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 Well, let me begin with a question, and I want you all to follow and connect with the question.

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! I'll tell you ahead of time, I won't call on you, but I do want you to be tracking what I ask.

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 And I really, if you're here this morning and you know Christ, what I'm going to ask is pertinent to you.

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 Here's the question.

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 Should every believer, right now, be filled with the Spirit?

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 Should every believer be filled with the Spirit?

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 And the obvious answer from the Scriptures is, I mean, it's a command. It's what He says, correct?

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 Well, how do you know if you're filled with the Spirit?

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 By what comes out? Thank you, Steve.

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 Can anybody text that for me?

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 I mean, you know, Galatians chapter 5 would be one passage that certainly has bearing on it.

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 Let's back up a little bit because I really think this is fairly important to our time together.

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 Some of you came this morning because it's kind of habit.

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 Some of you came this morning because you are desperate for the Spirit of God to do a work in your life.

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 Some of you came this morning and you have no idea what God is going to do,

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 but I pray that the outcome of your time here is that you're affected by the truth of God and you're changed by it.

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 Do we all need to be changed? What's the answer?

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 Is there anybody here that doesn't need to be changed?

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 We all need to be changed.

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 Many of you, and I included, need to grow in grace and the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And in order for that to take place, I need the enabling of the Spirit of God.

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 We would all say yes to that, wouldn't we?

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 I can't pull it off by my own.

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 And the Word of God says that I ought to be a Spirit-filled individual.

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 I'm thinking in particular, having just finished preaching on it,

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 of what it says in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18 where it says,

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 Be filled with the Spirit.

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 And then in the verses that follow, it says,

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 Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

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 making melody in your heart and being thankful always for everything.

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 So, if you're here this morning as a believer,

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 is it proper?

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 Is it appropriate?

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 Is it what God expects and encourages from you

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 for you to choose volitionally to be a Spirit-filled person?

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 The answer is yes.

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 You've got a part to play in that.

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 You have a part to play in that.

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 And I would plead with you at the outset this morning

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 to be conscious and deliberate in humbly asking Him to work in your life

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 that you would be a Spirit-filled person

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 as we sing,

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 as we study the Scriptures together,

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 that the outcome of the work of the Spirit of God

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 would be that you grow to be more like Christ.

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 and that your profiting,

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 your benefit,

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 the outcome of that,

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 would be something that is evident to all and recognized.

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 How many of you remember an old song

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 in which the line went something like this,

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 Here I raise my ebenezer?

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 How many of you?

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 Raise your hands high.

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 This is kind of an identifier of our age bracketing.

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 Some of you are sitting here saying,

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 What is Ebenezer?

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 Does anybody know what Ebenezer is?

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 Does anybody know?

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 Can anybody tell me the Bible story in less than 10 seconds?

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 I can do that.

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 Okay, here's what happened.

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 Remember?

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 Remember, Israel was in a horrible mess,

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 and they thought that certain things would help them,

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 blah, blah, blah,

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 and it didn't.

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 And then, however, God stepped in,

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 and He blessed them and helped them,

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 and they won a great victory over their traditional enemies

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 who were the Philistines, right?

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 And after that,

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 Samuel the prophet says,

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 He sets up stones of memorial,

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 and he says,

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 Here I raise my ebenezer.

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 It means,

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 Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

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 This is how far God's brought us.

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 And so when we sing that song,

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 Here I raise my ebenezer,

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 by the way, John,

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 could we sing that,

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 Your Love Never Quits again at the end?

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 It'll work perfectly.

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 I'm sitting here just loving it,

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 and I thought,

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 Change that for me, please.

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 Okay, we're going to sing that again,

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 and here's the deal.

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 I want all of you to be spirit-filled

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 when you sing that and blow the roof off, okay?

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 The only person,

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 only people who have exemptions

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 are those who have an attitude towards God

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 and those who don't know God.

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 Do you follow me?

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 The rest of us sing

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 because you're filled with the Spirit.

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 Okay, enough said.

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 Some of you are going to say,

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 I'm not going to do it anyway.

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 But,

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 I know the heart.

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 I know the heart.

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 But I want you to follow with me

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 as we come to the end of the year

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 and think carefully about the benefit

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 of looking back

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 and tracking what God has done for us.

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 Now, there are illustrations in the Bible

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 where looking back is not a good career path.

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 One in particular stands out.

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 Does anybody remember someone

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 who did look back

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 and never got to do it more than at that moment?

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 What was it?

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 Who was it?

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 Lot's wife looked back

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 and God had said,

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 don't be doing that

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 and she paid a price for that, right?

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 But we find in the Bible

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 many illustrations of looking back

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 and looking back can have benefit and blessing.

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 When the nation of Israel celebrated,

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 every year they celebrated the Passover,

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 what in particular were they doing?

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 They were looking back.

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 They were remembering

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 when they had been slaves in Egypt

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 and they were remembering

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 when God had delivered them

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 from that affliction.

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 And as we think this morning

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 of the conclusion of the year,

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 I think it's appropriate for us

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 to take a moment

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 and do some looking back

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 to think about

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 what God has done in our lives personally

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 and what God has done in our lives

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 as a body of believers.

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 And every one of you here

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 have the substance with which to do that.

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 But we want to govern that in particular

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 by the Scriptures themselves.

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 And so we want to look at

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 a couple different illustrations

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 in the Bible

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 where people looking back

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 received a certain blessing

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 and an outcome from it.

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 First of all,

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 I want us to look back

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 and mark the fact

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 that when we look back,

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 we track His care and His power.

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 When we look back,

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 we track His care and His power.

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 I want you to turn in your Bible,

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 if you will,

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 to Exodus chapter 14.

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 Exodus chapter 14

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 is one of the particular incidents

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 in the Exodus

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 in which God,

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 after He had taken the nation of Israel

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 out of the land of Egypt.

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 And incidentally,

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 how had the Egyptians

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 come to the point

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 of being willing

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 to let the nation of Israel go?

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 What had happened?

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 I mean,

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 every one of the firstborn

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 of the Egyptians had died.

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 Isn't that right?

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 And it was a terrifying event.

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 And it was something

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 that led Pharaoh

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 and all of the Egyptians

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 to say,

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 get out of here.

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 Go, go, go.

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 In fact,

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 here,

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 take some stuff with you.

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 And they paid them off.

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 Get out of here.

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 Now,

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 as they left,

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 there was a very interesting

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 little thing

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 that happened along with that

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 that was a pretty dramatic indication

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 of the fact

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 that God was leading them.

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 In the daytime,

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 what was with the nation of Israel

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 as they were on their way?

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 What was following them

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 or over them?

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 A cloud.

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 And at night,

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 what was with them?

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 A pillar of fire.

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 Do you think

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 they had any doubt

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 that God was the one

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 who was doing this?

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 No,

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 they were very certain of that.

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 But what we have

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 in Exodus chapter 14

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 is that we have the incident

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 where God says to Moses,

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 and let me read for you there,

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 then the Lord said to Moses,

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 tell the people of Israel

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 to turn back

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 and encamp in front

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 of Piharoth

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 between Migdal and the sea

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 in front of Baal Zephon,

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 and you shall encamp

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 facing it by the sea.

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 Now,

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 you understand

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 that the nation of Israel

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 had received this word,

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 you are going to the land

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 of milk and honey,

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 you're going to the land

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 of promise,

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 it's going to be

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 a wonderful place

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 that I'm taking you,

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 and here we find

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 that instead of going

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 on the direct journey,

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 God then turns around

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 and takes them back

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 into what looks like

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 a corner

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 and a difficulty.

