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and<00:18:00.369><c> we</c><00:18:00.750><c> love</c><00:18:00.970><c> each</c><00:18:01.329><c> other.</c>

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to<00:18:09.460><c> teach</c><00:18:10.039><c> the</c><00:18:10.740><c> truth</c><00:18:11.000><c> of</c><00:18:11.299><c> salvation</c>

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to<00:18:13.759><c> us</c><00:18:14.000><c> all</c><00:18:14.539><c> and</c><00:18:14.940><c> to</c><00:18:15.240><c> others.</c>

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There's<00:18:17.380><c> no</c><00:18:17.920><c> other</c><00:18:18.559><c> way</c>

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than<00:18:20.319><c> through</c><00:18:21.039><c> the</c><00:18:21.420><c> Lord</c><00:18:21.660><c> Jesus</c><00:18:22.160><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:18:30.160><c> we</c><00:18:30.759><c> must</c><00:18:31.619><c> retain</c><00:18:33.119><c> the</c><00:18:33.740><c> traction.</c>

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You<00:18:35.680><c> know,</c><00:18:35.839><c> I</c><00:18:35.880><c> have</c><00:18:36.079><c> a</c><00:18:36.400><c> button</c><00:18:36.599><c> in</c><00:18:36.900><c> my</c><00:18:37.279><c> car</c>

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that<00:18:37.839><c> I</c><00:18:37.980><c> can</c><00:18:38.259><c> push</c><00:18:38.559><c> and</c><00:18:38.720><c> it</c><00:18:38.819><c> will</c><00:18:39.259><c> automatically</c>

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turn<00:18:41.740><c> from</c><00:18:42.339><c> two</c><00:18:42.960><c> wheels</c><00:18:43.339><c> to</c><00:18:43.619><c> four</c><00:18:44.059><c> wheel</c><00:18:44.319><c> drive.</c>

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That's<00:18:46.240><c> a</c><00:18:46.380><c> traction</c><00:18:46.720><c> I'm</c><00:18:47.019><c> talking</c><00:18:47.319><c> about.</c>

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And<00:18:48.180><c> for</c><00:18:48.400><c> us,</c><00:18:48.680><c> it's</c><00:18:48.859><c> very</c><00:18:49.220><c> easy</c><00:18:49.519><c> to</c><00:18:49.799><c> do.</c>

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As<00:18:51.519><c> Brother</c><00:18:51.799><c> Steve</c><00:18:52.079><c> mentioned</c><00:18:52.500><c> in</c><00:18:52.700><c> his</c><00:18:52.799><c> conversation,</c>

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in<00:18:53.220><c> class,</c><00:18:53.380><c> it's</c><00:18:53.460><c> just</c><00:18:54.759><c> pushing</c><00:18:55.099><c> the</c><00:18:55.339><c> button,</c>

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knowing<00:18:56.640><c> which</c><00:18:56.980><c> button</c><00:18:57.200><c> to</c><00:18:57.480><c> push.</c>

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We<00:19:02.220><c> do</c><00:19:02.460><c> not</c><00:19:02.640><c> want</c><00:19:02.759><c> to</c><00:19:02.900><c> be</c><00:19:03.140><c> thrown</c><00:19:03.319><c> off</c><00:19:03.619><c> the</c><00:19:03.839><c> boat</c><00:19:04.000><c> of</c><00:19:04.180><c> salvation.</c>

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We<00:19:09.619><c> want</c><00:19:09.859><c> to</c><00:19:10.119><c> stay</c><00:19:10.460><c> the</c><00:19:10.819><c> course.</c>

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We<00:19:12.599><c> don't</c><00:19:12.880><c> want</c><00:19:13.079><c> to</c><00:19:14.500><c> get</c><00:19:14.500><c> discouraged.</c>

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We<00:19:17.259><c> don't</c><00:19:17.519><c> want</c><00:19:17.720><c> to</c><00:19:17.880><c> lose</c><00:19:18.380><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:19:21.039><c> want</c><00:19:21.299><c> to</c><00:19:21.559><c> value</c><00:19:22.240><c> the</c><00:19:23.079><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:19:24.000><c> we</c><00:19:24.180><c> have</c><00:19:24.400><c> with</c><00:19:24.599><c> God</c><00:19:25.319><c> and</c><00:19:26.940><c> with</c><00:19:27.200><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:19:28.940><c> with</c><00:19:29.519><c> each</c><00:19:29.799><c> other.</c>

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God<00:19:36.420><c> led</c><00:19:36.660><c> the</c><00:19:36.900><c> people</c><00:19:37.180><c> out</c><00:19:37.420><c> of</c><00:19:37.619><c> Egypt,</c><00:19:38.380><c> out</c><00:19:38.599><c> of</c><00:19:38.900><c> sin,</c>

