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 Many moons ago when I worked in an engineering office,

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 very unusually there were three of us side by side,

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 three offices side by side, three of us engineers,

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 and one of those engineers on one side of me was a great comfort to me.

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 He was pretty sensible and level-headed from my point of view.

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 The other one drove me bananas.

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 And because he saw that his Christian witness

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 was working harder and longer than anybody else.

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 And I remember sitting there absolutely resentful one birthday for me.

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 My birthday is 24th of April, always on a public holiday next door to Anzac Day.

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 So he had me in there on the Anzac Day public holiday

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 working because he didn't have confidence I'd get my work done.

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 So I sat there, not a very happy little camper at all,

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 throwing off vibes all day and absolutely resentful of where I found myself.

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 But my friend wasn't married.

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 He would work until 1 or 2 a.m.

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 trying to get the absolutely perfect solution to an engineering dilemma,

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 which is not necessarily possible.

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 It's sometimes an art, not just a science.

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 And unbelieving colleagues would laugh behind his back

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 at his ridiculous work ethic.

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 And then he would view that as working hard and suffering for the gospel.

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 My friend in retail was another person

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 who would work in the back office of a major department store

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 until 1 a.m., keeping the firm going.

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 Never home for dinner with his family.

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 Never managing to fall into bed at the same time as his wife.

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 The firm asks for more and more.

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 He's not after the money, though.

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 He doesn't know anything different.

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 He doesn't think that anyone will want to employ him.

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 Any other employer would want to take him on.

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 And so he burns out with serious mental illness

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 and work takes no responsibility for him.

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 Someone else.

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 The financial high flyer.

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 Small children.

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 Leaves home 4 a.m.

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 gets his work done before anybody else is in the office,

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 putting their requests in front of him.

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 And he might get home for a bedside story at 7 p.m.

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 He's esteemed.

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 He's getting rich.

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 He will make such a lot of money one year

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 that his home will be paid off many, many years

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 before the loan requires.

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 And he and his lonely wife

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 will then begin to renovate their palace

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 and be debt-free.

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 His wife does a magnificent job

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 in her very skilled vocation in the health industry.

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 She receives a huge amount of kudos

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 and esteem in her paid work.

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 She holds the fort together

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 in the nurture of the children.

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 They don't need the money.

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 But they plough on with no adjustment

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 to how they live

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 and their family life...

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 No adjustment to how they live

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 and how their family life is impacted.

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 Another woman chooses unemployment

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 in preference to taking work

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 below her pay grade.

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 The hard-working farmer

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 who's proud of what he has.

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 He works hard.

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 He never uses credit.

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 When you see his wealth,

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 everybody knows it's his.

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 And the bank owns none of him.

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 And then there's all the ways

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 we go about volunteer work

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 with sports teams

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 or community service

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 or even ministries at church.

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 I have my place.

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 I have my identity.

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 Don't you know who I am?

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 I fight and I work for acknowledgement

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 and I don't give way easily

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 to new people and new ideas.

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 There are many distortions to work.

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 Using God as an excuse

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 for a ridiculous take on work.

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 Working for a loveless master

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 and getting consumed.

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 Pursuing massive material gain

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 while choosing to put

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 significant relationships

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 on the back burner.

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 Trying to balance

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 a husband's work

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 and life against a wife's.

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 Pride of place and position.

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 People need to know

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 how important you are.

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 Your identity is defined

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 by what you've done

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 or what you own.

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 Laziness.

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 They're all distortions of work.

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 So today what I really want to do

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 is speak about

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 how when work becomes distorted

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 and again

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 we're following

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 the book

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 Timothy Keller's book

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 it's on sale there in the foyer

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 Every Good Endeavour.

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 It's a great book

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 and if you want to read

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 more broadly

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 along the lines

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 of where we're trying to preach

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 that's a great book

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 and an accessible book

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 in terms of

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 not too hard to read.

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 But we're talking about

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 when work becomes

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 I'm talking about

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 when work becomes

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 the means

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 by which we try

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 to control our world.

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 In effect

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 when it becomes an idol

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 something we put ahead

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 of everything else

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 including God

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 and we look to it

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 to provide things

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 like inner comfort

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 and meaning

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 which only a living relationship

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 with the living God

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 can give us.

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 and it becomes

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 an idol

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 an idol is something

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 which enables us

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 to proudly assert

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 our independence

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 from God

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 and also

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 from one another.

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 In mere Christianity

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 C.S. Lewis says

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 now I want

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 what I want you

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 to get clear

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 is that pride

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 is essentially

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 competitive.

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 It's competitive

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 by its very nature.

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 Pride gets no pleasure

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 out of having something

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 only out of having

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 more of it

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 than the next person.

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 We say people

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 are proud of being rich

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 or clever

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 or good looking

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 but they're not.

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 They are proud

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 of being richer

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 or cleverer

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 or better looking

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 than others.

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 We're a lot like

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 Mr Burns

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 in Homer Simpson

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 Homer Simpson's boss

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 a man who lives

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 for wealth

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 and Homer says

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 to him

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 Mr Burns

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 you're the richest

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 man I know

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 and Burns

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 says yes

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 but I'd trade it

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 all for more.

