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 It's great to be with you again.

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 My name is John Lau.

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 I'm one of the interns here.

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 We're in our second talk in the Book of Ruth.

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 Last week, Steve, our senior minister,

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 pointed out as Bethlehem, God's promised land,

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 meaning the house of bread,

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 suffered famine because they disobeyed God.

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 A family went to Moab.

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 They were planning to stay there for only a short while.

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 But ended up staying for 10 years

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 with their husband and the two sons died.

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 Naomi, with her daughter-in-law, Ruth,

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 had now come back to Bethlehem

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 to be a refugee in her own country.

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 They came back for a better life,

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 looking for a place where they can have security,

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 sympathy, and support.

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 They found out that God knew they needed more than that,

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 more than just a temporary refuge,

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 and have a permanent refuge prepared for them in Boax.

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 God also knew what we need in our life

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 and has given us Jesus as a permanent refuge for us.

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 Please have your Bible open to Ruth chapter 2.

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 If you have access to our app,

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 there will be an outline in there with my three points today,

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 which is the refugees, the rich man, and the refuge.

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 Naomi and Ruth came back to Bethlehem.

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 The whole town was stirred because of them.

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 The people welcomed them with a homecoming party,

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 and the next day, Ruth said to Naomi in verse 2,

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 Let me go to the field and pick up the leftovers.

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 Leftover grain behind anyone whose eyes I find favor.

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 I wonder where she got those ideas from,

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 because she was referring to a system that God has set up

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 to take care of all people in Leviticus,

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 a system where during harvest,

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 the harvester is not to go back to the field again.

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 They are to leave leftovers for the poor and the foreigner.

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 Maybe it was during the welcoming party

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 that they had talked about it.

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 Here and there is a system,

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 but not confident about how it worked

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 and not sure it was true or not.

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 What would be the best action that Ruth can take?

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 She got up and went out to try to find the answers.

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 Last week, we saw Ruth's faithfulness shown through her loyalty to Naomi.

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 This week, we will see a few more qualities of Ruth's faith.

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 Firstly, she has a tried and tested faith.

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 Faith is being sure of what we hope for

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 and certain of what we do not see.

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 Ruth's faith is a willingness to take a step into the unknown,

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 even into what is seemingly dangerous and futile.

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 Ruth could have been harmed, as Naomi later told us.

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 But she went.

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 Based on what she heard,

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 Naomi did the same last week in Chapter 1,

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 heading back to Bethlehem,

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 based on hearing some good news.

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 Most refugees also left because of some good news.

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 They went to a foreign place,

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 hoping for a better life,

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 somewhat wild thing for their lives.

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 Based on the information about what God had promised all people,

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 Ruth went out looking for a way to sustain herself and Naomi.

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 Had you stepped out into the unknown,

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 into uncertainty, hoping for a better life?

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 What was the promise that you were holding on to

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 or trying to test out?

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 How do you feel each step of the way?

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 Let's see what happened to Ruth.

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 She went to a field,

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 and that very first field belongs to her relative, Boax.

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 She asked the overseer to let her glean

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 and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.

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 And they let her.

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 As she said to Naomi,

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 she asked to follow along with the harvester.

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 The system that God had set up

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 was for the poor and foreigner

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 to wait until the harvester finished for the day,

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 then they can pick up the leftovers.

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 But she seems to be doing all she can do

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 to get to the best position,

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 not waiting for the end of the day.

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 Maybe her survival instinct kicks in.

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 I believe trying to get to the best position

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 is why so many refugees and their children

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 do better in life in a new country.

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 They knew what it means to survive,

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 and they were willing to try.

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 They were willing to ask questions

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 that seem to be opportunistic

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 or even offensive sometimes.

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 If you want to be safe

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 or stay alive,

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 physically,

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 but more importantly spiritually,

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 we need to be sure

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 that we are on the right way

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 and the best way that we can get there

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 and to ask questions and investigate.

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 God did not just put her

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 in the right field at the first try.

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 God put her in the best field,

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 experiencing his full kindness.

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 Boaz allowed her to stay

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 and get enough to take care of herself and Naomi.

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 He did not rebuild the overseers

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 and stop her from falling behind the harvester.

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 Instead, he had a conversation with her

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 that offered more than food for survival.

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 He offered what a refugee would want,

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 security,

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 a chance to improve herself,

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 recognition and approval,

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 and most importantly, a refuge.

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 God knows we need those things,

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 and he used Boaz

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 to give them to Ruth.

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 In verse 10,

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 at this,

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 she bowed down with her face to the ground.

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 She asked him,

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 why have I found such favor in your eyes

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 that you notice me,

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 a foreigner?

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 He explained it was because

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 of the great things you had done for Naomi.

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 He finished by saying in verse 12,

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 may the Lord repay you

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 for what you have done.

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 may you be richly rewarded by the Lord,

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 the God of Israel,

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 under whose wings

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 you have come to take refuge.

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 Then she replied,

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 saying in verse 13,

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 may I continue to find favor

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 in your eyes,

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 my Lord.

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 You have put me at ease

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 by speaking kindly to your servant,

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 though I do not have the standing

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 of your servants.

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 He just gave her a high praise.

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 Instead of thinking of how great

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 and worthy she is,

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 not patting her on back

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 for how much she had sacrificed for Naomi,

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 Ruth acknowledged

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 instead that

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 Boaz

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 and the God of Israel

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 were far more important

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 and far more significant.

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 That brings me

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 to the second quality

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 that I want to highlight,

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 is Ruth has a humble

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 and realistic faith.

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 She was humble

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 because she acknowledged

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 that there was someone

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 more significant

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 than herself.

