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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written.
00:21 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. 00:24 Well, it's about that time, the time when people are thinking 00:26 about New Year's resolutions. 00:29 Now, if you don't make New Year's resolutions, 00:31 that's okay. 00:33 There's still plenty for you to be thinking about, 00:35 as we are going to find out together. 00:37 If you do, then you're among the 60% of people who do. 00:42 And how do they do? 00:44 Well, it is said that 48% 00:46 of New Year's resolutions 00:47 are kept for six months, 00:49 which I find quite surprising. 00:52 Evidently, 25% of New Year's resolutions make it 00:56 as long as...one week. 00:59 By the time January the 7th rolls around, 01:02 no more. It's over. 01:05 If I were to ask you what the most common 01:08 New Year's resolutions are, well, I'm pretty sure 01:11 you'd be able to guess. 01:12 Most common New Year's Resolutions 01:15 have people resolving to get in shape, 01:18 eat healthier, lose weight, 01:21 get more exercise, 01:23 enjoy life to the fullest-- 01:24 whatever that means-- 01:26 spend less, save more, 01:28 spend more time with family and friends, 01:31 get organized, learn something new or try something new, 01:36 travel more, drink less, stop smoking, get more sleep, 01:42 floss regularly, read more, make new friends, 01:47 be happier, have less stress, 01:51 and go to church. 01:53 That's 20 or so common New Year's resolutions. 01:57 And together we'll look at some important resolutions 02:00 and how you can actually achieve them. 02:02 And I'm going to share with you the one resolution 02:04 you should never make, the promise you can never keep. 02:08 And it's going to surprise you because it's the one thing 02:11 that you might not expect me to say here on It Is Written. 02:15 But there's one resolution you should never, ever make, 02:18 and if you don't know what it is, 02:20 you absolutely have to know. I'm dead serious about that. 02:24 It's said that the first New Year's resolutions 02:27 were made 4,000 years ago by the Babylonians. 02:30 They made promises to their gods to pay their debts 02:33 and return items that they'd borrowed-- 02:35 which sounds like a good idea. 02:37 Evidently the Babylonians believed that if they kept 02:39 their word, the gods would favor them. 02:43 But if they didn't, the coming year would not be good. 02:45 And no one wanted that. 02:47 The Romans evidently did much the same sort of thing. 02:50 Julius Caesar established the first day of January 02:53 as the first day of the year. 02:54 January was named after Janus, the god of new beginnings, 02:58 who was typically depicted as having two faces-- 03:01 the one looking to the past and the other looking to the future. 03:05 The Romans offered sacrifices to Janus, 03:08 hopeful of experiencing good fortune in the year to come. 03:11 So starting the New Year with a bang isn't a new thing at all. 03:16 And really, an opportunity to turn the page and start over 03:19 is a good thing. 03:21 Many of us need that. 03:23 Let's look at some areas where we might actually want 03:25 to reboot our lives. 03:27 Let's look at some of those common New Year's resolutions. 03:30 What about this one?: To look after your health. 03:34 Many people in the Western world are profoundly unhealthy. 03:39 Now, I'm not referring to a condition you were born with 03:41 or some terrible thing that came at you from out of nowhere. 03:44 More than 42% of Americans are obese. 03:47 Mississippi wins that contest, with Alabama, Arkansas, 03:51 Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Oklahoma, 03:53 South Carolina, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, 03:56 and Michigan all straining the scales. 04:00 All of those states have obesity rates above 35%. 04:05 In 2012, no state had an obesity rate higher than 35%. 04:11 In 2000, there wasn't a single state in the union 04:15 that had an obesity rate above 25%. 04:18 Obesity costs the country about $180 billion a year. 04:24 So could we think about looking after our health? 04:27 Absolutely. 04:29 Eat better. 04:30 Drink more water. 04:31 Drink less alcohol--better yet, drink no alcohol. 04:36 Exercise. 04:39 And if you don't know where to start, 04:41 start right where you are and do what you can. 04:44 And build up to where you can exercise more. 04:47 It's profoundly good for you. 04:51 Taking a walk around the block just isn't hard, 04:53 for the vast majority of people. 