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 Well, as mentioned earlier, I am not Matthew Capone.

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 I am Drew Arrington, and I am an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,

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 serving as a chaplain here at Fort Carson.

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 And Matthew and the CMP session have graciously given me the privilege and honor to explore with you today

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 the topic of God's providence as we find it in the early years of Elijah's ministry in 1 Kings 17.

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 You know, it's times like these that I'm really thankful that we are part of a confessional church

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 because you at least have some idea of what we're talking about when we say God's providence.

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 There are many Christians that do not, but thankfully we are not among them

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 because we already considered this morning question 11 in the Shorter Catechism.

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 So you're not unfamiliar with the topic.

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 It's a topic that the 18th century English poet, William Cowper, was not unaccustomed to either.

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 And he wrote a lot about God's providence in his hymn, God Moves in a Mysterious Way.

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 And the first two stanzas of that hymn are there in your bulletin this morning.

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 And you can take a look at those.

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 And in that, he begins to explore an aspect of God's providence that's not covered in the catechism.

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 Mainly, Cooper explores the mysterious and unfathomable nature of God's providence.

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 See, often in our experience or in the experience of people that we know,

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 we like to take credit when things are going well.

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 And as soon as this switch flips, we quickly assail God when things aren't going well.

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 And we hear that oftentimes in what seems like innocent ways.

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 Questions like, where is God?

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 Is God really in charge?

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 Why would God allow something like that to happen?

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 You see, when we experience the triumphs of life, we want to take credit for it.

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 It was our skill.

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 It was our hard work.

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 It was our ingenuity.

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 But then when tragedy strikes, we charge God with being uncaring or distant or weak.

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 When there's peace and our relationships, whether it's our marriages, whether it's international relationships,

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 or anywhere in between, are peaceful and things are going well, we're like, yeah, this is great.

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 I got this.

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 Look what we were able to accomplish.

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 Oh, but let conflict enter in.

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 Let a war start between our friends and our loved ones or between international parties.

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 And all of a sudden, the question is, well, why would God allow something like that to happen?

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 When we enjoy the favor of peers or a boss at work,

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 we enjoy the favor of peers or a boss at work,

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 and we get good write-ups,

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 we enjoy great success,

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 we get a promotion or a bump in pay,

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 we're like, yeah, look what I have done,

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 look what I've earned,

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 look at all this hard work,

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 it's finally paying off.

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 Oh, but have a moment

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 where you don't enjoy that favor

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 at work.

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 where the opposite is true,

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 and you find yourself

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 in a position of disfavor

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 with your boss

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 and with your peers,

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 and you don't get that promotion

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 you thought you deserved.

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 You don't get that bump in pay.

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 You don't get that review

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 that you were anticipating.

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 And ho, how we want to charge God

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 with being unfair.

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 But you know,

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 there's a great thing

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 about God's providence,

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 and it is that it saves the Christian

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 from the seesaw of emotion.

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 Because if we allow God's providence

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 and the full effect of God's providence

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 to seep into our hearts

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 and into our souls,

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 it will produce peace

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 and stability in our lives.

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 In today's passage,

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 we see three encounters

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 with God's providence.

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 Encounters that help the Christian

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 understand the providence of God.

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 Understanding that the providence of God

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 produces peace

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 in perilous times

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 and stability of faith

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 and a world shattered by sin.

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 And as we look at this passage,

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 we're encouraged to ask the question,

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 how do we live

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 in light of God's providence?

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 It's a very simple question.

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 How do we live

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 in light of God's providence?

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 And as we go through the passage,

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 you'll see

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 and we'll ask that question.

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 But my guess is

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 that as we go through,

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 you're going to identify

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 another question.

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 And it's going to be

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 a nagging question

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 that we'll address at the end.

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 And I want to see

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 if you will catch it.

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 And so with that in mind,

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 let us pray

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 and then turn our attention

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 to the reading of 1 Kings 17.

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 Join with me in prayer.

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 God, I am thankful.

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 We are thankful.

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 Lord, that you

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 have given us your scripture.

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 God, that you

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 inspired men of old

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 to write down

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 the words that you

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 would have for us today.

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 God, that you

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 through your Holy Spirit

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 preserved the content

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 and the character

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 and the integrity

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 of scripture

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 so that what we have today

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 are your words.

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 And we thank you

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 that they are powerful today

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 as they were

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 when they were first written

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 because you

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 are the eternal

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 and everlasting God

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 and your word

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 does not change.

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 Enable your Holy Spirit

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 to drive these words

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 deep into our heart.

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 May they become

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 an ointment

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 for all that hurts

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 and a salve

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 of your healing grace.

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 In Christ's name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Alright, so

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 turn with me

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 to 1 Kings.

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 We're going to read

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 the whole chapter

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 and we're going to focus

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 mostly on verses

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 8 and following.

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 Now Elijah the Tishbite

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 of Tishbi

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 and Gilead

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 said to Ahab,

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 As the Lord

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 the God of Israel

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 lives

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 before whom I stand

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 there shall be

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 neither dew

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 nor rain

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 these years

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 except by my word.

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 And the word

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 of the Lord

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 came to him.

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 Depart from here

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 and turn eastward

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 and hide yourself

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 by the book

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 Cherith

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 which is east

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 of the Jordan.

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 You shall drink

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 from the brook

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 and I have commanded

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 the ravens

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 to feed you there.

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 So he went

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 and did according

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 to the word

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 of the Lord.

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 He went

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 and lived

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 by the brook Cherith

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 that is east

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 of the Jordan.

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 And the ravens

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 brought him bread

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 and meat

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 in the morning

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 and bread

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 and meat

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 in the evening

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 and he drank

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 from the brook.

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 And after a while

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 the brook

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 dried up

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 because there

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 was no rain

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 in the land.

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 Then the word

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 of the Lord

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 came to him

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 arise

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 go to Zarephath

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 which belongs

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 to Sidon

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 and dwell there.

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 Behold

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 I have commanded

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 a widow there

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 to feed you.

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 So he arose

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 and went to Zarephath

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 and when he came

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 to the gate

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 of the city

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 behold

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 a widow was there

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 gathering sticks

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 and he called

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 to her

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 and said

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 bring me

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 a little water

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 and a vessel

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 that I may drink.

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 And as she was going

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 to bring it

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 he called

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 to her

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 and said

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 bring me

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 a morsel

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 of bread

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 in your hand.

