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 Mark chapter 4 is where we're going to be this morning.

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 Mark chapter 4.

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 As we continue looking here in lesson 2 of Consider Christ,

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 Jesus was everything he did, the decisions he made,

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 were in the context of fulfilling what God the Father had sent the Son to accomplish.

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 And when we understand that dynamic,

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 and it was a timetable that he was put on,

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 and every step was a step of purpose,

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 and with every deed was a deed meant to glorify the Father.

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 And we're going to look here this morning at Jesus

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 because the passage we're going to look at is part of his Galilean ministry period.

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 It's full of miracles and preaching.

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 But after a busy day of ministry, the Lord tells his disciples,

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 let's pass over to the other side.

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 Let's go to the other side.

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 And this would take him to the country of the guardians,

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 where he would continue doing his Father's business.

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 So the disciples get on a ship to cross the Sea of Galilee,

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 and they cross the sea.

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 This is a sea they'd been across many times.

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 You know, I want you to understand, when we look at this story,

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 it wasn't a strange place to them,

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 but it was a place that they were going to experience a storm

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 that took them outside of their comfort zone,

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 that took them to thinking about things differently

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 than they normally would have.

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 And on that journey,

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 the disciples learned a great lesson through the storm.

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 And that was their need for the Lord to be with them.

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 And the Lord to be there,

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 until the storm raged on that trip.

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 The storm began to rage,

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 and, you know, they left with confidence,

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 but they soon were faced with fear.

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 And when we consider Christ's presence,

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 because sometimes, have you ever noticed

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 that we can probably relate a little differently,

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 but oftentimes we start the day confidently,

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 thinking we know how the day is going to go.

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 You know, we start the day saying,

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 hey, I'm going to accomplish this and that,

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 or we're going to navigate the waters of our life.

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 You know, we've been down this road many times,

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 and so we don't give it much thought.

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 You know, I really think when the disciples left that day,

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 they probably didn't give it much thought

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 when they departed the shore.

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 Why?

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 Because it's a trip,

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 and they'd been out and familiar with those waters

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 their whole life.

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 They thought it was just going to be another normal day.

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 Another day that was just like the rest,

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 and when we understand that unplanned storm came,

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 and then we realize that we couldn't.

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 When unplanned storms come,

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 we soon realize that we can't on our own,

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 that life can feel overwhelming,

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 and we can even forget our need for the Lord,

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 and even though He's always present,

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 because, you know, life's filled with storms.

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 You know, this year,

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 April and I's life went kittywampus, you might say.

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 Upside down, storms come, they change things,

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 but you know what?

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 It's no different than anybody else's life,

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 because we all face storms.

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 We all face things that happen in life,

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 and because the disciples here,

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 and their story that's recorded for us,

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 we're going to learn some truths

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 that are going to benefit us today,

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 and the first thing we're going to look at

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 is the reality of storms,

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 the reality of storms.

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 Let's look at our text here this morning

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 as we begin here.

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 Look down in Mark chapter 4.

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 Look at verse 35,

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 And it says this,

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 And the same day when the even was come,

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 He saith unto them,

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 Let us pass over unto the other side.

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 And when they had sent away the multitude,

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 they took Him even as He was in the ship,

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 and they were also with Him other little ships.

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 And there was also,

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 get my right place here,

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 And there arose a great storm of wind,

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 and the waves beat into the ship,

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 so that it was now full.

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 You know, the reality of storms.

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 You know, the fact that Jesus was present on the ship

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 didn't guarantee the journey was going to be smooth.

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 You know, have you ever noticed that sometimes our mindset,

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 well, the Lord's with me means all the road's going to be smooth.

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 You know, we can get that,

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 sometimes grab a hold of that in our mind,

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 but you know what?

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 It's really unbiblical thought.

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 Because Jesus never said,

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 If I'm with you, the road will be smooth.

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 Matter of fact, He retells us and reminds us just the opposite.

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 The Bible tells us that we're going to have storms,

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 and we're going to have trials.

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 There's going to be struggles in this life.

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 You know what?

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 The devil sometimes, when you think about it,

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 that's a great lie of the devil.

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 You know, if you have Jesus, life should be smooth.

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 You know what?

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 That makes people disheartened

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 with the truth of who God is.

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 Because when they believe the lie that,

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 Hey, life will be grand if I just have Jesus.

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 You have an eternity that's going to be grand.

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 But in this life,

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 you have a Savior that will walk with you

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 in the storms and the trials that you face.

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 He said we're going to have some problems.

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 You know, when we understand that

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 when somebody teaches that

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 when you do what Christ wants you to do,

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 everything's going to go smooth.

