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be<00:41:54.750><c> exalted</c><00:41:55.170><c> above</c><00:41:55.429><c> the</c><00:41:55.690><c> hills,</c><00:41:55.949><c> and</c><00:41:56.250><c> all</c><00:41:56.489><c> nations</c>

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shall<00:41:57.130><c> flow</c><00:41:57.449><c> unto</c><00:41:57.829><c> it.</c><00:41:58.630><c> And</c><00:41:58.789><c> many</c><00:41:59.030><c> people</c><00:41:59.389><c> shall</c><00:41:59.750><c> go</c><00:42:00.170><c> and</c><00:42:00.489><c> say,</c>

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the<00:42:02.909><c> house</c><00:42:03.130><c> of</c><00:42:03.329><c> the</c><00:42:03.469><c> Lord,</c><00:42:04.210><c> and</c><00:42:04.510><c> he</c><00:42:04.650><c> will</c><00:42:04.889><c> teach</c><00:42:05.190><c> us</c><00:42:05.429><c> his</c><00:42:05.710><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:42:06.690><c> we</c><00:42:06.869><c> will</c><00:42:07.130><c> walk</c><00:42:07.510><c> in</c><00:42:07.789><c> his</c><00:42:08.110><c> paths.</c><00:42:09.110><c> For</c><00:42:09.230><c> Zion</c><00:42:09.789><c> shall</c>

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go<00:42:10.389><c> forth</c><00:42:10.630><c> the</c><00:42:10.889><c> law</c><00:42:11.230><c> and</c><00:42:11.469><c> the</c><00:42:11.670><c> word</c><00:42:12.130><c> of</c><00:42:12.590><c> the</c><00:42:12.730><c> Lord</c><00:42:12.969><c> from</c><00:42:13.210><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:42:14.309><c> And</c><00:42:14.590><c> this</c><00:42:14.809><c> is</c>

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as<00:42:16.050><c> it</c><00:42:16.409><c> wasn't</c><00:42:16.829><c> this</c><00:42:17.190><c> way</c><00:42:17.630><c> any</c>

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longer<00:42:18.610><c> at</c><00:42:18.949><c> Isaiah's</c><00:42:19.489><c> time.</c><00:42:19.670><c> He</c><00:42:19.849><c> was</c><00:42:20.130><c> preaching</c><00:42:20.510><c> this</c><00:42:20.710><c> to</c><00:42:20.889><c> the</c>

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people<00:42:21.329><c> of</c><00:42:21.530><c> what</c><00:42:21.690><c> they</c><00:42:22.010><c> could</c><00:42:22.190><c> have</c><00:42:22.489><c> and</c><00:42:22.670><c> what</c>

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the<00:42:23.670><c> expectant</c><00:42:24.570><c> coming</c><00:42:24.869><c> of</c><00:42:25.070><c> the</c><00:42:25.230><c> Messiah</c><00:42:25.650><c> was.</c><00:42:27.170><c> This</c><00:42:27.489><c> is</c><00:42:27.769><c> going</c><00:42:28.010><c> to</c>

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be<00:42:28.510><c> God's</c><00:42:28.969><c> glory</c><00:42:29.369><c> throughout</c><00:42:29.789><c> the</c><00:42:30.070><c> earth.</c>

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Isaiah<00:42:31.230><c> goes</c><00:42:31.489><c> on</c><00:42:31.789><c> to</c><00:42:31.989><c> say,</c><00:42:32.349><c> And</c><00:42:32.349><c> he</c><00:42:32.389><c> shall</c><00:42:32.690><c> judge</c><00:42:33.090><c> among</c><00:42:33.429><c> the</c>

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nations,<00:42:34.630><c> and</c><00:42:34.730><c> shall</c><00:42:34.969><c> rebuke</c><00:42:35.469><c> many</c><00:42:35.789><c> people,</c><00:42:36.289><c> and</c>

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they<00:42:36.550><c> shall</c><00:42:36.750><c> beat</c><00:42:36.969><c> their</c><00:42:37.289><c> swords</c><00:42:37.650><c> into</c><00:42:38.050><c> plowshares.</c><00:42:39.210><c> Peace,</c>

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just<00:42:39.989><c> like</c><00:42:40.309><c> under</c><00:42:41.250><c> King</c><00:42:41.650><c> Solomon,</c><00:42:42.630><c> and</c><00:42:42.829><c> their</c>