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 And so

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 this race

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 to the top

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 never finishes

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 and you know

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 it's really easy

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 for us to sit here

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 we can take shots

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 at the rich

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 and those

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 who have wealth

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 and in some ways

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 they are an easy

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 target

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 and the Bible

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 uses them

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 as an example

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 of warning to us

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 that an idol

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 the love of money

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 the desire to get it

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 lies deep

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 within me

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 and you

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 we want

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 what they have

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 and work

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 loses its dignity

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 when we use it

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 as a tool

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 to live independently

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 of God

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 it's a distortion

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 it's what we do

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 when we pursue

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 wealth

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 or relationships

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 or our own

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 sense of self-esteem

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 ahead of our

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 pursuit of God

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 in other words

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 when we put

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 work

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 ahead of him

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 and I'm not

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 saying this morning

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 I don't want you

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 to hear this

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 to come back

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 and hide in church

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 and religious activity

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 I'm saying

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 let your faith

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 in Christ

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 permeate who you are

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 in the way

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 that you go

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 about your work

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 and live your life

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 and if your work

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 gets in the way

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 of your faith

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 it has become

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 distorted

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 and so

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 Ecclesiastes

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 chapter 2

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 verse 17

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 I want to read

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 some of those

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 verses again

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 I hated life

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 because the work

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 that is done

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 under the sun

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 was grievous

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 to me

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 all of it

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 is meaningless

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 a chasing

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 after the wind

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 I hated

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 all the things

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 I had toiled

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 for under the sun

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 because I must

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 leave them

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 to the one

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 who comes

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 after me

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 and who knows

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 whether he will

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 be a wise man

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 or a fool

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 and yet he will

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 have control

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 over all the work

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 into which I have

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 poured my effort

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 and skill

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 under the sun

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 this too

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 is meaningless

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 and so my heart

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 began to despair

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 over all my

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 toilsome labour

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 under the sun

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 for a man

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 may do his work

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 with wisdom

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 and knowledge

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 and skill

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 and then he must

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 leave it to others

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 leave all that he owns

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 to someone

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 who has not worked

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 for it

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 this too

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 is meaningless

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 and a great

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 misfortune

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 what does a man

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 get for all the

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 toil and anxious

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 striving

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 with which he

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 labours under the sun

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 all his days

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 his work

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 is pain

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 and grief

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 even at night

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 his mind

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 does not rest

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 this too

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 is meaningless

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 and it's sort of like

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 this is the ultimate

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 self-made man

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 he's made his money

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 by blood

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 and sweat

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 and hard work

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 toil

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 toil

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 grievous toil

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 that's been his lot

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 in life

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 he's lived under

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 the curse of Adam

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 in Genesis 3

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 he's worked hard

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 and he may have used

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 wisdom

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 and knowledge

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 and skill

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 verse 21

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 he's even had

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 sleepless nights

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 wrestling with work

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 related problems

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 ring a bell

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 when you're sitting

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 for exams

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 even at night

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 his mind

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 does not rest

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 and after a lifetime

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 of effort

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 he awakes

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 to the harsh

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 realisation

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 that he's going

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 to pass it on

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 and so in verse 18

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 he says

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 I must leave it

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 all to the one

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 who comes after me

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 and who knows

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 whether they're going

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 to be a brilliant

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 businessman

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 who will make it

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 all happen again

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 and continue

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 to grow the empire

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 or it may go

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 to a fool of a son

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 you know Luke 15

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 prodigal son stuff

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 and you can make

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 a will

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 but you can't

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 control things

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 once you're gone

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 wills can be

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 contested

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 the lawyers

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 will get a big

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 fee

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 won't you

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 the old saying

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 you can't take

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 it with you

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 verse 21

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 he must leave

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 all that he owns

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 to someone

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 who has not

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 worked for it

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 and he is

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 immensely frustrated

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 and in verse 17

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 I hated life

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 I hated all the

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 things I toiled

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 for

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 my heart

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 began to despair

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 meaningless

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 meaningless

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 meaningless

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 meaningless

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 four times

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 through these

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 verses

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 what's it all

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 for

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 a puff

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 a vapour

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 it's fleeting

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 what he means

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 by puff

