not the

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.200
 Ultimate goal

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.820
 Of life

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:48.140
 It's far

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.840
 More about

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:50.520
 Coming to

00:28:50.520 --> 00:28:51.480
 Love God

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.000
 And love

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.540
 Our neighbors

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.960
 And be the

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.440
 People that

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.540
 Christ is

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.520
 Making us

00:28:56.520 --> 00:28:57.320
 To be

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:59.220
 So as you

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.700
 Make plans

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.100
 And goals

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.860
 Think about

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.540
 These questions

00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:02.160
 Practically

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.420
 What are your

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.360
 Spiritual goals

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.020
 For the next

00:29:05.020 --> 00:29:05.320
 Year

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.940
 How are you

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.360
 Seeking to

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:08.080
 Grow in the

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.700
 Knowledge and

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.240
 Love of

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.640
 God

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:12.100
 Now that's

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.640
 Something that

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.980
 No earthly

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.100
 Circumstance

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:16.600
 Can ultimately

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.020
 Hinder

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:19.639
 God's work

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.079
 In us

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.500
 Through his

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.900
 Spirit

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:23.960
 Second

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.379
 How can

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.759
 You grow

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.220
 In love

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.579
 For other

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.960
 People

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:28.139
 Let's say

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.440
 You know

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.879
 If you run

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.400
 A business

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.079
 Right

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.619
 This passage

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.279
 Is sort of

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.059
 Slanted toward

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.619
 People who run

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.339
 Businesses

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.240
 Right

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.740
 Merchants

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:35.960
 In the

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.180
 Ancient

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.599
 World

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:38.759
 What does

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.119
 It look

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.539
 Like to

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.160
 Serve your

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.920
 Customers

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.799
 And your

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.599
 Employees

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.599
 Despite the

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.180
 Challenges that

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.639
 The pandemic

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.220
 Presents

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:47.779
 Or if

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.059
 You're a

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.440
 Student

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.860
 Or an

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.360
 Employee

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.700
 What is

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.079
 How can

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.620
 You love

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.480
 And serve

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.640
 Your fellow

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.240
 Students

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.079
 Your employer

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.079
 And the

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.640
 People that

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.319
 You are

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.360
 And your

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.720
 Customers

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.240
 People you're

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.819
 Responsible to

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.380
 Serve and

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.799
 Care for

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:05.440
 Have you

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.019
 Submitted your

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.799
 Plans and goals

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.319
 To the Lord

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.819
 In prayer

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.720
 Right

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.279
 That's a good

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.180
 Place to start

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.420
 Because when we

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.420
 Give our plans

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.100
 And goals to the

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.599
 Lord in prayer

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.519
 God starts to

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.419
 That's one way

00:30:16.419 --> 00:30:16.980
 That God starts

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.719
 To put in us

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:19.219
 Godly desires

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:20.079
 And godly

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.559
 Ambitions

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.179
 And he starts

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.839
 To reshape

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.439
 Things around

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.319
 What he is

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.199
 Wanting to do

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.740
 With us

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.599
 Which will

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.319
 Ultimately be

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.959
 Far more

00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.399
 Valuable

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.099
 And far more

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.699
 Lasting than

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.139
 Just what we

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.699
 Come up with

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.219
 On our own

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:33.559
 So that's the

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.099
 First instruction

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.459
 To follow

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:34.980
 Don't boast

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.439
 In arrogance

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.259
 Instead plan

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.359
 With humility

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:39.719
 Then

00:30:39.719 --> 00:30:40.480
 Verse 17

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.879
 We come to

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.240
 The second

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.879
 Instruction to

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.199
 Follow

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.799
 As we come

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.279
 To the conclusion

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.920
 Of this passage

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.559
 Don't be

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.420
 Paralyzed by

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.140
 Anxiety

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.819
 Instead act

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.420
 With courage

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.819
 Whoever knows

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.400
 The right thing

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.759
