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it<00:11:57.320><c> was</c><00:11:57.559><c> more</c><00:11:57.899><c> than</c><00:11:58.100><c> just</c><00:11:58.379><c> like</c><00:11:58.639><c> him</c><00:11:59.200><c> showing</c><00:11:59.519><c> me</c><00:11:59.720><c> how</c><00:11:59.879><c> to</c><00:12:00.100><c> line</c>

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I<00:12:08.059><c> don't</c><00:12:08.139><c> know</c><00:12:08.179><c> if</c><00:12:08.240><c> you</c><00:12:08.379><c> remember</c><00:12:08.639><c> this,</c><00:12:09.039><c> dad.</c>

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now<00:12:14.820><c> Steve,</c><00:12:15.179><c> I</c><00:12:15.259><c> want</c><00:12:15.460><c> you</c><00:12:15.600><c> to</c><00:12:15.720><c> look</c><00:12:15.879><c> over</c><00:12:16.200><c> there.</c>

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I<00:12:23.120><c> want</c><00:12:23.320><c> you</c><00:12:23.519><c> to</c><00:12:23.740><c> notice</c><00:12:24.100><c> the</c><00:12:24.659><c> undulation</c><00:12:25.500><c> in</c><00:12:26.080><c> the</c><00:12:26.399><c> green,</c>

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first<00:12:30.259><c> hole,</c>

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you're<00:12:30.679><c> going</c><00:12:30.740><c> to</c><00:12:30.799><c> be</c><00:12:30.980><c> coming</c><00:12:31.120><c> back</c><00:12:31.500><c> this</c><00:12:31.820><c> way.</c>

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And<00:12:32.779><c> so</c><00:12:32.879><c> if</c><00:12:32.980><c> you</c><00:12:33.139><c> can</c><00:12:33.379><c> picture</c><00:12:33.700><c> where</c><00:12:33.960><c> that</c><00:12:34.299><c> green</c><00:12:34.620><c> is,</c>

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leading<00:12:39.200><c> towards</c><00:12:39.620><c> the</c><00:12:39.879><c> green.</c>

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You'll<00:12:40.279><c> know</c><00:12:40.419><c> where</c><00:12:40.720><c> you</c><00:12:40.980><c> want</c><00:12:41.240><c> the</c><00:12:41.460><c> ball</c><00:12:41.759><c> to</c><00:12:42.179><c> go.</c>

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Jack<00:12:48.299><c> Nicholas</c><00:12:48.720><c> once</c><00:12:49.120><c> said,</c>

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I<00:12:50.360><c> never</c><00:12:50.679><c> hit</c><00:12:50.899><c> a</c><00:12:51.200><c> shot</c><00:12:51.500><c> without</c><00:12:51.940><c> having</c><00:12:52.360><c> a</c><00:12:52.740><c> very</c><00:12:53.340><c> sharp,</c><00:12:54.879><c> in</c><00:12:54.919><c>-focus</c><00:12:55.379><c> picture</c><00:12:55.940><c> of</c>

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It's<00:12:58.100><c> like</c><00:12:58.299><c> a</c><00:12:58.480><c> color</c><00:12:58.740><c> movie.</c>

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First,<00:13:00.440><c> I</c><00:13:00.639><c> see</c><00:13:00.879><c> the</c><00:13:01.120><c> ball</c><00:13:01.299><c> where</c><00:13:01.600><c> I</c><00:13:01.919><c> want</c><00:13:02.080><c> it</c><00:13:02.320><c> to</c><00:13:02.580><c> finish.</c>

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green<00:13:07.600><c> grass.</c>

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And<00:13:12.639><c> I</c><00:13:12.759><c> see</c><00:13:12.919><c> the</c><00:13:13.139><c> ball</c><00:13:13.320><c> going</c><00:13:13.700><c> there,</c><00:13:14.120><c> its</c><00:13:14.360><c> path,</c><00:13:14.940><c> trajectory,</c>

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and<00:13:16.080><c> shape,</c>

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that<00:13:24.860><c> will</c><00:13:25.100><c> turn</c><00:13:25.399><c> the</c><00:13:25.779><c> previous</c><00:13:26.240><c> images</c><00:13:26.879><c> into</c><00:13:27.899><c> reality.</c>

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do<00:13:38.159><c> I</c><00:13:38.480><c> step</c><00:13:38.779><c> up</c><00:13:39.299><c> to</c><00:13:39.600><c> hit</c><00:13:39.820><c> the</c><00:13:40.059><c> ball.</c>

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Jack<00:13:41.419><c> Nicholas.</c>

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I'm<00:14:06.879><c> sorry,</c><00:14:07.480><c> athletes</c><00:14:07.700><c> who</c><00:14:07.940><c> make</c><00:14:08.059><c> the</c><00:14:08.299><c> fastest</c><00:14:08.679><c> progress</c>

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and<00:14:09.799><c> those</c><00:14:10.139><c> who</c><00:14:10.480><c> ultimately</c><00:14:11.019><c> become</c><00:14:11.519><c> their</c><00:14:11.899><c> best</c><00:14:12.399><c> make</c><00:14:13.360><c> extensive</c><00:14:14.360><c> use</c>

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of<00:14:16.179><c> performance</c><00:14:17.360><c> imagery.</c>

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said<00:14:24.240><c> to</c><00:14:24.460><c> be</c><00:14:24.840><c> groundbreaking.</c>

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And<00:14:27.500><c> as</c><00:14:27.759><c> a</c><00:14:27.919><c> follower</c><00:14:28.159><c> of</c><00:14:28.360><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:28.899><c> I</c><00:14:29.159><c> might</c><00:14:29.440><c> pause</c><00:14:29.840><c> and</c><00:14:30.120><c> say,</c><00:14:31.059><c> really?</c>

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Because<00:14:36.379><c> more</c><00:14:37.259><c> than</c><00:14:37.620><c> 2</c><00:14:37.919><c>,000</c><00:14:38.340><c> years</c><00:14:38.700><c> ago,</c><00:14:40.100><c> our</c><00:14:40.240><c> Lord</c><00:14:40.440><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:14:41.440><c> used</c><00:14:41.879><c> this</c><00:14:42.399><c> exact</c><00:14:43.080><c> same</c><00:14:44.399><c> technique.</c>

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Jesus<00:14:46.879><c> used</c><00:14:47.419><c> visualization</c><00:14:48.399><c> to</c><00:14:49.379><c> help</c><00:14:49.600><c> him</c><00:14:50.320><c> during</c><00:14:50.820><c> the</c><00:14:51.159><c> darkest</c><00:14:51.700><c> hours</c>

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of<00:14:52.860><c> his</c><00:14:53.159><c> life.</c>

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The<00:14:55.000><c> scriptures</c><00:14:55.399><c> tell</c><00:14:55.659><c> us</c><00:14:55.899><c> that</c><00:14:56.159><c> Jesus</c><00:14:57.779><c> saw</c><00:14:58.899><c> the</c><00:14:59.700><c> joy</c><00:15:00.340><c> that</c>

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was<00:15:01.000><c> before</c><00:15:01.500><c> him.</c>

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him<00:15:07.159><c> to</c><00:15:07.659><c> overcome</c><00:15:08.200><c> the</c><00:15:09.059><c> shame</c><00:15:09.659><c> of</c><00:15:10.279><c> being</c><00:15:10.899><c> taunted</c>

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and<00:15:12.519><c> the</c><00:15:12.820><c> pain</c><00:15:13.440><c> of</c><00:15:14.139><c> the</c><00:15:14.539><c> crucifixion.</c>

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Visualization,<00:15:18.759><c> the</c><00:15:19.059><c> joy</c><00:15:19.500><c> that</c><00:15:19.679><c> was</c><00:15:19.940><c> before</c><00:15:20.460><c> him,</c><00:15:21.620><c> allowed</c>

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Jesus<00:15:22.659><c> to</c><00:15:23.000><c> endure</c><00:15:23.340><c> to</c><00:15:23.600><c> the</c><00:15:23.799><c> end.</c>

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And<00:15:25.500><c> visualization</c><00:15:26.179><c> can</c><00:15:26.580><c> help</c><00:15:26.820><c> us</c><00:15:27.200><c> too.</c>

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endured<00:15:40.860><c> the</c><00:15:41.279><c> cross,</c>

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scorning<00:15:42.840><c> its</c><00:15:43.299><c> shame,</c><00:15:44.580><c> and</c><00:15:45.179><c> sat</c><00:15:45.779><c> down</c><00:15:46.179><c> at</c><00:15:46.340><c> the</c><00:15:46.539><c> right</c><00:15:46.820><c> hand</c><00:15:47.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:47.960><c> throne</c><00:15:48.159><c> of</c><00:15:48.419><c> God.</c>

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As<00:15:50.480><c> spiritual</c><00:15:51.039><c> athletes,</c><00:15:52.519><c> one</c><00:15:52.679><c> of</c><00:15:52.799><c> the</c><00:15:53.100><c> first</c><00:15:53.620><c> training</c><00:15:54.120><c> techniques</c><00:15:54.600><c> that</c>

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we<00:15:55.080><c> should</c><00:15:55.259><c> employ</c>

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is<00:15:56.600><c> that</c><00:15:56.980><c> of</c><00:15:57.220><c> having</c><00:15:57.580><c> a</c><00:15:58.139><c> clear</c><00:15:58.379><c> vision.</c>

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So<00:16:00.519><c> coaches</c><00:16:00.799><c> will</c><00:16:01.139><c> tell</c><00:16:01.320><c> us</c><00:16:01.559><c> that</c><00:16:01.720><c> there</c><00:16:01.940><c> are</c><00:16:02.259><c> actually</c><00:16:02.600><c> three</c>

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types<00:16:03.740><c> of</c><00:16:04.220><c> training.</c>

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There's<00:16:05.559><c> mental</c><00:16:05.919><c> training.</c>

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There's<00:16:08.019><c> resistance,</c><00:16:09.120><c> or</c><00:16:09.179><c> sometimes</c><00:16:09.580><c> called</c><00:16:10.100><c> strength</c><00:16:10.679><c> training.</c>

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And<00:16:12.299><c> thirdly,</c><00:16:12.659><c> there's</c><00:16:12.980><c> endurance</c><00:16:13.460><c> training</c><00:16:13.960><c> or</c><00:16:14.360><c> cardio</c><00:16:15.000><c> training.</c>

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And<00:16:16.179><c> what</c><00:16:16.259><c> we've</c><00:16:16.480><c> just</c><00:16:16.720><c> done</c><00:16:16.879><c> is</c><00:16:17.059><c> we've</c><00:16:17.299><c> looked</c><00:16:17.419><c> at</c><00:16:17.580><c> the</c><00:16:17.799><c> first</c><00:16:18.059><c> type.</c>

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We've<00:16:18.559><c> looked</c><00:16:18.679><c> at</c><00:16:18.940><c> mental</c><00:16:19.320><c> training.</c>

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We've<00:16:20.659><c> looked</c><00:16:20.820><c> at</c><00:16:21.059><c> developing</c><00:16:21.500><c> a</c><00:16:21.820><c> vision.</c>

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It's<00:16:22.299><c> really</c><00:16:22.559><c> the</c><00:16:22.960><c> cornerstone</c><00:16:23.860><c> of</c><00:16:24.720><c> training.</c>

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This<00:16:26.000><c> is</c><00:16:26.159><c> where</c><00:16:26.299><c> it</c><00:16:26.460><c> all</c><00:16:26.759><c> starts.</c>

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And<00:16:28.580><c> where,</c><00:16:29.080><c> while</c><00:16:29.480><c> strength</c><00:16:29.879><c> and</c><00:16:30.220><c> endurance</c><00:16:30.779><c> training</c><00:16:31.139><c> are</c><00:16:31.460><c> important,</c>

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mental<00:16:32.980><c> training</c><00:16:33.419><c> really</c><00:16:33.879><c> is</c><00:16:34.059><c> where</c><00:16:34.220><c> it</c><00:16:34.480><c> begins.</c>

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Here's<00:16:35.100><c> what</c><00:16:35.460><c> the</c><00:16:35.700><c> apostle</c><00:16:36.100><c> Peter</c><00:16:36.559><c> said.</c>

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1<00:16:38.419><c> Peter</c><00:16:38.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:39.139><c> 1</c><00:16:39.419><c> verse</c><00:16:39.720><c> 13,</c><00:16:40.919><c> Peter</c><00:16:41.220><c> said,</c><00:16:42.779><c> prepare</c><00:16:43.279><c> your</c>

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minds<00:16:44.980><c> for</c><00:16:46.080><c> action.</c>

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Gird<00:16:48.200><c> up</c><00:16:48.419><c> the</c><00:16:48.779><c> loins</c><00:16:49.179><c> of</c><00:16:49.399><c> your</c><00:16:49.700><c> mind.</c>

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Prepare<00:16:51.279><c> your</c><00:16:51.879><c> minds</c><00:16:52.460><c> for</c><00:16:52.940><c> action.</c>

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So<00:16:54.860><c> that's</c><00:16:55.440><c> mental</c><00:16:55.779><c> training.</c>

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The<00:16:57.320><c> second</c><00:16:57.539><c> type</c><00:16:57.799><c> of</c><00:16:58.039><c> training</c><00:16:58.179><c> we're</c><00:16:58.379><c> going</c><00:16:58.480><c> to</c><00:16:58.639><c> focus</c><00:16:58.919><c> on</c>

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is<00:16:59.480><c> resistance</c><00:17:00.139><c> training.</c>

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Resistance<00:17:02.820><c> training</c><00:17:03.159><c> or</c><00:17:03.419><c> weight</c><00:17:03.659><c> training</c><00:17:04.039><c> is</c><00:17:04.299><c> a</c><00:17:04.420><c> type</c><00:17:04.660><c> of</c><00:17:05.099><c> conditioning</c>