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 You know, there's a lot of people who actually promote that.

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 That's called a prosperity gospel.

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 You'll have wealth and health,

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 and life will be grand

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 if you're just doing everything right with the Lord.

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 You know, the first thing it tells me,

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 they didn't read the book.

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 Because you have faithful people

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 who serve the Lord faithfully.

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 Even to the point of giving their life

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 as a martyr for the truth of the gospel.

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 Can you say that they didn't walk with the Lord?

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 Look in the Old Testament.

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 Wednesday night, the message was on

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 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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 You know, their faith in the Lord

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 was a reality of what?

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 Hey, you can throw us in the furnace

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 and we have to serve a God who can save us,

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 but if not, we're still going to serve Him.

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 You know, that's a reality

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 that we need to understand

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 because storms are going to come.

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 And we sometimes say,

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 well, why would God allow storms?

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 I want you to understand,

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 storms are a tool that God allows

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 because He uses them to chasten us

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 or to draw us back closer to Him.

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 Trials are what comes into our lives

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 because He's using them to conform us to His image,

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 to understand who we are and who He is.

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 You know, you think about for a moment,

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 here's these disciples,

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 they're getting in a ship

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 to go to the other side.

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 Were they in the Lord's will?

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 I mean, I don't think you get much more

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 when Jesus says,

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 get in the ship,

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 let's go to the other side.

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 But there was a storm that came up.

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 The reality of storms,

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 because secondly,

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 the first thing here,

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 they can be unpredictable.

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 If you ever know storms,

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 you never quite know what you're going to get.

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 You know,

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 I was thinking about that this week

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 as we were watching the weather forecast.

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 You know,

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 I'm trying to figure out

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 when's it going to rain,

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 how much rain we're going to get.

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 And I got the little forecast thing open.

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 And as I'm sitting there,

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 it goes from,

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 I open it up about at one point

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 and it says,

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 well, it's going to have an inch of rain

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 in an hour.

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 The next hour,

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 you're going to have an inch of rain.

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 While I'm looking at it,

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 it drops to half an inch.

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 And then drops down to a quarter inch.

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 And then I open up about 30 minutes later

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 and it's back up to three quarters of an inch.

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 okay guys,

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 let's make your mind up here.

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 But you know what?

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 That's really

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 a good example of how storms come.

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 They're very unpredictable.

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 You know,

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 the best technology we have,

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 we still can't figure it out.

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 There's still so many variables.

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 You know,

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 the same is true of the storms of your life.

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 There's going to be things that are different.

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 They're going to be unpredictable.

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 You know,

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 the place that they're crossing here

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 in the scriptures,

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 the Sea of Galilee.

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 It's 732 feet below sea level

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 and is a site of ferocious winds

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 that come down and race into the valleys.

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 Even though the disciples knew that

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 and had weathered storms before,

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 because when they'd been on this

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 and they're fishermen,

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 some of them are fishermen

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 that had been out and across this,

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 do you think this was the first storm

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 they ever faced?

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 No,

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 I don't think this was the first storm.

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 They knew something about this storm

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 was different though.

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 Because that day,

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 they faced a storm

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 that caused them to fear

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 for their lives.

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 But why did they fear?

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 They feared

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 because they forgot

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 who was with them.

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 Jesus was there.

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 Jesus promised

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 they were going to pass

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 to the other side

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 and he was going to fulfill his promise

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 because storms

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 are unpredictable to us,

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 but they are never a surprise to God.

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 God always knows

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 what's going to happen.

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 You know,

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 it's like one of those

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 intellectual thoughts.

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 Have you ever considered

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 nothing was a surprise to God?

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 Nothing catches him off guard.

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 He knows the end.

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 from the beginning.

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 He knows exactly

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 what you're going to face.

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 And we're going to go through

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 storms and trials

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 and God knows

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 what he's doing

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 because he's going to

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 bring us through.

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 Because trials

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 are used

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 to make us conform

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 to the image

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 of Christ.

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 You know,

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 think about a great verse

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 in Scripture

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 to always remind ourselves.

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 Go to Romans chapter 8

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 for a moment.

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 Romans chapter 8

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 and verse 28.

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 You know,

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 it's a familiar verse,

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 but this is really

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 the context

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 that it applies

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 in our life.

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 Romans 8, 28

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 tells us this.

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 It says,

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 For we know

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 that all things

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 work together for good

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 to them that love God,

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 to them who are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 You know,

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 that's an often quoted verse,

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 but you know,

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 there's great comfort

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 because that verse

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 doesn't say

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 life is going to go smoothly.

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 It doesn't say

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 everything's going to go grand.