 To do

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.180
 Or knows

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.700
 The good

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:55.759
 That he can

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.019
 Do

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.840
 And fails

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.380
 To do it

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.860
 For him

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.600
 It is sin

00:30:58.600 --> 00:31:00.440
 Now on first

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.759
 Glance

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.200
 This saying

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.620
 Might seem

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.880
 To come

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.100
 Out of

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.420
 Nowhere

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.680
 Right

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:03.960
 It doesn't

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.620
 Seem immediately

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.279
 Connected to

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.880
 This discussion

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.940
 About plans

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.500
 And goals

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.960
 And if the

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.740
 Lord wills

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.840
 To verses

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.700
 13 and 16

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.380
 But it creates

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.860
 An important

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.500
 Balance

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.779
 Right

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.140
 If verses

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.200
 13 through 16

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.860
 Warn us

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.900
 Against the danger

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.420
 Of arrogance

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.279
 And presumption

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.319
 Verse 17

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.059
 Warns us

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.720
 Against the danger

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.279
 Of being

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.200
 Controlled

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.039
 Or paralyzed

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.380
 By our anxiety

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.660
 You see

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.680
 Sin is not

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.920
 Just doing

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.580
 And saying

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.200
 And thinking

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.840
 Things that we

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.279
 Shouldn't

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.380
 It's also

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:34.059
 Failing to do

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.460
 The things

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.940
 That God

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.740
 Has given us

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.380
 To do

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.120
 Proverbs

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.320
 3

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.660
 27

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.960
 Says

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.420
 Don't

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.900
 Withhold

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.400
 Good

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.420
 From those

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.900
 To whom

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.220
 It is

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.460
 Due

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.860
 When it

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.160
 Is in

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.320
 Your

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.640
 Power

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.220
 To act

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.640
 Right

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.000
 Think about

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.440
 What James

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.700
 Has said

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.080
 Already

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.560
 About what

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.100
 True

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.600
 Faith

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:50.900
 In

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.320
 Action

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.660
 Looks

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.020
 Like

00:31:52.020 --> 00:31:52.760
 Visiting

00:31:52.760 --> 00:31:53.300
 Orphans

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.820
 And widows

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.220
 In their

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.760
 Affliction

00:31:54.760 --> 00:31:55.060
 Right

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.520
 Caring

00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:56.480
 For the

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.860
 Most

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.680
 Vulnerable

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.800
 Treating

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.340
 All people

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.960
 Fairly

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.560
 And without

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.660
 Partiality

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:04.400
 James gave

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.760
 An example

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.060
 In chapter

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.340
 Two

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.620
 If you

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:05.960
 See a

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.300
 Brother or

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.460
 Sister

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.840
 In Christ

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.240
 Who doesn't

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.619
 Have enough

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:07.919
 Food

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.480
 Or clothing

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.220
 Don't

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.579
 Just pray

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.000
 For them

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.439
 Don't

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.759
 Just wish

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.179
 Them well

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:11.779
 Make sure

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.279
 Their needs

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.740
 Are met

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:15.399
 Right

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:15.879
 Whether you

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.279
 Do it

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.699
 Or whether

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:17.019
 You

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:18.000
 Sound the

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.559
 Alarm bell

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.819
 And get

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.259
 Other people

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.759
 Involved

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.039
 And get

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.579
 Get the

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.919
 Community

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.359
 Involved

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.779
 In caring

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.139
 For each

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.399
 Other

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:25.799
 Right

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.659
 And if we

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.319
 Neglect to

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.679
 Do

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.599
 The things

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.579
 That Jesus

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.359
 Has instructed

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.819
 Us to

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.099
 Do

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.699
 That is

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:32.039
 Also

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.480
 That

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.740
 Can also

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.000
 Be a

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.299
 Form of

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.519