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 Ruth accepted her status

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 as a foreigner

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 or a servant

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 who needed mercy

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 from others.

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 No matter how

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 great her achievement was,

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 she knew

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 how she stands

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 with others

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 and with God,

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 the ultimate provider.

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 Ruth has an

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 other-centered heart

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 that keeps her humble.

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 Knowing what she did

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 for her mother-in-law

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 was approved

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 by everyone,

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 but approval

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 is not worth

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 her motivation.

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 She did it

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 out of deep concern

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 and deep care

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 for Naomi.

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 And her faith

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 was realistic

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 because Ruth

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 gave Naomi

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 the leftover

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 after she had

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 eaten enough.

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 She did not

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 let herself

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 go hungry

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 and unable to work.

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 She ate as much

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 as she needed

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 to keep working.

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 And at the end

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 of the day,

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 she collected

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 a ether,

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 which is

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 13 kilograms

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 of grain.

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 Ruth went out

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 to confirm

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 whether what she

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 heard about God

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 was real.

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 She came back

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 with food

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 and a promise

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 from Boax.

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 God gave her

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 something

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 substantial

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 and tangible

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 to hold on to

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 when she set out

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 to find out

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 if what people

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 said about God

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 was real.

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 God gave her

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 certainty

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 in things

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 that she could

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 not see,

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 not just

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 for herself.

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 God guided

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 Ruth to

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 experience

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 his blessing

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 and through

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 her

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 brought his

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 blessing

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 to Naomi.

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 Often,

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 when someone

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 stepped out

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 in faith,

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 it would end

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 up not just

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 that person

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 got to

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 experience

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 the greatness

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 of God.

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 they would

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 bring blessing

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 to those

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 that needed

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 the reassurance

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 from God

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 more than

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 them.

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 As Ruth

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 went out,

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 she got to

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 experience

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 God's word

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 come true

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 because God

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 put her

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 where she

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 needed to

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 be.

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 But what

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 about the

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 other refugees?

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 The other

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 refugee in the

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 story was

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 Naomi.

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 Back in

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 verse 2,

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 when she

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 told Ruth,

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 go ahead,

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 my daughter.

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 did she

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 intend to

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 join her?

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 We could

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 not be

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 sure of

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 the reason

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 or the

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 reason why

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 she did

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 not,

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 but we

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 knew she

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 stayed at

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 home.

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 Ruth

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 had such

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 a great

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 experience

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 by going

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 and God

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 blessed her

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 tremendously.

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 Naomi did

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 not go,

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 but God

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 still can

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 bless her.

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 God still

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 can confirm

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 what she

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 believed

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 about him.

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 Naomi

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 needed to

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 restart

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 on her

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 faith

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 journey

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 after a

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 series

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 of

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 family

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 tragedies.

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 God

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 used a

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 different

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 way

00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:09.919
 to

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 open

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 her

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 eyes

00:11:10.739 --> 00:11:11.199
 to

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 his

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 merciful

00:11:11.859 --> 00:11:12.539
 purpose.

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 As if

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 God

00:11:14.479 --> 00:11:14.959
 is saying,

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 even if

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 you don't

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 leave the

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 house,

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 I will

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 bring you

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 the proof

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 that I

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 am who

00:11:20.839 --> 00:11:21.299
 you have

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 always

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 believed

00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:22.979
 me to

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 be.

00:11:24.959 --> 00:11:25.519
 When

00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.039
 she saw

00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:26.879
 Ruth with

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 the grain

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 in verse

00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:28.639
 20,

00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:29.579
 she said,

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 Naomi's

00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:39.279
 faith

00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:39.839
 towards

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 God

00:11:40.319 --> 00:11:40.719
 had a

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 jump

00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:41.339
 start.

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 It was

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 dead and

00:11:44.620 --> 00:11:45.099
 had become

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 back to

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 life again.

00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:47.739
 She saw

00:11:47.739 --> 00:11:48.239
 the mercy

00:11:48.239 --> 00:11:48.839
 of God

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 because of

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 Ruth.

00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:51.819
 She was

00:11:51.819 --> 00:11:52.500
 reconnected

00:11:52.500 --> 00:11:53.019
 with God

00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:53.879
 who had

00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.500
 not stopped

00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:55.139
 showing

00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:55.839
 his

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 kindness

00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:56.879
 to her.

00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.439
 Ruth.

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 Those

00:11:59.220 --> 00:11:59.539
 were the

00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:00.279
 story of

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 the

00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:01.240
 refugees

00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:01.639
 from

00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:03.600
 Ruth.

00:12:03.939 --> 00:12:04.360
 Now we

00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:04.659
 look at

00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:05.080
 the rich

00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.399
 men.

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 In

00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:08.519
 first one,

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 when he

00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.320
 introduced

00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:09.879
 Boaz,

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 he said

00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.580
 Boaz is

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 a man

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 of

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 standing.

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 What

00:12:15.340 --> 00:12:15.639
 did he

00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.159
 do to

00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:16.620
 get such

00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.100
 a title?

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 A man

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 of standing

00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.899
 can mean

00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:21.340
 a man

00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:21.860
 of great

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 wealth,

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 but it

00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.039
 also

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 translates

00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.840
 as a

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 nobleman.

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 Can

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 this

00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:28.939
 two

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 coexist

00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.779
 on

00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:31.279
 someone?

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 Can

00:12:32.700 --> 00:12:33.100
 someone

00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:33.639
 be a

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:33.919
 rich

00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:34.279
 man?

00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:34.580
 Can

00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:34.919
 a rich

00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:35.139
 man

00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:35.419
 also

00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:35.799
 be a

00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:36.360
 nobleman

00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:36.659
 at the

00:12:36.659 --> 00:12:36.840
 same

00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:37.179
 time?

