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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called Living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. And

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<v Speaker 1>now here's part two of a message called the God

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<v Speaker 1>of My Valleys.

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<v Speaker 2>And you may feel like I'm stuck. I'm addicted. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>you know, imprisoned. I can't break free from this relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't break free from this addiction. I can't break

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<v Speaker 2>free from this habit. And I am stuck. I've been running,

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<v Speaker 2>I slipped, I fall, and now I'm stuck. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Sidham is the place in your life you'd like to forget.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your public failure. Can you imagine how embarrassing it

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<v Speaker 2>is to be a king and you're secretly running from

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<v Speaker 2>the battle. And while you're secretly running from the battle,

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<v Speaker 2>you get stuck and publicly everybody knows you're running from

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<v Speaker 2>the battle, and now you're stuck in a pit of

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<v Speaker 2>tar and you can't get out.

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<v Speaker 3>That's embarrassing.

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<v Speaker 2>The sitdom, the value of Sydtom is your place of

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<v Speaker 2>greatest failure.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your sydom?

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<v Speaker 2>Your sydom? The valley of sitdom is an embarrassment. It's

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<v Speaker 2>where you look foolish and everybody sees you fall and

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<v Speaker 2>they're all laughing and they're all ridiculing. That's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the valleys you'll probably go through in life, because we

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<v Speaker 2>all fall in our face at some point. Now, let

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<v Speaker 2>me talk you about another kind of valley. It's called

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<v Speaker 2>the Valley of escall Es. Call is a valley in numbers,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter thirteen, and it's the story of when Moses sends

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<v Speaker 2>in the spies to find out what the Promised Land

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be looking like. You remember that they

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<v Speaker 2>had the nation of Israel, had been held captive in

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<v Speaker 2>slavery for four hundred years in Egypt. And after Moses

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<v Speaker 2>is called by God to deliver them, and they have

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<v Speaker 2>all of the miracles and they're set free, and they

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<v Speaker 2>head from Israel, I mean Egypt over to Israel. What

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<v Speaker 2>should have taken about three or four weeks travel takes

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<v Speaker 2>them forty years. What in the world they're doing for

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<v Speaker 2>forty years in the desert doesn't take that long to

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<v Speaker 2>get from Israel to Egypt, or from Egypt to Israel. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>God's putting them through tests, and they keep failing each test,

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<v Speaker 2>and finally, finally, after a while, they come up to

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<v Speaker 2>the edge of the Promised Land and they get ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go in.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is a test.

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<v Speaker 2>Are they going to have enough faith to trust God?

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<v Speaker 2>Because their enemies in this Promised Land. They're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>to fight for this land. So Moses wants to know

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on in the Promised Land, so he chooses

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<v Speaker 2>twelve scouts. We know the names of them, they're in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. One of them was Caleb, another one was Joshua.

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<v Speaker 2>And these twelve guys go in and they scout out

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<v Speaker 2>the land and they look and say, yeah, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great land, but we got some problems here. We're afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of the people who already live here. And their anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>and their tension gives a majority report. Ten people said,

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<v Speaker 2>don't even try it, let's don't go in. Yeah, we're

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<v Speaker 2>free from Egypt. Let's just go back there, though we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to fight these guys. And only Joshua and

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<v Speaker 2>Caleb say we can do this, we can win this battle.

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<v Speaker 2>And we read this story where Moses chooses, the spy

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<v Speaker 2>sends them in and in numbers chapter thirteen, look up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen, verse twenty three. It says this,

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<v Speaker 2>Then the spies came to the valley of Eshkol. The

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<v Speaker 2>fruit was so abundant that they cut off a grape

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<v Speaker 2>branch which had a giant cluster of grapes on it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was so large and heavy that it took

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<v Speaker 2>two men to carry it back on a pole between them.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever seen a cluster of grapes that took

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<v Speaker 2>two men to carry?

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<v Speaker 3>Not me?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, In fact, there's pictures of this. You got a

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<v Speaker 2>picture that there we go. That's the kind of thing

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<v Speaker 2>are carrying this giant cluster of grapes back. So they're

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<v Speaker 2>looking and this really is the land of milk and honey.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a land of great bounty, of great opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>But it says, let's read the rest of that verse.

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<v Speaker 2>It says it was so heavy that it took two

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<v Speaker 2>men to carry it back on a pole between them.

