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And<00:12:32.379><c> there</c><00:12:32.620><c> appeared</c><00:12:33.039><c> an</c><00:12:33.320><c> angel</c><00:12:33.679><c> unto</c><00:12:33.960><c> him</c><00:12:34.259><c> from</c><00:12:34.559><c> heaven,</c>

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strengthening<00:12:35.679><c> him</c><00:12:36.460><c> in</c><00:12:37.580><c> being</c><00:12:38.179><c> in</c><00:12:38.539><c> an</c><00:12:38.919><c> agony.</c>

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He<00:12:41.580><c> prayed</c><00:12:41.960><c> more</c><00:12:42.559><c> earnestly,</c><00:12:43.899><c> and</c><00:12:44.179><c> his</c><00:12:44.659><c> sweat</c>

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was<00:12:45.500><c> with</c><00:12:45.899><c> great</c><00:12:46.360><c> drops</c><00:12:46.740><c> of</c><00:12:47.059><c> blood</c><00:12:47.399><c> falling</c><00:12:47.899><c> down</c><00:12:48.740><c> to</c><00:12:49.899><c> the</c><00:12:50.179><c> ground.</c>

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What<00:12:53.519><c> a</c><00:12:53.879><c> powerful</c><00:12:54.379><c> picture</c><00:12:55.139><c> Luke</c><00:12:56.440><c> paints</c><00:12:56.899><c> for</c><00:12:57.200><c> us,</c>

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that<00:12:57.639><c> Matthew</c><00:12:58.059><c> paints</c><00:12:58.440><c> for</c><00:12:58.679><c> us</c><00:12:58.860><c> in</c><00:12:59.019><c> these</c><00:12:59.240><c> gospel</c><00:12:59.720><c> accounts.</c>

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Sorrowful<00:13:02.799><c> unto</c><00:13:03.120><c> death,</c><00:13:03.720><c> brothers</c><00:13:03.860><c> and</c><00:13:04.159><c> sisters,</c><00:13:05.700><c> in</c><00:13:06.240><c> agony.</c>

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Wanting<00:13:10.100><c> his</c><00:13:10.460><c> disciples</c><00:13:11.000><c> to</c><00:13:11.259><c> be</c><00:13:11.539><c> there,</c><00:13:11.740><c> but</c><00:13:11.879><c> they</c><00:13:12.139><c> couldn't.</c>

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Luke<00:13:13.740><c> tells</c><00:13:14.039><c> us</c><00:13:14.259><c> they</c><00:13:14.399><c> were</c><00:13:14.820><c> asleep</c><00:13:15.159><c> for</c><00:13:15.500><c> sorrow</c><00:13:15.840><c> as</c><00:13:16.159><c> well.</c>

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And<00:13:18.299><c> so</c><00:13:18.580><c> Joseph</c><00:13:19.080><c> is</c><00:13:19.360><c> in</c><00:13:19.519><c> the</c><00:13:19.700><c> pit.</c>

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The<00:13:20.980><c> writer</c><00:13:21.299><c> of</c><00:13:21.620><c> the</c><00:13:22.039><c> 44th</c><00:13:22.860><c> Psalm</c><00:13:23.159><c> is</c><00:13:24.220><c> pleading</c><00:13:24.840><c> to</c><00:13:25.080><c> God</c><00:13:25.419><c> for</c><00:13:25.740><c> help.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:13:26.779><c> is</c><00:13:27.179><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:13:29.240><c> here</c><00:13:29.419><c> is</c><00:13:29.740><c> Christ</c><00:13:30.120><c> suffering</c><00:13:30.980><c> in</c><00:13:31.820><c> mental</c><00:13:32.460><c> anguish</c><00:13:33.320><c> in</c><00:13:33.600><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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We<00:13:40.480><c> can</c><00:13:40.720><c> learn</c><00:13:40.919><c> a</c><00:13:41.080><c> lot</c><00:13:41.240><c> from</c><00:13:41.480><c> Christ</c><00:13:41.840><c> here,</c><00:13:42.299><c> brothers</c><00:13:42.379><c> and</c><00:13:42.679><c> sisters.</c>

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Turn<00:13:46.019><c> to</c><00:13:46.299><c> God</c><00:13:46.940><c> in</c><00:13:47.779><c> prayer</c><00:13:48.139><c> for</c><00:13:48.480><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:13:52.360><c> you</c><00:13:52.580><c> know,</c><00:13:52.940><c> brothers</c><00:13:53.080><c> and</c><00:13:53.340><c> sisters,</c>

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oftentimes<00:13:54.360><c> in</c><00:13:54.940><c> my</c><00:13:55.320><c> life,</c><00:13:55.580><c> thankfully,</c>

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I<00:13:56.320><c> haven't</c><00:13:56.620><c> been</c><00:13:56.940><c> in</c><00:13:57.100><c> too</c><00:13:57.399><c> many</c><00:13:57.679><c> pits.</c>

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But<00:14:00.940><c> when</c><00:14:01.139><c> I've</c><00:14:01.379><c> gotten</c><00:14:01.639><c> into</c><00:14:02.000><c> pits,</c><00:14:03.740><c> into</c><00:14:04.019><c> empty</c><00:14:04.419><c> wells,</c>

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I<00:14:05.000><c> wasn't</c><00:14:05.360><c> placed</c><00:14:05.879><c> there</c><00:14:06.039><c> by</c><00:14:06.379><c> somebody</c><00:14:06.740><c> else.</c>

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I<00:14:08.179><c> put</c><00:14:08.340><c> myself</c><00:14:08.919><c> in</c><00:14:09.100><c> the</c><00:14:09.279><c> pit.</c>

