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being<00:19:02.029><c> taught</c><00:19:02.250><c> again</c><00:19:02.529><c> in</c><00:19:02.769><c> Judah.</c>

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to<00:19:10.910><c> seek</c><00:19:11.150><c> his</c><00:19:11.390><c> God,</c><00:19:11.630><c> he</c><00:19:11.890><c> did</c><00:19:12.150><c> it</c><00:19:13.309><c> with</c><00:19:14.369><c> all</c><00:19:14.769><c> his</c><00:19:15.049><c> heart.</c><00:19:16.970><c> And</c><00:19:17.289><c> he</c>

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prospered.<00:19:19.490><c> There's</c><00:19:19.730><c> that</c><00:19:19.910><c> message</c><00:19:20.190><c> again,</c>

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brothers<00:19:20.690><c> and</c><00:19:20.910><c> sisters,</c><00:19:21.369><c> for</c><00:19:21.369><c> us,</c><00:19:22.210><c> all</c><00:19:22.569><c> our</c><00:19:22.849><c> heart,</c><00:19:25.049><c> not</c><00:19:25.269><c> quarter</c><00:19:25.589><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:25.950><c> heart,</c><00:19:26.349><c> not</c><00:19:26.569><c> half</c><00:19:26.809><c> of</c><00:19:27.029><c> our</c><00:19:27.210><c> heart,</c>

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all<00:19:28.049><c> of</c><00:19:28.150><c> it.</c><00:19:29.269><c> That's</c><00:19:29.569><c> what</c><00:19:29.750><c> God</c><00:19:30.190><c> seeks</c><00:19:30.589><c> in</c><00:19:30.869><c> service</c><00:19:31.170><c> to</c><00:19:31.390><c> him.</c>

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So<00:19:33.890><c> things</c><00:19:34.069><c> were</c><00:19:34.289><c> great.</c>

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Things<00:19:36.170><c> were</c><00:19:36.329><c> going</c><00:19:36.529><c> quite</c><00:19:36.890><c> well.</c><00:19:38.670><c> But</c><00:19:38.829><c> as</c><00:19:39.309><c> the</c><00:19:39.529><c> apostle</c><00:19:39.809><c> Paul</c>

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tells<00:19:40.430><c> us</c><00:19:40.650><c> many</c><00:19:40.910><c> times</c><00:19:41.230><c> in</c><00:19:41.430><c> his</c><00:19:41.750><c> excitations,</c>

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to<00:19:44.369><c> continue</c><00:19:44.769><c> in</c><00:19:44.930><c> the</c><00:19:45.130><c> faith,</c><00:19:45.369><c> we</c><00:19:45.549><c> must</c><00:19:45.809><c> go</c><00:19:46.089><c> through</c><00:19:46.289><c> much</c><00:19:46.569><c> tribulation,</c>

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my<00:19:58.549><c> favorite</c><00:19:58.829><c> verses</c>

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in<00:20:11.569><c> our</c><00:20:11.809><c> time</c><00:20:11.990><c> of</c><00:20:12.250><c> tribulation.</c>

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those<00:20:26.690><c> tough</c><00:20:26.910><c> times?</c><00:20:27.869><c> So</c><00:20:28.109><c> we</c><00:20:28.289><c> do</c><00:20:28.589><c> have</c><00:20:28.829><c> a</c><00:20:29.029><c> helper,</c><00:20:29.390><c> and</c><00:20:29.569><c> we</c><00:20:29.730><c> know</c><00:20:29.950><c> we</c>

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have<00:20:30.369><c> a</c><00:20:30.410><c> helper.</c><00:20:32.269><c> But</c><00:20:32.470><c> it's</c><00:20:32.670><c> up</c><00:20:32.789><c> to</c><00:20:32.910><c> us</c><00:20:33.089><c> to</c><00:20:33.269><c> take</c>

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advantage<00:20:33.829><c> of</c><00:20:34.029><c> that.</c><00:20:35.750><c> And</c><00:20:35.990><c> there</c><00:20:36.130><c> are</c><00:20:36.190><c> times</c><00:20:36.349><c> in</c><00:20:36.490><c> his</c><00:20:36.670><c> life</c><00:20:36.849><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:20:37.750><c> it</c>