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 And as you look at this,

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 you find that

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 what really takes place

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 is God intends

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 in this event

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 to bring glory

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 to Himself

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 and to show

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 His continuing power

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 over Egypt

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 and His love

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 for the nation of Israel.

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 But mark

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 what takes place.

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 As a result of hearing,

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 Pharaoh had his spies

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 tracking what was going on

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 with this large group

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 of a million plus people

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 and he knows that,

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 hey,

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 instead of making

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 that direct passage

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 out of Egypt

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 and towards the place

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 of freedom and deliverance,

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 they had now got themselves

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 in a corner

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 against the Red Sea

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 and he thought to themselves,

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 hey,

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 or he thought to himself,

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 hey,

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 let's take advantage of this

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 and let's go bring them back

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 to become slaves again.

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 Look at what we read

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 in verse 10.

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 When Pharaoh drew near,

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 Pharaoh took out

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 with his army

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 intending to get Israel

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 back into slavery.

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 When Pharaoh drew near,

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 the people of Israel

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 lifted up their eyes

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 and behold,

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 the Egyptians

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 were marching after them

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 and they feared greatly

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 and the people of Israel

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 cried out to the Lord.

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 Now,

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 it would have been nice

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 if their crying out

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 to the Lord

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 had been merely

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 a humble petition

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 that God would do

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 something for them.

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 But what did they

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 actually cry out?

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 As you read here,

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 what did they do?

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 Instead of saying,

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 hey,

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 we're in a real hurt here

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 and we're afraid

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 of what the outcome

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 is going to be

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 and since you have

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 helped us like you have

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 in delivering us

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 from the land of Egypt,

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 why don't you do

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 something else

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 and help us now?

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 What did they do?

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 They complained,

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 they grumbled,

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 they accused Moses

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 and actually,

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 in accusing Moses,

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 they were also accusing God

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 of really not taking care of them

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 and look at what it says

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 in verse 11.

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 They said to Moses,

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 is it because there are

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 no graves in Egypt

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 that you've taken us away

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 to die in the wilderness?

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 In other words,

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 you have done this

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 to harm us,

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 not for our good.

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 And what takes place

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 is that God speaks

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 to the nation of Israel

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 and he says to Moses,

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 you let them know

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 I'm going to take care of them.

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 And he puts a protection

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 between the army of Egypt

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 and the nation of Israel

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 through that night

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 and then he parts the Red Sea

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 and what happens?

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 What happens?

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 He takes the entire nation of Israel

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 through on dry land.

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 And when the nation of Egypt,

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 when the army of Egypt

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 sees what is happening,

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 guess what they decide?

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 Hey, there go our slaves.

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 There go the people

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 that are doing

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 all this hard work for us.

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 If they can do it,

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 we can too.

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 And they come right behind

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 the entire group

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 of the Israelites

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 who are going through

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 on dry ground

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 and they try to follow them.

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 And as a result,

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 God then brings the sea

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 back upon them.

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 And as the sea comes over

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 the Egyptian army,

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 they are entirely destroyed.

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 They're wiped out.

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 And the Israelites,

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 standing on the far shore,

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 now look down

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 upon all the bodies

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 of these drowned

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 and destroyed soldiers

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 and they are just beside themselves

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 in ebullition,

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 in thanksgiving.

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 They're,

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 oh wow,

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 look what God has done.

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 So what happens then,

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 you look there in verse 30,

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 we're in Exodus chapter 14,

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 but look in verse 30,

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 thus the Lord saved Israel that day

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 from the hand of the Egyptians

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 and Israel saw the Egyptians

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 dead on the seashore.

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 So they turned around,

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 they looked back,

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 they'd been scurrying to get across

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 out of the Red Sea

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 on dry land

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 and they look back

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 and say,

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 wow,

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 look what God has done.

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 He has saved us.

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 Israel saw,

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 verse 31,

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 the great power

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 that the Lord used

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 against the Egyptians

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 so the people feared the Lord

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 and they believed in the Lord

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 and his servant Moses.

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 Now what happens

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 in Exodus chapter 15

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 is that Moses

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 and all the people sang

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 and I want you just to listen

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 to some of the opening lines.

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 I don't happen to know

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 what the chorus was,

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 but we can track the words,

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 right?

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 Then Moses and the people of Israel

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 sang this song to the Lord

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 saying,

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 I will sing to the Lord

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 for he has triumphed gloriously.

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 The horse and his rider

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 he has thrown into the sea.

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 The Lord is my strength

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 and my song.

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 He has become my salvation.

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 I want to draw several things out

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 as we look at this song

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 that they sang

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 on the other side

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 when they looked back

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 and saw what God had done.

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 First of all,

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 we recognize here

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 that the victory

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 that Israel enjoyed

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 was really something

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 that God had done

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 and so we recognize

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 that just as with Israel,

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 so it is with all of us

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 that the victories in our life

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 are of his making.

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 The victories in our life

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 are of his making

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 and whether you are

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 a young person

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 or an old person,

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 really if you look objectively

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 and you think spiritually,

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 you recognize

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 that God has given you victories.

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 He has done things

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 in your life

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 if you are here today

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 and you know Christ

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 as your Savior

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 that you can attribute

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 to nothing

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 other than his hand

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 and his grace.

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 He granted you salvation.

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 He's lifted you up.

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 He's put a new song

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 in your life.

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 He has changed things

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 beyond your imagination

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 and as you look at

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 all the things

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 that he has done,

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 you look back

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 and you'd have to admit

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 these things

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 are things that God has done

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 not that you've done.

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 Now I have to think

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 when we recognize

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 what we find here

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 in this passage

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 that we also probably

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 do need to recognize

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 that we have a tendency

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 even on the day-to-day issues

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 of being more like Israel

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 in complaining

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 than like Israel

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 in rejoicing.

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 Am I right or wrong?

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 Most of the time

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 when you get trapped

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 in bad traffic,

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 what's the first thing

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 that goes through your mind?

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 Huh?

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 How many of you

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 are just,

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 hey Lord,

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 I'm glad you're in charge

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 and I don't know

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 all the details

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 but I guess you've got me

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 up against the Red Sea

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 and good things are happening.

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 I can trust you.

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 Is that what we do?

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 What do we do?

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 I see some of your faces

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 commiserate

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 because of the last experience

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 you had

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 when things didn't go your way.

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 We're like Israel.

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 And so it's good for us

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 to remind ourselves

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 on occasion

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 that really God

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 is the one

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 who's been doing great things

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 for us

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 and the blessings

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 that we've enjoyed

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 when we look in hindsight

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 we recognize

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 that every one

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 of his victories

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 that we've enjoyed

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 are of his making

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 not our own.

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 Furthermore,

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 there's something else

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 that I want us to mark

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 here in this passage

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 that Moses reminds us of.

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 Look there in verse 13.

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 Begin there,

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 it says,

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 you have led

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 in your steadfast love

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 the people

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 whom you have redeemed.

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 You have led

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 in your steadfast love

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 the people

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 you have redeemed.

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 Now,

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 who had led them out

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 of the land of Egypt?

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 Who was it?

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 It was God.

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 He had opened

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 the way for them

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 to allow Pharaoh

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 who was their oppressor

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 to deliver,

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 he had delivered them

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 from the iron furnace

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 where another passage

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 speaks of Egypt

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 as being the iron furnace.

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 He delivered them

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 out of this.

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 And here is Moses

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 speaking about that deliverance

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 you have led

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 by your steadfast love.

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 The characteristic

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 of your leading

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 is your steadfast love.

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 How many of you

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 have ever

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 taken a dog

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 for a walk

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 that was not

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 overly cooperative

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 with you?

