PRESENTS--RELENTLESS PURSUITS WITH PASTOR WALTER 00:00:04.23\00:00:09.06 L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:09.06\00:00:10.70 (theme music) Walter Pearson: I'M GOING 00:00:12.10\00:00:24.40 TO ASK THAT WE TURN TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 00:00:24.40\00:00:25.86 THE BOOK OF JUDGES, CHAPTER 4. 00:00:27.03\00:00:30.90 IT IS A JOY TO BE AT MY ALMA MATER, TO BE AT OAKWOOD COLLEGE, 00:00:30.90\00:00:37.83 THE PLACE THAT HELPED TO MAKE ME WHATEVER GOOD I AM. 00:00:37.83\00:00:42.63 AND I THANK THE PRESIDENT OF THIS INSTITUTION AND THE 00:00:42.63\00:00:45.33 CHAPLAINCY DEPARTMENT AND DR. BLUE AND ALL OF 00:00:45.33\00:00:49.66 THOSE WHO WERE SO KIND. 00:00:49.66\00:00:51.26 I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BACK HOME. 00:00:51.26\00:00:54.50 IT IS MY JOY TO BE HERE. 00:00:54.50\00:00:56.60 JUDGES, CHAPTER 4, I ONLY NEED ONE VERSE, WHICH WILL INTRODUCE 00:00:56.60\00:01:00.93 OUR SUBJECT FOR TONIGHT, OUR "TITLE" FOR TONIGHT. 00:01:00.93\00:01:04.20 JUDGES, CHAPTER 4 AND I'M GOING TO READ AND YOU'RE HEARING VERSE 00:01:05.40\00:01:09.10 21: "THEN YAEL, HEBER'S WIFE, TOOK A NAIL OF THE TENT AND TOOK 00:01:09.10\00:01:19.36 A HAMMER IN HER HAND AND WENT SOFTLY UNTO HIM AND SMOTE THE 00:01:19.36\00:01:26.10 NAIL INTO HIS TEMPLES, AND FASTENED IT TO THE GROUND, FOR 00:01:26.10\00:01:32.23 HE WAS FAST ASLEEP AND WEARY." 00:01:32.23\00:01:35.40 SO HE DIED. 00:01:35.40\00:01:37.70 I'VE ENTITLED MY SERMON FOR TONIGHT BE CAREFUL 00:01:38.73\00:01:40.80 WHERE YOU SLEEP. 00:01:40.80\00:01:47.20 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 00:01:47.20\00:01:49.26 FATHER IN HEAVEN ALL THAT I HAVE AND ALL THAT I AM I 00:01:49.26\00:01:51.90 PLACE AGAIN INTO YOUR HANDS. 00:01:51.90\00:01:54.60 I ASK ONLY THAT WHEN I GET TOO FAR YOU'LL PULL ME BACK; 00:01:54.60\00:01:58.66 WHEN I DON'T RUN FAST ENOUGH, YOU'LL PUSH ME ALONG, FOR 00:01:58.66\00:02:03.53 MY ONLY DESIRE IN THIS PLACE IS TO PLEASE GOD. 00:02:03.53\00:02:09.30 LET JESUS COME AND SPEAK. 00:02:09.30\00:02:11.86 LET MY VOICE BE MUFFLED SO THAT HIS MIGHT BE HEARD. 00:02:11.86\00:02:16.53 EMPOWER ME WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I PRAY THAT THE 00:02:16.53\00:02:21.50 WORDS THAT ARE TRANSMITTED-I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO 00:02:21.50\00:02:26.00 USE MY PERSONALITY, BUT DON'T LET IT GET IN YOUR WAY, AND 00:02:26.00\00:02:30.40 SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS TONIGHT. 00:02:30.40\00:02:32.76 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, LET EVERYONE SAY--AMEN. 00:02:32.76\00:02:37.16 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE CAME A TIME WHEN ISRAEL, HAVING 00:02:37.16\00:02:42.33 OCCUPIED THE LAND OF PROMISE. 00:02:42.33\00:02:46.83 WE SAY IT SO BLITHELY--PROMISED LAND--THAT WE FORGET THAT GOD 00:02:46.83\00:02:52.43 PROMISED ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, "I WILL GIVE YOU A LAND 00:02:52.43\00:02:58.00 THAT FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY." 00:02:58.00\00:03:01.20 THESE DAYS THE HEALTH PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT BOTH MILK 00:03:01.20\00:03:04.50 AND HONEY MAY BE PROBLEMS FOR US, BUT WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 00:03:04.50\00:03:09.46 IT WAS A RICH LAND, SO RICH, SAYS ONE SCHOLAR THAT IF 00:03:09.46\00:03:14.26 YOU DROPPED A SEED ON THE GROUND WITHOUT TILLING IT, 00:03:14.26\00:03:18.40 YOU WOULD COME BACK AND FIND SOMETHING GROWING. 00:03:18.40\00:03:21.70 GOD GAVE THAT LAND TO HIS PEOPLE. 00:03:21.70\00:03:23.50 THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN HAVING A GIFT THAT CANNOT BE 00:03:23.50\00:03:28.46 ALL THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE. 00:03:28.46\00:03:31.83 SO THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE IN CANAAN, BUT NOW THERE IS A KING 00:03:31.83\00:03:36.60 OF CANAAN, WHO HAD REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE CONQUERED BY THE 00:03:36.60\00:03:42.00 PREDECESSORS OF GOD'S CHILDREN AND YET TREATED, PERHAPS, TOO 00:03:42.00\00:03:47.16 KINDLY BY THEIR FORBEARERS, SO NOW SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD HAVE 00:03:47.16\00:03:52.63 BEEN CONQUERED RISES UP AGAIN TO TROUBLE ISRAEL IN THE VERY LAND 00:03:52.63\00:03:58.60 THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO THEM. 00:03:58.60\00:04:00.86 IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION. 00:04:00.86\00:04:04.03 SO THE PEOPLE GO TO GET WATER, AND THEN THOSE PLACES WHERE THEY 00:04:04.03\00:04:07.80 WENT TO GET WATER, SOMEBODY WOULD COME AND PERHAPS SOMEONE 00:04:07.80\00:04:10.63 WOULD BE KILLED, THEY WOULD BE TROUBLED, THEIR POSSESSIONS 00:04:10.63\00:04:13.96 TAKEN FROM THEM; IT WAS A TERRIBLE SITUATION. 