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seems,<00:20:38.670><c> didn't</c><00:20:38.990><c> do</c><00:20:39.230><c> that,</c><00:20:39.490><c> but</c><00:20:39.710><c> more</c><00:20:39.910><c> times</c>

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lit<00:21:02.049><c> in</c><00:21:02.289><c> Judah.</c><00:21:03.690><c> But</c><00:21:04.150><c> Israel</c><00:21:05.210><c> was</c><00:21:05.710><c> in</c><00:21:05.910><c> trouble.</c>

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that<00:21:11.349><c> he</c><00:21:11.549><c> had</c><00:21:11.710><c> spoken</c><00:21:11.970><c> so</c><00:21:12.410><c> often</c><00:21:12.690><c> through</c><00:21:13.109><c> the</c>

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prophets,<00:21:13.769><c> right?</c><00:21:14.390><c> To</c><00:21:14.549><c> both</c><00:21:15.210><c> Israel</c><00:21:15.769><c> and</c><00:21:15.950><c> Judah.</c><00:21:16.970><c> To</c><00:21:17.190><c> turn</c><00:21:17.470><c> from</c><00:21:17.730><c> your</c><00:21:17.930><c> evil</c><00:21:18.150><c> ways</c><00:21:18.410><c> and</c><00:21:18.529><c> come</c><00:21:18.730><c> back</c><00:21:18.990><c> to</c><00:21:19.170><c> me.</c>

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again<00:21:28.930><c> that</c><00:21:29.150><c> God</c><00:21:29.470><c> does</c><00:21:29.849><c> keep</c><00:21:30.109><c> his</c><00:21:30.410><c> promises.</c>

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over<00:21:57.970><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:21:59.890><c> So</c><00:22:00.089><c> now</c><00:22:00.430><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:01.029><c> had</c><00:22:01.349><c> a</c><00:22:01.630><c> hostile</c><00:22:02.089><c> threat</c>

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DeLong<00:22:14.329><c> describes</c><00:22:14.890><c> in</c><00:22:15.049><c> his</c><00:22:15.289><c> book</c><00:22:15.470><c> of</c><00:22:15.670><c> those</c>

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years.<00:22:27.869><c> And</c><00:22:28.130><c> that</c><00:22:28.289><c> must</c><00:22:28.509><c> have</c><00:22:28.690><c> been</c><00:22:28.789><c> a</c><00:22:29.109><c> really</c><00:22:29.430><c> tough</c><00:22:29.789><c> time.</c>

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a<00:22:41.289><c> decline</c><00:22:41.670><c> of</c><00:22:41.970><c> faith</c><00:22:42.170><c> in</c><00:22:42.430><c> Judah.</c>

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Many<00:22:43.529><c> in</c><00:22:43.769><c> Judah</c><00:22:43.970><c> told</c><00:22:44.289><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:22:44.930><c> we</c><00:22:45.109><c> got</c><00:22:45.289><c> to</c><00:22:45.430><c> go</c><00:22:45.529><c> to</c><00:22:45.690><c> Egypt.</c>

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We<00:22:46.109><c> got</c><00:22:46.269><c> to</c><00:22:46.450><c> get</c><00:22:46.549><c> the</c><00:22:46.789><c> Egyptians</c><00:22:47.170><c> to</c><00:22:47.430><c> help</c><00:22:47.529><c> us</c><00:22:47.789><c> out.</c>

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end.<00:22:52.589><c> We</c><00:22:52.750><c> can</c><00:22:52.910><c> do</c><00:22:53.109><c> it.</c>

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die.<00:23:00.529><c> They</c><00:23:00.730><c> had</c><00:23:00.910><c> given</c><00:23:01.049><c> up.</c>

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in<00:23:08.230><c> 2</c><00:23:08.490><c> Kings</c><00:23:08.829><c> 18</c><00:23:09.990><c> at</c><00:23:10.450><c> verse</c><00:23:10.710><c> 14,</c><00:23:11.250><c> we're</c><00:23:11.509><c> told</c>