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And<00:14:10.720><c> I</c><00:14:10.840><c> think</c><00:14:10.960><c> we</c><00:14:11.159><c> do</c><00:14:11.379><c> that</c><00:14:11.639><c> a</c><00:14:11.820><c> lot.</c>

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And<00:14:13.840><c> we</c><00:14:13.980><c> don't</c><00:14:14.259><c> really</c><00:14:14.620><c> know</c><00:14:14.840><c> how</c><00:14:15.039><c> to</c><00:14:15.220><c> get</c><00:14:15.360><c> out</c><00:14:15.580><c> of</c><00:14:15.759><c> that</c><00:14:16.000><c> pit.</c>

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We<00:14:17.279><c> might</c><00:14:17.480><c> be</c><00:14:17.919><c> struggling</c><00:14:18.360><c> with</c><00:14:18.759><c> something.</c>

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We<00:14:20.779><c> might</c><00:14:21.019><c> be</c><00:14:21.379><c> struggling</c><00:14:21.779><c> with</c><00:14:22.220><c> our</c><00:14:22.559><c> faith.</c>

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We've<00:14:24.700><c> lost</c><00:14:25.100><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:14:26.460><c> can't</c><00:14:26.940><c> see</c><00:14:27.179><c> the</c><00:14:27.440><c> end.</c>

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We<00:14:27.799><c> can't</c><00:14:28.220><c> see</c><00:14:28.399><c> the</c><00:14:28.639><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:14:29.200><c> can't</c><00:14:29.639><c> see</c><00:14:29.860><c> eternal</c><00:14:30.200><c> life</c><00:14:30.940><c> because</c><00:14:31.820><c> the</c><00:14:32.139><c> pit</c><00:14:32.240><c> is</c><00:14:32.500><c> dark.</c>

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We<00:14:35.259><c> don't</c><00:14:35.600><c> have</c><00:14:35.860><c> the</c><00:14:36.179><c> tools</c><00:14:36.460><c> sometimes,</c>

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the<00:14:37.580><c> spiritual</c><00:14:38.120><c> weapons</c><00:14:38.519><c> to</c><00:14:38.740><c> help</c><00:14:39.000><c> ourselves</c><00:14:39.539><c> up.</c>

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But<00:14:41.679><c> of</c><00:14:41.960><c> course,</c><00:14:42.159><c> that's</c><00:14:42.399><c> why</c><00:14:42.639><c> we</c><00:14:42.879><c> have</c><00:14:43.120><c> each</c><00:14:43.399><c> other.</c>

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That's<00:14:45.019><c> why</c><00:14:45.279><c> God</c><00:14:45.799><c> sent</c><00:14:46.120><c> his</c><00:14:46.759><c> angel</c><00:14:47.360><c> to</c><00:14:47.720><c> strengthen</c><00:14:48.279><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:14:50.179><c> that's</c><00:14:50.539><c> why</c><00:14:50.799><c> God</c><00:14:51.179><c> and</c><00:14:51.399><c> his</c><00:14:51.639><c> wisdom</c><00:14:51.980><c> has</c><00:14:52.340><c> given</c><00:14:52.659><c> each</c><00:14:53.120><c> other</c>

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to<00:14:54.940><c> help</c><00:14:55.120><c> strengthen</c><00:14:55.659><c> us.</c>

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There's<00:14:59.799><c> a</c><00:14:59.980><c> great</c><00:15:00.139><c> little</c><00:15:01.299><c> poem</c><00:15:01.899><c> by</c><00:15:02.299><c> Emily</c><00:15:03.000><c> Dickerson</c><00:15:03.480><c> called</c><00:15:03.860><c> Hope.</c>

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And<00:15:05.580><c> I'm</c><00:15:05.659><c> not</c><00:15:05.820><c> gonna</c><00:15:05.960><c> read</c><00:15:06.159><c> the</c><00:15:06.360><c> whole</c><00:15:06.539><c> thing.</c>

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I'm<00:15:06.840><c> gonna</c><00:15:06.940><c> read</c><00:15:07.080><c> the</c><00:15:07.340><c> first</c><00:15:07.600><c> stanza.</c>

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It's<00:15:08.559><c> a</c><00:15:08.580><c> really</c><00:15:08.740><c> nice</c><00:15:08.980><c> little</c><00:15:09.179><c> poem.</c>

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She<00:15:11.799><c> writes,</c><00:15:12.139><c> hope</c><00:15:12.679><c> is</c><00:15:13.659><c> the</c><00:15:14.019><c> thing</c><00:15:14.340><c> with</c><00:15:14.759><c> feathers</c>

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that<00:15:17.460><c> perches</c><00:15:18.059><c> in</c><00:15:18.279><c> the</c><00:15:18.519><c> soul</c>

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and<00:15:20.919><c> sings</c><00:15:21.379><c> the</c><00:15:21.759><c> tune</c><00:15:22.399><c> without</c><00:15:23.460><c> the</c><00:15:23.840><c> words</c>

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and<00:15:26.639><c> never</c><00:15:27.019><c> stops</c><00:15:27.779><c> at</c><00:15:28.399><c> all.</c>

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And<00:15:31.379><c> so</c><00:15:31.480><c> the</c><00:15:31.679><c> question,</c><00:15:32.320><c> brothers</c><00:15:32.419><c> and</c><00:15:32.740><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:15:33.700><c> we</c><00:15:33.879><c> need</c><00:15:34.039><c> to</c><00:15:34.340><c> ask</c><00:15:34.580><c> ourselves</c><00:15:35.220><c> with</c><00:15:35.779><c> this</c><00:15:36.100><c> bread</c><00:15:36.360><c> and</c>

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wine<00:15:36.820><c> here,</c>

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the<00:15:38.220><c> symbol</c><00:15:38.440><c> of</c><00:15:38.639><c> the</c><00:15:38.860><c> great</c><00:15:39.120><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:39.840><c> of</c><00:15:40.100><c> Christ,</c>