04:56 But instead, we're spending all kinds of time and tons of money 05:00 looking for cures for sicknesses which, in a lot of cases, 05:04 could be treated with a pair of walking shoes. 05:08 What about this New Year's resolution? 05:10 As well as looking after your health, 05:13 what about looking after your finances? 05:16 Instead of spending $4 on a coffee five or six times a week, 05:19 drink water. 05:21 Keep that money in your pocket. 05:23 Twenty or more dollars a week on coffee, 05:25 you're easily spending $1,000 a year! 05:29 You know, the average monthly car payment for a new car 05:32 is around $560 a month. 05:36 Buy a reliable used car; you just saved thousands of dollars. 05:41 Now, you might not need to 05:42 if your finances aren't under any pressure. 05:44 Okay. 05:45 But many publications have reported that nearly 80% 05:48 of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. 05:52 A Nielsen study said that 1 in 4 families earning $150,000 a year 05:58 are living paycheck to paycheck. 06:00 And you can do something about that by curbing your spending. 06:03 If Emily and Noah didn't earn scholarships, 06:07 you tell them they're gonna have to go to a state college 06:09 rather than to a private one that you can't afford. 06:12 If you can't afford a vacation to Europe, 06:15 go to a state park. They're fantastic! 06:18 And if you're all concerned that you can't afford to buy 06:20 a pile of toys for your kids at Christmas, 06:22 or you're going to have to go into debt in order to do so, 06:25 then make the very responsible decision to not spend money 06:29 you don't have for things you don't need. 06:32 "But what will we tell the children?" 06:34 Well, we'll tell the children that we don't have the money 06:37 for all that, so we're going to give you what we can afford, 06:41 and we're going to have a happy time, 06:42 and we're still all going to be grateful, 06:44 because that's not what Christmas is all about anyway. 06:47 Easy. 06:48 Financial challenges are very real. 06:51 And they're not any fun. 06:53 But a marvelous thing happens when you live within your means 06:57 and you don't spend money that you don't have. 07:00 So you resolve to look after your health and your finances. 07:04 You might resolve to look after each other, 07:07 to see more of your family, 07:08 to spend more time around the dining room table, 07:11 less time on computer games, 07:13 more time with Grandma and Grandpa, 07:14 more time with friends. 07:16 Those are good things to do. 07:18 You might choose to waste less time, to read more books, 07:21 to spend less time on social media, 07:23 to make more time for God, to go to church more, 07:27 to go to church, to pray, to read the Bible. 07:31 You know, there are 1,189 chapters in the Bible, 07:34 365 days in a year. 07:37 If we do the math, we discover that 1,189 chapters 07:41 divided by 365 days equals about 3 1/4 chapters a day. 07:47 You can do that. 07:48 You could easily read through the Bible in a year. 07:51 If you never have, you really should. 07:54 But think about this with me. 07:56 These are your typical New Year's resolutions. 07:59 And what do we know already? 08:01 A quarter of people only make it as far as a week, 08:05 and about a half of those who make New Year's resolutions 08:07 make it six months. 08:09 Although, honestly, I kind of doubt that number. 08:12 You start the year meaning to improve your health. 08:16 That's a laudable goal. 08:18 You're going to be more careful with your money, 08:20 do the family thing, all of that. 08:22 And we know people try and fail all the time, 08:26 which brings me to what I said we'd look at: 08:29 the promise you should never make, ever. 08:33 And it has everything to do with God. 08:36 I'll tell you what it is in just a moment. 08:39 ♪[music swells and ends]♪ 08:48 >>John: I would love for you to get today's free offer. 08:51 Call now 800-253-3000 08:55 and get "Choice" from our CREATION Life study series. 08:59 How can your choices be connected to the will of God 09:02 for your life? 09:03 Let your choices and God's choices be on the same page. 09:07 800-253-3000. 09:09 Online: iiwoffer.com. 09:12 800-253-3000, 09:15 today's free offer, "Choice." 09:19 ♪[upbeat music]♪ 09:21 >>Announcer: Planning for your financial future 09:23 is a vital aspect of Christian stewardship. 09:26 For this reason, It Is Written is pleased to offer 09:29 free planned giving and estate services. 