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our<00:17:14.680><c> hearts</c><00:17:14.960><c> failing</c><00:17:15.359><c> for</c><00:17:15.720><c> fear</c><00:17:16.140><c> if</c><00:17:16.880><c> we</c><00:17:17.119><c> didn't</c><00:17:17.420><c> already</c><00:17:18.000><c> know</c>

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world<00:17:20.599><c> problems</c><00:17:21.400><c> were</c><00:17:21.940><c> signals</c><00:17:22.519><c> that</c><00:17:23.059><c> return</c><00:17:23.779><c> of</c><00:17:24.099><c> Christ</c><00:17:24.500><c> is</c>

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at<00:17:25.019><c> hand.</c>

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could<00:17:51.619><c> lie</c><00:17:52.059><c> before</c><00:17:52.440><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:54.859><c> for</c><00:17:55.019><c> those</c><00:17:55.259><c> of</c><00:17:55.440><c> us</c><00:17:55.720><c> who</c><00:17:56.119><c> don't</c><00:17:56.380><c> know</c><00:17:56.539><c> how</c><00:17:56.759><c> that</c><00:17:57.099><c> story</c><00:17:57.420><c> ends,</c><00:17:57.980><c> by</c>

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son,<00:18:15.980><c> our</c><00:18:15.980><c> late</c><00:18:16.200><c> brother</c><00:18:16.880><c> Peter</c><00:18:17.440><c> Cunin,</c>

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Joy<00:18:30.119><c> Dillon.</c>

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container<00:19:12.880><c> of</c><00:19:13.160><c> soup.</c>

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container<00:19:20.799><c> with</c><00:19:21.180><c> soup.</c>

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home<00:19:27.079><c> very</c><00:19:27.460><c> quickly.</c>

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good<00:19:49.180><c> neighbor.</c>

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imitate<00:20:05.400><c> in</c><00:20:05.839><c> our</c><00:20:06.119><c> own</c><00:20:06.359><c> lives.</c>

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family,<00:20:31.880><c> for</c><00:20:32.160><c> students,</c><00:20:33.400><c> the</c><00:20:33.599><c> elderly</c><00:20:34.079><c> and</c><00:20:35.000><c> the</c><00:20:35.279><c> sick.</c>

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But<00:20:41.140><c> they</c><00:20:41.359><c> may</c><00:20:41.579><c> be</c><00:20:41.779><c> willing</c><00:20:42.019><c> to</c><00:20:42.319><c> embrace</c><00:20:42.920><c> the</c><00:20:43.519><c> gift</c><00:20:43.680><c> of</c><00:20:43.940><c> baptism</c><00:20:44.359><c> into</c><00:20:44.740><c> Christ</c>

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because<00:20:46.339><c> nothing</c><00:20:46.740><c> this</c><00:20:47.160><c> world</c><00:20:47.539><c> offers</c><00:20:48.220><c> makes</c><00:20:48.779><c> any</c><00:20:49.460><c> sense.</c>

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Continue<00:20:52.559><c> in</c><00:20:52.900><c> prayer</c><00:20:53.259><c> for</c><00:20:53.859><c> our</c><00:20:54.119><c> enemies</c><00:20:54.579><c> and</c><00:20:55.240><c> for</c><00:20:55.460><c> our</c>

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nation's<00:20:56.619><c> leaders.</c>

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And<00:21:03.519><c> please,</c><00:21:04.200><c> please,</c><00:21:05.000><c> let</c><00:21:05.099><c> us</c><00:21:05.319><c> remember</c><00:21:05.940><c> to</c><00:21:06.680><c> say</c><00:21:06.940><c> thank</c><00:21:07.319><c> you</c>

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to<00:21:07.680><c> God</c><00:21:08.279><c> for</c><00:21:08.839><c> hearing</c><00:21:09.180><c> our</c><00:21:09.519><c> prayers.</c>

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Never<00:21:12.000><c> lose</c><00:21:12.299><c> sight</c><00:21:12.700><c> of</c><00:21:13.619><c> the</c><00:21:13.819><c> prophecy</c><00:21:14.259><c> of</c><00:21:14.460><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.839><c> Jesus</c><00:21:15.259><c> regarding</c><00:21:15.759><c> his</c>