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where<00:15:43.080><c> is</c><00:15:43.340><c> our</c><00:15:43.600><c> hope?</c>

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Is<00:15:45.960><c> that</c><00:15:46.299><c> hope</c><00:15:46.559><c> still</c><00:15:46.919><c> with</c><00:15:47.159><c> us,</c><00:15:47.379><c> the</c><00:15:47.720><c> hope</c><00:15:47.960><c> of</c><00:15:48.240><c> eternal</c><00:15:48.620><c> life?</c>

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It<00:15:50.019><c> was</c><00:15:50.240><c> something</c><00:15:50.519><c> that</c><00:15:50.840><c> Paul</c><00:15:51.120><c> wrote</c><00:15:51.419><c> on</c><00:15:51.759><c> quite</c><00:15:52.080><c> a</c><00:15:52.299><c> bit</c>

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in<00:15:52.840><c> his</c><00:15:53.179><c> epistles.</c>

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about<00:15:56.620><c> hoping</c><00:15:57.039><c> and</c><00:15:57.419><c> trusting</c><00:15:57.759><c> in</c><00:15:58.080><c> God,</c>

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despite<00:15:59.159><c> our</c><00:15:59.580><c> circumstances.</c>

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So<00:16:01.299><c> let's</c><00:16:02.320><c> take</c><00:16:02.600><c> a</c><00:16:02.740><c> look</c><00:16:02.860><c> at</c><00:16:03.080><c> a</c><00:16:03.200><c> couple</c><00:16:03.940><c> of</c><00:16:04.220><c> these.</c>

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And<00:16:05.820><c> we</c><00:16:06.139><c> just</c><00:16:06.379><c> read</c><00:16:06.559><c> this</c><00:16:06.860><c> in</c><00:16:07.279><c> the</c><00:16:07.559><c> Psalms</c><00:16:08.259><c> in</c><00:16:09.240><c> our</c><00:16:09.460><c> middle</c><00:16:09.700><c> portion.</c>

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And<00:16:10.519><c> in</c><00:16:12.840><c> Psalm</c><00:16:13.259><c> 40,</c><00:16:13.720><c> right?</c>

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Very<00:16:14.200><c> famous</c><00:16:14.960><c> Psalm.</c>

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I<00:16:16.299><c> waited</c><00:16:16.779><c> patiently</c><00:16:17.779><c> for</c><00:16:18.600><c> the</c><00:16:18.840><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:16:20.460><c> he</c><00:16:20.879><c> inclined</c><00:16:21.740><c> unto</c><00:16:22.360><c> me</c><00:16:23.059><c> and</c><00:16:23.379><c> heard</c><00:16:23.620><c> my</c><00:16:24.059><c> cry.</c>

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He<00:16:24.460><c> brought</c><00:16:24.700><c> me</c><00:16:25.000><c> up</c><00:16:25.240><c> also</c><00:16:25.639><c> out</c><00:16:25.840><c> of</c><00:16:25.980><c> an</c><00:16:26.200><c> horrible</c><00:16:26.559><c> pit,</c>

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out<00:16:27.779><c> of</c><00:16:28.019><c> the</c><00:16:28.240><c> miry</c><00:16:28.919><c> clay</c><00:16:29.519><c> and</c><00:16:30.259><c> set</c><00:16:30.539><c> my</c><00:16:30.899><c> feet</c><00:16:31.039><c> upon</c><00:16:31.379><c> a</c><00:16:31.600><c> rock</c>

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He<00:16:33.460><c> hath</c><00:16:33.559><c> put</c><00:16:33.759><c> a</c><00:16:34.080><c> new</c><00:16:34.379><c> song</c><00:16:34.700><c> in</c><00:16:34.919><c> my</c><00:16:35.159><c> mouth,</c>

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even<00:16:36.419><c> praise</c><00:16:36.899><c> unto</c><00:16:37.220><c> our</c><00:16:37.580><c> God.</c>

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Many<00:16:38.620><c> shall</c><00:16:39.000><c> see</c><00:16:39.299><c> it</c><00:16:39.580><c> in</c><00:16:39.759><c> fear</c><00:16:39.980><c> and</c><00:16:40.200><c> shall</c><00:16:40.419><c> trust</c><00:16:40.960><c> in</c><00:16:41.860><c> the</c><00:16:42.039><c> Lord.</c>

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Waiting<00:16:44.120><c> patiently</c><00:16:45.039><c> for</c><00:16:46.580><c> God,</c>

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trusting<00:16:48.120><c> in</c><00:16:48.480><c> him,</c><00:16:49.279><c> hoping</c><00:16:49.840><c> in</c><00:16:50.220><c> his</c><00:16:50.539><c> deliverance.</c>

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25th<00:16:56.740><c> Psalm.</c>

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for<00:17:10.200><c> they</c><00:17:10.460><c> are</c><00:17:10.680><c> many</c><00:17:10.940><c> and</c><00:17:11.140><c> they</c><00:17:11.440><c> hate</c><00:17:11.619><c> me</c><00:17:11.859><c> with</c><00:17:12.140><c> cruel</c><00:17:12.400><c> hatred.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:14.359><c> keep</c><00:17:14.480><c> my</c><00:17:15.039><c> soul</c><00:17:15.660><c> and</c><00:17:16.140><c> deliver</c><00:17:16.599><c> me.</c>

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Let<00:17:18.500><c> me</c><00:17:18.740><c> not</c><00:17:19.059><c> be</c><00:17:19.420><c> ashamed,</c><00:17:19.960><c> for</c><00:17:20.059><c> I</c><00:17:20.339><c> put</c><00:17:20.460><c> my</c><00:17:20.819><c> trust</c><00:17:21.160><c> in</c><00:17:22.200><c> thee.</c>

