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What Happens When We Stop Trying to Build Monuments and Just Listen? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  Matthew
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  17:1
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  9
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  From
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  message
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  sunlight
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  poured
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  from
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  his
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  face.
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  Six
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  days
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  later,
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  three
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  of
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  glory.
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  took
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  Peter
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  brothers
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  them
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  a
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  mountain.
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  His
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  changed
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  from
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  the
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  inside
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  out.
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  Right
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  before
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  their
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  eyes,
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  sunlight
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  poured
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  from
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  his
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  face.
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  His
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  clothes
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  were
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  filled
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  with
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  light.
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  And
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  they
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  realized
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  that
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  Moses
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  and
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  Elijah
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  were
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  also
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  there.
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  In
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  deep
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  conversation
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  with
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  him,
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  Peter
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  broke
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  in,
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  master,
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  this
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  is
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  a
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  great
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  moment.
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  What
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  would
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  you
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  think
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  if
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  I
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  built
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  three
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  memorials
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  here
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  on
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  the
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  mountain?
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  One
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  for
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  you,
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  one
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  for
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  Moses,
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  one
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  for
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  Elijah.
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  And
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  while
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  he
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  was
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  going
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  on
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  like
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  this,
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  babbling,
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  a
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  light
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  radiant
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  cloud
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  enveloped
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  him.
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  And
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  sounding
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  from
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  deep
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  in
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  the
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  cloud,
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  a
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  voice.
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  This
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  is
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  my
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  son,
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  marked
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  by
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  my
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  love,
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  focus
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  of
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  my
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  delight.
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  Listen
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  to
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  him.
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  When
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  the
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  disciples
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  heard
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  it,
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  they
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  fell
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  flat
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  on
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  their
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  faces,
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  scared
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  to
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  death.
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  But
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  Jesus
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  came
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  over
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  and
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  touched
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  them.
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  Don't
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  be
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  afraid,
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  he
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  said.
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  When
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  they
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  opened
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  their
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  eyes
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  and
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  looked
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  around,
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  they
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  saw
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  was
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  Jesus,
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  only
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  Jesus,
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  coming
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  down
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  the
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  mountain.
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  Jesus
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  swore
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  to
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  them
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  in
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  secrecy,
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  don't
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  breathe
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  a
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  word
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  about
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  what
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  you've
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  seen.
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  After
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  the
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  Son
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  of
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  Man
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  is
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  raised
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  from
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  the
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  dead,
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  you
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  are
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  free
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  to
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  talk.
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  What
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  an
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  incredible
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  passage
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  of
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  scripture,
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  sometimes
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  called
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  the
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  Transfiguration.
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  And
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  so
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  let
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  me
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  go
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  with
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  you
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  and
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  thank
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  you
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  for
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  joining
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  me
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  for
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  a
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  few
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  minutes
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  here
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  today.
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  So
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  let's
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  go
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  a
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  little
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  deeper.
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  Three
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  points
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  to
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  ponder
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  about
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  this
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  incredible
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  passage
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  here.
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  Here's
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  point
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  number
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  one.
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  The
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  holy
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  moment
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  isn't
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  meant
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  to
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  be
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  managed.
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  It's
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  meant
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  to
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  be
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  experienced.
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  Peter's
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  instinct
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  is
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  very
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  human.
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  It
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  almost
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  makes
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  me
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  laugh,
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  you
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  know,
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  he
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  witnessed
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  the
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  most
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  extraordinary
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  thing
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  he'll
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  ever
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  see.
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  Jesus
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  glowing
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  with
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  a
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  divine
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  light.
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  Imagine
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  that.
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  And
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  Standing
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  there
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  with
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  Moses
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  and
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  Elijah,
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  and
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  his
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  first
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  move
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  is
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  to
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  start
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  a
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  building
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  project,
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  build
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  tabernacles.
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  They're
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  kind
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  of
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  like
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  altars
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  or
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  sheds,
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  if
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  you
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  will.
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  Three
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  memorials
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  is
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  what
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  it
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  says.
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  And
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  he
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  wants
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  to
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  organize
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  it,
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  institutionalize
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  it,
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  pin
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  it
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  down,
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  get
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  it,
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  make
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  it
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  very
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  tangible
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  and
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  concrete,
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  if
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  you
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  will.
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  And
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  I
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  think
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  the
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  church
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  been
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  doing
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  exactly
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  that
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  for
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  2000
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  years.