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 put some air

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 in your cheeks

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 that's a puff

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 the fleetingness

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 of life

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 so this man

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 has been in

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 control of his

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 world

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 and his wealth

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 he's used his

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 work as a

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 journey to riches

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 he's busted

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 his guts

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 to increase

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 what he has

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 and his

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 conclusion

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 a puff

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 I live

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 for a puff

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 in Ecclesiastes 5

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 the teacher

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 wrestles with

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 other aspects

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 of money

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 and wealth

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 verse 8

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 chapter 5

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 if you see

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 the poor

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 oppressed

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 in a district

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 and justice

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 and rights

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 denied

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 do not be

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 surprised at

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 such things

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 for one

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 official is

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 eyed by a

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 higher one

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 and over

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 them both

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 are others

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 higher still

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 and the

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 increase

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 from the

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 land is

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 taken by

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 all

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 and the

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 king

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 himself

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 profits

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 from the

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 fields

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 and what

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 he does

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 is he

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 draws this

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 hierarchy

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 of society

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 and on the

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 bottom of the

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 heap

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 the poor

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 who are

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 oppressed

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 and the

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 measure of

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 oppression

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 is that

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 justice and

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 rights are

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 denied to

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 them

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 and they're

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 in this

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 state of

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 helplessness

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 and stuff

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 happens to

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 them and

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 they can't

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 prevent it

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 they don't

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 set the

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 taxes or

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 the prices

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 or they

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 don't make

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 the rules

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 but they

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 bear the

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 brunt of

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 them

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 and at the

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 top of the

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 heap is the

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 rich king

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 and in

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 between is a

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 hierarchy of

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 officials who

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 all get their

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 bit

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 it's a

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 description of

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 the world

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 that we know

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 we live like

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 kings

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 Sydney Morning

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 Herald this

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 week

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 millionaire

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 businessman

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 this is a

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 quote out of

00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:11.700
 the paper

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 millionaire

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 businessman

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 Geoffrey

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 Cousins who

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 is also a

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 Telstra

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 director

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 has criticised

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 the wealthy

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 families in

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 Australia who

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 try to avoid

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 paying their

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 fair share of

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 taxes

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 saying that

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 they need to

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 remember that

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 they have a

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 civic duty to

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 contribute to

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 society

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 all the evidence

00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:32.360
 would say that

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 the percentage of

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 wealth in the

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 world and

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 certainly in

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 western countries

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 is falling into

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 fewer and fewer

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 hands

00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.920
 Cousins said

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 if you don't

00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.120
 increase taxes on

00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.559
 the wealthy

00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:45.299
 inevitably people's

00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:46.100
 standard of living

00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:46.799
 is going to

00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.879
 decline and

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 governments are

00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:49.360
 going to find it

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 extremely difficult

00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.059
 to maintain

00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:52.679
 services let alone

00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.440
 improve them

00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.340
 Cousins has called

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 that perspective

00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.080
 unethical

00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:59.300
 saying the

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 well-off have a

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 duty to contribute

00:14:01.160 --> 00:14:02.100
 to society

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.660
 in a reasonable

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 way

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 the idea that if

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 you somehow

00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:08.740
 can somehow avoid

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 paying tax

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 then you ought to

00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:11.360
 take that

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.040
 opportunity

00:14:12.040 --> 00:14:13.300
 I don't agree with

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 that at all

00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.180
 he said

00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:16.180
 the law is the

00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.240
 base level of

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:18.200
 behaviour and I

00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.140
 find it very

00:14:19.140 --> 00:14:19.660
 depressing

00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:21.339
 when people say

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 well it's legal

00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:23.559
 therefore it's

00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:23.980
 fine

00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:27.079
 see

00:14:27.079 --> 00:14:28.439
 people of

00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:29.519
 immense privilege

00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.360
 and power sit

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:30.980
 on top of the

00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.480
 tree with

00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.439
 multi layers of

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:33.219
 officials under

00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.860
 them that was

00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.399
 the world

00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:36.539
 2500 years ago

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.279
 it's the world

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.799
 today

00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.679
 and not just

00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.240
 Australia

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.240
 and some of us

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:44.879
 want to climb

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.500
 that pyramid

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:47.339
 that's what we're

00:14:47.339 --> 00:14:48.339
 trying to do

00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:51.660
 and if you

00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:52.280
 don't want to

00:14:52.280 --> 00:14:52.780
 climb the

00:14:52.780 --> 00:14:53.500
 pyramid you

00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:53.920
 want your

00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.700
 children or

00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.379
 your grandchildren

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.420
 to climb that

00:14:56.420 --> 00:14:56.820
 pyramid

00:14:56.820 --> 00:15:01.800
 or if you're a

00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:02.399
 child or a

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.160
 grandchild you

00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:04.080
 feel the pressure

00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:05.300
 of mum and dad

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:06.060
 wanting you to

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:07.440
 do those things

00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.960
 and it's really

00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.900
 interesting because

00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:13.700
 he doesn't say

00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:14.340
 meaningless

00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:17.800
 he's really saying