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 It just tells us

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 and reminds us

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 that all things

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 work together

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 for good to them

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 that love God.

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 You know what it tells us?

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 That storm

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 in your life

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 has a purpose.

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 There's a purpose

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 behind it.

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 We have to focus

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 on who Jesus

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 is.

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 That he's with you

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 in the midst

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 of the storm.

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 Because that passage

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 in Romans goes on,

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 it says,

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 For whom he did foreknow,

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 he also did predestinate

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 to,

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 can be conformed

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 to the image

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 of his Son,

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 that he might be

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 the firstborn

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 among many brethren.

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 He says,

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 All things work together

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 for good

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 for what purpose?

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 That we might be

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 conformed

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 to his image.

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 That's sanctification

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 being worked out

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 in your life.

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 Because you know what?

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 The reality is

00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:49.019
 is when the times

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 are tough

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 is when you really

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 figure out

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 the what

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 and the how

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 and the need.

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 To understand

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 that God

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 is there.

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 Because you know what?

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 When everything

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 is going smooth,

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 you know what's easy

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 to get?

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 It's complacent.

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 All of us do it.

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 You know,

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 we're creatures

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 of habit.

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 We're creatures

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 of habit

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 who say

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 we don't like habit.

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 That we don't

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 like things

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 all the same

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 but we get upset

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 if it's not the same.

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 But you know

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 what happens

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 when things

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 are predictable

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 and things

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 are going

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 the way we think?

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 We get very

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 complacent.

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 Complacency

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 is an open

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 door for sin.

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 Now here a few

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 weeks ago

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 we talked about

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 David.

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 King David.

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 What got David

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 in trouble?

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 Complacency

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 because he was

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 back home

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 when he should

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 have been out

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 at the battle.

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 Why did the king

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 not go out

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 to battle?

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 Because they were

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 confident they were

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 going to overcome.

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 They were complacent.

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 complacency

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 gets us

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 in trouble

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 because

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 when we

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 understand

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 and when we

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 get complacent

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 you know

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 we start

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 depending on

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 ourselves.

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 I can do

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 this.

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 I can accomplish

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 this.

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 I can get

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 through this.

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 But when

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 storms come

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 it reminds

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 us that we

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 have a savior

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 that promises

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 to never leave

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 us

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 or forsake

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 us.

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 not only

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 can storms

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 be unpredictable

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 but they

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 can also

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 be unmerciful.

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 You know

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 in the midst

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 of storms

00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:30.740
 you know

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 storms are

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 not a

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 respecter

00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.780
 of persons.

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 You know

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 in Nebraska

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 we have

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 tornadoes.

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 Have you

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:38.840
 ever noticed

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.759
 that tornadoes

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 are non-discriminatory?

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 If you are

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 in its path

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 it doesn't

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 matter

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 how famous

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 you are.

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 It doesn't

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 matter how

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 much money

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 you have.

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 It doesn't

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 matter

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 how poor

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 you are

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 or how

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 destitute

00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.519
 you are.

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 You know

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 what?

00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:54.980
 A tornado

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 will destroy

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.299
 everything

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:56.620
 in its

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 path.

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 It does

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 not respect

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 anybody

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 in that

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 time.

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 They can

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 become

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 unmerciful

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 at any

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 times.

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 And we

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:08.779
 find here

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 that storms

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 can sometimes

00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.679
 fill you

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 up and

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 consume

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 those things.

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 You know

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 look back

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 in our

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 text here

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 look in

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 chapter 4

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 look at

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 verse 37

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 it says

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 and there

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 arose a

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 great storm

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 of wind

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 and the

00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.139
 waves beat

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.580
 into the

00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.019
 ship so

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 that it

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 was what

00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:26.320
 now

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 full.

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 Now

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 full.

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 You know

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.860
 what made

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.480
 them nervous

00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.100
 about this

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:35.460
 storm?

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.800
 Experienced

00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:39.440
 sailors who

00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:39.960
 had crossed

00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.740
 this sea of

00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.480
 Galilee many

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 times

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:44.800
 because they

00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:45.220
 understood

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:46.100
 one reality

00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.700
 if the

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.259
 water gets

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.580
 in the

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:47.820
 ship

00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:48.019
 what

00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.399
 happens?

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.700
 If you

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.100
 can't

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.379
 bail

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.100
 faster than

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.500
 the water

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.080
 coming in

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.519
 what happens

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:53.779
 to the

00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.019
 ship?

00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.080
 It's

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.700
 going down.

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.420
 They

00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:58.940
 understood

00:15:58.940 --> 00:15:59.960
 the reality

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.620
 of what

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:00.920
 was going

00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:01.360
 to happen.

