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faith<00:10:24.019><c> is</c><00:10:24.299><c> the</c><00:10:24.600><c> substance</c><00:10:25.220><c> of</c><00:10:25.879><c> things</c>

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hoped<00:10:26.500><c> for,</c><00:10:27.659><c> the</c><00:10:28.019><c> evidence</c><00:10:28.519><c> of</c><00:10:29.139><c> things</c><00:10:29.440><c> not</c><00:10:29.960><c> seen.</c>

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the<00:10:53.220><c> Creator.</c>

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not<00:11:00.879><c> desire</c><00:11:01.539><c> to</c><00:11:02.200><c> be</c><00:11:02.480><c> baptized</c><00:11:03.259><c> into</c><00:11:03.679><c> Christ,</c>

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to<00:11:05.360><c> put</c><00:11:05.539><c> on</c><00:11:05.960><c> Christ,</c><00:11:07.039><c> and</c><00:11:07.360><c> to</c><00:11:07.639><c> come</c><00:11:07.840><c> to</c><00:11:08.019><c> his</c><00:11:08.360><c> table</c><00:11:09.139><c> of</c><00:11:09.759><c> communion?</c>

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Indeed,<00:11:13.559><c> God</c><00:11:13.919><c> responded</c><00:11:14.700><c> to</c><00:11:15.080><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:11:15.879><c> concerns,</c><00:11:17.500><c> which</c>

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is<00:11:17.960><c> perfect</c><00:11:18.240><c> evidence</c><00:11:18.820><c> that</c><00:11:19.759><c> God</c><00:11:20.179><c> listens</c>

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to<00:11:21.419><c> his</c><00:11:21.740><c> people.</c>

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And<00:11:24.200><c> if</c><00:11:24.419><c> we</c><00:11:24.940><c> will</c><00:11:25.220><c> listen</c><00:11:25.379><c> to</c><00:11:25.659><c> God</c><00:11:26.059><c> and</c><00:11:26.480><c> listen</c><00:11:26.779><c> to</c><00:11:26.940><c> what</c><00:11:27.139><c> he</c><00:11:27.379><c> has</c><00:11:27.679><c> to</c>

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say,<00:11:28.919><c> he</c><00:11:29.120><c> will</c><00:11:29.340><c> likewise</c><00:11:30.039><c> address</c>

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our<00:11:30.759><c> concerns</c><00:11:31.639><c> and</c><00:11:32.620><c> our</c><00:11:32.860><c> needs</c><00:11:33.139><c> as</c><00:11:33.440><c> well.</c>

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make<00:11:43.320><c> it</c><00:11:43.720><c> plain</c><00:11:44.000><c> on</c><00:11:44.379><c> tablets,</c>

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It<00:11:53.960><c> speaks</c><00:11:54.399><c> of</c><00:11:54.720><c> the</c><00:11:55.039><c> evil</c><00:11:55.419><c> and</c><00:11:56.559><c> not</c><00:11:57.419><c> prove</c><00:11:57.779><c> false.</c>

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Through<00:11:59.879><c> it,</c><00:12:00.559><c> though</c><00:12:00.740><c> it</c><00:12:00.960><c> linger,</c><00:12:01.720><c> wait</c><00:12:02.000><c> for</c><00:12:02.279><c> it.</c>

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of<00:12:19.039><c> his</c><00:12:19.240><c> Son.</c>

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happening,<00:12:24.960><c> because</c><00:12:25.299><c> Matthew</c><00:12:25.820><c> already</c><00:12:26.500><c> wrote</c>

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overwhelm<00:13:08.480><c> when</c><00:13:09.320><c> we</c><00:13:09.879><c> try</c><00:13:10.299><c> to</c><00:13:10.879><c> hold</c><00:13:11.139><c> on</c><00:13:11.419><c> to</c><00:13:11.620><c> our</c><00:13:11.879><c> faith,</c><00:13:12.879><c> while</c>

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at<00:13:13.240><c> the</c><00:13:13.500><c> same</c><00:13:13.840><c> time</c><00:13:14.259><c> enduring</c><00:13:14.840><c> the</c><00:13:15.200><c> problems</c>