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  We
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  encounter
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  something
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  holy
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  in
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  Our
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  immediate
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  response
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  is
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  to
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  build
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  a
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  structure
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  around
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  it
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  that,
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  you
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  know,
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  a
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  doctrine,
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  a
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  denomination,
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  a
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  set
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  of
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  rules
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  to
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  manage
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  the
• 3:35
  experience
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  so
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  it
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  doesn't
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  get
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  too
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  wild.
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  The
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  God
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  interrupts
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  Peter
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  mid
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  sentence,
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  literally
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  cuts
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  him
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  off
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  while
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  he's
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  still
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  babbling
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  on.
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  And
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  the
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  instruction
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  isn't
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  build,
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  it's
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  listen.
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  So
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  from
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  a
• 3:48
  progressive
• 3:49
  faith
• 3:50
  standpoint,
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  this
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  is
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  a
• 3:51
  powerful
• 3:52
  reminder
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  that
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  God
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  cannot
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  be
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  contained
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  by
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  structures.
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  The
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  moment
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  we
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  think
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  we've
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  captured
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  the
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  divine
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  in
• 3:58
  a
• 3:58
  building,
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  or
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  theology
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  or
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  tradition
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  or
• 4:02
  certainty,
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  we
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  probably
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  have
• 4:04
  stopped
• 4:04
  listening.
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  And
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  the
• 4:06
  holy
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  doesn't
• 4:07
  need
• 4:07
  a
• 4:07
  monument.
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  The
• 4:08
  holy
• 4:08
  needs
• 4:09
  our
• 4:09
  attention.
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  Point
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  to
• 4:12
  ponder
• 4:13
  number
• 4:13
  two.
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  Marked
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  by
• 4:15
  my
• 4:15
  love
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  redefines
• 4:17
  everything
• 4:17
  we
• 4:17
  think
• 4:17
  about
• 4:18
  God's
• 4:18
  identity
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  and
• 4:19
  ours.
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  The
• 4:21
  voice
• 4:21
  from
• 4:21
  the
• 4:21
  cloud
• 4:22
  says,
• 4:23
  this
• 4:23
  is
• 4:23
  my
• 4:23
  son,
• 4:24
  marked
• 4:24
  by
• 4:24
  my
• 4:25
  love,
• 4:25
  focus
• 4:25
  of
• 4:26
  my
• 4:26
  delight.
• 4:28
  Let's
• 4:28
  linger
• 4:29
  on
• 4:29
  that
• 4:29
  phrase
• 4:29
  for
• 4:29
  a
• 4:29
  minute.
• 4:30
  Marked
• 4:31
  by
• 4:31
  my
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  love.
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  Not
• 4:33
  marked
• 4:34
  by
• 4:34
  power,
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  not
• 4:36
  marked
• 4:37
  by
• 4:37
  doctrinal
• 4:38
  correctness,
• 4:40
  not
• 4:40
  marked
• 4:41
  by
• 4:41
  moral
• 4:41
  perfection,
• 4:43
  but
• 4:43
  marked
• 4:44
  by
• 4:44
  love.
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  That's
• 4:46
  God's
• 4:47
  primary
• 4:48
  identification
• 4:49
  of
• 4:49
  Jesus.
• 4:51
  You
• 4:51
  know,
• 4:51
  I've
• 4:52
  shared
• 4:52
  here
• 4:52
  quite
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  bit
• 4:53
  that
• 4:53
  I
• 4:53
  have
• 4:53
  a
• 4:54
  great
• 4:54
  family,
• 4:54
  great
• 4:54
  wife,
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  three
• 4:55
  adult
• 4:55
  children,
• 4:56
  two
• 4:56
  granddaughters.
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  And
• 4:58
  if
• 4:58
  somebody
• 4:59
  asked
• 4:59
  me
• 4:59
  to
• 4:59
  describe
• 5:00
  any
• 5:00
  of
• 5:00
  them,
• 5:02
  you
• 5:02
  know,
• 5:02
  I'm
• 5:02
  not
• 5:03
  going
• 5:03
  to
• 5:03
  start
• 5:03
  with
• 5:04
  their
• 5:04
  resume,
• 5:04
  you
• 5:04
  know,
• 5:05
  their
• 5:05
  achievements,
• 5:05
  their
• 5:06
  athletic
• 5:06
  or
• 5:06
  their
• 5:07
  music
• 5:07
  or
• 5:07
  their
• 5:08
  academic
• 5:08
  achievements.
