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 Presbyterian Church, and it's my joy to bring God's word to you this morning. We're continuing our series in the book of Genesis. You'll remember the book of Genesis is the first book in the entire Bible tells the origin story of God's people Israel.

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 And this summer, we're in the story of Isaac and Jacob, mostly Jacob, found in chapters 25 through 36. If you were here with us last week, you heard the story of the sheep that Laban promised to Jacob.

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 Jacob would receive every sheep that was striped or spotted or speckled, which turns out to not work out so well for Laban, because suddenly all the healthy sheep, many of the sheep, are striped and spotted and speckled.

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 So Jacob gains a lot of wealth. Laban loses wealth, which sets us up for the tension of this story that's before us in chapter 31.

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 Now, we have one whole chapter before us right now, 55 verses. And so, as I say sometimes, I'm going to tell you something, not everything.

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 We are going to spend more time on the first part of this story, less time on the second part.

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 And we're not going to talk about the stealing of the household gods.

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 So we just have to cut here and there to be able to make it through 55 verses.

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 What we are going to look at is this, how God has used suffering to shape and grow Jacob.

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 And God using suffering to shape and grow Jacob points to our hope in suffering as well.

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 And so it's with that, I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 31, starting at verse 1, which you'll find on page 6 of your worship guide.

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 As we come to this story, remember that Proverbs chapter 30, verse 5 tells us,

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 Every word of God proves true. He's a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 Which is why we read now, Genesis chapter 31, starting at verse 1.

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 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying,

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 Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth.

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 And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.

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 Then the Lord said to Jacob,

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 Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.

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 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was,

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 and said to them,

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 I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before.

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 But the God of my father has been with me.

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 You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

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 Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times.

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 But God did not permit him to harm me.

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 If he said the spotted shall be your wages, then all the flock bore spotted.

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 And if he said the striped shall be your wages, then all the flock bore striped.

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 Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

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 In the breeding season of the flock, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.

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 Then the angel of God said to me in the dream,

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 Jacob, and I said,

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 Here I am.

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 And he said,

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 Lift up your eyes and see all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled.

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 For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

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 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me.

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 Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.

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 Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him,

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 Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?

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 Are we not regarded by him as foreigners?

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 For he has sold us and he has indeed devoured our money.

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 All the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children.

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 Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.

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 Verse 17.

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 So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

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 He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained,

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 the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan Aram,

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 to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

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 Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.

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 And Jacob tricked Laban the Aram man by not telling him that he intended to flee.

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 He fled with all that he had and arose and crossed the Euphrates

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 and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

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 When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,

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 he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days

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 and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.

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 But God came to Laban the Aram man in a dream by night and said to him,

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 Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.

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 Verse 25.

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 And Laban overtook Jacob.

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 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country,

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 and Laban with his kinsmen pitched tents in the hill country of Gilead.

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 And Laban said to Jacob,

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 What have you done that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword?

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 Why did you flee secretly and trick me, and did not tell me,

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 so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs with tambourine and lyre?

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 And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell?

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 Now you have done foolishly.

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 It is in my power to do you harm.

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 But the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying,

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 Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.

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 And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house.

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 But why did you steal my gods?

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 Jacob answered and said to Laban,

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 Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

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 Anyone with whom you find your God shall not live.

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 In the presence of our kinsmen point out what I have that is yours and take it.

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 Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

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 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and into the tent of the two female servants,

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 but he did not find them.

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 And he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's.

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 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them.

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 Laban felt all about the tent but did not find them.

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 And she said to her father,

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 Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.

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 So he searched but did not find the household gods.

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 Verse 36.

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 Then Jacob became angry and berated Laban.

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 Jacob said to Laban,

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 What is my offense?

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 What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me?

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 For you have felt through all my goods.

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 What have you found of all your household goods?

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 Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen that they may decide between us two.

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 These twenty years I have been with you.

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 Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried,

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 and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.

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 What was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you.

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 I bore the loss of it myself.

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 From my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

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 There I was.

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 By day the heat consumed me and the cold by night,

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 and my sleep fled from my eyes.

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 These twenty years I have been in your house.

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 I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock,

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 and you have changed my wages ten times.

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 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had not been on my side,

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 surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed.

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 God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.

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 Verse 43.

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 Then Laban answered and said to Jacob,

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 The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children,

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 the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine.

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 But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?

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 Come now, let us make a covenant you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.

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 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

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 And Jacob said to his kinsmen,

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 Gather stones.

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 And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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 Laban called it Jechar-Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galid.

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 Laban said,

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 This heap is a witness between you and me today.

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 Therefore he named it Galid and Mizpah, for he said,

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 The Lord watch between you and me when we are out of one another's sight.

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 If you oppress my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters,

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 although no one is with us,

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 see, God is the witness between you and me.

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 Verse 51.

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 Then Laban said to Jacob,

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 See this heap and the pillar which I have set between you and me.

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 This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness,

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 that I will not pass over this heap to you,

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 and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me to do harm.

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 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor,

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 the God of their father, judge between us.

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 So Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac,

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 and Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country

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 and called his kinsmen to eat bread.

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 They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.

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 Early in the morning, Laban arose and kissed his grandchildren

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 and his daughters and blessed them.

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 Then Laban departed and returned home.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we come again grateful and thankful

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 that you speak to us in your word,

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 that you haven't left us to figure things out alone by ourselves.

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 And so we ask that you would do that again this morning,

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 that you would use an ordinary man on an ordinary day

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 and an ordinary time to instruct your people with your words,

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 to show us the great mercy and grace

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 that you have offered us, given us in Jesus Christ,

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 that you grow our love and affection and obedience to him.

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 And we ask all of these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 I think that many of you, if not most of you,

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 know that last week the elders of this church

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 went on a two-night retreat to Florissant, Colorado,

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 and we had some homework to do.

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 So one of our sessions,

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 there were some questions to prepare beforehand,

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 and this was a session for us to sort of name and celebrate

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 the ways that we've seen God at work in our church

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 over the last couple of years.

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 You know, there's lots of business that we have to do as a church,

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 but we don't want to forget,

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 hey, there's all these good things that are happening in the midst of that.

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 And so one question was this,

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 list the people in our church that you have seen God really transform

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 over the last two years.

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 And it sounded a little bit like this.

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 Now, I've changed names to protect the innocent,

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 but this is how the session went.

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 Okay, Nicholas,

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 his life has turned around 180 degrees in the last two years.

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 And someone else says,

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 yeah, you know, Nicholas actually really went through it the last two years.

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 He's had a tremendous amount of suffering.

