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Sarah's<00:11:54.279><c> gonna</c><00:11:54.480><c> have</c><00:11:55.059><c> a</c><00:11:55.519><c> son.</c>

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So<00:11:56.899><c> yeah,</c><00:11:57.960><c> there's</c><00:11:58.379><c> Ishmael.</c>

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You<00:11:59.100><c> guys</c><00:11:59.360><c> kind</c><00:11:59.559><c> of</c><00:11:59.759><c> screwed</c><00:11:59.919><c> up</c><00:12:00.159><c> there,</c>

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but<00:12:02.600><c> I've</c><00:12:03.240><c> still</c><00:12:03.379><c> got</c><00:12:03.539><c> a</c><00:12:03.720><c> plan.</c>

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Sarah's<00:12:04.840><c> gonna</c><00:12:05.019><c> have</c><00:12:05.659><c> a</c><00:12:06.059><c> son</c><00:12:06.320><c> and</c><00:12:06.559><c> bear</c><00:12:06.720><c> you</c><00:12:06.940><c> a</c><00:12:07.059><c> son.</c>

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And<00:12:09.259><c> that</c><00:12:09.980><c> message</c><00:12:10.299><c> is</c><00:12:10.600><c> repeated</c><00:12:10.940><c> in</c><00:12:11.179><c> chapter</c><00:12:11.399><c> 18.</c>

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and<00:12:15.179><c> then</c><00:12:15.460><c> Sarah</c><00:12:15.620><c> later</c><00:12:15.940><c> laughing.</c>

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And<00:12:18.200><c> expressing</c><00:12:18.460><c> this,</c><00:12:19.360><c> you</c><00:12:19.419><c> know,</c><00:12:19.620><c> God,</c>

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there's<00:12:19.980><c> this</c><00:12:20.179><c> little</c><00:12:20.379><c> problem</c><00:12:20.820><c> here.</c>

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We're<00:12:22.120><c> a</c><00:12:22.240><c> bit</c><00:12:22.360><c> old,</c><00:12:22.899><c> we're</c><00:12:22.980><c> a</c><00:12:23.059><c> bit</c><00:12:23.159><c> past</c><00:12:23.460><c> the</c><00:12:23.720><c> age.</c>

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I<00:12:25.639><c> don't</c><00:12:26.019><c> think</c><00:12:26.360><c> this</c><00:12:26.600><c> is</c><00:12:26.840><c> biologically</c><00:12:27.519><c> possible.</c>

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Abraham<00:12:30.500><c> says</c><00:12:30.740><c> it</c><00:12:30.940><c> to</c><00:12:31.100><c> himself.</c>

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The<00:12:33.860><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:34.100><c> says,</c><00:12:34.379><c> in</c><00:12:34.519><c> his</c><00:12:34.740><c> heart,</c><00:12:35.480><c> and</c><00:12:36.220><c> Sarah</c><00:12:36.460><c> laughs</c><00:12:36.980><c> to</c><00:12:37.659><c> herself.</c>

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is<00:12:47.539><c> implied,</c><00:12:47.940><c> I</c><00:12:48.059><c> think,</c><00:12:48.360><c> in</c><00:12:48.360><c> the</c><00:12:48.580><c> structure</c><00:12:48.940><c> of</c><00:12:49.879><c> the</c><00:12:50.039><c> verbiage</c>

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that<00:12:51.100><c> it's</c><00:12:51.539><c> within</c><00:12:51.720><c> her</c><00:12:51.940><c> heart</c><00:12:52.059><c> as</c><00:12:52.340><c> well.</c>

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Sarah<00:12:54.399><c> does</c><00:12:54.620><c> both</c><00:12:55.240><c> quietly.</c>

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Abraham,<00:12:57.399><c> but</c><00:12:57.759><c> some</c><00:12:58.019><c> differences.</c>

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Abraham<00:12:58.740><c> falls</c><00:12:59.159><c> on</c><00:12:59.379><c> his</c><00:12:59.620><c> face</c><00:13:00.259><c> first</c><00:13:00.740><c> as</c><00:13:02.379><c> or</c><00:13:02.659><c> just</c><00:13:02.860><c> before</c><00:13:03.179><c> he</c><00:13:03.480><c> laughs.</c>

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And<00:13:08.179><c> Sarah's</c><00:13:08.679><c> called</c><00:13:08.840><c> out</c><00:13:09.639><c> for</c><00:13:10.080><c> her</c><00:13:11.000><c> inner</c><00:13:11.320><c> laugh</c>

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and<00:13:12.600><c> her</c><00:13:13.019><c> inner</c><00:13:13.240><c> speech,</c><00:13:13.740><c> but</c><00:13:14.659><c> Abraham</c><00:13:15.039><c> isn't.</c>

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Why?

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Are<00:13:19.220><c> they</c><00:13:19.440><c> both</c><00:13:20.200><c> doubting?</c>

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What<00:13:24.600><c> about</c><00:13:25.320><c> Paul's</c><00:13:26.019><c> commentary,</c>

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that<00:13:26.700><c> Abraham</c><00:13:27.179><c> never</c><00:13:28.179><c> wavered</c><00:13:29.279><c> in</c><00:13:29.759><c> faith</c><00:13:30.139><c> in</c><00:13:30.759><c> Romans</c><00:13:31.080><c> chapter</c><00:13:31.500><c> four?</c>

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Partly<00:13:34.480><c> based</c><00:13:34.720><c> on</c><00:13:34.879><c> that</c><00:13:35.120><c> passage,</c>

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I've<00:13:35.620><c> heard</c><00:13:35.879><c> some</c><00:13:36.279><c> commentary</c><00:13:36.759><c> that</c><00:13:37.059><c> said</c><00:13:37.340><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:37.980><c> laugh</c>

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was<00:13:38.440><c> a</c><00:13:38.620><c> laugh</c><00:13:38.840><c> of</c><00:13:39.620><c> wonder</c><00:13:40.019><c> and</c><00:13:40.299><c> amazement,</c>

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going<00:13:42.759><c> along</c><00:13:43.120><c> with</c><00:13:43.340><c> his</c><00:13:43.539><c> expression</c><00:13:44.019><c> of</c><00:13:44.559><c> submission</c>

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by<00:13:45.299><c> falling</c><00:13:45.539><c> on</c><00:13:45.740><c> his</c><00:13:46.000><c> face</c><00:13:46.279><c> before</c><00:13:46.639><c> God.</c>

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I'm<00:13:49.039><c> not</c><00:13:49.259><c> sure,</c><00:13:50.299><c> this</c><00:13:50.519><c> may</c><00:13:50.759><c> be</c><00:13:51.019><c> true.</c>

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Or<00:13:53.179><c> perhaps</c><00:13:54.159><c> God</c><00:13:55.120><c> and</c><00:13:55.639><c> Paul</c><00:13:55.860><c> didn't</c><00:13:56.240><c> consider</c>

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a<00:13:57.779><c> short</c><00:13:57.940><c> period</c><00:13:58.200><c> of</c><00:13:58.440><c> time</c><00:13:58.659><c> grappling</c><00:13:59.220><c> with</c><00:13:59.740><c> this</c><00:14:00.620><c> astonishing</c><00:14:01.279><c> news</c>

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of<00:14:02.500><c> something</c><00:14:02.860><c> supernatural</c><00:14:03.679><c> about</c><00:14:04.039><c> to</c><00:14:04.379><c> happen</c>

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is<00:14:06.559><c> not</c><00:14:07.399><c> a</c><00:14:08.059><c> wavering</c><00:14:08.480><c> of</c><00:14:08.679><c> faith.</c>

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That's<00:14:09.620><c> part</c><00:14:09.879><c> of</c><00:14:10.139><c> what</c><00:14:10.919><c> humans</c><00:14:11.460><c> do</c>

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in<00:14:14.360><c> considering</c><00:14:14.919><c> the</c><00:14:16.279><c> wondrous</c><00:14:16.659><c> work</c><00:14:16.860><c> of</c><00:14:17.080><c> God.</c>

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I'd<00:14:18.820><c> love</c><00:14:18.879><c> to</c><00:14:19.019><c> hear</c><00:14:19.100><c> other</c><00:14:19.379><c> people's</c><00:14:19.820><c> thoughts</c><00:14:20.120><c> on</c><00:14:20.679><c> this.</c>

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Is<00:14:21.120><c> Abraham</c><00:14:21.799><c> grappling</c><00:14:22.600><c> with</c><00:14:22.879><c> this</c><00:14:23.080><c> to</c><00:14:23.259><c> some</c><00:14:23.419><c> degree</c>