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through<00:19:40.940><c> the</c><00:19:41.599><c> water,</c><00:19:44.400><c> into</c><00:19:45.220><c> the</c><00:19:45.640><c> wilderness,</c>

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into<00:19:48.660><c> the</c><00:19:49.059><c> promised</c><00:19:49.400><c> land.</c>

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And<00:19:51.819><c> yet,</c><00:19:53.019><c> those</c><00:19:53.480><c> who</c><00:19:53.759><c> lost</c><00:19:54.099><c> faith,</c><00:19:55.039><c> he</c><00:19:55.299><c> destroyed.</c>

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We<00:19:58.079><c> want</c><00:19:58.279><c> to</c><00:19:58.460><c> keep</c><00:19:58.619><c> the</c><00:19:58.859><c> faith.</c>

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They<00:20:01.779><c> have</c><00:20:02.039><c> no</c><00:20:03.759><c> substance.</c>

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They<00:20:05.279><c> have</c><00:20:05.640><c> no</c><00:20:06.079><c> anchor.</c>

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They<00:20:07.240><c> have</c><00:20:07.539><c> no</c><00:20:07.920><c> purpose.</c>

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They<00:20:09.220><c> have</c><00:20:09.500><c> no</c><00:20:09.900><c> spirit.</c>

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Those<00:20:12.559><c> are</c><00:20:12.740><c> the</c><00:20:12.940><c> people</c><00:20:13.140><c> we</c><00:20:13.339><c> do</c><00:20:13.619><c> not</c><00:20:13.839><c> want</c><00:20:14.000><c> to</c><00:20:14.240><c> become</c><00:20:14.460><c> like.</c>

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We<00:20:16.619><c> were</c><00:20:17.140><c> called</c><00:20:18.059><c> out</c><00:20:19.440><c> of</c><00:20:19.599><c> the</c><00:20:19.819><c> world</c>

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to<00:20:22.019><c> be</c><00:20:22.299><c> separate</c><00:20:22.920><c> with</c><00:20:24.500><c> the</c><00:20:24.680><c> hope</c><00:20:25.160><c> of</c><00:20:25.779><c> a</c><00:20:25.920><c> new</c><00:20:26.140><c> world.</c>

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What<00:20:27.619><c> a</c><00:20:28.160><c> privilege</c><00:20:28.799><c> it</c><00:20:30.099><c> is,</c><00:20:30.480><c> brothers</c><00:20:30.579><c> and</c><00:20:30.839><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:20:31.720><c> when</c><00:20:31.859><c> we</c><00:20:32.059><c> are</c><00:20:32.240><c> together,</c><00:20:32.740><c> we</c><00:20:32.960><c> seem</c><00:20:33.180><c> to</c><00:20:33.440><c> feel</c><00:20:33.660><c> good</c><00:20:34.039><c> about</c><00:20:34.359><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:36.980><c> as</c><00:20:37.740><c> time</c><00:20:38.119><c> goes</c><00:20:38.500><c> by,</c><00:20:39.140><c> Monday</c><00:20:39.559><c> and</c><00:20:39.839><c> Tuesday,</c>

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we're<00:20:42.359><c> involved</c><00:20:42.759><c> in</c><00:20:42.960><c> other</c><00:20:43.180><c> things</c>

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and<00:20:43.900><c> we</c><00:20:44.279><c> lose</c><00:20:44.819><c> some</c><00:20:45.220><c> of</c><00:20:45.539><c> our</c><00:20:46.619><c> determination.</c>

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But<00:20:49.660><c> I</c><00:20:49.960><c> urge</c><00:20:50.279><c> you,</c><00:20:51.220><c> along</c><00:20:51.400><c> with</c><00:20:51.680><c> myself,</c>

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to<00:20:53.759><c> maintain</c><00:20:54.940><c> that</c><00:20:56.099><c> hope</c><00:20:56.440><c> of</c><00:20:56.700><c> life</c><00:20:56.920><c> eternal.</c>

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So,

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Jude<00:21:07.079><c> tells</c><00:21:08.099><c> us</c><00:21:08.640><c> that</c><00:21:09.000><c> we</c><00:21:09.380><c> are</c><00:21:09.799><c> called</c>

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to<00:21:17.120><c> persevere.</c>

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You<00:21:19.660><c> look</c><00:21:19.880><c> at</c><00:21:20.599><c> verse</c><00:21:21.019><c> 17</c><00:21:21.720><c> in</c><00:21:22.000><c> this</c><00:21:22.940><c> epistle</c><00:21:23.319><c> of</c><00:21:23.640><c> Jude.</c>

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He<00:21:24.180><c> says,</c><00:21:25.099><c> but</c><00:21:25.200><c> dear</c><00:21:25.500><c> friends,</c>

