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behold,<00:12:39.059><c> the</c><00:12:39.200><c> dreamer</c><00:12:39.559><c> cometh,</c><00:12:39.919><c> right?</c>

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overseer<00:14:04.000><c> of</c><00:14:04.120><c> the</c><00:14:04.279><c> house.</c>

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Change,<00:14:21.299><c> change,</c><00:14:21.500><c> change,</c><00:14:21.779><c> change.</c>

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But<00:14:23.899><c> God</c><00:14:24.200><c> was</c><00:14:24.460><c> once</c><00:14:24.700><c> again</c><00:14:25.500><c> with</c><00:14:25.940><c> him</c><00:14:26.200><c> when</c><00:14:26.360><c> he</c><00:14:26.559><c> was</c><00:14:26.700><c> in</c><00:14:26.879><c> prison,</c><00:14:27.399><c> right?</c>

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So,<00:14:56.120><c> I</c><00:14:56.259><c> mean,</c><00:14:56.419><c> it</c><00:14:56.519><c> probably</c><00:14:56.740><c> wasn't</c><00:14:57.000><c> great</c><00:14:57.259><c> being</c><00:14:57.519><c> in</c><00:14:57.720><c> prison,</c><00:14:57.919><c> but</c>

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it<00:14:58.159><c> was</c><00:14:58.340><c> probably</c><00:14:58.559><c> as</c><00:14:58.820><c> good</c><00:14:58.960><c> as</c><00:14:59.059><c> it</c><00:14:59.500><c> could</c><00:14:59.759><c> possibly</c><00:15:00.419><c> be</c><00:15:00.940><c> for</c>

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him<00:15:01.379><c> in</c><00:15:01.600><c> prison.</c>

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thrown<00:15:05.399><c> in</c><00:15:05.639><c> prison,</c><00:15:06.419><c> and</c>

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they<00:15:06.740><c> get</c><00:15:06.899><c> to</c><00:15:07.120><c> talking,</c><00:15:08.059><c> and</c><00:15:08.379><c> they</c><00:15:08.480><c> have</c><00:15:08.620><c> their</c><00:15:08.840><c> dreams,</c><00:15:09.080><c> and</c>

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Joseph<00:15:09.639><c> interprets</c><00:15:10.399><c> their</c><00:15:10.620><c> dreams.</c>

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me<00:15:16.139><c> to</c><00:15:16.340><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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So<00:15:18.320><c> I</c><00:15:18.820><c> don't</c><00:15:19.039><c> deserve</c><00:15:19.379><c> to</c><00:15:19.580><c> be</c><00:15:19.720><c> here,</c><00:15:19.840><c> I</c><00:15:20.019><c> want</c><00:15:20.200><c> to</c><00:15:20.320><c> get</c><00:15:20.500><c> out.</c>

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But<00:15:22.200><c> they</c><00:15:22.440><c> conveniently</c><00:15:22.879><c> forgot,</c><00:15:23.799><c> right?</c>

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He<00:15:25.019><c> spent</c><00:15:25.159><c> two</c><00:15:25.419><c> years</c><00:15:25.659><c> in</c><00:15:25.840><c> jail</c><00:15:26.299><c> until</c><00:15:27.340><c> the</c><00:15:27.620><c> Pharaoh</c><00:15:27.919><c> started</c>

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having<00:15:29.279><c> a</c><00:15:29.480><c> dream.</c>

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And<00:15:31.360><c> then</c><00:15:31.500><c> the</c><00:15:31.620><c> butler</c><00:15:31.779><c> remembered,</c><00:15:32.580><c> there</c><00:15:32.860><c> was</c><00:15:33.080><c> this</c><00:15:33.279><c> guy</c><00:15:33.460><c> in</c>

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prison<00:15:33.960><c> who</c><00:15:34.200><c> could</c><00:15:34.440><c> interpret</c>

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dreams.

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So<00:15:36.679><c> they</c><00:15:37.120><c> go</c><00:15:37.480><c> to</c><00:15:37.600><c> the</c><00:15:37.759><c> prison,</c><00:15:38.340><c> clean</c><00:15:38.600><c> them</c><00:15:38.759><c> up,</c><00:15:38.980><c> get</c><00:15:39.120><c> them</c><00:15:39.240><c> before</c><00:15:39.539><c> the</c>

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Pharaoh,<00:15:40.120><c> right?</c>

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And<00:15:41.679><c> what</c><00:15:41.820><c> does</c><00:15:41.940><c> he</c><00:15:42.100><c> do?</c>

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Genesis<00:15:42.899><c> 41,</c><00:15:44.519><c> starting</c><00:15:44.679><c> in</c><00:15:44.879><c> verse</c><00:15:45.100><c> 15,</c><00:15:46.639><c> and</c><00:15:46.840><c> Pharaoh</c><00:15:47.100><c> said</c>

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unto<00:15:47.480><c> Joseph,</c>

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I<00:15:48.039><c> have</c><00:15:48.240><c> dreamed</c><00:15:48.419><c> a</c><00:15:48.639><c> dream,</c><00:15:48.879><c> and</c><00:15:48.960><c> there</c><00:15:49.080><c> is</c><00:15:49.240><c> none</c><00:15:49.419><c> that</c><00:15:49.600><c> can</c>

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interpret<00:15:50.279><c> it.</c>

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I<00:15:51.460><c> have</c><00:15:51.580><c> heard</c><00:15:51.740><c> say</c><00:15:52.000><c> of</c><00:15:52.019><c> thee</c><00:15:52.159><c> that</c><00:15:52.259><c> thou</c><00:15:52.480><c> canst</c><00:15:52.899><c> understand</c><00:15:53.379><c> a</c>

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dream<00:15:53.700><c> and</c><00:15:53.860><c> interpret</c><00:15:54.240><c> it.</c>

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Joseph<00:15:54.940><c> answered</c><00:15:55.340><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:15:55.899><c> saying,</c><00:15:56.399><c> it</c><00:15:56.620><c> is</c><00:15:56.820><c> not</c><00:15:57.080><c> in</c><00:15:57.360><c> me.</c>

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God<00:15:58.580><c> shall</c><00:15:58.779><c> give</c><00:15:59.059><c> Pharaoh</c><00:15:59.500><c> an</c><00:15:59.820><c> answer</c><00:16:00.000><c> of</c><00:16:00.240><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:16:00.840><c> the</c><00:16:01.019><c> first</c><00:16:01.259><c> thing</c><00:16:01.440><c> he</c><00:16:01.539><c> does</c><00:16:01.980><c> is</c><00:16:03.139><c> he</c><00:16:03.220><c> gives</c><00:16:03.399><c> credit</c><00:16:03.679><c> to</c><00:16:03.899><c> God</c><00:16:04.320><c> for</c>

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this<00:16:05.659><c> ability</c><00:16:06.120><c> to</c><00:16:06.360><c> interpret</c><00:16:06.679><c> the</c><00:16:06.879><c> dream,</c><00:16:07.019><c> and</c><00:16:07.159><c> he</c><00:16:07.240><c> hopes</c><00:16:07.399><c> he</c>

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does<00:16:07.679><c> it</c><00:16:07.899><c> right.</c>