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for<00:14:24.179><c> a</c><00:14:24.360><c> short</c><00:14:24.559><c> time</c><00:14:24.879><c> before</c><00:14:26.519><c> growing</c><00:14:28.019><c> in</c><00:14:28.320><c> confidence</c>

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that<00:14:29.100><c> this</c><00:14:29.679><c> is</c><00:14:30.019><c> really</c><00:14:30.299><c> what</c><00:14:30.720><c> God's</c><00:14:31.159><c> gonna</c><00:14:31.279><c> do</c>

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and<00:14:31.860><c> I</c><00:14:32.019><c> can</c><00:14:32.399><c> have</c><00:14:32.679><c> faith</c><00:14:32.940><c> and</c><00:14:33.159><c> trust</c><00:14:33.419><c> in</c><00:14:33.580><c> it?</c>

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I'm<00:14:35.759><c> confident</c><00:14:36.220><c> that</c><00:14:36.720><c> either</c><00:14:36.960><c> way,</c>

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God<00:14:37.679><c> understands</c><00:14:38.779><c> and</c><00:14:39.600><c> has</c><00:14:39.940><c> compassion</c><00:14:40.639><c> on</c><00:14:40.899><c> us</c>

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in<00:14:41.940><c> our</c><00:14:42.159><c> struggles</c><00:14:42.639><c> of</c><00:14:42.960><c> faith.</c>

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I<00:14:44.799><c> think</c><00:14:45.039><c> there's</c><00:14:45.580><c> other</c><00:14:45.820><c> reasons</c><00:14:46.179><c> in</c><00:14:46.360><c> this</c><00:14:46.559><c> passage</c>

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that<00:14:47.740><c> illustrate</c><00:14:48.399><c> that</c><00:14:48.779><c> fact</c>

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and<00:14:49.200><c> I'll</c><00:14:49.460><c> share</c><00:14:49.700><c> more</c><00:14:50.019><c> on</c><00:14:50.200><c> that</c><00:14:51.159><c> soon.</c>

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God<00:14:53.740><c> here,</c><00:14:54.720><c> either</c><00:14:55.240><c> way,</c><00:14:56.779><c> gently</c><00:14:56.980><c> deals</c><00:14:57.539><c> with</c>

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what<00:14:59.200><c> I</c><00:14:59.500><c> see</c><00:14:59.620><c> as</c><00:14:59.799><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:00.340><c> belief</c><00:15:00.500><c> struggle</c>

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to<00:15:01.120><c> assimilate</c><00:15:01.559><c> this</c><00:15:01.820><c> amazing</c><00:15:02.220><c> news.</c>

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Abraham<00:15:03.500><c> says,</c><00:15:04.179><c> let</c><00:15:04.399><c> Ishmael</c><00:15:05.100><c> live</c><00:15:05.320><c> before</c><00:15:05.659><c> you,</c><00:15:05.960><c> God.</c>

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This<00:15:06.860><c> is</c><00:15:07.039><c> a</c><00:15:07.080><c> great</c><00:15:07.200><c> idea,</c><00:15:07.539><c> but</c><00:15:07.740><c> I</c><00:15:07.899><c> don't</c><00:15:08.019><c> think</c><00:15:08.120><c> it's</c><00:15:08.320><c> gonna</c><00:15:08.440><c> work.</c>

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Maybe<00:15:08.980><c> just</c><00:15:09.659><c> use</c><00:15:10.139><c> Ishmael.</c>

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God<00:15:12.440><c> gently</c><00:15:13.100><c> confirms</c><00:15:13.580><c> that</c><00:15:13.759><c> he</c><00:15:13.860><c> has</c><00:15:14.120><c> plans</c><00:15:14.600><c> for</c><00:15:15.039><c> Ishmael,</c>

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but<00:15:17.139><c> then</c><00:15:17.519><c> in</c><00:15:17.639><c> verse</c><00:15:17.899><c> 21,</c><00:15:18.440><c> he</c><00:15:18.700><c> reconfirms</c><00:15:19.500><c> and</c><00:15:19.639><c> says,</c>

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but<00:15:21.559><c> my</c><00:15:21.980><c> covenant</c><00:15:22.360><c> I</c><00:15:22.659><c> will</c><00:15:22.980><c> establish</c><00:15:23.600><c> with</c><00:15:24.100><c> Isaac,</c>

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whom<00:15:25.399><c> Sarah</c><00:15:25.820><c> will</c><00:15:26.440><c> bear</c><00:15:27.000><c> to</c><00:15:27.419><c> you</c><00:15:27.960><c> by</c><00:15:28.460><c> this</c><00:15:28.799><c> time</c><00:15:29.100><c> next</c><00:15:29.500><c> year.</c>

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Isaac,<00:15:33.779><c> remember</c><00:15:34.100><c> I</c><00:15:34.240><c> said</c><00:15:34.299><c> look</c><00:15:34.519><c> for</c><00:15:34.740><c> repetition.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:35.559><c> you're</c><00:15:35.700><c> not</c><00:15:35.860><c> gonna</c><00:15:36.059><c> see</c><00:15:36.279><c> the</c><00:15:36.480><c> repetition</c><00:15:37.080><c> in</c><00:15:38.039><c> English,</c>

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but<00:15:38.559><c> that</c><00:15:38.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:15:39.120><c> word</c><00:15:39.960><c> is</c><00:15:40.960><c> the</c><00:15:41.159><c> same</c><00:15:41.360><c> word</c><00:15:41.759><c> in</c><00:15:42.059><c> verse</c><00:15:42.259><c> 17,</c><00:15:42.919><c> he</c><00:15:43.220><c> laughed.</c>

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God's<00:15:44.820><c> saying,</c><00:15:45.419><c> he</c><00:15:45.700><c> laughed.</c>

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We're<00:15:47.559><c> gonna</c><00:15:47.659><c> call</c><00:15:47.860><c> your</c><00:15:48.720><c> son,</c><00:15:49.159><c> he</c><00:15:49.240><c> laughed.</c>

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But<00:15:53.340><c> he's</c><00:15:54.019><c> gently</c><00:15:54.019><c> confirming</c><00:15:55.320><c> for</c><00:15:56.460><c> Abraham,</c>

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Sarah<00:15:57.679><c> will</c><00:15:58.700><c> bear</c><00:15:59.220><c> this</c><00:15:59.720><c> son</c><00:16:00.120><c> by</c><00:16:01.019><c> this</c><00:16:01.360><c> time</c><00:16:01.639><c> next</c><00:16:01.940><c> year.</c>

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So<00:16:02.399><c> soon,</c><00:16:04.360><c> God</c><00:16:04.639><c> is</c><00:16:04.919><c> leading</c><00:16:05.220><c> Abraham</c><00:16:05.860><c> to</c><00:16:06.440><c> trust</c><00:16:06.759><c> him</c>

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and<00:16:07.820><c> Abraham</c><00:16:08.179><c> does.</c>

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He<00:16:09.080><c> responds</c><00:16:09.879><c> in</c><00:16:10.399><c> obedience</c><00:16:11.039><c> and</c><00:16:11.799><c> he's</c><00:16:12.139><c> circumcised.</c>

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And<00:16:14.720><c> that</c><00:16:14.820><c> leads</c><00:16:15.019><c> us</c><00:16:15.340><c> then</c><00:16:15.799><c> to</c><00:16:16.019><c> chapter</c><00:16:16.379><c> 18,</c>

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where<00:16:17.860><c> the</c><00:16:18.139><c> same</c><00:16:18.480><c> promise</c><00:16:18.840><c> is</c><00:16:19.059><c> made</c><00:16:19.460><c> in</c><00:16:19.899><c> verse</c><00:16:20.220><c> 10.</c>

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Then<00:16:23.620><c> the</c><00:16:23.759><c> Lord</c><00:16:24.039><c> said,</c><00:16:24.700><c> I</c><00:16:24.700><c> will</c><00:16:25.139><c> surely</c><00:16:25.500><c> return</c><00:16:25.980><c> to</c><00:16:26.179><c> you</c>

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about<00:16:26.899><c> this</c><00:16:27.179><c> time</c><00:16:27.419><c> next</c><00:16:27.779><c> year,</c>

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and<00:16:28.419><c> Sarah,</c><00:16:28.659><c> your</c><00:16:28.879><c> wife,</c><00:16:29.679><c> will</c><00:16:29.879><c> have</c><00:16:30.139><c> a</c><00:16:30.360><c> son.</c>

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Now<00:16:32.240><c> Sarah</c><00:16:32.440><c> was</c><00:16:32.679><c> listening</c><00:16:33.240><c> at</c><00:16:34.139><c> the</c><00:16:34.519><c> entrance</c><00:16:34.820><c> to</c><00:16:35.059><c> the</c><00:16:35.320><c> tent,</c>