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Let<00:17:23.259><c> integrity</c><00:17:23.900><c> and</c><00:17:24.140><c> uprightness</c><00:17:24.799><c> preserve</c><00:17:25.240><c> me,</c>

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for<00:17:25.779><c> I</c><00:17:26.140><c> wait</c><00:17:26.420><c> on</c><00:17:26.720><c> thee.</c>

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Redeem<00:17:28.980><c> Israel,</c><00:17:29.720><c> oh</c><00:17:29.920><c> God,</c><00:17:31.380><c> out</c><00:17:31.640><c> of</c><00:17:31.940><c> all</c><00:17:32.400><c> his</c><00:17:33.420><c> troubles.</c>

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You<00:17:35.940><c> know,</c><00:17:36.099><c> sometimes</c><00:17:36.680><c> brothers</c><00:17:37.039><c> and</c><00:17:37.359><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:17:40.440><c> can</c><00:17:40.700><c> get</c><00:17:40.900><c> frustrated</c><00:17:41.460><c> with</c><00:17:41.759><c> God</c>

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when<00:17:43.039><c> we</c><00:17:43.200><c> go</c><00:17:43.420><c> through</c><00:17:43.660><c> things</c><00:17:44.019><c> in</c><00:17:44.259><c> our</c><00:17:44.460><c> lives.</c>

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We<00:17:47.299><c> can</c><00:17:47.680><c> feel</c><00:17:47.920><c> as</c><00:17:48.180><c> if</c><00:17:48.299><c> we're</c><00:17:48.519><c> not</c><00:17:48.819><c> being</c><00:17:49.299><c> treated</c><00:17:49.779><c> properly,</c>

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that<00:17:50.619><c> it's</c><00:17:51.099><c> unjust.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:54.240><c> a</c><00:17:54.440><c> loss</c><00:17:54.740><c> of</c><00:17:55.000><c> a</c><00:17:55.119><c> loved</c><00:17:55.380><c> one</c><00:17:55.519><c> in</c><00:17:55.720><c> our</c><00:17:55.940><c> family.</c>

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Loss<00:17:58.559><c> of</c><00:17:58.859><c> a</c><00:17:58.880><c> job.</c>

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Loss<00:18:00.900><c> of</c><00:18:01.180><c> affection.</c>

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All<00:18:03.960><c> of</c><00:18:04.220><c> these</c><00:18:04.539><c> things</c><00:18:04.960><c> can</c><00:18:05.240><c> weigh</c><00:18:05.400><c> very</c><00:18:05.859><c> heavily</c><00:18:06.180><c> on</c><00:18:06.440><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:08.240><c> when</c><00:18:08.400><c> we're</c><00:18:08.640><c> dealing</c><00:18:09.019><c> with,</c><00:18:09.400><c> you</c><00:18:09.599><c> know,</c>

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perhaps<00:18:10.500><c> depression</c><00:18:11.299><c> or</c><00:18:11.539><c> other</c><00:18:11.779><c> mental</c><00:18:12.140><c> health</c><00:18:12.500><c> issues,</c>

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sometimes<00:18:14.640><c> we</c><00:18:15.059><c> struggle</c><00:18:15.559><c> to</c><00:18:15.960><c> find</c><00:18:16.299><c> that</c><00:18:16.640><c> hope</c><00:18:16.880><c> in</c><00:18:17.180><c> scripture,</c>

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to<00:18:17.640><c> have</c><00:18:17.779><c> it</c><00:18:18.440><c> make</c><00:18:18.640><c> an</c><00:18:18.940><c> impact</c><00:18:19.420><c> upon</c><00:18:19.779><c> our</c><00:18:20.099><c> hearts,</c>

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because<00:18:21.740><c> we're</c><00:18:23.019><c> in</c><00:18:23.319><c> the</c><00:18:23.619><c> dark.</c>

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And<00:18:26.460><c> we're</c><00:18:27.259><c> desperately</c><00:18:27.819><c> trying</c><00:18:28.240><c> to</c><00:18:28.460><c> see</c><00:18:28.680><c> the</c><00:18:28.940><c> light.</c>

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But<00:18:30.859><c> it</c><00:18:31.000><c> can</c><00:18:31.180><c> be</c><00:18:31.440><c> difficult</c><00:18:31.940><c> sometimes,</c>

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for<00:18:33.839><c> a</c><00:18:34.019><c> host</c><00:18:34.279><c> of</c><00:18:34.559><c> different</c><00:18:34.759><c> reasons.</c>

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But<00:18:37.480><c> we</c><00:18:37.700><c> can't</c><00:18:38.000><c> get</c><00:18:38.160><c> discouraged,</c><00:18:38.759><c> brothers</c><00:18:39.099><c> and</c><00:18:39.380><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:18:40.880><c> can't</c><00:18:41.359><c> cast</c><00:18:41.759><c> out</c><00:18:42.079><c> darkness</c><00:18:42.579><c> with</c><00:18:42.880><c> more</c><00:18:43.160><c> darkness.</c>

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We<00:18:45.059><c> can't</c><00:18:45.480><c> cast</c><00:18:45.920><c> out</c><00:18:46.319><c> loneliness</c><00:18:46.900><c> with</c><00:18:47.339><c> more</c><00:18:47.640><c> loneliness.</c>

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We<00:18:49.099><c> can't</c><00:18:49.559><c> cast</c><00:18:49.960><c> out</c><00:18:50.240><c> isolation</c><00:18:51.019><c> by</c><00:18:51.380><c> isolating</c><00:18:52.160><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:18:53.579><c> not</c><00:18:53.740><c> how</c><00:18:53.960><c> it</c><00:18:54.180><c> works.</c>