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 And she said

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 as the Lord

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 your God

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 lives

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 I have

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 nothing baked

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 only a handful

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 of flour

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 in a jar

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 and a little

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 oil

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 in a jug

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 and now

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 I am gathering

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 a couple

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 of sticks

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 that I may

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 go in

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 and prepare it

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 for myself

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 and my son

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 that we may

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 eat it

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 and die.

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 And Elijah

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 said to her

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 do not fear

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 go and do

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 as you have

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 said

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 but first

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 make me a little

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 cake of it

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 and bring it

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 to me

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 and afterward

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 make something

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 for yourself

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 and your son

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 for thus

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 says the Lord

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 the God

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 of Israel

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 the jar

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 of flour

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 shall not

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 be spent

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 and the jug

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 of oil

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 shall not

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 be empty

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 until the day

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 that the Lord

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 sends rain

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 upon the earth.

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 And she went

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 and did

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 as Elijah said

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 and she

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 and her

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 household

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 ate

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 for many days

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 the jar

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 of flour

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 was not spent

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 neither did

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 the jug

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 of oil

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 become empty

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 according

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 to the word

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 of the Lord

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 that he spoke

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 by Elijah.

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 After this

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 the son

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 of the woman

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 the mistress

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 of the house

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 became ill

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 and his illness

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 was so severe

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 that there was

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 no breath

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 left in him

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 and she said

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 to Elijah

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 what have you

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 against me

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 oh man of God

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 you have come

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 to bring

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 to me

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 bring

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 to my

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 you have

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 come to me

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 to bring

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 my sin

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 to remembrance

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 and to cause

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 the death

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 of my son

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 and he said

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 to her

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 give me

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 your son

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 and he took

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 him from her

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 arms

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 and carried

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 him up

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 into the upper

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 chamber

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 where he lodged

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 and laid him

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 on his own bed

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 and he cried

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 to the Lord

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 oh Lord

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 my God

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 have you brought

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 calamity

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 even upon the widow

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 with whom I sojourn

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 by killing her son

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 then he stretched

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 himself upon the child

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 three times

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 and cried

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 to the Lord

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 oh Lord

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 my God

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 let this child's

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 life come

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 into him again

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 and the Lord

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 listened to the voice

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 of Elijah

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 and the life

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 of the child

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 came into him

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 again

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 and he revived

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 and Elijah

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 took the child

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 and brought him

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 down from the

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 upper chamber

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 into the house

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 and delivered him

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 to his mother

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 and Elijah

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 said

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 see

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 your son

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 lives

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 and the woman

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 said to Elijah

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 now I know

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 that you are

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 a man of God

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 and that the word

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 of the Lord

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 in your mouth

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 is truth

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 the reading

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 of God's word

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 for this morning

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 well

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 we see here

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 the first

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 evidence

00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:17.360
 or encounter

00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:18.259
 with God's

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 providence

00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.980
 is we see

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 that God's

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 providence

00:12:21.659 --> 00:12:23.860
 in a hostile

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 environment

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 God's providence

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 in a hostile

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 environment

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 now

00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:29.799
 seems strange

00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:31.259
 a very strange

00:12:31.259 --> 00:12:31.820
 providence

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 here that God

00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.919
 tells Elijah

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 after the water

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 has run out

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 at the brook

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 to go

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 to Zarephath

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 and it's

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 a strange

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 providence

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 because God

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 is sending him

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 not to the people

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 of Israel

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 he's sending him

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 very much

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 into the heart

00:12:50.359 --> 00:12:51.179
 and home

00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:52.699
 of Jezebel

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 so if you know

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 anything

00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:56.719
 Jezebel

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 is the

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 wife

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 of Ahab

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 the king

00:13:01.099 --> 00:13:01.620
 of Israel

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 and Jezebel

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 was perhaps

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 one of the most

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 single

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 evil

00:13:09.020 --> 00:13:09.780
 influences

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 in Israel

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 at that time

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 and so

00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:15.940
 he's saying

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 hey

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 go into

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 the very

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 heart

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 and home

00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.080
 of that

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 evil

00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:20.900
 queen

00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.420
 Jezebel

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 and I'm

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 going to

00:13:22.660 --> 00:13:23.300
 provide for you

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 there

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 oh and not

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 only is it

00:13:24.860 --> 00:13:25.180
 the heart

00:13:25.180 --> 00:13:25.420
 and home

00:13:25.420 --> 00:13:25.980
 of Jezebel

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 it's also

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 the heart

00:13:27.540 --> 00:13:27.860
 and home

00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:28.320
 of

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 Baal

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 the God

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 who is

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 trying

00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:33.900
 the people

00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:34.899
 who are

00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.379
 trying to

00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.819
 make this

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 a rival

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:36.799
 God

00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.459
 to Yahweh

00:13:37.459 --> 00:13:38.919
 and if you

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 know anything

00:13:39.319 --> 00:13:39.819
 about the

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 ancient

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 near east

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.639
 it was

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 believed

00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:43.039
 that gods

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 were limited

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 to a

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 geographic

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 area

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.000
 and that

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 those gods

00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.480
 were the gods

00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:48.220
 within those

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.159
 that bounds

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 and they

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.199
 were the ones

00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:51.019
 responsible for

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 health

00:13:51.319 --> 00:13:51.639
 wealth

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.240
 well being

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 but they

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 didn't really

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 have much

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 power