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which<00:16:35.779><c> was</c><00:16:36.039><c> behind</c><00:16:36.399><c> him.</c>

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Sarah's<00:16:40.779><c> gonna</c><00:16:40.919><c> have</c><00:16:41.100><c> a</c><00:16:41.240><c> son</c><00:16:41.399><c> by</c><00:16:42.000><c> this</c><00:16:42.179><c> time</c><00:16:42.419><c> next</c><00:16:42.700><c> year.</c>

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Notice<00:16:43.159><c> the</c><00:16:44.240><c> parallel,</c><00:16:45.220><c> the</c><00:16:45.539><c> repetition.</c>

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So<00:16:47.120><c> we</c><00:16:47.220><c> ask</c><00:16:47.419><c> ourselves</c><00:16:47.740><c> why,</c><00:16:48.299><c> why</c><00:16:49.059><c> does</c><00:16:49.200><c> this</c><00:16:49.360><c> happen?</c>

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Well,<00:16:49.980><c> first</c><00:16:50.179><c> of</c><00:16:50.340><c> all,</c><00:16:51.240><c> think</c><00:16:51.659><c> more</c><00:16:51.879><c> about</c><00:16:52.200><c> that,</c><00:16:53.600><c> the</c><00:16:53.960><c> timing.</c>

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Okay,<00:16:54.639><c> so</c><00:16:54.740><c> this</c><00:16:54.899><c> can't</c><00:16:55.200><c> be</c><00:16:55.399><c> that</c><00:16:55.659><c> much</c><00:16:55.980><c> later.</c>

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In<00:16:58.159><c> chapter</c><00:16:58.480><c> 17</c><00:16:58.899><c> he</c><00:16:59.080><c> said,</c><00:16:59.519><c> by</c><00:16:59.860><c> this</c><00:17:00.100><c> time</c><00:17:00.320><c> next</c><00:17:00.720><c> year,</c>

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although<00:17:01.519><c> there's</c><00:17:02.240><c> possibly</c><00:17:02.639><c> another</c><00:17:02.860><c> way</c>

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to<00:17:03.220><c> read</c><00:17:03.360><c> the</c><00:17:03.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:03.779><c> there,</c>

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but<00:17:04.559><c> I</c><00:17:05.960><c> don't</c><00:17:06.200><c> think</c><00:17:06.400><c> it</c><00:17:06.559><c> was</c><00:17:06.920><c> much</c><00:17:07.279><c> longer.</c>

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I<00:17:07.799><c> think</c><00:17:07.960><c> it</c><00:17:08.200><c> must</c><00:17:08.420><c> have</c><00:17:08.619><c> been</c><00:17:09.099><c> within,</c>

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it<00:17:10.319><c> couldn't</c><00:17:10.480><c> have</c><00:17:10.640><c> been</c><00:17:10.660><c> much</c><00:17:10.859><c> more</c><00:17:11.039><c> than</c><00:17:11.200><c> six</c><00:17:11.400><c> months</c>

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because,<00:17:13.939><c> actually,</c><00:17:14.619><c> I</c><00:17:14.859><c> think</c><00:17:14.960><c> it</c><00:17:15.059><c> couldn't</c><00:17:15.220><c> have</c><00:17:15.380><c> been</c>

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much<00:17:15.579><c> more</c><00:17:15.740><c> than</c><00:17:15.940><c> three</c><00:17:16.099><c> months,</c>

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because<00:17:17.639><c> if</c><00:17:18.039><c> it</c><00:17:18.180><c> had</c><00:17:18.299><c> been</c><00:17:18.799><c> six</c><00:17:19.200><c> months,</c>

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Sarah<00:17:19.579><c> would</c><00:17:19.720><c> be</c><00:17:19.940><c> showing</c><00:17:20.220><c> and</c><00:17:20.380><c> it'd</c><00:17:20.539><c> be,</c>

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it's<00:17:21.819><c> like</c><00:17:22.019><c> old</c><00:17:22.160><c> news,</c><00:17:22.619><c> okay,</c><00:17:22.779><c> she's</c><00:17:23.039><c> pregnant.</c>

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But<00:17:26.159><c> I</c><00:17:26.559><c> think,</c><00:17:27.079><c> based</c><00:17:27.380><c> on</c><00:17:27.500><c> what</c><00:17:27.660><c> we</c><00:17:27.900><c> read</c><00:17:28.019><c> in</c><00:17:28.279><c> Hebrews,</c>

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that<00:17:30.279><c> this</c><00:17:31.400><c> visit</c><00:17:31.859><c> of</c><00:17:33.299><c> the</c><00:17:33.579><c> three</c><00:17:34.240><c> men,</c><00:17:35.619><c> aka</c><00:17:35.900><c> angels,</c><00:17:36.759><c> aka</c><00:17:37.099><c> angels,</c>

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is<00:17:39.519><c> happening</c><00:17:40.000><c> before</c><00:17:40.980><c> Sarah</c><00:17:41.339><c> conceives.</c>

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Because<00:17:43.559><c> in</c><00:17:43.759><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:43.920><c> 12,</c><00:17:44.359><c> it</c><00:17:44.440><c> says</c><00:17:44.859><c> that</c><00:17:45.440><c> by</c><00:17:45.720><c> faith,</c>

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Sarah<00:17:47.799><c> conceived.</c>

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So<00:17:51.440><c> I</c><00:17:52.400><c> think</c><00:17:52.940><c> she's</c><00:17:53.900><c> about</c><00:17:54.140><c> to</c><00:17:54.480><c> conceive,</c>

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but<00:17:54.920><c> she</c><00:17:55.099><c> hadn't</c><00:17:55.440><c> conceived</c><00:17:55.859><c> yet</c><00:17:56.180><c> as</c><00:17:56.440><c> these</c><00:17:57.119><c> angels</c><00:17:57.700><c> come.</c>

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So<00:17:59.900><c> I</c><00:17:59.980><c> think</c><00:18:00.119><c> this</c><00:18:00.319><c> is</c><00:18:00.660><c> shortly,</c>

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probably<00:18:01.920><c> only</c><00:18:02.140><c> like</c><00:18:02.440><c> three</c><00:18:02.619><c> months</c><00:18:02.900><c> after</c>

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God<00:18:04.380><c> appeared</c><00:18:04.859><c> to</c><00:18:05.319><c> Abraham</c><00:18:05.640><c> in</c><00:18:05.859><c> chapter</c><00:18:06.180><c> 17,</c>

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which<00:18:06.839><c> leads</c><00:18:07.099><c> to</c><00:18:07.279><c> some</c><00:18:07.480><c> questions,</c>

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like<00:18:09.980><c> did</c><00:18:10.500><c> Abraham</c><00:18:11.940><c> tell</c><00:18:13.180><c> Sarah?</c>

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I'm<00:18:16.140><c> gonna</c><00:18:16.240><c> do</c><00:18:16.420><c> this</c><00:18:16.900><c> surgery</c><00:18:17.319><c> thing</c><00:18:17.579><c> here,</c><00:18:17.859><c> honey.</c>

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It's<00:18:18.440><c> a</c><00:18:18.539><c> sign</c><00:18:18.640><c> of</c><00:18:18.759><c> a</c><00:18:18.900><c> covenant.</c>

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Oh,<00:18:19.359><c> and</c><00:18:19.500><c> by</c><00:18:19.619><c> the</c><00:18:19.700><c> way,</c><00:18:19.759><c> you</c><00:18:19.880><c> have</c><00:18:20.039><c> a</c><00:18:20.140><c> new</c><00:18:20.299><c> name,</c>

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but<00:18:21.700><c> did</c><00:18:21.880><c> he</c><00:18:22.099><c> forget</c><00:18:22.359><c> to</c><00:18:22.619><c> mention</c>

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that<00:18:23.059><c> she</c><00:18:23.220><c> was</c><00:18:23.359><c> gonna</c><00:18:23.480><c> have</c><00:18:23.660><c> a</c><00:18:23.839><c> baby?</c>

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I<00:18:26.200><c> don't</c><00:18:26.359><c> know,</c><00:18:26.480><c> maybe</c><00:18:26.720><c> he</c><00:18:26.920><c> told</c><00:18:27.099><c> her,</c>

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but<00:18:27.579><c> maybe</c><00:18:27.839><c> she</c><00:18:28.000><c> was</c><00:18:28.140><c> still</c><00:18:28.339><c> harboring</c><00:18:28.740><c> doubts,</c>