09:32 For information on how we can help you, 09:34 please call 800-992-2219. 09:39 Call today or visit our website: 09:41 hislegacy.com. 09:43 Call 800-992-2219. 09:49 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is Written. 09:52 New Year's resolutions. 09:54 Now, I'm about to tell you about the one resolution 09:56 you should never make 09:58 because it's the one promise you can never keep. 10:02 And it's serious. 10:03 It has major repercussions for your experience 10:06 as a believer in God. 10:07 There's one promise that no person of faith 10:11 should ever make. 10:13 Now, let's think about common promises we make. 10:17 You go to a wedding, and the happy couple make vows 10:19 to each other, and traditionally the vows go something like this: 10:23 "I, A, take you, B, to be my lawfully wedded husband or wife, 10:27 "to have and to hold from this day forward, 10:29 "for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, 10:32 "in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, 10:35 for as long as we both shall live." 10:37 Now, the vast majority of people who get married mean it. 10:41 Like, they really mean it. 10:43 They are happy. They're invested. 10:45 They've got family and friends there with them, 10:48 some of whom have traveled from other time zones, 10:50 other countries, even sometimes other continents 10:54 to be there for the happy day. 10:55 The couple--and the families-- have spent real money 10:58 on the occasion. 10:59 They've gone through the trouble of organizing a wedding. 11:04 And yet the divorce rate in virtually every Western country 11:08 is frightening. 11:09 Now, the truth is it's challenging to really interpret 11:12 those statistics correctly. 11:14 But, you'll find that most statistics say 40-50% 11:18 of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, 11:22 42% in the United Kingdom, slightly over 50% in France, 11:28 almost 40% in Canada. 11:31 So in spite of best intentions and financial commitments, 11:35 promises made in front of parents and grandparents, 11:38 the "resolution" to get married often falls flat. 11:42 I'm not blaming anyone. 11:44 But what we see is that even the most exciting, meaningful, 11:47 important promises often don't get kept. 11:52 Which leads me to this... 11:54 There's a promise, a resolution you should never make 11:58 because it's the one that you can never, ever keep. 12:01 And we find a spectacular demonstration of this 12:03 in the Bible. 12:05 Spectacular. 12:06 In Exodus 14, the children of Israel leave Egypt 12:09 under truly miraculous circumstances. 12:13 Miracle after miracle, plagues were poured out. 12:16 They were given great wealth by the Egyptians. 12:18 Darkness walled off Israel from their Egyptian pursuers. 12:22 Then the Red Sea opened up. 12:24 God's people walked across the sea to freedom. 12:27 The Egyptians pursued, but their chariots got bogged down 12:30 on the seafloor. 12:31 And then, the sea folded back together, 12:34 and the Egyptians perished. 12:36 Two chapters later, God feeds the people with manna, 12:38 which miraculously appeared on the ground. 12:41 Chapter 17, water came out of a rock. 12:44 Who ever heard of such a thing? 12:46 Chapter 18, Jethro advises Moses so that Israel can function 12:50 more smoothly, and then in chapter 19, we see this, 12:53 starting in verse 3: 12:55 "And Moses went up to God, 12:57 "and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, 13:00 "'Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, 13:02 "'and tell the children of Israel: 13:05 "'"You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, 13:07 "'"and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 13:11 "'"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice 13:13 "'"and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure 13:17 "'"to me above all people; for all the earth is mine. 13:20 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."'" 13:24 And you'll notice these words are repeated 13:25 in the book of 1 Peter, where Peter applies these words 13:29 to the Christian church. 13:31 God continues: 13:32 "'These are the words which you shall speak to the children 13:34 "of Israel.' So Moses came and called for the elders 13:38 "of the people, and laid before them all these words 13:41 which the Lord commanded him." 13:43 And here's where it gets...tricky. 