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Paul<00:18:59.519><c> to</c><00:18:59.799><c> Titus,</c><00:19:00.319><c> got</c><00:19:00.400><c> a</c><00:19:00.539><c> couple</c><00:19:00.660><c> more</c><00:19:00.980><c> of</c><00:19:01.119><c> these.</c>

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I'm<00:19:01.539><c> gonna</c><00:19:01.619><c> spend</c><00:19:01.799><c> too</c><00:19:02.059><c> much</c><00:19:02.279><c> time</c><00:19:02.519><c> on</c><00:19:02.700><c> it,</c>

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but<00:19:03.180><c> I</c><00:19:03.759><c> think</c><00:19:03.940><c> you'll</c><00:19:04.140><c> get</c><00:19:04.299><c> the</c><00:19:04.460><c> message.</c>

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In<00:19:05.000><c> Titus,</c><00:19:05.400><c> the</c><00:19:05.599><c> first</c><00:19:05.839><c> chapter.</c>

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Now,<00:19:13.920><c> when</c><00:19:14.039><c> I</c><00:19:14.180><c> looked</c><00:19:14.319><c> this</c><00:19:14.579><c> up,</c>

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I<00:19:14.859><c> thought</c><00:19:15.119><c> about</c><00:19:15.539><c> Brother</c><00:19:15.920><c> Richard</c><00:19:16.299><c> right</c><00:19:16.700><c> away.</c>

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So<00:19:17.200><c> let's,</c><00:19:18.200><c> Paul,</c><00:19:18.640><c> a</c><00:19:18.759><c> servant</c><00:19:18.980><c> of</c><00:19:19.220><c> God,</c>

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an<00:19:19.900><c> apostle</c><00:19:20.279><c> of</c><00:19:20.420><c> Jesus</c><00:19:20.839><c> Christ,</c>

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according<00:19:21.440><c> to</c><00:19:21.720><c> the</c><00:19:21.940><c> faith</c><00:19:22.119><c> of</c><00:19:22.359><c> God's</c><00:19:22.839><c> elect,</c>

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and<00:19:24.039><c> the</c><00:19:24.359><c> acknowledging</c><00:19:24.819><c> of</c><00:19:25.059><c> the</c><00:19:25.380><c> truth,</c>

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which<00:19:26.240><c> is</c><00:19:26.740><c> after</c><00:19:27.319><c> godliness,</c>

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in<00:19:29.180><c> hope</c><00:19:29.579><c> of</c><00:19:29.920><c> eternal</c><00:19:30.380><c> life,</c>

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which<00:19:31.759><c> God,</c><00:19:33.339><c> that</c><00:19:33.599><c> cannot</c><00:19:34.019><c> lie,</c>

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promised<00:19:36.700><c> before</c><00:19:37.259><c> the</c><00:19:37.539><c> world</c><00:19:38.220><c> began.</c>

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That's<00:19:39.579><c> our</c><00:19:39.819><c> hope,</c><00:19:40.039><c> brothers</c><00:19:40.339><c> and</c><00:19:40.619><c> sisters,</c><00:19:40.859><c> of</c><00:19:41.099><c> eternal</c><00:19:41.460><c> life.</c>

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That's<00:19:43.160><c> why</c><00:19:43.380><c> we're</c><00:19:43.680><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:19:44.920><c> why</c><00:19:45.160><c> we</c><00:19:45.839><c> live,</c><00:19:46.319><c> move,</c><00:19:46.500><c> and</c><00:19:46.740><c> have</c><00:19:46.920><c> our</c><00:19:47.259><c> being.</c>

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It's<00:19:48.920><c> our</c><00:19:49.160><c> hope</c><00:19:49.619><c> of</c><00:19:50.980><c> eternal</c><00:19:51.640><c> life</c><00:19:52.240><c> with</c><00:19:52.579><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:54.559><c> that</c><00:19:54.819><c> kingdom</c><00:19:55.380><c> to</c><00:19:55.900><c> come.</c>

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Let's<00:20:03.579><c> look</c><00:20:03.859><c> at,</c><00:20:05.559><c> yes,</c><00:20:06.339><c> yeah,</c><00:20:06.619><c> this</c><00:20:06.759><c> is</c><00:20:06.880><c> a</c><00:20:06.980><c> good</c><00:20:07.019><c> one.</c>

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Second<00:20:07.940><c> Chronicles,</c><00:20:09.640><c> Corinthians,</c><00:20:10.559><c> sorry.</c>

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Corinthians,<00:20:11.640><c> Second</c><00:20:11.900><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Paul<00:20:19.539><c> here</c><00:20:20.059><c> is</c><00:20:20.420><c> talking</c><00:20:20.740><c> to</c><00:20:21.000><c> the</c><00:20:21.180><c> Corinthians</c>

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about<00:20:22.319><c> his</c><00:20:23.000><c> struggles</c><00:20:23.480><c> and</c><00:20:23.740><c> his</c><00:20:24.119><c> sufferings</c>

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that<00:20:24.740><c> he</c><00:20:24.940><c> went</c><00:20:25.099><c> through</c><00:20:25.299><c> in</c><00:20:25.500><c> preaching</c><00:20:25.779><c> the</c><00:20:26.039><c> Gospels,</c><00:20:26.420><c> right?</c>

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Let's<00:20:27.160><c> see</c><00:20:27.279><c> what</c><00:20:27.480><c> Paul</c><00:20:27.799><c> says</c><00:20:28.119><c> about</c><00:20:28.400><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:20:31.420><c> eight,</c><00:20:32.579><c> verse</c><00:20:32.799><c> seven.</c>