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or<00:18:29.559><c> maybe</c><00:18:29.759><c> he</c><00:18:29.940><c> didn't</c><00:18:30.059><c> tell</c><00:18:30.220><c> her</c><00:18:30.359><c> for</c><00:18:30.539><c> some</c><00:18:30.720><c> reason,</c>

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but<00:18:31.460><c> if</c><00:18:31.680><c> so,</c><00:18:31.799><c> why</c><00:18:32.039><c> not?</c>

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I'm<00:18:32.980><c> a</c><00:18:33.079><c> little</c><00:18:33.200><c> confused.</c>

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So<00:18:35.000><c> on</c><00:18:35.160><c> this</c><00:18:35.339><c> one,</c><00:18:35.500><c> please</c><00:18:35.759><c> share</c><00:18:36.000><c> your</c><00:18:36.220><c> thoughts</c><00:18:36.440><c> with</c><00:18:36.640><c> me</c>

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if<00:18:36.900><c> you</c><00:18:37.119><c> have</c><00:18:38.119><c> wrestled</c><00:18:38.440><c> with</c><00:18:38.640><c> that</c>

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and<00:18:38.960><c> come</c><00:18:39.140><c> up</c><00:18:39.299><c> with</c><00:18:39.440><c> a</c><00:18:39.579><c> solution</c><00:18:39.920><c> afterwards.</c>

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But<00:18:41.380><c> either</c><00:18:41.759><c> way,</c><00:18:43.140><c> I'm</c><00:18:43.740><c> convinced</c><00:18:44.220><c> that</c><00:18:44.740><c> Sarah</c>

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is<00:18:46.720><c> the</c><00:18:46.980><c> reason</c><00:18:47.299><c> for</c><00:18:47.559><c> the</c><00:18:47.799><c> message,</c>

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the<00:18:48.319><c> first</c><00:18:48.579><c> half</c><00:18:49.019><c> of</c><00:18:49.200><c> the</c><00:18:49.500><c> message</c><00:18:49.880><c> of</c><00:18:50.079><c> the</c><00:18:50.319><c> angels</c>

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here<00:18:51.059><c> in</c><00:18:51.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.599><c> 18.</c>

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They<00:18:54.180><c> came,</c><00:18:54.880><c> in</c><00:18:55.259><c> part,</c><00:18:55.519><c> to</c><00:18:55.839><c> build</c><00:18:56.259><c> up</c><00:18:56.940><c> her</c><00:18:57.680><c> faith.</c>

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Though<00:18:59.579><c> she</c><00:18:59.880><c> experienced</c><00:19:00.460><c> disbelief,</c>

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as<00:19:01.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:02.200><c> I</c><00:19:02.720><c> think,</c><00:19:03.019><c> did,</c>

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but<00:19:03.980><c> they</c><00:19:04.680><c> both</c><00:19:04.940><c> laughed</c><00:19:05.160><c> at</c><00:19:05.319><c> the</c><00:19:05.480><c> news,</c>

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but<00:19:06.900><c> they</c><00:19:07.339><c> both</c><00:19:08.220><c> couldn't</c><00:19:08.940><c> initially</c><00:19:09.380><c> accept</c><00:19:09.819><c> the</c><00:19:10.119><c> message</c>

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because<00:19:11.500><c> of</c><00:19:12.339><c> its</c><00:19:12.759><c> wonder,</c><00:19:13.500><c> how</c><00:19:13.799><c> wonderful</c><00:19:14.420><c> it</c><00:19:15.119><c> would</c><00:19:15.400><c> be,</c>

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how<00:19:16.480><c> extraordinary</c><00:19:17.160><c> the</c><00:19:17.500><c> promise</c><00:19:17.799><c> was.</c>

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But<00:19:19.059><c> God</c><00:19:19.440><c> continued</c><00:19:20.200><c> to</c><00:19:20.579><c> work</c><00:19:20.759><c> with</c><00:19:21.039><c> them.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:25.279><c> once</c><00:19:25.619><c> made</c><00:19:25.819><c> a</c><00:19:26.039><c> statement</c><00:19:26.299><c> to</c><00:19:27.500><c> somebody</c><00:19:27.819><c> who</c><00:19:28.099><c> came</c><00:19:28.299><c> to</c><00:19:28.460><c> him.</c>

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If<00:19:30.059><c> I</c><00:19:30.380><c> can,</c><00:19:32.319><c> all</c><00:19:32.500><c> things</c><00:19:32.940><c> are</c><00:19:33.339><c> possible</c><00:19:34.000><c> for</c><00:19:34.599><c> one</c><00:19:34.799><c> who</c><00:19:35.119><c> believes.</c>

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Perhaps<00:19:37.880><c> this</c><00:19:38.240><c> truth</c><00:19:38.920><c> that</c><00:19:39.559><c> Jesus</c><00:19:39.960><c> shares</c>

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with<00:19:41.240><c> the</c><00:19:41.519><c> man</c><00:19:42.400><c> who's</c><00:19:43.359><c> concerned</c><00:19:43.759><c> for</c><00:19:43.980><c> his</c><00:19:44.240><c> child</c>

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came<00:19:46.140><c> to</c><00:19:46.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.240><c> from</c><00:19:47.519><c> meditating</c><00:19:47.960><c> on</c><00:19:48.259><c> the</c><00:19:48.460><c> statement</c><00:19:48.720><c> here</c>

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in<00:19:49.519><c> chapter</c><00:19:49.880><c> 18.</c>

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Is<00:19:50.859><c> anything</c><00:19:51.640><c> too</c><00:19:52.579><c> wonderful</c><00:19:53.160><c> for</c><00:19:53.680><c> the</c><00:19:53.880><c> Lord?</c>

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The<00:19:56.819><c> father's</c><00:19:57.400><c> response</c><00:19:57.680><c> to</c><00:19:57.900><c> Jesus,</c>

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Lord,<00:19:59.579><c> I</c><00:19:59.960><c> believe,</c><00:20:01.119><c> help</c><00:20:01.339><c> thou</c><00:20:01.619><c> my</c><00:20:01.859><c> unbelief.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:05.039><c> mercifully</c><00:20:05.720><c> recognized</c><00:20:06.440><c> that</c><00:20:07.799><c> his</c><00:20:09.019><c> faith</c><00:20:09.319><c> was</c><00:20:09.539><c> where</c>

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it<00:20:09.960><c> was</c>

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and<00:20:11.680><c> he</c><00:20:12.059><c> helps</c><00:20:12.380><c> that</c><00:20:12.779><c> faith</c><00:20:13.039><c> to</c><00:20:13.380><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:20:14.000><c> God</c><00:20:14.599><c> does</c><00:20:15.059><c> the</c><00:20:15.359><c> same</c><00:20:15.920><c> here</c><00:20:16.539><c> with</c><00:20:16.859><c> Sarah</c>

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and<00:20:17.460><c> I</c><00:20:17.579><c> believe</c><00:20:17.720><c> in</c><00:20:17.880><c> our</c><00:20:18.059><c> lives,</c><00:20:18.619><c> too.</c>

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Our<00:20:19.279><c> faith</c><00:20:19.480><c> is</c><00:20:19.700><c> where</c><00:20:19.900><c> it</c><00:20:20.099><c> is.</c>

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but<00:20:23.799><c> God's</c><00:20:24.259><c> gonna</c><00:20:24.440><c> work</c><00:20:24.960><c> to</c><00:20:25.380><c> help</c><00:20:25.599><c> make</c><00:20:25.859><c> that</c><00:20:26.200><c> faith</c><00:20:26.500><c> grow.</c>

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God<00:20:28.440><c> is</c><00:20:28.680><c> doing</c><00:20:28.819><c> that</c><00:20:29.079><c> for</c><00:20:29.380><c> Sarah,</c><00:20:30.079><c> I</c><00:20:30.220><c> believe,</c>

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in<00:20:30.619><c> this</c><00:20:30.859><c> passage</c><00:20:31.339><c> directly.</c>

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They<00:20:38.299><c> make</c><00:20:38.480><c> sure</c><00:20:38.859><c> that</c><00:20:39.039><c> she's</c><00:20:39.359><c> within</c><00:20:39.599><c> earshot</c>

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before<00:20:40.799><c> they</c><00:20:41.059><c> say</c><00:20:41.220><c> the</c><00:20:41.440><c> message</c><00:20:41.799><c> about</c><00:20:42.079><c> the</c><00:20:42.299><c> coming</c><00:20:42.579><c> son.</c>

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He<00:20:43.880><c> probably</c><00:20:44.099><c> said</c><00:20:44.240><c> it</c><00:20:45.200><c> a</c><00:20:45.359><c> little</c><00:20:45.660><c> bit</c><00:20:46.339><c> louder</c>