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Problems<00:13:21.399><c> that</c><00:13:21.539><c> continue</c><00:13:21.940><c> to</c><00:13:22.220><c> grow</c><00:13:22.419><c> before</c><00:13:22.960><c> our</c><00:13:23.320><c> eyes,</c><00:13:24.360><c> causing</c><00:13:24.899><c> us</c><00:13:25.259><c> to</c>

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finally<00:13:27.960><c> come</c><00:13:28.559><c> that</c><00:13:29.600><c> the</c><00:13:29.899><c> glory</c><00:13:30.179><c> of</c><00:13:30.480><c> God</c><00:13:30.879><c> shall</c><00:13:31.279><c> fill</c><00:13:31.679><c> the</c><00:13:31.940><c> earth.</c>

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present,<00:13:40.580><c> the</c><00:13:40.779><c> wait</c><00:13:41.000><c> might</c><00:13:41.399><c> seem</c><00:13:41.759><c> almost</c>

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insurmountable.

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He<00:14:02.440><c> enables</c><00:14:02.879><c> me</c><00:14:03.539><c> to</c><00:14:03.899><c> tread</c><00:14:04.320><c> on</c><00:14:04.879><c> the</c><00:14:05.059><c> heights.</c>

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Not<00:14:08.080><c> surprisingly,</c><00:14:10.539><c> the</c><00:14:10.700><c> Apostle</c><00:14:11.259><c> Paul</c><00:14:12.019><c> quoted</c><00:14:12.620><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:14:13.419><c> words.</c>

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to<00:14:20.240><c> emphasize</c><00:14:21.139><c> that</c><00:14:21.639><c> righteousness</c><00:14:22.120><c> comes</c><00:14:22.980><c> through</c>

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faith.

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To<00:14:26.299><c> the</c><00:14:26.519><c> Romans,</c><00:14:27.080><c> Paul</c><00:14:27.480><c> wrote,</c><00:14:29.360><c> for</c><00:14:29.600><c> in</c><00:14:29.779><c> the</c><00:14:30.000><c> gospel</c><00:14:30.440><c> of</c><00:14:30.759><c> righteousness</c><00:14:31.259><c> of</c><00:14:31.659><c> God</c><00:14:31.960><c> is</c>

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revealed<00:14:32.820><c> a</c><00:14:34.000><c> righteousness</c>

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faith.

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found<00:14:54.200><c> in</c><00:14:54.460><c> nature.</c>

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The<00:15:04.200><c> deep</c><00:15:04.559><c> roared</c><00:15:05.220><c> and</c><00:15:05.480><c> lifted</c><00:15:05.720><c> up</c><00:15:05.960><c> its</c><00:15:06.259><c> waves</c><00:15:06.759><c> on</c><00:15:07.220><c> high.</c>

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of<00:15:14.019><c> your</c><00:15:14.419><c> flying</c><00:15:14.779><c> arrows</c><00:15:15.360><c> and</c><00:15:16.720><c> the</c>

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lightning<00:15:17.440><c> of</c><00:15:18.059><c> your</c><00:15:18.440><c> flashing</c><00:15:18.919><c> spear.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:15:28.820><c> means</c><00:15:30.220><c> embrace,</c><00:15:31.940><c> or</c><00:15:32.620><c> even</c><00:15:32.899><c> more</c>

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strongly,<00:15:34.639><c> ardent</c><00:15:35.539><c> embrace.</c>

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Seems<00:15:38.299><c> fitting</c><00:15:38.799><c> to</c><00:15:39.860><c> be</c><00:15:40.379><c> a</c><00:15:40.919><c> name</c><00:15:41.179><c> to</c><00:15:41.539><c> describe</c><00:15:41.899><c> a</c><00:15:42.220><c> prophet</c><00:15:42.559><c> who</c>

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not<00:15:43.500><c> only</c><00:15:43.919><c> clung</c><00:15:44.279><c> to</c><00:15:44.460><c> God's</c><00:15:45.100><c> promises</c><00:15:45.559><c> in</c>

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troubled<00:15:46.240><c> times,</c><00:15:47.840><c> but</c><00:15:47.960><c> encouraged</c><00:15:48.580><c> both</c><00:15:49.000><c> nations</c><00:15:49.720><c> and</c><00:15:50.659><c> individuals</c><00:15:51.419><c> to</c><00:15:52.080><c> do</c>