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 Have you ever done that?

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 How many of you

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 have relied

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 on the leash

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 to get the dog

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 to come with you?

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 How many of you

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 on occasion

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 have thought to yourself,

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 maybe I pulled

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 a little too hard?

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 Okay?

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 Or you've gone along

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 scolding the,

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 come on,

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 come on,

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 you know,

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 and the dog,

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 your steadfast love

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 has been grossly deficient.

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 Here is Moses

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 as he considers

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 the way in which

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 God had taken care

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 of the land,

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 the nation of Israel

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 you have led

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 with your steadfast love.

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 Do you recognize

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 that in your life?

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 His agenda

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 and every step

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 he takes us on

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 is governed

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 by his steadfast love.

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 Every step

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 he takes us on

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 is governed

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 by his steadfast love.

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 You know,

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 at this point

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 in my life,

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 I have to say

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 that when I look back

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 across so many

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.680
 of the incidents

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 in my life,

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 I recognize

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 that the things

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 that I at the moment

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 thought were so terrible

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 and so bad,

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 he has intended

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 to be for my good

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 and as I look

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 in retrospect,

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 you as well

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 join in recognizing

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 every step

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 has been marked

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 by his steadfast love

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 and his care.

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 So if you find yourself

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 this morning

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 in a valley,

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 you find yourself

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 at a moment

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 where things look

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 a little difficult,

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 I want to remind you

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 that what we find

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 here in this passage

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 in Exodus chapter 14

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 and 15

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 is a reminder

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 of the fact

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 that God who leads,

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 he may put us

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 up against the Red Sea

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 but he is leading

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 in his steadfast love

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 and he will bring it through,

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 he will bring us through

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 and it will be

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 an evidence

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 of his unfailing love.

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 I want you to turn

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 just for a moment

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 over to a passage

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 that reminds us

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 of one of the reasons

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 why God has written

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 the scriptures.

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 Keep your finger there

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 in Exodus

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 but go if you would

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 to Romans chapter 15

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 verse 4.

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 Romans chapter 15

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 verse 4 it says

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 but whatever was written

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 in former days.

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 Question,

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 is Exodus chapter 14

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 and 15 something

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 that was written

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 a long time ago?

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 What's the answer?

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 Yes, yes.

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 Whatever was written

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 in former days

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 was written

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 for our instruction

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 that through endurance

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 and through the encouragement

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 of the scriptures

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 we might have hope.

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 Now listen,

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 God has recorded

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 for our blessing

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 the illustration

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 of how he took care

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 of Israel

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 so that we ourselves

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 in the midst

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 of our adversity

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 and difficulties

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 and the challenges

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 that we are facing

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 may find comfort

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 and certainty

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 because we know this,

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 the God who took care

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 of the nation of Israel

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 is also taking care

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 of us personally

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 and he is at work

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 and he leads

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 with his steadfast love.

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 That's one of the reasons

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 why I asked John

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 to sing that song again.

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 His love never quits,

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 never gives up,

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 never runs out on me

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 but you know,

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 I want to ask you a question.

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 As you think about

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 those songs,

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 the words of that song,

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 here's a companion question

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 that goes with me

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 or with it.

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 He said,

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 here's the question.

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 How many of you

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 when you're singing

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 that song,

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 think with me,

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 are also tracking

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 passages of scripture

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 that the words reference?

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 Do you follow that?

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 Now listen.

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 Spirit-filled people

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 are inclined

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 to think scripturally.

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 Be filled with the spirit,

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 speaking to one another

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 in psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs,

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 thinking scripturally,

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 singing joyfully,

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 being thankful.

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 And so when we think

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 about the nation of Israel,

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 we recognize

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 here is God

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 taking care

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 of an entire group

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 of people

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 and a group of people

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 that are a lot like us,

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 frail,

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 inclined to be

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 a little discouraged

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 on a moment,

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 uncertain of how things

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 are going to work out

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 and yet here is Moses

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 reminding them

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 as we see back

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 in Exodus chapter 15,

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 verse 13,

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 you have led us

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 in your steadfast love

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 the people

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 whom you have redeemed.

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 I want us to look

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 at another illustration

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 of someone

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 who is looking back

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 and I want you

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 to turn in your Bible

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 if you will

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 to Genesis chapter 47,

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 verse 9.

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 We're going to look

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 eventually

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 at Genesis chapter 48,

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 but for the sake

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 of our grasping

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 the overall picture,

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 I want you to know

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 that actually

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 of Abraham,

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 Isaac,

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 and Jacob,

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 we're dealing here

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 in this passage

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 with Jacob

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 who is the third

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 of the patriarchs.

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 And if you were

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 given the choice

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 of who you would

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 want to be like,

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 I would venture

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 to say that none

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 of us here

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 would prefer

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 that we be like Jacob,

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 right?

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 Why would you not

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.660
 want to be like Jacob?

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 Why?

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 You think with me

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 and you recognize

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 that Jacob's life

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 was one that was marked

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 by hardship

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 and difficulty

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 and most of it

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 was self-inflicted.

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 What do I mean

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 by self-inflicted?

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 It's a little bit like

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 if you hit yourself

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 with a hammer

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 and you then begin

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 to groan and complain

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 about how bad

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.620
 your thumb feels.

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 Incidentally,

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 I'm not sure

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.660
 you can see it,

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 but I have a nice

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.539
 little reminder

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 that thumbs

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 do not react well

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 when struck.

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 Okay?

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.620
 So when you hit yourself

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 with a hammer

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 and you begin

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.299
 to complain a little bit,

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 you have to realize

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 that was self-inflicted.

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 Most of Jacob's life

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 was actually

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 pretty problematic.

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 I want you to look

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 and said we were going

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.579
 to look at 48 first,

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 but look at 47,

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.819
 chapter 47,

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.559
 verse 9.

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 Here is Jacob

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.679
 being brought

00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:20.139
 by his son Joseph

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.460
 into the presence

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.139
 of Pharaoh.

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 And so Jacob

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.000
 is giving a summary

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.000
 of his life.

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 And Jacob said to Pharaoh,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.159
 the days of the years

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.119
 of my sojourning

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.919
 are 130 years.

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 Now,

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.440
 mark the next sentence

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:40.919
 where Jacob explains

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:43.080
 what those 130 years

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 have been like.

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 Few

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.759
 and evil

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.360
 have been

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.980
 the days

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.900
 of the years

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.920
 of my life.

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.740
 Well,

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.140
 that's a little

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.759
 pessimistic,

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 isn't it?

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 But

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.340
 it was also

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.120
 pretty realistic.

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 And we know

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.400
 when you stop

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.080
 and think about

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.960
 Jacob's life

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.360
 that Jacob's life

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.380
 for the most part

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.800
 is a chronicle

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.660
 or a record

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.220
 of a self-willed,

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.140
 manipulative,

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:11.580
 self-focused

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.340
 individual.

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.960
 Over and over again,

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.840
 Jacob thought

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.860
 he could handle

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.840
 things himself.

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.580
 And the outcome

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.060
 of that

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:22.580
 was that

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.700
 in his own flesh,

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.759
 he just kept

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.560
 on getting himself

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.960
 in trouble.

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:29.020
 And here is Jacob,

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.920
 130 years old,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.220
 in the presence

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.880
 of the Pharaoh,

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.340
 and he says,

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.160
 let me tell you something,

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.480
 I have had

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.660
 a fairly hard life.

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.440
 And he was right.

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.500
 But now,

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.500
 let's look forward

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:44.920
 to another view

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.860
 of his life.

