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passing<00:11:38.659><c> score.</c>

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our<00:13:37.539><c> troubling</c><00:13:37.840><c> minds.</c>

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he<00:14:00.019><c> provided.</c>

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our<00:14:05.600><c> house,</c>

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so<00:16:35.860><c> that</c><00:16:36.019><c> we</c><00:16:36.159><c> may</c><00:16:36.279><c> be</c><00:16:36.539><c> blessed</c><00:16:36.940><c> with</c><00:16:37.419><c> the</c><00:16:37.600><c> crown</c><00:16:37.700><c> of</c><00:16:37.940><c> life.</c><00:16:38.860><c> Amen.</c>