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birth,<00:21:17.200><c> his</c><00:21:17.460><c> death</c><00:21:17.859><c> and</c><00:21:18.079><c> his</c><00:21:18.400><c> resurrection.</c>

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Because<00:21:20.480><c> his</c><00:21:20.779><c> return</c><00:21:21.420><c> is</c><00:21:22.180><c> at</c><00:21:22.440><c> hand.</c>

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If<00:21:24.920><c> any</c><00:21:25.160><c> of</c><00:21:25.380><c> us</c><00:21:26.200><c> today</c><00:21:26.680><c> are</c><00:21:27.279><c> in</c><00:21:27.619><c> the</c><00:21:27.819><c> generation</c><00:21:28.460><c> which</c><00:21:29.539><c> will</c>

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be<00:21:29.960><c> alive</c><00:21:30.339><c> at</c><00:21:30.519><c> his</c><00:21:31.220><c> coming,</c>

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we<00:21:32.420><c> need</c><00:21:32.759><c> to</c><00:21:33.000><c> pray</c><00:21:33.259><c> for</c><00:21:33.500><c> our</c><00:21:33.740><c> spiritual</c><00:21:34.279><c> survival,</c><00:21:35.819><c> that</c><00:21:36.019><c> we</c>

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be<00:21:36.599><c> not</c><00:21:36.980><c> swallowed</c><00:21:37.380><c> up</c><00:21:37.640><c> in</c><00:21:37.960><c> sin.</c>

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Even<00:21:40.019><c> as</c><00:21:40.440><c> Noah</c><00:21:40.700><c> was</c><00:21:41.079><c> saved</c><00:21:41.460><c> by</c><00:21:41.819><c> a</c><00:21:42.140><c> flood</c><00:21:42.259><c> of</c><00:21:42.579><c> water</c><00:21:42.819><c> that</c><00:21:43.200><c> surrounded</c><00:21:43.680><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:44.779><c> washed</c><00:21:45.099><c> away</c><00:21:45.619><c> the</c><00:21:46.380><c> sin</c><00:21:46.519><c> of</c><00:21:46.700><c> his</c><00:21:47.079><c> era</c><00:21:47.380><c> from</c><00:21:48.099><c> this</c><00:21:48.319><c> earth,</c>

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we<00:21:49.700><c> too</c><00:21:50.019><c> have</c><00:21:50.299><c> the</c><00:21:50.519><c> opportunity</c><00:21:51.160><c> to</c><00:21:51.460><c> be</c><00:21:51.779><c> saved</c><00:21:52.240><c> by</c><00:21:52.779><c> baptism,</c>

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having<00:21:54.119><c> our</c><00:21:54.440><c> sins</c><00:21:54.759><c> washed</c><00:21:55.180><c> away,</c><00:21:56.140><c> surrounded</c><00:21:56.559><c> by</c><00:21:56.960><c> water,</c><00:21:57.900><c> into</c><00:21:58.079><c> the</c>

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name<00:21:58.640><c> of</c><00:21:58.900><c> Christ</c><00:21:59.220><c> Jesus.</c>

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If,<00:22:02.440><c> on</c><00:22:02.720><c> the</c><00:22:02.819><c> other</c><00:22:03.039><c> hand,</c><00:22:03.940><c> we</c><00:22:04.079><c> are</c><00:22:04.299><c> not</c><00:22:04.539><c> alive</c><00:22:05.240><c> when</c><00:22:05.700><c> Christ</c><00:22:06.099><c> returns,</c>

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we<00:22:07.759><c> need</c><00:22:08.019><c> to</c><00:22:08.279><c> pray</c><00:22:08.420><c> now,</c><00:22:10.000><c> today,</c><00:22:11.599><c> for</c><00:22:11.799><c> the</c><00:22:12.039><c> generations</c><00:22:12.680><c> to</c><00:22:13.059><c> come.</c>