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to<00:20:46.779><c> make</c><00:20:46.960><c> sure</c><00:20:47.180><c> that</c><00:20:47.480><c> she</c><00:20:47.839><c> would</c><00:20:48.019><c> say</c><00:20:48.240><c> it.</c>

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The<00:20:52.640><c> message</c><00:20:53.000><c> that</c><00:20:53.259><c> they</c><00:20:53.440><c> said</c><00:20:53.559><c> wasn't</c><00:20:53.859><c> new</c><00:20:54.039><c> to</c><00:20:54.259><c> Abraham,</c>

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but<00:20:55.660><c> apparently</c><00:20:56.099><c> I</c><00:20:56.400><c> think</c><00:20:56.599><c> it</c><00:20:56.960><c> needed</c><00:20:57.220><c> to</c><00:20:57.440><c> be</c><00:20:57.660><c> heard</c><00:20:57.940><c> by</c><00:20:58.960><c> Sarah.</c>

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They<00:21:00.920><c> made</c><00:21:01.160><c> sure</c><00:21:01.559><c> she</c><00:21:01.720><c> could</c><00:21:02.000><c> hear</c>

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and<00:21:03.299><c> they</c><00:21:03.480><c> were</c><00:21:03.720><c> listening</c><00:21:04.279><c> to</c><00:21:04.859><c> what</c><00:21:05.160><c> she</c><00:21:05.480><c> was</c><00:21:06.599><c> speaking</c>

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in<00:21:07.480><c> response</c><00:21:08.259><c> in</c><00:21:09.200><c> her</c><00:21:09.440><c> heart</c><00:21:09.940><c> to</c><00:21:11.319><c> herself.</c>

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And<00:21:13.539><c> they</c><00:21:13.740><c> still</c><00:21:13.940><c> talk</c><00:21:14.519><c> as</c><00:21:15.099><c> if</c><00:21:15.220><c> to</c><00:21:15.420><c> Abraham,</c>

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why<00:21:16.559><c> did</c><00:21:16.960><c> Sarah</c><00:21:17.259><c> laugh?</c>

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Abraham<00:21:20.799><c> might</c><00:21:20.980><c> have</c><00:21:21.140><c> been</c><00:21:21.259><c> a</c><00:21:21.299><c> little</c><00:21:21.480><c> bit</c><00:21:21.619><c> mystified,</c>

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like<00:21:22.160><c> what</c><00:21:22.279><c> do</c><00:21:22.380><c> you</c><00:21:22.380><c> mean</c><00:21:22.539><c> Sarah?</c>

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I<00:21:22.920><c> didn't</c><00:21:23.180><c> hear</c><00:21:23.420><c> any</c><00:21:23.640><c> laughter</c>

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because<00:21:24.400><c> they</c><00:21:24.839><c> were</c><00:21:25.059><c> hearing</c><00:21:25.359><c> inside</c><00:21:25.980><c> her</c><00:21:26.539><c> inner</c><00:21:26.839><c> thoughts,</c>

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her<00:21:28.279><c> inner</c><00:21:28.559><c> laughter</c><00:21:29.180><c> and</c><00:21:30.519><c> they</c><00:21:30.740><c> were,</c><00:21:32.440><c> in</c><00:21:32.680><c> a</c><00:21:32.799><c> sense,</c>

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even<00:21:33.380><c> though</c><00:21:33.500><c> they</c><00:21:33.619><c> were</c><00:21:33.799><c> speaking</c><00:21:34.079><c> to</c><00:21:34.299><c> Abraham,</c>

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they<00:21:34.740><c> were</c><00:21:35.299><c> speaking</c><00:21:35.680><c> to</c><00:21:36.380><c> her.</c>

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Sarah<00:21:38.099><c> would</c><00:21:38.259><c> have</c><00:21:38.380><c> been</c><00:21:38.619><c> surprised,</c><00:21:39.339><c> too,</c>

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that<00:21:40.200><c> they're</c><00:21:40.519><c> hearing</c><00:21:40.839><c> my</c><00:21:41.339><c> thoughts.</c>

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I<00:21:41.940><c> didn't</c><00:21:42.279><c> let</c><00:21:42.500><c> that</c><00:21:42.839><c> get</c><00:21:43.160><c> out.</c>

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And<00:21:45.200><c> initially</c><00:21:45.500><c> she</c><00:21:45.779><c> denied,</c><00:21:46.099><c> probably</c><00:21:46.380><c> out</c><00:21:46.519><c> of</c><00:21:46.759><c> fear,</c>

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but<00:21:48.180><c> then</c><00:21:48.380><c> the</c><00:21:48.559><c> words,</c><00:21:48.980><c> yes,</c><00:21:49.980><c> you</c><00:21:50.440><c> did</c><00:21:50.720><c> laugh.</c>

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That<00:21:52.519><c> would</c><00:21:52.660><c> have</c><00:21:52.859><c> stuck</c><00:21:53.039><c> with</c><00:21:53.200><c> her.</c>

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These<00:21:57.099><c> were</c><00:21:57.779><c> prophets</c><00:21:58.319><c> or</c><00:21:58.619><c> angels</c>

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that<00:21:59.579><c> had</c><00:21:59.900><c> miraculous</c><00:22:00.380><c> power</c><00:22:00.779><c> to</c><00:22:01.119><c> read</c><00:22:01.619><c> my</c><00:22:02.579><c> heart.</c>

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Their<00:22:04.759><c> message</c><00:22:05.160><c> must</c><00:22:06.339><c> be</c><00:22:06.980><c> true.</c>

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Those<00:22:08.039><c> words,</c><00:22:08.579><c> is</c><00:22:08.799><c> anything</c><00:22:09.319><c> too</c><00:22:10.599><c> hard</c><00:22:10.819><c> for</c><00:22:11.039><c> the</c><00:22:11.200><c> Lord?</c>

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The<00:22:11.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:22:12.140><c> there</c><00:22:12.299><c> really</c><00:22:12.539><c> has</c><00:22:12.740><c> the</c><00:22:12.880><c> sense</c><00:22:13.059><c> of</c><00:22:13.460><c> wonder.</c>

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Is<00:22:13.859><c> anything</c><00:22:14.380><c> too</c><00:22:15.019><c> wonderful</c><00:22:15.640><c> that</c><00:22:16.420><c> God</c><00:22:16.660><c> can't</c><00:22:16.960><c> do</c><00:22:17.160><c> it?</c>

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That<00:22:19.519><c> planted</c><00:22:19.839><c> a</c><00:22:20.200><c> seed.</c>

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That<00:22:21.460><c> was</c><00:22:21.680><c> meant</c><00:22:22.140><c> to</c><00:22:22.640><c> plant</c><00:22:22.799><c> a</c><00:22:23.079><c> seed</c><00:22:23.299><c> in</c><00:22:23.559><c> the</c><00:22:23.700><c> heart</c><00:22:23.880><c> of</c><00:22:24.220><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:22:25.519><c> we</c><00:22:25.700><c> know</c><00:22:25.940><c> that</c><00:22:26.319><c> seed</c><00:22:26.819><c> sprouted</c><00:22:27.839><c> and</c><00:22:28.339><c> grew</c><00:22:28.700><c> shortly</c><00:22:29.259><c> to</c><00:22:30.079><c> faith,</c>

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because<00:22:30.839><c> as</c><00:22:31.299><c> I</c><00:22:31.720><c> mentioned</c><00:22:31.940><c> in</c><00:22:32.099><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:32.299><c> 11,</c><00:22:32.640><c> it</c><00:22:32.779><c> says,</c>

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by<00:22:33.519><c> faith,</c><00:22:34.099><c> Sarah</c><00:22:34.619><c> herself</c><00:22:35.279><c> received</c><00:22:36.079><c> power</c><00:22:36.680><c> to</c><00:22:37.039><c> conceive,</c>

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even<00:22:38.759><c> when</c><00:22:39.240><c> she</c><00:22:39.400><c> was</c><00:22:39.619><c> past</c><00:22:39.940><c> the</c><00:22:40.180><c> age,</c>

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since<00:22:40.619><c> she</c><00:22:40.920><c> considered</c><00:22:41.380><c> him</c><00:22:41.920><c> faithful</c><00:22:42.539><c> who</c><00:22:43.240><c> had</c><00:22:43.559><c> promised.</c>

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Therefore,<00:22:45.960><c> from</c><00:22:46.180><c> one</c><00:22:46.400><c> man</c><00:22:46.599><c> and</c><00:22:46.740><c> him</c><00:22:46.859><c> as</c><00:22:47.039><c> good</c><00:22:47.180><c> as</c><00:22:47.380><c> dead</c>