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.300
 And we find it

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:48.960
 in Genesis chapter 48,

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.700
 verse 15 and 16.

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.860
 This is at the very end

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.320
 of his life.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.640
 And one of the things

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:55.500
 that Jacob did

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:57.280
 was that he gave

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:58.360
 prophetic blessing

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:59.620
 to all of his children

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:01.800
 and included in the children

00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:03.240
 that he gave prophetic blessing

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:05.059
 to were the two children

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.900
 of Joseph,

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.220
 Ephraim and Manasseh.

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.579
 And I want you to mark,

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.120
 if you will,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.819
 verse 15 and 16.

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.420
 He calls in

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.220
 for the two children

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.799
 of Joseph

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.759
 to bless them.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.980
 And as they are placed,

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.980
 his eyesight

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.700
 is very,

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.319
 very weak

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.079
 and can't see them

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.559
 very well.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.599
 And so,

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.700
 Joseph,

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.440
 with the purpose

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.640
 of helping his father,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.539
 he puts the older one

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:35.500
 on the side

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.500
 where the right hand

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.539
 would naturally set

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:39.140
 and he puts the younger one

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:40.440
 where the younger,

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.519
 where the left hand

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.920
 would set,

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.860
 the right hand being

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:44.100
 the hand of power

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.900
 and the hand

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.820
 of principal blessing.

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:47.919
 And what does Jacob do?

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.619
 Does anybody know?

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:51.939
 He crosses his hands.

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.240
 And Joseph,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.980
 thinking that his poor father,

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.399
 you know,

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.419
 maybe having a little bit

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.139
 of a problem here,

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.779
 brain fade,

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.480
 he says,

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.799
 Dad,

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.579
 no, no, no.

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.339
 No,

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.539
 it's going to be that way.

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.720
 Incidentally,

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.179
 Jacob and Esau,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.279
 who was born first?

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:13.079
 And here

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.599
 is Jacob

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.139
 blessing

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:16.240
 these two

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.099
 little ones

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.180
 and listen

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.920
 to what

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.960
 he says.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.740
 And he blessed

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.579
 Joseph and said

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.180
 to the God

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.799
 before whom

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.480
 my fathers

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.579
 Abraham and Isaac

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.119
 walked,

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.740
 the God

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.500
 who has been,

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.220
 and I want you

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.039
 to think about this,

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.639
 the God

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.259
 who has been

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.720
 my shepherd

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.639
 all my life

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.279
 long

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.559
 to this day.

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.619
 The God

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.980
 who's been

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.740
 my shepherd

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.920
 all my life

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.220
 long

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.960
 to this day.

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.379
 I have

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.799
 never

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.099
 cared for sheep,

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:58.579
 but my grandfather

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.899
 did.

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.940
 And when I

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.539
 would go visit

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.399
 my grandfather,

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.779
 I had

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.379
 brief

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.460
 exposures

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.099
 to the fact

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.919
 that sheep

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:11.240
 as sweet

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.039
 and as

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.459
 innocent

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:13.099
 as they

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.799
 seem

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.259
 are very,

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.519
 very poor

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.559
 following,

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.839
 at following.

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.099
 Do you

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.500
 follow that?

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.039
 They're just,

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:22.980
 they're kind of,

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.500
 they're brain dead.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.740
 And the things

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.339
 that seem

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.519
 so intuitively

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.159
 obvious

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:32.139
 as being for

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.759
 their good,

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.859
 they don't do.

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:37.019
 and there

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.459
 is no

00:27:37.459 --> 00:27:38.240
 such thing

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.099
 as a

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.759
 low

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.819
 maintenance

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.079
 flock

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.719
 of sheep.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.619
 Do you know

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:43.819
 what I mean

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.199
 by low

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.500
 maintenance?

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.939
 I mean

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.279
 the little

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.179
 dingbat song

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.539
 to leave

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.019
 them alone

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.359
 and they

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.759
 will come

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.139
 home

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.479
 dragging

00:27:49.479 --> 00:27:49.659
 their,

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.439
 that is

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.939
 pure

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.559
 fantasy.

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.759
 If you're

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.259
 going to

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.979
 lead sheep,

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.779
 you do

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.299
 that with

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.679
 that little

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.240
 crook and

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.599
 staff,

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:58.839
 you know

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.159
 what they're

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.579
 doing all

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.919
 the time?

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.639
 Thwack,

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:00.960
 thwack,

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.320
 thwack,

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.640
 thwack,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:01.940
 thwack,

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.200
 you know

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.240
 they're steering

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.700
 sheep,

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.160
 you know

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.420
 a little

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.160
 peck on

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.620
 this side

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.340
 and have

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.560
 you ever

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.180
 known sheep

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.480
 dogs,

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:07.700
 you know

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.040
 what sheep

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:08.460
 dogs do

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.060
 their entire

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.500
 life?

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.460
 They heard

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.240
 those poor

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.040
 brain dead

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.780
 sheep to

00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:14.100
 the right

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.540
 place by

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:14.759
 bark,

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:14.920
 bark,

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.100
 bark,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.200
 bark,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.720
 all the

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:15.920
 time,

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.140
 work,

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.300
 work,

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.460
 work,

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.600
 work,

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.640
 work,

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:16.880
 work.

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.180
 And

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:20.160
 Jacob

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.420
 says,

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.720
 listen,

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.740
 you have

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.340
 been my

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.400
 shepherd all

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.060
 my

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:25.100
 life.

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.360
 I want

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.620
 you to

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.060
 mark what

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.400
 it says

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.759
 in verse

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.340
 16.

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.720
 Remember

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.160
 in

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.460
 Genesis

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.840
 chapter

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.600
 47

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.200
 where

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.860
 Jacob

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.400
 when he

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.780
 spoke

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.120
 about

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.320
 his

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:42.700
 life

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.200
 he

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.540
 said,

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:43.940
 let me

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.320
 tell you

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:44.720
 something,

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.980
 my life

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.720
 has been

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.340
 short

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.240
 and it's

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.480
 been

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.040
 hard.

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.300
 Genesis

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.660
 chapter

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.860
 48

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.160
 verse

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.600
 16,

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.340
 the angel

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.639
 who has

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.099
 redeemed

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.439
 me

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.039
 from

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.439
 all

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.899
 evil,

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.559
 bless

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.759
 the

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.139
 lads.

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.939
 The

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.480
 angel

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.839
 who has

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.339
 redeemed

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.740
 me

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.619
 from

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.959
 all

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.419
 evil,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.000
 bless

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.220
 the

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.659
 lads.

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.759
 I have

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.099
 to tell

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.359
 you

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:17.099
 that there

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.740
 is something

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.720
 noteworthy

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.459
 in the

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:20.099
 fact that

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.599
 Jacob

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.679
 refers to

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:22.220
 the one

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.799
 who had

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.419
 blessed

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.819
 as the

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.419
 angel

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:25.859
 of the

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.179
 Lord

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:27.740
 because

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.440
 that

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.120
 phrase,

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.599
 the

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.120
 angel

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.599
 of the

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.839
 Lord

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.599
 is a

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.980
 reference

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.440
 to the

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.279
 pre-incarnate

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.819
 Christ.

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.420
 There are

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.779
 plenty of

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.240
 angels in

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.480
 the Old

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.859
 Testament

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:40.339
 but it

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.880
 is only

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.380
 the

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.859
 angel

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.359
 of the

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.640
 Lord

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:42.980
 that

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.720
 justly

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.220
 deserves

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.720
 praise

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:44.920
 and

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.480
 adoration

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.160
 and

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.579
 worship

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.019
 that is

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.220
 due

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.420
 to

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.680
 God

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.079
 alone.