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remember<00:21:27.519><c> what</c><00:21:27.720><c> the</c><00:21:28.039><c> apostle</c><00:21:28.440><c> of</c><00:21:28.700><c> our</c><00:21:28.779><c> Lord</c><00:21:28.960><c> Jesus</c><00:21:29.400><c> Christ</c><00:21:29.799><c> foretold.</c>

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They<00:21:32.839><c> said</c><00:21:33.059><c> to</c><00:21:33.259><c> you</c><00:21:33.400><c> in</c><00:21:33.599><c> the</c><00:21:33.759><c> last</c><00:21:34.180><c> times,</c>

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there<00:21:35.380><c> will</c><00:21:35.839><c> be</c><00:21:36.220><c> scoffers</c>

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who<00:21:37.700><c> will</c><00:21:38.039><c> follow</c><00:21:38.339><c> their</c><00:21:38.680><c> own</c><00:21:39.539><c> ungodly</c><00:21:40.339><c> desires.</c>

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These<00:21:43.259><c> are</c><00:21:43.980><c> the</c><00:21:44.119><c> men</c><00:21:44.299><c> who</c><00:21:44.559><c> divide</c><00:21:44.920><c> you,</c>

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who<00:21:46.420><c> follow</c><00:21:47.079><c> mere</c><00:21:47.619><c> natural</c><00:21:48.400><c> instincts</c>

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and<00:21:49.740><c> do</c><00:21:50.000><c> not</c><00:21:50.220><c> have</c><00:21:50.400><c> the</c><00:21:50.700><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:21:52.680><c> you,</c><00:21:53.200><c> dear</c><00:21:53.380><c> friends,</c>

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build<00:21:56.619><c> yourselves</c><00:21:57.519><c> up</c><00:21:58.119><c> in</c><00:21:58.579><c> your</c><00:21:58.759><c> most</c><00:21:59.019><c> holy</c><00:21:59.339><c> faith</c>

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and<00:22:01.279><c> pray</c><00:22:02.180><c> in</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c><00:22:03.359><c> Holy</c><00:22:03.640><c> Spirit</c>

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as<00:22:06.259><c> we</c><00:22:06.680><c> wait</c><00:22:07.140><c> for</c><00:22:08.259><c> the</c><00:22:08.500><c> mercy</c><00:22:09.039><c> of</c><00:22:09.559><c> our</c><00:22:09.740><c> Lord</c><00:22:09.980><c> Jesus</c><00:22:10.519><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:22:11.599><c> will</c><00:22:11.779><c> bring</c><00:22:11.900><c> us</c><00:22:12.200><c> eternal</c><00:22:12.579><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:19.259><c> he</c><00:22:19.460><c> asks</c><00:22:19.980><c> us</c><00:22:20.700><c> then</c><00:22:20.980><c> to</c><00:22:21.359><c> fix</c><00:22:21.700><c> our</c><00:22:22.079><c> eyes,</c>

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to<00:22:25.039><c> look</c><00:22:25.339><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:28.539><c> he</c><00:22:28.740><c> says,</c><00:22:30.420><c> be</c><00:22:30.539><c> merciful</c><00:22:31.099><c> to</c><00:22:31.420><c> those</c><00:22:31.980><c> who</c><00:22:32.960><c> doubt.</c>

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In<00:22:35.759><c> other</c><00:22:35.940><c> words,</c><00:22:36.299><c> when</c><00:22:36.420><c> I</c><00:22:36.720><c> doubt,</c>

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I<00:22:38.779><c> love</c><00:22:39.420><c> it</c>

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when<00:22:41.980><c> you</c><00:22:42.440><c> encourage</c><00:22:42.960><c> me</c>

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and<00:22:44.880><c> be</c><00:22:45.619><c> kind</c><00:22:46.200><c> to</c><00:22:46.500><c> me,</c>

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become,<00:22:47.400><c> be</c><00:22:47.920><c> merciful.</c>

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And<00:22:49.920><c> to</c><00:22:50.319><c> snatch</c><00:22:50.660><c> others</c><00:22:51.119><c> from</c><00:22:51.380><c> the</c><00:22:51.660><c> fire</c><00:22:51.980><c> and</c><00:22:52.279><c> save</c><00:22:52.599><c> them.</c>

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Those<00:22:54.500><c> that</c><00:22:54.740><c> are</c><00:22:54.940><c> not</c><00:22:55.279><c> just</c><00:22:55.720><c> discouraged,</c>

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but<00:22:56.599><c> are</c><00:22:57.099><c> really</c><00:22:57.559><c> discouraged,</c>

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we're<00:22:58.940><c> about</c><00:22:59.180><c> to</c><00:22:59.440><c> leave.</c>