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were<00:22:47.700><c> born</c><00:22:47.900><c> descendants</c><00:22:48.440><c> as</c><00:22:49.220><c> many</c><00:22:49.480><c> as</c><00:22:49.640><c> the</c><00:22:49.980><c> stars</c><00:22:50.259><c> of</c><00:22:50.519><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:22:51.180><c> as</c><00:22:51.319><c> many</c><00:22:51.519><c> as</c><00:22:51.859><c> numeral</c><00:22:52.319><c> grains</c><00:22:52.700><c> of</c><00:22:52.960><c> sand</c><00:22:53.420><c> on</c><00:22:53.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.000><c> seashore.</c>

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That<00:22:58.500><c> faith</c><00:22:59.220><c> came</c><00:23:00.200><c> from</c><00:23:00.460><c> a</c><00:23:00.559><c> woman</c><00:23:00.799><c> who</c><00:23:01.480><c> was</c><00:23:02.079><c> doubting,</c>

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but<00:23:03.500><c> God</c><00:23:03.859><c> works</c><00:23:04.259><c> with</c><00:23:04.539><c> us</c><00:23:05.400><c> despite</c><00:23:05.940><c> our</c><00:23:06.660><c> doubts,</c>

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despite<00:23:07.940><c> our</c><00:23:08.519><c> struggles</c><00:23:08.940><c> to</c><00:23:09.299><c> believe,</c>

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despite<00:23:10.460><c> our</c><00:23:10.779><c> struggles</c><00:23:11.099><c> in</c><00:23:11.319><c> our</c><00:23:11.559><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:23:12.539><c> he</c><00:23:12.700><c> continues</c><00:23:13.160><c> to</c><00:23:13.420><c> work</c><00:23:13.579><c> with</c><00:23:13.799><c> us.</c>

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By<00:23:14.940><c> faith,</c><00:23:15.720><c> she</c><00:23:16.079><c> received</c><00:23:16.559><c> the</c><00:23:16.779><c> power</c><00:23:16.980><c> to</c><00:23:17.299><c> conceive.</c>

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Sometime<00:23:18.579><c> shortly</c><00:23:18.980><c> after</c><00:23:19.960><c> her</c><00:23:20.279><c> laughing</c><00:23:20.700><c> and</c><00:23:21.140><c> her</c><00:23:21.359><c> doubts,</c>

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those<00:23:22.680><c> words</c><00:23:23.000><c> sank</c><00:23:23.420><c> into</c><00:23:23.819><c> her</c><00:23:24.059><c> heart</c>

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and<00:23:25.339><c> she</c><00:23:25.539><c> came</c><00:23:25.759><c> to</c><00:23:26.099><c> trust</c><00:23:26.660><c> God's</c><00:23:27.359><c> message</c><00:23:27.640><c> to</c><00:23:27.819><c> her,</c>

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that<00:23:28.839><c> she</c><00:23:29.180><c> will</c><00:23:29.480><c> bear</c><00:23:29.740><c> a</c><00:23:29.920><c> son.</c>

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God's<00:23:32.119><c> promise</c><00:23:32.460><c> was</c><00:23:32.740><c> something</c><00:23:33.240><c> she</c><00:23:34.140><c> could</c><00:23:34.460><c> trust</c><00:23:34.819><c> in.</c>

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Abraham<00:23:36.779><c> and</c><00:23:36.980><c> Sarah</c><00:23:37.119><c> both</c><00:23:37.700><c> laugh</c><00:23:38.160><c> initially,</c>

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but<00:23:38.819><c> God</c><00:23:39.299><c> in</c><00:23:39.519><c> his</c><00:23:39.819><c> mercy</c><00:23:40.519><c> gives</c><00:23:41.420><c> them</c><00:23:42.140><c> and</c><00:23:42.539><c> us</c><00:23:42.900><c> encouragement</c>

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to<00:23:44.380><c> believe,</c><00:23:44.799><c> even</c><00:23:45.119><c> when</c><00:23:45.319><c> the</c><00:23:45.599><c> truth</c><00:23:45.759><c> is</c><00:23:46.460><c> so</c><00:23:47.599><c> extraordinary,</c>

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so<00:23:49.019><c> extra</c><00:23:49.740><c>-ordinary,</c><00:23:50.759><c> that</c><00:23:51.000><c> it's</c><00:23:51.200><c> hard</c><00:23:51.460><c> to</c><00:23:51.740><c> accept</c><00:23:51.920><c> at</c><00:23:52.160><c> first.</c>

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Those<00:23:55.279><c> two</c><00:23:55.519><c> laughs</c><00:23:56.440><c> led</c><00:23:58.099><c> to</c><00:23:59.240><c> faith</c>

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and<00:24:01.000><c> a</c><00:24:01.180><c> son</c><00:24:01.480><c> named</c><00:24:02.039><c> He</c><00:24:02.400><c> Laughs</c><00:24:03.000><c> amidst</c><00:24:04.279><c> joyful</c><00:24:04.740><c> laughter</c>

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at<00:24:05.880><c> the</c><00:24:06.079><c> amazing</c><00:24:06.640><c> gift</c><00:24:07.299><c> that</c><00:24:07.900><c> God</c><00:24:08.240><c> gave</c><00:24:08.740><c> Sarah</c><00:24:09.380><c> and</c><00:24:09.779><c> Abraham.</c>

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Think<00:24:13.099><c> about</c><00:24:13.259><c> the</c><00:24:13.480><c> disciples</c><00:24:14.039><c> after</c><00:24:15.180><c> the</c><00:24:15.480><c> resurrection.</c>

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It<00:24:16.460><c> was</c><00:24:16.740><c> also</c><00:24:17.180><c> hard</c><00:24:17.619><c> for</c><00:24:18.220><c> the</c><00:24:18.359><c> reality</c><00:24:19.019><c> of</c><00:24:19.400><c> Jesus</c><00:24:19.819><c> being</c><00:24:20.119><c> alive</c>

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to<00:24:21.880><c> sink</c><00:24:22.160><c> in</c><00:24:22.420><c> for</c><00:24:22.660><c> them,</c><00:24:23.779><c> some</c><00:24:23.980><c> doubted,</c>

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because<00:24:25.700><c> it</c><00:24:25.839><c> was</c><00:24:26.119><c> so</c><00:24:27.299><c> extraordinary,</c><00:24:28.059><c> so</c><00:24:28.339><c> extraordinary,</c>

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his<00:27:07.579><c> trustworthiness.</c>

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and<00:27:31.880><c> be</c><00:27:32.119><c> guaranteed</c><00:27:32.660><c> to</c><00:27:33.039><c> all</c><00:27:33.319><c> his</c><00:27:33.559><c> offspring,</c>

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who<00:27:39.720><c> is</c><00:27:39.880><c> the</c><00:27:40.119><c> father</c><00:27:40.579><c> of</c><00:27:40.819><c> us</c><00:27:41.059><c> all.</c>

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in<00:27:55.200><c> hope</c><00:27:55.559><c> he</c><00:27:56.279><c> believed</c><00:27:56.900><c> against</c><00:27:57.359><c> hope</c>

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He<00:28:05.619><c> did</c><00:28:05.980><c> not</c><00:28:06.299><c> weaken</c><00:28:06.700><c> in</c><00:28:07.039><c> faith</c><00:28:07.359><c> when</c><00:28:07.599><c> he</c><00:28:07.940><c> considered</c><00:28:08.240><c> his</c><00:28:08.480><c> own</c><00:28:08.740><c> body,</c>

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which<00:28:09.240><c> was</c><00:28:09.460><c> as</c><00:28:09.660><c> good</c><00:28:09.759><c> as</c><00:28:10.039><c> dead,</c><00:28:11.119><c> since</c><00:28:11.380><c> he</c><00:28:11.519><c> was</c><00:28:11.680><c> about</c><00:28:11.900><c> 100</c><00:28:12.119><c> years</c><00:28:12.460><c> old</c>

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and<00:28:13.359><c> when</c><00:28:13.519><c> he</c><00:28:13.720><c> had</c><00:28:13.880><c> considered</c><00:28:14.299><c> the</c><00:28:14.559><c> barrenness</c><00:28:14.980><c> of</c><00:28:15.200><c> Sarah's</c><00:28:15.579><c> womb.</c>

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No<00:28:17.039><c> unbelief</c><00:28:17.559><c> made</c><00:28:17.740><c> him</c><00:28:18.019><c> waver</c><00:28:18.700><c> concerning</c><00:28:19.099><c> the</c><00:28:19.440><c> promise</c><00:28:19.759><c> of</c><00:28:19.960><c> God,</c>