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that's<00:17:06.480><c> designed</c><00:17:07.019><c> to</c><00:17:07.579><c> increase</c><00:17:08.279><c> strength.</c>

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According<00:17:10.420><c> to</c><00:17:10.640><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> American</c><00:17:11.140><c> Sports</c><00:17:11.599><c> Medicine</c><00:17:12.079><c> Institute,</c>

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the<00:17:12.920><c> goal</c><00:17:13.319><c> of</c><00:17:13.619><c> resistance</c><00:17:14.099><c> training</c><00:17:14.519><c> is</c><00:17:15.240><c> to</c><00:17:15.720><c> progressively</c>

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overload<00:17:17.000><c> the</c><00:17:17.299><c> muscles</c>

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so<00:17:18.740><c> they</c><00:17:18.980><c> get</c><00:17:19.220><c> stronger.</c>

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So<00:17:22.019><c> brother</c><00:17:22.200><c> Mark</c><00:17:22.460><c> and</c><00:17:22.680><c> I</c><00:17:22.779><c> both</c><00:17:23.079><c> played</c><00:17:23.299><c> basketball</c><00:17:23.980><c> in</c><00:17:24.200><c> high</c><00:17:24.420><c> school.</c>

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And<00:17:25.160><c> Mark,</c><00:17:25.480><c> if</c><00:17:25.599><c> your</c><00:17:25.960><c> coach</c><00:17:26.299><c> was</c><00:17:26.640><c> like</c><00:17:27.019><c> mine,</c>

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he<00:17:28.619><c> told</c><00:17:28.940><c> us</c><00:17:29.279><c> that</c><00:17:29.500><c> we</c><00:17:29.700><c> should</c><00:17:30.079><c> avoid</c><00:17:30.880><c> at</c><00:17:31.359><c> all</c><00:17:31.819><c> costs</c><00:17:32.599><c> lifting</c>

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weights<00:17:33.680><c> in</c><00:17:33.920><c> the</c><00:17:34.140><c> gym</c>

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because<00:17:35.400><c> it</c><00:17:35.599><c> would</c><00:17:35.960><c> ruin</c><00:17:36.319><c> our</c><00:17:36.680><c> ability</c><00:17:37.119><c> to</c><00:17:37.460><c> shoot.</c>

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Do<00:17:38.299><c> you</c><00:17:38.339><c> remember</c><00:17:38.519><c> that?</c>

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And<00:17:40.319><c> to</c><00:17:40.619><c> prove</c><00:17:40.839><c> the</c><00:17:41.119><c> point,</c><00:17:41.339><c> he</c><00:17:41.480><c> had</c><00:17:41.660><c> us</c><00:17:41.819><c> go</c><00:17:42.039><c> into</c><00:17:42.319><c> the</c><00:17:42.599><c> gym</c>

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and<00:17:43.019><c> we</c><00:17:43.220><c> would</c><00:17:43.400><c> do</c><00:17:43.640><c> a</c><00:17:43.779><c> couple</c><00:17:44.039><c> of</c><00:17:44.279><c> bench</c><00:17:44.480><c> presses.</c>

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And<00:17:45.559><c> then</c><00:17:45.680><c> he</c><00:17:45.779><c> would</c><00:17:46.039><c> send</c><00:17:46.180><c> us</c><00:17:46.359><c> out</c><00:17:46.579><c> to</c><00:17:46.700><c> the</c><00:17:46.980><c> free</c><00:17:47.200><c> throw</c><00:17:47.380><c> line</c>

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and<00:17:48.000><c> we</c><00:17:48.220><c> would</c><00:17:48.539><c> shoot.</c>

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And<00:17:49.440><c> because</c><00:17:49.799><c> our</c><00:17:50.059><c> muscles</c><00:17:50.359><c> were</c><00:17:50.700><c> all</c><00:17:51.680><c> jacked</c><00:17:52.119><c> up,</c>

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it<00:17:53.299><c> would</c><00:17:53.519><c> be</c><00:17:53.759><c> like,</c><00:17:54.200><c> I</c><00:17:54.339><c> mean,</c><00:17:54.700><c> you</c><00:17:54.900><c> had</c><00:17:55.220><c> no</c><00:17:55.619><c> control</c><00:17:56.079><c> over</c><00:17:56.319><c> the</c><00:17:56.500><c> basketball.</c>

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But<00:17:58.680><c> while</c><00:17:59.420><c> our</c><00:17:59.839><c> high</c><00:18:00.079><c> school</c><00:18:00.400><c> coaches</c><00:18:00.900><c> told</c><00:18:01.259><c> us</c><00:18:01.559><c> not</c><00:18:01.859><c> to</c>

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strength<00:18:02.559><c> train,</c>

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today<00:18:04.920><c> it's</c><00:18:05.220><c> pretty</c><00:18:05.539><c> obvious</c><00:18:06.059><c> that</c><00:18:06.740><c> LeBron</c><00:18:07.160><c> James</c>

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and<00:18:07.880><c> those</c><00:18:08.220><c> other</c><00:18:08.599><c> chiseled</c><00:18:09.160><c> NBA</c><00:18:09.779><c> stars</c><00:18:10.500><c> missed</c><00:18:11.039><c> that</c><00:18:11.480><c> memo.</c>

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More<00:18:13.759><c> likely,</c><00:18:14.599><c> they</c><00:18:14.799><c> discovered</c><00:18:15.380><c> that</c><00:18:15.740><c> our</c><00:18:16.039><c> coach's</c><00:18:16.559><c> advice</c>

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was<00:18:17.200><c> nothing</c><00:18:17.480><c> more</c><00:18:17.819><c> than</c><00:18:17.980><c> an</c><00:18:18.180><c> old</c><00:18:18.579><c> wives'</c><00:18:19.099><c> tale.</c>

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It's<00:18:20.819><c> now</c><00:18:21.400><c> widely</c><00:18:21.839><c> recognized</c><00:18:22.779><c> that</c><00:18:23.460><c> resistance</c><00:18:24.099><c> training</c>

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not<00:18:24.619><c> only</c><00:18:24.980><c> increases</c><00:18:25.480><c> the</c><00:18:25.940><c> strength</c><00:18:26.180><c> and</c><00:18:26.339><c> the</c><00:18:26.599><c> size</c><00:18:26.880><c> of</c><00:18:27.099><c> our</c><00:18:27.319><c> muscles,</c>

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it<00:18:28.460><c> reduces</c><00:18:29.079><c> the</c><00:18:29.420><c> potential</c><00:18:29.799><c> for</c><00:18:30.099><c> injury</c>

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because<00:18:31.420><c> our</c><00:18:31.720><c> joints,</c><00:18:32.240><c> tendons,</c><00:18:32.759><c> and</c><00:18:32.900><c> ligaments</c><00:18:33.319><c> are</c><00:18:33.660><c> stronger</c><00:18:34.000><c> too.</c>

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From<00:18:36.900><c> a</c><00:18:37.180><c> scriptural</c><00:18:37.599><c> point</c><00:18:37.880><c> of</c><00:18:38.079><c> view,</c>

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resistance<00:18:39.079><c> training</c><00:18:39.480><c> can</c><00:18:39.740><c> be</c><00:18:39.960><c> very</c><00:18:40.599><c> helpful</c><00:18:41.200><c> in</c><00:18:41.720><c> our</c><00:18:41.960><c> daily</c><00:18:42.259><c> walk.</c>

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Consider<00:18:44.039><c> this</c><00:18:44.380><c> verse</c><00:18:44.960><c> from</c><00:18:46.180><c> James</c><00:18:46.680><c> chapter</c><00:18:47.099><c> 4.</c>

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Resist<00:18:50.660><c> the</c><00:18:51.019><c> devil</c><00:18:51.380><c> and</c><00:18:52.380><c> he</c><00:18:52.539><c> will</c><00:18:52.900><c> flee</c><00:18:53.220><c> from</c><00:18:53.500><c> you.</c>

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In<00:18:54.740><c> other</c><00:18:55.000><c> words,</c><00:18:55.539><c> James</c><00:18:55.700><c> is</c><00:18:55.980><c> suggesting</c><00:18:56.480><c> that</c><00:18:56.779><c> through</c>

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scriptural<00:18:58.220><c> resistance</c><00:18:59.019><c> training,</c>

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temptations<00:19:00.779><c> that</c><00:19:01.000><c> were</c><00:19:01.259><c> once</c><00:19:01.680><c> difficult</c><00:19:02.380><c> for</c><00:19:02.680><c> us</c>

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become<00:19:04.140><c> less</c><00:19:04.420><c> of</c><00:19:04.640><c> a</c><00:19:04.819><c> problem.</c>

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They'll<00:19:06.019><c> flee</c><00:19:06.259><c> from</c><00:19:06.500><c> us.</c>

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Think<00:19:09.000><c> about</c><00:19:09.299><c> how</c><00:19:09.740><c> difficult</c><00:19:10.180><c> it</c><00:19:10.380><c> must</c><00:19:10.660><c> have</c><00:19:10.880><c> been</c><00:19:11.079><c> for</c><00:19:11.380><c> Jesus</c>

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when<00:19:12.740><c> the</c><00:19:13.299><c> crowd</c><00:19:13.720><c> in</c><00:19:14.200><c> his</c><00:19:14.519><c> own</c><00:19:15.180><c> hometown</c><00:19:15.880><c> wanted</c><00:19:16.400><c> to</c><00:19:16.819><c> throw</c><00:19:17.000><c> him</c><00:19:17.400><c> off</c><00:19:17.720><c> a</c><00:19:18.019><c> cliff.</c>

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Do<00:19:18.559><c> you</c><00:19:18.640><c> remember</c><00:19:18.859><c> that?</c>

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Luke<00:19:20.539><c> records,</c><00:19:21.440><c> they</c><00:19:21.440><c> got</c><00:19:21.700><c> up,</c><00:19:22.240><c> drove</c><00:19:22.599><c> him</c><00:19:22.799><c> out</c><00:19:22.940><c> of</c><00:19:23.019><c> the</c><00:19:23.299><c> town,</c>

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took<00:19:23.720><c> him</c><00:19:23.880><c> to</c><00:19:24.059><c> the</c><00:19:24.279><c> brow</c><00:19:24.500><c> of</c><00:19:24.759><c> a</c><00:19:24.839><c> hill</c><00:19:25.000><c> in</c><00:19:25.200><c> which</c><00:19:25.380><c> the</c><00:19:25.619><c> town</c><00:19:25.799><c> was</c><00:19:26.059><c> built</c>

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in<00:19:26.640><c> order</c><00:19:26.960><c> to</c><00:19:27.299><c> throw</c><00:19:27.500><c> him</c><00:19:27.740><c> off</c><00:19:28.000><c> the</c><00:19:28.259><c> cliff.</c>

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Think<00:19:30.559><c> about</c><00:19:30.819><c> the</c><00:19:31.000><c> temptation</c><00:19:31.740><c> that</c><00:19:32.039><c> must</c><00:19:32.339><c> have</c><00:19:32.599><c> presented</c>

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to<00:19:33.380><c> Jesus.</c>

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Surely,<00:19:36.460><c> he</c><00:19:36.740><c> knew</c><00:19:37.240><c> that</c><00:19:38.160><c> God</c><00:19:38.519><c> would</c><00:19:38.819><c> not</c><00:19:39.119><c> allow</c><00:19:39.660><c> him</c><00:19:40.119><c> to</c><00:19:40.519><c> die</c><00:19:41.019><c> in</c><00:19:41.839><c> such</c><00:19:42.059><c> a</c><00:19:42.400><c> manner.</c>

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And<00:19:51.420><c> so,</c><00:19:51.920><c> if</c><00:19:51.920><c> Jesus</c><00:19:52.519><c> only</c><00:19:53.200><c> allowed</c><00:19:54.099><c> his</c><00:19:57.039><c> neighbors,</c>

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against<00:20:02.480><c> him,</c>

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if<00:20:03.039><c> Jesus</c><00:20:03.579><c> allowed</c><00:20:04.359><c> them</c><00:20:04.980><c> to</c><00:20:05.740><c> throw</c><00:20:05.980><c> him</c><00:20:06.240><c> off</c><00:20:06.500><c> the</c><00:20:06.819><c> cliff,</c>

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he<00:20:08.220><c> knew</c><00:20:08.799><c> from</c><00:20:09.400><c> the</c><00:20:09.660><c> scriptures</c><00:20:10.119><c> that</c><00:20:10.759><c> an</c><00:20:11.079><c> angel</c><00:20:11.339><c> would</c><00:20:11.640><c> catch</c>

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him<00:20:12.200><c> up</c>

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that<00:20:16.859><c> he</c><00:20:17.200><c> would</c><00:20:17.400><c> be</c><00:20:17.640><c> caught</c><00:20:17.799><c> up.</c>

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And<00:20:18.539><c> what</c><00:20:18.779><c> better</c><00:20:19.160><c> way</c><00:20:19.480><c> to</c><00:20:19.740><c> prove</c><00:20:20.180><c> to</c><00:20:20.380><c> his</c><00:20:20.660><c> hometown</c><00:20:21.220><c> that</c><00:20:21.500><c> he</c>

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was,<00:20:22.240><c> in</c><00:20:22.319><c> fact,</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.799><c> Messiah?</c>

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Sure,<00:20:25.299><c> throw</c><00:20:25.500><c> me</c><00:20:25.720><c> off</c><00:20:25.980><c> the</c><00:20:26.220><c> cliff,</c><00:20:26.900><c> but</c><00:20:27.160><c> Jesus</c><00:20:27.660><c> didn't</c><00:20:28.099><c> do</c><00:20:28.500><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:30.299><c> one</c><00:20:30.400><c> of</c><00:20:30.500><c> the</c><00:20:30.599><c> reasons</c><00:20:30.960><c> he</c><00:20:31.220><c> didn't</c><00:20:31.599><c> was</c><00:20:31.859><c> because</c><00:20:32.259><c> he</c><00:20:32.559><c> wanted</c><00:20:32.740><c> to</c>