 Sin

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.379
 Right

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.639
 Not

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:35.960
 Not

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.320
 Only

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:37.040
 Doing the

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.200
 Things

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.360
 That we

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.800
 Shouldn't

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:40.200
 See I

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.740
 Think today

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.360
 There's a

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.920
 Danger of

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.500
 Arrogance

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.120
 And presumption

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.060
 Of acting

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:44.580
 In selfish

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:45.280
 And foolish

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:45.960
 And short

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.280
 Sighted

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:46.520
 Ways

00:32:46.520 --> 00:32:46.880
 But there's

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.360
 Also a

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.780
 Danger of

00:32:47.780 --> 00:32:48.420
 Being paralyzed

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.360
 By anxiety

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.500
 And in

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.599
 And in the

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.879
 Process

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.419
 Missing

00:32:51.419 --> 00:32:51.439
 Missing

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.579
 The

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.199
 Opportunities

00:32:52.199 --> 00:32:52.479
 God

00:32:52.479 --> 00:32:52.639
 Has

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:52.859
 Given

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.219
 Us

00:32:53.219 --> 00:32:53.819
 To do

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.099
 Good

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.339
 To the

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.559
 Body

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.740
 Of

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.139
 Christ

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:56.159
 And to

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.299
 The

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.719
 Surrounding

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:57.059
 World

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.819
 And to

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.039
 Honor

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.240
 His

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.519
 Name

00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:00.659
 You know

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:00.979
 So think

00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:01.539
 About what

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.179
 Opportunities

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:02.539
 Has God

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.179
 Laid before

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.639
 You in

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.139
 This season

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.399
 Now

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.059
 Some of

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.240
 Those

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.779
 May involve

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.019
 Some

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.419
 Risk

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.879
 And

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.659
 If it

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.019
 Involves

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.259
 Risk

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.519
 You need

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.859
 To use

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:09.979
 Your

00:33:09.979 --> 00:33:10.479
 Discernment

00:33:10.479 --> 00:33:10.799
 As we

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.199
 Always

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.619
 Must

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.299
 About

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.599
 What

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.879
 Risks

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.240
 Are worth

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.619
 Taking

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.500
 Not

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.859
 Every

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.139
 Risk

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.519
 Is worth

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.899
 Taking

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:16.879
 And

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.099
 Not

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.500
 Everyone

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.779
 Should

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.000
 Take

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.159
 The

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.359
 Same

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.879
 Risks

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:20.019
 Again

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.279
 In

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.359
 A

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.699
 Pandemic

00:33:20.699 --> 00:33:20.859
 Or

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.259
 Otherwise

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.459
 But

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:23.639
 Here's

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:23.759
 The

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.919
 Thing

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.379
 Sometimes

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.839
 We

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.219
 Hold

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:25.559
 Back

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.799
 From

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.079
 Doing

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.439
 Good

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:26.819
 Not

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.519
 Because

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.279
 We

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.799
 Thoughtfully

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.139
 Assess

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.319
 The

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.699
 Risk

00:33:29.699 --> 00:33:30.539
 And

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.899
 Discern

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:31.039
 That

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.179
 It's

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.779
 Unwise

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.799
 But

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.099
 Simply

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.639
 Because

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.279
 The

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.659
 Task

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:34.879
 Is

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.480
 Uncomfortable

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.199
 And

00:33:36.199 --> 00:33:36.839
 Inconvenient

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:40.599
 And

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.819
 You know

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.139
 I think

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.279
 We

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.819
 Over

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.199
 The

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.439
 Last

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:43.639
 Few

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:43.899
 Months

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.039
 We've

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.139
 Been

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.359
 Trying

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.519
 To

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.000
 Navigate

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.199
 This

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.659
 Balance

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:45.959
 As a

00:33:45.959 --> 00:33:46.319
 Church

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.759
 Right

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:46.920
 We

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.200
 We

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.339
 Want

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.420
 To

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.519
 Be

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.839
 Careful

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.059
 We

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.420
 Don't

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.680
 Want

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.819
 To

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.140
 Encourage

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.400
 People