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And<00:16:09.480><c> again,</c><00:16:09.879><c> we</c><00:16:10.120><c> all</c><00:16:10.279><c> know</c><00:16:10.379><c> the</c><00:16:10.600><c> story.</c>

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He<00:16:11.460><c> interprets</c><00:16:11.799><c> the</c><00:16:12.039><c> dream.</c>

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He's<00:16:15.000><c> elevated</c><00:16:15.419><c> to</c><00:16:15.779><c> the</c><00:16:15.919><c> number</c><00:16:16.120><c> two</c><00:16:16.340><c> man</c><00:16:16.500><c> in</c><00:16:16.679><c> Egypt,</c><00:16:17.919><c> which</c>

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is<00:16:18.419><c> pretty</c><00:16:18.639><c> impressive.</c>

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So<00:16:19.500><c> you</c><00:16:19.580><c> look</c><00:16:19.720><c> at</c><00:16:19.820><c> all</c><00:16:20.039><c> that</c><00:16:20.139><c> he's</c><00:16:20.320><c> gone</c><00:16:20.559><c> through.</c>

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Now<00:16:21.379><c> he's</c><00:16:21.580><c> the</c><00:16:21.639><c> number</c><00:16:21.799><c> two</c><00:16:22.019><c> man</c><00:16:22.179><c> in</c><00:16:22.279><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:16:22.580><c> again,</c><00:16:22.779><c> we</c><00:16:22.899><c> know</c><00:16:23.059><c> the</c><00:16:23.259><c> story.</c>

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His<00:16:24.259><c> brothers</c><00:16:24.460><c> go</c><00:16:24.700><c> back</c><00:16:24.960><c> and</c><00:16:25.220><c> forth,</c><00:16:25.559><c> and</c><00:16:25.940><c> he</c><00:16:26.240><c> doesn't</c><00:16:26.519><c> reveal</c>

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the<00:16:32.179><c> famine</c><00:16:32.399><c> that's</c><00:16:32.679><c> coming,</c>

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and<00:16:33.759><c> eventually</c><00:16:34.100><c> what</c><00:16:34.279><c> he</c><00:16:34.419><c> will</c><00:16:34.580><c> do</c><00:16:34.779><c> is</c><00:16:34.820><c> save</c><00:16:35.019><c> the</c><00:16:35.220><c> people.</c>

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So<00:16:36.519><c> he's</c><00:16:37.100><c> in</c><00:16:37.159><c> a</c><00:16:37.440><c> perfect</c><00:16:37.779><c> spot</c><00:16:38.379><c> to</c><00:16:39.019><c> exact</c><00:16:39.399><c> revenge</c><00:16:40.120><c> to</c><00:16:40.899><c> his</c><00:16:41.100><c> brothers.</c>

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But<00:16:42.720><c> he</c><00:16:42.899><c> doesn't,</c><00:16:43.220><c> does</c><00:16:43.419><c> he?</c>

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In<00:16:44.259><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.980><c> 45,</c><00:16:51.139><c> I</c><00:16:51.139><c> lost</c><00:16:51.519><c> my</c><00:16:51.820><c> place</c><00:16:51.980><c> here</c><00:16:52.100><c> for</c><00:16:52.279><c> a</c><00:16:52.340><c> minute.</c>

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Starting<00:16:54.039><c> in</c><00:16:54.220><c> verse</c><00:16:54.360><c> three,</c><00:16:56.059><c> this</c><00:16:56.179><c> is</c><00:16:56.320><c> when</c><00:16:56.399><c> he's</c><00:16:56.600><c> with</c><00:16:56.860><c> his</c><00:16:57.080><c> brothers.</c>

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And<00:16:57.740><c> Joseph</c><00:16:58.139><c> said</c><00:16:58.399><c> unto</c><00:16:58.580><c> his</c><00:16:58.840><c> brethren,</c><00:16:59.340><c> I</c><00:16:59.480><c> am</c><00:16:59.639><c> Joseph.</c>

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Doth<00:17:00.980><c> my</c><00:17:01.240><c> father</c><00:17:01.539><c> yet</c><00:17:01.860><c> live?</c>

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And<00:17:02.340><c> his</c><00:17:02.519><c> brethren</c><00:17:02.700><c> could</c><00:17:02.960><c> not</c><00:17:03.159><c> answer</c><00:17:03.440><c> him,</c><00:17:03.659><c> for</c><00:17:03.779><c> they</c><00:17:03.919><c> were</c>

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troubled<00:17:04.619><c> at</c><00:17:05.000><c> his</c><00:17:05.259><c> presence.</c>

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Well,<00:17:05.920><c> I</c><00:17:06.140><c> would</c><00:17:06.339><c> think</c><00:17:06.480><c> so,</c><00:17:08.039><c> you</c><00:17:08.220><c> know?</c>

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I<00:17:08.640><c> mean,</c><00:17:08.720><c> they</c><00:17:08.839><c> were</c><00:17:08.920><c> gonna</c><00:17:09.039><c> kill</c><00:17:09.299><c> him,</c><00:17:10.420><c> and</c><00:17:10.539><c> then</c><00:17:10.660><c> they</c><00:17:10.779><c> sent</c>

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him<00:17:11.000><c> off.</c>

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They<00:17:12.059><c> sent</c><00:17:12.160><c> him</c><00:17:12.259><c> into</c><00:17:12.400><c> slavery,</c><00:17:13.140><c> lied</c><00:17:13.319><c> to</c><00:17:13.460><c> their</c><00:17:13.660><c> father</c><00:17:14.099><c> that</c>

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he<00:17:14.720><c> was</c><00:17:14.960><c> killed.</c>

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And<00:17:16.200><c> now</c><00:17:16.420><c> they're</c><00:17:16.700><c> before</c><00:17:17.359><c> the</c><00:17:17.960><c> second</c><00:17:18.420><c> most</c><00:17:19.059><c> powerful</c><00:17:19.519><c> man,</c>

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and<00:17:21.039><c> it's</c><00:17:21.259><c> their</c><00:17:21.339><c> brother.</c>

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So<00:17:22.539><c> I'd</c><00:17:22.779><c> be</c><00:17:22.799><c> a</c><00:17:22.900><c> little</c><00:17:22.960><c> nervous</c><00:17:23.259><c> too.</c>

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And<00:17:24.640><c> Joseph</c><00:17:24.880><c> said</c><00:17:25.059><c> unto</c><00:17:25.220><c> his</c><00:17:25.440><c> brethren,</c><00:17:25.720><c> come</c><00:17:25.839><c> near</c><00:17:26.000><c> me,</c><00:17:26.140><c> I</c>

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pray<00:17:26.500><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:27.420><c> they</c><00:17:27.579><c> came</c><00:17:27.839><c> near,</c><00:17:28.140><c> and</c><00:17:28.140><c> he</c><00:17:28.220><c> said,</c><00:17:28.440><c> I</c><00:17:28.440><c> am</c><00:17:28.619><c> Joseph,</c><00:17:28.960><c> your</c>

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brother,<00:17:29.539><c> whom</c><00:17:29.619><c> you</c><00:17:29.859><c> sold</c><00:17:30.039><c> into</c><00:17:30.319><c> Egypt.</c>