00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.360
 outside

00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:55.779
 of their

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 borders

00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:00.759
 and so

00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:01.220
 we see

00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:01.720
 here

00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.420
 God

00:14:02.420 --> 00:14:02.720
 is

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.480
 calling

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.960
 Elijah

00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.420
 to go

00:14:06.420 --> 00:14:07.080
 into a

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 hostile

00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:08.540
 environment

00:14:08.540 --> 00:14:09.560
 and there

00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:11.020
 he will

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 provide

00:14:11.900 --> 00:14:12.480
 for the

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 prophet

00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:17.240
 you can

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.720
 imagine

00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:19.020
 some of the

00:14:19.020 --> 00:14:19.460
 things that

00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:20.120
 Elijah might

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.600
 be thinking

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.460
 God are you

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:22.740
 sure

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:25.379
 are you

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.700
 sure you

00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:26.000
 want to do

00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.320
 this

00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.720
 after all

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.580
 you are

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.200
 sending me

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.840
 into the

00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.419
 home of

00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.060
 Baal worship

00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:32.460
 the home

00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.279
 of Jezebel

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:33.919
 who's

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:35.060
 seeking my

00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:35.639
 head in

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.639
 many regards

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.399
 why can't

00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:39.820
 you let me

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.720
 find hospitality

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.279
 among my

00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:41.840
 own people

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.980
 why can't

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.500
 you make

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.039
 water

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.080
 still come

00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:48.480
 from this

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:48.879
 brook

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.419
 just like

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.799
 you did

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.360
 for Moses

00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:51.240
 and the

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:51.659
 people of

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.139
 Israel

00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.860
 when they

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.199
 were coming

00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:53.580
 out of

00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:53.939
 Egypt

00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:55.220
 you can

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.659
 do it

00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.399
 I've

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:56.860
 heard about

00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.559
 it

00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:04.759
 but God

00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.240
 has a

00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.980
 purpose

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:07.679
 in sending

00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.220
 young

00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:09.960
 Elijah

00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:11.620
 into

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.080
 enemy

00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.639
 territory

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.840
 and it

00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.399
 is to

00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:15.740
 let him

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.080
 know

00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.139
 that

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.580
 God's

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.159
 providence

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.039
 is not

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.740
 limited

00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:22.139
 by geographical

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.840
 borders

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.639
 God's

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.720
 saying to

00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.299
 Elijah

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:27.960
 look I

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.659
 can provide

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.200
 for you

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.680
 here

00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.480
 by this

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:30.899
 brook

00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.460
 and I

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.060
 can command

00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.700
 ravens

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.519
 to come

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.139
 and feed

00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:34.440
 you

00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.379
 with bread

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.720
 and meat

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.560
 morning and

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:37.919
 evening

00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.399
 I can do

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.139
 the same

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:41.139
 in the land

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.419
 of your

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.759
 enemy

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.700
 and I

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.039
 am going

00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.419
 to show

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:43.860
 you that

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.480
 I

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:46.120
 am

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.019
 God

00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.779
 not just

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.480
 in Israel

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.539
 but over

00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:49.899
 all

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.519
 creation

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:55.100
 and this

00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:55.700
 is important

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:58.560
 it's important

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.220
 for Elijah

00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.639
 to know

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.039
 this

00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.159
 because if we

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.899
 know anything

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.340
 Elijah is going

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.879
 to be called

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.419
 to be more

00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:06.200
 confrontational

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:07.500
 with Ahab

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.060
 and Jezebel

00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:08.639
 and the

00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.120
 prophets

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.139
 of Baal

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:11.419
 he's going

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.819
 to need

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.360
 to know

00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.600
 that God

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.159
 indeed

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:15.500
 is sovereign

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.480
 and that

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:16.980
 God's

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.600
 providence

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.799
 exists

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.559
 even in

00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:19.919
 hostile

00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.659
 environments

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:22.659
 so

00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.860
 how are we

00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.500
 to live

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.419
 in light

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:25.879
 of God's

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.340
 providence

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:27.179
 how are we

00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.740
 to live

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.179
 in light

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:28.860
 of God's

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.539
 providence

00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:30.699
 in hostile

00:16:30.699 --> 00:16:31.340
 environments

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:35.040
 we trust

00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:36.240
 based on

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.700
 this incident

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:39.200
 we trust

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:40.300
 that God

00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:40.980
 has

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:42.940
 shown himself

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:44.160
 throughout history

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:45.019
 throughout the

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.300
 Bible

00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:46.660
 to be a God

00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:47.820
 who is not

00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.280
 limited

00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:49.700
 to the borders

00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.560
 of Israel

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:51.580
 that he

00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:51.980
 indeed

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.800
 is the God

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.840
 of all creation

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.879
 that heaven

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.620
 and earth

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.960
 bow before him

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.860
 and that nothing

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:59.340
 is not

00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.519
 under his purview

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.759
 and his power

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:06.839
 that God's

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.400
 providence

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.299
 extends

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:10.079
 into the

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.819
 very hostile

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.460
 environments

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.160
 in which

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.740
 we find

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.299
 ourselves

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:20.119
 hostile

00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:20.839
 environments

00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.519
 due to

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.000
 cultural

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.480
 shifts

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.879
 where

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.639
 Christianity

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.940
 has moved

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.319
 from

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.279
 preferred

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.879
 in some

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.200
 cases

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.580
 to

00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:30.980
 being

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.560
 a pariah

00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:34.100
 God

00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:34.540
 is still

00:17:34.540 --> 00:17:35.020
 sovereign

00:17:35.020 --> 00:17:38.240
 whether

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.800
 we find

00:17:38.800 --> 00:17:39.520
 ourselves

00:17:39.520 --> 00:17:41.300
 in a

00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:41.640
 country

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.120
 like

00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:42.640
 ours

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.020
 that

00:17:43.020 --> 00:17:43.500
 still

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:43.760
 does

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 have

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.240
 some

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.700
 semblance

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:44.900
 of

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.200
 religious

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.620
 freedom

00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:46.560
 or

00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:46.780
 we

00:17:46.780 --> 00:17:47.060
 find

00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:47.660
 ourselves

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:48.160
 in a

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.440
 country

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.740
 where

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:48.900
 there

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.220
 is

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 no

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:49.760
 such

00:17:49.760 --> 00:17:51.220
 constitutional

00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:51.840
 guarantee

00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:53.160
 God

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.320
 is still

00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:54.740
 sovereign

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:57.980
 whether

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.700
 we

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.859
 find

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.640
 ourselves

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.819
 lauded

00:18:01.819 --> 00:18:02.680
 for holding

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.319
 on to our

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 religious

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.980
 convictions

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:07.120
 or derided

00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:08.240
 for holding

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.980
 on to those

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.460
 convictions

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:12.039
 we know

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.940
 that God

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:14.420
 is sovereign

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:17.940
 whether

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.360
 we are

00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:18.840