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<v Speaker 2>And they also brought samples of beautiful pomegranates in figs. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>they come back with a mixed report, And here's the

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<v Speaker 2>report in the valley of Eskol, verse twenty seven says

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<v Speaker 2>this was their report to Moses. It is indeed a

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<v Speaker 2>magnificent country, this promised land. It's rich and it's fertile.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's some fruit is the proof. I mean, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a giant This is miracle growth stuff. But the

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<v Speaker 2>people living there are powerful. Notice but that that's a

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<v Speaker 2>big butt. But it's great. It's a great country. God's

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<v Speaker 2>given us a great country. But the people living there

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<v Speaker 2>are powerful, and they're stronger than we are, and they

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<v Speaker 2>look like giants to us. And notice this in our

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<v Speaker 2>own eyes, we felt as small as grasshoppers next to them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what you call an inferiority complex. Well, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>we can't take these guys on. Remember they've got a

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<v Speaker 2>slave in town. It's been a slave for four hundred years.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't know how to break out the thing that's

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<v Speaker 2>going on in their mind.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The valley of Eshcol is different than the Valley of Cinema.

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<v Speaker 2>And what is it. This is the valley of fear.

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<v Speaker 2>You might write this down. Eshcol is the valley of fear.

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<v Speaker 2>And they have to make this decision. Okay, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to go in and take what's rightfully ours. God has

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<v Speaker 2>given it to us, or do we back off in fear,

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<v Speaker 2>back off in shame, back off in doubt, And in

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<v Speaker 2>the valley of fear, I either move ahead or I

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<v Speaker 2>give up. Now, the fact is these guys had parked

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<v Speaker 2>at Sinai for over a year. They had lived in

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<v Speaker 2>self at isle in the desert. Nobody God didn't tell

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<v Speaker 2>them you have to stand in the desert for forty years.

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<v Speaker 2>They had just been mosy and around and they kept

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<v Speaker 2>failing the tests that God gave them.

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<v Speaker 3>Now here's my question.

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<v Speaker 2>What is your valley? What is your valley of sh call?

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<v Speaker 2>What's the place that you're afraid to move forward in?

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to go through this kind of valley in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, and you've known for a long long time

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<v Speaker 2>that you should be moving forward in this area. God's

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<v Speaker 2>told you to do it. You want to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the right thing to do, and you just haven't

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<v Speaker 2>done it. You, my friend, are in the valley of

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<v Speaker 2>esh call the valley of fear, where you either move

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<v Speaker 2>forward or you give up. You move forward or you

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<v Speaker 2>give up. You have to face your fears, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to take a risk, or you retreat in defeat. How

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<v Speaker 2>do you know if you're in an esch call in

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of valley. Well, tell me what, how you

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<v Speaker 2>see what you're looking at right now? Do you see

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<v Speaker 2>it as an obstacle or do you see it as

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity? The big thing in your life right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it an obstacle or is it an opportunity. Two

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<v Speaker 2>of the twelve spies saw an opportunity. It's a promised land.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go for it. We can do this. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>no brainer. God's on our side. Ten of them saw

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<v Speaker 2>an obstacle, and they failed the test. As a result,

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<v Speaker 2>they spent their life dying in the desert. They never

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<v Speaker 2>got into the promised land. Why because they failed the

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<v Speaker 2>test of Eskol. Let me give you another one. It's

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<v Speaker 2>called the Valley of Ela e Lah. The Valley of

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<v Speaker 2>Ela is in First Samuel seventeen. And you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go through this valley probably many times in your life

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<v Speaker 2>in a similar way.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, this is a well.

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<v Speaker 2>Known valley because this is where a little boy named

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<v Speaker 2>David met the giant named Goliath.

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<v Speaker 3>You know that story that is in the Valley of Elah.

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<v Speaker 3>Look up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>They Philistines, and and and the Israelites were in the

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of Ela, and they're poised for battle. And it

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<v Speaker 2>says Saul and the Israelites camped in the Valley of Elah,

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<v Speaker 2>and they drew up a battle plan, battle plants to

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<v Speaker 2>fight the Philistines. Now the Philistines and the Israelites stood,

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<v Speaker 2>each stood their ground, shouting and taunting each other from

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<v Speaker 2>opposite hills, with the Valley of Elah between them. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and so then it is that now the Philistine army

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<v Speaker 2>had a giant champion fighter. This is a you know,

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<v Speaker 2>multi martial arts here, giant champion fighter named Goliath, who

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<v Speaker 2>was about nine feet tall.