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spears<00:42:43.469><c> into</c><00:42:43.730><c> pruning</c><00:42:44.070><c> hooks.</c><00:42:44.610><c> Nation</c><00:42:44.829><c> shall</c><00:42:45.130><c> not</c><00:42:45.449><c> lift</c><00:42:45.690><c> up</c>

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sword<00:42:46.269><c> against</c><00:42:46.710><c> nation,</c><00:42:47.690><c> neither</c><00:42:47.949><c> shall</c><00:42:48.250><c> they</c><00:42:48.590><c> learn</c>

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war<00:42:49.190><c> anymore.</c><00:42:50.269><c> And</c><00:42:50.469><c> we</c><00:42:50.610><c> can't</c><00:42:50.929><c> turn</c><00:42:51.150><c> on</c><00:42:51.349><c> the</c><00:42:51.530><c> TV</c><00:42:51.769><c> these</c><00:42:52.110><c> days</c>

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without<00:42:52.690><c> hearing</c><00:42:53.070><c> about</c><00:42:53.329><c> another</c><00:42:53.630><c> conflict,</c>

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whether<00:42:54.469><c> it</c><00:42:54.710><c> be</c><00:42:55.409><c> Iran,</c><00:42:56.409><c> or</c><00:42:56.670><c> Ukraine,</c><00:42:57.289><c> or</c><00:42:57.389><c> Russia,</c><00:42:57.929><c> or</c><00:42:58.530><c> China,</c>

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or<00:42:59.369><c> some</c><00:42:59.690><c> other</c><00:43:00.110><c> conflict</c><00:43:00.750><c> brewing.</c><00:43:01.530><c> It's</c><00:43:01.849><c> not</c>

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going<00:43:02.329><c> to</c><00:43:02.530><c> be</c><00:43:02.690><c> that</c><00:43:02.969><c> way</c><00:43:03.110><c> when</c><00:43:03.289><c> Christ</c><00:43:03.610><c> comes</c><00:43:03.989><c> with</c><00:43:04.210><c> his</c><00:43:04.429><c> righteous</c><00:43:04.889><c> judgment.</c><00:43:07.070><c> Verse</c>

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12<00:43:07.670><c> tells</c><00:43:07.949><c> us,</c><00:43:08.269><c> For</c><00:43:08.289><c> the</c>

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day<00:43:08.710><c> of</c><00:43:08.869><c> the</c><00:43:09.010><c> Lord,</c><00:43:09.250><c> when</c><00:43:09.449><c> Christ</c><00:43:09.789><c> returns,</c><00:43:10.869><c> it</c><00:43:11.010><c> shall</c><00:43:11.230><c> be</c><00:43:11.510><c> upon</c><00:43:11.829><c> everyone</c><00:43:12.409><c> that</c><00:43:12.630><c> is</c>

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proud<00:43:13.110><c> and</c><00:43:13.329><c> lofty,</c><00:43:14.070><c> and</c><00:43:14.269><c> upon</c>

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everyone<00:43:14.889><c> that</c><00:43:15.090><c> is</c><00:43:15.349><c> lifted</c><00:43:15.590><c> up</c><00:43:16.010><c> shall</c><00:43:16.250><c> be</c><00:43:16.530><c> brought</c><00:43:16.750><c> low.</c><00:43:17.750><c> The</c>

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loftiness<00:43:18.449><c> of</c><00:43:18.690><c> man</c><00:43:18.929><c> shall</c><00:43:19.190><c> be</c><00:43:19.489><c> bowed</c><00:43:19.829><c> down,</c>

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and<00:43:20.349><c> the</c><00:43:20.530><c> haughtiness</c><00:43:20.949><c> of</c><00:43:21.190><c> men</c><00:43:21.469><c> shall</c><00:43:21.730><c> be</c><00:43:21.969><c> made</c><00:43:22.230><c> low.</c><00:43:22.969><c> And</c><00:43:23.269><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:43:23.789><c> alone</c><00:43:24.250><c> shall</c><00:43:24.510><c> be</c><00:43:24.849><c> exalted</c><00:43:25.230><c> in</c><00:43:25.449><c> that</c><00:43:25.690><c> day.</c>