00:04:13.96\00:04:17.13 PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE THE POPULUS PLACES, THOSE PLACES WHERE THEY 00:04:17.13\00:04:21.46 WOULD ORDINARILY GO, THEY COULD NOT GO BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE 00:04:21.46\00:04:25.16 UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF YABIN 00:04:25.16\00:04:28.00 AND HIS GENERAL, SISSERA, WOULD FIND SOLDIERS COMING 00:04:29.70\00:04:34.33 TO GIVE THEM TROUBLE. 00:04:34.33\00:04:36.16 THEY HAD TO GO TO TINY PLACES; THEY HAD TO GO TO THE WALLED 00:04:36.16\00:04:39.16 CITIES; THEY COULD NOT ENJOY THE VERY LAND THAT WAS THEIR GIFT; 00:04:39.16\00:04:43.20 THAT WAS THEIR BIRTHRIGHT. 00:04:43.20\00:04:44.80 SOMETHING HAD TO HAPPEN. 00:04:45.93\00:04:48.53 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'VE DISCOVERED THAT GOD 00:04:48.53\00:04:50.63 MAY NOT BE ON MY TIME SCHEDULE, BUT HE COMES ON TIME. 00:04:50.63\00:04:56.00 IF YOU EVER FIND SOMEBODY DOUBTING THAT GOD WILL MOVE, 00:04:56.00\00:05:00.73 YOU MUST REMIND THEM THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS BOOK 00:05:00.73\00:05:04.06 THERE ARE SO MANY OCCASIONS WHERE PEOPLE SAID--HE'S 00:05:04.06\00:05:07.26 NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING; HE'S NOT GOING TO HELP US. 00:05:07.26\00:05:10.86 I'VE DISCOVERED THAT GOD SHOWS WHO HE IS BY STEPPING 00:05:10.86\00:05:14.26 IN WHEN YOU THINK HE WON'T. 00:05:14.26\00:05:17.60 IN FACT WHEN YOU SAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A 00:05:17.60\00:05:20.80 CHANGE, THAT'S WHEN GOD PROVES HIS DIVINITY, BECAUSE HE 00:05:20.80\00:05:24.73 ACCOMPLISHES THE IMPOSSIBLE. 00:05:24.73\00:05:28.23 SO WHEN ALL OF THE PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP, IN FACT WHEN THE MEN 00:05:28.23\00:05:31.70 OF THE LAND--BRETHREN, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S IN 00:05:31.70\00:05:34.63 THE WORD--WHEN THE MEN OF THE LAND HAD GIVEN UP, AND I'LL 00:05:34.63\00:05:40.26 TELL YOU WHY THEY'D GIVEN UP. 00:05:40.26\00:05:41.73 I WANT TO BE FAIR TO THE MEN. 00:05:41.73\00:05:44.33 THE MEN HAD NO WEAPONS. 00:05:44.33\00:05:47.63 WHEN YOU SEARCHED AMONG THEM, ONE SCHOLAR SUGGESTS THAT THERE 00:05:47.63\00:05:51.50 WERE 40,000 OF THEM, BUT NOT ONE SWORD OR SPEAR AMONG THEM. 00:05:51.50\00:05:58.53 AND THEY KNEW THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THIS YABIN AND 00:05:58.53\00:06:03.13 HIS GENERAL, SISSERA, HAD 900 IRON CHARIOTS. 00:06:03.13\00:06:10.20 THESE IRON CHARIOTS WERE NOT ORDINARY. 00:06:10.20\00:06:13.66 THEY HAD APPENDED TO THEIR AXLES SLITHE-LIKE SWORDS THAT 00:06:13.66\00:06:20.53 TURNED WITH THE AXLES. 00:06:20.53\00:06:23.50 WHAT THOSE SOLDIERS WOULD DO IS THAT THEY WOULD GET INTO THEIR 00:06:23.50\00:06:26.76 IRON CHARIOTS AND PLOW THROUGH FOOTMEN THAT CAME TO FIGHT THEM. 00:06:26.76\00:06:32.86 AND WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH, THOSE SWORDS WOULD CUT PEOPLE 00:06:32.86\00:06:37.10 DOWN AND KILL THEM WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE 00:06:37.10\00:06:41.16 ONE WHO DROVE THE CHARIOT. 00:06:41.16\00:06:44.13 SO THINK ABOUT IT. 00:06:44.13\00:06:45.66 HERE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN LAND, BUT NOW THEY'VE GOT A 00:06:45.66\00:06:49.33 GENERAL AND THIS GENERAL HAS 900 IRON CHARIOTS WITH SWORDS ON THE 00:06:49.33\00:06:55.43 AXLES AND THEY KNOW WE CAN'T GO UP AGAINST THEM BECAUSE THEY 00:06:55.43\00:07:00.26 HAVE MORE POWER THAN WE DO, SO THE MEN GOT QUIET. 00:07:00.26\00:07:04.60 THE MEN CEASED TO MAKE ANY NOISE. 00:07:04.60\00:07:07.50 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT IS NOT A SITUATION THAT 00:07:07.50\00:07:10.10 IS COMFORTABLE FOR ME. 00:07:10.10\00:07:12.96 I BELIEVE THAT MEN OUGHT TO MAKE MAN NOISES. 00:07:12.96\00:07:19.73 NOT EVERY COMMUNITY IS THE SAME, BUT MASCULINITY HAS 00:07:19.73\00:07:23.36 A WAY OF EVINCING ITSELF. 