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honor<00:20:33.500><c> God.</c>

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He<00:20:34.319><c> knew</c><00:20:34.819><c> the</c><00:20:35.140><c> way</c><00:20:35.500><c> he</c><00:20:35.759><c> was</c><00:20:36.099><c> to</c><00:20:36.380><c> die.</c>

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He<00:20:37.279><c> was</c><00:20:37.559><c> to</c><00:20:37.799><c> die</c><00:20:38.119><c> on</c><00:20:38.380><c> a</c><00:20:38.680><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:20:42.039><c> while</c><00:20:42.380><c> the</c><00:20:42.880><c> event</c><00:20:43.140><c> of</c><00:20:43.339><c> being</c><00:20:43.599><c> cast</c><00:20:44.039><c> off</c><00:20:44.500><c> a</c><00:20:45.039><c> cliff</c>

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would<00:20:45.420><c> have</c><00:20:46.200><c> garnered</c><00:20:46.720><c> all</c><00:20:47.059><c> sorts</c><00:20:47.359><c> of</c><00:20:47.680><c> public</c><00:20:48.000><c> attention,</c>

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it<00:20:51.039><c> would</c><00:20:51.180><c> have</c><00:20:51.279><c> been</c><00:20:51.420><c> wrong</c><00:20:51.799><c> for</c><00:20:52.039><c> Jesus</c><00:20:52.440><c> to</c><00:20:52.660><c> die</c><00:20:52.900><c> that</c><00:20:53.200><c> way.</c>

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And<00:20:53.519><c> so</c><00:20:53.599><c> we</c><00:20:53.720><c> might</c><00:20:53.819><c> ask</c><00:20:54.019><c> the</c><00:20:54.160><c> question,</c><00:20:54.640><c> how</c><00:20:54.859><c> was</c><00:20:55.099><c> it</c><00:20:55.220><c> that</c><00:20:55.339><c> he</c>

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could<00:20:55.720><c> avoid</c><00:20:56.200><c> that</c><00:20:56.500><c> temptation?</c>

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How<00:20:57.359><c> was</c><00:20:57.579><c> it</c><00:20:57.680><c> that</c><00:20:57.819><c> he</c><00:20:57.900><c> could</c><00:20:58.039><c> get</c><00:20:58.279><c> through</c><00:20:58.599><c> that</c><00:20:58.900><c> temptation?</c>

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And<00:21:00.359><c> the</c><00:21:00.500><c> answer</c><00:21:00.759><c> might</c><00:21:01.039><c> be</c><00:21:01.519><c> that</c><00:21:02.420><c> when</c><00:21:02.799><c> he</c><00:21:03.019><c> was</c><00:21:03.339><c> tempted</c><00:21:03.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:04.380><c> wilderness,</c>

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And<00:21:10.059><c> he</c><00:21:10.220><c> didn't.</c>

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I<00:21:14.279><c> like</c><00:21:14.500><c> to</c><00:21:14.740><c> think</c><00:21:14.859><c> that</c><00:21:15.000><c> our</c><00:21:15.119><c> Heavenly</c><00:21:15.440><c> Father</c><00:21:15.859><c> had</c><00:21:16.099><c> Jesus</c><00:21:16.539><c> on</c>

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a<00:21:17.099><c> scriptural</c><00:21:18.119><c> resistance</c><00:21:18.839><c> training</c><00:21:19.420><c> program.</c>

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Endure<00:21:22.539><c> hardship</c><00:21:23.079><c> as</c><00:21:23.400><c> discipline.</c>

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No<00:21:26.960><c> discipline</c><00:21:27.359><c> seems</c><00:21:27.680><c> pleasant</c><00:21:28.200><c> at</c><00:21:28.440><c> the</c><00:21:28.660><c> time,</c><00:21:28.900><c> but</c><00:21:29.140><c> painful.</c>

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Later<00:21:30.980><c> on,</c><00:21:31.759><c> however,</c><00:21:32.599><c> it</c><00:21:32.880><c> presents</c><00:21:33.380><c> a</c><00:21:34.420><c> harvest</c><00:21:34.740><c> of</c><00:21:35.059><c> righteousness</c><00:21:35.539><c> and</c><00:21:36.180><c> peace</c>

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for<00:21:37.460><c> those</c><00:21:38.079><c> who</c><00:21:38.680><c> have</c><00:21:38.920><c> been</c><00:21:39.559><c> trained</c><00:21:40.160><c> by</c><00:21:40.579><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:42.200><c> so</c><00:21:42.339><c> if</c><00:21:42.480><c> you're</c><00:21:42.720><c> like</c><00:21:42.920><c> me,</c><00:21:43.180><c> there</c><00:21:43.299><c> are</c><00:21:43.579><c> all</c><00:21:43.779><c> sorts</c><00:21:44.059><c> of</c><00:21:44.339><c> temptations</c>

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that<00:21:45.000><c> are</c><00:21:45.140><c> more</c><00:21:45.440><c> difficult</c><00:21:45.900><c> to</c><00:21:46.220><c> overcome</c><00:21:46.559><c> than</c><00:21:46.799><c> others.</c>

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And<00:21:48.140><c> after</c><00:21:48.440><c> prayerfully</c><00:21:49.099><c> identifying</c><00:21:50.039><c> our</c><00:21:50.619><c> own</c><00:21:51.180><c> personal</c><00:21:51.680><c> weaknesses</c>

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and<00:21:53.099><c> those</c><00:21:53.480><c> things</c><00:21:53.839><c> that</c><00:21:54.079><c> we're</c><00:21:54.359><c> most</c><00:21:54.960><c> susceptible</c><00:21:55.579><c> to,</c>

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we<00:21:56.759><c> should</c><00:21:57.079><c> develop</c><00:21:57.779><c> specific</c><00:21:59.200><c> strategies</c><00:22:00.299><c> to</c><00:22:01.160><c> help</c><00:22:01.319><c> us</c>

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overcome<00:22:02.019><c> them.</c>

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what<00:22:08.180><c> can</c><00:22:08.440><c> we</c><00:22:08.700><c> do</c><00:22:09.059><c> to</c><00:22:09.400><c> avoid</c><00:22:09.839><c> those</c><00:22:10.220><c> situations?</c>

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What<00:22:11.599><c> can</c><00:22:11.880><c> we</c><00:22:12.099><c> do</c><00:22:12.480><c> to</c><00:22:12.960><c> improve</c><00:22:13.799><c> our</c><00:22:14.420><c> response</c><00:22:15.099><c> to</c><00:22:15.500><c> those</c><00:22:16.140><c> situations?</c>

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Think<00:22:19.519><c> about</c><00:22:19.859><c> Jesus.</c>

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he<00:22:26.599><c> died.</c>

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After<00:22:27.400><c> the</c><00:22:27.680><c> feeding</c><00:22:27.880><c> of</c><00:22:28.220><c> the</c><00:22:28.519><c> 5</c><00:22:28.819><c>,000,</c><00:22:29.400><c> the</c><00:22:29.519><c> crowds</c><00:22:29.819><c> came,</c>

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and<00:22:30.859><c> Luke</c><00:22:31.099><c> records</c><00:22:31.640><c> that,</c><00:22:32.119><c> or</c><00:22:32.279><c> John</c><00:22:32.519><c> records</c><00:22:32.940><c> that</c><00:22:33.099><c> they</c><00:22:33.720><c> wanted</c><00:22:33.960><c> to</c>

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make<00:22:34.400><c> him</c><00:22:34.779><c> king</c><00:22:35.180><c> by</c><00:22:35.720><c> force.</c>

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And<00:22:37.140><c> so</c><00:22:37.240><c> what</c><00:22:37.420><c> did</c><00:22:37.579><c> Jesus</c><00:22:37.940><c> do?</c>

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He<00:22:39.039><c> fled.</c>

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He<00:22:40.359><c> went</c><00:22:40.539><c> up</c><00:22:40.859><c> into</c><00:22:41.160><c> a</c><00:22:41.380><c> mountain</c><00:22:41.759><c> by</c><00:22:42.160><c> himself</c><00:22:42.880><c> to</c><00:22:43.519><c> get</c><00:22:43.779><c> away</c><00:22:44.099><c> from</c><00:22:44.339><c> the</c><00:22:44.539><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:22:46.119><c> perhaps,</c><00:22:46.779><c> brothers</c><00:22:46.880><c> and</c><00:22:47.160><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:22:47.779><c> we</c><00:22:48.160><c> identify</c><00:22:48.920><c> those</c><00:22:49.339><c> challenges</c><00:22:49.920><c> that</c><00:22:50.200><c> we're</c><00:22:50.420><c> most</c><00:22:50.819><c> susceptible</c><00:22:51.339><c> to,</c>

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those<00:22:52.019><c> sins</c><00:22:52.299><c> that</c><00:22:52.500><c> we're</c><00:22:52.779><c> most</c><00:22:53.099><c> susceptible</c><00:22:53.599><c> to,</c>

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we<00:22:54.579><c> might</c><00:22:54.920><c> plan</c><00:22:55.259><c> out</c><00:22:55.539><c> our</c><00:22:55.779><c> own</c><00:22:56.180><c> lifeboat</c><00:22:56.759><c> drills.</c>

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How<00:22:57.940><c> is</c><00:22:58.180><c> it</c><00:22:58.539><c> that</c><00:22:58.799><c> we</c><00:22:59.019><c> can</c><00:22:59.279><c> overcome</c><00:22:59.839><c> these</c><00:23:00.240><c> things?</c>

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And<00:23:02.019><c> unfortunately,</c><00:23:03.940><c> there</c><00:23:04.119><c> may</c><00:23:04.400><c> be</c><00:23:04.680><c> times,</c><00:23:05.140><c> despite</c><00:23:05.640><c> our</c>

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best<00:23:06.160><c> efforts,</c>

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when<00:23:06.720><c> we</c><00:23:06.940><c> find</c><00:23:07.259><c> ourselves</c><00:23:07.799><c> struggling</c><00:23:08.619><c> repeatedly</c><00:23:09.720><c> with</c><00:23:10.740><c> the</c>

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same<00:23:11.180><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:23:13.119><c> so</c><00:23:13.200><c> if</c><00:23:13.299><c> you</c><00:23:13.460><c> ever</c><00:23:13.720><c> find</c><00:23:14.059><c> yourself</c><00:23:14.500><c> in</c><00:23:14.640><c> a</c><00:23:14.880><c> situation</c><00:23:15.380><c> like</c><00:23:15.759><c> that,</c>

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consider<00:23:17.919><c> enlisting</c><00:23:18.559><c> the</c><00:23:18.700><c> help</c><00:23:18.940><c> of</c><00:23:19.160><c> a</c><00:23:19.319><c> trusted</c><00:23:19.740><c> believer,</c>

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a<00:23:21.140><c> brother,</c><00:23:21.500><c> a</c><00:23:21.720><c> sister,</c><00:23:22.200><c> a</c><00:23:22.319><c> husband,</c><00:23:22.740><c> a</c><00:23:22.920><c> wife,</c><00:23:24.140><c> someone</c><00:23:24.440><c> that</c>

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you<00:23:24.839><c> can</c><00:23:25.200><c> speak</c><00:23:25.460><c> to.</c>

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Athletes<00:23:28.299><c> have</c><00:23:28.700><c> coaches</c><00:23:29.339><c> and</c><00:23:30.000><c> training</c><00:23:30.299><c> partners,</c>

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and<00:23:31.720><c> as</c><00:23:32.000><c> spiritual</c><00:23:32.440><c> athletes,</c><00:23:32.960><c> we</c><00:23:33.140><c> might</c><00:23:33.400><c> consider</c><00:23:33.799><c> the</c><00:23:34.119><c> same.</c>

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You<00:23:36.240><c> could</c><00:23:36.480><c> ask</c><00:23:36.759><c> a</c><00:23:37.019><c> spiritual</c><00:23:37.359><c> mentor</c><00:23:37.799><c> for</c><00:23:38.079><c> guidance,</c><00:23:39.440><c> suggestions,</c><00:23:40.500><c> even</c><00:23:40.799><c> accountability.</c>

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This,<00:23:42.660><c> I</c><00:23:42.660><c> believe,</c><00:23:43.059><c> is</c><00:23:43.119><c> why</c><00:23:43.400><c> James</c><00:23:43.880><c> tells</c><00:23:44.259><c> us</c><00:23:44.579><c> to</c><00:23:44.799><c> confess</c><00:23:45.339><c> our</c>

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faults<00:23:46.180><c> one</c><00:23:46.539><c> to</c><00:23:46.779><c> another.</c>

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So<00:23:48.839><c> that's</c><00:23:49.460><c> mental</c><00:23:49.859><c> training</c><00:23:50.380><c> and</c><00:23:50.880><c> resistance</c><00:23:51.519><c> training.</c>

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The<00:23:52.799><c> third</c><00:23:53.039><c> type</c><00:23:53.339><c> of</c><00:23:53.720><c> training</c><00:23:53.960><c> is</c><00:23:54.279><c> endurance</c><00:23:54.799><c> training.</c>

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And<00:23:56.460><c> it</c><00:23:56.619><c> brings</c><00:23:56.880><c> me</c><00:23:57.259><c> to</c><00:23:58.279><c> a</c><00:23:58.740><c> memory</c><00:23:59.000><c> that</c><00:23:59.200><c> I</c><00:23:59.500><c> have,</c><00:23:59.720><c> again,</c><00:24:00.160><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:00.539><c> early</c><00:24:00.940><c> 80s.</c>

