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Absalom.<00:19:17.980><c> And</c><00:19:18.099><c> David</c><00:19:18.339><c> said</c><00:19:18.480><c> to</c><00:19:18.680><c> all</c><00:19:18.759><c> his</c><00:19:18.920><c> servants</c><00:19:19.140><c> who</c><00:19:19.339><c> were</c>

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regain<00:26:26.380><c> your</c><00:26:26.759><c> sight</c><00:26:27.079><c> and</c><00:26:27.440><c> be</c><00:26:27.680><c> filled</c><00:26:27.880><c> with</c><00:26:28.039><c> the</c><00:26:28.259><c> Holy</c><00:26:28.539><c> Spirit.</c>

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Did<00:28:10.819><c> you</c><00:28:11.019><c> embrace</c><00:28:11.420><c> it?</c><00:28:12.619><c> Did</c><00:28:12.759><c> you</c><00:28:12.960><c> say</c><00:28:13.160><c> I</c><00:28:13.480><c> am</c><00:28:13.720><c> available?</c><00:28:15.140><c> Or</c><00:28:15.279><c> are</c><00:28:15.420><c> you</c><00:28:15.519><c> like</c><00:28:15.759><c> me</c>

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and<00:28:17.140><c> making</c><00:28:17.339><c> excuses?</c>

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During<00:28:21.440><c> the</c><00:28:21.700><c> announcements,</c><00:28:22.099><c> we</c><00:28:22.299><c> just</c><00:28:22.519><c> had</c><00:28:22.720><c> a</c><00:28:22.960><c> call</c><00:28:23.079><c> to</c><00:28:23.359><c> action.</c><00:28:24.480><c> 8</c><00:28:24.799><c>,000</c>

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Christodolphians,<00:28:26.240><c> brothers</c><00:28:26.400><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:28:27.920><c> are</c><00:28:28.119><c> in</c><00:28:28.359><c> need,</c><00:28:29.660><c> dire</c><00:28:29.799><c> need</c><00:28:30.119><c> of</c><00:28:30.279><c> our</c><00:28:30.480><c> help.</c><00:28:32.200><c> We</c><00:28:32.480><c> think</c>

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a<00:28:32.920><c> snow</c><00:28:33.099><c> day</c><00:28:33.240><c> makes</c><00:28:33.480><c> it</c><00:28:33.700><c> tough.</c>

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This<00:28:36.859><c> is</c><00:28:37.160><c> flooding</c><00:28:37.380><c> that</c><00:28:37.660><c> is</c><00:28:39.900><c> displacing</c><00:28:41.440><c> countless</c><00:28:42.559><c> people,</c>

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three<00:28:44.299><c>-year</c><00:28:44.460><c>-olds</c><00:28:44.599><c> being</c><00:28:44.900><c> lost</c><00:28:45.599><c> in</c><00:28:46.599><c> these</c>

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camps<00:28:47.220><c> as</c><00:28:47.359><c> they're</c><00:28:47.579><c> trying</c><00:28:47.859><c> to</c><00:28:48.220><c> seek</c><00:28:48.460><c> refuge.</c><00:28:49.880><c> This</c><00:28:50.140><c> is</c><00:28:50.420><c> trial</c>

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like<00:28:50.940><c> we</c><00:28:51.180><c> don't</c><00:28:51.420><c> even</c><00:28:51.740><c> understand.</c>

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But<00:28:58.519><c> we</c><00:28:58.700><c> find</c><00:28:58.940><c> a</c><00:28:59.059><c> way</c><00:28:59.119><c> to</c><00:28:59.279><c> make</c><00:28:59.400><c> an</c><00:28:59.619><c> excuse,</c><00:28:59.960><c> right?</c><00:29:00.859><c> But</c><00:29:01.119><c> we</c><00:29:01.359><c> have</c><00:29:01.640><c> these</c><00:29:01.940><c> biblical</c><00:29:02.420><c> champions</c><00:29:03.059><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> faith.</c>

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To<00:29:04.819><c> look</c><00:29:05.059><c> to</c><00:29:05.220><c> for</c><00:29:05.460><c> exhortation.</c>