00:07:23.36\00:07:26.86 THERE'S A WAY A MAN WALKS; IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME, BUT 00:07:26.86\00:07:31.60 IT SAYS THE SAME THING. 00:07:31.60\00:07:35.40 MAN OUGHT TO WALK IN A CERTAIN WAY. 00:07:35.40\00:07:39.36 WHEN HE TALKS THERE OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE RUMBLE IN HIS VOICE. 00:07:39.36\00:07:42.23 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOW VOICE, BUT THERE OUGHT TO BE 00:07:42.23\00:07:45.30 SOME TESTOSTERONE DOWN THERE SOMEWHERE--THAT MAKES IT RUMBLE. 00:07:45.30\00:07:51.96 THE MEN OF ISRAEL HAD STARTED TO TALK IN HIGH-PITCHED 00:07:51.96\00:07:54.73 VOICES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE DISCERNED. 00:07:54.73\00:08:01.60 THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE IRON CHARIOTS AND SAID, 00:08:01.60\00:08:04.06 "HEY HOW YOU DOIN' ?" 00:08:04.06\00:08:06.83 I UNDERSTAND THEM, DON'T YOU ? 00:08:06.83\00:08:09.13 WELL JUST WHEN THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NO HELP, GOD CHOSE 00:08:09.13\00:08:13.80 A LEADER WHO WAS NOT TYPICAL. 00:08:13.80\00:08:17.30 IT WAS NOT A MAN, BECAUSE THE MAN WAS ONE WHO MIGHT 00:08:17.30\00:08:20.66 BE IN TROUBLE, SO GOD SAID, "LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING 00:08:20.66\00:08:24.63 THAT I CAN DO." 00:08:24.63\00:08:25.73 HE CHOSE A WOMAN TO STAND IN THE GAP. 00:08:25.73\00:08:29.86 THIS WOMAN'S NAME WAS DEBORAH. 00:08:29.86\00:08:31.90 SHE BECAME THE JUDGE FOR THAT MOMENT. 00:08:31.90\00:08:35.33 SHE WAS NOT A JUDGE IN SO MUCH AS SHE WAS ALWAYS SETTLING 00:08:35.33\00:08:39.26 DISPUTES, BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE WOULD COME TO MEET WITH DEBORAH, 00:08:39.26\00:08:43.30 SHE WOULD REMIND THEM OF HOW POWERFUL THEIR GOD WAS. 00:08:43.30\00:08:47.23 IN FACT WHEN THE MEN CAME, I'M SURE THEY HAD SOME ISSUES 00:08:47.23\00:08:50.80 FOR A MOMENT ABOUT GENDER BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE, 00:08:50.80\00:08:54.43 BUT IF GOD IS WITH SOMEBODY, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE 00:08:54.43\00:08:57.10 WHETHER THEY ARE MALE OR FEMALE; IT'S WHETHER THEY'VE 00:08:57.10\00:09:00.30 GOT GOD WITH THEM. 00:09:00.30\00:09:01.26 SO, FINALLY THE MEN ROSE UP AND SAID, "LET'S GO DOWN 00:09:01.26\00:09:04.53 AND MEET WITH DEBORAH." 00:09:04.53\00:09:06.06 SHE HAD HER OFFICE EITHER IN A HOUSE, THE SCHOLARS ARE LED TO 00:09:06.06\00:09:09.50 BELIEVE, THAT WAS UNDER A PALM TREE, OR MAYBE SHE WAS OUT IN 00:09:09.50\00:09:13.56 THE OPEN PLACES WITH A PALM TREE, BUT WHEN YOU WENT DOWN TO 00:09:13.56\00:09:16.33 SIT WITH DEBORAH, IF YOU WERE A MAN, SHE WOULD START TALKING 00:09:16.33\00:09:20.33 SOMETHING IN YOUR PRESENCE. 00:09:20.33\00:09:22.46 SHE'D SAY, "WHAT'S GOING ON ?" 00:09:22.46\00:09:27.10 "WELL, JUDGE DEBORAH, YOU--I DON'T KNOW WHO'S LISTENING." 00:09:27.10\00:09:34.46 "NO, NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO'S LISTENING--WHAT'S GOING ON ? 00:09:34.46\00:09:37.63 IS THERE ANYTHING HAPPENING ? 00:09:37.63\00:09:38.73 IS THERE SOMETHING PLANNED ?" 00:09:38.73\00:09:42.53 "WELL, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, DEBORAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN, 00:09:42.53\00:09:48.46 AND YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT ATTACK YOU LIKE THEY'LL ATTACK 00:09:48.46\00:09:52.10 US, BUT WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THOSE IRON CHARIOTS." 00:09:52.10\00:09:56.63 SHE SAID, "SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER 00:09:56.63\00:10:00.30 THAT YOU'VE GOT A GOD WHO'S MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYBODYS 00:10:00.30\00:10:07.00 IRON CHARIOTS." 00:10:07.00\00:10:08.66 "YEAH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAY, IN THEORY. 00:10:08.66\00:10:16.00 BUT YOU KNOW, SISSERA WILL ROLL UP HERE WITH THOSE IRON 00:10:16.00\00:10:19.26 CHARIOTS AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT, I MEAN, 00:10:19.26\00:10:22.30 THEY MAY LET YOU GO, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET US." 00:10:22.30\00:10:25.33 "BUT DO YOU REMEMBER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS 00:10:25.33\00:10:27.76 LIKE THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR HISTORY ? 