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.859
 And

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.259
 here

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.759
 in

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.039
 verse

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.740
 15

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.120
 Jacob

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.460
 says,

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.779
 I want

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.000
 you to

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.460
 understand

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.039
 that God

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.400
 has been

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.660
 my

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.000
 shepherd

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.579
 and

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.759
 then

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.000
 in

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.299
 verse

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.019
 16

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.259
 he

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.559
 says,

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.120
 the

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.559
 angel,

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.799
 it's

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:00.980
 the

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.200
 Lord

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.539
 Jesus

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.000
 Christ

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.460
 who

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.680
 has

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.140
 redeemed

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.319
 me

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.519
 from

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.779
 all

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.140
 evil.

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.600
 Is

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:06.740
 that

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:06.860
 the

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.000
 view

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.319
 you have

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.539
 of your

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.779
 life

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.019
 as you

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.160
 look

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.400
 back

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.860
 over it?

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.319
 I

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.500
 thought

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.700
 about

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:10.920
 this

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.180
 as I

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.299
 was

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.640
 praying

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.000
 earlier

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.259
 in the

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.480
 week

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.720
 and I

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.100
 recognized

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.500
 that

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.380
 our

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.840
 congregation

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.120
 is

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.299
 made

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.460
 up

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.740
 of a

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.039
 wide

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.519
 diversity

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.700
 of

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.900
 people.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.140
 Some

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.319
 of you

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.420
 are

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.620
 sitting

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:17.759
 in

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:17.880
 here

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.100
 this

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.380
 morning

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.940
 that

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.740
 are

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:25.980
 sitting

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.259
 here

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.519
 that

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.980
 are

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.620
 literally

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:27.920
 not

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.140
 even

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.299
 in

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.460
 your

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.840
 teens

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.299
 yet.

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.420
 Can

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.559
 a

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:31.900
 person

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.120
 who

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.319
 is

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.620
 in

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.019
 his

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.660
 teens

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.319
 or

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.640
 even

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.059
 younger

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.819
 still

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.100
 have

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.319
 a

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.860
 view

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.640
 backwards

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.299
 and

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.620
 see

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:38.880
 that

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.819
 Christ

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.120
 has

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.299
 been

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.519
 at

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.799
 work

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:40.960
 in

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.120
 his

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.420
 life?

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.840
 Yes.

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.319
 Absolutely.

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.900
 And

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.140
 this

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.620
 passage

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.880
 has

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.500
 application

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:48.140
 to

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.460
 every

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.759
 one

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:48.940
 of

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.380
 us.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.900
 The

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.279
 angel

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.519
 of

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.680
 the

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.980
 Lord

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.220
 who

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.440
 has

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.900
 redeemed

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.200
 me

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.480
 from

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.940
 all

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.519
 evil

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.580
 bless

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.140
 the

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.600
 lads.

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.700
 And

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.840
 so

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.000
 as

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.120
 you

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.259
 look

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.519
 back

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.680
 over

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:00.820
 the

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.059
 life

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.240
 that

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.420
 God

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.559
 has

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:01.779
 given

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:01.900
 you

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.019
 to

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.220
 this

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.539
 point

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.019
 and

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.140
 if

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.240
 you

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.440
 look

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.019
 objectively

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.299
 I

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.480
 think

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.620
 what

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:04.720
 you

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:04.840
 would

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:04.980
 have

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.120
 to

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.320
 say

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.480
 is

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.680
 that

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.700
 that

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.400
 he

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.779
 has

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.039
 been

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.259
 your

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.720
 loving

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.180
 shepherd

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.740
 and

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:08.980
 he

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.259
 has

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.640
 kept

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.840
 you

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.059
 from

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.620
 destruction.

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.940
 He's

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.080
 the

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.240
 one

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.480
 that's

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.680
 done

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:12.900
 this

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.120
 for

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.279
 you.

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.840
 He's

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:13.980
 the

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.160
 one

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.420
 that's

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.620
 cared

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.640
!

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:14.860
 for

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.019
 you.

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.600
 He's

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:15.759
 the

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:15.980
 one

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.180
 that

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.380
 has

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.900
 brought

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.100
 you

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.299
 through

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.799
 every

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.080
 one

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.180
 of

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.259
 the

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.700
 how many

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:18.740
 of

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:18.799
 you

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.140
 times

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.340
 have

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.480
 you

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.740
 thought

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.180
 this

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.320
 is

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.480
 the

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.700
 end

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:20.860
 I

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.160
 can't

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.320
 take

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.620
 another

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.960
 step

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.480
 this

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.640
 is

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.960
 all

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.200
 and

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.420
 there

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.620
 is

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:24.819
 the

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.180
 shepherd

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.279
 and

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.420
 the

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.579
 one

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.720
 who

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.100
 redeems

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:27.319
 you.

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.620
 I

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.860
 love

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.039
 the

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.340
 fact

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:31.559
 that

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.940
 as

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:33.340
 Jacob

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.640
 blessed

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.100
 those

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.440
 two

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.779
 little

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.340
 boys

00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:38.680
 he

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.880
 made

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.000
 it

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.200
 very

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.620
 clear

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.759
 that

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:40.920
 his

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.240
 love

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.460
 has

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.819
 never

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.220
 quit

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.680
 he's

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.000
 never

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.340
 left

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.579
 you

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.559
 and

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.740
 he's

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:45.940
 never

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.420
 forsaken

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.680
 you.