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.519
 To

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.680
 Take

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.079
 Foolish

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.200
 And

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.720
 Unnecessary

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.059
 Risks

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.359
 At

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.480
 The

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.700
 Same

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:51.920
 Time

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.039
 We

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.140
 Want

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.200
 To

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.299
 Be

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.960
 Courageous

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.000
 We

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.140
 Want

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.220
 To

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.660
 Actively

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.079
 Love

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.240
 One

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.660
 Another

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.079
 And

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.400
 Carry

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.619
 Out

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:56.759
 The

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.000
 Mission

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.259
 God

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.420
 Has

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.640
 Given

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:57.879
 Us

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.220
 Even

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.539
 If

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.799
 That

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 Is

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 More

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 Inconvenient

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.700
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00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.460
 Usual

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 One of

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 The

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.819
 Resources

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.160
 I

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.339
 Have

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.559
 Found

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.819
 Most

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.200
 Helpful

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.480
 Over

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.819
 These

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.179
 Last

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 Few

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.679
 Months

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:08.780
 Is

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:08.880
 A

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.079
 Series

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.199
 Of

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.359
 Two

00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:09.859
 Articles

00:34:09.859 --> 00:34:10.159
 That

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.279
 Were

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.619
 Published

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.819
 In

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.279
 March

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.879
 And

00:34:11.879 --> 00:34:12.219
 April

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.839
 By

00:34:12.839 --> 00:34:13.159
 Andy

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.539
 Crouch

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.879
 And

00:34:13.879 --> 00:34:14.079
 His

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.599
 Colleagues

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.639
 They

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:15.799
 Run

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.899
 An

00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:16.239
 Organization

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.579
 Called

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.119
 Praxis

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.960
 And

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.119
 These

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.460
 Articles

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.619
 Are

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.839
 Written

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.319
 Especially

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:19.659
 To

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.059
 Business

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.319
 And

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:20.919
 Organizational

00:34:20.919 --> 00:34:21.239
 Leaders

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.579
 But

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.960
 I

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.119
 Think

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.319
 There's

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.699
 Wisdom

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:22.960
 In

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 Them

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 For

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.779
 Everyone

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 But

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.719
 Particularly

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 If

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 You're

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 In

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.179
 A

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.419
 Position

00:34:25.419 --> 00:34:25.579
 Of

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:25.960
 Leadership

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.939
 I

00:34:26.939 --> 00:34:27.119
 Would

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.460
 Highly

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.859
 Recommend

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.000
 You

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 Read

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.500
 These

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.939
 Articles

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.900
 But

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.119
 Here's

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 A

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.340
 Little

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.860
 Excerpt

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 The

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.380
 First

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.720
 Article

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:32.960
 Written

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.280
 March

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.579
 20

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.940
 Began

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 This

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 Way

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 We're

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.440
 Not

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 Going

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.139
 Back

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.380
 To

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.760
 Normal

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 And

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.920
 Right

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 Four

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 Months

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.519
 Later

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.760
 That's

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:40.960
 Certainly

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.240
 Right

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.539
 Right

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.679
 The

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.360
 Coronavirus

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.740
 Is

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:42.900
 Not

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 Just

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 Something

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.500
 For

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.720
 Leaders

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:43.900
 To

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.059
 Get

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.380
 Through

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.900
 For

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 A

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.119
 Few

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.519
 Days

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.720
 Or

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.240
 Weeks

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.840
 Instead

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.059
 He

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.280
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00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.460
 We