13:47 It's Exodus 19 and verse 8: 13:50 "Then all the people answered together and said, 13:53 "'All that the Lord has spoken we will do.' 13:56 So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord." 14:00 Now, you might listen to that and say, 14:02 "Well, that's a great idea. They're wanting to obey God." 14:06 And for sure, it is a great idea. 14:09 We'll give them an A for intent. 14:11 But we'll give them an F for methodology. 14:14 This is a disastrous mistake; 14:17 it's one that too many people make. 14:19 And you might have even made it yourself. 14:21 "You just say the word, Lord, and I'll do it." 14:25 No! You've just set yourself up for failure. 14:29 I know a lot of people approach their faith that way, 14:32 but it's not good. 14:34 It's not healthy. It can't be successful. 14:36 If you do this, you are doomed to defeat. 14:42 The solemnity of the whole situation was strongly impressed 14:46 upon Israel. 14:47 They were told to wash their clothes, 14:49 to consecrate themselves to God. 14:51 God was communicating to them the need to be pure, 14:54 to put sin away. 14:56 They weren't to touch the mountain, Mt. Sinai. 14:58 God came down. The mountain quaked. 15:01 There were thunderings and lightnings. 15:03 A thick cloud descended. 15:05 There was a sound like that of a trumpet, 15:07 and it was so loud the people trembled. 15:10 Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. 15:14 Then in Exodus 20, God gave them the Ten Commandments. 15:18 Just think of how impressive that scene had to have been. 15:22 Hebrews 12:21 says, 15:24 "And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, 15:27 'I exceedingly fear and quake.'" 15:30 The people said, "You speak with us, and we will hear; 15:33 but let not God speak with us, lest we die." 15:37 The Bible says, "The people stood afar off, 15:40 but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was." 15:44 God gave judgments to the people, comprehensive judgments 15:48 that would guide their lives and keep them in the path of God. 15:51 Moses went up into the mountain into the presence of God. 15:55 But Moses was in that mountain with God for a while, 15:58 and it was during that time that...things went bad. 16:03 Remember what they'd said? 16:04 "All that the Lord has spoken we will do." 16:07 They were sincere. 16:09 They had resolved, they'd made a resolution to serve God. 16:14 And now we read this, Exodus 32, verse 1: 16:19 "Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down 16:22 "from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, 16:26 "and said to him, 'Come, make us gods that shall go before us; 16:30 "'for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up 16:33 "'out of the land of Egypt, 16:35 "we do not know what has become of him.' 16:37 "And Aaron said to them, 'Break off the golden earrings 16:40 "'which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, 16:43 "and your daughters, and bring them to me.' 16:45 "So all the people broke off the golden earrings 16:48 "which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 16:50 "And he received the gold from their hand, 16:53 "and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, 16:55 "and made a molded calf. 16:57 "Then they said, 'This is your god, O Israel, 17:00 that brought you [up] out of the land of Egypt!'" 17:03 The same people who said that they would do whatever God asked 17:08 had just made a golden calf. 17:11 And they worshiped it--naked. 17:15 So what happened to "everything the Lord says we will do"? 17:20 I'll be right back. 17:21 ♪[music swells and ends]♪ 17:31 >>John: I would love for you to get today's free offer. 17:34 Call now 800-253-3000 17:37 and get "Choice" from our CREATION Life study series. 17:41 How can your choices be connected to the will of God 17:44 for your life? 17:46 Let your choices and God's choices be on the same page. 17:49 800-253-3000. 17:51 Online: iiwoffer.com. 17:55 800-253-3000, 17:57 today's free offer, "Choice." 18:01 ♪[soft instrumental music]♪ 18:02 >>John: While you're familiar with the It Is Written 18:04 television program, I want to invite you on a journey 18:07 to understand more about what It Is Written is doing 18:10 to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. 18:13 We're going to visit India, Mongolia, Guatemala, 18:17 Moldova, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and more, 18:20 work made possible by It Is Written missions. 18:25 It Is Written mission teams regularly visit 18:28 parts of the world where the need for Jesus is great. 18:32 It might sometimes seem like a hopeless task, 18:35 a mission impossible. 