00:10:27.76\00:10:30.00 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT IT IS THAT GOD WHO GAVE US THIS LAND ? 00:10:30.00\00:10:32.80 DO YOU THINK HE GAVE IT TO US TO HAVE US PERSECUTED IN IT ? 00:10:32.80\00:10:37.93 IT'S TIME THAT THE BRETHREN GET TOGETHER. 00:10:37.93\00:10:40.00 I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, I KNOW THAT'S A TENDER 00:10:40.00\00:10:42.66 ISSUE, BUT GET THE BRETHREN TOGETHER, HAVE A LITTLE 00:10:42.66\00:10:45.30 SMALL GROUP MEET. 00:10:45.30\00:10:48.23 SOMEBODY OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT HOW POWERFUL GOD IS, BECAUSE I 00:10:48.23\00:10:52.16 DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I BELIEVE GOD CAN HANDLE SISSERA. 00:10:52.16\00:10:56.66 I BELIEVE GOD CAN HANDLE YABIN. 00:10:56.66\00:10:59.20 GOD TOOK HIM OUT ONE TIME, AND HIS PEOPLE, HE CAN 00:10:59.20\00:11:01.96 TAKE HIM OUT AGAIN. 00:11:01.96\00:11:03.20 GOD CAN DO ANYTHING !" 00:11:03.20\00:11:07.80 FINALLY THEY RAN INTO A BROTHER WHO WAS NOT TYPICAL. 00:11:07.80\00:11:12.63 HIS NAME WAS BARAK. 00:11:12.63\00:11:15.10 I DO NOT WANT TO--WELL, LET ME MAKE A DISCLAIMER. 00:11:15.10\00:11:18.96 I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU FIND A MAN WHO HAS COURAGE, 00:11:18.96\00:11:22.90 IT SHOWS SOMEWHERE. 00:11:22.90\00:11:25.50 I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT EVERY MAN WITH COURAGE, WELL--BECAUSE 00:11:25.50\00:11:32.30 SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DIFFERENT AND SOME OF YOU WILL GO OUT AND 00:11:32.30\00:11:35.20 GET HURT BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEEN ANYBODY WALKING LIKE THIS. 00:11:35.20\00:11:40.00 YOU'LL THINK YOU'RE SAFE. 00:11:40.00\00:11:41.60 NOT EVERY MAN WITH COURAGE WALKS LIKE THAT, BUT IN THE PLACE 00:11:41.60\00:11:44.63 WHERE I WAS BORN, A MAN HAD A LITTLE RHYTHM WHEN HAD COURAGE. 00:11:44.63\00:11:50.90 HE WAS NOT WALKING IN AN ORDINARY WAY. 00:11:50.90\00:11:52.83 SO FORGIVE ME IF I BELIEVE THAT WHEN I SEE BARAK, 00:11:52.83\00:11:55.50 HE'S NOT COWERING. 00:11:55.50\00:11:59.63 WHEN YOU SEE BARAK--HOW YOU DOING ? 00:11:59.63\00:12:04.90 "BARAK, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH THE 00:12:04.90\00:12:06.66 IRON CHARIOTS ?" 00:12:06.66\00:12:07.50 "HEARD ABOUT IT." 00:12:07.50\00:12:11.66 "WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT ?" 00:12:11.66\00:12:12.90 "DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT." 00:12:12.90\00:12:16.60 "WELL, I HEARD YOU AIN'T ALL THAT UPSET ABOUT 00:12:16.60\00:12:18.50 THE IRON CHARIOTS." 00:12:18.50\00:12:19.96 "NOT UPSET; DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE 00:12:19.96\00:12:23.83 ABOUT ACTION, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ABOUT TOO MANY WORDS." 00:12:23.83\00:12:31.86 DOWN UNDER DEBORAH'S PALM TREE GOD BEGAN TO SPEAK. 00:12:31.86\00:12:37.70 GOD SAID, "DEBORAH, CALL BARAK. 00:12:37.70\00:12:41.40 TELL HIM THAT I WANT HIM TO ASSEMBLE AN ARMY." 00:12:41.40\00:12:45.40 THINK ABOUT IT--LET'S HAVE A REALITY CHECK--NO WEAPONS, 00:12:45.40\00:12:50.66 NO SWORDS, NO SPEARS, BUT IF GOD SAYS YOU CAN BE AN 00:12:50.66\00:12:55.30 ARMY; YOU CAN BE AN ARMY. 00:12:55.30\00:12:58.90 YOU MAY HAVE NOTHING BUT FAITH, BUT I TELL YOU 00:12:58.90\00:13:01.86 THAT FAITH IS A WEAPON. 00:13:01.86\00:13:04.06 OBEDIENCE IS A WEAPON. 00:13:04.06\00:13:06.70 "CALL BARAK, AND TELL HIM WHEN HE GETS HERE--WHEN BARAK SHOWS 00:13:06.70\00:13:10.90 UP WITH HIS LITTLE WALK, TELL HIM THAT I TOLD YOU TO TELL HIM, 00:13:10.90\00:13:16.10 "LET'S GET AN ARMY TOGETHER. 00:13:16.10\00:13:17.23 GIVE ME TEN THOUSAND, THAT'S ALL I NEED." 00:13:17.23\00:13:21.20 "YEAH, BUT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE NINE HUNDRED IRON CHARIOTS 00:13:21.20\00:13:26.06 HAVE MORE MEN WITH THEM." 00:13:26.06\00:13:27.50 WELL, GOD DOES NOT NEED TO EQUAL NUMBERS. 00:13:27.50\00:13:33.36 ONE PLUS GOD IS A MAJORITY. 00:13:33.36\00:13:44.16 I COULD TELL YOU STORIES IF WE HAD TIME. 00:13:44.16\00:13:46.16 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL COME AGAINST YOU NOT 00:13:46.16\00:13:48.76 UNDERSTANDING THAT IF GOD BE FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU ? 