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 We've noticed in Joseph's life,

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 he's kinder and gentler with people than he was two years ago.

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 And then someone else would say,

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 yeah, Joseph's really been through it the last two years.

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 Olivia, the joy that she has,

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 you can see it and you can tell that it's larger than it was two years ago.

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 Oh yeah, you know, it's been a really tough year,

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 two years for Olivia.

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 And so for many of the names,

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 there's this straight line between suffering

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 and the image of Christ being formed.

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 Now, if you're a cynic, you might be thinking,

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 okay, well, who do these elders think they are?

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 Kind of looking down their noses to see who's changed.

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 Don't say that so fast,

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 because the last question was this.

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 How has God changed you over the last two years?

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 And it sounded like this.

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 Elder one, here's how I suffered.

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 And God used that to grow me in humility.

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 Elder two, here's how I suffered.

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 It led me to have greater trust in God's providence and his plan.

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 Elder three, here's how I suffered.

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 Now I have greater focus and clarity in my life.

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 So on and so forth.

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 And so almost to a man,

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 there's this connection between growth and suffering.

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 And by the way, the question did not include that.

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 The question was not, how have you suffered?

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 The question was, how have you grown?

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 How has God changed you to make you look more like Jesus?

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 But suffering showed up again and again.

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 So I walked away from that session thinking,

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 well, that's so interesting.

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 God's been using suffering in people's lives

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 in all sorts of different ways in our lives to change us.

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 Now, it's not an accident.

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 If you were with us last year,

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 you remember we looked at Romans chapter five,

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 which says this, we rejoice in our sufferings,

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 knowing that suffering produces endurance

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 and endurance produces character

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 and character produces hope.

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 And hope does not put us to shame

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 because God's love has been poured into our hearts

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 through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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 The point is this.

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 God works through trials and tribulations to change us.

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 God uses the soil of suffering

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 to bring out really rich fruit in our lives.

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 And that is exactly what is going on in Genesis chapter 31.

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 Jacob, as he says multiple times,

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 has been suffering under the hand of Laban for 20 years.

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 Seven of those years were working for Leah.

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 Seven were working for Rachel.

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 Six then to work for the flocks.

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 And those 20 years have brought about this beautiful fruit

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 in Jacob's life.

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 You remember last week, God blessed Jacob.

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 Jacob has Laban's sheep now and he has them fair and square.

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 He has them the way that the deal was made,

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 that he would have the spotted, the speckled, and the striped.

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 And so verses one and two, we're getting into the story now.

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 Verses one and two, Laban's sons and Laban himself are not happy.

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 Laban's sons have lost their future,

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 the great inheritance they were looking forward to.

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 Laban himself has lost his present.

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 He's lost the great wealth that he had.

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 Things are not going well relationally,

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 which prepares Jacob to hear the command that God has for him.

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 This is verse three, return to the land of your fathers

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 and to your kindred and I will be with you.

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 So Jacob receives that.

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 His next job is to go to Rachel and Leah

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 and convince them that it is time to go.

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 That takes us to verses four through 13,

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 which is what I'm going to call Jacob's but God speech.

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 This is his extended speech to Rachel and Leah to say,

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 look, it is time for us to go.

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 So track with me.

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 Verse five, he says,

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 Laban doesn't like me anymore,

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 but the God of my father has been with me.

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 Verses six and seven,

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 Laban has not treated me well.

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 He's cheated me and changed my wages 10 times.

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 Verse seven,

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 but God did not permit him to harm me.

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 Now remember the accusation of Laban's sons in verse one.

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 They say, look, he's taken all of Laban's wealth.

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 He's taken our father's wealth

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 and we don't have anything else.

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 Jacob says, you know what?

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 That's correct.

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 I did take all of Laban's wealth.

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 And you know why I did that?

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 You know how I took all his good sheep,

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 all the healthy sheep

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 and left him with the sick sheep, the weak sheep?

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 That was God.

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 Verse eight,

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 if he said the spotted shall be your wages,

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 then all the flock bore spotted.

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 And if he said the stripes shall be your wages,

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 then all the flock bore striped.

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 Verse nine,

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 thus God has taken away the livestock of your father

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 and given them to me.

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 God plundered Laban for me.

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 It is God that caused the strong sheep

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 to be striped and spotted and speckled,

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 not the silly trick with the sticks.

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 No, it was God at work.

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 It was God who did all of these things.

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 And so he goes on.

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 Now I want to go back.

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 Verse five, remember that.

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 Go back to verse five for a second.

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 But the God of my father has been with me.

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 What does that remind you of?

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 Remember all the way back to chapter 28.

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 Chapter 28 was the story of the ladder

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 that goes from earth to heaven.

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 And it wasn't just a ladder.

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 God in that story makes Jacob two promises.

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 Promise one, he says,

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 I will be with you.

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 Okay, and that's what Jacob has just said.

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 Verse five,

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 but the God of my father has been with me.

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 And he makes a second promise.

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 Back in chapter 28,

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 I'm going to bring you back home.

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 Well, that's the rest of the speech.

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 He's saying, look, I had this dream.

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 This is verses 11 through 13.

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 The angel of the Lord appeared to me and said,

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 it's time to go home.

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 Verse 13,

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 I am the God of Bethel,

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 where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me.

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 Bethel's talking about the very end of chapter 28.

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 That anointed pillar,

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 that was Jacob's response to the blessing

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 and the promise of God.

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 So he's reminding him,

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 look, remember what happened 20 years ago.

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 I'm that same God.

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 I've now done

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 exactly what I promised you that I would do.

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 And it's time to come back home.

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 It's not simply or merely or just, though,

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 that God has kept his promise,

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 but that Jacob now knows it

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 deep down in his bones.

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 Jacob has never,

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 he has never given God this kind of credit

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 and praise for the success in his life.

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 And yet, what do we see now in this speech?

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 Again and again, he's saying,

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 look, I've had all the success

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 and protection and blessing

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 because and only because of God.

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 Remember, we've talked before

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 about the family motto of the Abraham family,

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 the story that they live in,

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 this narrative that they tell themselves,

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 which is this,

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 it is all up to me.

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 My schemes, my tricks, my plans,

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 that's what matters.

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 I protect and provide for myself,

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 no one else.

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 And finally,

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 finally,

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 over 20 years,

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 two decades,

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 Jacob knows that's not true.

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 God has used two decades

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 of Jacob's suffering

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 under the hand of Laban

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 for him to finally admit,

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 no, it's actually God

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 who is in control.

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 Jacob knows

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 the family motto

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 is a lie.

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 Jacob finally realizes

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 God is the one in charge

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 after years of trickery

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 and deception.