 here at

00:18:18.840 --> 00:18:19.279
 home

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.279
 enjoying

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.500
 the

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.840
 relative

00:18:20.840 --> 00:18:21.480
 comfort

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.600
 and

00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.080
 peace

00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:24.519
 of the

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 United

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.240
 States

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.580
 or whether

00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:27.080
 we find

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:27.820
 ourselves

00:18:27.820 --> 00:18:28.759
 in a

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.100
 hostile

00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.620
 nation

00:18:29.620 --> 00:18:30.720
 deployed

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.360
 in armed

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:31.800
 combat

00:18:31.800 --> 00:18:33.120
 we know

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:34.100
 that God

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:35.340
 is sovereign

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:40.160
 and so

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.640
 from this

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.039
 encounter

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.800
 we learn

00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:43.000
 that God's

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.619
 providence

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.400
 extends

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.140
 over any

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.960
 and all

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.799
 hostile

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.440
 environments

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.920
 in which

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.319
 we may

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.619
 find

00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.160
 ourselves

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.460
 and in

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.799
 the next

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.259
 encounter

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.099
 we will

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.440
 discover

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.099
 that God's

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.619
 providence

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.759
 is at

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.140
 work

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:57.079
 in great

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.799
 times

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.299
 of need

00:18:58.299 --> 00:19:00.980
 we see

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.319
 this

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.960
 beginning

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.359
 in verse

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.700
 10

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:02.980
 going

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 through

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.420
 verse

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 16

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.680
 that God's

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.380
 providence

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:07.339
 exists

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.380
 even in

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 times

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.539
 of great

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.980
 need

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.880
 and we

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.420
 see here

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.440
 Elijah

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.140
 is entering

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.880
 into this

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.220
 enemy

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:14.960
 territory

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:16.059
 where God

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.400
 is going

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.039
 to prove

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.480
 that his

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.980
 providence

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.759
 still exists

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.460
 even there

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:21.500
 and he's

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.759
 to go

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.440
 find

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:24.279
 a Gentile

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.640
 widow

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:26.279
 who's going

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.160
 to provide

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:28.160
 him sustenance

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:29.519
 and support

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.380
 in his

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.940
 time of

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.480
 great need

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:35.860
 but it's

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.500
 quite interesting

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.820
 that even in the

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.480
 midst of enemy

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.920
 territory

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.840
 God's calling

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.680
 him to a

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.000
 woman

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.480
 first of

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.120
 all

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:44.279
 Jewish

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.880
 society

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.660
 men and

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:45.900
 women

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.299
 don't

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:46.820
 interact

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.140
 unless

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.380
 you're

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.660
 related

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.940
 to one

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.220
 another

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.740
 so not

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.100
 only

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.900
 is there

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.720
 that going

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.220
 into enemy

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.720
 territory

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.200
 there's

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:55.019
 being supported

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.539
 by a

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.900
 female

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.860
 and then

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.440
 not only

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.120
 a female

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.500
 that he

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.779
 has to

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.140
 engage

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.420
 with

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:00.920
 this is

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.299
 a widow

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.320
 if you

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.440
 know

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.759
 anything

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.220
 about

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.380
 the

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:03.660
 ancient

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.299
 near east

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.180
 and in

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.560
 society

00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:06.000
 today

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.880
 the most

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.320
 vulnerable

00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:07.900
 people

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.420
 group

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:08.860
 or some

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.060
 of the

00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:09.220
 most

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.560
 vulnerable

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:09.980
 people

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.320
 in our

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.780
 society

00:20:10.780 --> 00:20:11.200
 are

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.640
 widows

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:16.420
 we

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.800
 understand

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.420
 that most

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.759
 likely

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.360
 this is a

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.040
 fairly young

00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:19.320
 widow

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:21.160
 because she's

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.940
 out gathering

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.380
 sticks

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:22.980
 and you may

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.440
 think well

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:23.900
 how do we

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.240
 know that

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.720
 she's young

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.080
 well because

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:27.540
 she has a

00:20:27.540 --> 00:20:27.840
 son

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:29.180
 and if the

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.720
 son were

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.100
 of any

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.500
 age

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.320
 he would

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:31.580
 be the

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:31.960
 one out

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.460
 picking up

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:32.840
 sticks

00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.880
 not mom

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.759
 so we

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.040
 know that

00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:35.360
 this is

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.140
 likely a

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.580
 young

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:36.879
 widow

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.500
 with a

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:37.740
 young

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.259
 child

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:40.079
 who's

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.500
 not even

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.119
 old enough

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.579
 to go

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.000
 out and

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.419
 pick up

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:42.899
 sticks

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.500
 to make

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.960
 a fire

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:49.619
 and what

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.019
 we also

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.740
 notice here

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.720
 is that

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.299
 this widow

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.699
 is in

00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:53.960
 great

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.319
 need

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:59.199
 what she

00:20:59.199 --> 00:20:59.519
 doesn't

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.879
 need

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.439
 is another

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.939
 mouth to

00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.159
 feed

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:02.579
 but that

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.339
 is exactly

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.919
 what God

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.419
 does

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.960
 God

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.720
 brings

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.279
 Elijah

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.279
 and this

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.640
 widow

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.620
 to meet

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.220
 right as

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.820
 Elijah is

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.400
 entering the

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.680
 city

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.340
 and Elijah

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.460
 asks her

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:17.460
 bring me

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.880
 water

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:19.000
 bring me

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.460
 bread

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.920
 she says

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:22.220
 I don't

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.660
 have it

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.160
 she says

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.779
 yes sure

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.180
 to the

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.500
 water

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.940
 she's gonna

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.300
 go get

00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:25.560
 that

00:21:25.560 --> 00:21:25.920
 but when

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.320
 the bread

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.880
 is added

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:28.400
 she turns

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.660
 and says

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.920
 I don't

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.240
 have

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.620
 anything

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:32.319
 all I've

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.859
 got is

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.339
 a little

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.619
 bit of

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.000
 flour

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.659
 and a

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:34.799
 little

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.099
 bit of

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.419
 oil

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.079
 and I'm

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.439
 gathering

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.019
 up these

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.279
 little

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.679
 itty bitty

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.139
 sticks

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.699
 to go

00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.039
 make a

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.199
 little

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.599
 itty bitty

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.119
 fire

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.779
 so that

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.139
 I can

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.500
 bake a

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.659