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but<00:28:21.339><c> he</c><00:28:21.859><c> grew</c><00:28:22.200><c> strong</c><00:28:23.019><c> in</c><00:28:23.759><c> his</c><00:28:24.079><c> faith</c><00:28:24.539><c> as</c><00:28:25.319><c> he</c><00:28:25.519><c> gave</c><00:28:25.779><c> glory</c><00:28:26.299><c> to</c><00:28:26.519><c> God,</c>

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fully<00:28:27.519><c> convinced</c><00:28:28.039><c> that</c><00:28:28.259><c> God</c><00:28:28.500><c> was</c><00:28:28.839><c> able</c><00:28:29.059><c> to</c><00:28:29.279><c> do</c>

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what<00:28:29.619><c> he</c><00:28:29.740><c> had</c><00:28:30.019><c> promised.</c>

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x
That<00:28:31.000><c> is</c><00:28:31.180><c> why</c><00:28:31.380><c> his</c><00:28:31.680><c> faith</c><00:28:31.880><c> was</c><00:28:32.579><c> counted</c><00:28:32.880><c> to</c><00:28:33.099><c> him</c><00:28:33.519><c> as</c><00:28:33.859><c> righteousness.</c>

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An<00:28:37.640><c> important</c><00:28:37.940><c> note</c><00:28:38.420><c> in</c><00:28:38.680><c> verse</c><00:28:38.960><c> 20,</c>

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the<00:28:40.519><c> verb</c><00:28:41.160><c> about</c><00:28:42.440><c> growing</c><00:28:43.039><c> in</c><00:28:43.380><c> faith</c><00:28:43.700><c> in</c><00:28:44.440><c> the</c><00:28:44.660><c> Greek</c>

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is<00:28:45.420><c> in</c><00:28:45.740><c> the</c><00:28:46.240><c> passive</c><00:28:47.220><c> construct.</c>

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Captured,<00:28:50.420><c> maybe</c><00:28:50.720><c> better</c><00:28:50.980><c> in</c><00:28:51.700><c> the</c><00:28:51.779><c> NIV</c><00:28:51.839><c> and</c><00:28:52.019><c> the</c><00:28:52.220><c> NET</c><00:28:52.440><c> more</c><00:28:53.619><c> clearly,</c>

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but<00:28:54.940><c> was</c><00:28:55.380><c> strengthened</c><00:28:56.079><c> in</c><00:28:56.660><c> his</c><00:28:57.019><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:28:58.579><c> wasn't</c><00:28:58.880><c> him</c><00:29:00.900><c> exercising</c><00:29:02.059><c> and</c><00:29:02.299><c> making</c><00:29:02.519><c> himself</c><00:29:03.480><c> strong</c>

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in<00:29:04.819><c> his</c><00:29:05.059><c> faith,</c><00:29:06.400><c> he</c><00:29:06.759><c> was</c><00:29:07.180><c> strengthened.</c>

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He<00:29:07.880><c> was</c><00:29:08.240><c> strengthened</c><00:29:08.819><c> by</c><00:29:09.640><c> God.</c>

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God's<00:29:14.200><c> actions</c><00:29:14.740><c> are</c><00:29:15.420><c> what</c><00:29:15.660><c> strengthened</c><00:29:16.099><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:16.839><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:29:17.240><c> the</c><00:29:17.440><c> glory</c><00:29:17.819><c> rightly</c><00:29:18.599><c> goes</c><00:29:19.160><c> to</c><00:29:19.960><c> God.</c>

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x
We<00:29:21.579><c> see</c><00:29:21.819><c> God</c><00:29:22.059><c> at</c><00:29:22.279><c> work,</c><00:29:23.259><c> he</c><00:29:23.640><c> keeps</c><00:29:23.920><c> his</c><00:29:24.220><c> promises</c>

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x
and<00:29:25.380><c> our</c><00:29:25.720><c> faith</c><00:29:26.039><c> is</c><00:29:26.519><c> strengthened</c><00:29:26.920><c> by</c><00:29:27.240><c> what</c><00:29:27.559><c> God</c><00:29:28.039><c> is</c><00:29:28.500><c> doing.</c>

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x
So<00:29:31.180><c> as</c><00:29:31.359><c> we</c><00:29:31.559><c> close</c><00:29:31.740><c> this</c><00:29:31.980><c> morning,</c>

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let's<00:29:32.460><c> consider</c><00:29:32.859><c> how</c><00:29:33.539><c> our</c><00:29:34.319><c> situation</c><00:29:34.880><c> has</c><00:29:35.299><c> parallels</c>

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to<00:29:36.880><c> Abraham</c><00:29:37.240><c> and</c><00:29:37.579><c> Sarah's.</c>

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x
We<00:29:38.519><c> have</c><00:29:38.819><c> been</c><00:29:39.099><c> given</c><00:29:39.420><c> great</c><00:29:40.039><c> and</c><00:29:40.599><c> precious</c><00:29:40.980><c> promises</c><00:29:41.640><c> as</c><00:29:42.140><c> well,</c>

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x
and<00:29:43.059><c> we</c><00:29:43.460><c> are</c><00:29:43.740><c> in</c><00:29:43.819><c> a</c><00:29:43.920><c> period</c><00:29:44.200><c> of</c><00:29:44.420><c> waiting.</c>

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x
We<00:29:46.720><c> see</c><00:29:46.900><c> the</c><00:29:47.140><c> world</c><00:29:47.759><c> in</c><00:29:49.099><c> chaos</c><00:29:49.400><c> around</c><00:29:49.799><c> us</c>

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x
and<00:29:50.240><c> we</c><00:29:51.079><c> long</c><00:29:51.380><c> for</c><00:29:52.279><c> the</c><00:29:52.480><c> coming</c><00:29:52.759><c> kingdom.</c>

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x
God<00:29:55.440><c> calls</c><00:29:55.859><c> us</c><00:29:56.180><c> to</c><00:29:56.339><c> a</c><00:29:56.400><c> new</c><00:29:56.579><c> life</c><00:29:57.200><c> and</c><00:29:57.519><c> a</c><00:29:57.640><c> new</c><00:29:57.819><c> name</c><00:29:58.319><c> in</c><00:29:58.859><c> Christ,</c>

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x
the<00:30:00.299><c> promised</c><00:30:00.559><c> seed</c><00:30:00.759><c> of</c><00:30:00.980><c> Abraham,</c>

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a<00:30:02.339><c> child</c><00:30:02.720><c> also</c><00:30:03.200><c> born</c><00:30:03.660><c> through</c><00:30:04.000><c> a</c><00:30:04.180><c> miraculous</c><00:30:04.640><c> birth.</c>

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As<00:30:07.059><c> one</c><00:30:07.259><c> of</c><00:30:07.400><c> our</c><00:30:07.539><c> hymns</c><00:30:07.779><c> says,</c><00:30:08.240><c> by</c><00:30:08.240><c> the</c><00:30:08.420><c> all</c><00:30:08.640><c>-creating</c><00:30:09.000><c> spirit</c>

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came<00:30:09.859><c> a</c><00:30:10.200><c> son</c><00:30:10.799><c> to</c><00:30:11.559><c> wondrous</c><00:30:12.099><c> birth.</c>

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Is<00:30:13.980><c> anything</c><00:30:14.259><c> too</c><00:30:14.500><c> wonderful</c><00:30:14.799><c> for</c><00:30:15.019><c> God?</c>

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No.

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Through<00:30:18.400><c> him,</c><00:30:18.660><c> we've</c><00:30:19.059><c> received</c><00:30:19.420><c> a</c><00:30:19.720><c> new</c><00:30:19.920><c> covenant</c>

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x
and<00:30:21.559><c> a</c><00:30:21.859><c> call</c><00:30:22.299><c> to</c><00:30:23.240><c> live</c><00:30:23.500><c> our</c><00:30:23.759><c> lives</c>

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with<00:30:24.299><c> an</c><00:30:24.599><c> awareness</c><00:30:25.140><c> of</c><00:30:25.740><c> God's</c><00:30:26.279><c> presence.</c>

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x
Walk<00:30:27.980><c> before</c><00:30:28.440><c> me</c><00:30:29.140><c> and</c><00:30:29.720><c> be</c><00:30:30.000><c> perfect</c><00:30:30.700><c> and</c><00:30:32.000><c> be</c><00:30:32.240><c> blameless.</c>

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We<00:30:33.859><c> can</c><00:30:34.079><c> take</c><00:30:34.319><c> the</c><00:30:34.559><c> opportunities</c><00:30:35.200><c> that</c><00:30:35.539><c> God</c><00:30:35.779><c> gives</c><00:30:36.099><c> us,</c>