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 Jacob finally comes to know

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 that protection and blessing

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 come from God

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 and God alone.

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 Jacob is finally willing

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 to give all credit

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 and honor

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 and praise

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 and glory

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 to God

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 because he knows it now

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 deep,

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 deep down.

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 He's experienced it

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 over and over again.

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 the Jacob that we met

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 in Genesis chapters 25

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 and 28

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 was proud

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 and arrogant.

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 The Jacob

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 of chapter 31

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 is humble

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 and grateful

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 and thankful.

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 it has taken

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 two decades

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.579
 for God

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 to bring

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.460
 that humility

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 about in his life.

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 It hasn't come easy.

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 If you've been paying attention,

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 you know

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 that this process

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 for Jacob

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 has been brutal.

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 It's been

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 back-breaking work

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 but it has come.

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 Year by year,

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 month by month,

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 week by week,

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 two decades,

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 God

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 has been

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 at work.

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 He's been at work

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 using suffering

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 to transform

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 the character

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 of Jacob

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 from the inside

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 out.

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 The point is this.

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.420
 God uses

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:34.259
 our sufferings.

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 God uses

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 the consequences

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:39.539
 of our sin

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 to change us.

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 Now,

00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.860
 the specific change

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:46.060
 in this story

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.680
 is the change

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 of humility.

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 It's the change

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.300
 of Jacob

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 finally being willing

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 to give credit

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 where credit

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 is due.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.120
 How is it

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:59.340
 that we learn

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:01.500
 that every good

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:03.020
 and perfect gift

00:24:03.020 --> 00:24:04.840
 comes from above?

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.240
 We learn that

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.480
 through suffering.

00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:12.880
 How is it

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.720
 that we learn

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.820
 that we are not

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.700
 as smart

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 and gifted

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 and talented

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 and exceptional

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.359
 as maybe

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.019
 we flatter

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.539
 ourselves

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.119
 that we are?

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.199
 We learn it

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.959
 through suffering.

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.219
 How is it

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:31.099
 that we learn

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.759
 that God

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.019
 actually is

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.059
 in charge

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.039
 of all things?

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.219
 We learn it

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:39.480
 through suffering.

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:44.220
 how do we learn

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.839
 as we talked

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.579
 about last week

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.039
 that God

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.039
 really does

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:49.259
 hold the whole

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.920
 world

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.500
 in his hands?

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.160
 We learn it

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.700
 as we suffer.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.259
 It is when

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:02.700
 our legs

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.539
 are actually

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.460
 cut out

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.819
 from under us

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:08.119
 that we have

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.980
 to trust

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.819
 God.

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.960
 It is when

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.480
 the bottom

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.579
 falls out

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:16.599
 that we do

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.379
 learn

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.720
 experientially

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.319
 deeply

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.240
 all the way

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.119
 down to the bottom

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.980
 that God's

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.539
 promises

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.439
 are true

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.740
 and he will

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.139
 do

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.399
 exactly

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.799
 what he said

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:30.159
 he would do.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:34.320
 if you're

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.759
 a Christian

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:37.680
 and you're

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.200
 honest

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:41.300
 you are going

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.980
 to have to

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.720
 come to a

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.540
 place in your

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.000
 life

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.620
 where you do

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.880
 give all

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.560
 credit

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.620
 to God.

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.860
 If you really

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.340
 understand

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:56.460
 what it means

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:58.100
 that all

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.660
 gifts come

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.160
 from God

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:01.080
 that God's

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.380
 the one

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.160
 who's arranged

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.160
 circumstances

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.920
 and events

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.920
 and relationships

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.779
 to lead you

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.240
 to where you

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.519
 are

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.340
 if you really

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:09.460
 know how

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.380
 desperate your

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.180
 need is for

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.900
 God's grace

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.519
 and that without

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.120
 it you have

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.960
 no hope

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:16.340
 there is

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.400
 no one else

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:19.000
 to give the

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.000
 honor and the

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.700
 glory to

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.560
 but God

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.620
 alone.

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.140
 1 Corinthians

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.019
 chapter 4

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.700
 verse 7

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.540
 says this

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:29.019
 what do you

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.680
 have that you

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.099
 did not

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.740
 receive?

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.139
 If then you

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.859
 received it

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.579
 why do you

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.980
 boast as if

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.579
 you did not

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.240
 receive it?

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.940
 Christian

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:41.119
 what do you

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.980
 have that you

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.420
 did not

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.059
 receive?

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.599
 Can you

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.059
 point to

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.700
 anything in

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.319
 your life

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.460
 where you

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.819
 say yeah

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.180
 I'm a

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.740
 self-made

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.180
 man

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.319
 I'm a

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.879
 self-made

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.220
 woman?

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:57.220
 no

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:59.880
 no

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.220
 that's

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.579
 God's

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.079
 grace

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.000
 and mercy

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.980
 and provision

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.480
 in your

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.880
 life

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:09.779
 are you

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.240
 still

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:13.279
 thanking

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.100
 yourself

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:16.620
 congratulating

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.220
 yourself

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.700
 for your

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.319
 skill

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.980
 and your

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.579
 wisdom

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.519
 and your

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.079
 intelligence

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:25.079
 self-congratulation

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.500
 if you

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.819
 are

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.439
 something

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.019
 is off

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:30.359
 something

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.399
 is deeply

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.159
 wrong

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.980
 spiritually

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.559
 something

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.119
 in your

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.539
 heart

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.299
 is twisted

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.319
 and pointed

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.059
 in the

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.259
 wrong

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.779
 direction

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:40.359
 self-congratulation

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.500
 reveals our

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.119
 immaturity

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.819
 it tells us

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.639
 spiritually

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.319
 we are

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.159
 infants

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:47.519
 now you

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.839
 might be

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.139
 thinking

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.619
 well that's

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.919
 that's

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.079
 good

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.639
 I actually

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:49.960
 have really

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.759
 low self-esteem

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.779
 so I don't

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.039
 need to worry

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.619
 about that

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:54.680
 got bad

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.099
 news for

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.359
 you

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.839
 the flip

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.279
 side of

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.259
 self-congratulation

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.660
 is anxiety

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.680
 the anxiety

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.379
 that drives

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.259
 poor decisions

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.279
 because both

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.759
 of those

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.700
 things say

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.720
 God is

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.140
 not in

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.599
 charge

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:08.559
 self-congratulation