00:13:48.76\00:13:55.03 AND SO DEBORAH CALLS BARAK AND SAYS, "I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR 00:13:55.03\00:13:59.23 TRIBE AND WITH ONLY THOSE TWO LITTLE TRIBES, NAPHTALI AND 00:13:59.23\00:14:03.93 ZEBULUN, GET TEN THOUSAND MEN AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO." 00:14:03.93\00:14:08.36 HE SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE. 00:14:08.36\00:14:09.40 BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR WITH THIS, LET'S NOT 00:14:09.40\00:14:11.30 WASTE EACH OTHER'S TIME. 00:14:11.30\00:14:12.50 I DO, FROM TIME TO TIME, FIND THE WAY TO GO AND 00:14:12.50\00:14:16.20 ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN THINGS WITH A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED 00:14:16.20\00:14:20.63 BELIEVERS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING 00:14:20.63\00:14:23.40 ON A LARGER SCALE, NOW. 00:14:23.40\00:14:25.16 IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN WHAT I NEED FROM YOU, 00:14:25.16\00:14:28.16 DEBORAH, IS TO REPRESENT A CALL FROM GOD TO ACTION. 00:14:28.16\00:14:32.46 I DON'T HAVE THAT. 00:14:32.46\00:14:34.13 I AM A SOLDIER, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE IMPREMATA THAT YOU HAVE. 00:14:34.13\00:14:38.63 I DON'T CARRY WITH ME THE POWER OF GOD IN MY SIGNATURE, BUT YOU, 00:14:38.63\00:14:43.86 DEBORAH, REPRESENT GOD, SO IF YOU SAY THAT I CAN CALL TEN 00:14:43.86\00:14:48.83 THOUSAND MEN, THEN I WILL CALL THEM BECAUSE YOU SAID 00:14:48.83\00:14:52.56 GOD COMMANDED IT, AND GOD'S COMMAND WILL BE ENOUGH." 00:14:52.56\00:14:56.60 SHE SAID, "THEN LET IT BE DONE." 00:14:56.60\00:15:00.30 HE SAID, "WELL, YOU JUST SAID A WORD. 00:15:00.30\00:15:04.83 OKAY, NOW WHAT DO WE DO AFTER THAT ?" 00:15:04.83\00:15:07.73 SHE SAID, "I'M GOING TO TALK TO GOD"--AND YOU'VE GOT TO 00:15:07.73\00:15:10.50 LISTEN TO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE RIGHT NOW WORRIED 00:15:10.50\00:15:13.46 ABOUT AN ENEMY OF YOURS. 00:15:13.46\00:15:15.33 YOU'VE BEEN MAKING TOO MANY PHONE CALLS, HAVING TOO MANY 00:15:15.33\00:15:18.40 DISCUSSIONS TRYING TO DISCOVER HOW TO OVERCOME YOUR ENEMY, 00:15:18.40\00:15:23.40 WHEN THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ENEMY AND YOU ARE 00:15:23.40\00:15:26.70 ON GOD'S SIDE, THEN YOUR ENEMY IS GOD'S ENEMY, AND 00:15:26.70\00:15:31.83 GOD SAYS, "VENGEANCE IS MINE. 00:15:31.83\00:15:37.03 "SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON GOD'S SIDE, YOU CAN STOP ALL 00:15:37.03\00:15:40.63 THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING ABOUT YOUR ENEMIES, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE 00:15:40.63\00:15:45.26 GOD'S ENEMIES, HE'S GOT A PLAN AND IT'S ALWAYS STRATEGIC. 00:15:45.26\00:15:52.43 SO HE SAID, "HOW DO WE DO IT ?" 00:15:52.43\00:15:53.46 SHE SAID, "WELL, GOD IS GOING TO BRING YOUR ENEMY TO YOU." 00:15:53.46\00:16:01.00 "WELL, YOU FOLKS ARE SLOW; BECAUSE WHAT I JUST SAID 00:16:01.00\00:16:06.73 IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND YOUR ENEMIES. 00:16:06.73\00:16:11.83 GOD WILL PUT YOU IN A SUPERIOR POSITION AND THEN 00:16:11.83\00:16:17.30 BRING YOUR ENEMIES TO YOU." 00:16:17.30\00:16:21.00 HE SAID, "WELL, HOW DOES THAT WORK ?" 00:16:21.00\00:16:23.03 AND SHE SAID, "WELL, HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO GO. 00:16:23.03\00:16:24.83 YOU TAKE THE TEN THOUSAND MEN TO MT. TABOR. 00:16:24.83\00:16:28.16 YOU WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED POSITION SO THAT YOU WILL 00:16:28.16\00:16:30.60 LOOK DOWN ON YOUR ENEMIES." 00:16:30.60\00:16:33.53 "DEBORAH, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ANY GENERAL 00:16:33.53\00:16:36.96 WHO WOULD BRING HIS ARMY INTO THAT INFERIOR POSITION." 00:16:36.96\00:16:41.46 "WELL, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW GOD. 00:16:41.46\00:16:44.46 BECAUSE GOD CAN MAKE YOUR ENEMIES COME TO A SERVILE 00:16:44.46\00:16:48.23 POSITION IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE YOU ARE. 00:16:48.23\00:16:51.06 THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES. 00:16:51.06\00:16:53.60 SO TAKE THEM TO MT. TABOR, AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU DON'T 00:16:53.60\00:16:57.80 HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE WILL CAUSE YEBIN AND SISSERA TO BRING THEIR 00:16:57.80\00:17:04.56 WHOLE ARMY UNDERNEATH YOU AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNT. 00:17:04.56\00:17:11.06 HERE'S THE THING--ARE YOU READY TO DO IT ?" 