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Genesis<00:17:13.599><c> chapter</c><00:17:14.140><c> 9,</c>

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would<00:17:51.140><c> remember</c><00:17:51.539><c> his</c><00:17:51.859><c> covenant.</c>

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He<00:17:53.319><c> also</c><00:17:53.799><c> put</c><00:17:53.980><c> it</c><00:17:54.220><c> there</c><00:17:54.859><c> so</c><00:17:55.299><c> that</c><00:17:55.519><c> he</c><00:17:55.759><c> would</c><00:17:56.000><c> remember</c><00:17:56.779><c> his</c><00:17:57.339><c> covenant.</c>

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Yes,<00:18:00.059><c> God</c><00:18:00.539><c> promised</c><00:18:01.240><c> the</c><00:18:01.640><c> land</c><00:18:01.960><c> for</c><00:18:02.339><c> eternity</c><00:18:02.839><c> to</c><00:18:03.519><c> Abraham,</c>

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but<00:18:04.799><c> he</c><00:18:05.119><c> also</c><00:18:05.720><c> renewed</c><00:18:06.099><c> his</c><00:18:06.539><c> promise</c><00:18:06.920><c> to</c><00:18:07.119><c> Isaac</c><00:18:07.720><c> and</c><00:18:08.480><c> to</c><00:18:08.759><c> Jacob.</c>

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Leviticus<00:18:10.799><c> 26</c><00:18:11.480><c> tells</c><00:18:11.779><c> us,</c>

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my<00:18:18.380><c> covenant</c><00:18:18.720><c> with</c><00:18:19.000><c> Isaac,</c>

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will<00:18:25.480><c> remember</c><00:18:25.839><c> the</c><00:18:26.200><c> land.</c>

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you<00:19:25.059><c> out</c><00:19:25.460><c> of</c><00:19:25.700><c> this</c><00:19:26.180><c> place.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:19:29.799><c> Chapter</c><00:19:30.259><c> 16</c>

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the<00:19:41.940><c> bread</c><00:19:42.220><c> of</c><00:19:42.500><c> affliction.</c>

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but<00:19:48.339><c> thou</c><00:19:48.519><c> mayest</c><00:19:49.079><c> remember</c><00:19:49.680><c> the</c><00:19:49.940><c> day</c><00:19:50.579><c> when</c><00:19:50.960><c> thou</c><00:19:51.299><c> camest</c><00:19:51.799><c> forth</c><00:19:52.180><c> out</c>

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Remember<00:19:59.579><c> the</c><00:19:59.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:00.259><c> day</c><00:20:00.960><c> to</c><00:20:02.059><c> keep</c><00:20:02.220><c> it</c><00:20:02.440><c> holy.</c>

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In<00:20:05.019><c> Esther</c><00:20:05.359><c> Chapter</c><00:20:05.819><c> 9</c>

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And<00:20:06.799><c> that</c><00:20:08.380><c> these</c><00:20:08.740><c> days</c><00:20:09.140><c> should</c><00:20:09.359><c> be</c><00:20:09.779><c> remembered</c><00:20:10.900><c> and</c><00:20:11.700><c> kept</c>

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throughout<00:20:12.380><c> every</c><00:20:12.720><c> generation,</c>

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every<00:20:14.519><c> family,</c><00:20:16.099><c> every</c><00:20:16.339><c> province,</c><00:20:17.220><c> every</c><00:20:17.519><c> city,</c>

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and<00:20:19.279><c> that</c><00:20:19.579><c> the</c><00:20:19.779><c> days</c><00:20:20.079><c> of</c><00:20:20.420><c> Purim</c><00:20:20.799><c> should</c><00:20:21.299><c> not</c><00:20:21.880><c> fail</c><00:20:22.259><c> from</c><00:20:22.559><c> among</c>

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First<00:20:30.519><c> Chronicles</c>