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that<00:23:12.650><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:13.349><c> decided</c><00:23:13.869><c> it</c><00:23:14.049><c> was</c><00:23:14.390><c> wiser</c><00:23:14.730><c> to</c><00:23:14.990><c> pay</c><00:23:15.230><c> tribute</c><00:23:15.789><c> to</c>

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of<00:23:23.609><c> money.</c><00:23:25.109><c> And</c><00:23:25.369><c> he</c><00:23:25.490><c> also</c><00:23:25.710><c> does</c><00:23:25.910><c> something</c><00:23:26.230><c> else.</c>

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takes<00:23:31.509><c> the</c><00:23:31.750><c> gold</c><00:23:32.009><c> out</c><00:23:32.210><c> of</c><00:23:32.329><c> it</c>

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to<00:23:33.430><c> pay</c><00:23:33.609><c> to</c><00:23:33.789><c> the</c><00:23:33.890><c> king</c><00:23:34.089><c> of</c><00:23:34.269><c> Assyria.</c><00:23:38.109><c> So</c><00:23:38.549><c> this</c><00:23:38.750><c> is</c><00:23:39.130><c> one</c><00:23:39.329><c> of</c><00:23:39.470><c> those</c><00:23:39.809><c> times</c><00:23:40.210><c> where</c><00:23:40.549><c> we</c><00:23:40.750><c> see</c><00:23:40.910><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:41.509><c> with</c><00:23:41.789><c> a</c>

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little<00:23:42.190><c> lapse</c><00:23:42.490><c> in</c><00:23:42.769><c> faith</c><00:23:42.910><c> himself.</c><00:23:44.730><c> And</c><00:23:44.970><c> we</c><00:23:45.109><c> can</c><00:23:45.289><c> be</c><00:23:45.490><c> judgmental</c><00:23:46.029><c> of</c><00:23:46.170><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:23:46.730><c> but</c><00:23:46.869><c> I</c>

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don't<00:23:47.230><c> think</c><00:23:47.369><c> we</c>

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can<00:23:47.809><c> be</c><00:23:48.049><c> because</c><00:23:48.609><c> we've</c><00:23:49.670><c> all</c><00:23:49.829><c> done</c><00:23:50.009><c> it.</c><00:23:50.930><c> Now,</c><00:23:51.170><c> we</c><00:23:51.289><c> haven't</c><00:23:51.569><c> given</c><00:23:51.809><c> away</c><00:23:52.190><c> gold</c><00:23:52.490><c> and</c>

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silver<00:23:53.089><c> to</c><00:23:53.390><c> an</c><00:23:53.589><c> oppressive</c><00:23:53.970><c> king,</c>

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but<00:23:55.390><c> there</c><00:23:55.569><c> are</c><00:23:55.730><c> times</c><00:23:55.990><c> in</c><00:23:56.210><c> our</c><00:23:56.410><c> lives</c><00:23:56.569><c> I'm</c><00:23:56.769><c> sure</c><00:23:57.009><c> that</c><00:23:57.210><c> you</c><00:23:57.309><c> can</c><00:23:57.509><c> think</c><00:23:57.710><c> of</c>

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when<00:23:58.210><c> you've</c><00:23:58.630><c> had</c><00:23:58.750><c> a</c><00:23:58.970><c> rough</c><00:23:59.150><c> patch</c>

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and<00:24:01.410><c> you've</c><00:24:01.890><c> not</c><00:24:02.109><c> really</c><00:24:02.450><c> included</c><00:24:02.829><c> God</c><00:24:03.250><c> in</c><00:24:03.609><c> any</c><00:24:03.970><c> decision</c><00:24:04.329><c> making</c><00:24:04.789><c> and</c><00:24:05.529><c> you've</c><00:24:05.809><c> tried</c><00:24:05.930><c> to</c>

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rely<00:24:06.390><c> on</c>