00:17:11.06\00:17:13.80 HE SAID, "WELL, DEBORAH, I'M READY TO DO IT, BUT 00:17:13.80\00:17:16.33 I CAN'T GO WITHOUT YOU." 00:17:16.33\00:17:18.80 THIS IS A GOOD SPOT IN THIS SERMON, BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO 00:17:18.80\00:17:23.96 MANY PLACES, EVEN IN CHURCHES, WHERE MEN AND WOMEN DON'T 00:17:23.96\00:17:26.36 UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK TOGETHER. 00:17:26.36\00:17:29.96 THERE ARE TOO MANY MEN WORRIED ABOUT WOMEN TAKING OVER; TOO 00:17:29.96\00:17:34.73 MANY MEN WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN; TOO MUCH 00:17:34.73\00:17:38.46 TENSION BETWEEN THE GENDERS. 00:17:38.46\00:17:42.76 IF GOD IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE, THEN REGARDLESS OF THE AGENDA, 00:17:42.76\00:17:48.33 IF YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH HIM, GOD MAKES YOU A PLACE. 00:17:48.33\00:17:51.90 I DID A STUDY FOR A SERMON LONG AGO AND I DISCOVERED THAT THE 00:17:51.90\00:17:55.80 MAGNETIC POWER OF THE SUN KEEPS EVERY OTHER CELESTIAL 00:17:55.80\00:18:00.33 BODY IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 00:18:00.33\00:18:04.23 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY TAKING YOUR PLACE IN 00:18:04.23\00:18:07.53 CHRIST, IF THE S-U-N, WHICH HAS LESS POWER THAN THE S-O-N, IF 00:18:07.53\00:18:15.10 THE SON PUTS YOU IN YOUR PLACE, NOBODY CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. 00:18:15.10\00:18:22.33 THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OF THE S-U-N PUTS ALL OF THOSE 00:18:22.33\00:18:27.16 CELESTIAL BODIES IN THEIR PLACE, AND LOCKS THEM THERE. 00:18:27.16\00:18:31.30 THEY MAY ORBIT, BUT THEY ORBIT WHERE THE SUN SAYS ORBIT. 00:18:31.30\00:18:35.30 AND I TELL YOU THAT IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU MAY MOVE AROUND, 00:18:35.30\00:18:38.66 BUT YOU'LL MOVE WHERE JESUS SAYS MOVE, AND THERE ARE 00:18:38.66\00:18:41.60 NO COLLISIONS IN CHRIST. 00:18:41.60\00:18:46.36 THE ONLY CELESTIAL BODIES THAT SHOOT AROUND MESSING UP ARE 00:18:46.36\00:18:49.53 SHOOTING STARS THAT MAY BURN OUT IN THEIR OWN HEAT, SO IF 00:18:49.53\00:18:52.90 SOMEBODY KEEPS BOUNCING IN YOUR FACE, OUT OF PLACE, JUST LET 00:18:52.90\00:18:56.96 THEM KEEP ON BURNING AND THEY'LL BURN THEMSELVES OUT. 00:18:56.96\00:19:02.00 SO BARAK DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF--"LET ME JUST TELL 00:19:05.36\00:19:09.83 YOU WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO, BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO COME, YOU WILL 00:19:09.83\00:19:13.83 ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL, BUT YOU WON'T GET CREDIT FOR IT. 00:19:13.83\00:19:18.23 THE CREDIT WILL GO TO A WOMAN." 00:19:18.23\00:19:19.66 LET'S PAUSE HERE A MOMENT--IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER REALITY CHECK. 00:19:19.66\00:19:22.60 THE REASON WHY CHURCHES CAN'T GET THINGS DONE IS 00:19:23.76\00:19:27.40 BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT CREDIT. 00:19:27.40\00:19:30.56 WHO'S GOING TO GET THE PLAQUE ? 00:19:30.56\00:19:33.73 WHO'S GOING TO GET THE FLOWERS ? 00:19:33.73\00:19:35.93 WHO'S GOING TO GET THE RECOGNITION ? 00:19:35.93\00:19:38.03 I WISH WE COULD STOP FOR 10 MINUTES WORRYING ABOUT 00:19:38.03\00:19:40.83 WHO'S GOING TO GET THE CREDIT, AND GET SOMETHING 00:19:40.83\00:19:42.83 DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:19:42.83\00:19:45.80 BARAK SAYS, "I DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT--WHAT I NEED 00:19:45.80\00:19:48.70 YOU FOR, DEBORAH, I NEED YOU TO REPRESENT JESUS; I NEED 00:19:48.70\00:19:52.93 YOU TO REPRESENT THE HEAD." 00:19:52.93\00:19:54.76 BROTHERS YOU GOT TO LISTEN--MAY HURT YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR 00:19:54.76\00:19:56.96 IT--"YOU, DEBORAH, WILL BE THE HEAD; I'M GOING TO BE THE HAND." 00:19:56.96\00:20:07.60 SOME BROTHER HAS ALREADY KICKED IN HIS TELEVISION SET. 00:20:07.60\00:20:11.30 HE WILL NOT SEE THE END OF MY SERMON. 