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 In

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 first

00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:39.500
 four,

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 it

00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.159
 says he

00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:40.659
 came to

00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:40.820
 the

00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:41.299
 visit.

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 What

00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:43.100
 would you

00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:43.480
 expect

00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:43.980
 to see?

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 Was

00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.259
 he there

00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:46.700
 to just

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 check on

00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:47.439
 his

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 workers to

00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:48.580
 make sure

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 they

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 meet their

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 quotas for

00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.159
 the day?

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 Like many

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 of our

00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:52.840
 boss

00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.299
 would do.

00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:55.299
 Let's

00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:55.700
 read on,

00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:55.840
 it

00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:56.120
 say when

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 he came

00:12:56.419 --> 00:12:56.860
 to visit,

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 and when

00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:58.820
 he arrived,

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 he greeted

00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:00.600
 the harvesters,

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 the Lord

00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.200
 be with

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 you,

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 and the

00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:03.960
 Lord

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.419
 blessed

00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:04.679
 you,

00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.279
 they

00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:05.679
 answered.

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 I can

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 only imagine

00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:09.960
 from this

00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.500
 interaction

00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:11.639
 that they

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.299
 have excellent

00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:13.080
 relationship.

00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.980
 Then no one

00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.679
 when he

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.159
 arrived

00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:16.879
 ran away.

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 And he

00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.200
 seems to

00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:19.679
 know his

00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.580
 workers enough

00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:22.000
 to notice a

00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:22.519
 new young

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.120
 woman was

00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.639
 working in

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 the field.

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 after he

00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:26.879
 had spoken

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.360
 to the

00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:28.179
 overseer,

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 Boaz

00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:29.720
 spoke to

00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.159
 Ruth.

00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:31.419
 In a

00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:32.059
 conversation,

00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.279
 he told

00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:33.740
 her to

00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.279
 drink from

00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:34.699
 the water

00:13:34.699 --> 00:13:35.779
 jar if

00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:36.179
 she got

00:13:36.179 --> 00:13:36.699
 thirsty.

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 It's

00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:38.340
 said in

00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.179
 verse 14,

00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:41.000
 at mealtime,

00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:41.659
 Boaz

00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:42.139
 said to

00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.359
 her,

00:13:42.959 --> 00:13:43.419
 come over

00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:43.759
 here,

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:44.899
 have some

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 bread and

00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:45.819
 dip it

00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.299
 into the

00:13:46.299 --> 00:13:47.779
 wine vinegar.

00:13:48.819 --> 00:13:49.219
 When she

00:13:49.219 --> 00:13:49.799
 sat down

00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.599
 with the

00:13:50.599 --> 00:13:51.099
 harvester,

00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:51.879
 he offered

00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:52.399
 her some

00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:53.139
 roast grain.

00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:54.879
 He

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.159
 seems

00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:55.699
 genuinely

00:13:55.699 --> 00:13:57.139
 kind and

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.919
 not anything

00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:58.219
 we would

00:13:58.219 --> 00:13:59.219
 expect from

00:13:59.219 --> 00:13:59.679
 a boss.

00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:01.979
 I guess

00:14:01.979 --> 00:14:02.459
 Boaz's

00:14:02.459 --> 00:14:03.259
 daily life

00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:03.579
 could be

00:14:03.579 --> 00:14:04.079
 like this.

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:04.879
 Get up

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.139
 in the

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.439
 morning,

00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:06.579
 make bread,

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.539
 go to

00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:07.939
 a well,

00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:08.339
 get the

00:14:08.339 --> 00:14:08.719
 water.

00:14:09.339 --> 00:14:09.579
 When

00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.079
 everything's

00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:10.419
 ready,

00:14:10.959 --> 00:14:11.279
 he'll head

00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:11.559
 out to

00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:11.979
 the field

00:14:11.979 --> 00:14:12.379
 to get

00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:12.919
 there just

00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.279
 before

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.919
 lunchtime.

00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.339
 When he

00:14:15.339 --> 00:14:15.679
 gets there,

00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.019
 he grates

00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.519
 everyone,

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:17.919
 and then

00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.620
 seeing what

00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:18.939
 they have

00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:19.519
 to harvest,

00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.099
 he get

00:14:20.099 --> 00:14:20.620
 the barbecue

00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.159
 cranking,

00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.379
 and then

00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:23.000
 start roasting

00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.439
 grain,

00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:24.759
 and when

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.359
 everything's

00:14:25.359 --> 00:14:25.699
 ready,

00:14:26.359 --> 00:14:26.759
 he'll tell

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.139
 everyone to

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.719
 stop work,

00:14:27.979 --> 00:14:28.299
 come and

00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:28.599
 eat.

00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:29.479
 He'll hand

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:29.779
 out the

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.680
 food to

00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.159
 everyone

00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:32.680
 to eat

00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.100
 together.

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.680
 When he

00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.480
 told Ruth

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.200
 to drink

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.620
 from the

00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.019
 jars,

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.560
 I think

00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:38.940
 it's because

00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:39.279
 he actually

00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.759
 just brought

00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.139
 the water

00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.480
 there,

00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.080
 so he

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:41.360
 know where

00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.820
 the jars

00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:42.100
 is,

00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:43.240
 and he

00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:43.519
 offered

00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:43.779
 those

00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.019
 water

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.379
 to her.

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.360
 When he

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.720
 offered

00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.800
 the

00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:47.060
 roast

00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.320
 grain

00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:47.539
 to

00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:47.899
 Ruth,

00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:48.940
 as if

00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:49.300
 he was

00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:49.480
 just

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:49.759
 handing

00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:50.240
 it out,

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.720
 if Ruth

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.139
 joined

00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.779
 the man

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.480
 alone

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.019
 to eat,

00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:55.639
 it would

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.019
 be very

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.420
 awkward.