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Now<00:17:31.539><c> therefore,</c><00:17:32.079><c> be</c><00:17:32.200><c> ye</c><00:17:32.339><c> not</c><00:17:32.539><c> grieved</c><00:17:32.859><c> nor</c><00:17:33.099><c> angry</c><00:17:33.460><c> with</c><00:17:33.700><c> yourselves</c><00:17:34.119><c> that</c>

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you<00:17:34.519><c> sold</c><00:17:34.700><c> me</c><00:17:34.900><c> hither.</c>

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For<00:17:35.799><c> God</c><00:17:36.059><c> did</c><00:17:36.299><c> send</c><00:17:36.460><c> me</c><00:17:36.640><c> before</c><00:17:36.940><c> you</c><00:17:37.180><c> to</c><00:17:37.400><c> preserve</c><00:17:37.720><c> life.</c>

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For<00:17:39.660><c> these</c><00:17:39.900><c> two</c><00:17:40.079><c> years</c><00:17:40.279><c> hath</c><00:17:40.460><c> the</c><00:17:40.660><c> family</c><00:17:40.859><c> been</c><00:17:41.000><c> in</c><00:17:41.160><c> the</c><00:17:41.319><c> land,</c>

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and<00:17:41.599><c> yet</c><00:17:41.720><c> there</c><00:17:41.960><c> are</c><00:17:42.160><c> five</c><00:17:42.480><c> years,</c>

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which<00:17:43.000><c> there</c><00:17:43.240><c> shall</c><00:17:43.400><c> be</c><00:17:43.619><c> neither</c><00:17:44.299><c> earring</c><00:17:44.720><c> nor</c><00:17:44.940><c> harvest.</c>

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God<00:17:46.319><c> sent</c><00:17:46.640><c> me</c><00:17:46.960><c> before</c><00:17:47.359><c> you</c><00:17:47.740><c> to</c><00:17:47.920><c> preserve</c><00:17:48.299><c> you</c><00:17:48.559><c> of</c><00:17:48.720><c> posterity</c>

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in<00:17:50.099><c> the</c><00:17:50.240><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:17:50.559><c> to</c><00:17:50.819><c> save</c><00:17:51.000><c> your</c><00:17:51.220><c> lives</c><00:17:51.420><c> by</c><00:17:51.660><c> a</c><00:17:51.859><c> great</c><00:17:52.019><c> deliverance.</c>

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So<00:17:53.539><c> now</c><00:17:54.119><c> it</c><00:17:54.319><c> was</c><00:17:54.539><c> not</c><00:17:54.839><c> you</c><00:17:55.559><c> that</c><00:17:56.019><c> sent</c><00:17:56.220><c> me</c><00:17:56.420><c> hither,</c><00:17:56.740><c> but</c><00:17:57.039><c> God.</c>

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So<00:17:59.900><c> pretty</c><00:18:00.819><c> amazing,</c><00:18:01.400><c> isn't</c><00:18:01.500><c> it?</c>

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That<00:18:01.900><c> he's</c><00:18:03.680><c> in</c><00:18:04.119><c> this</c><00:18:04.319><c> position,</c><00:18:05.099><c> and</c><00:18:05.380><c> what</c><00:18:05.519><c> does</c><00:18:05.599><c> he</c><00:18:05.759><c> do?</c>

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He<00:18:06.680><c> shows</c><00:18:06.920><c> compassion,</c><00:18:08.059><c> and</c><00:18:08.359><c> he</c><00:18:08.619><c> understands</c><00:18:09.359><c> the</c><00:18:10.420><c> role</c><00:18:10.859><c> that</c>

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he<00:18:11.200><c> has</c><00:18:11.440><c> to</c><00:18:11.720><c> play.</c>

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That<00:18:12.720><c> God</c><00:18:13.059><c> is</c><00:18:13.460><c> directing</c><00:18:13.859><c> his</c><00:18:14.180><c> life</c><00:18:14.400><c> for</c><00:18:14.619><c> a</c><00:18:14.839><c> specific</c><00:18:15.299><c> reason.</c>

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So<00:18:17.940><c> it's</c><00:18:18.500><c> amazing.</c>

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Unlike<00:18:19.839><c> Noah</c><00:18:20.200><c> and</c><00:18:20.460><c> Jonah,</c><00:18:20.859><c> God</c><00:18:21.079><c> didn't</c><00:18:21.279><c> come</c><00:18:21.440><c> right</c><00:18:21.539><c> out</c><00:18:21.640><c> and</c>

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tell<00:18:21.880><c> him,</c>

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this<00:18:22.160><c> is</c><00:18:22.240><c> what</c><00:18:22.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:22.460><c> going</c><00:18:22.559><c> to</c><00:18:22.660><c> have</c><00:18:22.759><c> you</c><00:18:22.960><c> do.</c>

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The<00:18:24.000><c> end</c><00:18:24.000><c> result</c><00:18:24.240><c> is</c><00:18:24.420><c> you're</c><00:18:24.539><c> going</c><00:18:24.680><c> to,</c><00:18:25.200><c> like</c><00:18:25.759><c> in</c><00:18:25.759><c> Noah,</c><00:18:26.099><c> you're</c><00:18:26.240><c> going</c><00:18:26.240><c> to</c>

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build<00:18:26.440><c> the</c><00:18:26.599><c> ark,</c><00:18:27.259><c> right?</c>

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But<00:18:29.359><c> with</c><00:18:29.799><c> Joseph,</c><00:18:30.099><c> there</c><00:18:30.240><c> was</c><00:18:30.460><c> no</c><00:18:30.680><c> such</c><00:18:30.839><c> direction.</c>

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He<00:18:31.640><c> just</c><00:18:31.839><c> had</c><00:18:31.960><c> to</c><00:18:32.119><c> go</c><00:18:32.940><c> roll</c><00:18:33.099><c> with</c><00:18:33.319><c> the</c><00:18:33.500><c> changes,</c><00:18:33.920><c> right?</c>

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And<00:18:34.259><c> the</c><00:18:34.380><c> entire</c><00:18:34.680><c> time,</c><00:18:35.000><c> he</c><00:18:35.119><c> kept</c><00:18:35.339><c> his</c><00:18:35.599><c> faith,</c><00:18:36.759><c> and</c><00:18:36.960><c> he</c><00:18:37.240><c> definitely</c><00:18:37.539><c> showed</c>

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his<00:18:38.079><c> compassion,</c><00:18:39.359><c> unlike</c><00:18:39.720><c> Jonah.</c>

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So<00:18:41.220><c> again,</c><00:18:41.700><c> compassion</c><00:18:42.259><c> and</c><00:18:43.160><c> faith</c><00:18:43.599><c> play</c><00:18:44.319><c> an</c><00:18:44.539><c> integral</c><00:18:44.819><c> role,</c>

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I<00:18:45.400><c> think.</c>

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Because,<00:18:46.819><c> I</c><00:18:47.059><c> mean,</c><00:18:48.099><c> again,</c><00:18:48.440><c> Noah</c><00:18:48.720><c> and</c><00:18:48.900><c> Jonah</c><00:18:49.160><c> knew</c><00:18:49.579><c> what</c><00:18:49.900><c> the</c>

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plan<00:18:50.279><c> was,</c>