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.639
 Need

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.760
 To

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:47.940
 Treat

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 COVID

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 19

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.820
 As

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:48.940
 A

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 Change

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 That

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 Is

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 Like

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 To

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 A

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 To

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 Perhaps

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 To

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 Two

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 Years

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.559
 Or

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.739
 Even

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.019
 More

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.519
 And

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.599
 The

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.840
 Article

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.460
 Continues

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.860
 Christians

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.199
 Of

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.420
 All

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.739
 People

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:57.980
 Are

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.400
 Equipped

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 To

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.860
 Face

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.039
 The

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.340
 Current

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 Reality

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.159
 With

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.480
 Both

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.880
 Clear

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.340
 Eyed

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.960
 Realism

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.500
 And

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.579
 Unparalleled

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.940
 Hope

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.559
 We

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.699
 Are

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.059
 All

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.639
 Operating

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.820
 With

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.360
 Profound

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.219
 Uncertainty

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.699
 Not

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:07.940
 Only

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 About

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 The

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.599
 Future

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.799
 But

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:08.980
 Even

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.239
 About

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.400
 The

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:09.699
 Present

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.199
 But

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.480
 We

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.159
 Have

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.860
 Confidence

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.079
 That

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.360
 Jesus

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.639
 Is

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:12.960
 Lord

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.880
 That

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.079
 His

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.360
 Spirit

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.579
 Is

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:14.840
 Even

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.099
 Now

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.400
 Working

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.019
 Powerfully

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.320
 In

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.579
 All

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.699
 Of

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:16.840
 Our

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.219
 Lives

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.380
 And

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.539
 That

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.840
 God

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.139
 Is

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.480
 Good

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.000
 This

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.239
 Time

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.400
 Can

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.519
 Be

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.679
 A

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:19.920
 Moment

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.179
 Of

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.639
 Amazing

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.380
 Creativity

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.460
 Though

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.760
 Also

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:22.940
 A

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.159
 Time

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.300
 Of

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.860
 Unavoidable

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.300
 Pain

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.579
 And

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.019
 Loss

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:26.320
 Many

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.860
 Resources

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.099
 Are

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.440
 Suddenly

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.099
 Unavailable

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.420
 To

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.659
 Us

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.820
 But

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:28.960
 The

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.280
 Most

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.679
 Essential

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.079
 Resource

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.360
 Is

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.699
 Still

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.280
 Available

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.780
 And

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:31.920
 The

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.219
 Most

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.559
 Important

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.019
 Reality

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.440
 Has

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.679
 Not

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.139
 Changed

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.579
 God

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.780
 Has

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.059
 Called

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.340
 Us

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.760
 To

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:35.880
 A

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.139
 Time

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.400
 Like

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.619
 This

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.739
 He

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:36.880
 Has

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.079
 Given

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.280
 Us

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.420
 A

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.679
 Mission

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.139
 And

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.260
 A

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.639
 Community

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.880
 To

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.099
 Serve

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.800
 Alongside

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.019
 And

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.139
 Our

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.380
 Most

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.820
 Important

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.579
 Resource

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.119
 In

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.679
 Leading

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.000
 Is

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.420
 Trust

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.780
 In

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:43.920
 The

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.400
 Context

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.760
 Of

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.420
 Love

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.340
 Now

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.500
 He

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.700
 Goes

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:46.880
 On

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:46.960
 To

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.099
 Give

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.300
 Some

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.119
 Practical

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:49.260
 Thoughtful

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.840
 Instructions

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.119
 About

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.119
 How

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.740
 Business

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:51.880
 And

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.400
 Organizational

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.659
 Leaders

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.840
 Can

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.220
 Navigate

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.400
 This

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.720
 Season

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.539
 But

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.760
 Here's

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:54.860
 What

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:54.980
 He

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.220
 Says

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.440
 At

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.559
 The

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.740
 End

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:55.840
 Of

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.000
 This

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.300
 Article

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.519
 Which

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.639
 I

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.820
 Think

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.220
 Is

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.659
 Applicable

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.860
 To

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.099
 Every

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.280
 One

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.400
 Of

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.659
 Us

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:00.039
 And

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.139
 A

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.380
 Question

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.599
 We

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.920
 Can

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.059
 All

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.220
 Be

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.500
 Asking

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.880
 Ourselves

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.059
 A

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.240
 Year

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.460
 From

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.800