00:14:57.460 --> 00:14:58.060
 So every

00:14:58.060 --> 00:14:58.580
 man and

00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:58.820
 woman

00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.320
 must be

00:14:59.320 --> 00:14:59.660
 eating

00:14:59.660 --> 00:15:00.460
 together

00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:00.940
 already.

00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:02.360
 And after

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.040
 lunchtime,

00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.260
 he stayed

00:15:04.260 --> 00:15:04.800
 and worked

00:15:04.800 --> 00:15:05.700
 with them,

00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:06.940
 because Ruth

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.520
 said to

00:15:07.520 --> 00:15:08.140
 Naomi in

00:15:08.140 --> 00:15:09.160
 verse 19,

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.140
 the name

00:15:10.140 --> 00:15:10.440
 of the

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.060
 man I

00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:11.860
 work with

00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.760
 today is

00:15:12.760 --> 00:15:13.220
 Boaz.

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.080
 Boaz was

00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:16.460
 such a

00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:16.920
 kind and

00:15:16.920 --> 00:15:17.720
 merciful man,

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.200
 kind and

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:20.040
 merciful person.

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:22.120
 We will

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.600
 see more

00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.120
 of what he

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.240
 does for

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:25.140
 Ruth next

00:15:25.140 --> 00:15:25.480
 week.

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.800
 he

00:15:26.800 --> 00:15:27.279
 exhibited

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.980
 someone

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.759
 greater

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.019
 than

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.580
 himself

00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:30.340
 as he

00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.740
 took care

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.399
 of others

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.740
 that were

00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.240
 in need.

00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:35.379
 He let

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.279
 God use

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.080
 him as

00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.840
 a refuge

00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.860
 to

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.360
 refugees

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.920
 that

00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:40.620
 needed to

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.139
 experience

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.700
 God's

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.180
 kindness

00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.100
 and God

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.460
 working

00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:43.879
 in their

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.259
 life.

00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.680
 For

00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.100
 some,

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.519
 it should

00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.899
 provide

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.379
 physical

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.860
 need,

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 others

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 spiritually.

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 For

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 some,

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 a

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 journey

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 starter

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 of

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 their

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 faith

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 and

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 for

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 others

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 maybe

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 like

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 a

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 jump

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 start

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 to

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 get

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 their

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 faith

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.460
 going

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 again.

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.159
 Boaz

00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:04.600
 was a

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 refuge

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 to

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 all

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 the

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 refugees.

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 So

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 my

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.620
 question

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.420
 for

00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:09.759
 you

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.340
 is

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:10.580
 what

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:10.860
 about

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.360
 Boaz?

00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.600
 Would

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.060
 the rich

00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:14.440
 man

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.180
 like

00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:15.800
 Boaz,

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:16.779
 a man

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.519
 of standing,

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 need a

00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:18.720
 refuge

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.060
 too?

00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:20.800
 What

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.240
 kind of

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.759
 refuge

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.340
 would he

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.680
 need?

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.220
 What

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.680
 kind of

00:16:24.680 --> 00:16:25.220
 refuge

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.519
 would

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 you

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.259
 and

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:26.519
 me

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.000
 need?

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.320
 There

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.680
 are only

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 two kinds

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 of

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:31.960
 refuge,

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 a

00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.220
 permanent

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 one

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.200
 and a

00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.540
 temporary

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 one.

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:36.720
 A

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.040
 temporary

00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:37.460
 one

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 is like

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 what we

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 saw in

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 Ruth

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 chapter

00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:40.899
 one,

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 the

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.180
 country

00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.420
 of

00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:42.779
 Moab.

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.700
 In

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:44.980
 Ruth

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.320
 chapter

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.639
 one,

00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.040
 one,

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.420
 a

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 limonet

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.779
 took his

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.420
 family to

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 Moab

00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:51.040
 to leave

00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:51.480
 for a

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.820
 while

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:53.279
 during

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.519
 the

00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:53.860
 famine.

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 He

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:55.639
 might

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:55.899
 think

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.420
 to go

00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.340
 there

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:57.639
 to

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:57.920
 ride

00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:58.639
 out

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:58.800
 the

00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.120
 famine.

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:00.600
 After

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:00.840
 all,

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.200
 Moab

00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:01.440
 was

00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:01.759
 only

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 on

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 the

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 other

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 side

00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:03.060
 of

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.180
 the

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 sea.

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:05.599
 But

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:05.779
 what

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.079
 happened

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.400
 when he

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.599
 got

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:06.880
 there?

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:07.759
 He

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.140
 died.

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.480
 Then

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.680
 his

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:09.880
 two

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.339
 sons,

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 Marlon

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.759
 and

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 Kilion,

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 married

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.620
 more

00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:14.819
 by

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.220
 woman.

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 Why

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:17.120
 didn't

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.279
 they

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.440
 go

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.839
 back

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.299
 when

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.460
 their

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.660
 father

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.079
 died?

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.380
 Would

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.500
 it

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:20.620
 be

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.160
 because

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:22.220
 Bethlehem

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.480
 was

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.740
 still

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:22.960
 in

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.259
 famine?

00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:25.399
 Maybe

00:17:25.399 --> 00:17:25.599
 they

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:25.759
 had

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.000
 good

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.419
 lives.

00:17:27.199 --> 00:17:27.240
 You

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.399
 know,

00:17:27.719 --> 00:17:28.079
 Marlon

00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.480
 married

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:28.959
 Ruth,

00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:29.980
 Cleland

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.139
 married

00:17:31.139 --> 00:17:31.699
 Oprah.