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but<00:18:50.799><c> there's</c><00:18:51.079><c> kind</c><00:18:51.480><c> of</c><00:18:52.539><c> a</c><00:18:52.579><c> short</c><00:18:52.859><c>-term</c><00:18:53.180><c> thing.</c>

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Joseph<00:18:54.880><c> was</c><00:18:55.160><c> a</c><00:18:55.279><c> little</c><00:18:55.500><c> longer,</c><00:18:56.920><c> but</c><00:18:57.660><c> we</c><00:18:57.819><c> all</c><00:18:57.960><c> know</c><00:18:58.059><c> that</c><00:18:58.279><c> God</c>

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has<00:18:59.519><c> a</c><00:18:59.740><c> plan</c><00:18:59.920><c> and</c><00:19:00.119><c> a</c><00:19:00.279><c> purpose,</c><00:19:00.660><c> don't</c><00:19:00.859><c> we?</c>

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I<00:19:02.019><c> mean,</c><00:19:02.160><c> for</c><00:19:02.359><c> each</c><00:19:02.519><c> one</c><00:19:02.660><c> of</c><00:19:02.799><c> us,</c><00:19:03.039><c> too,</c><00:19:03.119><c> we</c><00:19:03.240><c> may</c><00:19:03.460><c> not</c><00:19:03.640><c> know</c><00:19:03.740><c> what</c>

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that<00:19:04.059><c> is</c><00:19:04.240><c> right</c><00:19:04.480><c> now,</c>

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but<00:19:05.380><c> we</c><00:19:05.920><c> know</c><00:19:06.160><c> that</c><00:19:06.519><c> the</c><00:19:06.680><c> key</c><00:19:06.940><c> player</c><00:19:07.519><c> in</c><00:19:08.279><c> God's</c><00:19:08.680><c> plan</c><00:19:08.839><c> is</c><00:19:09.039><c> the</c>

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Son,<00:19:09.359><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:09.740><c> the</c><00:19:09.880><c> Christ.</c>

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Because<00:19:11.480><c> again,</c><00:19:12.019><c> unlike</c><00:19:12.640><c> the</c><00:19:13.079><c> three</c><00:19:13.299><c> people</c><00:19:13.599><c> that</c><00:19:13.759><c> I</c><00:19:13.940><c> just</c><00:19:14.160><c> mentioned,</c>

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they<00:19:14.579><c> were</c><00:19:14.839><c> all</c><00:19:15.500><c> kind</c><00:19:15.680><c> of</c><00:19:15.920><c> short</c><00:19:16.160><c>-term</c><00:19:16.799><c> plans,</c><00:19:17.660><c> means</c><00:19:17.880><c> to</c><00:19:18.119><c> an</c><00:19:18.319><c> end.</c>

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Whereas<00:19:19.240><c> Christ</c><00:19:20.599><c> has</c><00:19:21.339><c> a</c><00:19:21.920><c> long</c><00:19:22.259><c>-term,</c><00:19:22.819><c> his</c><00:19:23.700><c> plan</c><00:19:24.299><c> that</c><00:19:25.700><c> his</c><00:19:26.119><c> father</c><00:19:26.380><c> had</c>

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for<00:19:26.819><c> him</c><00:19:27.240><c> was</c><00:19:28.000><c> long</c><00:19:28.480><c>-term.</c>

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It<00:19:29.059><c> wasn't</c><00:19:29.299><c> to</c><00:19:29.519><c> build</c><00:19:29.680><c> an</c><00:19:29.940><c> ark.</c>

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It<00:19:30.279><c> wasn't</c><00:19:30.579><c> to</c><00:19:32.059><c> be</c><00:19:32.519><c> imprisoned</c><00:19:32.960><c> and</c><00:19:33.160><c> then</c><00:19:33.299><c> end</c><00:19:33.460><c> up</c><00:19:33.599><c> being</c><00:19:33.759><c> the</c>

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second<00:19:34.160><c> man</c><00:19:34.400><c> in</c><00:19:34.660><c> charge</c>

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and<00:19:35.519><c> be</c><00:19:35.859><c> able</c><00:19:36.119><c> to</c><00:19:36.759><c> create</c><00:19:37.180><c> the</c><00:19:37.460><c> source</c><00:19:37.980><c> of</c><00:19:38.220><c> food</c><00:19:38.359><c> to</c><00:19:38.559><c> save</c><00:19:38.900><c> his</c>

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family<00:19:39.680><c> and</c><00:19:40.160><c> the</c><00:19:40.319><c> other</c><00:19:40.500><c> people</c><00:19:40.759><c> in</c><00:19:40.960><c> Egypt,</c><00:19:41.140><c> right?</c>

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Christ's<00:19:43.460><c> role</c><00:19:43.980><c> in</c><00:19:44.480><c> God's</c><00:19:44.839><c> plan</c><00:19:45.240><c> is</c><00:19:46.119><c> long</c><00:19:46.480><c>-term.</c>

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And<00:19:48.019><c> he</c><00:19:48.180><c> knew</c><00:19:48.319><c> it</c><00:19:48.480><c> from</c><00:19:48.640><c> an</c><00:19:48.880><c> early</c><00:19:49.140><c> age,</c><00:19:49.900><c> right?</c>

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So<00:19:51.440><c> we</c><00:19:51.819><c> know</c><00:19:52.319><c> that</c><00:19:53.240><c> when</c><00:19:53.759><c> the</c><00:19:54.480><c> Passover</c><00:19:54.900><c> feast,</c><00:19:55.380><c> we</c><00:19:55.460><c> know</c><00:19:55.579><c> the</c>

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story,<00:19:55.920><c> he</c><00:19:56.039><c> was</c><00:19:56.180><c> probably</c><00:19:56.380><c> 12</c><00:19:56.599><c> or</c><00:19:56.720><c> 13,</c>

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I<00:19:57.279><c> think,</c><00:19:57.420><c> and</c><00:19:57.539><c> his</c><00:19:57.700><c> parents</c><00:19:57.880><c> got</c><00:19:58.099><c> halfway</c><00:19:58.400><c> home</c><00:19:58.980><c> and</c><00:19:59.339><c> they</c><00:19:59.500><c> realized</c><00:19:59.759><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:20:00.059><c> there</c>

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and<00:20:00.200><c> they</c><00:20:00.359><c> came</c><00:20:00.519><c> back</c><00:20:00.720><c> and</c><00:20:00.839><c> they</c><00:20:01.019><c> found</c><00:20:01.119><c> him</c><00:20:01.200><c> in</c><00:20:01.339><c> the</c><00:20:01.480><c> temple</c><00:20:01.720><c> preaching.</c>

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This<00:20:04.059><c> is</c><00:20:04.319><c> in</c><00:20:04.799><c> Luke</c><00:20:05.200><c> 2,</c><00:20:05.720><c> verse</c><00:20:05.960><c> 48.</c>

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And<00:20:06.740><c> when</c><00:20:06.920><c> they,</c><00:20:07.279><c> his</c><00:20:07.480><c> parents,</c><00:20:08.980><c> saw</c><00:20:09.079><c> him,</c><00:20:09.240><c> they</c><00:20:09.380><c> were</c><00:20:09.579><c> amazed.</c>