00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.639
 that this is part

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.439
 of the framework

00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:20.259
 of the broken

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.000
 world in which

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.679
 we live

00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:23.299
 it is the

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:24.039
 state of

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.659
 things and

00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.179
 it's not

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.699
 meaningless

00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:29.539
 but the next

00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:30.259
 bit is

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.939
 verses 10

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.319
 and 11

00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:31.740
 this is

00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:33.139
 chapter 5

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:33.919
 Ecclesiastes

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.159
 whoever loves

00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.719
 money never

00:15:36.719 --> 00:15:37.599
 has money

00:15:37.599 --> 00:15:38.099
 enough

00:15:38.099 --> 00:15:40.319
 whoever loves

00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:40.879
 wealth is

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.759
 never satisfied

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.279
 with his

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 income

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:44.819
 this too is

00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.339
 meaningless

00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:47.259
 as goods

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:48.399
 increase so

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:48.959
 do those who

00:15:48.959 --> 00:15:49.679
 consume them

00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.299
 and what

00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:52.179
 benefit are they

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.779
 to the owner

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.479
 except to

00:15:53.479 --> 00:15:54.240
 feast his eyes

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.759
 on them

00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.120
 he's got a

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.699
 house full of

00:15:56.699 --> 00:15:57.240
 appliances

00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.519
 never enough

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.539
 never satisfied

00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:04.559
 and the more

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.379
 stuff you've got

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.079
 the less time

00:16:06.079 --> 00:16:06.500
 you have to

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.179
 look at it

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:08.019
 let alone

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.699
 use it

00:16:08.699 --> 00:16:09.899
 isn't that

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.399
 the truth

00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:14.460
 we have a

00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.259
 big throw out

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.919
 just prior to

00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:16.220
 Christmas

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:17.779
 we're doing it

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 at the moment

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 aren't we

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 it's um

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 what is it

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 council collection

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.579
 at the moment

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 look what goes

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 out on the

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 street

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 and some of

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 you got wives

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 or husbands

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 who pick it

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 up

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 but there's

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 some great

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 stuff

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 I visited

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 a house

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 the other

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.419
 day where

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 the front

00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.339
 veranda was

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 full of it

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 the person

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 warned me

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 before I

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 came

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 they said

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 you won't

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 believe my

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 place

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 and I

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 said oh

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 you're just

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 being the

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 woman who

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 says the

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 minister's

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 coming and

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 therefore you've

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 got to have

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 it all cleaned

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 before you

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 arrive

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 I'm used to

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 that

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 and she

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 said no

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 you won't

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 believe it

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 and she

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 was right

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 veranda

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 front room

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 then out the

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 back door

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 the entire

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 backyard

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 was full

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 of the

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 stuff that

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 had been

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 accumulated

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 on council

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 cleanups

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 and was

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 in your

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 water

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.880
 so it

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 could be

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 sold on

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 gum tree

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 and that

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 was before

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 you got

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 into the

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 double

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.700
 garage

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.140
 which was

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 full of

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 the good

00:17:11.820 --> 00:17:12.240
 stuff

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 unbelievable

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 I hardly

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 ever talk

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.340
 to a person

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 around here

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.360
 who tells

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 me they're

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 rich or

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 wealthy

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 we live

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 in a very

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 affluent

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 area of

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 Sydney

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.360
 where our

00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:26.740
 homes are

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.340
 worth anything

00:17:27.340 --> 00:17:27.900
 from a million

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.500
 dollars up

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 overseas

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.140
 trips are

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 commonplace

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.180
 private

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.619
 schooling

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.400
 has almost

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 been the

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 norm

00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.559
 in the

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 past

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.279
 anyway

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 some of

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.240
 us have

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.700
 investment

00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:38.279
 properties

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.039
 we have

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 the shopping

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.000
 centre on

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.619
 our doorstep

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.039
 that draws

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.619
 most people

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:41.940
 from the

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 north shore

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:42.779
 of Sydney

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:45.579
 nobody says

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.140
 they're rich

00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:50.000
 and strangely

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.680
 many of us

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.200
 feel like we

00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:51.579
 don't have

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 enough

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:55.019
 we'd like

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.859
 more security

00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.859
 a little

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.679
 more wealth

00:17:57.679 --> 00:17:59.699
 we aren't

00:17:59.699 --> 00:18:00.579
 satisfied with

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.259
 our incomes

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.619
 and our

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.159
 lifestyle

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.659
 we would

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.619
 still like

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.459
 more

00:18:04.459 --> 00:18:07.279
 I would

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.479
 I know a few

00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:11.000
 more things

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.479
 that I would

00:18:11.479 --> 00:18:11.979
 like to have

00:18:11.979 --> 00:18:12.379
 in place

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:13.039
 financially

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:16.819
 but never

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.359
 enough

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:19.039
 never satisfied

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:20.119
 not content

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.859
 we are much

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.619
 higher up the

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.680
 pyramid than

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.579
 many people in

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.259
 Australia and

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:25.839
 certainly the

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.240
 world

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:29.819
 can you imagine

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.279
 going to a

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.759
 dinner party

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.319
 around here

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.880
 and one of

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.279
 the guests

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.660
 says

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.380
 you're

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:35.660
 sipping

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.440
 I don't

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.660
 know what

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:36.980
 you sip

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.359
 around the

00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:37.819
 pool at a

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.400
 dinner party

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:38.799
 or around the

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 table

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:44.099
 and one of

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.400
 the guests

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.740
 says I

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.079
 think I

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.460
 could live

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:45.859
 on a lot

00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.440
 less and be

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.960