• 5:09
  I'd
• 5:09
  really
• 5:09
  start
• 5:10
  with
• 5:10
  the
• 5:11
  loving
• 5:11
  relationship
• 5:12
  that
• 5:12
  I
• 5:12
  have
• 5:12
  with
• 5:12
  them
• 5:13
  about
• 5:13
  my
• 5:14
  granddaughter,
• 5:14
  my
• 5:15
  daughter,
• 5:15
  or
• 5:16
  my
• 5:16
  two
• 5:16
  sons.
• 5:17
  You
• 5:18
  know,
• 5:18
  they
• 5:18
  are
• 5:18
  the
• 5:18
  light
• 5:19
  of
• 5:19
  my
• 5:19
  life.
• 5:20
  And
• 5:21
  my
• 5:21
  granddaughters
• 5:22
  make
• 5:22
  me
• 5:22
  laugh
• 5:22
  hard
• 5:22
  and
• 5:24
  bring
• 5:24
  joy
• 5:24
  to
• 5:25
  my
• 5:25
  face
• 5:25
  and
• 5:25
  bring
• 5:25
  delight
• 5:26
  to
• 5:26
  me.
• 5:26
  All
• 5:26
  my
• 5:27
  kids
• 5:27
  and
• 5:27
  grandkids
• 5:27
  do.
• 5:29
  And
• 5:29
  that's
• 5:30
  how
• 5:30
  God
• 5:30
  introduces
• 5:31
  Jesus
• 5:31
  in
• 5:31
  this
• 5:31
  moment.
• 5:32
  Not
• 5:32
  with
• 5:32
  a
• 5:33
  title,
• 5:34
  but
• 5:34
  with
• 5:34
  affection.
• 5:36
  And
• 5:36
  here's
• 5:37
  where
• 5:37
  it
• 5:37
  gets
• 5:37
  personal
• 5:38
  for
• 5:38
  all
• 5:38
  of
• 5:38
  us.
• 5:40
  If
• 5:41
  love
• 5:41
  is
• 5:41
  the
• 5:41
  defining
• 5:42
  mark
• 5:42
  of
• 5:42
  God's
• 5:43
  own
• 5:43
  son,
• 5:43
  what
• 5:44
  does
• 5:44
  it
• 5:44
  say
• 5:44
  about
• 5:44
  how
• 5:45
  God
• 5:45
  sees
• 5:45
  you
• 5:45
  and
• 5:45
  me?
• 5:47
  It's
• 5:47
  not
• 5:47
  about
• 5:48
  your
• 5:48
  productivity
• 5:49
  or
• 5:49
  how
• 5:49
  many
• 5:50
  weeks
• 5:50
  in
• 5:51
  a
• 5:51
  row
• 5:51
  you
• 5:51
  went
• 5:51
  to
• 5:51
  church,
• 5:52
  or
• 5:52
  your
• 5:53
  theological
• 5:54
  precision
• 5:54
  or
• 5:54
  your
• 5:54
  biblical
• 5:55
  knowledge,
• 5:55
  not
• 5:55
  whether
• 5:56
  you
• 5:57
  showed
• 5:57
  up
• 5:57
  in
• 5:57
  church
• 5:57
  last
• 5:58
  Sunday.
• 5:59
  You
• 5:59
  are
• 5:59
  marked
• 5:59
  by
• 6:00
  love.
• 6:01
  That's
• 6:01
  the
• 6:01
  identity
• 6:02
  that
• 6:02
  matters.
• 6:04
  On
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  top
• 6:05
  of
• 6:05
  that
• 6:05
  mountain
• 6:06
  and
• 6:06
  on
• 6:06
  your
• 6:06
  mountain
• 6:07
  as
• 6:07
  well.
• 6:08
  Point
• 6:08
  to
• 6:09
  ponder
• 6:09
  number
• 6:09
  three.
• 6:10
  They
• 6:11
  came
• 6:11
  down
• 6:12
  the
• 6:12
  mountain
• 6:13
  and
• 6:13
  that's
• 6:14
  when
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  real
• 6:14
  work
• 6:14
  begins.
• 6:16
  So
• 6:17
  this
• 6:17
  story
• 6:17
  is
• 6:17
  called
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  transfiguration
• 6:20
  and
• 6:20
  meaning,
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  transformation
• 6:22
  or
• 6:22
  transfiguration
• 6:23
  of
• 6:23
  these
• 6:24
  characters
• 6:25
  of
• 6:25
  Jesus.