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knowing<00:20:35.079><c> that</c><00:20:35.319><c> as</c><00:20:35.559><c> ye</c><00:20:35.720><c> are</c><00:20:35.960><c> partakers</c><00:20:36.339><c> of</c><00:20:36.599><c> the</c><00:20:37.220><c> suffering,</c>

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so<00:20:38.200><c> shall</c><00:20:38.460><c> ye</c><00:20:38.799><c> be</c><00:20:40.519><c> also</c><00:20:41.099><c> of</c><00:20:41.319><c> the</c><00:20:41.559><c> consolation.</c>

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For<00:20:42.660><c> we</c><00:20:42.980><c> would</c><00:20:43.279><c> not,</c><00:20:43.579><c> brethren,</c><00:20:44.019><c> have</c><00:20:44.200><c> you</c><00:20:44.519><c> ignorant</c>

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of<00:20:46.039><c> our</c><00:20:46.400><c> trouble</c><00:20:46.680><c> which</c><00:20:46.980><c> came</c><00:20:47.279><c> to</c><00:20:47.559><c> us</c><00:20:47.819><c> in</c><00:20:48.180><c> Asia,</c>

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that<00:20:49.680><c> we</c><00:20:50.000><c> were</c><00:20:50.539><c> pressed</c><00:20:51.140><c> out</c><00:20:52.299><c> of</c><00:20:52.660><c> measure,</c>

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above<00:20:54.359><c> strength,</c>

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in<00:20:56.740><c> so</c><00:20:56.940><c> much</c><00:20:57.200><c> that</c><00:20:57.480><c> we</c><00:20:57.880><c> despaired,</c>

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even<00:21:01.339><c> of</c><00:21:01.599><c> life.</c>

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But<00:21:04.940><c> we</c><00:21:05.279><c> had</c><00:21:05.519><c> the</c><00:21:05.799><c> sentence</c><00:21:06.140><c> of</c><00:21:06.460><c> death</c><00:21:06.660><c> in</c><00:21:06.880><c> ourselves</c>

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that<00:21:07.559><c> we</c><00:21:07.839><c> should</c><00:21:08.099><c> not</c><00:21:08.440><c> trust</c><00:21:08.799><c> in</c><00:21:09.099><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:21:11.599><c> in</c><00:21:12.079><c> God</c><00:21:12.579><c> which</c><00:21:13.200><c> raises</c><00:21:13.920><c> the</c><00:21:14.759><c> dead.</c>

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Brothers<00:21:16.579><c> and</c><00:21:16.900><c> sisters,</c><00:21:17.359><c> Paul,</c><00:21:17.900><c> the</c><00:21:18.160><c> Apostle</c><00:21:18.819><c> Paul,</c>

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despaired<00:21:21.119><c> unto</c><00:21:21.440><c> death.</c>

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It's<00:21:22.819><c> how</c><00:21:22.940><c> difficult</c><00:21:23.579><c> the</c><00:21:23.819><c> situation</c><00:21:24.480><c> was,</c>

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but<00:21:25.859><c> he</c><00:21:26.200><c> never</c><00:21:26.559><c> lost</c><00:21:26.880><c> faith</c><00:21:27.200><c> in</c><00:21:27.500><c> God.</c>

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He<00:21:29.319><c> never</c><00:21:29.799><c> stopped</c><00:21:30.160><c> trusting</c><00:21:30.819><c> in</c><00:21:31.240><c> God</c>

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despite<00:21:32.140><c> his</c><00:21:32.579><c> circumstances.</c>

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You<00:21:35.240><c> know,</c><00:21:35.420><c> and</c><00:21:35.539><c> if</c><00:21:35.660><c> we</c><00:21:35.839><c> read,</c><00:21:36.259><c> it</c><00:21:36.619><c> goes</c><00:21:36.859><c> on,</c>

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we're<00:21:37.200><c> gonna</c><00:21:37.339><c> turn</c><00:21:37.579><c> it</c><00:21:37.700><c> up,</c><00:21:37.859><c> and</c><00:21:37.980><c> in</c><00:21:38.119><c> the</c><00:21:39.140><c> 11th</c><00:21:39.839><c> chapter,</c>

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chapter<00:21:40.039><c> of</c><00:21:40.220><c> 2</c><00:21:40.579><c> Corinthians,</c>

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he<00:21:42.359><c> talks</c><00:21:42.619><c> about</c><00:21:42.859><c> all</c><00:21:43.119><c> the</c><00:21:43.339><c> things</c><00:21:43.539><c> that</c><00:21:43.759><c> he</c><00:21:43.940><c> went</c><00:21:44.119><c> through,</c><00:21:44.859><c> right?</c>

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The<00:21:45.299><c> shipwrecks,</c><00:21:46.039><c> the</c><00:21:46.299><c> beatings,</c><00:21:47.240><c> the</c><00:21:47.480><c> whips,</c>

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the<00:21:48.019><c> whipping,</c><00:21:48.460><c> so</c><00:21:48.599><c> on</c><00:21:48.819><c> and</c><00:21:48.980><c> so</c><00:21:49.220><c> forth.</c>

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In<00:21:53.440><c> Hebrews,</c><00:21:54.140><c> couple</c><00:21:54.380><c> more</c><00:21:54.700><c> here,</c><00:21:55.059><c> brothers</c><00:21:55.200><c> and</c><00:21:55.440><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:21:55.839><c> Hebrews,</c><00:21:58.200><c> in</c><00:21:58.319><c> the</c><00:21:58.579><c> 11th</c><00:21:59.200><c> chapter,</c>

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we<00:21:59.579><c> have</c><00:21:59.759><c> the</c><00:22:00.019><c> faith</c><00:22:00.259><c> chapter,</c><00:22:01.079><c> right?</c>

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All<00:22:01.660><c> the</c><00:22:01.940><c> men</c><00:22:02.119><c> and</c><00:22:02.279><c> women</c><00:22:02.559><c> of</c><00:22:02.900><c> faith</c>