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Perhaps<00:24:02.019><c> you</c><00:24:02.200><c> might</c><00:24:02.539><c> remember</c><00:24:03.240><c> seeing</c><00:24:03.660><c> this</c><00:24:03.960><c> on</c><00:24:04.220><c> television.</c>

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It<00:24:05.579><c> was</c><00:24:05.799><c> 1982.</c>

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There<00:24:08.099><c> was</c><00:24:08.319><c> a</c><00:24:08.480><c> young</c><00:24:08.680><c> woman</c><00:24:09.059><c> by</c><00:24:09.359><c> the</c><00:24:09.500><c> name</c><00:24:09.799><c> of</c><00:24:10.200><c> Julie</c><00:24:10.700><c> Moss,</c>

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and<00:24:12.099><c> she</c><00:24:12.299><c> was</c><00:24:12.579><c> competing</c><00:24:13.039><c> in</c><00:24:13.259><c> this</c><00:24:13.579><c> crazy</c><00:24:14.240><c> event</c><00:24:14.700><c> that</c><00:24:15.000><c> had</c><00:24:15.319><c> just</c><00:24:15.740><c> started</c><00:24:16.039><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:16.500><c> broadcast</c><00:24:17.079><c> on</c><00:24:17.359><c> television.</c>

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The<00:24:18.819><c> event</c><00:24:19.059><c> was</c><00:24:19.380><c> the</c><00:24:19.660><c> Hawaii</c><00:24:20.220><c> Ironman</c><00:24:21.279><c> Triathlon.</c>

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And<00:24:24.500><c> ABC</c><00:24:24.839><c> News</c><00:24:25.279><c> was</c><00:24:25.539><c> there,</c><00:24:26.079><c> ABC</c><00:24:26.480><c> Sports</c><00:24:26.900><c> was</c><00:24:27.119><c> there,</c>

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and<00:24:27.839><c> they</c><00:24:28.140><c> recorded</c><00:24:28.940><c> the</c><00:24:29.640><c> conclusion</c><00:24:30.440><c> of</c><00:24:31.019><c> Julie</c><00:24:31.359><c> Moss's</c><00:24:31.920><c> race.</c>

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She<00:24:33.140><c> had</c><00:24:33.500><c> just</c><00:24:34.119><c> swum,</c><00:24:34.880><c> she</c><00:24:35.039><c> had</c><00:24:35.319><c> swum</c><00:24:35.519><c> two</c><00:24:35.799><c> and</c><00:24:36.000><c> a</c><00:24:36.039><c> half</c><00:24:36.200><c> miles.</c>

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She<00:24:37.440><c> rode</c><00:24:37.640><c> her</c><00:24:37.880><c> bike</c><00:24:38.119><c> 120</c><00:24:39.000><c> miles,</c><00:24:39.740><c> 112</c><00:24:40.180><c> miles,</c><00:24:41.039><c> and</c><00:24:41.299><c> now</c><00:24:41.759><c> she</c><00:24:41.960><c> was</c><00:24:42.500><c> running</c><00:24:43.039><c> a</c>

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marathon,<00:24:44.180><c> 26</c><00:24:44.720><c>.2</c><00:24:45.220><c> miles.</c>

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And<00:24:46.460><c> she</c><00:24:46.599><c> got</c><00:24:46.799><c> to</c><00:24:47.079><c> about</c><00:24:47.480><c> mile</c><00:24:48.079><c> 26</c><00:24:49.079><c> when</c><00:24:50.720><c> she</c><00:24:51.079><c> collapsed.</c>

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And<00:24:54.980><c> there</c><00:24:55.299><c> on</c><00:24:55.880><c> broadcast</c><00:24:56.559><c> national</c><00:24:57.279><c> television,</c><00:24:59.640><c> viewers</c>

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from<00:25:00.200><c> all</c><00:25:00.519><c> over</c><00:25:00.920><c> the</c><00:25:01.140><c> country</c><00:25:01.599><c> saw</c><00:25:02.220><c> Julie</c><00:25:02.740><c> Moss</c><00:25:03.140><c> crawling</c>

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on<00:25:05.779><c> her</c><00:25:06.059><c> hands</c><00:25:06.359><c> and</c><00:25:06.519><c> her</c><00:25:06.759><c> knees</c><00:25:07.380><c> towards</c><00:25:07.960><c> the</c><00:25:08.420><c> finish</c><00:25:08.619><c> line.</c>

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Her<00:25:10.660><c> struggle</c><00:25:11.000><c> was</c><00:25:11.319><c> broadcast,</c><00:25:12.500><c> and</c><00:25:12.619><c> it</c><00:25:12.880><c> became</c><00:25:13.220><c> the</c><00:25:13.660><c> inspiration</c><00:25:14.299><c> for</c>

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countless<00:25:15.259><c> athletes</c>

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who<00:25:17.339><c> wanted</c><00:25:17.700><c> to</c><00:25:18.059><c> become</c><00:25:18.319><c> triathletes,</c><00:25:19.119><c> as</c><00:25:19.339><c> crazy</c><00:25:19.740><c> as</c><00:25:19.920><c> it</c><00:25:20.119><c> seems.</c>

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ABC<00:25:21.799><c> called</c><00:25:22.180><c> it</c><00:25:22.440><c> a</c><00:25:22.579><c> defining</c><00:25:22.900><c> moment</c><00:25:23.380><c> in</c><00:25:23.759><c> sport.</c>

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And<00:25:24.920><c> since</c><00:25:25.160><c> then,</c><00:25:25.859><c> triathlons</c><00:25:26.380><c> have</c><00:25:26.880><c> exploded</c><00:25:27.559><c> in</c><00:25:27.960><c> popularity.</c>

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And<00:25:29.700><c> they've</c><00:25:30.259><c> become,</c><00:25:30.599><c> you</c><00:25:31.299><c> know,</c><00:25:31.539><c> the</c><00:25:31.779><c> source</c><00:25:32.059><c> of</c><00:25:32.319><c> many</c><00:25:32.660><c> budding,</c><00:25:33.660><c> the</c>

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focus<00:25:34.299><c> of</c><00:25:34.480><c> many</c><00:25:34.740><c> budding</c><00:25:35.140><c> athletes.</c>

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And<00:25:36.640><c> so</c><00:25:36.819><c> endurance</c><00:25:37.380><c> training</c><00:25:37.759><c> is</c><00:25:38.000><c> a</c><00:25:38.160><c> type</c><00:25:38.339><c> of</c><00:25:38.720><c> conditioning</c>

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that's<00:25:39.559><c> designed</c><00:25:39.980><c> to</c><00:25:40.480><c> strengthen</c><00:25:40.819><c> the</c><00:25:41.180><c> heart</c>

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so<00:25:42.160><c> that</c><00:25:42.299><c> it</c><00:25:42.480><c> can</c><00:25:42.799><c> carry</c><00:25:43.200><c> blood</c><00:25:43.599><c> to</c><00:25:43.920><c> muscles</c><00:25:44.319><c> that</c><00:25:44.500><c> are</c><00:25:44.779><c> tiring.</c>

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Because<00:25:45.960><c> without</c><00:25:46.680><c> enough</c><00:25:47.180><c> oxygen</c><00:25:47.960><c> in</c><00:25:48.119><c> the</c><00:25:48.359><c> blood,</c><00:25:49.079><c> without</c>

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enough<00:25:49.759><c> oxygen</c><00:25:50.240><c> being</c><00:25:50.519><c> carried</c><00:25:51.039><c> to</c><00:25:51.240><c> those</c><00:25:51.539><c> muscles,</c>

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our<00:25:52.339><c> muscles</c><00:25:52.640><c> begin</c><00:25:52.940><c> to</c><00:25:53.339><c> burn,</c><00:25:54.559><c> and</c><00:25:54.740><c> they</c><00:25:55.000><c> tire,</c><00:25:55.980><c> and</c><00:25:56.180><c> they</c>

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eventually<00:25:56.859><c> give</c><00:25:57.180><c> out.</c>

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And<00:25:58.539><c> as</c><00:25:58.779><c> spiritual</c><00:25:59.200><c> athletes,</c><00:26:00.660><c> endurance</c><00:26:01.160><c> training</c><00:26:01.640><c> is</c><00:26:02.099><c> critical.</c>

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Here's<00:26:04.240><c> what</c><00:26:04.440><c> Jesus</c><00:26:04.920><c> said</c><00:26:05.200><c> about</c><00:26:05.460><c> the</c><00:26:05.700><c> subject.</c>

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The<00:26:07.400><c> love</c><00:26:07.660><c> of</c><00:26:07.920><c> many</c><00:26:08.359><c> will</c><00:26:08.759><c> grow</c><00:26:09.079><c> cold.</c>

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Again,<00:26:11.079><c> but</c><00:26:11.220><c> the</c><00:26:11.579><c> one</c><00:26:12.119><c> who</c><00:26:12.579><c> endures</c><00:26:13.579><c> to</c><00:26:13.819><c> the</c><00:26:14.099><c> end</c><00:26:14.599><c> will</c><00:26:15.019><c> be</c><00:26:15.319><c> saved.</c>

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Now,<00:26:17.019><c> as</c><00:26:17.119><c> you</c><00:26:17.259><c> know,</c><00:26:17.819><c> for</c><00:26:18.000><c> me,</c><00:26:18.400><c> one</c><00:26:18.619><c> of</c><00:26:18.799><c> my</c><00:26:19.180><c> favorite</c><00:26:19.640><c> pastimes</c>

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is<00:26:20.900><c> long</c><00:26:21.200><c>-distance</c><00:26:21.740><c> cycling.</c>

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And<00:26:23.299><c> over</c><00:26:23.480><c> the</c><00:26:23.700><c> years,</c><00:26:24.000><c> I</c><00:26:24.200><c> have</c><00:26:24.859><c> learned</c><00:26:25.460><c> two</c><00:26:26.079><c> very</c><00:26:26.539><c> important</c>

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techniques<00:26:27.539><c> that</c><00:26:27.839><c> have</c><00:26:28.099><c> allowed</c><00:26:28.460><c> me</c><00:26:28.839><c> to</c>

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improve<00:26:29.720><c> my</c><00:26:30.339><c> endurance.</c>

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The<00:26:32.000><c> first</c><00:26:32.339><c> is</c><00:26:32.579><c> to</c><00:26:32.839><c> have</c><00:26:33.380><c> proper</c><00:26:33.980><c> nutrition</c><00:26:34.819><c> and</c><00:26:35.660><c> hydration.</c>

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There's<00:26:37.500><c> an</c><00:26:37.680><c> old</c><00:26:37.920><c> cycling</c><00:26:38.380><c> maxim</c><00:26:38.880><c> that</c><00:26:39.259><c> says</c><00:26:39.559><c> eat</c><00:26:40.079><c> before</c><00:26:40.519><c> you're</c><00:26:40.859><c> hungry</c><00:26:41.400><c> and</c>

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drink<00:26:43.059><c> before</c><00:26:43.839><c> you're</c><00:26:44.220><c> thirsty.</c>

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And<00:26:45.819><c> if</c><00:26:45.940><c> you</c><00:26:46.160><c> ignore</c><00:26:46.480><c> this</c><00:26:46.819><c> advice,</c><00:26:48.640><c> it</c><00:26:48.839><c> can</c><00:26:49.039><c> have</c><00:26:49.319><c> serious</c><00:26:49.839><c> consequences.</c>

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By<00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.220><c> time</c><00:26:51.480><c> you</c><00:26:51.759><c> realize</c><00:26:52.359><c> you're</c><00:26:52.799><c> thirsty,</c><00:26:53.259><c> it's</c><00:26:53.619><c> too</c><00:26:53.960><c> late.</c>

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You<00:26:54.460><c> can't</c><00:26:55.099><c> drink</c><00:26:55.359><c> enough</c><00:26:55.859><c> to</c><00:26:56.500><c> catch</c><00:26:56.799><c> up</c><00:26:57.299><c> and</c><00:26:57.640><c> to</c><00:26:57.900><c> restore</c>

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your<00:26:59.359><c> dehydration.</c>

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And<00:27:01.119><c> if</c><00:27:01.259><c> you</c><00:27:01.500><c> don't</c><00:27:01.799><c> eat</c><00:27:02.099><c> before</c><00:27:02.500><c> you're</c><00:27:02.720><c> hungry,</c><00:27:03.019><c> if</c><00:27:03.160><c> you</c>

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don't<00:27:03.779><c> drink</c><00:27:04.200><c> before</c><00:27:04.640><c> you're</c><00:27:05.039><c> thirsty,</c>

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you<00:27:06.200><c> will,</c><00:27:06.740><c> what</c><00:27:07.059><c> marathoners</c><00:27:07.599><c> call,</c><00:27:08.140><c> hit</c><00:27:08.339><c> the</c><00:27:08.619><c> wall,</c><00:27:09.140><c> or</c>

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what<00:27:09.660><c> cyclists</c><00:27:10.019><c> call</c><00:27:10.400><c> bonk.</c>

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When<00:27:11.779><c> you</c><00:27:11.960><c> hit</c><00:27:12.140><c> the</c><00:27:12.400><c> wall</c><00:27:12.599><c> or</c><00:27:12.779><c> you</c><00:27:13.140><c> experience</c><00:27:13.559><c> a</c><00:27:13.799><c> hunger</c><00:27:14.099><c> bonk,</c>

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an<00:27:15.240><c> athlete</c><00:27:15.640><c> can</c><00:27:16.000><c> hardly</c><00:27:16.400><c> put</c><00:27:16.819><c> one</c><00:27:17.279><c> foot</c><00:27:17.619><c> in</c><00:27:17.920><c> front</c><00:27:18.039><c> of</c><00:27:18.200><c> the</c><00:27:18.319><c> other.</c>