 satisfied

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:48.980
 I don't

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.400
 need all

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:49.839
 I've got

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:52.700
 I could

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.359
 really enjoy

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.200
 benefiting others

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.599
 with my

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:54.940
 wealth

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:57.019
 I'd love

00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.519
 to give a

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.940
 significant

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.559
 amount to

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:58.900
 the building

00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.620
 development at

00:18:59.620 --> 00:18:59.880
 church

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.519
 I'm thinking

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.460
 giving 60%

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.880
 of what I've

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.160
 got to

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.460
 mission

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:05.539
 I really

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.019
 don't think

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.440
 it's great

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.039
 for my kids

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.640
 to be given

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.660
 everything

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:14.480
 but our

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.900
 greed is

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.539
 insatiable

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.080
 the more we

00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:16.740
 have the more

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.320
 our appetite

00:19:17.320 --> 00:19:18.019
 for more

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.799
 and it

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.320
 consumes

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:19.779
 and it

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.580
 destroys us

00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:23.220
 and our

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.759
 lives are

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.440
 described by

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.100
 this passage

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:25.759
 verse 12

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.279
 the abundance

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.880
 of a rich

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.519
 man permits

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.000
 him no

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.420
 sleep

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:30.279
 the labourer

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.160
 sleeps

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.019
 sweetly

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:34.019
 verse 13

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.779
 wealth is

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.380
 hoarded to

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.000
 the harm of

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.480
 the owner

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.279
 verse 14

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.840
 wealth is

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.460
 swept away

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.320
 by misfortune

00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:40.759
 I've heard

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.519
 many stories

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.080
 of people

00:19:42.080 --> 00:19:42.920
 losing

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.700
 everything

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:46.580
 and the

00:19:46.580 --> 00:19:47.299
 rich man

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.620
 eats in

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.180
 darkness

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.980
 with great

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.860
 frustration

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:53.079
 affliction

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.399
 and anger

00:19:54.399 --> 00:19:57.279
 he's

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.659
 entered the

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:57.899
 world

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.519
 with zip

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.339
 and he

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.759
 exits

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.199
 with a

00:20:00.199 --> 00:20:00.479
 big

00:20:00.479 --> 00:20:00.979
 fat

00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:01.740
 zilch

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:05.740
 so the

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.459
 writer declares

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.099
 the barrenness

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:07.519
 of life

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.899
 live for

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.179
 money

00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.899
 and possessions

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.679
 and wealth

00:20:09.679 --> 00:20:11.579
 hopeless

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.339
 things to put

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.819
 in the place

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.259
 of God

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:15.940
 and if that

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:16.400
 is what you

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.940
 live for

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.379
 you live

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.779
 for a

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.220
 distorted

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.839
 reality

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.240
 they don't

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.819
 journey with

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.119
 us and

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.759
 protect us

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.119
 in the

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.680
 afterlife

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:25.240
 they give

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.819
 us grief

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.400
 and misery

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.000
 in this

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.460
 life

00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.940
 it robs

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.339
 us of

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.700
 sleep

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.200
 it brings

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.680
 harm to

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.119
 the owner

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.599
 it can be

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.200
 swept away

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.140
 in circumstances

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.819
 which we do

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.660
 not control

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.720
 a life

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.019
 never

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.720
 satisfied

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.220
 always

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.600
 wanting

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:37.920
 more

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.560
 and unable

00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:39.120
 to cry

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.720
 enough

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:43.440
 and the

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.980
 New Testament

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.900
 is completely

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.440
 in agreement

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.820
 with the

00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.120
 wisdom

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.340
 of

00:20:46.340 --> 00:20:47.080
 Ecclesiastes

00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:47.600
 in Luke

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:47.940
 12

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.300
 Jesus

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.840
 told the

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.120
 story

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.340
 of the

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.580
 rich

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.060
 farmer

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:51.240
 huge

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.759
 harvest

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.160
 what shall

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.580
 I do

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.000
 with such

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.660
 great wealth

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.400
 such wonderful

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.160
 success

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.100
 I'll pull

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.560
 down the

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.259
 old barns

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.759
 I'll build

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.420
 bigger ones

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.820
 I'll say

00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:00.340
 to myself

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:01.060
 take life

00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:01.360
 easy

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:01.880
 settle

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.340
 back

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.920
 eat

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.380
 drink

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.080
 be merry

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.779
 human

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.359
 perspective

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.779
 he'd

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.139
 made

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.379
 it

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.879
 he

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.240
 thought

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.460
 his

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.779
 idol

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.299
 secured

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.559
 his

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.939
 future

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.319
 to the

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.539
 end

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.679
 of

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.179
 retirement

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.720
 and

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.039
 God

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.439
 says

00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:11.899
 fool

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:14.240
 this

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.639
 very

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:14.960
 night

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.139
 your

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:15.439
 life

00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:15.599
 will

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:15.759
 be

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.159
 demanded

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 of

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 you

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 and

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:16.919
 who

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 will

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 get

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.480
 what

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.619
 you

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:17.799
 have

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.179
 prepared

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:18.379
 for

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:18.899
 yourself

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:20.919
 his

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.279
 wealth

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.460
 is

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.740
 about

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:21.960
 to

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 pass

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 out

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.599
 of

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:22.759
 his

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.220
 control

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.439
 and

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:23.720
 beyond

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.000
 his

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.480
 reach

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.799
 and

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.199
 Jesus

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:27.619
 said

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.879
 this

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 is

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.240
 how

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.359
 it

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.460
 will

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 be

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:28.839
 with

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 anyone

00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.480
 who

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.859
 stores

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.099
 up

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.460
 things

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.659
 for

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.139
 himself

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.819
 but

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.000
 who

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.200
 is