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the<00:15:52.559><c> same.</c>

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Another<00:15:55.980><c> hymn</c><00:15:56.320><c> in</c><00:15:56.559><c> our</c><00:15:56.799><c> hymnal</c><00:15:57.320><c> was</c><00:15:58.059><c> inspired</c><00:15:58.620><c> by</c><00:15:58.879><c> the</c><00:15:59.059><c> words</c>

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of<00:15:59.519><c> Habakkuk.</c>

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From<00:16:01.960><c> the</c><00:16:02.200><c> verse,</c><00:16:03.100><c> although</c><00:16:03.320><c> the</c><00:16:03.919><c> fig</c><00:16:04.179><c> tree</c><00:16:04.480><c> shall</c><00:16:04.779><c> not</c><00:16:05.100><c> blossom,</c><00:16:07.039><c> neither</c><00:16:07.279><c> shall</c>

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the<00:16:08.519><c> fruit</c><00:16:08.779><c> be</c><00:16:09.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:09.360><c> vines.</c>

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The<00:16:11.299><c> labor</c><00:16:11.799><c> of</c><00:16:12.059><c> the</c><00:16:12.279><c> olive</c><00:16:12.600><c> shall</c><00:16:12.919><c> fail</c><00:16:13.620><c> and</c><00:16:14.600><c> the</c><00:16:14.899><c> fields</c><00:16:15.399><c> shall</c><00:16:15.820><c> yield</c><00:16:16.419><c> no</c><00:16:17.039><c> meat.</c>

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The<00:16:19.139><c> flock</c><00:16:19.440><c> shall</c><00:16:19.700><c> be</c><00:16:20.039><c> cut</c><00:16:20.220><c> off</c><00:16:20.419><c> from</c><00:16:20.620><c> the</c><00:16:20.860><c> fold</c><00:16:21.279><c> and</c><00:16:22.500><c> there</c><00:16:22.720><c> shall</c><00:16:23.000><c> be</c>

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no<00:16:23.720><c> herd</c><00:16:24.179><c> in</c><00:16:24.879><c> the</c><00:16:25.120><c> stall.</c>

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Yet<00:16:26.960><c> I</c><00:16:27.139><c> will</c><00:16:27.399><c> rejoice</c><00:16:27.879><c> in</c><00:16:28.080><c> the</c><00:16:28.279><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:16:29.399><c> will</c><00:16:29.740><c> joy</c><00:16:30.320><c> in</c><00:16:30.500><c> the</c><00:16:30.720><c> God</c><00:16:30.899><c> of</c><00:16:31.100><c> my</c><00:16:31.460><c> salvation.</c>

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The<00:16:33.279><c> Lord</c><00:16:33.500><c> is</c><00:16:33.759><c> my</c><00:16:34.120><c> strength</c><00:16:34.679><c> and</c><00:16:35.860><c> he</c><00:16:36.120><c> will</c><00:16:36.419><c> make</c><00:16:36.659><c> my</c><00:16:37.120><c> feet</c><00:16:37.279><c> like</c>

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hinds<00:16:38.259><c> feet</c><00:16:38.580><c> and</c><00:16:39.220><c> he</c><00:16:39.580><c> will</c><00:16:39.899><c> make</c><00:16:40.179><c> me</c><00:16:40.580><c> walk</c>

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Imagine<00:16:46.559><c> how</c><00:16:47.179><c> much</c><00:16:47.620><c> joy</c><00:16:48.779><c> Habakkuk</c><00:16:49.480><c> would</c><00:16:49.700><c> have</c><00:16:49.960><c> felt</c><00:16:50.460><c> had</c><00:16:51.179><c> he</c>

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had<00:16:51.679><c> the</c><00:16:51.899><c> opportunity</c><00:16:52.559><c> to</c><00:16:52.960><c> witness</c><00:16:53.759><c> the</c>

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fig<00:16:54.919><c> tree</c><00:16:55.379><c> bloom</c><00:16:55.919><c> as</c><00:16:56.899><c> our</c><00:16:57.220><c> recent</c><00:16:57.620><c> past</c><00:16:58.080><c> generation</c><00:16:58.840><c> did</c><00:16:59.320><c> when</c>