00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:33.519
 Both

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.459
 daughters-in-law

00:17:34.459 --> 00:17:35.500
 got along

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.139
 well with

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.299
 their

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.439
 mother-in-law.

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.119
 Your spouse

00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:39.740
 got along

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.119
 well with

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.259
 your

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.859
 partners

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.679
 or

00:17:41.679 --> 00:17:42.139
 parents.

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.459
 What more

00:17:43.459 --> 00:17:43.839
 could we

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.139
 want?

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.039
 I guess

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.579
 for someone

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.339
 that would

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.639
 be

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.299
 closer to

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.759
 experiencing

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.379
 heaven on

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.639
 earth.

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:51.820
 But

00:17:51.820 --> 00:17:52.020
 what

00:17:52.020 --> 00:17:52.480
 followed?

00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.140
 Marlon

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:56.220
 and

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.580
 Cleland

00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.060
 died

00:17:57.060 --> 00:17:57.500
 also.

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.220
 There

00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.640
 was a

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.080
 system

00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:01.900
 established

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.220
 in

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.780
 Israel

00:18:02.780 --> 00:18:03.160
 to

00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:03.400
 look

00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:03.640
 after

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:03.920
 the

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.240
 poor

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.580
 and

00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:05.700
 we

00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:05.820
 have

00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:05.980
 a

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.180
 man

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.360
 of

00:18:06.360 --> 00:18:06.740
 standing

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.060
 like

00:18:07.060 --> 00:18:07.600
 Boax.

00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:08.840
 Why

00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:09.160
 did

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.500
 Elimelech

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.100
 still

00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:11.540
 decide

00:18:11.540 --> 00:18:11.820
 to go

00:18:11.820 --> 00:18:12.000
 to

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.300
 Moab?

00:18:14.060 --> 00:18:14.620
 I

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:14.900
 wonder

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.140
 would

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:15.259
 it

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.380
 be

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:15.860
 because

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.380
 he

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.540
 had

00:18:16.540 --> 00:18:17.259
 the

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.620
 mean

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.159
 to

00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.479
 move

00:18:18.479 --> 00:18:18.679
 his

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.079
 family

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.539
 over

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:19.799
 to

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.139
 Moab

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.199
 and

00:18:21.199 --> 00:18:21.379
 did

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:21.559
 not

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:21.819
 want

00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:21.939
 to

00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.219
 use

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:22.459
 his

00:18:22.459 --> 00:18:22.899
 wealth

00:18:22.899 --> 00:18:23.539
 to

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.859
 help

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.399
 others.

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.119
 If

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.239
 he

00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:26.579
 followed

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:26.939
 God's

00:18:26.939 --> 00:18:27.459
 requirement

00:18:27.459 --> 00:18:27.679
 in

00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:28.159
 Ephesians

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:29.099
 to

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.459
 help

00:18:29.459 --> 00:18:29.739
 his

00:18:29.739 --> 00:18:30.119
 fellow

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.759
 Israelites

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.500
 so

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.679
 they

00:18:31.679 --> 00:18:31.899
 can

00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.379
 continue

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.679
 to

00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.059
 live,

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.139
 his

00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.659
 wealth

00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.179
 could

00:18:35.179 --> 00:18:35.839
 disappear

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.219
 in

00:18:36.219 --> 00:18:36.519
 matters

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:36.759
 of

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.159
 days.

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.379
 He

00:18:39.379 --> 00:18:39.639
 could

00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:39.839
 not

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.579
 impoverish

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.039
 his

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.239
 own

00:18:41.239 --> 00:18:41.799
 family

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.719
 to

00:18:42.719 --> 00:18:43.159
 sustain

00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.419
 his

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:43.779
 fellow

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.339
 Israelites.

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.119
 The

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.319
 Lord

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.699
 also

00:18:46.699 --> 00:18:47.159
 said

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.900
 when

00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.640
 they

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.060
 lent

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.340
 to

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:50.600
 their

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:50.880
 fellow

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.340
 Israelites

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:52.220
 they

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.400
 could

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.580
 not

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:52.920
 charge

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.460
 interest

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.200
 which

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.380
 is

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:54.519
 in

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:54.980
 Ephesians

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.920
 25

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.860
 35

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.120
 to

00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:57.660
 37.

00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.740
 I

00:18:59.740 --> 00:18:59.920
 own

00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.060
 a

00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:00.519
 business

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.279
 and

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.420
 have

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.600
 some

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.000
 savings

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.240
 as

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.460
 well.

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:04.320
 What

00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:04.880
 Unlimit

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.400
 did

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.560
 with

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:06.759
 his

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.200
 moving

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.340
 was

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:08.540
 the

00:19:08.540 --> 00:19:08.779
 most

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.220
 sensible

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.519
 thing

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:09.700
 to

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.040
 do

00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:10.500
 for

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.640
 a

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.060
 businessman.

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.900
 It's

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.060
 only

00:19:13.060 --> 00:19:13.400
 for a

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:13.600
 short

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.019
 time.

00:19:15.360 --> 00:19:15.600
 Let

00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:15.860
 other

00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.200
 people

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.640
 help

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.080
 do

00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.240
 the

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.540
 helping

00:19:17.540 --> 00:19:18.000
 first.

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.500
 He

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.660
 might

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:20.840
 have

00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.240
 thought

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.480
 if I

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:22.759
 stay

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:22.980
 in

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.560
 Bethlehem

00:19:23.560 --> 00:19:24.220
 I

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.580
 cannot

00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:25.060
 charge

00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:25.560
 interest

00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:26.160
 or make

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.440
 any

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:26.820
 profit

00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:27.460
 from

00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:27.759
 helping

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.259
 others.