• 6:26
  And
• 6:26
  the
• 6:27
  story
• 6:29
  really
• 6:29
  doesn't
• 6:30
  do
• 6:30
  justice.
• 6:30
  It's
• 6:30
  not
• 6:31
  like
• 6:31
  some
• 6:31
  stained
• 6:32
  glass
• 6:32
  window
• 6:33
  in
• 6:33
  a
• 6:33
  church
• 6:33
  somewhere
• 6:34
  after
• 6:34
  the
• 6:35
  glory,
• 6:35
  after
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  light,
• 6:36
  after
• 6:36
  the
• 6:36
  voice
• 6:36
  from
• 6:37
  heaven,
• 6:37
  they
• 6:38
  walk
• 6:38
  back
• 6:38
  down
• 6:39
  off
• 6:39
  the
• 6:39
  mountain
• 6:40
  and
• 6:40
  that's.
• 6:41
  And
• 6:41
  what's
• 6:41
  waiting
• 6:42
  at
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  bottom,
• 6:43
  if
• 6:43
  you
• 6:44
  read
• 6:44
  ahead
• 6:44
  in
• 6:44
  the
• 6:44
  book
• 6:44
  of
• 6:45
  Matthew,
• 6:46
  it's
• 6:46
  a
• 6:46
  crowd
• 6:47
  of
• 6:47
  people,
• 6:48
  it's
• 6:48
  a
• 6:48
  suffering
• 6:49
  child,
• 6:49
  it's
• 6:49
  confused
• 6:50
  disciples,
• 6:52
  people
• 6:52
  who,
• 6:53
  who
• 6:53
  all
• 6:53
  have
• 6:53
  a
• 6:54
  lot
• 6:54
  of
• 6:54
  need.
• 6:55
  See,
• 6:55
  the
• 6:56
  mountaintop
• 6:56
  experience
• 6:57
  is
• 6:57
  momentary.
• 6:58
  It
• 6:58
  doesn't
• 6:59
  last.
• 6:59
  It's
• 7:00
  not
• 7:00
  supposed
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  do
• 7:00
  that.
• 7:01
  That's
• 7:01
  why
• 7:01
  they
• 7:02
  call
• 7:02
  it
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  mountaintop
• 7:03
  experience.
• 7:05
  You
• 7:05
  have
• 7:05
  to
• 7:05
  get
• 7:06
  into
• 7:06
  real
• 7:06
  life,
• 7:06
  real
• 7:07
  world,
• 7:07
  real
• 7:08
  gritty
• 7:08
  stuff,
• 7:08
  if
• 7:09
  you
• 7:09
  will.
• 7:10
  Think
• 7:11
  about
• 7:11
  it
• 7:11
  in
• 7:11
  terms
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  working
• 7:12
  with
• 7:12
  cancer
• 7:12
  people
• 7:12
  with
• 7:13
  cancer.
• 7:13
  My
• 7:13
  cancer
• 7:14
  podcast,
• 7:16
  we
• 7:16
  have
• 7:16
  some,
• 7:17
  you
• 7:17
  know,
• 7:17
  conversations
• 7:18
  with
• 7:18
  people
• 7:18
  that
• 7:19
  have
• 7:19
  they.
• 7:19
  That's
• 7:20
  genuinely
• 7:20
  transcendent.
• 7:21
  That
• 7:21
  is
• 7:22
  when
• 7:22
  their
• 7:22
  moment
• 7:23
  is
• 7:23
  changed
• 7:24
  by
• 7:24
  deep
• 7:24
  connection,
• 7:26
  sometimes
• 7:26
  precipitated
• 7:27
  by
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  cancer
• 7:27
  diagnosis,
• 7:29
  sometimes
• 7:29
  by
• 7:29
  a
• 7:30
  relationship
• 7:30
  that
• 7:31
  comes
• 7:31
  out
• 7:31
  of
• 7:31
  that.