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There's<00:29:09.480><c> some</c><00:29:09.960><c> who</c><00:29:10.440><c> might</c><00:29:10.680><c> say,</c><00:29:11.200><c> you</c><00:29:11.279><c> know,</c><00:29:11.640><c> I'm</c><00:29:12.380><c> just</c><00:29:12.579><c> too</c><00:29:12.880><c> old.</c><00:29:14.660><c> Abraham</c><00:29:15.160><c> was</c><00:29:15.900><c> over</c><00:29:16.440><c> 100</c><00:29:16.900><c> years</c><00:29:17.299><c> old</c><00:29:17.460><c> when</c><00:29:17.619><c> he</c><00:29:17.859><c> said,</c>

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here<00:29:18.559><c> I</c><00:29:18.859><c> am.</c><00:29:19.440><c> And</c><00:29:19.700><c> Jacob</c><00:29:19.920><c> wasn't</c><00:29:20.200><c> too</c><00:29:20.500><c> far</c><00:29:20.740><c> off</c><00:29:20.980><c> either</c><00:29:21.359><c> when</c>

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he<00:29:22.000><c> went</c><00:29:22.240><c> to</c><00:29:22.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:29:26.240><c> maybe</c><00:29:26.640><c> you</c><00:29:27.039><c> shouldn't</c><00:29:27.319><c> be</c><00:29:27.839><c> shoveling</c><00:29:28.339><c> the</c><00:29:28.539><c> steps,</c><00:29:29.079><c> but</c><00:29:29.279><c> you</c><00:29:29.400><c> can</c><00:29:29.599><c> still</c><00:29:29.779><c> become</c><00:29:30.039><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:29:30.720><c> mentor</c><00:29:31.539><c> to</c>

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younger<00:29:32.420><c> brother</c><00:29:32.799><c> or</c><00:29:33.019><c> sister.</c><00:29:34.900><c> Some</c><00:29:35.079><c> might</c><00:29:35.259><c> say</c><00:29:35.500><c> conversely,</c>

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I'm<00:29:36.819><c> too</c><00:29:37.160><c> young.</c>

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Josephus<00:29:41.220><c> claims</c><00:29:41.660><c> that</c><00:29:42.680><c> Samuel</c><00:29:43.079><c> was</c><00:29:43.500><c> 12</c><00:29:43.859><c> years</c><00:29:44.160><c> old</c><00:29:44.900><c> when</c><00:29:45.420><c> he</c>

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answered<00:29:45.859><c> the</c><00:29:46.119><c> call</c><00:29:46.619><c> from</c><00:29:47.500><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:47.819><c> here</c><00:29:48.059><c> I</c><00:29:48.339><c> am.</c>

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So<00:29:50.920><c> maybe</c><00:29:51.359><c> there's</c><00:29:52.319><c> some</c><00:29:52.519><c> friends</c><00:29:52.740><c> out</c><00:29:53.059><c> there</c><00:29:53.319><c> that,</c><00:29:54.500><c> you</c><00:29:54.640><c> know,</c><00:29:54.720><c> I</c>

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still<00:29:55.079><c> don't</c><00:29:55.259><c> feel</c><00:29:55.460><c> comfortable</c><00:29:55.880><c> enough</c><00:29:56.259><c> yet.</c>

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I<00:29:56.680><c> don't</c><00:29:56.960><c> feel</c><00:29:57.119><c> mature</c><00:29:57.480><c> enough</c><00:29:57.700><c> yet</c><00:29:57.859><c> to</c><00:29:57.980><c> get</c><00:29:58.220><c> baptized.</c>

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I<00:30:00.779><c> don't</c><00:30:01.259><c> quite</c><00:30:01.619><c> feel</c><00:30:01.839><c> comfortable</c><00:30:02.160><c> yet</c><00:30:02.319><c> to</c><00:30:02.599><c> speak.</c><00:30:02.740><c> That's</c><00:30:03.059><c> fair.</c><00:30:04.480><c> You</c><00:30:04.640><c> can</c><00:30:04.759><c> still</c><00:30:04.900><c> pick</c><00:30:05.039><c> up</c><00:30:05.220><c> a</c><00:30:05.400><c> shovel.</c>