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.259
 says God's

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.559
 not in

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.819
 charge

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.440
 I'm in

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.920
 charge

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.259
 anxiety

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.779
 says the

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.339
 same thing

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.779
 God's

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.099
 not in

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.379
 charge

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.799
 I'm

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:14.960
 in

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.240
 charge

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.819
 I have

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.299
 to make

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.539
 it

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.319
 happen

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.859
 both

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.259
 of those

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.619
 things

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.139
 lead to

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.639
 the same

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.479
 grasping

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.159
 for control

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.699
 the same

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.279
 belief

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.959
 that it

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.579
 is all

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.459
 up to

00:28:25.459 --> 00:28:25.699
 me

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:27.879
 and since

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.259
 both of

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.719
 those things

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.099
 have the

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.479
 same

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:29.939
 root

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.459
 they have

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:31.239
 the same

00:28:31.239 --> 00:28:32.019
 solution

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.239
 which is

00:28:33.239 --> 00:28:33.639
 this

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:35.759
 recognizing

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.459
 the absolute

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:38.559
 sovereignty

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.799
 and control

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.559
 of God

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.799
 over all

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.819
 things

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.399
 there is

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.139
 nothing

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.900
 outside

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.300
 of God's

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:48.900
 rule

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.040
 and reign

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:54.480
 now if

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.740
 you've been

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:54.980
 in the

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.259
 church

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.920
 long enough

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:58.900
 you've

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.220
 learned the

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.640
 right things

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.020
 to say

00:29:00.020 --> 00:29:02.759
 and you

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.280
 know it's

00:29:03.280 --> 00:29:03.720
 polite

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.080
 right

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.600
 when someone

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.040
 says to

00:29:05.040 --> 00:29:05.360
 you wow

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.680
 you did

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:05.980
 such a

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.520
 great job

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:06.800
 you can

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.480
 say oh

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.720
 yeah

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.080
 you know

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.860
 thank God

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.140
 and his

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.520
 grace

00:29:09.520 --> 00:29:09.920
 that's

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.480
 what brought

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.720
 it all

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.020
 together

00:29:11.020 --> 00:29:11.360
 right

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:13.180
 God

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.660
 did it

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:16.380
 and there

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.700
 are people

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.060
 who know

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.360
 to say

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.640
 that

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:19.040
 and there

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.300
 are people

00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:19.660
 who do

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.180
 say that

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.360
 and then

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.519
 what do

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.860
 we do

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:24.300
 the next

00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:24.660
 moment

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.100
 we're

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.360
 thanking

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.880
 ourself

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:29.560
 don't be

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.120
 a person

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:32.120
 who talks

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:33.820
 about

00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.259
 God's

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.519
 care

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:37.980
 be a

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.360
 person

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.000
 who

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.500
 believes

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.759
 it

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:42.200
 be a

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.440
 person

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.660
 who

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.320
 believes

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.619
 it

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.500
 deep

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.639
 down

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:48.819
 you

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:48.939
 know

00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.039
 how

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.279
 God's

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.359
 going

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.439
 to

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:49.599
 bring

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:49.740
 that

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:49.960
 about

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.079
 in

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.200
 your

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.539
 life

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:53.059
 suffering

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:57.220
 suffering

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.859
 will cause

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.500
 us to

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.859
 believe

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.179
 more

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.579
 and more

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.639
 the words

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.079
 of Jesus

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.599
 in Luke

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.879
 chapter

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.279
 12

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.939
 are

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.200
 not

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.720
 five

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.619
 sparrows

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.259
 sold

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.659
 for

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.200
 two

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.099
 pennies

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:10.240
 and not

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.539
 one of

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.679
 them

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:10.819
 is

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.279
 forgotten

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.899
 before

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.259
 God

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:14.220
 why

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.619
 even

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.259
 the hairs

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.779
 of your

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.240
 head

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.640
 are

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.160
 all

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.940
 numbered

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.599
 fear

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.960
 not

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.359
 you

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.819
 are

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.000
 of

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.420
 more

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.180
 value

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.859
 than

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.440
 many

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.900
 sparrows

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:28.400
 do

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.480
 you

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.740
 believe

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:28.920
 it

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:30.820
 do

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:30.940
 you

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.259
 believe

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.560
 that

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:31.920
 you

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.240
 are

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.380
 of

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.540
 more

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.040
 value

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:34.019
 than

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.240
 many

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.740
 sparrows

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:36.680
 can

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:36.820
 you

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.060
 agree

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.220
 with

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.400
 the

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.780
 psalmist

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.300
 the last

00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:38.660
 verse

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:38.820
 of

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.060
 psalm

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:40.220
 124

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.580
 our

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.080
 help

00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:42.360
 is

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.540
 in

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:42.759
 the

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.240
 name

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.500
 of

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.720
 the

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.180
 Lord

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.740
 who

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.300
 made

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.960
 heaven

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.560
 and

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:46.880
 earth

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:50.900
 do you

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.160
 believe

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.500
 it

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.599
 or

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.680
 have

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.740
 you

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:53.940
 just

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.420
 learned

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.859
 the

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.240
 right

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.460
 words

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.500
 to

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.799
 say

00:30:57.799 --> 00:31:01.279
 Jacob

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.460
 has

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.720
 learned

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.480
 Jacob

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.700
 has

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.059
 learned

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.279
 the

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.680
 hard

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.119
 way

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.119
 that

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.259
 his

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.519
 help

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.660
 is

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.759
 in

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:06.900
 the

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.099
 name

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.220
 of

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.339
 the

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.640
 Lord

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.079
 who

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.500
 made

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.400
 heaven

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.160
 and

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.400
 earth

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:13.599
 we're

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.720
 going to

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.019
 move on

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.259
 to the

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.480
 second

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.839
 half

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.140
 of the

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.420
 story

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.799
 briefly

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.039
 but I

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.119
 just

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.299
 want to

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.519
 point

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.660
 out

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.920
 one

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.119
 more

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.559
 thing

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.940
 about

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.140
 the

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.400
 Jacob

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.839
 story

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.039
 which

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.359
 we've

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.519
 sort

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.779
 of already

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.160
 said

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.480
 which is

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.819
 this

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.880
 God

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.559
 plays

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:24.759
 the

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.240
 long

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.700
 game

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:28.380
 God

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.660
 plays

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:28.839
 the

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.079
 long

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.360
 game

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:31.400
 year

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.819
 after

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.380
 year

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.779
 after

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.420
 year

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.220
 he

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.420
 has

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.819
 shaped

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.579
 Jacob

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:37.819
 he's

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.019
 worked

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.220
 over

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.539
 two

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.099
 decades

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.259
 he

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.440
 hasn't

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.640
 worked

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.819
 over

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.079
 two

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.400
 months

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.700
 that's

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:42.799
 how

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.019
 God

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.640
 brings

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:43.940
 his

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.680
 sanctification

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.279
 to bear

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.539
 in our

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.819
 lives

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.000
 that's

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.079
 how

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.220
 he

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.500
 makes

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.680
 us

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.860
 to

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.079
 look

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.400
 more

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.539
 and

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.700
 more

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.940
 like

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.259
 Jesus

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.799
 in

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:48.960
 other

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.200
 words

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.799
 there

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.079
 is

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.519
 actually

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.919
 no

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.299
 two

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.500
 day

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.919
 shipping

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.179
 on

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.819
 sanctification

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:56.119
 no

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.399
 there's

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.579
 a

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.179
 long

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:58.639
 process

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.740
 God

00:31:59.740 --> 00:31:59.939
 at

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.240
 work

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.019
 slow

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.699
 steady

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:04.699
 persistent

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:07.919
 unstoppable

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:11.419
 that's

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.519
 how

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.859
 God's

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:11.960
 been

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.099
 at

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.379
 work

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.240
 in the

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.599
 life

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.119
 of

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.480
 Jacob

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:16.779
 that's

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.019
 the way

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.319
 God

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.659
 works

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:18.099
 in your

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.500
 life

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.879
 as well

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.680
 month

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.700
 month

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:22.860
 by

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.200
 month

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.560
 year

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:23.740
 by

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.060
 year

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:25.100
 decade

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.100
 by

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.460
 decade

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:29.480
 we're

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.560
 going to

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:29.680
 talk

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:29.880
 very

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.160
 briefly

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.340
 about

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.500
 the

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.740
 second

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.200
 half

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.740
 of

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:31.880
 the

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.340
 story

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.340
 this

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.480
 is a

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.640
 long

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.000
 passage

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.320
 as I

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.600
 mentioned

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.040
 55

00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:35.480
 verses

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.360
 part

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.700
 one

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.040
 Jacob

00:32:37.040 --> 00:32:37.940
 recognizes

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:37.960
!