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Jim<00:27:19.700><c> Boyko</c><00:27:20.019><c> was</c><00:27:20.220><c> with</c><00:27:20.380><c> me</c><00:27:20.579><c> once</c><00:27:20.839><c> when</c><00:27:21.000><c> I</c><00:27:21.279><c> bonked.</c>

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I<00:27:21.720><c> remember</c><00:27:22.059><c> it.</c>

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It<00:27:22.240><c> was</c><00:27:22.460><c> in</c><00:27:22.720><c> Sharon.</c>

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We<00:27:23.180><c> were</c><00:27:23.400><c> coming</c><00:27:23.619><c> up</c><00:27:23.859><c> a</c><00:27:23.960><c> hill,</c><00:27:24.160><c> and</c><00:27:24.380><c> I</c><00:27:24.839><c> just</c><00:27:25.380><c> could</c><00:27:25.759><c> not</c><00:27:26.400><c> continue.</c>

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I<00:27:27.740><c> sat</c><00:27:27.980><c> on</c><00:27:28.160><c> the</c><00:27:28.480><c> stoop</c><00:27:28.640><c> of</c><00:27:28.859><c> a</c><00:27:29.000><c> convenience</c><00:27:29.460><c> store</c><00:27:29.819><c> eating</c><00:27:30.180><c> Snickers</c><00:27:30.619><c> bar</c>

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and<00:27:31.180><c> drinking</c><00:27:31.440><c> cokes.</c>

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I<00:27:32.319><c> don't</c><00:27:32.420><c> know</c><00:27:32.500><c> how</c><00:27:32.819><c> long</c><00:27:32.940><c> it</c><00:27:33.039><c> was.</c>

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I<00:27:33.559><c> couldn't</c><00:27:34.000><c> get</c><00:27:34.299><c> going</c><00:27:34.660><c> again.</c>

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The<00:27:37.000><c> analogy</c><00:27:37.420><c> to</c><00:27:37.779><c> our</c><00:27:38.039><c> lives</c><00:27:38.420><c> in</c><00:27:38.900><c> the</c><00:27:39.200><c> truth,</c><00:27:39.640><c> though,</c><00:27:39.940><c> brothers</c><00:27:40.079><c> and</c><00:27:40.380><c> sisters,</c><00:27:40.700><c> shouldn't</c><00:27:41.000><c> be</c><00:27:41.299><c> missed.</c>

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We<00:27:41.900><c> need</c><00:27:42.220><c> to</c><00:27:42.700><c> drink</c><00:27:43.099><c> before</c><00:27:43.619><c> we're</c><00:27:44.019><c> thirsty</c><00:27:44.460><c> and</c><00:27:45.940><c> eat</c><00:27:46.299><c> before</c>

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we're<00:27:47.319><c> hungry.</c>

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We<00:27:48.240><c> need</c><00:27:48.460><c> to</c><00:27:48.779><c> read</c><00:27:49.339><c> and</c><00:27:50.279><c> pray</c><00:27:50.779><c> for</c><00:27:51.700><c> fuel</c><00:27:52.200><c> that</c><00:27:52.779><c> will</c><00:27:53.119><c> strengthen</c><00:27:53.599><c> our</c><00:27:54.000><c> hearts.</c>

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David<00:27:56.160><c> knew</c><00:27:56.380><c> this.</c>

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David<00:27:57.960><c> wrote,</c><00:27:58.380><c> Oh,</c><00:27:58.799><c> God,</c><00:27:59.460><c> you</c><00:27:59.559><c> are</c><00:27:59.859><c> my</c><00:28:00.240><c> God.</c>

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Earnestly,<00:28:01.720><c> I</c><00:28:02.079><c> seek</c><00:28:02.339><c> you.</c>

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My<00:28:03.500><c> soul</c><00:28:04.339><c> thirsts</c><00:28:05.480><c> for</c><00:28:05.759><c> you.</c>

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My<00:28:07.200><c> flesh</c><00:28:07.819><c> faints</c><00:28:08.500><c> for</c><00:28:09.000><c> you</c><00:28:09.380><c> as</c><00:28:10.039><c> in</c><00:28:10.240><c> a</c><00:28:10.539><c> dry</c><00:28:10.880><c> and</c><00:28:11.240><c> weary</c><00:28:11.519><c> land</c><00:28:12.039><c> where</c><00:28:12.299><c> there</c><00:28:12.599><c> is</c>

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no<00:28:13.380><c> water.</c>

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So<00:28:14.920><c> I</c><00:28:15.099><c> have</c><00:28:15.339><c> looked</c><00:28:15.559><c> upon</c><00:28:15.900><c> you</c><00:28:16.140><c> in</c><00:28:16.339><c> the</c><00:28:16.599><c> sanctuary</c><00:28:17.099><c> holding</c>

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your<00:28:18.059><c> power</c><00:28:18.400><c> and</c><00:28:18.720><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:28:20.039><c> the</c><00:28:20.259><c> first</c><00:28:20.539><c> thing</c><00:28:20.740><c> that</c><00:28:20.920><c> I</c><00:28:21.119><c> learned</c><00:28:21.279><c> as</c><00:28:21.519><c> a</c><00:28:21.720><c> cyclist</c><00:28:22.319><c> is</c><00:28:22.759><c> to</c>

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have<00:28:23.559><c> proper</c><00:28:23.980><c> nutrition</c><00:28:24.599><c> and</c><00:28:24.920><c> hydration.</c>

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The<00:28:26.380><c> second</c><00:28:26.720><c> technique</c><00:28:27.099><c> I've</c><00:28:27.519><c> used</c><00:28:27.900><c> is</c><00:28:28.519><c> to</c><00:28:28.960><c> share</c><00:28:29.440><c> the</c><00:28:29.859><c> workload.</c>

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One<00:28:32.039><c> of</c><00:28:32.160><c> the</c><00:28:32.359><c> techniques</c><00:28:32.720><c> that</c><00:28:33.079><c> cyclists</c><00:28:33.579><c> will</c><00:28:33.880><c> use</c><00:28:34.160><c> is</c><00:28:34.380><c> to</c><00:28:34.680><c> ride</c><00:28:35.019><c> in</c>

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a<00:28:35.480><c> pace</c><00:28:35.799><c> line.</c>

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Cyclists<00:28:37.500><c> do</c><00:28:37.720><c> it</c><00:28:37.839><c> all</c><00:28:38.059><c> the</c><00:28:38.279><c> time.</c>

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And<00:28:39.440><c> if</c><00:28:39.539><c> you've</c><00:28:39.759><c> ever</c><00:28:40.019><c> seen</c><00:28:40.200><c> a</c><00:28:40.420><c> pace</c><00:28:40.740><c> line</c><00:28:40.940><c> in</c><00:28:41.180><c> action,</c><00:28:41.700><c> what</c><00:28:41.859><c> you</c><00:28:42.039><c> would</c><00:28:42.180><c> have</c><00:28:42.380><c> seen</c><00:28:42.599><c> is</c><00:28:42.819><c> a</c>

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group<00:28:43.200><c> of</c><00:28:43.579><c> riders</c>

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in<00:28:44.339><c> formation,</c><00:28:45.400><c> almost</c><00:28:45.660><c> like</c><00:28:45.980><c> Canada</c><00:28:46.339><c> geese,</c><00:28:47.619><c> where</c><00:28:47.799><c> the</c><00:28:48.079><c> rider</c><00:28:48.440><c> in</c>

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front<00:28:49.740><c> toes</c><00:28:51.259><c> a</c><00:28:52.220><c> group</c><00:28:52.460><c> behind</c><00:28:52.960><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:53.960><c> by</c><00:28:54.240><c> being</c><00:28:54.500><c> in</c><00:28:54.660><c> that</c><00:28:55.019><c> first</c><00:28:55.279><c> position,</c><00:28:55.799><c> that</c><00:28:56.200><c> individual</c>

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is<00:28:57.680><c> creating</c><00:28:58.140><c> a</c><00:28:58.619><c> slipstream.</c>

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It's<00:28:59.859><c> going</c><00:29:00.200><c> through</c><00:29:00.500><c> the</c><00:29:00.740><c> wind,</c><00:29:01.160><c> breaking</c><00:29:01.519><c> the</c><00:29:01.819><c> wind</c><00:29:02.019><c> resistance,</c>

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allowing<00:29:03.319><c> those</c><00:29:03.759><c> behind</c><00:29:04.599><c> to</c><00:29:05.500><c> ride</c><00:29:06.160><c> with</c><00:29:07.059><c> substantially</c><00:29:07.960><c> less</c><00:29:08.799><c> effort.</c>

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Because<00:29:10.559><c> the</c><00:29:10.839><c> lead</c><00:29:11.019><c> rider</c><00:29:11.380><c> has</c><00:29:11.619><c> to</c><00:29:11.920><c> overcome</c><00:29:12.259><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> air</c>

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resistance,<00:29:13.500><c> though,</c>

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he<00:29:14.440><c> exerts</c><00:29:15.279><c> a</c><00:29:15.500><c> lot</c><00:29:15.779><c> more</c><00:29:16.240><c> energy</c><00:29:16.900><c> than</c><00:29:17.500><c> the</c><00:29:17.720><c> people</c><00:29:18.000><c> behind</c><00:29:18.500><c> him.</c>

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If<00:29:21.440><c> you've</c><00:29:21.539><c> ever</c><00:29:21.799><c> stuck</c><00:29:21.980><c> your</c><00:29:22.220><c> hand</c><00:29:22.440><c> out</c><00:29:22.660><c> the</c><00:29:22.799><c> window</c><00:29:23.140><c> in</c><00:29:23.339><c> a</c>

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car,<00:29:23.819><c> you've</c><00:29:24.039><c> done</c><00:29:24.160><c> that.</c>

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You<00:29:25.400><c> change</c><00:29:25.720><c> your</c><00:29:26.000><c> hand</c><00:29:26.220><c> and</c><00:29:26.359><c> it'll</c><00:29:26.500><c> go</c><00:29:26.720><c> up</c><00:29:27.039><c> and</c><00:29:27.200><c> you</c><00:29:27.380><c> do.</c>

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That's<00:29:28.279><c> wind</c><00:29:28.519><c> resistance.</c>

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And<00:29:30.220><c> it's</c><00:29:30.420><c> a</c><00:29:30.660><c> huge</c><00:29:30.940><c> force.</c>

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Now,<00:29:32.880><c> amazingly,</c><00:29:33.759><c> studies</c><00:29:33.880><c> have</c><00:29:34.160><c> shown</c><00:29:34.420><c> that</c><00:29:34.779><c> cyclists</c><00:29:35.240><c> who</c>

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ride<00:29:35.759><c> behind</c><00:29:36.839><c> another</c>

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can<00:29:39.019><c> save</c><00:29:39.579><c> about</c><00:29:40.000><c> 30</c><00:29:40.380><c>%</c><00:29:40.819><c> of</c><00:29:40.960><c> their</c><00:29:41.240><c> energy</c><00:29:41.759><c> in</c><00:29:42.519><c> that</c><00:29:42.680><c> event.</c>

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So<00:29:44.240><c> in</c><00:29:44.400><c> a</c><00:29:44.640><c> smooth</c><00:29:44.880><c> working</c><00:29:45.299><c> pace</c><00:29:45.660><c> line,</c><00:29:45.900><c> the</c><00:29:45.960><c> way</c><00:29:46.140><c> it</c><00:29:46.299><c> works</c><00:29:46.539><c> is</c>

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the<00:29:46.940><c> lead</c><00:29:47.180><c> rider</c>

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will<00:29:47.660><c> be</c><00:29:47.859><c> up</c><00:29:48.140><c> front</c><00:29:48.279><c> for</c><00:29:48.579><c> 30</c><00:29:48.900><c> seconds,</c><00:29:49.420><c> maybe</c><00:29:49.700><c> a</c><00:29:49.980><c> minute</c><00:29:50.160><c> or</c><00:29:50.380><c> two,</c>

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and<00:29:51.420><c> then</c><00:29:51.660><c> drift</c><00:29:51.880><c> off</c><00:29:52.140><c> to</c><00:29:52.319><c> the</c><00:29:52.519><c> side</c><00:29:52.960><c> and</c><00:29:53.480><c> come</c><00:29:53.700><c> towards</c><00:29:54.000><c> the</c><00:29:54.279><c> back,</c>

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allowing<00:29:54.940><c> the</c><00:29:55.319><c> second</c><00:29:55.559><c> person</c><00:29:55.940><c> in</c><00:29:56.259><c> line</c><00:29:56.500><c> to</c><00:29:56.779><c> take</c><00:29:57.019><c> the</c><00:29:57.220><c> lead.</c>

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And<00:29:58.380><c> when</c><00:29:58.519><c> the</c><00:29:58.740><c> lead</c><00:29:58.940><c> rider</c><00:29:59.240><c> drops</c><00:29:59.519><c> to</c><00:29:59.779><c> the</c><00:29:59.920><c> back</c><00:30:00.099><c> of</c><00:30:00.259><c> the</c><00:30:00.500><c> pack,</c>

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he<00:30:01.500><c> or</c><00:30:01.680><c> she</c><00:30:01.779><c> needs</c><00:30:02.059><c> to</c><00:30:03.460><c> dip</c><00:30:03.700><c> in,</c><00:30:04.640><c> slide</c><00:30:04.880><c> in</c><00:30:05.099><c> right</c><00:30:05.359><c> behind</c><00:30:05.819><c> the</c>

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last<00:30:06.420><c> rider</c>