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.960
 There's

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.120
 one

00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.299
 other

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.539
 thing

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.700
 that

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:49.819
 I

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:49.980
 want

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.160
 us

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.299
 to

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.519
 do

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.700
 as

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:50.860
 we

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.120
 think

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.460
 about

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.160
 this

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.539
 business

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.720
 of

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.039
 looking

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.500
 back

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.659
 at

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:53.799
 the

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:53.980
 end

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.099
 of

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.220
 the

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.440
 year

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.619
 and

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.159
 I

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.240
 would

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.399
 like

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:55.480
 you

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.599
 to

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:55.759
 turn

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:55.879
 to

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.000
 a

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.299
 passage

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.539
 in

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.000
 Philippians

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.200
 if

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.319
 you

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.500
 would

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.639
 as

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.779
 we

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.159
 close

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:59.759
 because

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.599
 looking

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.980
 back

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.220
 should

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.440
 move

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.599
 us

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:01.920
 upward

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 Philippians

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.180
 chapter

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.680
 3

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.359
 the

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.799
 apostle

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.259
 is

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.700
 taking

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.000
 a

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.599
 large

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.039
 view

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.559
 over

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.659
 the

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:10.960
 broad

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.319
 sweep

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.460
 of

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.599
 his

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:11.980
 life

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.259
 and

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.859
 there

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.099
 as

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.240
 he

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.599
 comes

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.899
 towards

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.079
 the

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.299
 end

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.399
 of

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.539
 the

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.920
 chapter

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.700
 he

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.960
 makes

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.119
 a

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.399
 comment

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.619
 that

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.740
 is

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.920
 very

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.359
 significant

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.559
 to

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.759
 all

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:17.899
 of

00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.340
 us

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:20.880
 Paul

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.100
 in

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.400
 writing

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.620
 the

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:21.840
 letter

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:21.980
 to

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.120
 the

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.320
 church

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.500
 at

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.080
 Philippi

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:24.640
 he

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.040
 had

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.340
 taken

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.560
 the

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:25.840
 time

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.060
 to

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.400
 speak

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.680
 about

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.900
 what

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.060
 his

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.400
 past

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.620
 was

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:27.759
 to

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.900
 a

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.080
 certain

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.460
 degree

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.620
 but

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.620
 while

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:30.840
 he

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.380
 remembered

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.920
 some

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.220
 things

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.380
 of

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.519
 his

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.860
 past

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.320
 he

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.660
 certainly

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.220
 wasn't

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.700
 governed

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.940
 or

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.420
 controlled

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.740
 by

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.040
 it

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:38.519
 I

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.660
 think

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.040
 sometimes

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:39.320
 as we

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.519
 get a

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.640
 little

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.940
 older

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.320
 it

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.780
 is

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.060
 a

00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.820
 tendency

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.140
 we

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:42.440
 have

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.080
 of

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.980
 thinking

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.780
 about

00:32:44.780 --> 00:32:45.680
 the

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.259
 past

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.920
 more

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.460
 than

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.720
 we

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.340
 should

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:50.559
 and

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.840
 not

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.259
 allow

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.519
 the

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.799
 things

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:51.980
 we

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.420
 remember

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.720
 about

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:52.900
 our

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.259
 past

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.759
 only

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.000
 to

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.299
 govern

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.539
 our

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.100
 anticipation

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.700
 and

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.579
 ambition

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.840
 for

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.000
 the

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.380
 future

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:59.559
 let me

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.920
 read the

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.220
 passage

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.680
 to you

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:00.940
 there

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.079
 in

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.480
 Ephesians

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.819
 chapter

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.259
 3

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.019
 verse

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.440
 13

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.600
 and

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:03.900
 14

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.220
 brothers

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.960
 I

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.279
 do

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.579
 not

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.019
 consider

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.259
 that

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.380
 I

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.519
 have

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.740
 made

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:06.840
 it

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.039
 my

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.259
 own

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.420
 but

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.759
 one

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.019
 thing

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.180
 I

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.420
 do

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.220
 forgetting

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.519
 what

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.000
 lies

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.759
 behind

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.400
 and

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.000
 straining

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.819
 forward

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.039
 to

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.220
 what

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.600
 lies

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.940
 ahead

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.400
 I

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.900
 press

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.319
 on

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.659
 toward

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:17.899
 the

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.240
 goal

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.439
 for

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.579
 the

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.019
 prize

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.519
 of

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.700
 the

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.079
 upward

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.519
 call

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.679
 of

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.220
 God

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.159
 in

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.460
 Christ

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.000
 Jesus

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:25.539
 as

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.740
 Paul

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:25.939
 looked

00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.159
 back

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.419
 over

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:27.240
 his

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.599
 past

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:27.759
 he

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.339
 recognized

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.639
 that

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:28.960
 there

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.079
 were

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.359
 things

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:29.919
 that

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:31.579
 conceivably

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.220
 others

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.599
 would take

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:32.839
 some

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.139
 credit

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.399
 for

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:33.519
 or

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.779
 whatever

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.379
 but

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.519
 he

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.720
 says

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.859
 hey

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.139
 listen

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.399
 those

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:35.599
 things

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.819
 don't

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.039
 count

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.200
 for

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.379
 me

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.859
 I

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.139
 counted

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.480
 all

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.700
 but

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.099
 loss

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.319
 for

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.759
 Christ

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.480
 but

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.659
 then

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:40.879
 he

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.419
 zeros

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.980
 in

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.240
 and

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.379
 he

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.720
 points

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.000
 out

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.240
 that

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.639
 the

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.899
 things

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.039
 of

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.159
 the

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.500
 past

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.639
 are

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:45.819
 not

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:45.980
 the

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.220
 things

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.379
 that

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.720
 govern

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:46.960
 him

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.119
 the

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.319
 thing

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.460
 that

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.720
 really

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.240
 governs

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.439
 him

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:48.960
 is

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.179
 that

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:49.379
 he

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.599
 is

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.179
 driving

00:33:50.179 --> 00:33:50.779
 towards

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.000
 the

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.279
 high

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.659
 call

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:51.839
 of

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.079
 God

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.259
 in

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.519
 Christ

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.960
 Jesus

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.639
 I

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:54.759
 want

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:54.859
 you

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:54.899
 to

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.039
 think

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.179
 with

00:33:55.179 --> 00:33:55.279
 me

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.439
 just

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.579
 for

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.679
 a

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:55.879
 moment

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.019
 of

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.159
 what

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.279
 he

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.579
 means

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.759
 when

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:56.879
 he

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.139
 says

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.439
 there

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:57.899
 I

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.339
 press

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.779
 towards

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:58.980
 the

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.299
 goal

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.779
 there

00:33:59.779 --> 00:33:59.960
 is

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.099
 an

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.779
 intentional

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.799
 ambition

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.460
 and

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.000
 desire

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.299
 of

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.439
 the

00:34:03.439 --> 00:34:03.879
 apostle

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.359
 to

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.619
 move

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.079
 forward

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.099
 I

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.259
 gotta

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.500
 tell

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.659
 you

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.240
 there

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.439
 are

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.159
 temptations

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.360
 in

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.519
 all

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.639
 of

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:08.779
 our

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.080
 lives

00:34:09.080 --> 00:34:09.640
 that's

00:34:09.640 --> 00:34:09.920
 enough

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.180
 we've

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.560
 arrived

00:34:10.560 --> 00:34:10.820
 it's

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.160
 done

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:11.840
 and

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.120
 that's

00:34:12.120 --> 00:34:12.280
 not

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.460
 the

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.880
 case

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.940
 that's

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.080
 not

00:34:14.080 --> 00:34:14.240
 the

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:14.600
 case

00:34:14.600 --> 00:34:15.780
 I

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:15.960
 can

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.180
 tell

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.300
 you

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.680
 this

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.660
 when

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:17.920
 you

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.280
 stop

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.620
 moving

00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:19.060
 forward

00:34:19.060 --> 00:34:19.300
 you

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.660
 begin

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:20.060
 drifting

00:34:20.060 --> 00:34:20.560
 backwards

00:34:20.560 --> 00:34:20.800
 do you

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.100
 understand

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.400
 that

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.600
 when

00:34:22.600 --> 00:34:22.860
 you

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.200
 stop

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:23.540
 moving

00:34:23.540 --> 00:34:23.980
 forward

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.580
 spiritually

00:34:24.580 --> 00:34:24.820
 you

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.120
 begin

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.460
 drifting

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.880
 backwards

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.040
 and

00:34:26.040 --> 00:34:26.120
 there

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:26.200
 are

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.340
 some

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.440
 of

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.519
 you

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.740
 sitting

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:26.980
 here

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.480
 this

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.760