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We<00:23:01.420><c> can</c><00:23:01.660><c> save</c><00:23:01.960><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:04.640><c> to</c><00:23:04.880><c> others</c><00:23:05.180><c> show</c><00:23:05.500><c> mercy</c><00:23:05.960><c> mixed</c><00:23:06.359><c> with</c><00:23:06.640><c> fear,</c>

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hating<00:23:08.019><c> even</c><00:23:08.319><c> the</c><00:23:08.619><c> clothing</c>

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that<00:23:10.119><c> was</c><00:23:10.460><c> stained.</c>

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And<00:23:13.180><c> then</c><00:23:13.559><c> he</c><00:23:13.880><c> says,</c>

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to<00:23:17.859><c> him</c><00:23:18.220><c> who</c><00:23:18.420><c> was</c><00:23:18.759><c> able</c><00:23:19.079><c> to</c><00:23:19.400><c> keep</c><00:23:19.599><c> you</c><00:23:19.880><c> from</c><00:23:20.180><c> falling</c>

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and<00:23:22.220><c> to</c><00:23:22.480><c> present</c><00:23:22.859><c> you</c><00:23:23.220><c> before</c><00:23:23.799><c> his</c><00:23:24.200><c> glorious</c><00:23:24.759><c> presence</c>

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without<00:23:25.880><c> fault</c><00:23:26.460><c> and</c><00:23:27.740><c> with</c><00:23:28.240><c> great</c><00:23:28.660><c> joy,</c>

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to<00:23:31.039><c> the</c><00:23:31.299><c> only</c><00:23:31.660><c> God,</c><00:23:32.119><c> our</c><00:23:32.420><c> Savior,</c>

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be<00:23:33.759><c> glory,</c><00:23:35.140><c> majesty,</c><00:23:36.319><c> power,</c><00:23:37.319><c> and</c><00:23:37.500><c> authority</c>

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through<00:23:39.319><c> Jesus</c><00:23:40.240><c> Christ</c><00:23:40.740><c> our</c><00:23:41.140><c> Lord</c>

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who<00:23:42.640><c> was</c><00:23:42.880><c> before</c><00:23:43.359><c> all</c><00:23:43.740><c> ages</c>

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is<00:23:45.779><c> now</c><00:23:46.440><c> and</c><00:23:47.859><c> forever</c><00:23:48.420><c> and</c><00:23:48.859><c> evermore.</c>

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Amen.

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One<00:23:55.099><c> thing</c><00:23:55.380><c> that</c><00:23:55.799><c> has</c><00:23:56.039><c> been</c><00:23:56.220><c> helpful</c><00:23:56.519><c> to</c><00:23:56.779><c> me,</c>

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brothers<00:23:57.240><c> and</c><00:23:57.500><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:23:58.200><c> we</c><00:23:59.339><c> consider</c><00:23:59.819><c> the</c><00:24:01.099><c> bread</c><00:24:01.500><c> and</c><00:24:01.759><c> the</c><00:24:01.980><c> wine</c>

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is<00:24:03.500><c> that</c><00:24:04.880><c> God's</c><00:24:05.900><c> love</c><00:24:06.220><c> is</c><00:24:06.700><c> remarkable.</c>

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He<00:24:09.119><c> loved</c><00:24:09.420><c> us</c><00:24:09.700><c> yesterday,</c>

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he<00:24:11.480><c> loves</c><00:24:11.700><c> us</c><00:24:12.000><c> today,</c>

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and<00:24:13.880><c> he</c><00:24:14.140><c> will</c><00:24:14.440><c> love</c><00:24:14.640><c> us</c><00:24:15.140><c> every</c><00:24:15.619><c> day</c><00:24:15.900><c> for</c><00:24:16.119><c> the</c><00:24:16.259><c> rest</c><00:24:16.420><c> of</c><00:24:16.619><c> our</c><00:24:16.819><c> life.</c>

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And<00:24:19.059><c> when</c><00:24:19.180><c> we</c><00:24:19.720><c> think</c><00:24:20.059><c> of</c><00:24:20.380><c> that</c><00:24:20.940><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:24:23.539><c> our</c><00:24:23.880><c> Father</c><00:24:24.200><c> has</c><00:24:24.599><c> with</c><00:24:24.839><c> us,</c>

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I<00:24:27.039><c> mean,</c><00:24:27.160><c> how</c><00:24:27.500><c> can</c><00:24:27.740><c> we</c><00:24:28.059><c> become</c><00:24:28.400><c> discouraged?</c>

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Look<00:24:30.839><c> up,</c><00:24:32.099><c> so</c><00:24:32.259><c> that's</c><00:24:33.740><c> where</c><00:24:34.579><c> our</c><00:24:35.380><c> future</c><00:24:35.640><c> lies.</c>

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Thank<00:24:37.759><c> you.</c>