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so<00:30:07.059><c> that</c><00:30:07.299><c> he</c><00:30:07.380><c> or</c><00:30:07.619><c> she</c><00:30:07.779><c> is</c><00:30:08.039><c> now</c><00:30:08.259><c> in</c><00:30:08.579><c> that</c><00:30:08.940><c> slipstream.</c>

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And<00:30:10.240><c> it's</c><00:30:10.440><c> fantastic.</c>

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But<00:30:12.519><c> there's</c><00:30:12.819><c> a</c><00:30:13.039><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:30:14.660><c> sometimes</c><00:30:15.220><c> you'll</c><00:30:15.519><c> get</c><00:30:15.680><c> somebody</c><00:30:16.059><c> who</c><00:30:16.259><c> will</c><00:30:16.420><c> get</c><00:30:16.519><c> to</c><00:30:16.720><c> the</c>

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front<00:30:17.279><c> and</c><00:30:17.700><c> they'll</c><00:30:18.039><c> stay</c><00:30:18.319><c> there.</c>

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The<00:30:19.680><c> macho</c><00:30:20.140><c> man</c><00:30:20.539><c> rides</c><00:30:21.539><c> at</c><00:30:21.779><c> the</c><00:30:22.039><c> front.</c>

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Look<00:30:22.500><c> how</c><00:30:22.920><c> strong</c><00:30:23.359><c> I</c><00:30:23.720><c> am.</c>

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I'm<00:30:24.200><c> towing</c><00:30:24.599><c> this</c><00:30:24.940><c> group</c><00:30:25.200><c> and</c><00:30:25.380><c> they</c><00:30:25.740><c> go</c><00:30:26.119><c> harder</c><00:30:26.500><c> and</c><00:30:26.819><c> harder</c>

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and<00:30:27.359><c> harder.</c>

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And<00:30:28.339><c> then</c><00:30:28.579><c> they</c><00:30:28.940><c> feel</c><00:30:29.279><c> the</c><00:30:29.539><c> burn</c><00:30:29.720><c> in</c><00:30:29.920><c> their</c><00:30:30.160><c> legs</c><00:30:30.539><c> and</c><00:30:31.240><c> they</c><00:30:31.500><c> feel</c><00:30:31.700><c> the</c><00:30:31.940><c> pain</c><00:30:32.119><c> in</c>

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their<00:30:32.539><c> back</c>

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and<00:30:33.299><c> they</c><00:30:33.559><c> feel</c><00:30:33.779><c> their</c><00:30:34.099><c> lungs</c><00:30:34.619><c> challenging</c><00:30:35.819><c> them</c><00:30:36.140><c> for</c><00:30:36.460><c> air.</c>

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And<00:30:36.839><c> so</c><00:30:36.960><c> they</c><00:30:37.160><c> drift</c><00:30:37.380><c> off</c><00:30:37.640><c> to</c><00:30:37.819><c> the</c><00:30:38.059><c> side</c><00:30:38.319><c> and</c><00:30:38.460><c> they</c><00:30:38.700><c> come</c><00:30:38.900><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:39.339><c> back.</c>

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But<00:30:40.180><c> the</c><00:30:40.779><c> problem</c><00:30:41.200><c> is</c><00:30:42.000><c> they've</c><00:30:42.859><c> exerted</c><00:30:43.220><c> so</c><00:30:43.500><c> much</c><00:30:43.700><c> energy</c><00:30:44.019><c> at</c>

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the<00:30:44.440><c> front</c>

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that<00:30:45.480><c> they</c><00:30:45.700><c> don't</c><00:30:46.019><c> have</c><00:30:46.400><c> enough</c><00:30:46.740><c> energy</c><00:30:47.359><c> to</c><00:30:47.900><c> get</c><00:30:48.259><c> back</c><00:30:48.799><c> behind</c>

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the<00:30:50.099><c> fast</c><00:30:50.380><c> moving</c><00:30:50.680><c> pace</c><00:30:51.099><c> line.</c>

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And<00:30:53.019><c> cyclists</c><00:30:53.339><c> call</c><00:30:53.619><c> that</c><00:30:53.980><c> the</c><00:30:54.279><c> suicide</c><00:30:54.900><c> pull.</c>

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They<00:30:56.059><c> pull</c><00:30:56.279><c> the</c><00:30:56.500><c> group</c><00:30:56.619><c> at</c><00:30:56.819><c> the</c><00:30:57.000><c> front</c><00:30:57.079><c> for</c><00:30:57.380><c> so</c><00:30:57.779><c> long</c>

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that<00:30:58.140><c> they</c><00:30:58.339><c> can</c><00:30:58.579><c> no</c><00:30:58.900><c> longer</c><00:30:59.259><c> pull</c><00:30:59.759><c> when</c><00:31:00.380><c> they</c><00:31:00.559><c> get</c><00:31:00.700><c> to</c><00:31:00.880><c> the</c><00:31:01.059><c> back.</c>

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And<00:31:02.799><c> we</c><00:31:02.920><c> have</c><00:31:03.019><c> to</c><00:31:03.140><c> be</c><00:31:03.400><c> careful</c><00:31:03.700><c> about</c><00:31:03.960><c> that.</c>

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And<00:31:04.359><c> brothers</c><00:31:04.559><c> and</c><00:31:04.819><c> sisters,</c><00:31:05.059><c> I</c><00:31:05.220><c> can</c><00:31:05.519><c> tell</c><00:31:05.720><c> you</c><00:31:05.960><c> personally</c>

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that<00:31:09.140><c> it's</c><00:31:09.859><c> been</c><00:31:09.980><c> a</c><00:31:10.200><c> hard</c><00:31:10.420><c> summer</c><00:31:10.819><c> for</c><00:31:11.380><c> Sandy</c><00:31:11.640><c> and</c><00:31:11.900><c> me.</c>

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We've<00:31:14.539><c> really</c><00:31:14.819><c> struggled</c><00:31:15.339><c> with</c><00:31:15.619><c> the</c><00:31:15.839><c> death</c><00:31:16.019><c> of</c><00:31:16.319><c> her</c><00:31:16.420><c> sister,</c>

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with<00:31:17.900><c> a</c><00:31:18.160><c> number</c><00:31:18.339><c> of</c><00:31:18.579><c> other</c><00:31:18.740><c> things</c><00:31:19.000><c> that</c><00:31:19.140><c> have</c><00:31:19.380><c> gone</c><00:31:19.660><c> on.</c>

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And<00:31:21.299><c> we've</c><00:31:21.839><c> taken</c><00:31:22.099><c> some</c><00:31:22.680><c> time</c><00:31:23.140><c> off,</c><00:31:23.619><c> you</c><00:31:24.000><c> might</c><00:31:24.259><c> say.</c>

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And<00:31:25.799><c> it's</c><00:31:25.960><c> been</c><00:31:26.119><c> helpful</c><00:31:26.519><c> for</c><00:31:26.819><c> us</c><00:31:27.519><c> to</c><00:31:27.920><c> sort</c><00:31:28.200><c> of</c><00:31:29.240><c> recharge</c><00:31:29.799><c> the</c><00:31:30.160><c> batteries.</c>

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And<00:31:32.240><c> it's</c><00:31:33.119><c> wonderful</c><00:31:33.819><c> to</c><00:31:34.700><c> have</c><00:31:34.960><c> the</c><00:31:35.319><c> confidence</c><00:31:35.859><c> to</c><00:31:36.259><c> know</c>

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that<00:31:37.539><c> our</c><00:31:37.779><c> brothers</c><00:31:38.099><c> and</c><00:31:38.420><c> sisters</c><00:31:39.220><c> are</c><00:31:40.019><c> here</c><00:31:40.720><c> pulling</c><00:31:41.220><c> the</c>

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pace<00:31:41.799><c> line</c>

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and<00:31:43.500><c> providing</c><00:31:43.980><c> a</c><00:31:44.380><c> slipstream</c><00:31:44.960><c> for</c><00:31:45.240><c> us</c><00:31:46.000><c> to</c><00:31:46.519><c> dip</c><00:31:46.740><c> back</c><00:31:47.119><c> in</c><00:31:47.740><c> and</c>

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to<00:31:48.240><c> get</c><00:31:48.359><c> up</c><00:31:48.559><c> to</c><00:31:48.799><c> speed</c><00:31:49.039><c> again.</c>

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And<00:31:50.279><c> so</c><00:31:50.380><c> this</c><00:31:50.559><c> is</c><00:31:50.779><c> a</c><00:31:50.900><c> lesson</c><00:31:51.180><c> that</c><00:31:51.400><c> we</c><00:31:51.539><c> can</c><00:31:51.799><c> learn.</c>

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If<00:31:53.440><c> you're</c><00:31:53.680><c> like</c><00:31:53.880><c> me,</c><00:31:55.000><c> you've</c><00:31:55.480><c> experienced</c><00:31:55.900><c> times</c><00:31:56.380><c> when</c><00:31:56.680><c> you</c>

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felt<00:31:57.279><c> spiritually</c><00:31:57.960><c> strong</c>

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and<00:31:58.759><c> other</c><00:31:59.000><c> times</c><00:31:59.339><c> when</c><00:31:59.519><c> you</c><00:31:59.740><c> felt</c><00:32:00.019><c> spiritually</c><00:32:00.680><c> weak.</c>

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And<00:32:01.980><c> as</c><00:32:02.900><c> spiritual</c><00:32:04.140><c> athletes,</c><00:32:05.539><c> we</c><00:32:05.640><c> have</c><00:32:05.859><c> an</c><00:32:06.140><c> obligation</c><00:32:07.000><c> to</c>

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help<00:32:08.140><c> one</c><00:32:08.400><c> another.</c>

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The<00:32:10.140><c> same</c><00:32:10.339><c> way</c><00:32:10.619><c> cyclists</c><00:32:11.400><c> work</c><00:32:11.819><c> for</c><00:32:12.019><c> the</c><00:32:12.220><c> common</c><00:32:12.500><c> good.</c>

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Here's<00:32:13.779><c> what</c><00:32:14.019><c> Paul</c><00:32:14.299><c> wrote</c><00:32:14.559><c> to</c><00:32:14.759><c> the</c><00:32:14.960><c> Romans.</c>

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We<00:32:16.400><c> who</c><00:32:16.680><c> are</c><00:32:17.180><c> strong</c><00:32:17.799><c> have</c><00:32:18.640><c> an</c><00:32:18.920><c> obligation</c><00:32:19.559><c> to</c><00:32:19.940><c> bear</c><00:32:20.359><c> with</c><00:32:20.819><c> the</c>

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failings<00:32:21.420><c> of</c><00:32:21.640><c> the</c><00:32:21.819><c> weak</c>

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and<00:32:22.920><c> not</c><00:32:23.079><c> to</c><00:32:23.319><c> please</c><00:32:23.500><c> ourselves.</c>

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Let<00:32:24.980><c> each</c><00:32:25.240><c> of</c><00:32:25.380><c> us</c><00:32:25.619><c> please</c><00:32:25.980><c> his</c><00:32:26.299><c> neighbor</c><00:32:26.599><c> for</c><00:32:26.960><c> his</c><00:32:27.299><c> good</c><00:32:27.559><c> to</c>

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build<00:32:28.819><c> him</c><00:32:29.220><c> up.</c>

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So<00:32:31.240><c> we</c><00:32:31.500><c> can</c><00:32:31.740><c> imagine</c><00:32:32.460><c> this</c><00:32:33.960><c> never</c><00:32:34.339><c> quit</c><00:32:34.599><c> attitude.</c>

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Sometimes<00:32:36.759><c> it's</c><00:32:37.019><c> hard</c><00:32:37.319><c> to</c><00:32:37.619><c> imagine</c><00:32:37.960><c> the</c><00:32:38.220><c> never</c><00:32:38.460><c> quit</c><00:32:38.640><c> attitude</c>

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when<00:32:39.259><c> you</c><00:32:39.460><c> see</c><00:32:39.599><c> somebody</c><00:32:39.880><c> like</c><00:32:40.160><c> a</c><00:32:40.400><c> Julie</c><00:32:40.680><c> Moss</c><00:32:41.259><c> crawling</c><00:32:41.980><c> on</c><00:32:42.200><c> our</c><00:32:42.400><c> hands</c><00:32:42.700><c> and</c><00:32:42.940><c> knees</c><00:32:43.180><c> to</c><00:32:43.400><c> a</c>

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finish<00:32:43.839><c> line.</c>

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But<00:32:44.759><c> as</c><00:32:45.079><c> spiritual</c><00:32:45.519><c> athletes,</c><00:32:46.779><c> we</c><00:32:46.839><c> need</c><00:32:47.019><c> to</c><00:32:47.319><c> have</c><00:32:47.480><c> that</c><00:32:47.819><c> perseverance,</c>

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knowing<00:32:49.640><c> that</c><00:32:49.960><c> as</c><00:32:50.359><c> soon</c><00:32:50.579><c> as</c><00:32:50.819><c> we</c><00:32:51.240><c> get</c><00:32:51.500><c> to</c><00:32:51.700><c> the</c><00:32:51.980><c> finish</c><00:32:52.259><c> line,</c><00:32:53.339><c> the</c><00:32:53.500><c> crown</c><00:32:53.759><c> of</c>

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:56.099
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righteousness<00:32:54.660><c> awaits</c><00:32:55.319><c> us.</c>

00:32:56.660 --> 00:33:00.539
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The<00:32:57.220><c> writer</c><00:32:57.480><c> to</c><00:32:57.680><c> the</c><00:32:57.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:32:58.140><c> said</c><00:32:58.400><c> this</c><00:32:58.700><c> in</c><00:32:58.880><c> chapter</c><00:32:59.240><c> 10.</c>