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We<00:22:15.319><c> already</c><00:22:15.839><c> are</c><00:22:16.160><c> subject</c><00:22:16.680><c> to</c><00:22:17.359><c> a</c><00:22:17.619><c> world</c><00:22:18.099><c> of</c><00:22:18.779><c> moral</c><00:22:19.220><c> abomination,</c>

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political<00:22:22.740><c> upheaval,</c><00:22:24.720><c> corporate</c><00:22:25.240><c> greed,</c><00:22:27.359><c> hate,</c><00:22:28.460><c> jealousy,</c>

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dysfunctional<00:22:30.420><c> families,</c><00:22:31.380><c> and</c><00:22:32.579><c> it</c><00:22:32.660><c> won't</c><00:22:32.839><c> be</c><00:22:33.099><c> getting</c><00:22:33.240><c> any</c><00:22:33.559><c> better.</c>

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In<00:22:34.920><c> fact,</c><00:22:35.160><c> it</c><00:22:35.259><c> will</c><00:22:35.519><c> continue</c><00:22:35.900><c> to</c><00:22:36.180><c> fester</c><00:22:36.640><c> and</c><00:22:37.220><c> it</c><00:22:37.359><c> will</c><00:22:37.559><c> grow</c>

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worse<00:22:38.420><c> and</c><00:22:39.380><c> worse</c><00:22:40.000><c> until</c><00:22:40.940><c> the</c><00:22:41.140><c> day</c><00:22:41.299><c> of</c><00:22:41.559><c> Christ's</c><00:22:41.980><c> return.</c>

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You<00:22:44.599><c> know,</c><00:22:44.880><c> here</c><00:22:45.059><c> in</c><00:22:46.000><c> North</c><00:22:46.339><c> America,</c><00:22:47.420><c> where</c><00:22:47.579><c> we</c><00:22:47.700><c> are</c><00:22:47.900><c> so</c><00:22:48.220><c> fortunate</c><00:22:48.619><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:49.059><c> living,</c>

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it<00:22:51.059><c> seems</c><00:22:51.440><c> that</c><00:22:52.839><c> the</c><00:22:53.400><c> nations</c><00:22:53.799><c> are</c><00:22:54.079><c> becoming</c><00:22:54.519><c> more</c><00:22:55.180><c> and</c><00:22:55.200><c> more</c><00:22:55.579><c> fragmented.</c>

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It's<00:22:57.440><c> a</c><00:22:57.559><c> sad</c><00:22:57.799><c> thing.</c>

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Bottom<00:23:00.880><c> line</c><00:23:01.240><c> is,</c><00:23:01.980><c> God</c><00:23:02.200><c> sets</c><00:23:02.619><c> rulers</c><00:23:03.160><c> in</c><00:23:04.079><c> power</c><00:23:04.500><c> for</c><00:23:04.859><c> a</c><00:23:04.960><c> variety</c><00:23:05.400><c> of</c><00:23:05.660><c> reasons.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:07.619><c> it's</c><00:23:07.880><c> more</c><00:23:08.160><c> difficult</c><00:23:08.720><c> to</c><00:23:09.380><c> see</c><00:23:09.720><c> the</c><00:23:09.960><c> logic</c><00:23:10.339><c> until</c>

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years<00:23:11.180><c> go</c><00:23:11.460><c> by.</c>

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But,<00:23:13.559><c> bottom</c><00:23:13.839><c> line,</c><00:23:14.259><c> God</c><00:23:14.559><c> is</c><00:23:14.819><c> in</c><00:23:15.099><c> charge</c><00:23:15.680><c> and</c><00:23:16.160><c> God</c><00:23:16.500><c> knows</c><00:23:16.819><c> what</c>

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he<00:23:17.259><c> is</c><00:23:17.519><c> doing.</c>

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So<00:23:19.539><c> please</c><00:23:19.779><c> do</c><00:23:20.019><c> not</c><00:23:20.259><c> despair,</c><00:23:21.740><c> even</c><00:23:22.000><c> when</c><00:23:22.240><c> things</c><00:23:22.559><c> seem</c><00:23:22.940><c> to</c><00:23:23.880><c> be</c>