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And<00:20:10.019><c> his</c><00:20:10.140><c> mother</c><00:20:10.319><c> said</c><00:20:10.539><c> unto</c><00:20:10.700><c> him,</c><00:20:11.000><c> Son,</c><00:20:11.259><c> why</c><00:20:11.480><c> hast</c><00:20:11.759><c> thou</c><00:20:11.900><c> dealt</c><00:20:12.200><c> with</c><00:20:12.480><c> us?</c>

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Behold,<00:20:13.799><c> thy</c><00:20:13.880><c> father</c><00:20:14.160><c> and</c><00:20:14.299><c> I</c><00:20:14.400><c> have</c><00:20:14.619><c> sought</c><00:20:14.759><c> thee</c><00:20:15.000><c> sorrowing.</c>

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And<00:20:15.500><c> he</c><00:20:15.559><c> said</c><00:20:15.779><c> unto</c><00:20:15.940><c> them,</c><00:20:16.940><c> How</c><00:20:17.039><c> was</c><00:20:17.240><c> it</c><00:20:17.359><c> that</c><00:20:17.440><c> ye</c><00:20:17.660><c> sought</c><00:20:17.839><c> me?</c>

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Wished<00:20:18.420><c> ye</c><00:20:18.619><c> not</c><00:20:18.779><c> that</c><00:20:18.880><c> I</c><00:20:19.039><c> must</c><00:20:19.240><c> be</c><00:20:19.420><c> about</c><00:20:19.579><c> my</c><00:20:19.799><c> father's</c><00:20:20.259><c> business?</c>

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So<00:20:21.980><c> obviously,</c><00:20:22.440><c> even</c><00:20:22.660><c> at</c><00:20:22.799><c> an</c><00:20:22.940><c> early</c><00:20:23.279><c> age,</c><00:20:23.680><c> either</c><00:20:23.819><c> 12</c><00:20:24.119><c> or</c><00:20:24.220><c> 13,</c>

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he<00:20:25.359><c> knew</c><00:20:25.779><c> what</c><00:20:26.799><c> the</c><00:20:27.099><c> plan</c><00:20:27.299><c> was,</c>

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what<00:20:27.779><c> his</c><00:20:28.000><c> father's</c><00:20:28.559><c> plan</c><00:20:28.759><c> was,</c><00:20:30.220><c> and</c><00:20:30.839><c> he</c><00:20:31.039><c> was</c><00:20:31.220><c> doing</c><00:20:31.420><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:32.700><c> then</c><00:20:32.859><c> obviously,</c><00:20:34.059><c> he</c><00:20:34.680><c> continued</c><00:20:35.160><c> doing</c><00:20:35.440><c> it</c><00:20:35.640><c> because</c><00:20:35.819><c> after</c><00:20:36.099><c> he</c>

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was<00:20:36.420><c> baptized,</c>

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this<00:20:37.099><c> is</c><00:20:37.400><c> in</c><00:20:39.240><c> Luke</c><00:20:39.619><c> 3,</c><00:20:40.799><c> starting</c><00:20:41.079><c> in</c><00:20:41.240><c> verse</c><00:20:41.500><c> 21.</c>

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Now,<00:20:42.960><c> when</c><00:20:42.980><c> all</c><00:20:43.160><c> the</c><00:20:43.279><c> people</c><00:20:43.440><c> were</c><00:20:43.680><c> baptized</c><00:20:44.000><c> and</c><00:20:44.160><c> came</c><00:20:44.339><c> to</c><00:20:44.539><c> pass,</c>

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that<00:20:44.880><c> Jesus</c><00:20:45.180><c> also</c><00:20:45.619><c> being</c><00:20:45.859><c> baptized</c><00:20:46.359><c> and</c><00:20:46.599><c> praying,</c><00:20:47.579><c> the</c><00:20:47.700><c> heaven</c><00:20:47.839><c> was</c><00:20:48.099><c> opened</c>

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and<00:20:48.920><c> the</c><00:20:49.079><c> Holy</c><00:20:49.240><c> Spirit</c><00:20:49.559><c> descended</c><00:20:49.980><c> in</c><00:20:50.180><c> a</c><00:20:50.319><c> bodily</c><00:20:50.559><c> shape</c><00:20:50.819><c> like</c>

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a<00:20:51.220><c> dove</c><00:20:51.480><c> upon</c><00:20:52.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:53.220><c> a</c><00:20:53.339><c> voice</c><00:20:53.460><c> came</c><00:20:53.700><c> from</c><00:20:53.900><c> heaven</c><00:20:54.119><c> which</c><00:20:54.359><c> said,</c><00:20:54.700><c> Thou</c><00:20:54.700><c> art</c><00:20:54.940><c> my</c>

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beloved<00:20:55.579><c> son,</c>

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in<00:20:56.200><c> whom</c><00:20:56.339><c> I</c><00:20:56.539><c> am</c><00:20:56.680><c> well</c><00:20:56.920><c> pleased.</c>

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don't<00:21:06.180><c> know.</c>

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But<00:21:06.900><c> obviously,</c><00:21:07.259><c> his</c><00:21:07.380><c> father</c><00:21:07.619><c> comes</c><00:21:07.819><c> down</c><00:21:08.059><c> and</c><00:21:08.119><c> says,</c><00:21:08.859><c> I'm</c>

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well<00:21:09.259><c> pleased.</c>

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He's<00:21:10.000><c> doing</c><00:21:10.180><c> the</c><00:21:10.420><c> job.</c>

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Not<00:21:15.019><c> deviating</c><00:21:15.400><c> from</c><00:21:15.579><c> the</c><00:21:15.819><c> plan.</c>

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preaching<00:21:21.660><c> and</c><00:21:21.940><c> teaching,</c>

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and<00:21:24.160><c> his</c><00:21:24.680><c> ministry</c><00:21:25.440><c> to</c><00:21:25.740><c> other</c><00:21:26.019><c> people,</c><00:21:26.619><c> you</c><00:21:26.720><c> know,</c><00:21:27.140><c> passed</c><00:21:27.319><c> on</c>

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of<00:21:28.839><c> years,</c><00:21:29.079><c> including</c><00:21:29.420><c> to</c><00:21:29.720><c> us,</c><00:21:30.460><c> but</c><00:21:30.740><c> it</c><00:21:30.880><c> wasn't</c><00:21:31.059><c> always</c><00:21:31.380><c> easy,</c><00:21:32.000><c> right?</c>

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I<00:21:32.500><c> mean,</c><00:21:32.680><c> some</c><00:21:32.839><c> people</c><00:21:33.099><c> hated</c><00:21:33.319><c> him.</c>

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He<00:21:33.579><c> was</c><00:21:33.819><c> a</c><00:21:34.000><c> threat.</c>

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They<00:21:35.720><c> wanted</c><00:21:35.920><c> to</c><00:21:36.140><c> kill</c><00:21:36.259><c> him,</c><00:21:37.220><c> right?</c>

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And<00:21:37.960><c> he</c><00:21:38.599><c> went</c><00:21:38.759><c> through</c><00:21:39.259><c> so</c><00:21:39.779><c> many</c><00:21:40.779><c> threats</c><00:21:41.359><c> and</c><00:21:41.680><c> changes,</c><00:21:42.039><c> but</c>

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he<00:21:42.420><c> never</c><00:21:42.680><c> deviated</c><00:21:43.319><c> from</c><00:21:43.539><c> the</c><00:21:43.779><c> plan</c>