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.220
 Which

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.460
 is

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.100
 the

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.380
 best

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.660
 time

00:19:32.660 --> 00:19:32.800
 to

00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:32.940
 make

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.259
 profit.

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:33.440
 You

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.540
 know

00:19:33.540 --> 00:19:33.700
 when

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:33.920
 people

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.100
 are

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.500
 down

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.040
 and

00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:35.400
 out

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.040
 you

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 can

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 exploit

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 them

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 for

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 their

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 situation.

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 He

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 might

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 say

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 I

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 may

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 as

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 well

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 go

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 to

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 Moab.

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 The

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 country

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 of

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 Moab

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 is a

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 place

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 of

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 foreign

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 God.

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 Their

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 God

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.259
 will

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 have

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 better

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:49.980
 business

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 sense.

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 I

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 wonder

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 would

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 those

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 be the

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 reason

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 Eliminate

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 moved to

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 Moab.

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 But I

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 was

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 convicted

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 that I

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 could think

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 of so

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 many

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 justifications

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 for

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 Eliminate

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 because I

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 have been

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 living like

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 him.

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 I

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 have

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 been

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 justifying

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 all

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 my

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 words

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 and

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 deeds

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 to

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 make

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 sure

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 I

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 look

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 righteous

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 in

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 the

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 eyes

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 of

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 others.

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 No

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 one

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 had

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 any

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 terrible

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.300
 things

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 to say

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 about

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 me.

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 They

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 may

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 have

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 some

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 inkling

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 here

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 and

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 there.

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 But

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 overall,

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 John

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.779
 Lyle

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 is

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 very

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 hard

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 working,

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 nice,

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 a rich

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 man,

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 who

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 is

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 faithful,

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 loyal,

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 and

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 humble.

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 But

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 God

00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:39.360
 had

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 been

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.160
 telling

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 me

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.920
 again

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 that

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 I

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:41.800
 am

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 not.

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.000
 Unlike

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.480
 Ruth

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 and

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.220
 Boax,

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.240
 I

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.500
 live

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 for

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 my

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.200
 own

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 reputation

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 instead

00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:50.960
 of

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.100
 the

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.980
 life

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.140
 of

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.600
 others.

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.480
 I

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.700
 keep

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 a

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:55.920
 smiling

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 face

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.120
 instead

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 of being

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 honest

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.080
 with

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.580
 myself

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:58.820
 and

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 God

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 and

00:20:59.800 --> 00:20:59.960
 be

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 broken

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.560
 like

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 Naomi.

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 I

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:03.400
 am

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.759
 righteous

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.019
 in

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.180
 my

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.380
 own

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.880
 eyes,

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 always

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.759
 comparing

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.180
 myself

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.379
 with

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.859
 others,

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 looking

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.460
 for

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.000
 loopholes

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 in

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.500
 God's

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 requirement

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.000
 to do

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 the

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 bare

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 minimum

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.799
 to

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 gain

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.940
 praise

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.240
 and

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.659
 approval.

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 I

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.579
 do

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:18.779
 not

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.059
 live

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.279
 as

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 I

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.599
 am

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.779
 a

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 foreigner

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:21.019
 or

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.500
 refugee

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 on

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.079
 this

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 earth.

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 I

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:23.799
 live

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.000
 like

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 an

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 eminent

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 as

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 I

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:25.879
 am

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 the

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 king

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 of

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 my

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 own

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.319
 life.

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 Whatever

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 is

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 our

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 most

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.200
 sensible

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.839
 solution

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.319
 to

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.500
 what

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.639
 we

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:32.799
 are

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.299
 facing

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:34.639
 will

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:34.980
 most

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.240
 likely

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.519
 be

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.799
 our

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.379
 temporary

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.180
 refuge.

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.420
 And it

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.759
 could lead

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.920
 to

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.279
 death.

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 Our

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.420
 most

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.859
 sensible

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.460
 option,

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.619
 our

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.299
 intention,

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 no matter

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:46.960
 how

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.680
 justifiable

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.379
 they were,

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 are tainted

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:51.099
 by our

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.779
 own sinful

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.279
 nature.

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 They

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:54.920
 will

00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.539
 always

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.200
 end up

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 glorifying

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.220
 ourselves

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:58.940
 instead

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.460
 of God.

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 That is

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.859
 the challenge

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.539
 I face

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:04.039
 and the

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.379
 challenge

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.639
 I have

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.420
 been

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:05.960
 convicted.

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.859
 Paul

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.159
 says in

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 the New

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.899
 Testament

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.579
 in 1

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 Corinthians

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 15

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 verse

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 56

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.460
 that

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 the

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 state

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:17.879
 of

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.319
 death

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.720
 is

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.119
 sin

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:20.099
 and

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.279
 the

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.559
 power

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.819
 of

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.099
 sin

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.659
 is

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:21.879
 the

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 law.

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.659
 Eliminate

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.079
 and his

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.359
 two

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.799
 sons

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.440
 died

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 after

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 they

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.399
 went

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.759
 to a

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.099
 temporary

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.799
 refuge

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.759
 which

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.159
 became

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.420
 their

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.859
 permanent

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.460
 grace.

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.960
 we

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.119
 were

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.460
 not

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.940
 told

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.240
 the

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.579
 exact

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.960
 cause

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.139
 of

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.359
 their

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.799
 death

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.779
 but

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.019
 one

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.220
 thing

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.379
 we

00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:39.819
 saw

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.680
 they

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.259
 died

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.720
 while

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:41.940
 they

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.019
 were

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.299
 out

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.559
 of

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.700
 the

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.000
 promised

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.319
 land.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.519
 But

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.680
 what

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.980
 about

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.500
 Naomi,

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.240
 Ruth,

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.480
 and

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.960
 Boax

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.759
 who

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:47.960
 were

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.399
 inside

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.920
 God's

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.220
 promised

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.519
 land?