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.220
 He

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.880
 celebrates

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.280
 God's

00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:39.860
 faithfulness

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.100
 in the

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.520
 past

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:40.680
 he

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:40.920
 finally

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.360
 realizes

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.760
 God

00:32:41.760 --> 00:32:41.900
 is

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.040
 the

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.260
 one

00:32:42.260 --> 00:32:42.400
 who

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.540
 has

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:42.900
 done

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.660
 all

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.200
 things

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.980
 and

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.140
 man

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.240
 it

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.259
 would

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.319
 be

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.519
 great

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.620
 if

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.700
 we

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:46.819
 could

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:46.980
 leave

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.080
 it

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.340
 there

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.980
 there

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.080
 is

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.200
 a

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.840
 problem

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.600
 which

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:50.740
 is

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:50.900
 that

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.160
 Jacob

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.340
 is

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.559
 actually

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:51.700
 going

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:51.740
 to

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:51.819
 have

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:51.940
 to

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.120
 keep

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.420
 trusting

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.779
 God

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.019
 he

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.220
 has

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.500
 not

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.960
 arrived

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.200
 he's

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.420
 not

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.000
 finished

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.019
 he's

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.120
 going

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.160
 to

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.279
 have

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.400
 to

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.700
 trust

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.039
 God's

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.640
 faithfulness

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.819
 not

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:58.980
 just

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.220
 see

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.340
 it

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.440
 in

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.559
 the

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.019
 past

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.240
 he's

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.340
 going

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.400
 to

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.519
 have

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.660
 to

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:00.960
 trust

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.140
 it

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.680
 in

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:01.799
 the

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.180
 present

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.140
 he

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.360
 gives

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:03.559
 this

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.960
 speech

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.100
 as

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.279
 we've

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.660
 discussed

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:04.819
 and

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.019
 in

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.279
 verses

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.799
 14

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.319
 they

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.580
 leave

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:14.900
 without

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.319
 telling

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.720
 Laban

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.000
 so

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.160
 in

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.460
 modern

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.980
 parlance

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.120
 we

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.259
 would

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.420
 say

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.580
 they

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.100
 ghost

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.980
 Laban

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.700
 Laban

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.200
 pursues

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.380
 them

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.680
 Laban

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:20.860
 is

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.620
 extremely

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.100
 upset

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.380
 that

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.500
 they

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.700
 would

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.019
 leave

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.299
 without

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.600
 saying

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.940
 goodbye

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.259
 he

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.539
 doesn't

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.819
 like

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.000
 the

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.319
 Irish

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.740
 goodbye

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.299
 apparently

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.460
 and

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.660
 there's

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:27.840
 this

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.279
 language

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.600
 here

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:28.779
 of

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.340
 military

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.860
 action

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.080
 it

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.400
 sounds

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.700
 like

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.980
 he's

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.500
 tracking

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.779
 them

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.100
 the way

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.259
 the

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.580
 hunter

00:33:32.580 --> 00:33:33.100
 tracks

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.400
 an

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.779
 animal

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.000
 this

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.140
 is

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.319
 verse

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.880
 23

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.220
 pursued

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.220


00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.920
 we

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.100
 should

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.860
 gather

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.080
 what

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.180
 we

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.360
 already

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.600
 know

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.799
 since

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:46.920
 you

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.059
 read

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.200
 the

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.539
 passage

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.779
 his

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.220
 intent

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.620
 is

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.120
 not

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.980
 great

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:52.660
 but

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.080
 God

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:55.160
 appears

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.380
 to

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.640
 Laban

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:55.940
 in a

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.279
 dream

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.519
 this

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.660
 is

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:56.860
 verse

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.340
 24

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.580
 and

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:57.799
 says

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:57.900
 you

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.019
 know

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.160
 what

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.480
 Laban

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.100
 keep

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.220
 your

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.400
 mouth

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.700
 shut

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.299
 keep

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.420
 your

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.600
 mouth

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.880
 shut

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.220
 and

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.440
 say

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.920
 nothing

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.319
 either

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.740
 good

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.059
 or

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.500
 bad

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.180
 so

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.360
 Laban

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.720
 comes

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:06.920
 in

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.220
 knowing

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.620
 this

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:07.759
 he

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:07.920
 has

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.099
 this

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.380
 warning

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.659
 from

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.059
 God

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.639
 he

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:09.920
 then

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.159
 gives

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.280
 all

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.420
 these

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.039
 accusations

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.619
 against

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.960
 Jacob

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.179
 this

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.320
 is

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.539
 verses

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.199
 25

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.400
 through

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.820
 32

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.079
 and

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.360
 says

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.559
 you

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.119
 kidnapped

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.559
 my

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.039
 daughters

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.940
 and

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.099
 you

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.440
 took

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.719
 my

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.519
 household

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.400
 gods

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:22.039
 and

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.199
 this

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.320
 is

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.460
 the

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.840
 kicker

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.579
 verse

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.059
 29

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.360
 it

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.519
 is

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.679
 in

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:25.920
 my

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.460
 power

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.119
 to

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.679
 do

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.300
 you

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.159
 harm

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.920
 but

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.059
 the

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.239
 God

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.360
 of

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.500
 your

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.820
 father

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.139
 spoke

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.300
 to

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.420
 me

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.759
 last

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.039
 night

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.519
 saying

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.119
 be

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.719
 careful

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.820
 not

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.059
 to

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.320
 say

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.860
 anything

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.179
 to

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.719
 Jacob

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.719
 either

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.340
 good

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.320
 or

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.679
 bad

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:43.960
 don't

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.159
 miss

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.359
 it

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:44.919
 don't

00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.099
 miss

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.379
 it

00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:46.799
 God

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:46.980
 is

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.259
 still

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.739
 protecting

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.139
 Jacob

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:50.699