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that<00:21:44.119><c> his</c><00:21:44.319><c> father</c><00:21:44.839><c> put</c><00:21:45.599><c> in</c><00:21:46.220><c> front</c><00:21:46.339><c> of</c><00:21:46.460><c> him,</c><00:21:46.700><c> did</c><00:21:46.859><c> he?</c>

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And<00:21:48.880><c> then,</c><00:21:49.059><c> I'm</c><00:21:49.200><c> not</c><00:21:49.339><c> going</c><00:21:49.500><c> to</c><00:21:49.519><c> go</c><00:21:49.720><c> through</c><00:21:49.980><c> all</c><00:21:50.279><c> the,</c><00:21:50.500><c> just</c><00:21:50.660><c> so</c><00:21:50.779><c> many</c><00:21:50.960><c> things</c><00:21:51.140><c> I</c>

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could<00:21:51.500><c> touch</c>

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on<00:21:51.960><c> about</c><00:21:52.140><c> Christ,</c><00:21:53.539><c> but</c><00:21:53.799><c> then</c><00:21:54.980><c> he</c><00:21:55.259><c> institutes</c><00:21:55.680><c> the</c><00:21:56.440><c> Passover</c><00:21:56.839><c> meal,</c>

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where<00:21:58.160><c> he</c><00:21:58.559><c> does</c><00:21:58.839><c> the</c><00:21:59.299><c> bread</c><00:21:59.519><c> and</c><00:21:59.660><c> the</c><00:21:59.839><c> wine.</c>

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And<00:22:01.859><c> right</c><00:22:02.299><c> before</c><00:22:02.900><c> he</c><00:22:03.299><c> was</c><00:22:03.599><c> to</c><00:22:03.720><c> be</c><00:22:03.920><c> taken,</c><00:22:05.759><c> he</c><00:22:05.779><c> did</c><00:22:05.960><c> a</c><00:22:06.000><c> couple,</c>

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pretty<00:22:07.539><c> impressive</c><00:22:07.980><c> what</c><00:22:08.180><c> he</c><00:22:08.400><c> does</c><00:22:08.980><c> in</c><00:22:09.920><c> Luke</c><00:22:10.099><c> 22,</c><00:22:11.839><c> starting</c>

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in<00:22:12.160><c> verse</c><00:22:12.380><c> 39.</c>

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And<00:22:13.140><c> he</c><00:22:13.279><c> came</c><00:22:13.519><c> out</c><00:22:13.759><c> as</c><00:22:13.940><c> he</c><00:22:14.160><c> went,</c><00:22:14.319><c> as</c><00:22:14.539><c> he</c><00:22:14.660><c> was</c><00:22:14.900><c> wont</c><00:22:15.079><c> to</c><00:22:15.259><c> the</c><00:22:15.420><c> Mount</c><00:22:15.519><c> of</c><00:22:15.779><c> Olives.</c>

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And<00:22:17.039><c> his</c><00:22:17.200><c> disciples</c><00:22:17.559><c> also</c><00:22:18.039><c> followed</c><00:22:18.359><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:18.720><c> when</c><00:22:18.779><c> he</c><00:22:18.940><c> was</c><00:22:19.079><c> at</c><00:22:19.140><c> the</c><00:22:19.339><c> place,</c><00:22:19.539><c> he</c><00:22:19.660><c> said</c><00:22:19.740><c> to</c><00:22:19.900><c> them,</c><00:22:20.319><c> pray</c>

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that<00:22:20.660><c> you</c><00:22:20.799><c> not</c><00:22:20.960><c> enter</c><00:22:21.240><c> into</c><00:22:21.480><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:22:23.440><c> he</c><00:22:23.539><c> was</c><00:22:23.740><c> withdrawn</c><00:22:23.980><c> from</c><00:22:24.200><c> them</c><00:22:24.720><c> about</c><00:22:25.059><c> a</c><00:22:25.299><c> stone's</c><00:22:25.700><c> cast,</c>

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knelt<00:22:26.339><c> down</c><00:22:26.740><c> and</c><00:22:27.000><c> prayed,</c><00:22:28.700><c> saying,</c>

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Father,<00:22:29.500><c> if</c><00:22:29.519><c> thou</c><00:22:29.640><c> be</c><00:22:29.779><c> willing,</c><00:22:30.200><c> remove</c><00:22:30.339><c> this</c><00:22:30.619><c> cup</c><00:22:30.779><c> from</c><00:22:31.019><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:22:32.700><c> not</c><00:22:32.920><c> my</c><00:22:33.200><c> will,</c><00:22:33.440><c> but</c><00:22:33.579><c> thine</c><00:22:33.759><c> be</c><00:22:33.980><c> done.</c>

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That's<00:22:35.039><c> a</c><00:22:35.279><c> perfect</c><00:22:35.880><c> example</c><00:22:36.759><c> of</c><00:22:37.119><c> faith,</c><00:22:38.380><c> knowing</c><00:22:38.619><c> that</c><00:22:38.799><c> he</c><00:22:38.960><c> was</c><00:22:39.119><c> going</c><00:22:39.220><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:39.559><c> killed.</c>

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And<00:22:41.039><c> he</c><00:22:41.180><c> just</c><00:22:41.380><c> said,</c><00:22:41.480><c> you</c><00:22:41.640><c> know,</c><00:22:41.700><c> it's</c><00:22:41.859><c> not</c><00:22:42.019><c> what</c><00:22:42.140><c> I</c><00:22:42.440><c> want,</c><00:22:43.000><c> it's</c><00:22:43.140><c> what</c><00:22:43.279><c> you</c><00:22:43.559><c> want.</c>

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And<00:22:45.420><c> then</c><00:22:45.519><c> I</c><00:22:45.619><c> think</c><00:22:45.819><c> the,</c><00:22:46.700><c> probably</c><00:22:46.819><c> the</c><00:22:47.380><c> most,</c><00:22:48.359><c> to</c><00:22:48.559><c> me,</c><00:22:48.819><c> one</c>

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of<00:22:49.000><c> the</c><00:22:49.019><c> most</c><00:22:49.319><c> impressive</c>

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instances<00:22:52.400><c> of</c><00:22:52.660><c> his</c><00:22:52.880><c> compassion</c><00:22:53.400><c> when</c><00:22:53.579><c> he</c><00:22:53.920><c> was</c><00:22:54.059><c> on</c><00:22:54.339><c> the</c><00:22:54.539><c> cross</c>

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and<00:22:54.859><c> he</c><00:22:55.000><c> was</c><00:22:55.200><c> about</c><00:22:55.420><c> to</c><00:22:55.660><c> die,</c>

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what<00:22:56.220><c> did</c><00:22:56.299><c> he</c><00:22:56.460><c> say?</c>

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Father,<00:22:57.880><c> forgive</c><00:22:58.240><c> them</c><00:22:58.519><c> for</c><00:22:58.660><c> they</c><00:22:58.839><c> know</c><00:22:58.960><c> not</c><00:22:59.160><c> what</c><00:22:59.339><c> they</c><00:22:59.559><c> do.</c>

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Compassion,<00:23:02.140><c> right?</c>