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:02.800
 You know

00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.519
 they understood

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.120
 what was

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.759
 going on

00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.420
 around them.

00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.100
 The storm

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.720
 was unmerciful

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.440
 and the water

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.000
 and the boat

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.540
 kept getting

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.180
 higher and

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.779
 they were

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.540
 overwhelmed.

00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:12.320
 You know

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.500
 what?

00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.259
 Often times

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:13.779
 the storms

00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:14.159
 in our

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.980
 life aren't

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.659
 water filling

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.279
 the ship

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:18.360
 literally

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.220
 but often

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.839
 we find

00:16:20.839 --> 00:16:22.220
 ourselves in

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:22.919
 situations

00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.799
 through storms

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.259
 that feel

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.819
 overwhelming.

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.139
 Life can

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:27.159
 overwhelm

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.240
 because you

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.519
 just don't

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:29.899
 know what

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.459
 to do or

00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:30.839
 how to

00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.240
 deal with

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.519
 it.

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:33.480
 You know

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.879
 but people

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.720
 respond to

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.399
 trials in

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.199
 life differently.

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.620
 You know

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.100
 today we

00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.500
 live in a

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.620
 society and

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.159
 throughout

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.939
 history you'll

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.459
 find this

00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:43.900
 is still

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.580
 pretty

00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.259
 consistent.

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.480
 A lot

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:46.780
 of things

00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:47.240
 we face

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.740
 today we

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.180
 think are

00:16:48.180 --> 00:16:48.879
 just modern

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.440
 problems.

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:50.820
 You know

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:50.980
 what?

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.379
 The problem

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.660
 is when

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.220
 people get

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.560
 into situations

00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:54.139
 in life

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.560
 when life

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.400
 seems overwhelming

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:56.500
 they turn

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.400
 to what I

00:16:57.400 --> 00:16:58.100
 often refer

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:58.519
 to as

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.420
 self-medication.

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.460
 They turn

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.100
 to alcohol

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:02.580
 or drugs.

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.960
 I can

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.740
 suppress the

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.059
 problem.

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.740
 I don't

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.000
 want to

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.279
 deal with

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.680
 the problem

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.220
 so therefore

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.279
 I suppress

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.860
 my feeling

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.319
 about the

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.640
 problem.

00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.759
 that's

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.160
 really what

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.980
 alcohol and

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.480
 drugs is

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:15.780
 about.

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.200
 It's not

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.820
 about solving

00:17:16.820 --> 00:17:17.320
 the problem

00:17:17.320 --> 00:17:17.640
 but it

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.300
 allows them

00:17:18.300 --> 00:17:19.380
 to disconnect

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:19.960
 from the

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.140
 problem in

00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:22.660
 their mind.

00:17:24.080 --> 00:17:24.840
 They don't

00:17:24.840 --> 00:17:25.420
 realize the

00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:25.940
 destruction

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.660
 attached to

00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:26.759
 it.

00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:27.020
 There's

00:17:27.020 --> 00:17:27.860
 immorality.

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:28.800
 You know

00:17:28.800 --> 00:17:29.440
 often times

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.940
 people find

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:33.100
 escape from

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.580
 it by

00:17:33.580 --> 00:17:34.580
 immoral

00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:35.180
 acts and

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:35.539
 immoral

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.140
 choices.

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.779
 Why?

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.400
 Because it

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.400
 distracts the

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:40.740
 mind.

00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:41.539
 You know

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:41.840
 what?

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.279
 I think

00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:43.620
 there's a lot

00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.000
 of people

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.320
 that are

00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:44.900
 dealing with

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.580
 pain in

00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.120
 life right

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.380
 here.

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.400
 Because I

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:47.920
 can doom

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.519
 scroll and

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 my mind

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:52.039
 is consumed

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 and distracted

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 from the

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.880
 reality around

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 me.

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 There's a lot

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 of people

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 who use a

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 phone as

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.820
 medication.

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 You can

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 read some

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 studies on it

00:18:03.180 --> 00:18:03.660
 the dopamine

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.380
 that hits in

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 the brain.

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 No matter

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.480
 what you're

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.940
 doing on

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.160
 that,

00:18:08.280 --> 00:18:08.620
 just the

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 stimulation in

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 your brain

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.660
 hits dopamine

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.440
 and gives

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:12.000
 you that same

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.880
 sensation of

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 people on

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 drugs and

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 alcohol.

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 You might

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.220
 say, I

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 never do

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 drugs and

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 alcohol, but

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 you know

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 what?

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 Sometimes we

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 can use

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 other things

00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:22.580
 to distract.