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.759
 Did

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:50.920
 they

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.359
 escape

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.759
 death?

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.240
 The

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.000
 fact

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.299
 that

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.519
 we

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.680
 are

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.099
 reading

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.399
 their

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.740
 name

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:56.980
 in

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.700
 biblical

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.359
 history

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.339
 shows

00:22:59.339 --> 00:22:59.579
 that

00:22:59.579 --> 00:22:59.759
 they

00:22:59.759 --> 00:22:59.940
 did

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.240
 not.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.200
 None

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.559
 of us

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.879
 can.

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.299
 this

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.700
 body

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:03.920
 that

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.039
 we

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.180
 are

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.500
 in

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.759
 is

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.279
 temporary,

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.539
 is

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:06.779
 not

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.240
 permanent,

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.579
 and

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:08.720
 we

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:08.839
 will

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.180
 all

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.460
 have

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.619
 to

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:09.859
 die

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.119
 one

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.440
 day.

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.899
 We

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.099
 all

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.259
 need

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.440
 a

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.839
 permanent

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.579
 refuge

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.159
 that

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.420
 only

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:14.639
 the

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:14.879
 one

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.279
 conquered

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.720
 death

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.000
 can

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.379
 give.

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.359
 And

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.500
 the

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.720
 one

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.299
 person

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.399
 ever

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:20.799
 conquered

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.319
 death

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.980
 was

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.299
 Jesus

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.799
 Christ.

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.240
 He

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.559
 came

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.879
 from

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.019
 the

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.200
 little

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.599
 town

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.799
 of

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.379
 Bethlehem

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.519
 and

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.420
 we

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.639
 got

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.019
 to meet

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.519
 Jesus

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.160
 through

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.859
 Boak's

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.940
 words

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.240
 and

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.599
 deeds.

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.160
 When

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.339
 he

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.660
 greeted

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.119
 the

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.579
 workers

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.039
 saying

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.259
 the

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.460
 Lord

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.680
 be

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.980
 with

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.240
 you,

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.680
 Jesus'

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.079
 name

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.500
 was

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.220
 Emmanuel,

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.079
 means

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.460
 God

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.720
 is

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.039
 with

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 us.

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.119
 When

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.279
 he

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.500
 took

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.920
 notice

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.160
 and

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.359
 knew

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:46.740
 all

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:46.940
 his

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.359
 workers,

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.920
 Jesus

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.440
 our

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.019
 shepherd

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.200
 knows

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.480
 all

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.700
 his

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.000
 sheep.

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.339
 When

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.500
 he

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.720
 told

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.200
 Ruth

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.460
 to

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 listen

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 and

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 not

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 be

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.940
 afraid,

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.120
 Jesus

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.460
 said

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.660
 the

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 same

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 thing

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.420
 on

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.779
 many

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.299
 occasions.

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:01.980
 He

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.220
 told

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.360
 her

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.559
 to

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.940
 drink

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.420
 the

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.820
 water

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.140
 if

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.259
 she

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.440
 is

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.860
 thirsty.

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.360
 Jesus

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:06.700
 told

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:06.860
 the

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.120
 woman

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.360
 by

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.539
 the

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.840
 well,

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:08.860
 he

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.259
 is

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.480
 the

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.720
 living

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.220
 water

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.960
 that

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.160
 will

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.559
 cringe

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.820
 her

00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.200
 thirst.

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.460
 He

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.820
 offered,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.900
 Boaz

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.220
 offered

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.660
 Ruth

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.279
 food

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.820
 that

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:17.980
 was

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.259
 more

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.440
 than

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.980
 satisfied

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.299
 her.

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:20.900
 Jesus

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.420
 provided

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:21.680
 food

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:21.900
 to

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.460
 thousands

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.860
 and

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.019
 they

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.400
 ate

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.880
 and

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.000
 they

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.140
 were

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.640
 leftovers.

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 And

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.320
 he

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.720
 said,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.600
 I

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.040
 came

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.259
 to

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.520
 give

00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:29.960
 life

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.220
 and

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.460
 give

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.600
 it

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.740
 to

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:30.940
 the

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.280
 food.

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.220
 Boaz

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.560
 gave

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:35.880
 Ruth

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.240
 bread

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.460
 to

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.660
 dip

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:36.860
 in

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.860
 wine.

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.580
 On

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:39.759
 the

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.120
 night

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.820
 before

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.200
 Jesus'

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.740
 death,

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.740
 he

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.020
 took

00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.420
 bread

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.040
 and

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.300
 dipped

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:44.460
 it

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.640
 in

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.020
 wine

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:45.780
 to

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.100
 hand

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.280
 to

00:24:46.280 --> 00:24:46.480
 his

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.020
 disciples

00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:48.220
 and

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.520
 told

00:24:48.520 --> 00:24:48.820
 them

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.280
 to

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:49.580
 keep

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.160
 remembering

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.200
 what

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.360
 he

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.540
 had

00:24:51.540 --> 00:24:51.880
 done

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.340
 by

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.580
 going

00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:52.759
 to

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:52.940
 the

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.340
 cross

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.960
 to

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.280
 pay

00:24:54.280 --> 00:24:54.500
 the

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.960
 penalty

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.660
 of

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:55.860
 their

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.299
 sins.

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.799
 Boaz's

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.079
 last

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.440
 word

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.840
 was

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.620
 stay

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:01.880
 with

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.100
 my

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.660
 workers

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.460
 until

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.720
 they

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.120
 finish

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.640
 harvesting

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.079
 all

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.299
 my

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.660
 grain.