• 7:32
  And
• 7:33
  sometimes
• 7:33
  when
• 7:33
  you
• 7:33
  see
• 7:34
  real
• 7:34
  laughter
• 7:34
  that
• 7:34
  comes
• 7:35
  through
• 7:35
  the
• 7:35
  tears,
• 7:36
  sometimes
• 7:37
  you
• 7:37
  see
• 7:37
  something
• 7:37
  sacred
• 7:38
  happen
• 7:38
  between
• 7:38
  people
• 7:40
  and
• 7:41
  then
• 7:41
  you
• 7:41
  get
• 7:42
  into
• 7:42
  the
• 7:42
  ordinary,
• 7:44
  ordinary
• 7:46
  life
• 7:48
  stuff
• 7:48
  you
• 7:48
  gotta
• 7:48
  do
• 7:49
  emails
• 7:50
  and
• 7:50
  errands
• 7:51
  and
• 7:51
  those
• 7:51
  things.
• 7:51
  The
• 7:52
  mountaintop
• 7:52
  doesn't
• 7:52
  last.
• 7:53
  But
• 7:54
  you
• 7:54
  know
• 7:54
  what
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  mountaintop
• 7:55
  does?
• 7:55
  It
• 7:56
  fuels
• 7:57
  you
• 7:57
  for
• 7:57
  the
• 7:57
  valley.
• 7:59
  From
• 7:59
  a
• 7:59
  progressive
• 7:59
  perspective,
• 8:00
  faith
• 8:00
  isn't
• 8:01
  about
• 8:01
  chasing
• 8:02
  these
• 8:02
  peak
• 8:02
  experiences.
• 8:03
  We
• 8:03
  need
• 8:03
  to
• 8:03
  enjoy
• 8:04
  them
• 8:04
  when
• 8:04
  they
• 8:04
  come.
• 8:05
  Or
• 8:05
  building
• 8:05
  monuments
• 8:06
  on
• 8:06
  the
• 8:06
  mountain
• 8:06
  so
• 8:07
  we
• 8:07
  never
• 8:07
  have
• 8:07
  to
• 8:08
  leave
• 8:08
  the
• 8:08
  mountain.
• 8:08
  It's
• 8:09
  about
• 8:09
  letting
• 8:10
  the
• 8:10
  mountain
• 8:10
  transform
• 8:11
  us,
• 8:11
  transfigure
• 8:12
  us,
• 8:12
  if
• 8:13
  you
• 8:13
  will.
• 8:14
  And
• 8:14
  how
• 8:14
  we
• 8:14
  show
• 8:15
  up
• 8:15
  then
• 8:15
  in
• 8:15
  the
• 8:15
  valley,
• 8:16
  so
• 8:17
  you
• 8:17
  go
• 8:17
  up
• 8:17
  to
• 8:18
  listen
• 8:18
  and
• 8:19
  you
• 8:19
  come
• 8:19
  down
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  serve.
• 8:21
  The
• 8:22
  glory
• 8:22
  isn't
• 8:22
  meant
• 8:22
  to
• 8:23
  be
• 8:23
  hoarded.
• 8:24
  It's
• 8:24
  meant
• 8:24
  to
• 8:24
  be
• 8:24
  carried
• 8:25
  into
• 8:25
  the
• 8:25
  places
• 8:25
  that
• 8:26
  need
• 8:26
  it
• 8:26
  most.
• 8:28
  So
• 8:28
  here's
• 8:29
  your
• 8:29
  action
• 8:29
  step.
• 8:30
  At
• 8:30
  some
• 8:30
  point
• 8:31
  in
• 8:31
  the
• 8:31
  next
• 8:31
  day
• 8:32
  or
• 8:32
  two,
• 8:32
  practice
• 8:33
  being
• 8:33
  in
• 8:34
  a
• 8:34
  moment
• 8:34
  without
• 8:34
  managing
• 8:35
  it,
• 8:36
  that
• 8:36
  is
• 8:37
  maybe
• 8:37
  it's
• 8:37
  a
• 8:37
  conversation
• 8:38
  with
• 8:38
  somebody
• 8:38
  that
• 8:39
  you
• 8:39
  love
• 8:40
  and
• 8:42
  you
• 8:42
  just.
• 8:42
  Maybe
• 8:43
  you'd
• 8:43
  have
• 8:43
  that
• 8:43
  conversation
• 8:45
  without
• 8:45
  checking
• 8:46
  your
• 8:46
  phone,
• 8:47
  without
• 8:48
  looking
• 8:48
  at
• 8:48
  the
• 8:48
  tv,
• 8:49
  without
• 8:50
  being
• 8:50
  distracted
• 8:50
  by
• 8:51
  something
• 8:51
  else,
• 8:52
  and
• 8:52
  just
• 8:53
  focus.