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that<00:22:04.240><c> remain</c><00:22:05.000><c> faithful</c><00:22:05.839><c> despite</c><00:22:06.839><c> their</c><00:22:07.220><c> circumstances.</c>

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Verse<00:22:09.119><c> 35,</c><00:22:09.980><c> women</c><00:22:10.299><c> received</c><00:22:10.859><c> their</c><00:22:11.119><c> dead</c><00:22:11.299><c> raised</c><00:22:11.660><c> again,</c>

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to<00:22:12.380><c> life</c><00:22:12.619><c> again,</c><00:22:13.259><c> and</c><00:22:13.480><c> others</c><00:22:13.680><c> were</c><00:22:14.019><c> tortured,</c>

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not<00:22:14.900><c> accepting</c><00:22:15.380><c> deliverance</c>

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that<00:22:16.099><c> they</c><00:22:16.299><c> might</c><00:22:16.539><c> obtain</c><00:22:16.859><c> a</c><00:22:17.220><c> better</c><00:22:17.500><c> resurrection.</c>

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And<00:22:19.059><c> others</c><00:22:19.259><c> had</c><00:22:19.599><c> trial</c><00:22:20.000><c> of</c><00:22:20.339><c> cruel</c><00:22:20.599><c> mockings</c><00:22:21.240><c> and</c><00:22:21.480><c> scourging</c><00:22:21.900><c> jay,</c>

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moreover<00:22:23.119><c> of</c><00:22:23.519><c> bonds</c><00:22:23.900><c> and</c><00:22:24.319><c> imprisonment.</c>

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They<00:22:25.779><c> were</c><00:22:26.079><c> stoned,</c><00:22:26.720><c> they</c><00:22:26.720><c> were</c><00:22:27.059><c> sawn</c><00:22:27.400><c> asunder,</c>

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were<00:22:28.440><c> tempted,</c><00:22:29.059><c> were</c><00:22:29.339><c> slain</c><00:22:29.700><c> with</c><00:22:29.940><c> the</c><00:22:30.119><c> sword</c>

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they<00:22:30.500><c> wandered</c><00:22:30.940><c> about</c><00:22:31.140><c> in</c><00:22:31.440><c> sheepskins</c><00:22:32.019><c> and</c><00:22:32.220><c> goatskins,</c>

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being<00:22:33.980><c> destitute,</c><00:22:35.920><c> afflicted,</c><00:22:37.400><c> tormented,</c>

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of<00:22:39.400><c> whom</c><00:22:39.579><c> the</c><00:22:39.880><c> world</c><00:22:40.180><c> was</c><00:22:40.500><c> not</c><00:22:40.819><c> worthy.</c>

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They<00:22:41.359><c> wandered</c><00:22:41.720><c> in</c><00:22:41.980><c> deserts</c><00:22:42.420><c> and</c><00:22:42.519><c> in</c><00:22:42.700><c> mountains</c>

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and<00:22:43.440><c> dens</c><00:22:43.680><c> and</c><00:22:43.940><c> caves</c><00:22:44.259><c> of</c><00:22:44.460><c> the</c><00:22:44.660><c> earth.</c>

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Now,<00:22:46.900><c> verse</c><00:22:47.119><c> one</c><00:22:47.339><c> of</c><00:22:47.500><c> the</c><00:22:47.680><c> 12th</c><00:22:48.000><c> chapter,</c>

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wherefore,<00:22:49.579><c> seeing</c><00:22:50.119><c> we</c><00:22:50.680><c> also</c><00:22:51.119><c> are</c><00:22:51.460><c> compassed</c><00:22:52.140><c> about</c>

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with<00:22:52.640><c> so</c><00:22:53.240><c> great</c><00:22:53.500><c> a</c><00:22:53.859><c> cloud</c><00:22:54.140><c> of</c><00:22:54.480><c> witnesses,</c>

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let<00:22:56.279><c> us</c><00:22:56.539><c> lay</c><00:22:56.859><c> aside</c><00:22:57.339><c> every</c><00:22:57.799><c> weight</c>

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in<00:22:59.039><c> the</c><00:22:59.339><c> sin</c><00:22:59.559><c> which</c><00:22:59.940><c> doth</c><00:23:00.119><c> so</c><00:23:00.559><c> easily</c><00:23:01.160><c> beset</c><00:23:01.559><c> us,</c>

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and<00:23:01.940><c> let</c><00:23:02.140><c> us</c><00:23:02.460><c> run</c><00:23:02.740><c> with</c><00:23:03.220><c> patience</c>

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the<00:23:05.119><c> race</c><00:23:05.500><c> that</c><00:23:05.700><c> is</c><00:23:05.940><c> set</c><00:23:06.119><c> before</c><00:23:06.619><c> us,</c>

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looking<00:23:08.059><c> unto</c><00:23:08.400><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:09.859><c> the</c><00:23:10.180><c> author</c><00:23:10.559><c> and</c><00:23:10.920><c> finisher</c><00:23:11.259><c> of</c><00:23:11.539><c> our</c><00:23:11.819><c> faith,</c>

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who<00:23:13.019><c> for</c><00:23:13.240><c> the</c><00:23:13.640><c> joy</c><00:23:14.059><c> that</c><00:23:14.299><c> was</c><00:23:14.660><c> set</c><00:23:14.940><c> before</c><00:23:15.440><c> him,</c>

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endured<00:23:17.160><c> the</c><00:23:17.500><c> cross,</c><00:23:19.079><c> despised</c><00:23:19.599><c> the</c><00:23:19.920><c> shame,</c>