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x
as<00:30:37.920><c> Abraham</c><00:30:38.220><c> and</c><00:30:38.480><c> Sarah</c><00:30:38.660><c> did,</c><00:30:39.140><c> and</c><00:30:39.380><c> grow</c><00:30:39.920><c> in</c><00:30:40.700><c> faith.</c>

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He's<00:30:41.559><c> working</c><00:30:41.900><c> with</c><00:30:42.160><c> us</c><00:30:43.180><c> just</c><00:30:43.819><c> as</c><00:30:44.000><c> he</c><00:30:44.119><c> did</c><00:30:44.319><c> with</c><00:30:44.599><c> them.</c>

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x
God's<00:30:45.759><c> given</c><00:30:45.880><c> us</c><00:30:46.140><c> a</c><00:30:46.299><c> measure</c><00:30:46.579><c> of</c><00:30:46.839><c> faith</c>

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x
and<00:30:48.359><c> God's</c><00:30:49.799><c> working</c><00:30:49.799><c> patiently,</c><00:30:51.460><c> compassionately</c><00:30:52.019><c> with</c><00:30:52.299><c> us</c>

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x
to<00:30:52.759><c> help</c><00:30:52.960><c> it</c><00:30:53.480><c> grow.</c>

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x
There<00:30:55.279><c> may</c><00:30:55.480><c> be</c><00:30:55.640><c> times</c><00:30:55.960><c> where</c><00:30:56.160><c> we</c><00:30:56.400><c> struggle</c><00:30:56.900><c> in</c><00:30:57.640><c> our</c><00:30:57.880><c> faith</c>

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x
but<00:30:58.180><c> we'll</c><00:30:58.400><c> be</c><00:30:58.839><c> in</c><00:30:59.079><c> good</c><00:30:59.259><c> company</c>

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x
with<00:30:59.940><c> giants</c><00:31:00.380><c> of</c><00:31:00.640><c> faith</c><00:31:00.920><c> like</c><00:31:01.200><c> Abraham</c><00:31:01.579><c> and</c><00:31:01.779><c> Sarah.</c>

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x
These<00:31:04.040><c> honor</c><00:31:04.640><c> roll</c><00:31:04.900><c> material</c><00:31:05.380><c> who</c><00:31:06.059><c> struggled</c>

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x
with<00:31:06.900><c> their</c><00:31:07.559><c> faith</c><00:31:07.859><c> as</c><00:31:08.200><c> well.</c>

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x
God<00:31:09.099><c> in</c><00:31:09.259><c> his</c><00:31:09.440><c> mercy</c><00:31:09.700><c> gives</c><00:31:09.920><c> us</c><00:31:10.279><c> encouragement</c>

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x
in<00:31:11.140><c> our</c><00:31:11.380><c> times</c><00:31:11.619><c> of</c><00:31:11.880><c> doubt</c><00:31:12.099><c> to</c><00:31:12.400><c> allow</c><00:31:12.779><c> us</c><00:31:13.500><c> to</c><00:31:13.819><c> grow</c><00:31:14.220><c> in</c><00:31:15.000><c> faith.</c>

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x
We<00:31:16.279><c> need</c><00:31:16.420><c> to</c><00:31:16.779><c> patiently</c><00:31:17.400><c> wait</c><00:31:18.279><c> on</c><00:31:18.779><c> his</c><00:31:19.019><c> promises,</c>

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x
not<00:31:20.759><c> taking</c><00:31:21.079><c> things</c><00:31:21.359><c> into</c><00:31:21.579><c> our</c><00:31:21.779><c> own</c><00:31:22.019><c> hands</c>

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x
as<00:31:23.920><c> Abraham</c><00:31:24.339><c> and</c><00:31:24.599><c> Sarah</c><00:31:24.819><c> did</c><00:31:25.140><c> with</c><00:31:25.599><c> the</c><00:31:25.759><c> Hagar</c><00:31:26.039><c> incident.</c>

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x
We<00:31:28.539><c> need</c><00:31:28.720><c> to</c><00:31:28.900><c> look</c><00:31:29.039><c> to</c><00:31:29.240><c> him</c><00:31:29.500><c> to</c><00:31:29.680><c> be</c><00:31:29.940><c> prayerful,</c>

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x
to<00:31:30.539><c> look</c><00:31:30.700><c> for</c><00:31:30.960><c> guidance,</c><00:31:31.960><c> to</c><00:31:32.220><c> be</c><00:31:32.440><c> patient,</c>

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x
to<00:31:34.220><c> walk</c><00:31:34.500><c> before</c><00:31:34.940><c> him</c><00:31:35.339><c> aware</c><00:31:35.980><c> of</c><00:31:36.299><c> his</c><00:31:36.579><c> presence</c>

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x
and<00:31:38.119><c> as</c><00:31:38.720><c> we</c><00:31:38.920><c> live</c><00:31:39.119><c> our</c><00:31:39.359><c> lives</c><00:31:39.880><c> before</c><00:31:40.539><c> him</c><00:31:40.799><c> seeking</c><00:31:41.200><c> to</c><00:31:41.480><c> do</c><00:31:42.019><c> his</c><00:31:42.480><c> will.</c>

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x
And<00:31:44.440><c> we</c><00:31:44.559><c> need</c><00:31:44.660><c> to</c><00:31:44.900><c> hold</c><00:31:45.099><c> on</c><00:31:45.400><c> to</c><00:31:45.539><c> that</c><00:31:45.799><c> promise</c>

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x
that<00:31:46.380><c> we</c><00:31:46.559><c> read</c><00:31:46.900><c> that</c><00:31:47.579><c> Jesus</c><00:31:48.000><c> gave</c><00:31:48.279><c> his</c><00:31:48.599><c> disciples.</c>

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x
I<00:31:50.299><c> am</c><00:31:50.779><c> with</c><00:31:51.059><c> you</c><00:31:51.460><c> evermore.</c>

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x
Don't<00:31:53.420><c> ever</c><00:31:53.759><c> doubt</c><00:31:54.180><c> that</c><00:31:54.960><c> promise.</c>

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x
Hold<00:31:55.980><c> on</c><00:31:56.640><c> to</c><00:31:57.000><c> that</c><00:31:57.240><c> promise.</c>

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Let<00:31:58.740><c> God</c><00:31:59.140><c> show</c><00:31:59.559><c> you</c><00:32:00.400><c> that</c><00:32:01.099><c> Jesus</c><00:32:01.500><c> is</c><00:32:01.779><c> with</c><00:32:01.980><c> us</c>

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x
and<00:32:02.480><c> that</c><00:32:02.799><c> message</c><00:32:03.259><c> that</c><00:32:03.660><c> is</c><00:32:04.220><c> there</c><00:32:04.500><c> wrapped</c><00:32:04.740><c> up</c>

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x
in<00:32:05.319><c> God's</c><00:32:05.779><c> memorial</c><00:32:06.099><c> name,</c><00:32:07.779><c> I</c><00:32:08.079><c> am</c><00:32:08.279><c> with</c><00:32:08.559><c> you.</c>

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God's<00:32:10.019><c> there</c><00:32:10.359><c> with</c><00:32:10.559><c> us</c><00:32:10.940><c> through</c>

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whatever<00:32:12.339><c> we're</c><00:32:12.619><c> going</c><00:32:12.819><c> through</c><00:32:13.119><c> as</c><00:32:13.380><c> well.</c>

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So<00:32:14.900><c> if</c><00:32:15.019><c> you</c><00:32:15.259><c> struggle</c><00:32:15.900><c> in</c><00:32:16.900><c> your</c><00:32:17.160><c> faith,</c><00:32:17.559><c> no,</c><00:32:17.740><c> you</c><00:32:17.920><c> are</c><00:32:18.160><c> not</c><00:32:18.359><c> alone.</c>

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Others<00:32:21.359><c> have</c><00:32:22.000><c> gone</c><00:32:22.299><c> through</c><00:32:22.799><c> and</c><00:32:23.240><c> are</c><00:32:23.539><c> going</c><00:32:23.779><c> through</c>

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similar<00:32:25.500><c> struggles,</c><00:32:26.660><c> but</c><00:32:26.960><c> know</c><00:32:27.299><c> that</c><00:32:27.539><c> we</c><00:32:27.799><c> see</c><00:32:28.559><c> here</c><00:32:29.240><c> in</c><00:32:30.259><c> his</c><00:32:30.539><c> word,</c>

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God<00:32:31.119><c> is</c><00:32:31.440><c> working</c><00:32:31.740><c> with</c><00:32:32.059><c> us</c><00:32:32.480><c> to</c><00:32:32.680><c> help</c><00:32:32.880><c> us</c><00:32:33.279><c> through</c><00:32:33.500><c> those</c><00:32:33.759><c> struggles.</c>