 little

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:41.939
 bit of

00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:42.239
 bread

00:21:42.239 --> 00:21:42.879
 that my

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.379
 son and

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:43.699
 I can

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.119
 eat it

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.399
 and then

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:44.519
 we're

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.039
 gonna die

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.039
 and audacity

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.939
 in some

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.359
 regards

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.339
 or faithfulness

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.959
 of Elijah

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.559
 to say

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:54.019
 bake me a

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.439
 little bit

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:55.859
 and bring it

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.179
 to me

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:57.219
 then go fix

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.639
 your final

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:57.919
 meal

00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:03.140
 but the

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:03.580
 widow is

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:03.960
 willing

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:06.860
 the widow

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.500
 is willing

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.380
 to take

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.980
 what little

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.320
 bit of

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:10.180
 what little

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.980
 bit of

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.340
 bread

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.320
 she has

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.460
 and bring

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.700
 it

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:15.220
 to Elijah

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.660
 and God

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.620
 is faithful

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.160
 to his

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.640
 promises

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.160
 to that

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.440
 widow

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.820
 and the

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.340
 flour

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.500
 never runs

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.880
 out

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:26.480
 and the

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.039
 oil

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.900
 doesn't go

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.360
 empty

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.720
 until the

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.180
 day

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.200
 that God

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.680
 brings

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.320
 rain

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.100
 upon the

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.440
 earth

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.220
 about

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.720
 two and

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.060
 a half

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.400
 years

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:35.800
 later

00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:40.640
 oh so we

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.380
 see that

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.220
 God's

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.820
 providence

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.480
 here is

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.259
 important for

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.080
 Elijah the

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.519
 widow and

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.019
 the son

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.080
 because he

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.840
 shows that

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.560
 he can

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.380
 satisfy

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:51.120
 them in

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.980
 times of

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.980
 great need

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:55.259
 not with

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.820
 an abundance

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:57.720
 but with

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.720
 daily bread

00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:00.359
 providing

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.460
 what they

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.139
 need

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.159
 day by

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.500
 day

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:06.379
 and it's

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.919
 a provision

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.980
 that makes

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.700
 the difference

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.980
 between life

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.519
 and death

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:14.679
 life and

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.039
 death

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.659
 in the

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.139
 balance

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.939
 and God

00:23:17.939 --> 00:23:18.539
 providing

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:20.859
 so how

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.220
 are we

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.839
 to live

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.299
 in light

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.859
 of God's

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.399
 providence

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.099
 when we

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.639
 face

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.399
 times of

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.039
 great need

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:31.279
 we understand

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.839
 that God

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.759
 does satisfy

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.960
 our need

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:36.220
 he satisfies

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.059
 it through

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:39.039
 obedience

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.180
 like Elijah

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.379
 heading out

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:42.319
 going into

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.779
 hostile enemy

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.319
 territory

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.819
 and having

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:48.379
 the courage

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.119
 to ask

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.740
 a widow

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.639
 to provide

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.059
 for him

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:53.639
 God does

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.039
 meet our

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.559
 needs when

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.059
 we obey

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.619
 and then

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.720
 also as

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.159
 the widow

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.960
 willingly

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.740
 trusted

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.980
 what the

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.759
 prophet

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.539
 promised

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.919
 she

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.559
 willingly

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.200
 took

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.539
 the last

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.960
 bit

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:11.480
 of wheat

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.799
 and oil

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:16.559
 and God

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.380
 blessed her

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.000
 for that

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.319
 and we

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.880
 see that

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.279
 too

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:23.079
 in our

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.099
 obedience

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:25.140
 and willingness

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.960
 to trust

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.960
 when we

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.400
 come to

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.900
 the Lord's

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.160
 table

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.500
 when we

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.299
 take communion

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.319
 it is just

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.240
 a little

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.940
 bit of bread

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.640
 and a little

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.380
 bit of wine

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.319
 but it is a

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.360
 great reminder

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:38.860
 that Jesus

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.559
 Christ

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.420
 the bread

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.039
 of life

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.399
 satisfies

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:44.299
 our

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.859
 greatest

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.319
 need

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:47.119
 that he

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.659
 through the

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.039
 power of

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.420
 the Holy

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.859
 Spirit

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.059
 sustains

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.960
 and nourishes

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.839
 us

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:55.480
 even

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.059
 in our

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.539
 times

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.240
 of great

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.599
 need

00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.920
 well through

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.539
 this second

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.240
 encounter with

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.599
 God's

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.099
 providence

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.379
 in 1st

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.980
 Kings 17

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.759
 we're reminded

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.440
 that God

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.460
 does in

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.339
 fact satisfy

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.079
 our greatest

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.599
 need

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.799
 not with

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.179
 bread

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:12.859
 made of

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.159
 flour

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.719
 and oil

00:25:13.719 --> 00:25:15.199
 but with

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:16.119
 the bread

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.719
 of life

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.399
 Jesus

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.980
 Christ

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:20.039
 in our

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.399
 final

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.879
 encounter

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.539
 here with

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.939
 God's

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:22.359
 providence

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.559
 we discover

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:25.240
 that even

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.240
 in the depths

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.279
 of human

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.759
 despair

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.039
 God's

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.980
 providence

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.059
 still

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.079
 reigns

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:35.059
 and that's

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.339
 in the

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.319
 ballots 17

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.959
 through 24

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.059
 we see

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.799
 God's

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.579
 providence

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.039
 in the

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.319
 depths

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.940
 of despair

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.920
 God

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.140
 sovereignly

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.940
 ruling

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.660
 even over

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.539
 sin

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.799
 and death

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:50.900
 and so we

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.579
 encounter here

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.160
 the widow's

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.660
 despair

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.360
 right

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.299
 here God

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.600
 has

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.600
 miraculously

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.559
 continued to

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.420
 multiply the

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.259
 flour and the

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.600
 oil

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:01.120
 and then

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.160
 her son

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.740
 gets sick

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:04.200
 and it

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.819
 seems to be

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.839
 a very rapid

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.880
 sickness and

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.140
 decline because

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.759
 she is thrown

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.039
 into the depths

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.720
 of despair

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.019
 and she brings

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.500
 the child's

