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All right. We are talking today. I started this morning in the first service about the three

parables that are found in Matthew chapter 25. And they are the parable of the ten virgins,

the five wise and the five foolish.

We found out this morning that the five that were foolish were foolish because they didn't do anything extra.

The wise ones took their lamps, but they took extra oil just in case they had to wait a little longer than they thought they would.

Made a couple of good points about even why people are late.

They don't, they plan for perfection.

They don't plan for anything to happen that could delay them.

And so we need to be prepared.

We need to be planned.

And we're living in very difficult times right now where we need to,

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