 Now

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.820
 Ten

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.059
 Years

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.240
 From

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.559
 Now

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.300
 You

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.460
 Will

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.680
 Think

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:06.980
 Back

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.119
 And

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.380
 Ask

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.760
 Yourself

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.039
 These

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.599
 Questions

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.680
 Did

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:09.820
 I

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:09.980
 Do

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.200
 My

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.460
 Very

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.780
 Best

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:10.980
 To

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.280
 Act

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.500
 In

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.700
 That

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.000
 Time

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.180
 Of

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.599
 Crisis

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.039
 Knowing

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.420
 As

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.720
 Little

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.059
 As

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.340
 I

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.780
 Did

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.460
 With

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.660
 The

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.160
 Resources

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.559
 That

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.820
 I

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.220
 Had

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:18.960
 And

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.119
 Did

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.280
 I

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.599
 Love

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:19.740
 And

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.039
 Honor

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.300
 My

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.720
 Family

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.539
 Friends

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.300
 Neighbors

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.119
 Coworkers

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.480
 And

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.460
 Customers

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:26.400
 He

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.619
 Writes

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.740
 Your

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 Organization

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.440
 Will

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 Survive

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 This

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 Season

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 Or

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 It

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 Won't

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 That

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 Is

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 No

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 Prescription

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 For

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 Or

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 Passivity

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 It

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 Is

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 Green

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 Light

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 Of

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 Freedom

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 To

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 Take

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 Action

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 Things

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 God

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 Will

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 Accomplish

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 Purposes

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 And

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 Has

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 Placed

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 You

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 In

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 Your

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 Position

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.140
 Brothers

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 And

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 Sisters

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 God

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 Has

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 Brought

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 Us

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 To

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 Such

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 A

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 Time

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 As

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 This

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 By

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 His

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:47.660
 Grace

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:47.840
 May

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 We

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 Plan

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 With

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 Humility

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 And

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 May

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 We

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 Act

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 With

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 Courage

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.360
 Let's

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 Pray

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.320
 Father

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 Thank

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:53.940
 You

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.220
 For

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.579
 These

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.440
 Words

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.680
 From

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.039
 James

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.380
 Thank

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.500
 You

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.700
 For

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.039
 How

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:59.519
 Direct

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.960
 And

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.420
 Clear

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 Both

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.059
 His

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.640
 Warnings

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:02.760
 And

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:02.920
 His

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.500
 Encouragements

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.800
 Are

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:05.500
 Thank

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:05.680
 You

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:05.920
 That

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.500
 You

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.500
 Do

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.760
 Not

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.420
 Want

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.599
 Us

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.780
 To

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:08.960
 Live

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.099
 In

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.500
 Denial

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.099
 Thank

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.199
 You

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.320
 That

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.440
 Your

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.659
 Word

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.179
 Confronts

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.320
 Us

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.539
 With

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.019
 Truth

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.380
 Even

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.579
 When

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.699
 It

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:13.820
 Is

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 Uncomfortable

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.539
 But

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.840
 Thank

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.000
 You

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.360
 For

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.099
 The

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.639
 Reassurance

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:16.860
 That

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.000
 Our

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.340
 Lives

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.480
 Are

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.619
 In

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:17.760
 Your

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.059
 Hands

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.219
 We

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.539
 Pray

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.760
 That

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:18.900
 You

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.079
 Would

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.639
 Enable

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.840
 Us

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:19.980
 To

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.639
 Walk

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:20.840
 With

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.300
 Humility

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.119
 And

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.260
 With

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.739
 Courage

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:24.619
 In

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:24.800
 This

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.059
 Season

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.300
 And

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.699
 For

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:25.820
 The

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.019
 Rest

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.139
 Of

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.260
 Our

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.539
 Lives

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.699
 That

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:26.820
 You

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.000
 Have

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.219
 Given

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.579
 Us

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.599
 On

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.900
 This

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.460
 Earth

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.500
 We

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.679
 Pray

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:30.840
 All

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:30.980
 These

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.180
 Things

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:31.320
 In

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.500
 Jesus

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.880
 Name

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.420
 Amen