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.720
 breathless body

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.160
 to Elijah

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.799
 and says

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.359
 Elijah

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.440
 what have you

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.940
 done

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:24.580
 have you

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.360
 come here

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.480
 to remind

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.059
 me of my

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.539
 sin

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.059
 and to

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.680
 bring down

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.320
 God's

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.680
 judgment

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.420
 on me

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.000
 because

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.900
 I was

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.340
 a Baal

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.900
 worshiper

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:36.279
 look at

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.759
 this

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:46.460
 so she's

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.160
 confronted

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.700
 by her

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.080
 sin

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.919
 but she's

00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.279
 also

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.119
 confused

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:54.159
 your God

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.879
 provided

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:56.299
 flour

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.379
 and oil

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:59.939
 but my

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.399
 son

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:06.439
 we sense

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.039
 her anger

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.139
 and frustration

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:10.859
 and the

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.279
 prophet

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:13.419
 perhaps

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.059
 confused

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.799
 and perplexed

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.539
 almost as much

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.059
 as he has

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.259
 says

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.179
 give me

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.759
 your son

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:20.680
 he runs

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.299
 upstairs

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.259
 puts the

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.799
 child on

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.379
 his bed

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:25.059
 and he

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.619
 says God

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.039
 what are

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.559
 you doing

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.519
 I don't

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.920
 understand

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.359
 it

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:32.359
 he says

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.640
 God

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.339
 please

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:35.740
 heal

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.500
 this boy

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.259
 and bring

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.160
 life back

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.660
 to him

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:42.879
 so he

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.240
 stretches

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.920
 his body

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.039
 over the

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.420
 child

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.039
 that

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.300
 that seems

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.820
 weird

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:48.700
 it is

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.080
 weird

00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:50.680
 but you

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.000
 know

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.240
 God

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.140
 answers

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.960
 Elijah's

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.300
 prayer

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:56.039
 and God

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.720
 breathes

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.320
 life

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:58.100
 back into

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.759
 the child

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.380
 and Elijah

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.900
 comes down

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.680
 the stairs

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.120
 and says

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.580
 here is your

00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.039
 son

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.640
 and he's

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.300
 alive

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:10.779
 and oh

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.460
 this encounter

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.119
 with God's

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.539
 providence

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.980
 is so

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.500
 important

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.279
 obviously

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.899
 it's important

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.279
 for the

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.559
 son

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.039
 because he

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.519
 received

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.039
 his life

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.440
 back

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.960
 but it's

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.359
 important

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.119
 for Elijah

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:21.460
 because he

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.259
 is once

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.659
 again

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.279
 confirmed

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.180
 by God

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.819
 in his

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.220
 calling

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.700
 to be a

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.059
 prophet

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.039
 God

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.659
 says to

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:27.899
 Elijah

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.960
 I will

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.579
 hear you

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.919
 when you

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.500
 call out

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.039
 to me

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.740
 and that

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.079
 will be

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.419
 really

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.859
 important

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.379
 for him

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.980
 when he's

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.260
 standing

00:28:34.260 --> 00:28:34.780
 on Mount

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.200
 Carmel

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.740
 asking God

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.920
 to consume

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.760
 the sacrifice

00:28:38.760 --> 00:28:39.400
 that he's

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.840
 prepared

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.300
 in the

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:40.700
 face

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.760
 of

00:28:41.760 --> 00:28:42.580
 the

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.980
 Baal

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.640
 the

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.040
 prophets

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.280
 of

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.620
 Baal

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:48.540
 oh but

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:48.880
 in this

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.240
 passage

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.920
 it's also

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.460
 important

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.880
 for the

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.140
 widow

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:53.740
 so I

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.020
 don't know

00:28:54.020 --> 00:28:54.280
 if you

00:28:54.280 --> 00:28:54.760
 caught it

00:28:54.760 --> 00:28:56.280
 but really

00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:57.380
 this

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.620
 instance

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.060
 of where

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.400
 she

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.620
 turns her

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.140
 son over

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.500
 to the

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.860
 prophet

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:04.119
 leads

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.979
 to the

00:29:04.979 --> 00:29:05.479
 confirmation

00:29:05.479 --> 00:29:06.159
 of her

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.579
 faith

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.479
 verse 11

00:29:09.479 --> 00:29:11.139
 she says

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.979
 back at the

00:29:11.979 --> 00:29:12.779
 very beginning

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.759
 hey you know

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.039
 as the

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.359
 Lord

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.139
 your God

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.579
 lives

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:20.159
 she's saying

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.119
 okay yeah

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.379
 sure

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.719
 if your God

00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.179
 says it

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.099
 sure I'll

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.479
 believe it

00:29:24.479 --> 00:29:25.259
 maybe it'll

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.819
 work out

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.839
 okay great

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.959
 she's not

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.759
 really convinced

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.439
 it's almost

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:30.000
 as if she's

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.799
 saying hey

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.479
 what have I

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.839
 got to

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.259
 lose

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.740
 I got

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:32.980
 a little

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.220
 bit of

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.579
 flour

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.000
 got a

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.259
 little bit

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.680
 of oil

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.680
 it's only

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:35.920
 going to

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.299
 make one

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.680
 little bitty

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.160
 cake of

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.519
 bread

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.660
 what have

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:38.839
 I got

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.299
 to lose

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.920
 sure if

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.319
 your God

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.839
 says he's

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.059
 going to

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.480
 do it

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.299
 here you

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.559
 go

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.940
 and God

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.700
 is faithful

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:48.380
 but

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.819
 but then

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.400
 in the

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.860
 depths of

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.400
 despair

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:52.460
 having

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.000
 received

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.519
 her son

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.980
 back

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.660
 look at

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.360
 verse 24

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.960
 this is

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.319
 what she

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.680
 says

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.059
 now I

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.819
 know

00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.460
 that you

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.840
 are a

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.220
 man of

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.580
 God

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.759
 and that

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.440
 the word

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.799
 of the

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.259
 Lord

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.380
 in your

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.900
 mouth

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.000
 is

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.180
 truth

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:10.560
 it's

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:10.880
 as if

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.240
 she says

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.460
 look

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.920
 I

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.759
 kind of

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.140
 in

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.860
 desperation

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.620
 was

00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.420
 giving you

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.720
 bread

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.160
 previously

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.900
 but now

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.860
 I know

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:20.799
 that God

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.240
 is God

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.180
 and that

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.600
 what you

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.240