 morning

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:27.940
 the

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.160
 truth

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.300
 of

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.300


00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.500
 matter

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.780
 is

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.320
 nobody

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.720
 else

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.000
 knows

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.280
 what's

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.660
 happening

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.140
 but

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.280
 the

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.600
 fact

00:34:31.600 --> 00:34:31.840
 is

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.480
 you've

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.840
 settled

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.120
 where

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.299
 you

00:34:33.299 --> 00:34:33.559
 are

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.679
 and

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.799
 you're

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:33.980
 thinking

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.239
 well

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.940
 I'm

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.299
 done

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:36.579
 it's

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.759
 too

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.199
 hard

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.980
 and

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.099
 you

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.339
 begin

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.519
 to

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.699
 drift

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:41.159
 backwards

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.799
 spiritually

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.460
 a little

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.619
 bit

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:42.839
 at a

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.179
 time

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.079
 a little

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.219
 bit

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.440
 at a

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.759
 time

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.900
 but

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.059
 you're

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.279
 drifting

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.719
 backwards

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.019
 Paul

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.279
 says

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.460
 hey

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.839
 listen

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:50.119
 forgetting

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.400
 what

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.739
 lies

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.299
 behind

00:34:51.299 --> 00:34:51.659
 and

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.420
 straining

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.139
 forward

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.400
 to

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.579
 what

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.920
 lies

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.380
 ahead

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:57.139
 is

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.239
 that

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.380
 what

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.500
 you're

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.699
 doing

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:59.400
 you

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.639
 have

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.059
 ambition

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.440
 for

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.659
 your

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.099
 spiritual

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.559
 future

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.839
 you're

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.159
 looking

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.659
 forward

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:02.839
 to

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:02.980
 what

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.280
 God

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.460
 is

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.640
 going

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:03.800
 to

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:03.920
 do

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.039
 in

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.160
 your

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.480
 life

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.980
 and

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.240
 more

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.760
 importantly

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.340
 you're

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.600
 looking

00:35:06.600 --> 00:35:07.000
 forward

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.180
 to

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.320
 the

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.539
 day

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.720
 that

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:07.940
 you're

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.140
 going

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.280
 to

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.460
 see

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.800
 Christ

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.079
 Jesus

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.440
 face

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.620
 to

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.059
 face

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.220
 look at

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.380
 that

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.660
 little

00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:13.019
 statement

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.280
 that

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:13.519
 Paul

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.820
 makes

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.059
 he says

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.519
 I press

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.840
 towards

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.019
 the

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.300
 goal

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.720
 for

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:15.900
 the

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.340
 prize

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.500
 of

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.660
 the

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.100
 upward

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.800
 call

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.380
 what

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.519
 is

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.660
 the

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:20.940
 upward

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.480
 call

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:23.280
 well

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.980
 actually

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.260
 in the

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.480
 Greek

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.740
 that

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.140
 term

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.480
 upward

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.840
 call

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.079
 was

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.300
 a

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.600
 term

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:26.780
 a

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.079
 formal

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.079


00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.320
 term

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.460
 that

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.579
 was

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.900
 actually

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.260
 used

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.019
 to

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.220
 something

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.400
 special

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.620
 and

00:35:36.620 --> 00:35:36.860
 something

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.440
 particular

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.940
 it

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.160
 was

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:39.780
 a

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.100
 recognition

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.780
 of who

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:41.960
 you

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.220
 were

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.860
 and

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.500
 a

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.940
 call

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.120
 to

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:44.260
 be

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.579
 part

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.680
 of

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.000
 something

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.559
 special

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.900
 I

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.139
 can't

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.299
 help

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:47.460
 but

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:47.639
 think

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.759
 of

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:47.900
 what

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.079
 we

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.400
 read

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.820
 in

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.219
 Revelation

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.599
 chapter

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.159
 16

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.440
 verse

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.840
 9

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.420
 where

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.659
 we

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.019
 read

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.279
 there

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.900
 blessed

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.139
 are

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.460
 all

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.799
 those

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:53.940
 who

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.099
 are

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.599
 called

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.099
 what

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.360
 do

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.420
 you

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.539
 know

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.679
 what

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:55.799
 it

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.099
 says

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.599
 to

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.759
 the

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.139
 wedding

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.579
 supper

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.820
 of

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:57.980
 the

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.420
 lamb

00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:02.019
 that's

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.119
 the

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.320
 high

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.619
 call

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.679
 I

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.840
 want

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:04.940
 to

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.119
 have

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.259
 you

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.860
 recognize

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.119
 this

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.400
 morning

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.659
 that

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.820
 if

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.000
 you're

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.119
 a

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.380
 person

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.579
 who

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.820
 knows

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:07.960
 the

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.139
 Lord

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.440
 Jesus

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.920
 Christ

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.679
 then

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.079
 your

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.539
 calling

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.779
 is

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:10.940
 to

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.360
 glory

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 and

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:11.960
 it

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.099
 is

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.259
 to

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.719
 all

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:17.759
 and

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.299
 Paul

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.599
 says

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:18.940
 listen

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.340
 I

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.639
 put

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:19.820
 the

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.179
 past

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.639
 behind

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.880
 me

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.500
 I'm

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.779
 not

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:21.960
 going

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.059
 to

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.199
 get

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.420
 all

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.840
 carried

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.179
 over

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.460
 and

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.400
 bogged

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.619
 down

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:24.799
 with

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.000
 what

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.219
 my

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.659
 past

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:25.880
 is

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.320
 and

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.699
 every

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.000
 one

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.139
 of

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.299
 us

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.579
 have

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.840
 pasts

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.380
 he

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.519
 says

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.619
 I

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.799
 put

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:30.960
 that

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.320
 behind

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.539
 me

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.139
 I

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.420
 am

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.900
 pressing

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.480
 forward

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.699
 to

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:33.900
 the

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.199
 high

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.599
 calling

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.799
 of

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.079
 God

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.239
 in

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.500
 Christ

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.920
 Jesus

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:41.639
 I

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:41.920
 wonder

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.179
 this

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.480
 morning

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.739
 as

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.079
 you

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.139
 look

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.400
 back

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.739
 across

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:44.980
 this

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.279
 year

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:47.120
 whether

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.420
 a little

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.580
 bit

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.820
 like

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.140
 Moses

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.360
 and

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.480
 the

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.740
 nation

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:48.880
 of

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.140
 Israel

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:49.360
 you

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.540
 can

00:36:49.540 --> 00:36:49.780
 look

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.480
 at

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.880
 a

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.080
 red

00:36:51.080 --> 00:36:51.300
 sea

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:51.640
 moment

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:51.760
 and

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:51.800
 you

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:51.920
 can

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.080
 say

00:36:52.080 --> 00:36:52.300
 man

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.600
 that's

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:52.900
 something

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.220
 God

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.540
 did

00:36:53.540 --> 00:36:53.740
 for

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:53.940
 me

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.360
 and

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.480
 I

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.640
 don't

00:36:54.640 --> 00:36:54.820
 want

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:54.920
 to

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.200
 forget

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.460
 it

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.840
 and

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.660
 I

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:56.840
 want

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:56.900
 to

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.280
 remind

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.740
 myself

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.040
 again

00:36:58.040 --> 00:36:58.180
 and

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.400
 again

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.080
 God's

00:36:59.080 --> 00:36:59.280
 been

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.740
 good

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.080
 and

00:37:00.080 --> 00:37:00.300
 he's

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.600
 brought

00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:00.800
 me

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.240
 through

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:03.940
 but

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.180
 can

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:04.320
 you

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.640
 also

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:04.860
 be

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.140
 like

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:05.540
 Jacob

00:37:05.540 --> 00:37:05.780
 and

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.340
 you

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.720
 remind

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.120
 yourself

00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:07.280
 hey

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.560
 listen

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:08.460
 every

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.000
 step

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.280
 of

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.440
 the

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.740
 way

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:09.980
 the

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.300
 good

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:10.740
 shepherd

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:10.920
 has

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.139
 been

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.440
 there

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.860
 using

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.119
 the

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.519
 cane

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.860
 and

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.159
 picking

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.420
 me

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.780
 up

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.719
 and

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.099
 seeing

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.360
 to

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.539
 it

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.719
 that

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:16.860
 I

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.159
 get

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.340
 to

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.559
 where

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.740
 I

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.059
 need

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.260
 to

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.559
 be

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.159
 and

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.360
 the

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.840
 angel

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.320
 of

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:20.539
 the

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.820
 Lord

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.139
 has

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.699