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<v Speaker 3>This guy really is big.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Saul and the Israelites saw this, they were

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<v Speaker 2>terrified and deeply shaken. Now David's response, he's just a shepherd,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not afraid. He trusts God. He's been trusting

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<v Speaker 2>God all his life. The Lord is my shepherd. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>he's the guy who wrote this. The Lord is my shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>I have everything I need. In verse thirty two, David

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<v Speaker 2>says this, don't worry about a thing. David told us

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<v Speaker 2>all I'll go fight this Philistine. Everybody in the army

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<v Speaker 2>is scared to death to take on this giant. The

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<v Speaker 2>giant comes down every day and he taunts and he shouts,

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<v Speaker 2>and he goes, you guys a bunch of whimps, your weaklings.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not worth anything. He says, Let's don't have this battle.

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<v Speaker 2>How about let's just.

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<v Speaker 3>Go mono amna one on one.

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<v Speaker 2>You send out your best guy, Israel, and I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>best guy for the Philistines. We'll take take each other on.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoever wins wins, and the battle's over. You're the conqueror,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody's scared to death. What is the valley of Elah?

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<v Speaker 2>Write this down. Ella is the valley of conflict. It's

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<v Speaker 2>when you're facing a giant challenge, like a goliath. You're

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<v Speaker 2>facing a giant conflict. You're facing a giant. Somebody's in

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<v Speaker 2>your face. You've got an opposition, you got an opponent,

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<v Speaker 2>You've got conflict, you got a challenge. And Ela is

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<v Speaker 2>the valley of conflict. What's your Ela?

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<v Speaker 3>Right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you are in that valley. You're not in

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<v Speaker 2>the Valley of the Shadow Death, but you may be

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<v Speaker 2>in one of these other ones. You may be in Sidham,

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<v Speaker 2>and you may be in Eshkohl, and you may be

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<v Speaker 2>in Ela. The valley of conflict where people are fighting

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<v Speaker 2>each other. Look at that verse three again up here

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen. The Philistines occupied one hill and the

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<v Speaker 2>Israelites another, with the Valley of Elah between them. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of you, that describes your marriage, and you're standing your

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<v Speaker 2>ground over here, and your spouse is standing their ground

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<v Speaker 2>over there, and you're right there in the middle, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's a deadlock going on. You are in the valley

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<v Speaker 2>of Elaw. All right, one more, one more, And this

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<v Speaker 2>is called the Valley of Bacca, Baca, the valley of Baca.

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<v Speaker 2>It's mentioned in Psalm eighty four, and again I just

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<v Speaker 2>picked out four of the many significant valleys in scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>In Psalm eighty four, the word Baca actually means weeping.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes from the root word Hebrew word to weep.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it meant to weep. But actually there was a

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<v Speaker 2>valley of Baca like there were these others. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of Bacca was a desert. It was a dry, dry, dusty,

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<v Speaker 2>arid wasteland. And if you wanted to go to Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>you had to go through the Valley of Baca to

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<v Speaker 2>which means the valley of Weeping, but it was actually

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<v Speaker 2>a dry, barren, dusty place. And this is a metaphor

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<v Speaker 2>again about when you're going through a dry time in

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of weeping. Nothing grows there, nothing's productive, there's no fruit,

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<v Speaker 2>just tears and psaw eighty five. Verses five and seven

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<v Speaker 2>says this, blessed are those whose strength comes from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>As they pass through the valley of Bacca, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>valley of weeping, they make it a place of springs.

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<v Speaker 3>All of a sudden, the water's showing up.

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<v Speaker 2>As they pass through this dry, arid valley of Baca weeping.

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<v Speaker 2>They make it a place of and the autumn rains

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<v Speaker 2>cover it with pools, and they go from strength to strength,

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<v Speaker 2>growing until each appears.

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<v Speaker 3>Before God in Zion.

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<v Speaker 2>That verse is so packed I could spend the whole

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<v Speaker 2>services on that verse. I want you to notice first,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're going through the valley of Baca.

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<v Speaker 3>It's dry. I don't have any feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel close to God, I don't feel close

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<v Speaker 2>to my husband, I don't feel close to anybody. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>dried up. I've got no emotion. I'm just putting in

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<v Speaker 2>the time. I'm going through the motions, putting one foot

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<v Speaker 2>in front of the other. There's no joy in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's dried up. There's no energy in my life. It's

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<v Speaker 2>dried up. I'm depressed. You may be grieving, you may

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<v Speaker 2>be weeping yourself, you're grieving a loss, you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>the Valley of Baca. But the kind of people that

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to be, wants me to be, wants

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<v Speaker 2>us to be, is we make it a place of springs.