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.799
 Jesus'

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.279
 words

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.900
 recorded

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.200
 in

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.480
 Matthew

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.059
 9

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.940
 verse

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.620
 37

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:11.840
 to

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.420
 38

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:26.160
 God

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.560
 gave

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.039
 Ruth

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.400
 her

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.880
 faith

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.820
 so

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.060
 she

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.300
 will

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.600
 help

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.200
 Naomi

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.820
 to

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.360
 restore

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.740
 her

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.100
 faith.

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.519
 God

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:33.880
 gave

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.420
 Boaz

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.200
 plentiful

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.960
 so

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.100
 he

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.259
 can

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.539
 help

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.100
 others

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.420
 in

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.680
 great

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.080
 needs.

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.859
 Jesus

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.359
 came

00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:40.599
 to

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.939
 bear

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.339
 our

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.659
 sin

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.559
 to

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.899
 die

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.139
 in

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.399
 our

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.879
 place

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.779
 so

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.019
 that

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.199
 we

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:45.399
 can

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.599
 be

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:48.339
 in

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.779
 God's

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.159
 permanent

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.799
 refuge.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.699
 He

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:51.939
 did

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.159
 not

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.500
 save

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.839
 you

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.259
 just

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.460
 for

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.919
 yourself.

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.159
 He

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:55.539
 saved

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.919
 you

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.480
 so

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.659
 you

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:56.819
 can

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:56.980
 be

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.179
 a

00:25:57.179 --> 00:25:57.460
 fisher

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.839
 of

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.159
 men

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.179
 to

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.439
 bring

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.139
 salvation

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.599
 to

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.879
 all

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.460
 corners

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.899
 of

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.039
 the

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.339
 earth.

00:26:03.679 --> 00:26:03.919
 Will

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.279
 you

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.819
 be

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.079
 his

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.639
 workers

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.220
 to

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.399
 the

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.720
 harvest

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.059
 field?

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.879
 To

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.059
 be

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.279
 with

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.579
 Jesus

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.919
 is

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.099
 not

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.359
 just

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.699
 about

00:26:11.699 --> 00:26:11.939
 where

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.099
 we

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.359
 go

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.659
 after

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:12.899
 we

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.220
 die.

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.960
 It's

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.179
 about

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.460
 having

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.659
 a

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.039
 permanent

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.839
 refuge

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.619
 in

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:17.839
 our

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.299
 heart

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.879
 where

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.079
 our

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.539
 life

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.000
 is

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.240
 being

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.639
 renewed

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.939
 every

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.319
 day

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.939
 where

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.119
 we

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.359
 no

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.679
 longer

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:24.919
 need

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.079
 to

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.240
 be

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.720
 afraid

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.919
 we

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.599
 experience

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.019
 what

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.199
 it

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:28.480
 means

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.679
 to

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:28.899
 live

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.139
 to

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.619
 the

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:29.919
 fool.

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:31.919
 We

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.099
 got

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.259
 to

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.439
 live

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:32.619
 our

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.159
 life

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.939
 where

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.119
 we

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.299
 are

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.879
 confident

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:36.039
 of

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.480
 God's

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.039
 everlasting

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.559
 kindness

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.819
 to

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.139
 us

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.379
 where

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.960
 happiness

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.680
 and joy

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.259
 will

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.519
 never

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.000
 cease.

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.460
 We

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.779
 read

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.220
 earlier

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.460
 in

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:47.559
 John

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.420
 14

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.879
 1

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.960
 Jesus

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.440
 said

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.860
 do

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.180
 not

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.560
 let

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:53.760
 your

00:26:53.760 --> 00:26:54.140
 hearts

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.380
 be

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.780
 troubled.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.000
 You

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.400
 believe

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.640
 in

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.000
 God

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.880
 believe

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.220
 also

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.500
 in

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.800
 me.

00:26:59.720 --> 00:26:59.980
 My

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.540
 father's

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:00.800
 house

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.280
 has

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:01.620
 many

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.080
 rooms.

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 If

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 that

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 were

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 not

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 so

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 would

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 I

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 have

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 told

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 you

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 that

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 I

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 am

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 going

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 there

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 to

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 prepare

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 a

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 place

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 for

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 you.

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 And

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 if

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 I

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 go

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 and

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 prepare

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 a

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 place

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 for

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 you

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 I

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 will

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 come

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 back

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 and

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 take

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 you

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 to be

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 with

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 me

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 that

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 you

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 also

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 may

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 be

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 there

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 where

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 I

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 how

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 have

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 you

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 been

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 living

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 your

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 life?

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 Are

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 you

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 feeling

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 uncertain

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 about

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 your

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 future?

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 Are

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 you

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 suffering

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 the

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 consequence

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 of

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 your

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 sins

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 of

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 disobedience?

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 Have

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 you

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 been

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 holding

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 back

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 on

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 using

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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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 for

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 the

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 goods

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 of

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 others?

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 God

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 has

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 offered

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 us

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 Jesus

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 as

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 our

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 permanent

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 refuge

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 where

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 we

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 can

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 call

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 home.

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 He

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 has

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 not

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 stopped

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 showing

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 his

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 kindness

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 to

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 the

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 living

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 and

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 the

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 dead.

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 So

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 come

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 to

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 Jesus.

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 Come

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 and

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 stay

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 with

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 our

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 merciful

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 God.

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 Let

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 God

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 take

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 you

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 to

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 where

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 he

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 wants

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 you

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 to

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 be.

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 Let

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 God

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 use

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 you

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 to

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 show

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 his

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 merciful

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 kindness

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 to

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 those

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 who

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 need

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 it

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 most.