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So<00:23:04.440><c> he</c><00:23:04.960><c> knew</c><00:23:05.140><c> he</c><00:23:05.319><c> was</c><00:23:05.480><c> going</c><00:23:05.660><c> to</c><00:23:05.880><c> suffer</c><00:23:06.059><c> this</c><00:23:06.259><c> entire</c><00:23:06.599><c> life.</c>

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He<00:23:07.019><c> knew</c><00:23:07.220><c> the</c><00:23:07.460><c> plan,</c><00:23:07.880><c> but</c><00:23:07.960><c> he</c><00:23:08.160><c> never</c><00:23:08.440><c> deviated</c><00:23:08.900><c> from</c><00:23:09.059><c> the</c><00:23:09.299><c> plan.</c>

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His<00:23:11.140><c> faith</c><00:23:11.500><c> never</c><00:23:12.019><c> faltered.</c>

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His<00:23:13.400><c> compassion</c><00:23:13.859><c> was</c><00:23:14.140><c> evident</c><00:23:14.519><c> throughout</c><00:23:15.039><c> his</c><00:23:15.299><c> entire</c><00:23:15.759><c> life.</c>

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But<00:23:16.700><c> especially</c><00:23:17.079><c> when</c><00:23:17.220><c> he</c><00:23:17.359><c> was</c><00:23:17.519><c> nailed</c><00:23:17.680><c> to</c><00:23:17.859><c> the</c><00:23:18.059><c> cross,</c><00:23:18.319><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:18.740><c> compassion.</c>

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And<00:23:20.380><c> his</c><00:23:20.539><c> father</c><00:23:20.819><c> rewarded</c><00:23:21.279><c> him,</c><00:23:21.799><c> right?</c>

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Raised<00:23:22.980><c> him</c><00:23:23.160><c> from</c><00:23:23.339><c> the</c><00:23:23.500><c> dead,</c><00:23:23.740><c> and</c><00:23:23.779><c> he</c><00:23:23.859><c> now</c><00:23:24.079><c> sits</c><00:23:24.279><c> at</c><00:23:24.460><c> his</c><00:23:24.619><c> right</c><00:23:24.900><c> hand,</c><00:23:25.619><c> waiting</c><00:23:25.880><c> to</c><00:23:26.160><c> return.</c>

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So<00:23:28.740><c> as</c><00:23:28.920><c> we</c><00:23:29.220><c> prepare</c><00:23:29.480><c> to</c><00:23:31.000><c> partake</c><00:23:31.440><c> of</c><00:23:31.539><c> the</c><00:23:31.720><c> bread</c><00:23:31.819><c> and</c><00:23:31.980><c> the</c><00:23:32.180><c> wine,</c>

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blood,<00:23:36.740><c> we</c><00:23:37.019><c> remember</c><00:23:37.359><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:23:37.880><c> remember,</c><00:23:38.680><c> you</c><00:23:38.960><c> know,</c><00:23:38.980><c> his</c><00:23:39.119><c> life,</c><00:23:39.579><c> his</c><00:23:39.900><c> teachings,</c><00:23:41.240><c> his</c>

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faith,<00:23:42.200><c> his</c><00:23:42.420><c> obedience,</c>

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his<00:23:43.200><c> compassion,</c><00:23:44.119><c> and</c><00:23:44.339><c> we</c><00:23:44.460><c> remember</c><00:23:44.680><c> his</c><00:23:44.960><c> death.</c>

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And<00:23:48.339><c> it's</c><00:23:48.720><c> all,</c><00:23:49.299><c> the</c><00:23:49.660><c> faith</c><00:23:49.880><c> and</c><00:23:50.059><c> compassion</c><00:23:50.440><c> is</c><00:23:50.579><c> what</c><00:23:50.720><c> we</c><00:23:50.980><c> all</c>

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aspire<00:23:51.619><c> to.</c>

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But<00:23:51.960><c> we</c><00:23:52.099><c> know</c><00:23:52.279><c> we're</c><00:23:52.480><c> going</c><00:23:52.579><c> to</c><00:23:52.720><c> fall</c><00:23:52.900><c> short.</c>

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And<00:23:53.839><c> God</c><00:23:54.000><c> knows</c><00:23:54.279><c> that</c><00:23:54.640><c> too,</c><00:23:55.319><c> because</c><00:23:55.599><c> we</c><00:23:55.740><c> do</c><00:23:55.900><c> have</c><00:23:56.200><c> a</c><00:23:56.640><c> compassionate</c><00:23:57.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:58.000><c> we</c><00:23:58.059><c> have</c><00:23:58.279><c> Christ</c><00:23:58.599><c> as</c><00:23:58.779><c> our</c><00:23:59.000><c> mediator</c><00:23:59.660><c> to</c><00:24:00.339><c> act</c><00:24:00.660><c> on</c><00:24:00.859><c> our</c><00:24:01.000><c> behalf</c><00:24:01.380><c> or</c>

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to<00:24:02.059><c> talk</c><00:24:02.220><c> to</c><00:24:02.400><c> our</c><00:24:02.539><c> father.</c>

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Because<00:24:04.579><c> we</c><00:24:04.740><c> know</c><00:24:05.079><c> that</c><00:24:06.039><c> things</c><00:24:06.420><c> will</c><00:24:07.460><c> not</c><00:24:07.680><c> always</c><00:24:08.019><c> go</c><00:24:08.220><c> as</c>

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planned,<00:24:09.059><c> right?</c>

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No<00:24:11.519><c> one</c><00:24:11.700><c> gets</c><00:24:11.960><c> through</c><00:24:12.200><c> life</c><00:24:12.500><c> unscathed.</c>

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We<00:24:13.519><c> all</c><00:24:13.740><c> have</c><00:24:13.880><c> our</c><00:24:14.099><c> drama,</c><00:24:15.160><c> whatever</c><00:24:15.440><c> it</c><00:24:15.660><c> is,</c><00:24:15.920><c> personal,</c>

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spiritual,<00:24:17.559><c> work,</c><00:24:18.099><c> family,</c><00:24:18.660><c> friends.</c>

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We're<00:24:20.160><c> all</c><00:24:20.359><c> going</c><00:24:20.460><c> to</c><00:24:20.559><c> be</c><00:24:20.759><c> faced</c><00:24:20.960><c> with</c><00:24:21.220><c> drama,</c><00:24:21.839><c> and</c>

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how<00:24:22.220><c> we</c><00:24:22.440><c> react</c><00:24:22.700><c> to</c><00:24:22.900><c> that</c><00:24:23.099><c> drama</c><00:24:23.740><c> says</c><00:24:24.740><c> a</c><00:24:24.900><c> lot</c><00:24:25.019><c> about</c><00:24:25.259><c> us,</c><00:24:25.839><c> and</c><00:24:25.980><c> a</c>

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lot<00:24:26.160><c> about</c><00:24:26.380><c> our</c><00:24:26.660><c> faith.</c>

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Because<00:24:28.299><c> our</c><00:24:28.559><c> plans</c><00:24:28.779><c> may</c><00:24:28.940><c> not</c><00:24:29.099><c> always</c><00:24:29.339><c> be</c><00:24:29.559><c> in</c><00:24:29.720><c> sync</c><00:24:30.000><c> with</c><00:24:30.680><c> what</c>