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yourselves.<00:24:07.130><c> And</c><00:24:07.269><c> it</c><00:24:07.329><c> seems</c><00:24:07.569><c> that</c><00:24:08.170><c> is</c><00:24:08.410><c> what</c><00:24:08.609><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:09.089><c> is</c><00:24:09.289><c> doing</c><00:24:09.470><c> here.</c><00:24:11.130><c> But</c>

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one<00:24:11.730><c> thing</c><00:24:11.890><c> that</c><00:24:12.109><c> did</c><00:24:12.329><c> become</c><00:24:12.650><c> of</c><00:24:12.849><c> this,</c>

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it<00:24:13.230><c> did</c><00:24:13.450><c> buy</c><00:24:13.690><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:14.349><c> some</c><00:24:14.650><c> time.</c><00:24:16.089><c> And</c><00:24:16.390><c> the</c><00:24:16.589><c> readings</c><00:24:16.829><c> this</c>

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morning,<00:24:17.490><c> we</c><00:24:17.869><c> read</c><00:24:18.170><c> about</c><00:24:18.509><c> how</c><00:24:18.869><c> he</c><00:24:19.769><c> stopped</c><00:24:20.230><c> up</c>

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the<00:24:20.950><c> water</c><00:24:21.430><c> outside</c><00:24:22.029><c> of</c><00:24:22.269><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:24:23.410><c> He</c><00:24:23.789><c> had</c><00:24:24.289><c> fresh</c><00:24:24.769><c> supplies</c>

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of<00:24:25.410><c> water</c><00:24:25.650><c> in</c><00:24:25.970><c> the</c><00:24:26.210><c> city</c><00:24:26.410><c> in</c><00:24:26.609><c> case</c><00:24:26.829><c> it</c><00:24:26.970><c> was</c><00:24:27.230><c> a</c>

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siege.<00:24:28.329><c> And</c><00:24:28.549><c> he</c><00:24:28.710><c> did</c><00:24:28.829><c> all</c><00:24:29.130><c> these</c><00:24:29.450><c> works</c><00:24:29.829><c> to</c><00:24:30.109><c> fortify</c><00:24:30.509><c> the</c><00:24:30.769><c> walls</c><00:24:31.230><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:31.930><c> got</c><00:24:32.049><c> the</c><00:24:32.309><c> people</c><00:24:32.569><c> ready.</c><00:24:33.890><c> And</c><00:24:34.430><c> one</c><00:24:34.529><c> of</c><00:24:34.670><c> the</c>

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things<00:24:35.589><c> he</c><00:24:35.970><c> did</c><00:24:36.910><c> right</c><00:24:38.650><c> after</c><00:24:39.089><c> he</c><00:24:39.269><c> had</c><00:24:39.470><c> that</c><00:24:39.829><c> lapse,</c><00:24:40.769><c> he</c><00:24:40.829><c> had</c>

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that<00:24:41.390><c> lapse</c><00:24:41.690><c> of</c><00:24:41.970><c> giving</c><00:24:42.190><c> money</c><00:24:42.630><c> to</c><00:24:43.049><c> take</c><00:24:43.309><c> care</c><00:24:43.490><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:43.829><c> problems.</c><00:24:44.670><c> And</c><00:24:44.710><c> you</c><00:24:44.789><c> know,</c><00:24:45.130><c> Brother</c><00:24:45.250><c> Rich</c><00:24:45.470><c> will</c><00:24:45.609><c> tell</c><00:24:45.809><c> you</c><00:24:45.910><c> this,</c><00:24:46.930><c> when</c><00:24:47.109><c> you</c><00:24:47.410><c> appease</c><00:24:48.029><c> an</c><00:24:48.250><c> aggressor,</c>

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like<00:24:49.250><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:49.730><c> did,</c><00:24:50.009><c> it</c><00:24:50.170><c> doesn't</c><00:24:50.309><c> work.</c><00:24:51.490><c> They</c><00:24:51.730><c> just</c><00:24:51.930><c> come</c>

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back<00:24:52.430><c> wanting</c><00:24:52.670><c> more.</c><00:24:53.950><c> And</c><00:24:54.130><c> that's</c><00:24:54.349><c> what</c><00:24:54.529><c> happens.</c>