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going<00:23:24.680><c> right</c><00:23:25.279><c> down</c><00:23:25.500><c> the</c><00:23:25.759><c> drain.</c>

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They're<00:23:27.119><c> not.</c><00:23:28.279><c> God</c><00:23:28.559><c> knows</c><00:23:28.799><c> what</c><00:23:28.920><c> he's</c><00:23:29.200><c> doing.</c>

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It's<00:23:34.759><c> all</c><00:23:35.000><c> part</c><00:23:35.160><c> of</c><00:23:35.319><c> the</c><00:23:35.539><c> same</c><00:23:35.799><c> bird,</c><00:23:36.440><c> and</c><00:23:37.119><c> I'll</c><00:23:37.359><c> tell</c><00:23:37.519><c> you,</c><00:23:37.839><c> that</c><00:23:38.019><c> bird</c><00:23:38.240><c> is</c><00:23:38.559><c> dying.</c>

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This<00:23:40.920><c> nation</c><00:23:41.259><c> will</c><00:23:41.539><c> not</c><00:23:41.759><c> survive.</c>

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Christ<00:23:43.559><c> is</c><00:23:43.819><c> going</c><00:23:43.980><c> to</c><00:23:44.299><c> return</c><00:23:44.759><c> and</c><00:23:45.299><c> establish</c><00:23:45.740><c> a</c><00:23:45.980><c> kingdom</c><00:23:46.200><c> on</c>

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this<00:23:46.619><c> earth</c><00:23:46.799><c> that</c><00:23:46.960><c> will</c><00:23:47.259><c> never</c><00:23:47.440><c> be</c><00:23:47.740><c> destroyed.</c>

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We<00:23:50.259><c> can</c><00:23:50.480><c> recognize</c><00:23:51.059><c> him</c><00:23:51.319><c> now</c><00:23:52.019><c> or</c><00:23:53.319><c> suffer</c><00:23:53.519><c> the</c><00:23:53.880><c> consequences</c><00:23:54.400><c> later,</c>

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but<00:23:56.059><c> he's</c><00:23:56.400><c> given</c><00:23:56.599><c> us</c><00:23:57.019><c> fair</c><00:23:57.200><c> warning</c><00:23:57.720><c> and</c><00:23:58.819><c> we</c><00:23:59.160><c> need</c><00:23:59.319><c> to</c><00:23:59.599><c> act.</c>

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So<00:24:02.240><c> keep</c><00:24:02.460><c> focused</c><00:24:03.079><c> on</c><00:24:03.900><c> the</c><00:24:04.160><c> reality</c><00:24:04.619><c> and</c><00:24:05.440><c> don't</c><00:24:05.799><c> worry</c><00:24:06.180><c> about</c>

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what<00:24:06.720><c> happens</c><00:24:07.140><c> in</c><00:24:07.319><c> this</c><00:24:07.599><c> age.</c>

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anything<00:24:12.740><c> is</c><00:24:13.740><c> the</c><00:24:13.960><c> hope</c><00:24:14.099><c> that</c><00:24:14.339><c> we</c><00:24:14.700><c> share</c><00:24:15.180><c> in</c><00:24:15.799><c> Christ</c><00:24:16.099><c> Jesus.</c>

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Today,<00:24:21.680><c> our</c><00:24:21.859><c> brother</c><00:24:22.119><c> Arthur</c><00:24:22.599><c> is</c><00:24:23.200><c> at</c><00:24:23.420><c> rest.</c>

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He<00:24:25.140><c> knew</c><00:24:25.460><c> the</c><00:24:25.759><c> hope</c><00:24:25.920><c> before</c><00:24:26.380><c> him</c><00:24:26.640><c> in</c><00:24:26.940><c> life,</c><00:24:27.779><c> and</c><00:24:28.480><c> now</c><00:24:28.799><c> that</c><00:24:29.099><c> race</c><00:24:29.640><c> for</c>

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him<00:24:30.440><c> has</c><00:24:30.660><c> ended.</c>