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.460
 not

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.740
 rich

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.180
 towards

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 God

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:36.799
 Jesus

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.279
 calls

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.460
 us

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.720
 away

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:37.920
 from

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.099
 our

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.380
 wealth

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.539
 and

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.960
 possessions

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.259
 and

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.519
 calls

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.660
 us

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:39.819
 to

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 trust

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 him

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:42.579
 to

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:42.859
 set

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.119
 good

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.619
 practices

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.079
 now

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:45.039
 to

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 work

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.500
 not

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.759
 just

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:45.940
 for

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.339
 ourselves

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.559
 but

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:46.759
 for

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.160
 others

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:49.019
 the

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.220
 New

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.579
 Testament

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.039
 teaches

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.779
 generosity

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.019
 a

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 friend

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.319
 of

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 mine

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.000
 used

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 to

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 get

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 $40

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.200
 a

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 week

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.940
 at

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 Maccas

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 and

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.019
 he

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 gave

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 $8

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.180
 a

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.400
 week

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.720
 to

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 Christian

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 work

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 20%

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 $8

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 not

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.019
 a

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.180
 big

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.480
 deal

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.680
 income

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 $40

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.299
 20%

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.740
 not

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:04.860
 a

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.099
 bad

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.620
 effort

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.839
 in

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.079
 my

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.299
 view

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:10.099
 but

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.259
 you

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.400
 know

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.559
 when

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.640
 he

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:10.779
 was

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.059
 getting

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.539
 $30

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.819
 grand

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.000
 a

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.299
 year

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.779
 it

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:13.980
 was

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.220
 no

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 big

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.759
 deal

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:14.960
 to

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.160
 give

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.519
 $6

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.920
 thousand

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.420
 a

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.720
 year

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:18.200
 why

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.120
 because

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.299
 he

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.539
 set

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.799
 good

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.279
 practices

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.779
 when

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:21.880
 he

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.059
 didn't

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.240
 have

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.460
 very

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 much

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:27.000
 so

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.220
 how

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.460
 then

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.640
 shall

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:27.799
 we

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.180
 live

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.779
 the

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.039
 writer

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.380
 comes

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.539
 to

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.779
 very

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.140
 similar

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.759
 conclusions

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.240
 about

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.000
 that

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.180
 at

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.420
 both

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 the

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:32.779
 end

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:32.920
 of

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.180
 chapter

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.640
 2

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.119
 and

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.379
 the

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.519
 end

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.640
 of

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:34.879
 chapter

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.379
 5

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.720
 and

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:36.819
 he

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.019
 says

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.240
 almost

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.500
 the

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.680
 same

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:37.900
 thing

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.039
 in

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.259
 both

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.680
 places

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:38.920
 let's

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 read

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.319
 chapter

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.640
 5

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:39.980
 again

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.339
 verse

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.759
 18

00:22:40.759 --> 00:23:10.759


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 and

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 so

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.160
 and

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.400
 and

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.960
 gratitude

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:46.640
 being

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.140
 grateful

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.359
 for

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.500
 the

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.819
 small

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.200
 things

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.379
 the

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.640
 things

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:48.779
 that

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:48.900
 we

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.180
 take

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.359
 for

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.680
 granted

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:51.140
 I

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.339
 grew

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.519
 up

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.599
 in

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:51.720
 a

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.000
 family

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.220
 where

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.359
 we

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.579
 didn't

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.779
 say

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.099
 grace

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.279
 at

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.559
 meals

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.779
 it

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:53.980
 wasn't

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.099
 a

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.480
 religious

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.019
 family

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.240
 I

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.519
 still

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.839
 don't

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.079
 think

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.279
 that

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.519
 it's

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.660
 an

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.200
 essential

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.519
 thing

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:58.660
 to

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:58.839
 do

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.119
 something

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.359
 that

00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.519
 you

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.920
 must

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.180
 do

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.319
 as

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.440
 a

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.819
 Christian

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:03.640
 but

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.000
 what a

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.400
 wonderful

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.000
 moment

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.279
 to

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.740
 stop

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.879
 as a

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.259
 family

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.579
 three

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.980
 times

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.140
 a

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.420
 day

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.819
 and

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.119
 say

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.739
 thank you

00:24:09.739 --> 00:24:10.039
 God

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.079
 thank you

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.519
 for this

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.839
 meal

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.119
 which

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.679
 sustains

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:13.859
 us

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.219
 thank you

00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:14.579
 for this

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.899
 food

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.159
 which

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.379
 I

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.779
 enjoy

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.559
 thank you

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.919
 for what

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.299
 you have

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.659
 given

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.479
 from your

00:24:18.479 --> 00:24:18.879
 hand

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.699
 even if

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:20.919
 it's

00:24:20.919 --> 00:24:21.159
 tuna

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.619
 or salmon

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.099
 or something

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.739
 other yucky

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.299
 such

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.819
 substance

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:26.779
 it's

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.319
 gratitude

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.859
 but