 God

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:50.799
 is

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:50.940
 still

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.279
 watching

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.659
 after

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:51.940
 him

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.480
 he

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.599
 is

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.759
 still

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.399
 providing

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.739
 for

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.039
 him

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.519
 his

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.199
 protection

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.440
 and

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.739
 provision

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:55.919
 it's

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.039
 not

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.199
 just

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.639
 past

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.039
 tense

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.639
 everything

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.859
 that

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.099
 Jacob

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.299
 has

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:58.500
 said

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.599
 up

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.699
 to

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.859
 this

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.079
 point

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.219
 has

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.339
 been

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.699
 past

00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.980
 tense

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.500
 here's

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.639
 what

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.839
 God

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.159
 did

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.440
 for

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.719
 me

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:03.679
 God's

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.219
 protection

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.239
 continues

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.559
 God

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.819
 is

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.259
 still

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.960
 doing

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.599
 for

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.019
 Jacob

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.619
 and

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:08.799
 what

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:09.239
 Laban

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.480
 here

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.859
 says

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.339
 says

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.579
 is

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.980
 correct

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.780
 Laban

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.360
 has

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.920
 Jacob

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.340
 out

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.120
 manned

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:15.000
 and

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.160
 he

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.500
 has

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.720
 him

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.019
 out

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.480
 gunned

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.120
 there

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:18.360
 is

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.600
 no

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:19.240
 trick

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.800
 that

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.059
 Jacob

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.340
 can

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.840
 run

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.079
 at

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.340
 this

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.640
 point

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.039
 there

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.280
 is

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.640
 nothing

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:22.880
 he

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.059
 can

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.260
 do

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.460
 to

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.740
 save

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.059
 himself

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.420
 there's

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.620
 no

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.220
 lie

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.460
 he

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.720
 can

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.220
 tell

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.900
 to

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.059
 get

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.380
 himself

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.559
 out

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.660
 of

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:27.840
 this

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.280
 problem

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:31.220
 but

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.660
 God

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:31.920
 has

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.380
 told

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.840
 Laban

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.120
 in

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.300
 a

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.720
 dream

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.260
 to

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.660
 keep

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:34.920
 his

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.300
 mouth

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.840
 shut

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:38.400
 and

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.600
 so

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:39.100
 Laban

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.480
 knows

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.059
 that

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.480
 Jacob

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.639
 cannot

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.559
 be

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.539
 touched

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.400
 and so

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.719
 he gives

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.059
 God

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:48.579
 praise

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.279
 again

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.159
 verse 42

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.639
 if the

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.239
 God of my

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.679
 father

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.199
 the God of

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.579
 Abraham

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.119
 and the

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.659
 fear of

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.079
 Isaac

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.960
 had not

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.259
 been on

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.940
 my side

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.559
 surely

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.360
 now you

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.619
 would have

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.019
 sent me

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.440
 away

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.079
 empty

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.819
 handed

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:02.400
 God

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.960
 saw

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.280
 my

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.880
 affliction

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.280
 and the

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.640
 labor

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.059
 of my

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.580
 hands

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.480
 and

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.100
 rebuked

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.360
 you

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.320
 last

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.940
 night

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.960
 it is

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.200
 not

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.700
 just

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:14.039
 that

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.480
 Jacob

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.420
 sees

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.980
 everything

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.519
 that God

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.820
 has done

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.039
 in the

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.480
 past

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:19.019
 it is

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.420
 also

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.519
 that

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.980
 Jacob

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.680
 has to

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.480
 trust

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.580
 God

00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:24.320
 in the

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.700
 present

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:28.759
 the

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.259
 life

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.539
 of

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.019
 faith

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.779
 never

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.859
 ends

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:35.480
 you

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.699
 will

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.119
 never

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.379
 come

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.859
 to a

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.339
 place

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.859
 as a

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.299
 Christian

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:40.559
 where

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.739
 you

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.439
 don't

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:41.899
 have

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:42.079
 to

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.579
 keep

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.480
 trusting

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.500
 God

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:47.000
 and

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.159
 how

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.419
 is it

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:47.539
 that

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.719
 you're

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:47.919
 able

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.159
 to

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.639
 trust

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.239
 God

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.480
 and

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.659
 his

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.159
 provision

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.419
 and

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:50.899
 protection

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:51.279
 and

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.739
 blessing

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.059
 and

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.419
 mercy

00:36:52.419 --> 00:36:52.739
 and

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.159
 grace

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.579
 in the

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.019
 present

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.440
 it is

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.639
 by

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.440
 remembering

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:59.119
 his

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.699
 provision

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.079
 and

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.420
 mercy

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.739
 and

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.139
 grace

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.440
 and

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.860
 blessing

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.579
 in

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:02.759
 the

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.360
 past

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:05.259
 because

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.759
 of what

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.139
 God

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.500
 has

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.099
 done

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.500
 in

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.099
 Laban's

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.519
 life

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.219
 because

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.440
 of how

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.780
 the way

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.079
 he's

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.759
 protected

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.440
 Jacob

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.019
 Jacob

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.380
 can

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.960
 have

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.539
 that

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.239
 unshakable

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.860
 trust

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.179
 and

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.880
 confidence

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.679
 and

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.039
 belief

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:21.699
 are

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.860
 you

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.320
 still

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:24.480
 trusting

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.900
 God

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:29.220
 or

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.320
 do

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.420
 you

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.620
 believe

00:37:29.620 --> 00:37:29.820
 you've

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.180
 arrived

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:32.019
 that

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.120
 you

00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:32.480
 figured

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.640
 it

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:32.840
 all

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.200
 out

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.420
 as

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.539
 a

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.880
 Christian

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:40.140
 many

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.340
 many

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.640
 years

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.000
 ago

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.860
 when

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:41.980
 I

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.120