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With<00:30:06.740><c> all</c><00:30:06.900><c> due</c><00:30:07.059><c> respect</c><00:30:07.380><c> to</c><00:30:07.599><c> our</c><00:30:07.960><c> snow</c><00:30:08.240><c> shoveling</c><00:30:08.720><c> crew,</c><00:30:09.799><c> they're</c><00:30:10.000><c> getting</c><00:30:10.220><c> kind</c>

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of<00:30:10.619><c> tenured.</c><00:30:11.059><c> If</c><00:30:11.180><c> you</c><00:30:11.339><c> noticed</c>

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last<00:30:12.380><c> Sunday,</c><00:30:12.900><c> they</c><00:30:12.900><c> were</c><00:30:12.960><c> kind</c><00:30:13.240><c> of,</c><00:30:14.000><c> there</c><00:30:14.140><c> was</c><00:30:15.660><c> some</c><00:30:15.880><c> tough</c>

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walking<00:30:16.480><c> around.</c>

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That's<00:30:20.019><c> a</c><00:30:20.180><c> call</c><00:30:20.279><c> to</c><00:30:20.519><c> action</c><00:30:20.799><c> for</c><00:30:21.000><c> us</c><00:30:21.180><c> young</c><00:30:21.380><c> people.</c>

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Well,<00:30:27.299><c> you</c><00:30:27.559><c> see,</c><00:30:27.680><c> I</c><00:30:27.740><c> can't</c><00:30:28.119><c> speak</c><00:30:28.440><c> well.</c><00:30:29.420><c> I</c><00:30:29.660><c> can't</c><00:30:30.079><c> serve</c><00:30:30.559><c> from</c>

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the<00:30:31.180><c> platform.</c><00:30:32.640><c> Well,</c><00:30:32.799><c> that's</c><00:30:33.140><c> exactly</c><00:30:33.559><c> what</c>

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Moses<00:30:34.160><c> said</c><00:30:34.460><c> too</c><00:30:34.700><c> when</c><00:30:34.819><c> he</c><00:30:35.000><c> was</c><00:30:35.240><c> called</c><00:30:35.380><c> to</c><00:30:35.619><c> action.</c><00:30:38.119><c> He</c><00:30:38.259><c> made</c>

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some<00:30:38.759><c> objections.</c><00:30:40.579><c> Granted,</c><00:30:41.579><c> but</c><00:30:41.779><c> God</c><00:30:41.980><c> provided</c>

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him<00:30:42.599><c> his</c><00:30:42.759><c> brother</c><00:30:42.980><c> Aaron.</c><00:30:43.859><c> He</c><00:30:43.859><c> said,</c><00:30:44.279><c> Aaron</c><00:30:44.460><c> will</c><00:30:44.720><c> speak</c><00:30:44.900><c> for</c>

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you.<00:30:45.640><c> I</c><00:30:46.019><c> need</c><00:30:46.319><c> a</c><00:30:46.640><c> leader.</c><00:30:47.940><c> Leaders</c><00:30:48.220><c> do</c><00:30:48.480><c> not</c><00:30:48.660><c> have</c><00:30:48.799><c> to</c><00:30:49.000><c> be</c><00:30:49.180><c> up</c><00:30:49.519><c> here.</c>

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Well,<00:30:54.759><c> I'm</c><00:30:54.759><c> not</c><00:30:55.000><c> in</c><00:30:55.140><c> the</c><00:30:55.200><c> right</c><00:30:55.420><c> place</c><00:30:55.720><c> in</c><00:30:55.920><c> my</c><00:30:56.160><c> life.</c><00:30:56.579><c> I</c><00:30:56.700><c> can't</c>

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answer<00:30:57.180><c> the</c><00:30:57.420><c> call.</c><00:30:57.799><c> I'm</c><00:30:58.019><c> not</c><00:30:58.279><c> in</c><00:30:58.420><c> a</c><00:30:58.440><c> good</c><00:30:58.660><c> spot</c>