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Do<00:33:00.759><c> not</c><00:33:01.160><c> throw</c><00:33:01.700><c> away</c><00:33:02.480><c> your</c><00:33:03.099><c> confidence,</c><00:33:04.519><c> which</c><00:33:04.660><c> has</c><00:33:04.980><c> a</c><00:33:05.200><c> great</c><00:33:05.400><c> reward.</c>

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For<00:33:07.099><c> you</c><00:33:07.539><c> have</c><00:33:07.900><c> need</c><00:33:08.400><c> of</c><00:33:08.779><c> endurance</c><00:33:09.319><c> so</c><00:33:09.839><c> that</c><00:33:10.019><c> when</c><00:33:10.180><c> you've</c><00:33:10.480><c> done</c><00:33:10.720><c> the</c><00:33:10.940><c> will</c><00:33:11.039><c> of</c><00:33:11.339><c> God,</c>

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.980
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you<00:33:12.200><c> may</c><00:33:12.480><c> receive</c><00:33:13.220><c> what</c><00:33:13.460><c> has</c><00:33:13.720><c> been</c><00:33:14.019><c> promised.</c>

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:18.220
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So<00:33:16.160><c> when</c><00:33:16.319><c> we</c><00:33:16.559><c> talk</c><00:33:16.740><c> about</c><00:33:17.059><c> enduring,</c><00:33:17.680><c> though,</c><00:33:17.779><c> I</c><00:33:17.880><c> think</c><00:33:18.000><c> this</c>

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.140
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is<00:33:18.359><c> an</c><00:33:18.619><c> important</c><00:33:18.900><c> point.</c>

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:22.660
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When<00:33:19.319><c> we</c><00:33:19.599><c> talk</c><00:33:19.799><c> about</c><00:33:20.140><c> enduring</c><00:33:20.539><c> and</c><00:33:20.799><c> that</c><00:33:21.059><c> never</c><00:33:21.339><c> quit</c><00:33:21.599><c> attitude,</c>

00:33:22.549 --> 00:33:29.000
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we<00:33:22.980><c> should</c><00:33:23.319><c> make</c><00:33:23.680><c> the</c><00:33:23.980><c> point</c><00:33:24.700><c> that</c><00:33:25.640><c> enduring</c><00:33:26.400><c> does</c><00:33:27.400><c> not</c><00:33:27.759><c> necessarily</c><00:33:28.559><c> mean</c>

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doing<00:33:29.420><c> so</c><00:33:30.480><c> without</c><00:33:31.480><c> failure.</c>

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:39.640
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There<00:33:35.819><c> are</c><00:33:36.099><c> times,</c><00:33:36.740><c> brothers</c><00:33:36.859><c> and</c><00:33:37.180><c> sisters,</c><00:33:38.119><c> when</c><00:33:38.400><c> we</c><00:33:38.799><c> fail.</c>

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:45.259
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One<00:33:40.619><c> of</c><00:33:40.759><c> the</c><00:33:41.059><c> traits</c><00:33:41.319><c> that</c><00:33:41.619><c> is</c><00:33:42.000><c> seen</c><00:33:42.359><c> in</c><00:33:42.920><c> all</c><00:33:43.579><c> great</c><00:33:44.099><c> athletes</c>

00:33:45.389 --> 00:33:50.259
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is<00:33:45.819><c> their</c><00:33:46.140><c> ability</c><00:33:46.640><c> to</c><00:33:47.059><c> overcome</c><00:33:47.619><c> adversity</c><00:33:48.519><c> and</c><00:33:49.160><c> failure.</c>

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:56.099
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Bouncing<00:33:51.000><c> back</c><00:33:51.319><c> from</c><00:33:51.519><c> an</c><00:33:51.779><c> injury,</c><00:33:52.339><c> handling</c><00:33:53.339><c> the</c><00:33:53.759><c> disappointment</c><00:33:54.460><c> of</c><00:33:54.819><c> a</c><00:33:55.039><c> loss,</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:34:02.259
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or<00:33:56.420><c> letting</c><00:33:56.579><c> a</c><00:33:58.700><c> slow</c><00:33:59.019><c> rolling</c><00:33:59.700><c> ground</c><00:34:00.279><c> ball</c><00:34:00.859><c> pass</c><00:34:01.359><c> through</c><00:34:01.559><c> your</c><00:34:01.839><c> legs</c><00:34:02.099><c> in</c>

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.900
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the<00:34:02.440><c> World</c><00:34:02.700><c> Series.</c>

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:10.579
x
How<00:34:05.440><c> players</c><00:34:06.019><c> and</c><00:34:06.559><c> teams</c><00:34:07.079><c> respond</c><00:34:08.179><c> to</c><00:34:08.639><c> these</c><00:34:09.199><c> scenarios</c><00:34:09.960><c> will</c>

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:13.579
x
ultimately<00:34:11.340><c> determine</c><00:34:12.119><c> their</c><00:34:12.440><c> success.</c>

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.920
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After<00:34:15.179><c> a</c><00:34:15.579><c> particularly</c><00:34:16.179><c> lopsided</c><00:34:17.039><c> loss</c><00:34:17.519><c> in</c><00:34:17.780><c> the</c><00:34:17.980><c> NBA</c><00:34:18.320><c> finals</c>

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.239
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many<00:34:19.219><c> years</c><00:34:19.559><c> ago,</c>

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:24.440
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a<00:34:21.039><c> reporter</c><00:34:21.579><c> asked</c><00:34:22.119><c> Danny</c><00:34:22.719><c> Ainge,</c><00:34:23.260><c> who</c><00:34:23.360><c> was</c><00:34:23.599><c> a</c><00:34:23.820><c> player</c><00:34:24.039><c> on</c><00:34:24.239><c> the</c>

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losing<00:34:24.719><c> team,</c>

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if<00:34:26.099><c> the</c><00:34:26.559><c> blowout</c><00:34:27.460><c> would</c><00:34:27.980><c> affect</c><00:34:28.500><c> their</c><00:34:28.900><c> next</c><00:34:29.239><c> game.</c>

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:35.139
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Ainge<00:34:31.780><c> said,</c><00:34:33.059><c> this</c><00:34:33.280><c> isn't</c><00:34:33.619><c> the</c><00:34:33.840><c> Tour</c><00:34:33.960><c> de</c><00:34:34.179><c> France.</c>

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:40.280
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We<00:34:35.699><c> don't</c><00:34:36.079><c> start</c><00:34:36.500><c> game</c><00:34:36.920><c> two</c><00:34:37.500><c> 33</c><00:34:38.400><c> points</c><00:34:39.260><c> down.</c>

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:43.500
x
You<00:34:41.199><c> see,</c><00:34:41.360><c> the</c><00:34:41.480><c> winner</c><00:34:41.619><c> of</c><00:34:41.780><c> the</c><00:34:41.920><c> Tour</c><00:34:42.059><c> de</c><00:34:42.260><c> France</c><00:34:42.579><c> is</c><00:34:42.800><c> the</c><00:34:43.000><c> rider</c><00:34:43.260><c> with</c>

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:46.320
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the<00:34:43.699><c> lowest</c><00:34:44.199><c> cumulative</c><00:34:45.099><c> time.</c>

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:51.539
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After<00:34:47.039><c> 21</c><00:34:47.719><c> days</c><00:34:48.059><c> of</c><00:34:48.320><c> racing</c><00:34:48.739><c> and</c><00:34:49.760><c> 2000</c><00:34:50.460><c> miles,</c>

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:56.639
x
that<00:34:51.699><c> means</c><00:34:52.039><c> that</c><00:34:52.340><c> if</c><00:34:52.599><c> on</c><00:34:53.659><c> 20</c><00:34:54.219><c> of</c><00:34:54.400><c> those</c><00:34:54.719><c> 21</c><00:34:55.179><c> days</c><00:34:55.599><c> you</c><00:34:55.880><c> are</c><00:34:56.280><c> the</c>

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:58.320
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first<00:34:56.920><c> to</c><00:34:57.159><c> cross</c><00:34:57.440><c> the</c><00:34:57.800><c> finish</c><00:34:57.960><c> line,</c>

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but<00:34:58.519><c> on</c><00:34:58.860><c> one</c><00:34:59.099><c> of</c><00:34:59.300><c> those</c><00:34:59.699><c> days</c><00:35:00.280><c> you</c><00:35:01.400><c> struggle</c><00:35:01.820><c> in</c><00:35:01.980><c> the</c><00:35:02.159><c> mountains</c><00:35:02.639><c> and</c><00:35:03.460><c> you</c>

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come<00:35:03.960><c> up</c><00:35:04.280><c> last</c>

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and<00:35:04.800><c> you</c><00:35:05.000><c> lose</c><00:35:05.219><c> an</c><00:35:05.639><c> hour</c><00:35:06.000><c> to</c><00:35:06.219><c> your</c><00:35:06.440><c> other</c><00:35:06.639><c> competitors,</c><00:35:07.840><c> you're</c><00:35:08.539><c> out</c>

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of<00:35:08.820><c> the</c><00:35:08.960><c> race.</c>

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It's<00:35:10.800><c> a</c><00:35:11.039><c> cumulative</c><00:35:11.539><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:35:12.760><c> so</c><00:35:12.880><c> when</c><00:35:13.179><c> Danny</c><00:35:13.480><c> Ainge's</c><00:35:14.039><c> Celtics</c><00:35:14.480><c> lost</c><00:35:14.940><c> to</c><00:35:15.219><c> the</c><00:35:15.380><c> Bulls</c>

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by<00:35:15.980><c> 33</c><00:35:16.539><c> points</c><00:35:17.000><c> and</c><00:35:17.159><c> the</c><00:35:17.420><c> reporter</c><00:35:17.639><c> said,</c>

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is<00:35:18.260><c> this</c><00:35:18.519><c> going</c><00:35:18.699><c> to</c><00:35:18.900><c> impact</c><00:35:19.320><c> you</c><00:35:19.559><c> when</c><00:35:19.780><c> you</c><00:35:20.159><c> start</c><00:35:20.380><c> game</c><00:35:20.699><c> two?</c>

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He<00:35:21.139><c> said,</c><00:35:21.320><c> not</c><00:35:21.579><c> at</c><00:35:21.820><c> all,</c><00:35:23.239><c> not</c><00:35:23.599><c> at</c><00:35:23.840><c> all.</c>

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For<00:35:25.579><c> Ainge,</c><00:35:26.519><c> he</c><00:35:26.699><c> was</c><00:35:27.059><c> motivated</c><00:35:27.900><c> by</c><00:35:28.659><c> the</c><00:35:28.980><c> idea</c><00:35:29.380><c> that</c><00:35:29.920><c> the</c><00:35:30.219><c> next</c>

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game<00:35:31.059><c> would</c><00:35:31.780><c> begin</c><00:35:32.199><c> with</c><00:35:32.559><c> a</c><00:35:32.860><c> clean</c><00:35:33.280><c> slate.</c>

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But<00:35:35.880><c> as</c><00:35:35.880><c> spiritual</c><00:35:36.480><c> athletes,</c><00:35:38.219><c> we</c><00:35:38.300><c> must</c><00:35:38.539><c> learn</c><00:35:39.199><c> how</c><00:35:39.699><c> to</c><00:35:39.920><c> bounce</c><00:35:40.280><c> back</c>

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from<00:35:41.260><c> failure,</c>

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because<00:35:42.659><c> we</c><00:35:42.900><c> do</c><00:35:43.219><c> sometimes</c><00:35:43.980><c> sin</c><00:35:44.420><c> and</c><00:35:44.940><c> we</c><00:35:45.179><c> do</c><00:35:45.679><c> sometimes</c><00:35:46.420><c> fall</c>

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short<00:35:47.360><c> of</c><00:35:47.559><c> the</c><00:35:47.760><c> glory</c><00:35:47.980><c> of</c><00:35:48.139><c> God.</c>

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And<00:35:49.320><c> when</c><00:35:49.579><c> we</c><00:35:50.000><c> inevitably</c><00:35:50.659><c> sin,</c><00:35:51.719><c> let's</c><00:35:52.000><c> not</c><00:35:52.320><c> become</c><00:35:52.820><c> paralyzed</c><00:35:53.619><c> by</c><00:35:53.980><c> despondency</c><00:35:54.980><c> or</c>

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self<00:35:55.699><c>-contempt.</c>

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Instead,<00:35:58.980><c> let's</c><00:35:59.400><c> resolve</c><00:36:00.119><c> to</c><00:36:00.920><c> use</c><00:36:01.239><c> God's</c><00:36:02.019><c> promise</c><00:36:02.360><c> of</c><00:36:02.780><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:03.500><c> as</c><00:36:04.719><c> a</c>

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renewed<00:36:06.159><c> springboard</c><00:36:07.360><c> for</c><00:36:08.559><c> action</c>

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and<00:36:10.199><c> faithfulness.</c>

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If<00:36:11.500><c> we</c><00:36:11.739><c> confess</c><00:36:12.159><c> our</c><00:36:12.480><c> sins,</c><00:36:12.760><c> we</c><00:36:12.900><c> read</c><00:36:13.099><c> in</c><00:36:13.360><c> John,</c><00:36:14.219><c> he</c><00:36:14.400><c> is</c><00:36:14.719><c> faithful</c><00:36:15.260><c> and</c><00:36:15.820><c> just</c><00:36:16.280><c> and</c><00:36:16.800><c> will</c><00:36:17.119><c> forgive</c><00:36:17.500><c> us</c>

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our<00:36:18.159><c> sins</c>

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and<00:36:19.539><c> purify</c><00:36:20.260><c> us</c><00:36:20.579><c> from</c><00:36:20.880><c> all</c><00:36:21.300><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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To<00:36:24.039><c> be</c><00:36:24.440><c> purified</c><00:36:25.119><c> from</c><00:36:25.420><c> all</c><00:36:25.679><c> unrighteousness</c><00:36:26.420><c> is</c><00:36:26.599><c> a</c><00:36:26.780><c> wonderful</c><00:36:27.179><c> thought.</c>