00:20:11.30\00:20:15.73 BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS--IF GOD DESIGNATES A WOMAN TO 00:20:15.73\00:20:19.76 BE HEAD; LET HER BE HEAD. 00:20:19.76\00:20:23.70 IF GOD DESIGNATES A BROTHER TO BE HAND; LET HIM BE HAND. 00:20:23.70\00:20:28.03 IF GOD SAYS IT, IT'LL FLY. 00:20:28.03\00:20:31.66 SO BARAK SAYS, "SO YOU COME GO WITH ME." 00:20:31.66\00:20:35.10 AND SHE SAYS, "WELL, I WILL." 00:20:35.10\00:20:36.33 NOW THINK ABOUT IT. 00:20:36.33\00:20:37.83 A WOMAN HAS NO PLACE IN BATTLE, BUT NO, LISTEN TO ME, PASTORS, 00:20:37.83\00:20:42.70 NO RELIGIOUS LEADER SHOULD SEND ANYONE TO A PLACE THAT THEY ARE 00:20:42.70\00:20:47.33 NOT WILLING TO GO THEMSELVES. 00:20:47.33\00:20:51.70 WHY, I EVEN GOT QUIET IN THE ROOM ON THAT. 00:20:51.70\00:20:56.40 SHE SAYS, "LET'S GO." 00:20:56.40\00:20:58.13 SHE SAYS, "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE CREDIT." 00:20:58.13\00:21:00.13 HE SAYS, "I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT CREDIT, LET'S GET IT DONE." 00:21:00.13\00:21:03.53 NOW DEBORAH, WITH BARAK AND TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS BEGAN 00:21:03.53\00:21:09.03 TO MARCH TO MT. TABOR. 00:21:09.03\00:21:11.36 AS MARCHING TO MT. TABOR, THEY PASS BY A PLACE 00:21:11.36\00:21:14.36 INHABITED BY THE KINITES. 00:21:14.36\00:21:18.73 KINITES ARE SOME INTERESTING PEOPLE. 00:21:18.73\00:21:21.10 THEY ARE DESCENDANTS OF JETHRO, THE FATHER-IN-LAW OF MOSES. 00:21:21.10\00:21:25.90 PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE TRUE GOD, BUT THEY ARE ALSO IN A FRIENDLY 00:21:25.90\00:21:31.56 RELATIONSHIP WITH YABIN. 00:21:31.56\00:21:35.83 SO THEY HAVE A DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP THAT WE COULD 00:21:35.83\00:21:39.50 DESCRIBE AS DETENTE. 00:21:39.50\00:21:42.76 SO THE KINITES LOVE THE TRUE GOD, BUT THEY GET ALONG 00:21:42.76\00:21:46.66 WITH THESE CANAANITES. 00:21:46.66\00:21:50.36 AND AS BARAK AND DEBORAH MARCH TO MT. TABOR, THERE IS A KINITE 00:21:50.36\00:21:56.86 WHO SEES WHAT'S GOING ON--HEBA. 00:21:56.86\00:22:01.40 AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THERE WAS GOSSIP BACK IN THERE; 00:22:01.40\00:22:04.03 I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT, BUT I'LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR 00:22:04.03\00:22:07.53 YOU--HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. 00:22:07.53\00:22:10.53 WHEN HEBA SAW DEBORAH AND BARAK WITH TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS, HE 00:22:10.53\00:22:18.20 SAID, "YOU KNOW I WONDER IF SISSERA KNOWS ABOUT THIS ?" 00:22:18.20\00:22:25.73 SO HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE NEAR SISSERA. 00:22:25.73\00:22:29.43 "SISSERA, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHO TOLD 00:22:29.43\00:22:34.30 YOU THIS, BUT THE OTHER DAY I SAW SOMETHING REAL STRANGE. 00:22:34.30\00:22:42.03 YOU KNOW, NORMALLY, SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KIND 00:22:42.03\00:22:44.16 OF OPPRESSING EVERYBODY, YOU CAN HARDLY FIND 00:22:44.16\00:22:47.03 ISRAELITES IN PUBLIC. 00:22:47.03\00:22:49.13 WELL GUESS WHAT I SAW THE OTHER DAY ? 00:22:49.13\00:22:51.06 I SAW TEN THOUSAND ISRAELITES MARCHING UP TO THE 00:22:51.06\00:22:56.83 TOP OF MT. TABOR. 00:22:56.83\00:23:00.20 I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, BUT DON'T TELL 00:23:00.20\00:23:02.33 ANYBODY WHO TOLD YOU." 00:23:02.33\00:23:04.90 HE SAID, "ARE YOU SURE YOU SAW THAT ?" 00:23:04.90\00:23:06.70 "I SAW IT WITH THESE EYES. 00:23:06.70\00:23:11.20 I DON'T KNOW IF IT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT I JUST 00:23:11.20\00:23:14.73 THOUGHT I WOULD PASS IT ALONG FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH." 00:23:14.73\00:23:18.00 WELL, SISSERA SAYS, "OKAY, THEN. 00:23:18.00\00:23:20.93 SO THESE GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED A BACKBONE; THEY'RE GOING TO 00:23:20.93\00:23:24.56 GO AND MARCH SOMEWHERE. 00:23:24.56\00:23:26.73 SO I TELL YOU WHAT LET'S DO. 00:23:26.73\00:23:27.83 IT'S TIME TO ROLL OUT THE IRON CHARIOTS, SO GO AND GET THEM 00:23:27.83\00:23:32.20 GLISTENING AS MUCH AS IRON CAN." 00:23:32.20\00:23:35.46 THEY PULLED TOGETHER ALL OF THEIR ARMAMENTS.& 00:23:35.46\00:23:38.03 THEY PULLED TOGETHER THEIR MEN AND MATERIAL AND HE SAID, "IF 00:23:38.03\00:23:41.26 THEY CAN MARCH TO MT. TABOR, THEN WE WILL GO TO ACCOMPANY 00:23:41.26\00:23:45.50 THEM, FOR THEY MUST BE UP TO SOME MISCHIEF." 