 redeemed

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.980
 me

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.320
 from

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.900
 all

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.760
 evil

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:29.400
 that's

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.940
 past

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:32.679
 I

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:32.860
 want

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:32.960
 you

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.059
 to

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.199
 think

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.440
 like

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.880
 Paul

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:36.820
 forgetting

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.119
 those

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.340
 things

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.539
 that are

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.940
 behind

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.679
 I

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.179
 press

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:42.340
 towards

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.500
 the

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.720
 high

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.019
 calling

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.220
 of

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.480
 God

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.639
 in

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:43.920
 Christ

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.280
 Jesus

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.860
 my

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.659
 ambition

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:47.559
 my

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.179
 affection

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.480
 is

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.880
 set

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.240
 on

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.440
 the

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.840
 things

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.019
 of

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.720
 eternity

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.440
 and

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.840
 that's

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.039
 where

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.240
 I

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.519
 have

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.760
 my

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.220
 heart

00:37:54.220 --> 00:38:00.679
 you

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:00.900
 know

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:03.059
 the

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.420
 things

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.659
 we

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.019
 think

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.400
 about

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:07.000
 make

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.179
 a

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.579
 huge

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.199
 difference

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:09.900
 in

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.079
 the

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.519
 attitudes

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:10.840
 of

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.000
 our

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.179
 day

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.360
 isn't

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.480
 that

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.719
 right

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.420
 how many

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.519
 of you

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.699
 learned

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:12.920
 that

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:16.679
 and

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:16.900
 as

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.059
 you

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.260
 have

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.420
 the

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.619
 year

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.000
 behind

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.239
 you

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:19.840
 I

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:19.980
 do

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.159
 want

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.239
 you

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.300
 to

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.500
 spend

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:20.639
 a

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:20.840
 moment

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.000
 and

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.139
 say

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.400
 wow

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.539
 I

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.780
 can't

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.000
 believe

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.360
 God's

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.519
 done

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.699
 this

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:22.900
 for

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.000
 me

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.219
 he's

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.480
 blessed

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.679
 me

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:23.840
 he's

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.019
 helped

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.239
 me

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:26.440
 but

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.559
 I

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.739
 want

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:26.820
 you

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:26.900
 to

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:26.980
 be

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.219
 like

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.539
 Paul

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:29.980
 I

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.940
 consciously

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.780
 deliberately

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.679
 and

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:32.960
 by

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.579
 commitment

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.119
 of my

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.519
 spirit

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.820
 I

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.179
 say

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.719
 I

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:35.940
 am

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.400
 pressing

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.280
 towards

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.659
 the

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.880
 high

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.199
 calling

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.380
 of

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.719
 God

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:41.019
 now

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.159
 you

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.340
 can

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.559
 sit

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.759
 here

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.000
 this

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.300
 morning

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:42.519
 and

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.699
 just

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:42.940
 let

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.179
 the

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.599
 words

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.099
 happen

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:45.320
 and

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.619
 think

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.759
 we're

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.000
 done

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:49.259
 but

00:38:49.259 --> 00:38:49.420
 if

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.559
 you

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.840
 do

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:51.940
 it's

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.179
 like

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.739
 consciously

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.300
 choosing

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.539
 to

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.780
 float

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.280
 backwards

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.579
 can

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.719
 I

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.880
 tell

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:54.960
 you

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.059
 a

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.159
 little

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.480
 something

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.780
 about

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.099
 floating

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.579
 backwards

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:58.539
 sooner

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.820
 or

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.119
 later

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.000
 if

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.159
 you're

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.280
 a

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.619
 believer

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.639
 you're

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:01.759
 going

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:01.860
 to

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.019
 have

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.179
 to

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.320
 dig

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.480
 the

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.739
 paddle

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:02.980
 in

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.119
 and

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.340
 move

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.679
 upstream

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:05.639
 and

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:05.799
 the

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.159
 further

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:07.139
 downstream

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.480
 you

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:07.940
 drift

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.419
 the

00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:08.699
 more

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.139
 work

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.379
 there

00:39:09.379 --> 00:39:09.639
 is

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.039
 digging

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.539
 back

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.099
 upstream

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:13.960
 and

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.119
 so

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.319
 it's

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.699
 appropriate

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.199
 for you

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.419
 this

00:39:15.419 --> 00:39:15.699
 morning

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.899
 to

00:39:15.899 --> 00:39:16.079
 say

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.239
 hey

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:16.460
 listen

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:16.659
 I

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.219
 press

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.059
 I

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.759
 choose

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.000
 to

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.379
 press

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:20.000
 towards

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.279
 the

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.679
 mark

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.239
 of

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.359
 the

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.559
 high

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.859
 calling

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.039
 of

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.279
 God

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:22.440
 in

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.679
 Christ

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.940
 Jesus

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.219
 that's

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.379
 my

00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:23.839
 choice

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:27.000
 let's

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.279
 close

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.440
 in

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.699
 prayer

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:34.279
 father

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.279


00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.299
 father

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.539
 god

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.799
 as we

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:34.980
 think

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.199
 about

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.439
 this

00:39:35.439 --> 00:39:35.719
 year

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:35.980
 and we

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.299
 mark

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.619
 what you

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.779
 have

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.000
 done

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.179
 we

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.659
 recognize

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.059
 that

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.679
 that

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.059
 we

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.679
 like

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.179
 Israel

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.539
 can

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 track

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 the

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 many

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 many

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 ways

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 in

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 which

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 you

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 have

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 protected

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 us

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 you've

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 cared

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 for

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 us

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 you

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 have

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 delivered

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 us

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 from

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 all

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 difficulties

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 but

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 we

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 don't

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 want

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 to

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 rest

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 on

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 the

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 laurels

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 or the

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 accomplishments

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 of the

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 past

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 singular

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 focus

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 and

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 an

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 ambition

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 to

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 grow

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 in

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 the

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 grace

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 and

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 knowledge

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and

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 a

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 longing

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 in

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 our

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 heart

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 work

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 of

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 desire

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 to

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 be

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 like

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 Christ

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 and

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 to

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 grow

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 for

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 his

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 glory

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 we

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 want

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 to

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 press

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 towards

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 the

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 goal

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 of

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 the

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 high

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 calling

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 and

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 that's

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 conscious

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 and

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 deliberate

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.579
 choice

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 that

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 we

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.400
 want

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.500
 to

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.699
 make

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 this

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 morning

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 by

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 your

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 spirit

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 power

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 that

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 in

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 the

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 year

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 to

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 come

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 should

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 you

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 tarry

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 we

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 can

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 look

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 back

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 and

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 track

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 what

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 you've

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 done

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 in

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.019
 helping

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 us

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:30.519
 grow

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 we're

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 here

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 to

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 make

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 a

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 commitment

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:34.859
 we

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 recognize

00:40:35.319 --> 00:40:35.599
 that

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 the

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.059
 purpose

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.359
 of

00:40:36.359 --> 00:40:36.739
 opening

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 the

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 word

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 and

00:40:37.399 --> 00:40:37.879
 preaching

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 is

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:38.980
 drawing

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 people

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 to

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 a

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:39.939
 point

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 of

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 saying

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 yes

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 or

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 no

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 to

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.439
 God

00:40:41.439 --> 00:40:43.579
 we

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:43.739
 want

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:43.819
 to

00:40:43.819 --> 00:40:43.919
 be

00:40:43.919 --> 00:40:44.439
 intentional

00:40:44.439 --> 00:40:45.359
 in

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:45.500
 our

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.899
 pursuit

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:46.099
 of

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.599
 godliness

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.939
 and

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.039
 we

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.339
 ask

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:48.500
 this

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.639
 in

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:48.880
 Jesus

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.320
 name

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:50.139
 amen