• 8:54
  Maybe
• 8:55
  it's
• 8:55
  a
• 8:55
  walk
• 8:55
  outside
• 8:56
  in
• 8:56
  nature
• 8:56
  where
• 8:56
  you
• 8:57
  don't
• 8:57
  take
• 8:57
  a
• 8:57
  single
• 8:58
  picture.
• 8:58
  Or
• 8:59
  maybe
• 8:59
  you
• 8:59
  leave
• 8:59
  your
• 8:59
  phone
• 9:00
  in
• 9:00
  the
• 9:00
  car.
• 9:01
  Maybe
• 9:02
  it's
• 9:02
  five
• 9:02
  minutes
• 9:02
  of
• 9:02
  silence
• 9:03
  where
• 9:03
  you
• 9:03
  don't
• 9:03
  fill
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  space
• 9:04
  with
• 9:04
  words
• 9:04
  or
• 9:05
  plans
• 9:05
  of
• 9:05
  worry.
• 9:06
  Just
• 9:06
  listen.
• 9:08
  That's
• 9:08
  what
• 9:08
  a
• 9:08
  voice
• 9:09
  says
• 9:09
  to
• 9:09
  you.
• 9:10
  That's
• 9:10
  all
• 9:10
  it
• 9:10
  says
• 9:10
  is
• 9:11
  in
• 9:12
  this
• 9:12
  scripture.
• 9:13
  Listen
• 9:13
  to
• 9:13
  me.
• 9:15
  So
• 9:15
  before
• 9:16
  you
• 9:16
  build
• 9:16
  anything,
• 9:17
  before
• 9:17
  you
• 9:17
  plan
• 9:17
  anything,
• 9:18
  before
• 9:18
  you
• 9:18
  get
• 9:19
  distracted,
• 9:20
  before
• 9:20
  you
• 9:20
  fix
• 9:21
  anything,
• 9:22
  listen
• 9:24
  and
• 9:24
  see
• 9:24
  what
• 9:24
  you
• 9:24
  hear.
• 9:27
  We're
• 9:27
  going
• 9:27
  to
• 9:27
  come
• 9:27
  back
• 9:27
  and
• 9:28
  pray
• 9:28
  here
• 9:28
  in
• 9:28
  just
• 9:28
  a
• 9:29
  minute.
• 9:29
  Before
• 9:29
  we
• 9:30
  do,
• 9:30
  I
• 9:30
  want
• 9:30
  you
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  have
• 9:31
  a
• 9:31
  chance
• 9:31
  to
• 9:31
  listen
• 9:31
  and
• 9:32
  to
• 9:32
  learn.
• 9:33
  And
• 9:33
  one
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  ways
• 9:33
  you
• 9:33
  might
• 9:34
  be
• 9:34
  able
• 9:34
  to
• 9:34
  do
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  is
• 9:34
  through
• 9:35
  the
• 9:35
  resource
• 9:35
  that
• 9:35
  we
• 9:36
  provide
• 9:36
  for
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  called
• 9:36
  the
• 9:37
  ABC
• 9:38
  123
• 9:39
  Bible
• 9:39
  study
• 9:39
  method.
• 9:40
  And
• 9:41
  it's
• 9:41
  free
• 9:41
  for
• 9:41
  you.
• 9:41
  You
• 9:42
  go
• 9:42
  to
• 9:42
  our
• 9:42
  website,
• 9:42
  voiceofgoddaily.com
• 9:44
  that's
• 9:44
  where
• 9:44
  you
• 9:45
  get
• 9:45
  it.
• 9:46
  A
• 9:46
  moment
• 9:47
  of
• 9:47
  quiet
• 9:47
  for
• 9:47
  you
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  listen.
• 9:48
  Then
• 9:48
  we'll
• 9:48
  pray.
• 9:53
  God,
• 9:53
  we
• 9:53
  confess
• 9:54
  we're
• 9:54
  a
• 9:54
  lot
• 9:54
  like
• 9:54
  Peter.
