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His<00:16:04.159><c> appearance</c><00:16:04.620><c> was</c><00:16:04.980><c> like</c><00:16:05.259><c> lightning,</c><00:16:06.460><c> and</c><00:16:06.559><c> his</c><00:16:06.879><c> clothes</c><00:16:07.279><c> were</c><00:16:07.600><c> white</c><00:16:07.840><c> as</c><00:16:08.179><c> snow.</c>

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that<00:17:09.819><c> we</c><00:17:10.000><c> live</c><00:17:10.140><c> in.</c>

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He<00:18:51.900><c> wasn't</c><00:18:52.240><c> allowed</c><00:18:53.019><c> to</c><00:18:53.740><c> build</c><00:18:53.960><c> a</c><00:18:54.200><c> temple</c><00:18:54.779><c> owing</c><00:18:55.640><c> to</c><00:18:55.819><c> the</c><00:18:56.059><c> blood</c><00:18:56.220><c> on</c>

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his<00:18:56.720><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:19:14.500><c> David</c><00:19:14.740><c> understood</c><00:19:15.619><c> his</c><00:19:16.500><c> responsibilities</c><00:19:17.359><c> as</c><00:19:18.380><c> well</c><00:19:18.640><c> as</c>

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his<00:19:19.059><c> shortcomings.</c>

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much<00:19:26.099><c> emphasis</c><00:19:26.599><c> on</c><00:19:27.079><c> prayer.</c>

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David<00:19:33.619><c> about</c><00:19:34.960><c> his</c><00:19:35.319><c> adultery</c><00:19:35.880><c> with</c><00:19:36.180><c> Bathsheba</c>

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and<00:19:37.940><c> orchestrated</c><00:19:38.700><c> her</c><00:19:38.940><c> husband,</c><00:19:40.079><c> Ariah's</c><00:19:41.119><c> death</c><00:19:41.519><c> on</c><00:19:41.740><c> the</c><00:19:41.960><c> battlefield.</c>

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Nathan<00:19:45.019><c> explained</c><00:19:45.640><c> that</c><00:19:45.819><c> the</c><00:19:46.160><c> consequences</c><00:19:46.700><c> of</c><00:19:46.980><c> David's</c><00:19:47.460><c> actions</c><00:19:47.960><c> would</c><00:19:48.259><c> not</c>

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only<00:19:48.799><c> affect</c><00:19:49.160><c> David,</c><00:19:50.740><c> but</c><00:19:50.900><c> his</c><00:19:51.180><c> family</c><00:19:51.839><c> and</c><00:19:53.119><c> the</c><00:19:53.420><c> entire</c><00:19:53.819><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:21:18.240><c> praises</c><00:21:18.759><c> him</c><00:21:19.299><c> through</c><00:21:19.599><c> the</c><00:21:19.960><c> prayer</c><00:21:20.339><c> in</c><00:21:21.279><c> the</c><00:21:21.420><c> most</c><00:21:21.799><c> humble</c>

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We<00:21:40.460><c> all</c><00:21:40.759><c> need</c><00:21:40.940><c> the</c><00:21:41.200><c> salvation</c><00:21:41.720><c> of</c><00:21:41.920><c> the</c><00:21:42.059><c> Lord.</c>

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that<00:21:50.619><c> we</c><00:21:50.799><c> continue</c><00:21:51.200><c> to</c><00:21:51.500><c> pray</c><00:21:51.660><c> for</c><00:21:51.920><c> God</c><00:21:52.140><c> for</c><00:21:52.380><c> mercy</c><00:21:52.920><c> and</c><00:21:53.779><c> to</c><00:21:54.059><c> allow</c><00:21:54.420><c> him</c>

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soul<00:22:34.960><c> from</c><00:22:35.640><c> the</c><00:22:35.900><c> depths</c><00:22:36.160><c> of</c><00:22:36.500><c> hell.</c>

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Teach<00:22:38.880><c> me</c><00:22:40.299><c> thy</c><00:22:40.859><c> way.</c><00:22:42.559><c> Amen.</c>