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.299
 gratitude

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.859
 also

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.479
 reflects

00:24:29.479 --> 00:24:30.139
 dependence

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:31.899
 the

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.279
 person

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.539
 who

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.859
 bows

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.219
 before

00:24:33.219 --> 00:24:33.599
 God

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.759
 and

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.359
 acknowledges

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.579
 that

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:34.899
 life

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.079
 is

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.279
 not

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.459
 our

00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:35.759
 own

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.839
 it's

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.079
 given

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.519
 to us

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.719
 from

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:37.879
 the

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.159
 gracious

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.539
 hand

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.699
 of

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:38.919
 God

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.080
 who

00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:39.539
 provides

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.820
 for

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.100
 us

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:42.000
 what

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.180
 we

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.660
 consume

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:42.820
 in

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:42.940
 the

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.160
 work

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.320
 that

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.480
 we

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.860
 do

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:45.279
 is

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.500
 for

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.700
 a

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:45.980
 wise

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.460
 person

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.840
 something

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.100
 that

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.259
 is

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.539
 given

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.820
 from

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.279
 God's

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.539
 hand

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.700
 it

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:48.860
 is

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.360
 God's

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.740
 gift

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.500
 and

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.660
 so

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:51.920
 there's

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.160
 no

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.500
 such

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.800
 thing

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:52.960
 as

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.140
 a

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.400
 self

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.779
 made

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.060
 man

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.200
 or

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.360
 a

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.620
 self

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:54.940
 made

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.240
 woman

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.700
 every

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.080
 breath

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.320
 we

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.740
 take

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.620
 is

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.800
 at

00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:57.980
 the

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.360
 pleasure

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.259
 and

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.420
 the

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.940
 discretion

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.240
 of

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.539
 God

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:02.740
 and

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:02.920
 we're

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.100
 not

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.539
 dependent

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.779
 on

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.140
 ourselves

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.660
 we are

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.039
 dependent

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.360
 on

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.620
 God

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:05.920
 for

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.460
 everything

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:09.500
 and so

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.920
 enjoy

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.160
 with

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 gratitude

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 what

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 God

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 has

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 given

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 you

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 humbly

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 acknowledge

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 the immense

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.579
 reality

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.220
 that God

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 rules

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 his world

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 and controls

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.940
 these things

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 we don't

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 have

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.819
 a lovely

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 little

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.399
 story

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 in one

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:22.859
 of the

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 books

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 I

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 read

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 as I

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 prepared

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 this

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.439
 message

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 and it's

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 a radio

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 conversation

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 on US

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 Navy

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.939
 radio

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 two

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 people

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 speaking

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 to one

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 another

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 and the

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.500
 first voice

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 says

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 please

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 divert

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 your

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.039
 course

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 15

00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.379
 degrees

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 to the

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 north

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.839
 to avoid

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.379
 collision

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:45.339
 please

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.819
 divert

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.079
 your

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.419
 course

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.899
 15

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.339
 degrees

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 to the

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 south

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.839
 to avoid

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 collision

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 this is

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.880
 the

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.280
 captain

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:53.980
 of a

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.340
 US

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.720
 Navy

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.120
 ship

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 I say

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.000
 again

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.460
 divert

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.720
 your

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.280
 course

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:58.759
 no

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.560
 I say

00:25:59.560 --> 00:25:59.880
 again

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 divert

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.620
 your

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.160
 course

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.340
 this is

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.519
 the

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.960
 aircraft

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.380
 carrier

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.000
 enterprise

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.360
 we are

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.900
 a large

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.440
 warship

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.780
 of the

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.100
 US

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.440
 Navy

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.960
 divert

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.220
 your

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.540
 course

00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:08.000
 now

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.080
 this

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.240
 is

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.420
 a

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.940
 lighthouse

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.500
 your

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.100
 call

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:17.420
 see

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.759
 when we

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.180
 work for

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.500
 wealth

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.680
 it

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.080
 creates

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.619
 an illusion

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.119
 that makes

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.500
 us think

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 we're

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 big

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 and

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 powerful

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:23.059
 it's

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.240
 this

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.579
 idol

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.980
 that we

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.279
 throw

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.759
 ourselves

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.099
 at the

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.419
 feet

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.599
 of

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 and we

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 worship

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:26.939
 and serve

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.419
 with all

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.639
 our

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:27.980
 might

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.519
 and power

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.319
 and this

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.699
 good

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.079
 God

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.399
 given

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.740
 gift

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:30.980
 is

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.539
 distorted

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:34.039
 and the

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.500
 writer of

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.179
 Ecclesiastes

00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.579
 does an

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:35.879
 absolute

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.539
 demolition

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.059
 job on

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.240
 its

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.579
 power

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.059
 it robs

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.339
 you of

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.599
 sleep

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 it robs

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.339
 you of

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.559
 joy

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.899