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professionally,<00:31:00.579><c> physically.</c><00:31:02.160><c> Well,</c><00:31:02.400><c> move.</c><00:31:04.299><c> Jacob</c><00:31:04.579><c> had</c><00:31:04.799><c> to</c>

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relocate<00:31:05.819><c> his</c><00:31:06.000><c> entire</c><00:31:06.480><c> family,</c><00:31:07.339><c> herds</c><00:31:07.559><c> of</c><00:31:07.779><c> livestock,</c>

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to<00:31:08.440><c> where</c><00:31:08.559><c> God</c><00:31:08.779><c> wanted</c><00:31:09.019><c> them</c><00:31:09.240><c> to</c><00:31:09.440><c> be,</c><00:31:10.079><c> the</c><00:31:10.339><c> promised</c><00:31:10.599><c> land.</c><00:31:11.099><c> Oh,</c><00:31:11.519><c> and</c><00:31:11.700><c> then</c><00:31:11.819><c> in</c>

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his<00:31:12.079><c> old</c><00:31:12.339><c> age,</c><00:31:12.680><c> he</c><00:31:12.839><c> had</c><00:31:13.039><c> to</c><00:31:13.220><c> move</c><00:31:13.380><c> again.</c>

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If<00:31:17.000><c> there's</c><00:31:17.640><c> a</c><00:31:17.700><c> profession,</c><00:31:18.599><c> if</c><00:31:18.799><c> there</c><00:31:19.160><c> is</c><00:31:19.759><c> a</c><00:31:19.759><c> relationship,</c>

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something<00:31:20.680><c> that's</c><00:31:21.000><c> avoiding</c><00:31:21.200><c> us</c><00:31:21.380><c> from</c><00:31:21.599><c> answering</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c><00:31:22.119><c> call,</c>

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then<00:31:24.440><c> we</c><00:31:24.680><c> have</c><00:31:24.940><c> to</c><00:31:25.220><c> make</c><00:31:25.519><c> these</c><00:31:25.839><c> adjustments</c><00:31:26.299><c> in</c><00:31:26.559><c> our</c><00:31:26.759><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:31:30.680><c> not</c><00:31:30.920><c> that.</c><00:31:31.960><c> I'm</c><00:31:32.160><c> just,</c><00:31:33.740><c> I'm</c><00:31:34.140><c> in</c><00:31:34.319><c> a</c><00:31:34.440><c> low</c><00:31:34.619><c> place</c><00:31:35.400><c> spiritually</c><00:31:36.259><c> in</c><00:31:37.680><c> my</c><00:31:37.920><c> life</c>

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that<00:31:41.619><c> I</c><00:31:41.759><c> can</c><00:31:41.920><c> resonate</c><00:31:42.299><c> with.</c>

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You<00:31:45.500><c> know</c><00:31:45.579><c> who</c><00:31:45.700><c> else</c><00:31:45.900><c> can</c><00:31:46.160><c> too?</c><00:31:47.059><c> King</c><00:31:47.259><c> David.</c><00:31:48.559><c> As</c><00:31:48.740><c> he's</c><00:31:49.099><c> climbing</c><00:31:49.579><c> the</c><00:31:50.160><c> Mount</c><00:31:50.380><c> of</c>

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Olives,<00:31:52.119><c> weeping</c><00:31:52.559><c> as</c><00:31:53.380><c> he</c><00:31:53.720><c> flees</c>

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his<00:31:54.299><c> own</c><00:31:54.680><c> son</c><00:31:55.039><c> Absalom,</c><00:31:58.279><c> David</c><00:31:58.640><c> shows</c><00:31:59.460><c> that</c><00:32:01.519><c> faith</c><00:32:01.859><c> is</c><00:32:02.180><c> kinetic.</c><00:32:05.079><c> Sometimes</c><00:32:05.460><c> it</c><00:32:05.660><c> takes</c><00:32:05.900><c> just</c><00:32:06.539><c> looking</c><00:32:06.779><c> out</c><00:32:07.119><c> for</c>

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someone<00:32:07.559><c> else</c><00:32:08.099><c> and</c><00:32:08.480><c> helping</c><00:32:08.700><c> them</c><00:32:09.299><c> and</c><00:32:09.720><c> you</c><00:32:09.920><c> somehow</c><00:32:10.319><c> feel</c>