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It<00:36:28.420><c> means</c><00:36:28.679><c> that</c><00:36:28.900><c> we</c><00:36:29.000><c> should</c><00:36:29.300><c> never</c><00:36:29.679><c> feel</c><00:36:30.260><c> that</c><00:36:30.559><c> our</c><00:36:30.980><c> sins</c><00:36:31.440><c> continue</c><00:36:32.179><c> to</c>

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add<00:36:32.800><c> up</c><00:36:33.000><c> to</c><00:36:33.199><c> the</c><00:36:33.480><c> point</c><00:36:33.719><c> where</c><00:36:33.940><c> they</c><00:36:34.159><c> are</c>

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too<00:36:34.739><c> great</c><00:36:35.119><c> or</c><00:36:36.280><c> that</c><00:36:36.500><c> they</c><00:36:36.679><c> are</c><00:36:37.000><c> too</c><00:36:37.340><c> many</c><00:36:37.699><c> for</c><00:36:37.920><c> God's</c><00:36:38.420><c> forgiveness.</c>

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The<00:36:40.179><c> prophet</c><00:36:40.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:41.019><c> tells</c><00:36:41.320><c> us</c><00:36:41.639><c> about</c><00:36:41.960><c> our</c><00:36:42.380><c> father's</c><00:36:43.219><c> faithfulness.</c>

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He<00:36:45.260><c> says</c><00:36:45.519><c> in</c><00:36:45.739><c> Lamentations,</c><00:36:47.039><c> the</c><00:36:47.260><c> steadfast</c><00:36:48.219><c> love</c><00:36:48.579><c> of</c><00:36:48.820><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:36:49.420><c> never</c><00:36:50.139><c> ceases.</c>

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His<00:36:51.719><c> mercies</c><00:36:52.340><c> never</c><00:36:52.860><c> come</c><00:36:53.199><c> to</c><00:36:53.420><c> an</c><00:36:53.599><c> end.</c>

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They<00:36:54.760><c> are</c><00:36:56.219><c> new</c><00:36:57.019><c> every</c><00:36:58.320><c> morning.</c>

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In<00:37:00.300><c> sports,</c><00:37:00.619><c> it's</c><00:37:00.880><c> not</c><00:37:01.059><c> uncommon</c><00:37:01.519><c> to</c><00:37:01.840><c> see</c><00:37:02.059><c> a</c><00:37:02.300><c> team</c><00:37:02.519><c> that's</c><00:37:02.860><c> far</c>

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behind<00:37:03.739><c> give</c><00:37:04.119><c> up.</c>

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Usually,<00:37:05.940><c> the</c><00:37:06.199><c> commentators</c><00:37:06.760><c> will</c><00:37:07.000><c> remark</c><00:37:07.360><c> that</c><00:37:07.539><c> the</c><00:37:07.780><c> players</c><00:37:08.079><c> quit</c>

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on<00:37:08.659><c> their</c><00:37:08.880><c> coach,</c>

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or<00:37:10.039><c> sometimes</c><00:37:10.460><c> the</c><00:37:10.739><c> players</c><00:37:10.960><c> will</c><00:37:11.260><c> admit</c><00:37:11.519><c> that</c><00:37:11.679><c> they</c><00:37:11.820><c> didn't</c>

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come<00:37:12.280><c> to</c><00:37:12.500><c> play</c><00:37:12.679><c> that</c><00:37:13.000><c> day</c>

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or<00:37:13.980><c> that</c><00:37:14.179><c> the</c><00:37:14.320><c> other</c><00:37:14.519><c> team</c><00:37:14.760><c> took</c><00:37:14.980><c> the</c><00:37:15.199><c> life</c><00:37:15.460><c> out</c><00:37:15.639><c> of</c><00:37:15.780><c> us.</c>

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But<00:37:17.119><c> as</c><00:37:17.639><c> spiritual</c><00:37:18.119><c> athletes,</c><00:37:18.780><c> brothers</c><00:37:18.920><c> and</c><00:37:19.260><c> sisters,</c><00:37:19.579><c> we</c>

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don't<00:37:19.900><c> have</c><00:37:20.119><c> to</c><00:37:20.440><c> worry</c><00:37:20.800><c> about</c><00:37:21.280><c> falling</c><00:37:21.780><c> too</c><00:37:22.320><c> far</c>

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behind.

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You<00:37:24.380><c> see,</c><00:37:24.460><c> with</c><00:37:24.679><c> the</c><00:37:24.920><c> blessing</c><00:37:25.199><c> of</c><00:37:25.519><c> forgiveness,</c><00:37:26.820><c> we</c><00:37:27.059><c> can</c><00:37:27.320><c> wake</c><00:37:27.639><c> up</c>

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each<00:37:28.760><c> morning</c><00:37:29.300><c> with</c><00:37:30.179><c> a</c><00:37:30.440><c> clean</c><00:37:30.659><c> slate.</c>

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My<00:37:32.440><c> dad</c><00:37:32.679><c> used</c><00:37:32.940><c> to</c><00:37:33.099><c> wake</c><00:37:33.199><c> me</c><00:37:33.420><c> up</c><00:37:34.000><c> as</c><00:37:34.579><c> a</c><00:37:34.739><c> kid</c><00:37:34.880><c> with</c><00:37:35.119><c> the</c><00:37:35.300><c> words,</c>

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this<00:37:35.780><c> is</c><00:37:36.059><c> the</c><00:37:36.239><c> day</c><00:37:36.460><c> the</c><00:37:36.679><c> Lord</c><00:37:36.880><c> has</c><00:37:37.199><c> made.</c>

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Let<00:37:38.440><c> us</c><00:37:38.739><c> rejoice</c><00:37:39.539><c> and</c><00:37:40.400><c> be</c><00:37:40.659><c> glad</c><00:37:40.860><c> in</c><00:37:41.000><c> it.</c>

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Knowing<00:37:42.500><c> that</c><00:37:42.920><c> God's</c><00:37:43.599><c> mercies</c><00:37:44.059><c> are</c><00:37:44.480><c> new</c><00:37:44.840><c> every</c><00:37:45.440><c> morning</c><00:37:46.199><c> gives</c><00:37:47.360><c> us</c><00:37:47.639><c> a</c>

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reason<00:37:48.099><c> to</c><00:37:48.400><c> rejoice.</c>

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In<00:37:51.119><c> sports,</c><00:37:51.599><c> the</c><00:37:51.719><c> best</c><00:37:52.059><c> athletes</c><00:37:52.519><c> are</c><00:37:52.719><c> the</c><00:37:52.880><c> ones</c><00:37:53.139><c> who</c><00:37:53.320><c> can</c>

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move<00:37:53.739><c> past</c><00:37:54.139><c> their</c><00:37:54.420><c> mistakes</c>

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and<00:37:55.800><c> look</c><00:37:56.079><c> forward</c><00:37:56.519><c> to</c><00:37:56.760><c> performing</c><00:37:57.239><c> well</c><00:37:57.760><c> in</c><00:37:58.039><c> the</c><00:37:58.119><c> next</c><00:37:58.440><c> game.</c>

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And<00:37:59.920><c> as</c><00:38:00.199><c> spiritual</c><00:38:00.599><c> athletes,</c><00:38:01.079><c> we</c><00:38:01.239><c> should</c><00:38:01.420><c> do</c><00:38:01.599><c> the</c><00:38:01.840><c> same.</c>

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Here's<00:38:03.239><c> how</c><00:38:03.420><c> the</c><00:38:03.619><c> apostle</c><00:38:03.960><c> Paul</c><00:38:04.380><c> encouraged</c><00:38:04.960><c> the</c><00:38:05.280><c> Philippians.</c>

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He<00:38:06.719><c> said,</c>

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And<00:38:22.940><c> so,</c><00:38:23.960><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.000><c> and</c><00:38:24.280><c> sisters</c><00:38:24.659><c> and</c><00:38:24.860><c> friends,</c><00:38:25.679><c> in</c><00:38:25.760><c> summary,</c>

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let's<00:38:27.119><c> consider</c><00:38:27.559><c> the</c><00:38:27.880><c> fact</c><00:38:28.119><c> that</c><00:38:28.340><c> we</c><00:38:28.719><c> are</c><00:38:29.179><c> all</c><00:38:29.920><c> spiritual</c><00:38:30.659><c> athletes.</c>

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:35.079
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We've<00:38:32.019><c> been</c><00:38:32.340><c> promised</c><00:38:32.940><c> a</c><00:38:33.460><c> crown</c><00:38:33.780><c> of</c><00:38:34.079><c> righteousness.</c>

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We<00:38:35.880><c> spoke</c><00:38:36.679><c> this</c><00:38:36.980><c> morning</c><00:38:37.360><c> about</c><00:38:37.699><c> living</c><00:38:38.039><c> changed</c><00:38:38.619><c> lives</c>

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to<00:38:39.780><c> show</c><00:38:40.039><c> our</c><00:38:40.420><c> thanks</c><00:38:40.739><c> and</c><00:38:40.980><c> our</c><00:38:41.280><c> appreciation</c><00:38:41.900><c> for</c><00:38:42.280><c> all</c><00:38:42.599><c> that</c>

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God<00:38:43.320><c> and</c><00:38:43.780><c> his</c><00:38:44.019><c> son</c><00:38:44.239><c> Jesus</c><00:38:44.739><c> have</c><00:38:45.000><c> done</c><00:38:45.280><c> for</c><00:38:45.539><c> us.</c>

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We<00:38:46.559><c> then</c><00:38:46.840><c> talked</c><00:38:47.079><c> about</c><00:38:47.380><c> three</c><00:38:47.699><c> types</c><00:38:48.039><c> of</c><00:38:48.380><c> training</c><00:38:48.639><c> that's</c>

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undertaken<00:38:49.559><c> by</c><00:38:49.920><c> athletes.</c>

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And<00:38:51.260><c> as</c><00:38:51.579><c> spiritual</c><00:38:52.019><c> athletes,</c><00:38:53.159><c> we</c><00:38:53.219><c> need</c><00:38:53.460><c> to</c><00:38:53.980><c> train</c><00:38:54.480><c> for</c><00:38:55.039><c> the</c>

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race<00:38:55.659><c> we</c><00:38:56.159><c> run.</c>

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It's<00:38:58.900><c> not</c><00:38:59.099><c> our</c><00:38:59.380><c> natural</c><00:38:59.860><c> inclination</c><00:39:00.760><c> to</c><00:39:01.260><c> live</c><00:39:01.420><c> godly</c><00:39:01.900><c> lives.</c>

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That's<00:39:03.179><c> why</c><00:39:03.579><c> we</c><00:39:03.760><c> need</c><00:39:04.019><c> to</c><00:39:04.320><c> train.</c>

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And<00:39:05.579><c> so,</c><00:39:05.780><c> when</c><00:39:05.800><c> we</c><00:39:06.079><c> think</c><00:39:06.219><c> of</c><00:39:06.400><c> mental</c><00:39:06.760><c> training,</c>

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we<00:39:07.380><c> start</c><00:39:07.760><c> with</c><00:39:07.940><c> a</c><00:39:08.260><c> clear</c><00:39:08.539><c> vision</c><00:39:08.880><c> of</c><00:39:09.059><c> the</c><00:39:09.260><c> kingdom</c><00:39:09.699><c> before</c><00:39:10.320><c> us.</c>

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And<00:39:11.500><c> when</c><00:39:11.639><c> we</c><00:39:11.880><c> think</c><00:39:12.019><c> of</c><00:39:12.260><c> resistance</c><00:39:12.880><c> training,</c>

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we<00:39:13.440><c> think</c><00:39:13.619><c> of</c><00:39:14.380><c> strategies</c><00:39:14.920><c> that</c><00:39:15.280><c> we</c><00:39:15.440><c> might</c><00:39:15.719><c> implement</c><00:39:16.300><c> to</c>

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overcome<00:39:17.139><c> temptation.</c>

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we<00:39:21.099><c> think</c><00:39:21.340><c> of</c><00:39:21.579><c> the</c><00:39:21.940><c> importance</c><00:39:22.300><c> of</c><00:39:22.840><c> spiritual</c><00:39:23.539><c> nutrition.</c>

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And<00:39:25.619><c> we're</c><00:39:25.880><c> reminded</c><00:39:26.400><c> of</c><00:39:26.619><c> the</c><00:39:26.940><c> importance</c><00:39:27.199><c> of</c><00:39:27.579><c> encouraging</c>

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and<00:39:29.059><c> supporting</c><00:39:29.800><c> one</c><00:39:30.260><c> another.</c>

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And<00:39:31.940><c> so,</c><00:39:32.360><c> brothers</c><00:39:32.380><c> and</c><00:39:32.639><c> sisters,</c><00:39:34.280><c> let</c><00:39:34.440><c> us</c><00:39:34.699><c> press</c><00:39:34.980><c> on</c><00:39:35.460><c> towards</c>

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the<00:39:36.000><c> mark.</c>

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It<00:39:40.139><c> is</c><00:39:40.400><c> soon</c><00:39:40.599><c> approaching.</c>

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Let<00:39:42.099><c> us</c><00:39:42.559><c> finish</c><00:39:42.880><c> strong.</c>

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a<00:39:48.860><c> crown</c><00:39:49.199><c> of</c><00:39:49.519><c> righteousness</c><00:39:50.159><c> that</c><00:39:50.980><c> will</c><00:39:51.199><c> be</c><00:39:51.440><c> awarded</c><00:39:51.719><c> to</c><00:39:52.099><c> all</c>

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who<00:39:53.400><c> long</c><00:39:53.780><c> for</c><00:39:54.199><c> his</c><00:39:54.440><c> appearing.</c>