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He<00:24:32.660><c> has</c><00:24:32.859><c> been</c><00:24:33.059><c> made</c><00:24:33.420><c> free</c><00:24:33.740><c> of</c><00:24:34.019><c> facing</c><00:24:34.319><c> any</c><00:24:34.640><c> more</c><00:24:34.900><c> sin</c><00:24:35.140><c> and</c><00:24:35.420><c> temptation.</c>

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But,<00:24:37.440><c> of</c><00:24:37.619><c> course,</c><00:24:38.119><c> those</c><00:24:38.400><c> of</c><00:24:38.539><c> us</c><00:24:38.720><c> who</c><00:24:39.059><c> remain</c><00:24:39.420><c> are</c><00:24:40.220><c> not</c><00:24:40.779><c> free</c>

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of<00:24:41.180><c> those</c><00:24:41.480><c> things.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:43.740><c> it</c><00:24:43.859><c> is</c><00:24:44.160><c> imperative</c><00:24:44.819><c> that</c><00:24:45.779><c> we</c><00:24:46.160><c> heed</c><00:24:46.420><c> the</c><00:24:46.720><c> lessons</c>

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of<00:24:48.319><c> Psalm</c><00:24:48.720><c> 113,</c>

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which<00:24:52.519><c> is</c><00:24:52.759><c> a</c><00:24:52.940><c> calling</c><00:24:53.160><c> of</c><00:24:53.400><c> God's</c><00:24:54.000><c> servants</c><00:24:54.359><c> to</c><00:24:54.940><c> continually</c>

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praise<00:24:56.299><c> him,</c>

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to<00:24:58.200><c> bless</c><00:24:58.480><c> the</c><00:24:58.680><c> name</c><00:24:58.839><c> of</c><00:24:59.019><c> the</c><00:24:59.240><c> Lord</c><00:24:59.599><c> from</c><00:25:00.319><c> this</c><00:25:00.700><c> time</c><00:25:01.099><c> forth</c>

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and<00:25:02.000><c> forever.</c>

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From<00:25:04.200><c> the</c><00:25:04.460><c> rising</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.960><c> the</c><00:25:05.240><c> sun</c><00:25:05.700><c> until</c><00:25:06.140><c> it's</c><00:25:06.519><c> going</c><00:25:06.740><c> down,</c><00:25:07.779><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:25:08.460><c> name</c><00:25:08.779><c> is</c><00:25:09.180><c> to</c><00:25:09.400><c> be</c><00:25:09.799><c> praised.</c>

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This<00:25:11.480><c> isn't</c><00:25:11.680><c> just</c><00:25:12.000><c> some</c><00:25:12.319><c> poetic</c><00:25:12.819><c> speech,</c><00:25:13.920><c> this</c><00:25:14.279><c> is</c><00:25:14.559><c> a</c><00:25:14.819><c> model</c><00:25:15.279><c> for</c><00:25:15.859><c> a</c>

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life<00:25:16.500><c> everlasting.</c>

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The<00:25:19.420><c> Lord</c><00:25:19.779><c> is</c><00:25:20.099><c> high</c><00:25:20.480><c> above</c><00:25:20.859><c> all</c><00:25:21.180><c> nations.</c>

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Considering<00:25:23.220><c> the</c><00:25:23.460><c> state</c><00:25:23.680><c> of</c><00:25:23.900><c> this</c><00:25:24.240><c> man's</c><00:25:24.700><c> world,</c><00:25:25.720><c> that's</c><00:25:26.019><c> a</c>

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great<00:25:26.279><c> relief.</c>

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No<00:25:28.339><c> matter</c><00:25:28.579><c> how</c><00:25:29.220><c> badly</c><00:25:29.559><c> this</c><00:25:29.900><c> creation</c><00:25:30.339><c> crumbles,</c><00:25:31.799><c> God</c><00:25:32.220><c> will</c>

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care<00:25:33.180><c> for</c><00:25:33.339><c> his</c><00:25:33.680><c> children.</c>