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 Instead of

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 looking for

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.180
 the solution

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 and the one

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 who has the

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 solution, we

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 look to

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:28.420
 self-medicate,

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.100
 self-distract.

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:33.959
 you know,

00:18:33.959 --> 00:18:34.559
 sometimes in

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 the midst

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.919
 of storms,

00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:37.799
 believers

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.219
 will do

00:18:38.219 --> 00:18:38.679
 strange

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 things.

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 You know,

00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:39.359
 it's like,

00:18:39.439 --> 00:18:39.980
 well, that

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.459
 church I'm

00:18:40.459 --> 00:18:40.919
 not getting

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 fed at.

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.339
 They think

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.139
 switching churches

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.599
 is going to

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.019
 solve a

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 problem or

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 switch schools

00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:49.919
 or move to

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.199
 a new

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 neighborhood.

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 And they do

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 it in seeking

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.619
 peace, but you

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 know what?

00:18:53.939 --> 00:18:54.480
 None of those

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.059
 things are the

00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.559
 source of

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:55.879
 peace.

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.719
 They may be a

00:18:58.719 --> 00:18:59.179
 source of

00:18:59.179 --> 00:19:00.079
 distraction, but

00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.559
 they're not a

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 source of

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 peace.

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 When we

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 understand that

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 dynamic, that

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.480
 even though there's

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.539
 many ways to

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.539
 handle problems

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.439
 and storms, the

00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:09.159
 only way that

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:09.460
 will bring

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 comfort is

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 trust in the

00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:11.939
 Lord.

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 You know,

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.240
 consider the

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.399
 reality that

00:19:17.399 --> 00:19:17.879
 as you go

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 through trials,

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 don't seek only

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 to change your

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 circumstances,

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 instead allow the

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 Lord to change

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 your heart.

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 You know, a lot

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.359
 of people try to

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 change the

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 circumstances,

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 not realizing

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 that God is

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 working in

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 your heart to

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 change something

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.220
 that needs to

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 be changed in

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 you, to walk

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 through those

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 things.

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 Look over to

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 James for a

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 moment.

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 James chapter

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 1.

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.799
 James chapter

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 1, look down

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 at verse 2.

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 Notice what

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 James tells us.

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 You know, I

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.460
 like James.

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.879
 James is a

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.579
 practical guy.

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 I like James.

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 He doesn't do a

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.660
 lot of fluff.

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:55.420
 You know,

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.879
 sometimes all the

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.700
 extra details are

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:57.799
 good.

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.440
 He gets right to

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.779
 the point.

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 Notice this.

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 He says,

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 my brethren,

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 count it all

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.700
 joy when you

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 fall into

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.460
 diverse temptations.

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.279
 You know what

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.640
 he says?

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.360
 When storms

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:08.140
 happen in your

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:09.440
 life, when

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.460
 things unpredictable

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.620
 happen, when

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:12.100
 things that

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.940
 overwhelm you

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:15.400
 happen, he

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.400
 makes it very

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.720
 clear.

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:18.539
 He says, when

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.140
 you fall into

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:20.380
 diverse temptations

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:21.039
 to do what?

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:23.079
 Knowing this.

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.160
 Think about the

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.160
 practical dynamic

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.019
 that James is just

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.640
 telling you there.

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:29.920
 knowing this.

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.360
 You know what?

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.360
 We operate on

00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:32.000
 what we think we

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.259
 know.

00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:35.280
 If you know the

00:20:35.280 --> 00:20:36.220
 right things, it

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.060
 impacts the

00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:37.900
 decisions that you

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.180
 make.

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.380
 Notice what it

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:41.740
 says.

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.240
 He says,

00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:43.100
 knowing this,

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:44.060
 that the trying

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:45.280
 of your faith

00:20:45.280 --> 00:20:45.900
 worketh

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:47.100
 patience.

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:48.400
 But let

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.600
 patience have

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.400
 her perfect

00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:51.500
 work.

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.600
 There's a key

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.300
 word right there

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.919
 that he uses

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.599
 knowing something.

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.440
 He says, let.

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.359
 Have you ever

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.579
 just thought about

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.119
 for a moment

00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:00.940
 what that entails?

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:01.960
 Let.

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:03.460
 Does that entail

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:05.039
 you doing

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.659
 everything to

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.200
 overcome it?

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.539
 It means

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.720
 surrendering to

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.659
 the things of

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:11.000
 God and allow

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.879
 God to direct

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.259
 you through.

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.659
 Let patience

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.819
 have her

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:17.079
 perfect work.

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:17.859
 You know,

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.200
 we're an

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.339
 impatient society.