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Remember<00:20:33.220><c> his</c><00:20:33.619><c> marvelous</c><00:20:34.259><c> works</c><00:20:34.700><c> that</c><00:20:34.920><c> he</c><00:20:35.119><c> hath</c><00:20:35.319><c> done,</c><00:20:36.740><c> his</c>

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wonders<00:20:37.500><c> and</c><00:20:38.000><c> his</c><00:20:38.380><c> judgments.</c>

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Psalm<00:20:41.480><c> 20</c>

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name<00:20:51.799><c> of</c><00:20:52.559><c> the</c><00:20:52.839><c> Lord.</c>

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Lord<00:20:56.519><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:56.940><c> remember</c><00:20:57.400><c> me</c><00:20:57.599><c> when</c><00:20:57.779><c> thou</c><00:20:58.000><c> comest</c><00:20:58.400><c> into</c><00:20:58.660><c> thy</c><00:20:58.940><c> kingdom,</c><00:21:00.119><c> says</c><00:21:00.279><c> the</c><00:21:00.539><c> thief.</c>

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Young<00:21:03.339><c> people,</c><00:21:05.019><c> God</c><00:21:05.319><c> wants</c><00:21:05.680><c> you</c><00:21:05.900><c> to</c><00:21:06.160><c> remember</c><00:21:06.380><c> him</c><00:21:06.680><c> too.</c>

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Remember<00:21:09.619><c> now</c><00:21:09.960><c> thy</c><00:21:10.220><c> creator</c><00:21:10.839><c> in</c><00:21:11.839><c> the</c><00:21:12.079><c> days</c><00:21:12.319><c> of</c><00:21:12.539><c> your</c><00:21:12.799><c> youth,</c>

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while<00:21:15.019><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> evil</c><00:21:15.539><c> days</c><00:21:16.019><c> come</c><00:21:16.359><c> not,</c><00:21:17.319><c> nor</c><00:21:17.460><c> the</c><00:21:17.720><c> ears</c><00:21:18.180><c> draw</c><00:21:18.500><c> nigh,</c>

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when<00:21:19.759><c> thou</c><00:21:19.980><c> shalt</c><00:21:20.319><c> say,</c><00:21:20.859><c> I</c><00:21:20.980><c> have</c><00:21:21.160><c> no</c><00:21:21.460><c> pleasure</c><00:21:21.740><c> in</c><00:21:21.960><c> them.</c>

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Lastly,<00:21:26.000><c> encouragement</c><00:21:26.519><c> for</c><00:21:26.859><c> us</c><00:21:27.140><c> all.</c>

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From<00:21:29.700><c> 1</c><00:21:29.880><c> Corinthians</c>

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Now<00:21:31.059><c> I</c><00:21:32.839><c> praise</c><00:21:33.220><c> you,</c><00:21:33.640><c> brethren,</c><00:21:35.519><c> that</c><00:21:35.640><c> you</c><00:21:36.039><c> remember</c><00:21:36.299><c> me</c><00:21:36.680><c> in</c>

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all<00:21:37.279><c> things,</c>

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and<00:21:38.960><c> keep</c><00:21:39.200><c> the</c><00:21:39.480><c> ordinances</c><00:21:40.079><c> as</c><00:21:40.460><c> I</c><00:21:40.740><c> deliver</c><00:21:40.960><c> them</c><00:21:41.240><c> to</c><00:21:41.480><c> you.</c>

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Colossians<00:21:44.420><c> Chapter</c><00:21:44.920><c> 4</c>

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The<00:21:47.000><c> salutation</c><00:21:47.940><c> by</c><00:21:48.400><c> my</c><00:21:49.220><c> hand</c><00:21:49.960><c> of</c><00:21:50.400><c> thee,</c><00:21:50.859><c> Paul.</c>

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Remember<00:21:53.000><c> my</c><00:21:54.339><c> bonds.</c>

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From<00:21:58.059><c> Isaiah</c>

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