 was

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.580
 first

00:37:42.580 --> 00:37:44.680
 starting

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:44.880
 at

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.080
 this

00:37:45.080 --> 00:37:45.460
 church

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.940
 I

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.059
 think

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.180
 this

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.280
 was

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.480
 probably

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.059
 2018

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.220
 I

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.340
 went

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.420
 and

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.460
 I

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.580
 got

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:49.039
 breakfast

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.340
 some

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.440
 of

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.519
 you

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.640
 all

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:49.760
 will

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.100
 remember

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:50.360
 Ken

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.460
 and

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.720
 Nancy

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.140
 O'Connell

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:53.359
 who

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.639
 of

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.779
 our

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:51.960
 church

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.139
 for

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.379
 many

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.980
 years

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.920
 Ken

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.039
 and

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.400
 Nancy

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.940
 some

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.019
 of

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.059
 the

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.379
 founding

00:37:55.379 --> 00:37:55.739
 members

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:55.879
 of

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.019
 our

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.339
 church

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.900
 and

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.679
 so

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:57.879
 Ken

00:37:57.879 --> 00:37:58.000
 and

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.199
 I

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.579
 got

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.940
 breakfast

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.139
 at

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.559
 Chick-fil-A

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.699
 on

00:37:59.699 --> 00:37:59.980
 Nevada

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.079
 and

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.199
 I

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.559
 think

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.779
 Ken

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.059
 wasn't

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.259
 sure

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.519
 why

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.679
 I'd

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:02.839
 asked

00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:02.960
 to

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.079
 meet

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.199
 with

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.319
 him

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.519
 so

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.659
 at

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:03.819
 one

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.000
 point

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.119
 he

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.259
 said

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.500
 Matthew

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.739
 what

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.119
 can

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.239
 I

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.420
 do

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.639
 for

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:05.839
 you

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.900
 and

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.079
 Ken

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.219
 had

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.339
 been

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:07.480
 with

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.619
 our

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.920
 church

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.299
 since

00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:09.319
 1996

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:10.099
 and

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.799
 there

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:10.920
 had

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.119
 been

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.639
 some

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:11.920
 moments

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.079
 if

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.159
 you

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.240
 know

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.340
 the

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.539
 history

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.659
 of

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:12.780
 our

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.059
 church

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.280
 you

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.519
 know

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.780
 that

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.139
 there

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.220
 was

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.480
 times

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.639
 I

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:14.760
 think

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:14.880
 our

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.039
 church

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.260
 almost

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.740
 closed

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:15.980
 and

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.800
 Ken

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:16.920
 and

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.200
 Nancy

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.480
 and

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.680
 David

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:17.840
 and

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.019
 Paula

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.380
 Johnson

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.820
 decided

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.039
 no

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.200
 this

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.380
 church

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.500
 is

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.599
 going

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.659
 to

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:19.860
 stay

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.139
 open

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.400
 and

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.519
 so

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.720
 Ken

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:21.880
 said

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.079
 Matthew

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.260
 what

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.380
 can

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.480
 I

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.619
 do

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.780
 for

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:22.880
 you

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:22.980
 and

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.079
 I

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.240
 said

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.579
 Ken

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.680
 I

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:24.900
 just

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.139
 need

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.240
 you

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.420
 to

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.619
 tell

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.800
 me

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:25.960
 that

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.180
 God

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.280
 has

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.400
 been

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.840
 faithful

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.079
 to

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.260
 our

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.480
 church

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.619
 in

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.740
 the

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.159
 past

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.960
 and

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.079
 that

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.159
 he

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.219
 is

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.319
 going

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.360
 to

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.500
 be

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.819
 faithful

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:29.960
 in

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.059
 the

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.299
 future

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:31.019
 that

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:32.119
 is

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.259
 what

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.380
 I

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.599
 need

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.759
 for

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:32.960
 you

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.539
 I

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.759
 need

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:33.840
 you

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:33.960
 to

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.159
 help

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.299
 me

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.880
 remember

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.319
 God's

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.819
 protection

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.119
 and

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.579
 provision

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:36.860
 so

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:36.980
 that

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.099
 I

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.360
 know

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.519
 that

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.619
 I

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:37.719
 can

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:37.900
 have

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.219
 faith

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.619
 moving

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.159
 forward

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.719
 as

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:39.880
 we

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.299
 lead

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.579
 this

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.000
 church

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.079
 now

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.199
 that

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.299
 was

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.480
 back

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.599
 in

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.139
 2018

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.960
 2019

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.920
 some

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.059
 of

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.179
 you

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.299
 all

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.420
 were

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.639
 here

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.799
 for

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:46.960
 our

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.519
 congregational

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.900
 meeting

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.199
 in

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:49.019
 2023

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.759
 and

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.059
 remember

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.239
 we

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.400
 were

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.579
 up

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.940
 against

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.440
 a

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.139
 loan

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.980
 renegotiation

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.159
 our

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.420
 interest

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.599
 rate

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:54.739
 was

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:54.859
 going

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:54.940
 to

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.079
 go

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.239
 up

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.339
 and

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.460
 we

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.639
 needed

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:55.839
 to

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.079
 raise

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.279
 money

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.440
 to

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.699
 pay

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:56.960
 off

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.099
 our

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.359
 building

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:57.639
 debt

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.819
 and

00:38:58.819 --> 00:38:58.960
 while

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.079
 we're

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.179
 in

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.279
 the

00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.460
 middle

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.619
 of

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.759
 all

00:38:59.759 --> 00:38:59.940
 this

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.539
 conversation

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.739
 and

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.079
 questions

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.279
 and

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:01.659
 talk

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.460
 David

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.859
 Johnson

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.279
 stands

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.579
 up

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:05.460
 and

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.579
 if

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.679
 you

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:05.779
 were

00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:05.960
 there

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.219
 hopefully

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.379
 you've

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:06.559
 never

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.980
 forgotten

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.219
 this

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.500
 David

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.799
 said

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.019
 look

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.159