 say about

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.560
 him

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.720
 is true

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.960
 it's as

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.500
 if

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.560
 she has

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:28.920
 come to

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.380
 the point

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:29.799
 where she

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.400
 says

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.039
 oh let's

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.740
 forget about

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.100
 Baal

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.299
 and I

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.759
 am going

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.659
 to cling

00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.159
 to the

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.639
 God

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.279
 who

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.019
 demonstrates

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.500
 his

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.179
 providence

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:40.439
 even

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:41.639
 in the

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:41.959
 depths

00:30:41.959 --> 00:30:42.419
 of my

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.899
 despair

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:49.419
 so what

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.000
 about us

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:53.299
 how are

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.619
 we to

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.959
 live

00:30:53.959 --> 00:30:55.859
 in light

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.359
 of God's

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.939
 providence

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:59.039
 when we

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.980
 find ourselves

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.599
 in the

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.059
 depths of

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.439
 despair

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:06.920
 well

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.140
 we

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.680
 understand

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.400
 looking back

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:09.700
 at this

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.019
 passage

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.720
 that God's

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.220
 providence

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.180
 extends over

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.100
 sickness

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:15.519
 that God's

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.000
 providence

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.039
 extends over

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.500
 sin

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.880
 and that

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.360
 God's

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.880
 providence

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.799
 extends over

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.480
 death itself

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.080
 and what that

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.600
 means is that

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:24.000
 God can use

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.460
 those things

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.740
 for his

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.620
 glory

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:30.320
 and for

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.980
 our good

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:37.019
 that is

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.680
 great news

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.200
 for us

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.620
 because

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:40.180
 if God

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.079
 can raise

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.259
 the widow's

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.519
 son

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.720
 if God

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.480
 can breathe

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.120
 life

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.079
 back into

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.779
 a child

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.599
 who was

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.059
 plagued

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.460
 by the

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.720
 curse

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.160
 of sin

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.839
 and if

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.299
 God

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.160
 can raise

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.920
 Christ

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.460
 who was

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.140
 sinless

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.960
 and perfect

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.900
 to eternal

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.380
 life

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.839
 then we

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.620
 have great

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.019
 hope

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.220
 hope

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.680
 we have

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.379
 great hope

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.680
 and the

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.039
 promise

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.240
 that God

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.420
 will fulfill

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.579
 what he

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.240
 has said

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.180
 that God

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.680
 will too

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.839
 ensure that

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.900
 we do not

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.940
 experience the

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.900
 eternal corruption

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:15.139
 of sin

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:16.339
 death

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.879
 and the

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.299
 grave

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:20.960
 that we

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.460
 will not

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.940
 experience

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.359
 corruption

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:24.220
 but that

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.759
 we will

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.539
 experience

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.960
 eternal

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.379
 life

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:31.119
 well in

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.819
 our final

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.319
 encounter

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.960
 with God's

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.379
 providence

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.619
 we walked

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.039
 through

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.639
 we felt

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.359
 the depth

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.819
 of the

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.139
 widow's

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.599
 despair

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:40.399
 and we

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.839
 realize

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.099
 that

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.699
 neither

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.159
 God

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:42.599
 nor the

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:42.980
 author

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.959
 abandons

00:32:43.959 --> 00:32:44.500
 us

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.259
 or the

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.579
 widow

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.480
 in those

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.859
 depths

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:48.679
 but that

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.159
 like the

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.480
 widow

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.399
 we too

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.279
 are elevated

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.740
 to the

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.119
 heights

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.879
 of God's

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.439
 providence

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:54.839
 seeing that

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.539
 he is the

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.879
 one

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:57.039
 who is in

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.480
 charge

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.399
 of even

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.599
 sin

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.359
 and death

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.819
 itself

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:02.000
 and that

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.379
 he does

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.719
 that

00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:04.179
 through the

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.740
 incarnation

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.599
 life

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.019
 death

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.619
 resurrection

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.099
 and ascension

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.979
 of Jesus

00:33:08.979 --> 00:33:09.459
 Christ

00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:13.479
 well that's

00:33:13.479 --> 00:33:14.039
 all three of

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.599
 the encounters

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:16.039
 with God's

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.559
 providence

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:18.839
 and I

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.639
 want to

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.299
 ask you

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:23.219
 do you

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:23.619
 have that

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.019
 nagging

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.479
 question

00:33:24.479 --> 00:33:26.719
 that's left

00:33:26.719 --> 00:33:27.059
 with this

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.500
 passage

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:32.679
 that

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.079
 nagging

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.500
 question

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.879
 is the

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.239
 one

00:33:34.239 --> 00:33:36.379
 that the

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.660
 widow

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.380
 indirectly

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.460
 asks

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.100
 Elijah

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.760
 when she

00:33:40.760 --> 00:33:41.520
 brings her

00:33:41.520 --> 00:33:42.300
 breathless

00:33:42.300 --> 00:33:42.680
 son

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.480
 to him

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.760
 it's the

00:33:45.760 --> 00:33:45.980
 same

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.360
 question

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.020
 that haunts

00:33:47.020 --> 00:33:47.540
 us

00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.880
 many of

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.300
 our brothers

00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:49.800
 and sisters

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.320
 in Christ

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.320
 and those

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.640
 who are

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.280
 reluctant to

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:52.660
 embrace

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.240
 Christ as

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.740
 their savior

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:53.859
 here

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:58.599
 it's a

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.960
 nagging

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.380
 question

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.700
 that's

00:33:59.700 --> 00:33:59.900
 something

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.660
 a bit

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:00.900
 like

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.380
 this

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:05.299
 how are

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.640
 we to

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.059
 live

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.359
 when we

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.740
 don't

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.179
 see

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.500
 and

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.320
 experience

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.300
 the

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.820
 visible

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.000
 miraculous

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.320
 outpouring

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.380
 of God's

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.019
 providential

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.460
 purposes

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:17.579
 when we

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.079
 are in the

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.480
 depths of

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.900
 despair

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.480
 and we

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.400
 don't see

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.619
 life being

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.139
 breathed

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.299
 into a

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.980
 loved one

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.799
 who is

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.219
 on their

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.759
 sickbed

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:34.779
 how are we

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.480
 to persevere

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:37.779
 in those

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.219
 hostile

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.839
 environments

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:40.659
 when we

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.219
 don't see

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.719
 God's

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.239
 providential

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.679
 provision

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:48.059
 when we

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.500
 don't get

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.819
 the

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.460
 report

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.799
 that we

00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.039
 think

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.199
 we