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It<00:43:26.670><c> will</c><00:43:26.929><c> be</c><00:43:27.570><c> God's</c><00:43:28.250><c> glory</c><00:43:28.610><c> that</c><00:43:28.849><c> will</c><00:43:29.090><c> be</c><00:43:29.329><c> shown</c><00:43:29.489><c> in</c><00:43:29.690><c> the</c><00:43:29.849><c> earth.</c><00:43:30.369><c> No</c>

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man<00:43:30.929><c> will</c><00:43:31.250><c> stand</c><00:43:31.489><c> before</c><00:43:31.929><c> God</c>

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and<00:43:33.250><c> exalt</c><00:43:33.590><c> himself.</c><00:43:35.030><c> It</c><00:43:35.369><c> will</c><00:43:35.630><c> be</c><00:43:36.130><c> his</c><00:43:36.530><c> glory,</c><00:43:36.989><c> his</c><00:43:37.309><c> righteousness</c><00:43:37.849><c> that</c><00:43:38.210><c> will</c><00:43:38.469><c> rule</c><00:43:38.690><c> the</c><00:43:38.949><c> earth.</c>

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It<00:43:40.730><c> says</c><00:43:40.989><c> that</c><00:43:41.289><c> all</c><00:43:41.570><c> idols</c><00:43:41.889><c> will</c><00:43:42.170><c> be</c><00:43:42.389><c> abolished</c><00:43:42.969><c> in</c><00:43:43.170><c> verse</c><00:43:43.469><c> 18,</c>

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all<00:43:45.050><c> the</c><00:43:45.309><c> idols</c><00:43:45.570><c> of</c><00:43:45.829><c> gold.</c><00:43:46.289><c> So</c><00:43:46.710><c> the</c><00:43:47.610><c> almighty</c><00:43:48.110><c> dollar</c>

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or<00:43:48.909><c> gold</c><00:43:49.349><c> and</c><00:43:49.590><c> all</c><00:43:49.869><c> of</c><00:43:50.030><c> these</c><00:43:50.250><c> material</c><00:43:50.769><c> things</c><00:43:51.110><c> will</c><00:43:51.289><c> be</c><00:43:51.489><c> done</c>

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away<00:43:51.969><c> with,</c><00:43:52.650><c> and</c><00:43:52.889><c> people</c><00:43:53.110><c> will</c><00:43:53.389><c> turn</c><00:43:53.730><c> back</c><00:43:54.309><c> to</c>

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principles<00:43:55.690><c> that</c><00:43:56.550><c> are</c><00:43:57.449><c> enriching</c><00:43:58.050><c> for</c><00:43:58.329><c> their</c><00:43:58.550><c> lives,</c><00:43:59.150><c> rather</c>

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than<00:43:59.849><c> running</c><00:44:00.250><c> to</c><00:44:00.610><c> and</c><00:44:01.150><c> fro</c><00:44:01.449><c> in</c><00:44:02.130><c> all</c><00:44:02.949><c> of</c><00:44:03.289><c> the,</c>

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that<00:44:04.949><c> takes</c><00:44:06.110><c> up</c><00:44:06.369><c> our</c><00:44:06.929><c> time</c><00:44:07.329><c> and</c><00:44:07.530><c> our</c><00:44:07.730><c> days</c><00:44:08.070><c> between</c><00:44:08.510><c> technology</c><00:44:09.289><c> and</c><00:44:10.130><c> rushing</c><00:44:10.550><c> and</c>

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all<00:44:11.670><c> of</c><00:44:11.869><c> these</c><00:44:12.050><c> things.</c>

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It<00:44:13.250><c> says,</c><00:44:14.150><c> For</c><00:44:14.150><c> the</c><00:44:14.429><c> fear</c><00:44:14.630><c> of</c><00:44:14.889><c> the</c><00:44:15.070><c> Lord,</c><00:44:16.150><c> and</c><00:44:16.369><c> for</c><00:44:16.570><c> the</c><00:44:16.829><c> glory</c>

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of<00:44:17.289><c> his</c><00:44:17.510><c> majesty,</c><00:44:18.250><c> when</c><00:44:18.389><c> he</c><00:44:18.710><c> arises</c><00:44:19.130><c> to</c>