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God<00:24:31.160><c> has</c><00:24:31.480><c> in</c><00:24:31.640><c> plan</c><00:24:31.779><c> for</c><00:24:31.980><c> us.</c>

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But<00:24:33.779><c> we</c><00:24:33.920><c> have</c><00:24:34.079><c> to</c><00:24:34.259><c> remember</c><00:24:34.539><c> that,</c><00:24:35.400><c> again,</c><00:24:35.640><c> God</c><00:24:35.920><c> has</c><00:24:36.140><c> a</c><00:24:36.380><c> plan</c><00:24:36.519><c> and</c><00:24:36.720><c> a</c>

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purpose<00:24:37.440><c> for</c><00:24:38.259><c> each</c><00:24:38.539><c> one</c><00:24:38.700><c> of</c><00:24:38.880><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:39.980><c> we</c><00:24:40.200><c> remember</c><00:24:40.500><c> what</c><00:24:40.660><c> God</c><00:24:40.880><c> has</c><00:24:41.079><c> already</c><00:24:41.359><c> done.</c>

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He<00:24:42.200><c> created</c><00:24:42.640><c> this</c><00:24:42.960><c> world.</c>

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He<00:24:45.420><c> provides</c><00:24:45.859><c> everything</c><00:24:46.400><c> for</c><00:24:46.619><c> us.</c>

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He<00:24:47.299><c> provided</c><00:24:47.680><c> his</c><00:24:48.019><c> son</c><00:24:48.259><c> for</c><00:24:48.519><c> us,</c><00:24:49.839><c> our</c><00:24:50.019><c> coming</c><00:24:50.319><c> king.</c>

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And<00:24:51.059><c> we</c><00:24:51.180><c> remember</c><00:24:51.359><c> that</c><00:24:51.539><c> God</c><00:24:51.700><c> does</c><00:24:51.920><c> not</c><00:24:52.119><c> lie.</c>

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So<00:24:53.460><c> we</c><00:24:53.619><c> know</c><00:24:53.839><c> what</c><00:24:53.980><c> he</c><00:24:54.240><c> says</c><00:24:54.380><c> is</c><00:24:54.700><c> true,</c><00:24:54.940><c> and</c><00:24:55.019><c> that</c><00:24:55.140><c> his</c><00:24:55.339><c> son</c>

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will<00:24:55.799><c> return.</c>

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So<00:24:57.619><c> we</c><00:24:57.740><c> have</c><00:24:57.900><c> to</c><00:24:58.059><c> remember,</c><00:24:58.400><c> no</c><00:24:58.579><c> matter</c><00:24:58.740><c> what</c><00:25:00.000><c> challenge</c><00:25:00.779><c> we</c>

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face<00:25:01.519><c> and</c>

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what<00:25:02.059><c> change</c><00:25:02.500><c> in</c><00:25:02.720><c> our</c><00:25:02.980><c> plans,</c><00:25:03.279><c> whether</c><00:25:03.460><c> it</c><00:25:03.579><c> be</c><00:25:03.819><c> complex,</c><00:25:04.400><c> long</c>

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-term,<00:25:05.000><c> short</c><00:25:05.319><c>-term,</c>

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we<00:25:06.079><c> cannot</c><00:25:06.559><c> lose</c><00:25:06.900><c> our</c><00:25:07.200><c> faith</c><00:25:07.359><c> or</c><00:25:07.559><c> our</c><00:25:07.799><c> compassion.</c>

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Because<00:25:09.819><c> I</c><00:25:10.000><c> look</c><00:25:10.180><c> back.</c>

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In<00:25:15.200><c> the</c><00:25:15.720><c> last</c><00:25:16.220><c> ten</c><00:25:17.440><c> or</c><00:25:17.599><c> so</c><00:25:17.720><c> years</c><00:25:18.740><c> I</c><00:25:20.240><c> can</c><00:25:20.440><c> clearly</c><00:25:20.960><c> see</c><00:25:21.220><c> God's</c>

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impact<00:25:22.640><c> in</c><00:25:23.440><c> my</c><00:25:23.700><c> life.</c>

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But<00:25:25.960><c> not</c><00:25:26.480><c> so</c><00:25:26.740><c> much</c><00:25:27.019><c> at</c><00:25:27.279><c> the</c><00:25:27.500><c> time.</c>

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Because<00:25:29.079><c> when</c><00:25:29.519><c> you're</c><00:25:29.740><c> going</c><00:25:29.940><c> through</c><00:25:30.339><c> it,</c><00:25:31.460><c> you're</c><00:25:31.660><c> just</c><00:25:31.839><c> trying</c><00:25:32.059><c> to</c>

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get<00:25:32.259><c> through</c><00:25:32.579><c> it,</c><00:25:32.799><c> aren't</c><00:25:32.980><c> you?</c>

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But<00:25:34.619><c> we</c><00:25:34.859><c> all</c><00:25:35.000><c> have</c><00:25:35.220><c> perfect</c><00:25:35.519><c> hindsight,</c><00:25:36.859><c> and</c><00:25:37.000><c> you</c><00:25:37.059><c> go</c><00:25:37.279><c> back,</c><00:25:37.779><c> and</c><00:25:37.859><c> when</c><00:25:37.940><c> I</c>

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look<00:25:38.279><c> back,</c>

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I<00:25:38.660><c> can</c><00:25:38.880><c> clearly</c><00:25:39.380><c> see,</c><00:25:40.279><c> it's</c><00:25:40.680><c> funny</c><00:25:40.920><c> how</c><00:25:41.099><c> that</c><00:25:41.380><c> happened</c><00:25:41.599><c> that</c><00:25:41.880><c> way.</c>

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No,<00:25:43.240><c> it's</c><00:25:43.359><c> not</c><00:25:43.539><c> funny,</c><00:25:44.019><c> it's</c><00:25:44.140><c> God,</c><00:25:44.819><c> it's</c><00:25:45.039><c> your</c><00:25:45.180><c> faith,</c><00:25:45.420><c> your</c><00:25:45.579><c> compassion.</c>

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So<00:25:47.799><c> I</c><00:25:48.059><c> guess</c><00:25:48.559><c> my</c><00:25:49.460><c> message</c><00:25:49.740><c> is,</c><00:25:50.119><c> you</c><00:25:50.119><c> don't</c><00:25:50.579><c> lose</c><00:25:50.859><c> your</c><00:25:51.160><c> faith</c>

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nor<00:25:52.200><c> your</c><00:25:52.440><c> compassion.</c>

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Because<00:25:53.180><c> you</c><00:25:53.299><c> never</c><00:25:53.500><c> know,</c><00:25:53.660><c> that</c><00:25:53.819><c> next</c><00:25:53.960><c> big</c><00:25:54.220><c> change</c><00:25:54.480><c> in</c><00:25:54.640><c> your</c>

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plan,<00:25:55.920><c> that</c><00:25:56.059><c> next</c><00:25:56.339><c> big</c><00:25:56.980><c> detour,</c>

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may<00:25:58.500><c> put</c><00:25:58.680><c> you</c><00:25:58.859><c> right</c><00:25:59.019><c> where</c><00:25:59.220><c> God</c><00:25:59.500><c> wants</c><00:25:59.720><c> you</c><00:25:59.900><c> to</c><00:26:00.039><c> be.</c>