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He<00:25:36.740><c> has</c><00:25:37.000><c> raised</c><00:25:37.240><c> the</c><00:25:37.539><c> poor</c><00:25:37.700><c> out</c><00:25:37.960><c> of</c><00:25:38.140><c> the</c><00:25:38.279><c> dust</c><00:25:38.680><c> and</c><00:25:39.740><c> lifts</c><00:25:39.940><c> up</c>

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the<00:25:40.359><c> needy.</c>

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The<00:25:41.940><c> psalmist</c><00:25:42.200><c> goes</c><00:25:42.440><c> on</c><00:25:42.720><c> to</c><00:25:42.960><c> say</c><00:25:43.220><c> that</c><00:25:43.420><c> he</c><00:25:43.640><c> grants</c><00:25:43.980><c> the</c><00:25:44.279><c> barren</c>

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woman<00:25:44.859><c> a</c><00:25:45.079><c> home</c><00:25:45.539><c> like</c><00:25:46.200><c> a</c><00:25:46.440><c> joyful</c><00:25:46.759><c> mother</c><00:25:47.200><c> of</c><00:25:47.500><c> children.</c>

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So<00:25:49.220><c> let</c><00:25:49.460><c> us</c><00:25:50.259><c> humble</c><00:25:50.740><c> ourselves</c><00:25:51.519><c> to</c><00:25:52.420><c> behold</c><00:25:52.740><c> the</c><00:25:53.039><c> things</c><00:25:53.319><c> that</c>

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are<00:25:53.720><c> in</c><00:25:53.900><c> heaven</c><00:25:54.400><c> and</c><00:25:55.220><c> in</c><00:25:55.460><c> the</c><00:25:55.619><c> earth.</c>

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We<00:25:58.580><c> now</c><00:25:59.200><c> take</c><00:25:59.859><c> the</c><00:26:00.119><c> opportunity,</c><00:26:02.619><c> both</c><00:26:02.819><c> collectively</c><00:26:03.279><c> and</c><00:26:03.559><c> individually,</c>

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to<00:26:05.680><c> take</c><00:26:05.900><c> the</c><00:26:06.200><c> time</c><00:26:06.839><c> to</c><00:26:07.420><c> examine</c><00:26:07.779><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:09.119><c> to</c><00:26:09.299><c> share</c><00:26:09.559><c> this</c>

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loaf<00:26:10.259><c> and</c><00:26:10.819><c> this</c><00:26:11.140><c> cup,</c>

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to<00:26:12.000><c> remember</c><00:26:12.359><c> the</c><00:26:12.640><c> sacrifice,</c><00:26:13.319><c> the</c><00:26:13.539><c> death</c><00:26:13.740><c> and</c><00:26:13.960><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:26:15.200><c> our</c><00:26:15.440><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:26:17.079><c> please,</c><00:26:18.000><c> let</c><00:26:18.079><c> us</c><00:26:18.359><c> do</c><00:26:18.579><c> so</c><00:26:18.799><c> with</c><00:26:19.059><c> great</c><00:26:19.339><c> joy,</c><00:26:20.799><c> knowing</c><00:26:21.039><c> that</c>

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our<00:26:21.519><c> Creator</c><00:26:21.920><c> has</c><00:26:22.380><c> a</c><00:26:22.640><c> plan</c><00:26:22.779><c> of</c><00:26:23.079><c> salvation,</c>

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and<00:26:24.519><c> believing</c><00:26:24.920><c> that</c><00:26:25.640><c> the</c><00:26:25.839><c> dead</c><00:26:26.000><c> in</c><00:26:26.319><c> Christ</c><00:26:26.920><c> shall</c><00:26:27.299><c> be</c><00:26:27.680><c> raised</c>

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and<00:26:28.660><c> that</c><00:26:28.880><c> the</c><00:26:29.140><c> glory</c><00:26:29.500><c> of</c><00:26:29.900><c> God</c><00:26:30.640><c> shall</c><00:26:31.039><c> fill</c><00:26:31.660><c> the</c><00:26:32.019><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:26:35.019><c> then,</c><00:26:35.799><c> let</c><00:26:35.940><c> us</c><00:26:36.259><c> close</c><00:26:36.819><c> with</c><00:26:37.180><c> hymn</c><00:26:37.940><c> and</c><00:26:38.359><c> prayer,</c>