• 9:55
  We
• 9:55
  see
• 9:55
  something
• 9:55
  beautiful
• 9:56
  and
• 9:57
  sometimes
• 9:57
  our
• 9:57
  first
• 9:57
  instinct
• 9:58
  is
• 9:58
  to
• 9:58
  capture
• 9:59
  it,
• 9:59
  to
• 9:59
  manage
• 9:59
  it,
• 9:59
  take
• 9:59
  a
• 10:00
  picture
• 10:00
  of
• 10:00
  it,
• 10:00
  build
• 10:00
  a
• 10:00
  structure,
• 10:02
  do
• 10:02
  something
• 10:02
  so
• 10:02
  we
• 10:02
  can
• 10:03
  kind
• 10:03
  of
• 10:03
  control
• 10:03
  it
• 10:03
  or
• 10:03
  manage
• 10:04
  it.
• 10:05
  And
• 10:05
  forgive
• 10:06
  us
• 10:06
  for
• 10:06
  the
• 10:06
  ways
• 10:06
  we've
• 10:07
  tried
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  shrink
• 10:07
  you
• 10:08
  down
• 10:08
  to
• 10:09
  fit
• 10:09
  inside
• 10:09
  our
• 10:10
  buildings,
• 10:10
  our
• 10:10
  categories,
• 10:12
  or
• 10:12
  our
• 10:12
  picture
• 10:13
  file
• 10:13
  on
• 10:13
  our
• 10:13
  phone.
• 10:14
  So
• 10:15
  today,
• 10:15
  God,
• 10:15
  just
• 10:15
  help
• 10:15
  us
• 10:16
  to
• 10:16
  listen.
• 10:17
  Quiet.
• 10:18
  The
• 10:18
  babbling,
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  anxious
• 10:20
  planning
• 10:21
  and
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  need
• 10:21
  to
• 10:22
  be
• 10:22
  productive.
• 10:23
  The
• 10:23
  urge
• 10:23
  to
• 10:24
  have
• 10:24
  all
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  answers.
• 10:24
  And
• 10:25
  let
• 10:25
  us
• 10:25
  hear
• 10:25
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• 10:25
  voice
• 10:27
  saying
• 10:27
  what
• 10:28
  you
• 10:28
  said
• 10:28
  on
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  mountain.
• 10:28
  This
• 10:29
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• 10:29
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• 10:29
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• 10:31
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• 10:33
  God,
• 10:33
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• 10:33
  us
• 10:34
  that
• 10:34
  we
• 10:34
  too
• 10:34
  are
• 10:34
  marked
• 10:34
  by
• 10:34
  your
• 10:35
  love.
• 10:35
  Not
• 10:35
  by
• 10:35
  our
• 10:35
  performance,
• 10:36
  not
• 10:37
  by
• 10:37
  our
• 10:37
  failures,
• 10:37
  but
• 10:38
  by
• 10:38
  and
• 10:38
  not
• 10:38
  by
• 10:38
  the
• 10:38
  opinions
• 10:39
  of
• 10:39
  others,
• 10:40
  but
• 10:40
  by
• 10:40
  your
• 10:40
  love.
• 10:41
  That's
• 10:41
  our
• 10:41
  identity.
• 10:43
  Help
• 10:43
  us
• 10:43
  believe
• 10:44
  it
• 10:44
  today.
• 10:45
  And
• 10:45
  we
• 10:45
  come
• 10:46
  down
• 10:46
  from
• 10:46
  our
• 10:47
  mountaintop
• 10:47
  experiences
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  we've
• 10:48
  been
• 10:48
  on.
• 10:49
  When
• 10:49
  the
• 10:49
  ordinary
• 10:50
  life
• 10:50
  rushes
• 10:50
  back
• 10:51
  in,
• 10:51
  when
• 10:51
  the
• 10:51
  needs
• 10:52
  pile
• 10:52
  up,
• 10:52
  when
• 10:53
  life
• 10:54
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• 10:54
  tough,
• 10:55
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• 10:55
  more
• 10:55
  like
• 10:55
  a
• 10:55
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• 10:56
  than
• 10:56
  a
• 10:56
  peak.
• 10:56
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• 10:56
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• 10:57
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• 10:57
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• 10:58
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• 10:58
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• 10:59
  fuel
• 11:00
  how
• 11:00
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• 11:00
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• 11:01
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• 11:01
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• 11:02
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• 11:02
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• 11:02
  to
• 11:02
  carry
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:03
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• 11:04
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• 11:04
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• 11:04
  us
• 11:04
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• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:07
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• 11:07
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• 11:08
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• 11:09
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• 11:15
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• 11:15
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• 11:16
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• 11:16
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• 11:17
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• 11:46
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• 11:46
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• 11:46
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• 11:56
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