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and<00:23:21.460><c> is</c><00:23:21.720><c> set</c><00:23:21.920><c> down</c><00:23:22.200><c> at</c><00:23:22.380><c> the</c><00:23:22.579><c> right</c><00:23:22.880><c> hand</c><00:23:23.680><c> of</c><00:23:24.119><c> the</c><00:23:24.359><c> throne</c><00:23:24.880><c> of</c><00:23:25.380><c> God.</c>

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Powerful<00:23:27.519><c> words,</c><00:23:28.000><c> brothers</c><00:23:28.200><c> and</c><00:23:28.480><c> sisters.</c>

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Christ<00:23:33.279><c> had</c><00:23:34.000><c> a</c><00:23:34.319><c> single</c><00:23:34.799><c>-minded</c><00:23:36.319><c> obsession,</c>

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maybe<00:23:38.599><c> obsession</c><00:23:38.839><c> might</c><00:23:39.019><c> be</c><00:23:39.160><c> the</c><00:23:39.299><c> wrong</c><00:23:39.420><c> word,</c>

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but<00:23:39.980><c> his</c><00:23:40.400><c> focus</c><00:23:40.859><c> was</c><00:23:41.119><c> on</c><00:23:41.359><c> doing</c><00:23:41.619><c> the</c><00:23:41.819><c> will</c><00:23:41.940><c> of</c><00:23:42.220><c> God,</c>

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on<00:23:44.799><c> being</c><00:23:45.160><c> that</c><00:23:45.519><c> perfect</c><00:23:45.920><c> sacrifice,</c>

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on<00:23:46.980><c> laying</c><00:23:47.359><c> down</c><00:23:47.859><c> his</c><00:23:48.299><c> life</c><00:23:49.079><c> for</c><00:23:50.480><c> the</c><00:23:50.779><c> salvation</c><00:23:51.359><c> of</c><00:23:51.660><c> mankind.</c>

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But<00:23:54.380><c> it</c><00:23:54.680><c> weighed</c><00:23:54.900><c> so</c><00:23:55.319><c> heavy</c><00:23:55.539><c> on</c><00:23:55.779><c> him.</c>

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He<00:23:56.819><c> was</c><00:23:57.119><c> in</c><00:23:57.420><c> agony.</c>

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And<00:24:00.539><c> so,</c><00:24:00.980><c> brothers</c><00:24:01.000><c> and</c><00:24:01.259><c> sisters,</c>

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you<00:24:03.119><c> know,</c><00:24:03.220><c> when</c><00:24:03.420><c> we</c><00:24:03.700><c> get</c><00:24:04.000><c> into</c><00:24:04.700><c> depressions,</c>

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when<00:24:06.440><c> we</c><00:24:06.700><c> are</c><00:24:06.980><c> struggling</c><00:24:07.359><c> with</c><00:24:07.680><c> things</c><00:24:07.940><c> of</c><00:24:08.140><c> the</c><00:24:08.359><c> world,</c>

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when<00:24:09.400><c> we</c><00:24:09.680><c> feel</c><00:24:10.059><c> overwhelmed,</c>

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when<00:24:12.980><c> there's</c><00:24:13.420><c> fear,</c><00:24:14.559><c> uncertainty,</c><00:24:15.559><c> and</c><00:24:15.839><c> doubt</c><00:24:16.059><c> in</c><00:24:16.339><c> our</c><00:24:16.559><c> minds,</c>

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remember<00:24:18.940><c> Christ.</c>

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Remember<00:24:21.140><c> his</c><00:24:21.480><c> sufferings.</c>

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Remember<00:24:24.619><c> he</c><00:24:24.880><c> made</c><00:24:25.259><c> it</c><00:24:25.559><c> through</c><00:24:25.700><c> by</c><00:24:26.039><c> trusting</c><00:24:26.460><c> in</c><00:24:26.819><c> God,</c>

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and<00:24:28.200><c> he</c><00:24:28.380><c> was</c><00:24:28.759><c> strengthened</c><00:24:29.220><c> by</c><00:24:29.440><c> the</c><00:24:29.720><c> angels.</c>

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And<00:24:31.740><c> we</c><00:24:31.960><c> should</c><00:24:32.160><c> be</c><00:24:32.500><c> strengthened</c><00:24:32.839><c> by</c><00:24:33.140><c> this</c><00:24:33.500><c> word</c>

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that<00:24:33.980><c> was</c><00:24:34.200><c> given</c><00:24:34.420><c> to</c><00:24:34.680><c> us</c><00:24:34.880><c> by</c><00:24:35.140><c> God.</c>

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Let's<00:24:37.059><c> end</c><00:24:37.240><c> with</c><00:24:37.500><c> this.</c>

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First<00:24:39.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:39.640><c> two,</c><00:24:40.180><c> verse</c><00:24:40.460><c> nine.</c>

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But<00:24:45.539><c> as</c><00:24:45.980><c> it</c><00:24:46.140><c> is</c><00:24:46.380><c> written,</c>

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I<00:24:48.920><c> hath</c><00:24:49.319><c> nor</c><00:24:49.720><c> seen</c><00:24:50.240><c> nor</c><00:24:51.460><c> ear</c><00:24:51.980><c> heard,</c>

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neither<00:24:54.240><c> have</c><00:24:54.660><c> entered</c><00:24:55.059><c> into</c><00:24:55.480><c> the</c><00:24:55.720><c> heart</c><00:24:56.019><c> of</c><00:24:56.400><c> man</c>

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the<00:24:58.839><c> things</c><00:24:59.259><c> which</c><00:24:59.640><c> God</c><00:25:00.180><c> hath</c><00:25:00.559><c> prepared</c><00:25:01.380><c> for</c><00:25:03.059><c> them</c><00:25:03.299><c> that</c><00:25:03.579><c> love</c><00:25:03.759><c> him.</c>