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.259
 We want

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.980
 everything right

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.240
 now.

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:23.700
 You know,

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.079
 we have a

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.099
 generation coming

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.660
 up that they

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.859
 have things at

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.519
 their fingertips

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.559
 and ability to

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.960
 research and to

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.559
 do, and we

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:30.900
 have some

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.339
 wonderful.

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.259
 Technology is a

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.819
 great tool.

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.319
 So I don't

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.700
 want you to

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.620
 take it wrong.

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.059
 You know,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.440
 I like

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.059
 technology.

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.500
 There's some

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.000
 things made my

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.579
 life a lot

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.120
 simpler with

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.640
 technology.

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.000
 But you know,

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.440
 one thing it

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.079
 does, it makes

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.000
 us impatient.

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.259
 I want this

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.579
 now.

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.380
 I want it

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.700
 quick.

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.400
 I want to

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.640
 get it.

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.680
 It needs to

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.080
 be done

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:53.120
 instantaneously.

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:55.540
 You know,

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.000
 we live in a

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.900
 society, if

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.780
 somebody sends

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:58.460
 a message and

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.840
 they haven't

00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.600
 responded in

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.240
 30 seconds,

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.680
 your first

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:00.920
 thought is,

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.320
 why are they

00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:01.920
 ignoring me?

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.620
 You know,

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.160
 I'm old enough

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.640
 to remember

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.300
 when somebody

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:05.220
 had to call

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.200
 you on a

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.140
 funny little

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.780
 device.

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.160
 I still laugh

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.420
 because you

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.920
 still got people

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.380
 today that'll

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.860
 do this.

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.120
 Even though

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.460
 they've only

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.000
 ever used a

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.440
 cell phone.

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.960
 They picked

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.720
 up a mannerism

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.100
 from their

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.520
 parents.

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.300
 You know,

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.780
 you know what,

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.360
 when you called

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.060
 somebody, if

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.599
 nobody was

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:20.980
 home, you

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.179
 know what

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.539
 happened?

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.519
 I remember

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.759
 before they

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.159
 had answering

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.599
 machines.

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.659
 If nobody

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:27.039
 was home, you

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.919
 got nobody.

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.639
 You didn't even

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.139
 have a funny

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.919
 little machine to

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:33.159
 talk to that

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.960
 may or may not

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.720
 take your message

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.500
 depending on how

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.500
 full the tape was

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.779
 or cut you off

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.519
 mid-sentence

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:41.759
 or eat the tape.

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.440
 You're saying

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.220
 answering machines

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.460
 with tape.

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.819
 Yeah, that's

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.579
 how old I am.

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.799
 But you think

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.160
 about, you go

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.059
 from a generation

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.940
 that has an

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.220
 expectation of,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.700
 okay, certain

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.119
 things are going

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.759
 to take time.

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.160
 You call, you

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.859
 leave a message,

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.359
 you know what,

00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:58.039
 you just expect,

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.559
 hey, they'll get

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.519
 back to me when

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:01.139
 they can.

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.000
 But we live in a

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.940
 generation that our

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.960
 expectation is

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.539
 instantaneous.

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:10.019
 not all bad,

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.960
 but the problem

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.819
 is we treat God

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.480
 the same way.

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.039
 We say, God,

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.539
 don't you know

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.220
 I'm in a storm?

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.960
 You need to solve

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:18.960
 this right now.

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.759
 But you know

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.359
 what, we learn

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.279
 the most when we

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.299
 have to let go

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:24.879
 of ourselves

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:27.599
 and let patience

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:29.759
 have her perfect

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.720
 work.

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.639
 You know what

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.240
 that's saying?

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:34.879
 I don't control

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:36.279
 the situation.

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:39.859
 it's really a

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.799
 control factor.

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:44.000
 Am I in control

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.299
 or am I going

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.839
 to allow the

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.519
 Lord to be in

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.879
 control?

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:49.220
 To walk through

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.779
 those things

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.339
 because when

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.319
 trials come,

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.879
 allow God to

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.879
 work through you

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.460
 the way he

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.159
 intends to.

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.119
 You know,

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.220
 patience also

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.839
 means not

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.159
 quitting.

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.139
 Today, we have

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.359
 a concept of

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.619
 if it gets,

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.220
 if it's not

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.779
 comfortable,

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.619
 move on to

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.279
 something else.

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.939
 Do we agree

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.439
 that's kind of

00:24:08.439 --> 00:24:09.279
 a cultural

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.159
 dynamic today?