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better<00:32:11.299><c> with</c><00:32:12.160><c> your</c><00:32:12.380><c> own</c><00:32:12.539><c> spiritual</c><00:32:12.940><c> well</c><00:32:13.200><c>-being.</c>

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All<00:32:17.039><c> right,</c><00:32:17.180><c> fair</c><00:32:17.380><c> enough,</c><00:32:17.819><c> but</c><00:32:18.599><c> it's</c><00:32:19.299><c> challenging.</c><00:32:20.259><c> It</c><00:32:20.380><c> might</c><00:32:20.539><c> be</c>

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risky.<00:32:21.960><c> Well,</c><00:32:22.119><c> look</c><00:32:22.279><c> to</c><00:32:22.480><c> Ananias.</c>

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You<00:32:24.140><c> want</c><00:32:24.200><c> to</c><00:32:24.299><c> talk</c><00:32:24.400><c> about</c><00:32:24.539><c> risky?</c><00:32:25.359><c> He</c><00:32:26.000><c> extended</c><00:32:26.680><c> the</c><00:32:28.700><c> right</c>

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hand<00:32:29.119><c> of</c><00:32:29.339><c> fellowship,</c><00:32:30.599><c> Brother</c><00:32:31.240><c> Saul,</c>

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to<00:32:32.579><c> the</c><00:32:32.720><c> same</c><00:32:33.079><c> man</c><00:32:33.400><c> that</c><00:32:33.720><c> had</c><00:32:34.039><c> documents</c><00:32:34.700><c> to</c><00:32:35.119><c> put</c><00:32:35.359><c> him</c><00:32:35.579><c> in</c><00:32:35.839><c> jail.</c>

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or<00:32:44.920><c> sometimes</c><00:32:45.240><c> availability,</c>

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here<00:32:51.019><c> I</c><00:32:51.220><c> am,</c><00:32:51.359><c> there's</c><00:32:51.660><c> a</c><00:32:51.880><c> challenge</c><00:32:52.599><c> spiritually,</c><00:32:53.920><c> physically,</c><00:32:55.960><c> but</c><00:32:56.099><c> God</c>

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sees<00:32:56.579><c> us</c><00:32:56.799><c> through</c><00:32:57.039><c> it</c>

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and<00:32:58.619><c> he</c><00:32:58.799><c> helps</c><00:32:59.180><c> every</c><00:32:59.779><c> single</c><00:33:00.180><c> champion</c><00:33:00.500><c> of</c><00:33:00.700><c> faith</c><00:33:00.960><c> to</c><00:33:01.440><c> produce</c><00:33:01.740><c> a</c>

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favorable<00:33:02.460><c> providential</c><00:33:03.119><c> result.</c>

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missing?<00:33:11.440><c> What</c><00:33:11.740><c> action,</c><00:33:13.059><c> what</c><00:33:13.599><c> service</c><00:33:14.259><c> have</c>

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table<00:33:32.059><c> to</c><00:33:34.559><c> relieve</c><00:33:34.940><c> these</c><00:33:35.279><c> burdens.</c>

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in<00:33:47.780><c> his</c><00:33:48.380><c> burial</c><00:33:48.839><c> for</c><00:33:49.980><c> three</c><00:33:50.279><c> days,</c><00:33:51.259><c> similar</c><00:33:51.640><c> to</c><00:33:51.839><c> how</c><00:33:52.079><c> Saul</c><00:33:52.420><c> was</c>

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burden<00:34:09.679><c> of</c><00:34:11.059><c> sacrificing</c><00:34:11.619><c> his</c><00:34:11.860><c> beloved</c><00:34:12.099><c> son.</c>

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through<00:34:25.139><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:34:46.460><c> came</c><00:34:46.699><c> not</c><00:34:47.000><c> of</c><00:34:47.139><c> my</c><00:34:47.360><c> own</c><00:34:47.539><c> accord,</c><00:34:47.900><c> but</c><00:34:48.800><c> he</c><00:34:50.039><c> sent</c><00:34:50.460><c> me.</c>