 you

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.279
 all

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.399
 need

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.519
 to

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.799
 calm

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.139
 down

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:10.440
 David

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:10.639
 said

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.739
 it

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:10.980
 nicer

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.199
 than

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.420
 that

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.659
 said

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.739
 you

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:12.839
 all

00:39:12.839 --> 00:39:12.940
 need

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.059
 to

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.279
 calm

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.559
 down

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.279
 I've

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.399
 been

00:39:14.399 --> 00:39:14.500
 at

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.699
 this

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.659
 one

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.859
 more

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.279
 time

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:26.839
 he

00:39:26.839 --> 00:39:26.940
 said

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.099
 we're

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.179
 going

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.239
 to

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.359
 be

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:27.960
 amazed

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.159
 by

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.379
 how

00:39:28.379 --> 00:39:28.879
 God

00:39:28.879 --> 00:39:29.279
 will

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.639
 work

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.399
 that's

00:39:30.399 --> 00:39:30.679
 looking

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:30.879
 at

00:39:30.879 --> 00:39:31.239
 God's

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.899
 faithfulness

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.139
 in the

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.500
 past

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.659
 and

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:32.879
 moving

00:39:32.879 --> 00:39:33.420
 forward

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.799
 in the

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.199
 future

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:35.460
 David

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.679
 was

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:35.980
 right

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.940
 God

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.159
 was

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.579
 faithful

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:41.239
 Christian

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.879
 we look

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.379
 back

00:39:42.379 --> 00:39:43.500
 more

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.759
 than

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:44.099
 anything

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.420
 else

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.599
 to

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:44.960
 God's

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.739
 faithfulness

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.219
 to us

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.420
 in

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.699
 Jesus

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.219
 Christ

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:48.299
 that

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:48.460
 he

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.819
 came

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.000
 he

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:49.440
 lived

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.619
 the

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:49.940
 perfect

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.279
 life

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.440
 that

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.639
 we

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.039
 should

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.259
 have

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.699
 lived

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.559
 credited

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.579
!

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:58.719
 If

00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:01.119
 he

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.500
 did

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.119
 that

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:03.819
 will

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:04.159
 he

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.599
 not

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:04.879
 be

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.579
 faithful

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.500
 in

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.219
 everything

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:08.399
 else

00:40:08.399 --> 00:40:10.719
 we

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.199
 look

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.379
 to

00:40:12.379 --> 00:40:12.599
 what

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.119
 God

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.379
 has

00:40:13.379 --> 00:40:13.879
 done

00:40:13.879 --> 00:40:14.199
 in

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.379
 the

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:14.940
 past

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.519
 to

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:16.619
 give

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:16.779
 us

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.119
 hope

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.279
 for

00:40:18.279 --> 00:40:18.399
 the

00:40:18.399 --> 00:40:18.719
 future

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.940
 we

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.299
 give

00:40:20.299 --> 00:40:20.539
 him

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:20.899
 all

00:40:20.899 --> 00:40:21.519
 praise

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:21.759
 and

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.239
 honor

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.960
 and

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.359
 glory

00:40:23.359 --> 00:40:23.559
 and

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.639
 we

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.039
 remember

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.059
 not

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.239
 just

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.500
 Jesus

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.820
 death

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:25.940
 and

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.400
 resurrection

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:26.619
 the

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:26.759
 very

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.300
 last

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.800
 sentence

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:28.159
 of

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.460
 Matthew

00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:28.880
 chapter

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.539
 28

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.659
 Jesus

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:30.980
 says

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.420
 this

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.460
 and

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.920
 behold

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.539
 I am

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.779
 with

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:33.960
 you

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.579
 always

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.519
 to

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.719
 the

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.199
 end

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.880
 of

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.000
 the

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.320
 age

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:39.239
 what

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.360
 does

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.500
 that

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.719
 sound

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:39.980
 like

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.199
 sounds

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.420
 like

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.719
 God's

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.119
 promise

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.360
 to

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.679
 Jacob

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.539
 I'll

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.679
 be

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.059
 with

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.259
 you

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.460
 I'll

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.840
 protect

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.019
 you

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.219
 I'll

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.440
 care

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.639
 for

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:45.860
 you

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.840
 I'll

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.019
 bring

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.139
 you

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.340
 back

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.619
 home

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:49.539
 so

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.699
 that's

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:49.820
 why

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:49.960
 we

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.259
 sing

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:51.619
 by

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:51.940
 faith

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.119
 we

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:52.360
 see

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.539
 the

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.739
 hand

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:52.880
 of

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.179
 God

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:54.619
 in the

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:54.960
 light

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.259
 of

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:56.000
 creation's

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.339
 grand

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:56.819
 design

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:58.579
 in the

00:40:58.579 --> 00:40:58.940
 lives

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.379
 of those

00:40:59.379 --> 00:40:59.559
 who

00:40:59.559 --> 00:40:59.940
 prove

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.159
 his

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.899
 faithfulness

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:02.019
 people

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.279
 like

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.659
 Jacob

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.899
 people

00:41:03.899 --> 00:41:04.159
 like

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.379
 you

00:41:04.379 --> 00:41:05.500
 who

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.879
 walk

00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:06.099
 by

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.619
 faith

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.139
 and

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.379
 not

00:41:07.379 --> 00:41:07.579
 by

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:07.879
 sight

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.380
 let's

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.599
 pray

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:11.740
 our

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:11.980
 father

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.180
 in

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.360
 heaven

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.660
 we

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:13.460
 praise

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.640
 you

00:41:13.640 --> 00:41:13.800
 and

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.079
 thank

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.240
 you

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.400
 for

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.519
 the

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.720
 great

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.220
 mercy

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:15.539
 and

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.039
 grace

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.240
 that

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.460
 you've

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.680
 shown

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:16.860
 us

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.000
 in

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.240
 Jesus

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.740
 Christ

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:17.980
 we

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.240
 ask

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:18.360
 that

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.440
 you

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.579
 would

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.960
 remind

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.180
 us

00:41:19.180 --> 00:41:19.340
 of

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.440
 it

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.940
 again

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.160
 and

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:20.559
 again

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.280
 that

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:21.500
 you'd

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.840
 stir

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.099
 up

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.340
 our

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:22.800
 hearts

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.140
 with

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:23.260
 it

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.420
 that

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.559
 it

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.700
 would

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.099
 cause

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.260
 us

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.400
 to

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:24.579
 have

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:24.700
 an

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.700
 unshakable

00:41:25.700 --> 00:41:26.860
 trust

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 and

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 confidence

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 and

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 belief

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 in

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 you

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 we

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 ask

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 all

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 of

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 these

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 things

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 in

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 the

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 mighty

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!

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 name

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 amen

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 I

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 invite

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 you to

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 stand

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 for

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 our

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 closing

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 hymn