18:37 Except that it isn't. It cannot be. 18:39 This is mission possible because Jesus said, 18:43 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 18:45 in all the world." 18:47 If you can't go there yourself, 18:49 you can be there with It Is Written: 18:53 "Mission Possible." 18:55 Watch now on itiswritten.tv. 19:02 >>John Bradshaw: One day the children of Israel assured God 19:05 that they would do whatever He said. 19:07 A few short weeks later, they've built a golden calf. 19:12 "So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. 19:16 "And Aaron made a proclamation and said, 'Tomorrow is a feast 19:19 "to the Lord.' Then they rose early on the next day, 19:22 "offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; 19:26 and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." 19:30 This was idolatry, the kind of thing they'd witnessed in Egypt. 19:35 Their good intentions just all fell apart. 19:38 They had heard God say, 19:40 "You shall have no other gods before me," 19:43 and yet here they are. 19:44 God said to Moses, "Let me alone, that my wrath 19:48 may burn hot against them and I may consume them." 19:51 In fact, God referred to them as "your people" 19:54 when He spoke to Moses. 19:55 So Moses interceded for the people, 19:58 and God was merciful. 20:00 Now, you might look at that and ask yourself how a group 20:03 of believers could see and hear and experience all that they did 20:09 and then revert backwards so quickly, so, so radically, 20:13 so destructively, back to their old ways. 20:17 The key is found in how they approached God's call 20:19 on their lives. 20:20 And my guess is you can relate to this. 20:23 This is the promise you should never make: 20:27 "All that the Lord has spoken we will do." 20:32 No. That just doesn't work. 20:38 You've tried to hold your temper, and you've failed. 20:40 You've tried not to do this thing or that thing, 20:43 and you've failed. 20:44 You've tried to be more like Jesus, 20:45 and you've failed. 20:47 And that's because when you think for even a moment 20:50 that you can do it, you're bound for disaster. 20:53 It's the same with New Year's resolutions. 20:56 If you think that you have the strength to give up smoking 20:58 or lose weight or stick with a Bible reading plan 21:01 or whatever it might be, well, there's a chance 21:05 you might be able to do it on willpower, 21:07 but more than likely, 21:08 in fact, almost certainly, you won't. 21:13 But let's talk about what really matters. 21:16 What about how you treat people? 21:19 What about how you react to the way people treat you? 21:22 What about the words you use? 21:25 What about the thoughts you think? 21:28 I'll share a verse of the Bible with you 21:30 that will make some people quake in their boots. 21:34 Paul wrote these words: 21:35 "Casting down arguments and every high thing 21:38 "that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, 21:41 "bringing every thought into captivity 21:45 to the obedience of Christ." 21:47 That's 2 Corinthians 10 in verse 5. 21:50 That seems like a lot. 21:55 And it seems, quite honestly, impossible. 21:58 But unlike a New Year's resolution, 22:01 faith in God isn't about what you can do. 22:04 It's about what God can do in your life. 22:07 Faith in God is faith in God. 22:11 Too many people make it faith in themselves, 22:14 and that can only fail. 22:17 It can't possibly succeed. 22:19 Now, look at what Paul wrote just before that: 22:22 "For though we walk in the flesh, 22:24 "we do not war according to the flesh. 22:27 "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal 22:30 but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds." 22:34 So this is about what God wants to do in us, 22:38 not what we can do in our own strength. 22:42 God said back in Leviticus, 22:44 "You shall be holy; for I am holy." 22:47 And Peter quoted that verse in 1 Peter 1:16, 22:51 "Because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" 22:55 Who can do that? 22:57 So when you say to God, "Okay, I'll do better; I'll obey; 23:01 I'll get it right; I won't do that anymore," 23:04 you know what you're doing: 23:05 You're setting yourself up to fail, 23:08 because you failed to realize that faith in God 23:10 is not what you can do for God, 23:12 but it's about what God can do in you. 23:15 God gives the Holy Spirit so the presence of Jesus 23:18 can come into your life. 23:20 This is what all those New Testament promises are about. 