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always<00:26:39.880><c> remembering</c><00:26:40.559><c> that</c><00:26:41.759><c> Zion's</c><00:26:42.359><c> king</c><00:26:42.619><c> shall</c><00:26:42.980><c> return,</c>

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he<00:26:44.759><c> shall</c><00:26:45.000><c> claim</c><00:26:45.380><c> his</c><00:26:45.720><c> inheritance</c><00:26:46.299><c> and</c><00:26:47.099><c> he</c><00:26:47.420><c> shall</c><00:26:47.700><c> reign</c><00:26:48.019><c> victorious.</c>

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The<00:26:50.539><c> glory</c><00:26:50.819><c> of</c><00:26:51.000><c> his</c><00:26:51.299><c> kingdom</c><00:26:51.799><c> will</c><00:26:52.319><c> be</c><00:26:52.859><c> swallowed</c><00:26:53.200><c> up,</c>

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and<00:26:55.519><c> all</c><00:26:55.720><c> the</c><00:26:56.000><c> corruption</c><00:26:56.480><c> of</c><00:26:56.960><c> today's</c><00:26:57.480><c> society</c><00:26:58.119><c> go</c><00:26:58.640><c> with</c><00:26:58.819><c> it.</c>

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Man<00:27:00.759><c> makes</c><00:27:01.119><c> predictions,</c><00:27:02.940><c> but</c><00:27:03.200><c> God</c><00:27:03.819><c> has</c><00:27:04.299><c> a</c><00:27:04.539><c> plan.</c>

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The<00:27:07.039><c> saints</c><00:27:07.299><c> will</c><00:27:07.680><c> receive</c><00:27:08.000><c> everlasting</c><00:27:08.759><c> life,</c><00:27:11.039><c> even</c><00:27:11.099><c> as</c>

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nations<00:27:11.759><c> fall.</c>

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God's<00:27:14.259><c> promises</c><00:27:14.660><c> to</c><00:27:14.920><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:16.220><c> to</c><00:27:16.359><c> Isaac</c><00:27:16.680><c> and</c><00:27:16.920><c> Jacob,</c><00:27:17.759><c> and</c><00:27:18.880><c> to</c>

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all<00:27:19.299><c> of</c><00:27:19.440><c> us,</c>

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will<00:27:20.900><c> be</c><00:27:21.180><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:21.920><c> when</c><00:27:23.019><c> Christ's</c><00:27:23.660><c> feet</c><00:27:24.200><c> stand</c><00:27:24.819><c> in</c><00:27:25.079><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:27:27.819><c> wars</c><00:27:28.259><c> and</c><00:27:28.559><c> commotion</c><00:27:29.000><c> we</c><00:27:29.259><c> see</c><00:27:29.500><c> today</c><00:27:30.119><c> will</c><00:27:30.759><c> be</c><00:27:31.119><c> gone</c><00:27:31.420><c> forever.</c>

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Pandemics<00:27:34.359><c> that</c><00:27:35.220><c> we</c><00:27:35.480><c> see</c><00:27:35.680><c> today</c><00:27:36.359><c> will</c><00:27:37.039><c> be</c><00:27:37.380><c> gone</c><00:27:38.079><c> forever.</c>

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Fire,<00:27:41.539><c> floods,</c><00:27:42.599><c> all</c><00:27:42.819><c> form</c><00:27:43.039><c> of</c><00:27:43.299><c> natural</c><00:27:43.779><c> upheavals</c><00:27:44.900><c> will</c><00:27:45.400><c> be</c>

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gone<00:27:46.400><c> forever,</c>

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even<00:27:48.759><c> as</c><00:27:49.079><c> the</c><00:27:49.279><c> Lamb</c><00:27:49.420><c> of</c><00:27:49.740><c> God</c><00:27:50.720><c> rules</c><00:27:51.119><c> a</c><00:27:51.400><c> conquered</c><00:27:51.680><c> world</c><00:27:52.319><c> in</c>

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peace.<00:27:54.359><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.