00:23:45.50\00:23:49.50 AND THESE SOLDIERS WITH THEIR POWERFUL CHARIOTS ROLLED ON 00:23:49.50\00:23:54.43 THE SAME ON THE SAME PATH AND END UP AT THE BASE OF BASE OF 00:23:54.43\00:23:57.86 MT. TABOR, AND I'M TELLING YOU NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS 00:23:57.86\00:24:01.60 BECAUSE IF GOD IS IN YOUR LIFE, IF YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH 00:24:01.60\00:24:05.83 GOD, YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN FOR YOU. 00:24:05.83\00:24:11.13 SO NOW DEBORAH AND BARAK, WITH TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS, 00:24:11.13\00:24:15.93 LOOKED DOWN AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND BARAK SAYS 00:24:15.93\00:24:20.16 TO DEBORAH, "YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, DIDN'T YOU. 00:24:20.16\00:24:24.06 I'M NOT SAYING I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU, BUT I'M GOING 00:24:24.06\00:24:26.23 TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:24:26.23\00:24:28.33 THAT'S SOME HARD STUFF TO BELIEVE. 00:24:28.33\00:24:31.00 WE'RE UP HERE AND THEY'RE DOWN THERE. 00:24:31.00\00:24:34.26 I THOUGHT WE COULD NEVER BEAT THEM. 00:24:34.26\00:24:36.23 HERE WE ARE HIGH AND THEY ARE LOW. 00:24:36.23\00:24:39.63 THIS IS AMAZING. 00:24:39.63\00:24:41.63 WHAT DO YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO DO NEXT ?" 00:24:41.63\00:24:43.43 SHE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT DO WE DO NEXT ?' 00:24:43.43\00:24:46.26 WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS MOUNTAIN AND TAKE OUT OUR ENEMY. 00:24:46.26\00:24:50.96 GOD WILL BE FOR US." 00:24:50.96\00:24:53.70 IN FACT THERE CAME A MOMENT JOSEPHUS SAID, WHEN FEAR WENT 00:24:53.70\00:24:59.80 THROUGH THE TEN THOUSAND; WHEN FEAR EVEN TUGGED AT BARAK, AND 00:24:59.80\00:25:07.10 HE STARTED TO THINK--MAYBE I SHOULD GO AND FIND A 00:25:07.10\00:25:09.53 HIDING PLACE UP HERE. 00:25:09.53\00:25:12.40 BUT DEBORAH SAID TO HIM, "HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY--KNOW 00:25:12.40\00:25:16.53 WHO'S WITH US ? 00:25:16.53\00:25:18.20 DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO GO TO THE MOUNTAIN AND WE'RE UP HERE ? 00:25:18.20\00:25:20.83 "YEAH." 00:25:20.83\00:25:21.63 "DIDN'T I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO DRAW BY GOD'S 00:25:21.63\00:25:24.16 POWER OUR ENEMY TO US ?" 00:25:24.16\00:25:26.30 "YEAH." 00:25:26.30\00:25:27.40 "DIDN'T IT HAPPEN JUST LIKE GOD PROMISED ?" 00:25:27.40\00:25:29.46 "YEAH." 00:25:29.46\00:25:30.43 "WELL, THAT SAME GOD WHO DREW THEM TO US SAYS 00:25:30.43\00:25:32.86 GO DOWN AND GET 'EM." 00:25:32.86\00:25:36.20 INCIDENTALLY, THERE ARE SOME TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU 00:25:36.20\00:25:38.13 JUST GOT TO TRUST GOD. 00:25:38.13\00:25:40.90 YOU JUST GOT TO DO WHAT HE SAYS. 00:25:40.90\00:25:42.93 AND SO BARAK PULLS TOGETHER HIS COURAGE AND HE MAKES THE 00:25:42.93\00:25:47.46 COMMAND AND THEY BEGIN TO MARCH WITH NO WEAPONS DOWN 00:25:47.46\00:25:52.96 TO FACE THE IRON CHARIOTS. . ." 00:25:52.96\00:25:56.16 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN PASTOR PEARSON'S 00:25:56.16\00:25:58.50 MESSAGE CONTINUES. 00:25:58.50\00:25:59.50 Announcer: WE'D ALL LIKE TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES, BUT 00:26:04.30\00:26:06.26 DOING SO AND MAINTAINING IT AREN'T ALWAYS SO EASY. 00:26:06.26\00:26:08.33 IT'S HARD WHEN THE FOODS WE LOVE ARE ALSO THE FOODS THAT 00:26:08.33\00:26:11.00 CAN HURT US THE MOST, AND WHEN IT'S EASIER TO WATCH TV 00:26:11.00\00:26:13.83 THAN IT IS TO EXERCISE. 00:26:13.83\00:26:15.26 WHAT WE NEED ARE STRAIGHT ANSWERS AND SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:26:15.26\00:26:17.86 THE BREATH OF LIFE GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK IS DR. 00:26:17.86\00:26:19.83 ARNOTT'S 24 REALISTIC WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH. 00:26:19.83\00:26:23.03 FIND OUT HOW TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT WAY, HOW WATER CAN HELP 00:26:23.03\00:26:25.60 YOUR HEART, AND WHY EATING NUTS AND SEEDS DAILY IS SO IMPORTANT. 00:26:25.60\00:26:29.36 DISCOVER HOW TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCE YOUR 00:26:29.36\00:26:31.70 RISK OF CANCER, AND ABOUT LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT LAST. 00:26:31.70\00:26:35.30 DR. 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