00:24:11.479 --> 00:24:12.399
 If things get

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.159
 difficult or

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.639
 uncomfortable,

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.199
 I'm going to

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.739
 avoid it.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.039
 Instead of

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.959
 understanding

00:24:16.959 --> 00:24:18.699
 what God

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.479
 wants to do,

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.059
 we quit.

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.599
 We allow

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.359
 ourselves to

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.819
 go through

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.599
 the trial so

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.259
 that God can

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.759
 finish that

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.059
 work.

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.459
 You need to

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:27.199
 allow God

00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.839
 to work.

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.859
 no matter

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.480
 how much

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.099
 your trial

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.779
 fills you

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.039
 up,

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.299
 you need

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.599
 to keep

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.139
 trusting

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.699
 the Lord.

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.179
 You know,

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.480
 think about

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.879
 a verse

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.179
 that we

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.799
 often teach

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.220
 the kids

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.779
 downstairs

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.159
 that's just

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.659
 as important

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.179
 as adult.

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.079
 Think about

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.259
 Proverbs 3,

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:41.059
 5,

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.539
 and 6.

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.419
 Who can

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:44.819
 quote that

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.199
 off the top

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.500
 of your head

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.899
 this morning?

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.079
 Nancy?

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.379
 Amen?

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.839
 That's a

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.240
 verse that's

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.159
 easy to say,

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.320
 but what's

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:55.000
 letting that

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.820
 happen?

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.660
 Let patience

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.240
 have her

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.840
 perfect

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.300
 work.

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.519
 Don't

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.519
 quit.

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.180
 Don't

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.680
 give up

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.300
 just because

00:25:08.300 --> 00:25:09.100
 things get

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.620
 difficult.

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.620
 God

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.519
 will never

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.660
 fail you.

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.980
 Even in the

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.800
 midst of storms

00:25:15.800 --> 00:25:16.540
 we become so

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.500
 filled with fear

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.279
 that we lose

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.960
 our sense

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.800
 of the Lord's

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.840
 presence.

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.720
 That's exactly

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.180
 what the

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.980
 disciples did.

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.460
 They'd already

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.980
 seen,

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.759
 think about

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.180
 this for a moment,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.600
 they'd seen

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.620
 Jesus cast

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.259
 out demons,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.759
 perform miracles,

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.960
 yet the

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.620
 little ship

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.680
 with the

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.519
 storm raging

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.140
 they forgot

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.839
 who was on

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.339
 board with

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.480
 them.

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:38.380
 When we

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.100
 worry about

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.759
 what's coming

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.420
 we forget

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.220
 who is on

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.720
 the journey

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.220
 with you.

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.360
 You know,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.039
 this passage

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.839
 is our theme

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.420
 for VBS.

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.559
 I want you

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.200
 to understand

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.940
 that I think

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.400
 it's important

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.100
 we even cover

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.640
 it because

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.340
 as we

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.920
 try to

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.420
 teach the

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.820
 kids,

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:57.200
 as adults

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.640
 we need to

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.920
 make sure

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.560
 we understand

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.140
 what's being

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.580
 taught.

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.980
 How does

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.420
 it apply

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.980
 to us?

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.100
 Because you know

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.440
 the one thing

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.800
 I've learned

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.259
 over the years

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.660
 if you don't

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.040
 know how it

00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:06.860
 applies to you

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.380
 it's hard to

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.220
 tell somebody

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759
 else how it

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.240
 applies to

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.480
 them.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.259
 You know

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.680
 remember

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.740
 God cares

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.140
 about you

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:15.880
 because

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.340
 whenever

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.220
 storms happen

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.460
 you know

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.700
 what the

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.020
 devil's

00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:18.259
 going to

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.520
 do?

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.160
 he's going

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.359
 to try

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.900
 to distract

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.819
 your perspective.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.940
 He's going

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.160
 to try

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.859
 to distort

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.480
 what's going

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.900
 on.

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.240
 He wants

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.539
 you to

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.379
 lose sight

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.799
 of the

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.139
 God

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.379
 that's

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.839
 with you.

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.920
 He wants

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.500
 to distract

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.139
 from what

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.660
 God would

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.200
 have for

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.460
 you.

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:36.940
 He'll

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.259
 whisper

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.700
 things

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:37.940
 well

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.220
 a good

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.599
 God

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.900
 wouldn't

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.200
 allow

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.519
 this

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.700
 to

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:40.960
 happen

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.200
 to

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.440
 you.

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.220
 You know

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.460
 that's

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.720
 another

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.099
 side

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.559
 discussion

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.779
 that's

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.059
 happening

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.339
 a lot

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.559
 and says

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.059
 well how

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.220
 could

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.500
 a good

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.900
 God

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.180
 allow

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.460
 this

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.639
 to

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:46.940
 happen?