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Assyria<00:24:55.650><c> wants</c><00:24:55.950><c> more.</c><00:24:57.109><c> But</c><00:24:57.289><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:57.970><c> gives</c><00:24:58.210><c> this</c><00:24:58.569><c> riveting</c>

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speech<00:24:59.410><c> that</c><00:24:59.809><c> my</c><00:25:00.029><c> dad</c><00:25:00.289><c> read</c><00:25:00.490><c> this</c><00:25:00.809><c> morning</c>

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in<00:25:01.829><c> chapter</c><00:25:02.269><c> 32,</c><00:25:03.430><c> these</c><00:25:03.690><c> wonderful</c><00:25:04.190><c> words</c><00:25:04.509><c> of</c><00:25:04.730><c> be</c><00:25:04.950><c> strong</c><00:25:05.309><c> and</c><00:25:05.690><c> courageous.</c>

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Be<00:25:11.769><c> strong</c><00:25:12.109><c> and</c><00:25:12.450><c> courageous.</c><00:25:14.549><c> Be</c><00:25:14.730><c> not</c><00:25:14.970><c> afraid</c>

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nor<00:25:15.609><c> dismayed.</c><00:25:18.029><c> For</c><00:25:18.230><c> all</c><00:25:18.509><c> the</c><00:25:18.710><c> multitude</c><00:25:19.210><c> that</c><00:25:19.509><c> is</c><00:25:19.670><c> with</c><00:25:19.829><c> the</c>

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king<00:25:20.170><c> of</c><00:25:20.390><c> Assyria,</c><00:25:20.930><c> for</c><00:25:21.089><c> there</c><00:25:21.349><c> be</c><00:25:21.509><c> more</c><00:25:21.849><c> with</c><00:25:22.109><c> us</c>

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than<00:25:22.569><c> with</c><00:25:22.789><c> him.</c><00:25:25.930><c> There</c><00:25:26.170><c> be</c><00:25:26.329><c> more</c><00:25:26.690><c> with</c><00:25:26.950><c> us</c><00:25:27.769><c> than</c><00:25:28.490><c> with</c><00:25:28.710><c> him.</c>

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commanders<00:25:34.029><c> and</c><00:25:34.210><c> to</c><00:25:34.329><c> the</c><00:25:34.509><c> people</c><00:25:34.930><c> to</c><00:25:35.569><c> stay</c><00:25:35.829><c> strong.</c><00:25:36.950><c> So</c><00:25:37.049><c> even</c>

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though<00:25:37.450><c> he</c><00:25:37.670><c> has</c><00:25:37.950><c> these</c><00:25:38.269><c> lapses</c><00:25:38.730><c> of</c><00:25:38.970><c> faith,</c>

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he<00:25:41.210><c> comes</c><00:25:41.529><c> back</c><00:25:42.109><c> strong</c><00:25:42.789><c> to</c><00:25:43.210><c> the</c><00:25:43.410><c> Lord.</c><00:25:43.690><c> That</c><00:25:44.029><c> love</c><00:25:44.390><c> and</c><00:25:44.710><c> commitment</c><00:25:45.009><c> is</c>

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always<00:25:45.609><c> there.</c>

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tells<00:27:42.630><c> them,</c>

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Hezekiah<00:28:47.609><c> once</c><00:28:47.869><c> again</c><00:28:48.210><c> goes</c><00:28:48.789><c> and</c><00:28:49.450><c> prays.</c><00:28:49.670><c> He</c><00:28:49.769><c> takes</c><00:28:50.089><c> the</c><00:28:50.369><c> letter,</c><00:28:50.630><c> we're</c><00:28:50.950><c> told,</c><00:28:51.990><c> into</c>

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also<00:29:00.809><c> says</c><00:29:01.049><c> that</c><00:29:01.269><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:01.670><c> prayed</c><00:29:02.049><c> with</c><00:29:02.269><c> him,</c>

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heard<00:29:09.230><c> their</c><00:29:09.490><c> prayer.</c>

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this<00:29:16.630><c> city.</c>

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