23:23 "Being confident of this very thing, 23:25 "that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it 23:28 until the day of Jesus Christ." 23:30 That's Philippians 1, verse 6. 23:32 Look at Galatians 2:20. 23:34 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; 23:37 "yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: 23:41 "and the life which I now live in the flesh 23:44 "I live by the faith of the Son of God, 23:46 who loved me, and gave Himself for me." 23:49 You see that? 23:50 God doesn't ask us to make Him promises. 23:54 We're simply called to believe the promises 23:57 that He makes to us. 23:59 We learn from Exodus 19 that promises to God of that nature 24:04 are simply doomed to fail. 24:06 But when we learn to surrender to the presence of Jesus 24:09 in our lives, to welcome the Holy Spirit into our lives, 24:12 then you've got the same power who called light out of darkness 24:17 working in your life. 24:19 And now your New Year's resolutions aren't so big 24:22 that they cannot be accomplished. 24:24 You were going to quit coffee. 24:25 Well, if you've got the person living His life in you 24:28 who brought water out of a rock, who opened up the Red Sea, 24:32 who calmed a storm, then you've got more than enough power 24:36 in your life to give you success in your daily spiritual battles. 24:41 It's a matter of connecting with that power. 24:44 Workers dredging a harbor in September of 2019 24:48 in the northwest of Poland found a massive unexploded bomb. 24:53 It was a "Tallboy," an "earthquake" bomb 24:56 weighing six tons, dropped by the Royal Air Force in a raid 25:00 that sank a German cruiser, the Lützow. 25:03 For 75 years all that power had sat on a harbor floor, 25:09 which of course was a good thing. 25:11 When it was detonated in October 2020, 25:13 the explosion was impressive. 25:17 You know, many people have in their living room or bedroom 25:21 or on their phone something far more powerful 25:25 than a Tallboy bomb. 25:28 The Bible is the Word of God. 25:30 Hebrews says it "is quick, and powerful, 25:33 and sharper than any two-edged sword." 25:36 Unleash the power of God in your life 25:39 and you'll meet with success, not failure, 25:42 as you grow in your faith, 25:44 as God's power becomes the foundation of your life. 25:48 You'll experience a New Year's revolution 25:51 as God's power takes you places that you've never been 25:54 and allows you victories and successes 25:57 that you've never thought possible. 25:59 >>John: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 26:01 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 26:05 To support this international life-changing ministry, 26:08 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 26:12 You can send your tax-deductible gift 26:14 to the address on your screen, 26:15 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:19 Thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. 26:22 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 26:26 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:30 >>John Bradshaw: Let's pray together, shall we? 26:31 Let's pray that God would give us the victories that we need, 26:35 that God in this New Year would lead us to rely on Him 26:39 and trust in His power in our lives, 26:41 rather than trusting in our own power, 26:44 which just doesn't get us far at all. 26:47 Come on, let's pray and believe that God will work wonderfully 26:51 in our lives. Let's pray. 26:52 Our Father in heaven, we thank You that in spite of the fact 26:56 that our resolutions are like "ropes of sand," 27:00 Your promises are certain and sure, 27:04 and that Your power and presence in our lives 27:07 is exactly and all that we need. 27:11 So in this New Year, turn us to Yourself, 27:14 give us grace to lean on You, to trust in You, 27:17 to expect You to do in our lives 27:20 what we could never do ourselves. 27:22 Friend, are you willing to ask God right now, 27:24 "Take my heart; make it Your fortress; 27:28 defend me; give me Your strength"? 27:31 Would you pray that prayer? 27:32 Lord, hear the prayer of our hearts, 27:34 and we thank You for doing what for us is impossible. 27:37 And we pray in Jesus' name, 27:40 amen. 27:41 Thanks so much for joining me. 27:42 I look forward to seeing you again next time. 27:44 Until then, remember: 27:46 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:50 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:54 ♪[dramatic theme music]♪ |
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