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shake<00:44:20.130><c> terribly</c><00:44:20.610><c> the</c><00:44:20.909><c> earth.</c><00:44:21.130><c> There'll</c><00:44:21.369><c> be</c><00:44:21.610><c> a</c><00:44:22.329><c> physical</c><00:44:22.789><c> shaking,</c><00:44:23.210><c> but</c>

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also<00:44:24.010><c> a</c><00:44:24.369><c> moral</c><00:44:24.690><c> shaking,</c>

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a<00:44:26.090><c> moral</c><00:44:26.469><c> shaking</c><00:44:26.889><c> to</c><00:44:27.230><c> bring</c><00:44:27.989><c> people's</c><00:44:28.849><c> minds</c><00:44:29.170><c> back</c><00:44:29.590><c> to</c><00:44:30.090><c> a</c><00:44:30.429><c> creator.</c>

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Isaiah<00:44:35.030><c> says</c><00:44:35.349><c> as</c><00:44:35.610><c> well,</c><00:44:35.989><c> it's</c><00:44:36.130><c> an</c><00:44:36.409><c> interesting</c><00:44:38.130><c> verse.</c><00:44:39.010><c> It</c><00:44:39.010><c> says,</c><00:44:39.670><c> See</c><00:44:39.670><c> she</c><00:44:39.989><c> from</c><00:44:40.210><c> man</c><00:44:40.730><c> whose</c><00:44:41.090><c> breath</c><00:44:41.469><c> is</c>

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in<00:44:41.829><c> his</c>

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nostrils,<00:44:43.309><c> for</c><00:44:43.489><c> wherein</c><00:44:43.789><c> is</c><00:44:44.110><c> he</c><00:44:44.329><c> to</c><00:44:44.489><c> be</c><00:44:44.769><c> accounted</c><00:44:45.150><c> of?</c><00:44:46.369><c> And</c>

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in<00:44:46.690><c> the</c><00:44:46.889><c> NIV</c><00:44:47.210><c> it</c><00:44:47.469><c> says,</c><00:44:47.849><c> Stop</c><00:44:47.969><c> trusting</c><00:44:48.469><c> in</c><00:44:48.730><c> mere</c>

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humans<00:44:49.349><c> who</c><00:44:49.650><c> have</c><00:44:49.889><c> but</c><00:44:50.070><c> a</c><00:44:50.409><c> breath</c><00:44:50.650><c> in</c><00:44:50.909><c> their</c><00:44:51.090><c> nostrils.</c><00:44:51.969><c> Why</c><00:44:52.250><c> hold</c><00:44:52.489><c> them</c><00:44:52.750><c> in</c><00:44:52.889><c> esteem?</c><00:44:53.769><c> And</c><00:44:53.929><c> there's</c><00:44:54.130><c> a</c><00:44:54.289><c> wonderful</c>

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excitation<00:44:55.429><c> there</c><00:44:55.690><c> for</c><00:44:55.889><c> us</c><00:44:56.230><c> to</c><00:44:56.809><c> not</c><00:44:57.210><c> trust</c><00:44:57.550><c> in</c><00:44:57.769><c> ourselves,</c><00:44:58.789><c> not</c><00:44:59.090><c> trust</c><00:44:59.510><c> in</c>

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world<00:45:00.050><c> leaders,</c><00:45:01.030><c> but</c><00:45:01.250><c> to</c><00:45:01.610><c> trust</c><00:45:01.829><c> in</c><00:45:02.050><c> the</c>

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almighty<00:45:02.849><c> creator.</c><00:45:03.329><c> That's</c><00:45:03.670><c> where</c><00:45:03.929><c> our</c><00:45:04.269><c> faith</c><00:45:04.670><c> and</c><00:45:06.409><c> our</c><00:45:07.449><c> hope</c>

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lies.<00:45:08.150><c> It's</c><00:45:08.469><c> in</c><00:45:08.730><c> God</c><00:45:09.389><c> reaching</c><00:45:09.989><c> out</c><00:45:10.489><c> his</c><00:45:10.750><c> hand</c><00:45:11.550><c> to</c><00:45:11.929><c> us</c>