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<v Speaker 2>Water comes when we show up. They go from strength

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<v Speaker 2>to strength. That's what God wants you to do your

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<v Speaker 2>entire life, growing from one level of maturity to the

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<v Speaker 2>next level of maturity, to the next level of maturity,

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<v Speaker 2>and the next level of maturity to the next level maturity.

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<v Speaker 3>They grow from strength to drink.

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<v Speaker 2>Growing until each appears before God and Zion. One day,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to stand before God and God says, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care about your clothes or your career or your cash,

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<v Speaker 2>But I do care about your character. Did you grow

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<v Speaker 2>from strength to strength when you were on Earth and

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<v Speaker 2>when you were going through these different valleys the valley

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<v Speaker 2>of conflict, did you work that out? And when you

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<v Speaker 2>were going through the Valley of decisions and the Valley

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<v Speaker 2>of questions and the valley of confusion, when you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through the Valley of trouble, when you're going through the

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<v Speaker 2>value of the shadow of death, what did you learn

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<v Speaker 2>from all that? Did you grow from strength to strength?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you keep growing until now you're appearing before me God,

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<v Speaker 2>face to face? What's going on here? Faith turns a

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<v Speaker 2>place without water into place of springs, where you can

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<v Speaker 2>find refreshment, where you can find what God wants.

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<v Speaker 3>To do in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And even in those valleys of grief when you're weeping,

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to use those tears to water a dry

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<v Speaker 2>and arid place. I read a story last week about

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<v Speaker 2>and he'd sent a man to some state here in

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<v Speaker 2>the United States. You know, Salvation Army began in England,

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<v Speaker 2>and the guy was trying to reach people in his

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<v Speaker 2>community for the Lord. And he kept saying, I've tried everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I've tried prayer, and I've tried music, and I've tried services,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've tried special attractions, and they're just nobody's interested

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<v Speaker 2>in hearing the good news. William Booth wrote back two

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<v Speaker 2>words on a telegram, Try weeping.

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<v Speaker 3>Try weeping.

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<v Speaker 2>When you care about something enough that you weep about it,

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<v Speaker 2>God moves into action.

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<v Speaker 2>Notice that verse again, Blessed are those whose strength come

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<v Speaker 2>from the Lord. As they pass through, you don't stay

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<v Speaker 2>in the valley of dryness, the valley of weeping. As

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<v Speaker 2>they pass through the valley of Bacca, they make it

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<v Speaker 2>a place of springs.

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<v Speaker 3>What is bacca?

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<v Speaker 2>Baca is the valley of grief and barrenness, grief and barrenness.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted you to see before we look at

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<v Speaker 3>That they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Inevitable, that they are impartial, that they are unpredictable.

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<v Speaker 3>But you are going to go through these in life.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been through them in the past, and you're going

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<v Speaker 3>In just a second.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to wrap it up by talking about what

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<v Speaker 2>do you need to remember when you're in one of

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<v Speaker 2>these valleys, the value of failure, of the valley of fear,

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<v Speaker 2>the value of conflict, the valley of dryness, the valley

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<v Speaker 2>of grief, the valley of trouble.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you do? What do I need to remember?

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<v Speaker 2>Even though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow

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<v Speaker 2>of death, I will fear no evil, for you are

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<v Speaker 2>with me. Three things God wants you to remember in

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<v Speaker 2>a valley. Number one, Remember I'm not alone.

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<v Speaker 3>God is with me. Remember that I'm not alone.

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<v Speaker 2>God is with me, even when I walk through the

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<v Speaker 2>valley of the shadow of death. By the way, that

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<v Speaker 2>word shadow death, that's one word in Hebrew, it's sound weet,

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<v Speaker 2>sound mo weet. Is the valley of the shadow of death.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of the valleys of life. Guess what you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to go through that one. That's one valley. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>here and everybody on earth is going to go through

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<v Speaker 2>the valley of the shadow of death. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>I will fear no evil for you are with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Now look at that there verse on your outline, and

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<v Speaker 2>word you, because those are the two most important words

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<v Speaker 2>in Psalm twenty three, Verse.

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<v Speaker 3>Four, even when I walk through.

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<v Speaker 2>The Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear

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<v Speaker 2>no evil, for you are with me. Two keywords through

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<v Speaker 2>and you through the valley is temporary. You don't stay

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<v Speaker 2>in the valley, you walk through it. You're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>live your entire life in the valley. You're gonna walk

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<v Speaker 3>It's temporary.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an important thing. It's temporary. And he says you

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<v Speaker 2>you're not alone. You're not gonna walk good alone. God

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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