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.319
 were

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.599
 going

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.739
 to

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:50.899
 get

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:52.199
 when

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.480
 God

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.859
 doesn't

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.239
 save

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.460
 the

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.679
 battle

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:53.940
 buddy

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.319
 on our

00:34:54.319 --> 00:34:54.599
 right

00:34:54.599 --> 00:35:00.779
 what are

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.079
 we to

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.299
 do

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.879
 when God

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.239
 doesn't

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.859
 providentially

00:35:02.859 --> 00:35:03.379
 provide

00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:03.859
 in times

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.239
 of great

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.619
 need

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:08.159
 when that

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.719
 bill goes

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.179
 unpaid

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:11.139
 when it

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.679
 goes into

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.219
 default

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:17.799
 when I

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.159
 have to

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.659
 eat rice

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.119
 and beans

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.480
 for the

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.899
 fifth meal

00:35:19.899 --> 00:35:20.119
 of the

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.379
 week

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:25.239
 what is

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.419
 our

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:26.000
 recourse

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.379
 when in

00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.739
 the depths

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.219
 of despair

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.799
 we feel

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.239
 distant

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.919
 from God's

00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.399
 providence

00:35:29.399 --> 00:35:31.039
 what if

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.699
 our experience

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.119
 is more

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.480
 like that

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.099
 of Job

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:37.899
 what if

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:38.259
 it's like

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.639
 Jesus

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.419
 in the

00:35:39.419 --> 00:35:39.719
 garden

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:39.899
 of

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.500
 Gethsemane

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:42.199
 what if

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.919
 crying

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.719
 and pleading

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.500
 for relief

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.899
 from the

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:45.379
 cross

00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:49.119
 and that

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.439
 relief

00:35:49.439 --> 00:35:49.779
 doesn't

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.159
 come

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:55.419
 what if

00:35:55.419 --> 00:35:55.579
 our

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.219
 experience

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:57.679
 is closer

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.099
 to that

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.399
 of our

00:35:58.399 --> 00:35:58.699
 savior

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.119
 when he's

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.519
 hanging on

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.039
 the cross

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.319
 and he

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.000
 cries out

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.579
 father

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.599
 father

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.199
 why have

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.340
 you

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.840
 forsaken

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.159
 me

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:11.579
 how are

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.880
 we to

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.260
 live in

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.599
 light of

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:12.960
 God's

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.380
 providence

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.739
 when there

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.199
 is no

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.659
 miraculous

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.280
 provision

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.260
 when God

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.599
 in his

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.159
 providence

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.019
 removes

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.260
 our

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.579
 comforts

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.539
 reverses

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.739
 his

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.280
 miracles

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.760
 reclaims

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:22.920
 his

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.460
 mercies

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:25.179
 or simply

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.960
 allow sin

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.400
 and death

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.480
 to work

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.400
 unchecked

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:35.840
 William

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.139
 Cooper

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.720
 knew that

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:41.240
 he called

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.420
 it

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.059
 God's

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.500
 frowning

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.119
 providence

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:50.799
 and we

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.119
 can draw

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.539
 comfort

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.259
 from

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.659
 believers

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.099
 like

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.719
 William

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.039
 Cooper

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.259
 who in

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.099
 the midst

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:57.039
 of a

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.279
 great

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:57.759
 depression

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.460
 that would

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.019
 eventually

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.579
 take his

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.000
 life

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.380
 penned

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.119
 the words

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.559
 that you

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.039
 can read

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.420
 there in

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.559
 your

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.079
 bulletin

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.619
 both on

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.139
 the back

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.859
 and in

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.199
 the middle

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:11.039
 where we

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.900
 can read

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.480
 about a

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.799
 man

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.360
 who

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:14.519
 doggedly

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.140
 holds

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:16.100
 to God's

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:16.460
 hidden

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.000
 mercy

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.440
 blessings

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.080
 grace

00:37:19.080 --> 00:37:19.780
 and goodness

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.760
 even in

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.340
 the midst

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:23.320
 of God's

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.800
 frowning

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.440
 providence

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:27.039
 additionally

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.840
 and probably

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.480
 more importantly

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.980
 than looking

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.100
 to a

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:30.400
 hymn

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.860
 that somebody

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.240
 else wrote

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:32.480
 we take

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.900
 comfort

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.539
 in today's

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.060
 passage

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:35.019
 and we

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.620
 look back

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.039
 at it

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.720
 and other

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.140
 scripture

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:38.880
 for hope

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.720
 and encouragement

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.860
 when we

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.420
 don't see

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.100
 the miraculous

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.779
 outworking

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.380
 of God's

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.960
 providence

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:45.079
 we can

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.599
 look back

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.860
 and we

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.279
 can see

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.819
 God's

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.599
 faithfulness

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.219
 in the

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.699
 life of

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.019
 those

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.299
 in the

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.599
 Bible

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.259
 we can

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:50.860
 look back

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.239
 to our

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.679
 own

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.380
 encounters

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.139
 with God's

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:53.699
 faithfulness

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:53.940
 in the

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.319
 past

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:55.159
 and receive

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.559
 that comfort

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.759
 and encouragement

00:37:57.759 --> 00:38:00.440
 to continue

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.920
 to trust

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.159
 God's

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.699
 providence

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:06.839
 and when

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.199
 we do

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.519
 that

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.219
 we partner

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.599
 with the

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.259
 Holy Spirit

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:10.460
 as he

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.219
 reminds us

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.779
 not only

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.159
 of these

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.719
 stories

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.399
 but of

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:13.899
 our own

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.379
 encounters

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.879
 with God's

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.259
 smiling

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.859
 providence

00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:18.839
 and in

00:38:18.839 --> 00:38:19.059
 this

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.539
 cooperation

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:21.299
 we are

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.919
 not overcome

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.699
 by doubts

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:24.139
 but rather

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:25.579
 we learn

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.460
 to lean

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.960
 into

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.859
 and to

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.259
 trust

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.519
 his

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.119
 providence

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.039
 we learn

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.500
 to trust

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.039
 a God

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:33.859
 who preserves

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:35.219
 and governs

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.960
 his creation

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.079
 and his

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.539
 creatures

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.940
 for their

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.319
 good

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:40.699
 and for

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.400
 his glory

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:42.779
 and it

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.059
 is to

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.699
 this God

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.859
 that we

00:38:44.859 --> 00:38:45.759
 give both

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.359
 the glory

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.539
 the honor

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.539
 and the

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.859
 power

00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:49.380
 now

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.460
 and forever

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.819
 more

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:52.099
 let us

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.359
 pray