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and<00:45:13.070><c> us</c><00:45:13.329><c> taking</c><00:45:13.670><c> hold</c><00:45:13.989><c> of</c><00:45:14.230><c> it.</c><00:45:16.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:17.090><c> 7</c><00:45:17.570><c> says,</c><00:45:18.170><c> Therefore</c><00:45:18.349><c> the</c><00:45:18.590><c> Lord</c><00:45:18.809><c> himself</c><00:45:19.289><c> shall</c><00:45:19.570><c> give</c><00:45:19.789><c> you</c><00:45:20.210><c> a</c><00:45:20.409><c> sign,</c>

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meek.<00:49:03.889><c> He</c><00:49:04.110><c> hath</c><00:49:04.269><c> sent</c><00:49:04.570><c> me</c><00:49:04.909><c> to</c><00:49:05.190><c> bind</c><00:49:05.510><c> up</c><00:49:05.769><c> the</c><00:49:05.969><c> broken</c>

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hearted,<00:49:06.849><c> to</c><00:49:07.190><c> proclaim</c><00:49:07.670><c> liberty</c><00:49:08.289><c> to</c><00:49:08.489><c> the</c><00:49:08.690><c> captives</c><00:49:10.090><c> in</c><00:49:10.630><c> the</c>

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opening<00:49:11.469><c> of</c><00:49:11.769><c> the</c><00:49:11.969><c> prison.</c><00:49:13.250><c> We</c><00:49:13.550><c> will</c><00:49:13.809><c> be</c><00:49:14.130><c> released,</c>

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this<00:49:14.889><c> world</c><00:49:15.170><c> will</c><00:49:15.389><c> be</c><00:49:15.630><c> released</c><00:49:16.030><c> from</c><00:49:16.289><c> sin</c><00:49:16.550><c> and</c><00:49:16.750><c> death</c><00:49:17.090><c> when</c>

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Christ<00:49:18.429><c> returns,</c><00:49:19.150><c> to</c><00:49:19.289><c> proclaim</c><00:49:20.309><c> the</c><00:49:21.250><c> acceptable</c>

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year<00:49:22.269><c> of</c><00:49:22.489><c> the</c><00:49:22.610><c> Lord</c><00:49:23.210><c> and</c><00:49:23.789><c> the</c><00:49:23.969><c> day</c><00:49:24.489><c> of</c><00:49:24.789><c> vengeance</c><00:49:25.289><c> of</c><00:49:26.329><c> our</c><00:49:26.570><c> God,</c>

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to<00:49:27.190><c> comfort</c><00:49:27.829><c> all</c><00:49:28.869><c> that</c><00:49:29.230><c> mourn.</c><00:49:30.750><c> Christ</c><00:49:31.070><c> is</c><00:49:31.349><c> going</c>

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to<00:49:31.909><c> come</c><00:49:32.250><c> to</c><00:49:32.610><c> comfort</c><00:49:32.909><c> the</c><00:49:33.170><c> nations,</c><00:49:34.250><c> to</c><00:49:34.429><c> preach</c><00:49:34.730><c> righteousness,</c><00:49:35.429><c> to</c><00:49:35.550><c> give</c><00:49:35.829><c> everybody</c><00:49:36.409><c> an</c><00:49:36.610><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:49:37.550><c> choose</c><00:49:37.909><c> the</c><00:49:38.170><c> good</c><00:49:38.710><c> and</c><00:49:39.550><c> to</c><00:49:39.829><c> forsake</c><00:49:40.349><c> the</c><00:49:40.570><c> evil.</c><00:49:41.070><c> So</c><00:49:41.289><c> never</c>

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lose<00:49:42.389><c> heart,</c><00:49:43.570><c> keep</c><00:49:43.909><c> faith,</c><00:49:45.110><c> stay</c><00:49:45.389><c> positive,</c>

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practice<00:49:47.409><c> makes</c><00:49:47.789><c> improvement,</c><00:49:49.150><c> day</c><00:49:49.329><c> by</c><00:49:49.650><c> day,</c><00:49:50.130><c> little</c><00:49:50.269><c> by</c><00:49:50.650><c> little,</c><00:49:51.170><c> inch</c><00:49:51.289><c> by</c>

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inch,<00:49:52.510><c> we</c><00:49:52.789><c> will</c><00:49:53.050><c> all</c><00:49:53.269><c> get</c><00:49:53.530><c> there</c>

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sacrifice<00:49:58.289><c> of</c><00:49:58.530><c> Christ.</c>