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.160
 You know

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.400
 what their

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.799
 assumption

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.259
 is?

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.400
 Life

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.600
 should

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:51.799
 have

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.019
 no

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.580
 problems

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.299
 so

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.440
 that

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.580
 I

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:53.799
 might

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.440
 consume

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.920
 everything

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.160
 to

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.600
 myself.

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.420
 It's

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.539
 a

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.160
 perspective

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.600
 problem.

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.180
 The devil

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.600
 will tell

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.120
 you God

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.740
 isn't with

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.059
 you or

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.360
 God

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.779
 doesn't

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.460
 care or

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.080
 everyone's

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.420
 against

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.820
 you.

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.000
 But the

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.360
 first thing

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.840
 to remember

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.299
 the devil

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.680
 is a

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:09.940
 liar.

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.820
 He's

00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.259
 the father

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.700
 of it.

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.380
 You know

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.900
 some people

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.300
 are better

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.780
 liars

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:17.980
 than

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.260
 others.

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.180
 There

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.440
 isn't

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.560
 a

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:19.940
 personal

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.320
 lie

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.480
 the

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.760
 best

00:27:20.760 --> 00:27:21.120
 liar

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.220
 and

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.380
 there's

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.500
 some

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.660
 good

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:21.940
 liars

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.160
 we have

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.360
 plenty

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.480
 of

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.900
 politicians

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.900
 they

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.380
 don't

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.020
 hold

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:25.820
 any

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.360
 measure

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.940
 against

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.140
 the

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.560
 master

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:27.780
 the

00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.260
 devil.

00:27:28.760 --> 00:27:29.080
 If

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.200
 you

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.460
 think

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.640
 how

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.260
 deceitful

00:27:30.260 --> 00:27:30.420
 a

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.740
 person

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:30.980
 can

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.240
 be

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.840
 imagine

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.120
 the

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.440
 one

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.720
 that's

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:32.880
 the

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.200
 author

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.500
 of

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.660
 it.

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.980
 The

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.300
 devil

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.620
 will

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.140
 tell

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.760
 you

00:27:37.760 --> 00:27:38.700
 lies

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.620
 but

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.940
 God

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.380
 does

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:40.700
 care

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:40.920
 for

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.200
 you

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.400
 in

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.520
 the

00:27:41.520 --> 00:27:41.740
 midst

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:41.920
 of

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.240
 storms.

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.420
 Go

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.580
 to

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.039
 1 Peter

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.379
 chapter

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.720
 4

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:43.839
 and

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.000
 we'll

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.919
 finish

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.139
 up

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.279
 here

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.500
 this

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.839
 morning.

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:46.759
 We'll

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:46.879
 have

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.000
 to

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.639
 do

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.899
 part

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.079
 two

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.359
 next

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.639
 week

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:51.179
 to

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.460
 finish

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.659
 up

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:51.839
 the

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.179
 lesson

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.500
 but

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.059
 look

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.220
 over

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.359
 here

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.480
 at

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.899
 1 Peter

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.259
 chapter

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.679
 4

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.019
 look at

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.199
 verse

00:27:55.199 --> 00:27:55.599
 12

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.439
 here's

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:56.799
 Peter

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.839
 think about

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.119
 Peter

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.659
 was one

00:27:59.659 --> 00:27:59.919
 in the

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.279
 storm

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.299
 he says

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.759
 beloved

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.240
 think it

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.420
 not

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.920
 strange

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.460
 concerning

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 the

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 fiery

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 trial

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 which

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 is

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 to

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 try

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 you

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 as

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 though

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 some

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 strange

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 thing

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 happened

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 unto

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 you

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 but

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 rejoice

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 in

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 so

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 much

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 as

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 you

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 are

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 partakers

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 of

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 Christ's

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 suffering

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 that

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 when

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 his

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 glory

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 shall

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 be

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 revealed

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 you

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 may

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 be

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 glad

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 also

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 with

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 exceeding

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!

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 Joy!

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 Keep

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 in mind

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 that

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 storms

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 are

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 going

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 to

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 come

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 and

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 when

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 trials

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 come

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 God's

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 grace

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 is

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 sufficient

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 to

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 carry

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 you

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 through

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 if

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 you'll

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 let

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 him

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 so

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 when

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 storms

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 come

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 we'll

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 cover

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 a little

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 bit

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 more

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 next

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 week

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 as

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 look

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 and

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 see

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 the

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 disciples

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 response

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 finally

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 in

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 the

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 midst

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 of

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 the

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 storm

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 let's

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 pray