 it does

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.319
 not bring

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.960
 contentment

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.619
 you leave

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:41.939
 it to

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.199
 fools

00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.699
 it saps

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.319
 your energy

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.199
 it takes

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.500
 away

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.000
 gratitude

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.480
 and you're

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.879
 gone

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:47.980
 and with a

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.500
 friend like

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.860
 that who

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.200
 needs

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.620
 enemies

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:51.660
 and the

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.200
 New Testament

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.100
 picks up on this

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.720
 teaching from

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.460
 Ecclesiastes

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.500
 the Apostle Paul

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.400
 writes to his

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.100
 young protege

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.520
 Timothy

00:26:57.520 --> 00:26:58.140
 he says

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.300
 godliness with

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.240
 contentment is

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.100
 great gain

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:02.539
 we brought

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.219
 nothing into

00:27:03.219 --> 00:27:03.579
 the world

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.139
 we can take

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.740
 nothing out

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.099
 of it

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.359
 if we have

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.000
 food and

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.439
 clothing

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.179
 we will be

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.919
 content with

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.279
 that

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:11.179
 people who

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.619
 want to get

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.159
 rich fall

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:13.039
 into temptation

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.859
 and a trap

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.879
 and into many

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.599
 foolish and

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.559
 harmful desires

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.240
 that plunge

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.199
 people into

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.959
 ruin and

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.519
 destruction

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.379
 for the love

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.859
 of money

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.779
 is a root

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.759
 of all kinds

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.279
 of evil

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.759
 some people

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.639
 eager for money

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.559
 have wandered

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.279
 from the faith

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.240
 and pierced

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.719
 themselves

00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:30.279
 with many

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.079
 griefs

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.659
 Jesus said

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.219
 in the sermon

00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:33.759
 on the mount

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.619
 do not worry

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.279
 saying what

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.980
 shall we eat

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.439
 or what

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:37.219
 shall we drink

00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:38.079
 or what

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.000
 shall we wear

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.399
 for the pagans

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.279
 run after all

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.879
 these things

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.459
 and your heavenly

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.319
 father knows

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.959
 that you need

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.299
 them

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:46.719
 but seek first

00:27:46.719 --> 00:27:47.379
 his kingdom

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.879
 and his

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.480
 righteousness

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.059
 and all these

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.719
 things will be

00:27:50.719 --> 00:27:51.399
 given to you

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.899
 as well

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:53.539
 therefore do not

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.119
 worry about

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.799
 tomorrow for

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.639
 tomorrow will

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.279
 worry about

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.759
 itself

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.899
 each day has

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.779
 enough trouble

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.559
 of its own

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:01.839
 it's a call

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.740
 to contentment

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.879
 and dependence

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.480
 our work is a

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.019
 God given

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.460
 gift

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.059
 it's what he

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.619
 calls us

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:07.940
 to

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.460
 God knows

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.779
 that we

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.220
 need to

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.759
 eat and

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.259
 drink and

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.940
 be clothed

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.679
 and be housed

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.720
 but there is

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.240
 something that

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.940
 matters even

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.379
 more

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.720
 seek first his

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.579
 kingdom and his

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.539
 righteousness and

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.379
 all these things

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.980
 will be added

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:22.399
 I could apply

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.220
 this message by

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.899
 telling you to

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.779
 do all sorts of

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.379
 things with your

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.200
 wealth to

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.119
 benefit God's

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.700
 kingdom but I

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.299
 don't want to do

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.080
 that this morning

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:31.580
 this passage calls

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.880
 us to choose

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.400
 between two

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.600
 mighty objects

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.240
 of worship

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.100
 two different

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:40.279
 objects as we

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.940
 go about our

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.140
 work to choose

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.059
 today who we

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.360
 will serve who

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.660
 who we trust who

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:48.000
 we depend on who

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.920
 we work for

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:51.559
 true story

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.319
 Josh Short's

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.700
 dad one of

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.600
 our you know

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.319
 Josh one of

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.900
 our student

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:59.240
 ministers his

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.280
 dad ministers in

00:29:00.280 --> 00:29:02.060
 Canada and he

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.980
 says the culture

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.019
 in Canada at

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.440
 funerals in the

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.500
 eulogy is to

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.680
 detail a person's

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:09.160
 material successes

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.440
 it's like Ray's

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.280
 funeral on Thursday

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.980
 if we'd read out

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.660
 all the things he

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.220
 owned and all the

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.000
 things he possessed

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.980
 and he said

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.940
 his dad's

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.840
 Josh's dad said

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.380
 a friend of his

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.240
 was taking a funeral

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.519
 one day and he

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.200
 read the man's

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.120
 achievements and he

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.100
 read all the things

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.800
 that he owned and

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.600
 then he stood beside

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.360
 the casket he

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.139
 crumpled the piece

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:28.019
 of paper and he

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.979
 let it fall to the

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:31.000
 floor and he said

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.039
 and what good is it

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.839
 to him now

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:37.240
 a puff

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.079
 we can leave life

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.539
 live we can leave

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.299
 life with the

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.479
 illusion of success

00:29:44.479 --> 00:29:45.719
 but reality will be

00:29:45.719 --> 00:29:46.679
 concerned when we

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.279
 run into the

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.139
 lighthouse who is

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.619
 our maker

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:51.619
 we all know what it

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.879
 is to exercise faith

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.779
 and trust and

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:55.599
 dependence but what

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.819
 is it in the God

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.399
 who is never

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.679
 satisfied who robs

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.559
 us of sleep and

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.699
 contentment and joy

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.939
 and who can

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:04.179
 malevolently take it

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.099
 all in a moment and

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:07.919
 does when we die or

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.959
 the God and father of

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:10.139
 our Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:11.819
 who loves us who

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.779
 knows our basic

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:14.319
 needs who promises

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.819
 to provide who

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.740
 gives us sweet

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.220
 sleep and contentment

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.480
 as we trust in him

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.259
 who is able to bring

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.700
 us to rich and

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.819
 everlasting life deal

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:27.220
 or no deal who do

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