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the<00:17:03.100><c> promised</c><00:17:03.399><c> land.</c>

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Although<00:17:07.019><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:17:07.960><c> name</c><00:17:08.480><c> or</c><00:17:09.839><c> his</c><00:17:10.220><c> book</c><00:17:10.440><c> which</c><00:17:10.700><c> he</c><00:17:10.980><c> wrote</c>

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may<00:17:11.980><c> not</c><00:17:12.440><c> resonate</c><00:17:12.980><c> as</c><00:17:13.420><c> loudly</c><00:17:13.799><c> as</c><00:17:14.119><c> some</c>

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other<00:17:14.700><c> prophets</c><00:17:15.039><c> of</c><00:17:15.380><c> scripture,</c><00:17:16.740><c> it</c><00:17:16.859><c> nevertheless</c><00:17:17.420><c> stands</c><00:17:18.180><c> to</c><00:17:18.799><c> this</c><00:17:19.039><c> very</c><00:17:19.420><c> day</c><00:17:19.980><c> as</c><00:17:20.599><c> a</c>

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compelling<00:17:21.200><c> element</c>

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of<00:17:22.259><c> scripture.</c>

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His<00:17:24.400><c> poetic</c><00:17:24.940><c> book</c><00:17:25.660><c> may</c><00:17:26.099><c> be</c><00:17:26.339><c> one</c><00:17:26.519><c> of</c><00:17:26.640><c> the</c><00:17:26.920><c> shortest</c><00:17:27.380><c> in</c><00:17:27.660><c> scripture,</c><00:17:29.140><c> but</c><00:17:29.359><c> there</c><00:17:29.619><c> is</c>

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dialogue<00:17:31.779><c> with</c><00:17:32.079><c> God,</c><00:17:33.559><c> questioning</c><00:17:34.180><c> what</c><00:17:34.720><c> he</c><00:17:35.140><c> interprets</c><00:17:35.579><c> as</c>

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prevailing<00:17:36.380><c> injustice,</c><00:17:38.259><c> results</c><00:17:38.619><c> in</c><00:17:38.980><c> him</c><00:17:39.259><c> seeking</c>

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understanding<00:17:40.559><c> in</c><00:17:41.259><c> the</c><00:17:41.539><c> face</c><00:17:41.880><c> of</c><00:17:42.259><c> moral</c><00:17:42.619><c> chaos</c><00:17:43.259><c> and</c><00:17:44.240><c> proves</c><00:17:44.819><c> to</c><00:17:45.079><c> be</c><00:17:45.339><c> a</c>

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light<00:17:45.940><c> stand</c><00:17:46.359><c> that</c><00:17:47.019><c> will</c><00:17:47.339><c> last</c>

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throughout<00:17:48.119><c> the</c><00:17:48.480><c> entirety</c><00:17:49.000><c> of</c><00:17:49.259><c> this</c><00:17:49.539><c> mortal</c><00:17:49.859><c> age.</c>

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Rather<00:17:52.400><c> than</c><00:17:52.700><c> blaming</c><00:17:53.099><c> God</c><00:17:53.599><c> when</c><00:17:53.859><c> life</c><00:17:54.180><c> doesn't</c><00:17:54.539><c> make</c><00:17:54.880><c> sense,</c>

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what<00:18:05.099><c> he</c><00:18:05.400><c> is</c><00:18:05.680><c> doing.</c>

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I<00:18:08.400><c> see</c><00:18:08.579><c> the</c><00:18:08.839><c> only</c><00:18:09.160><c> sensible</c><00:18:09.660><c> solution</c><00:18:10.400><c> is</c><00:18:11.660><c> to</c><00:18:11.980><c> trust</c><00:18:12.279><c> in</c><00:18:12.619><c> God,</c>

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especially<00:18:14.500><c> in</c><00:18:14.779><c> the</c><00:18:14.920><c> midst</c><00:18:15.160><c> of</c><00:18:15.420><c> difficult</c>

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times<00:18:16.420><c> and</c><00:18:17.059><c> in</c><00:18:17.380><c> situations</c><00:18:18.279><c> that</c><00:18:18.779><c> we</c><00:18:19.019><c> don't</c><00:18:19.359><c> fully</c><00:18:19.680><c> understand</c><00:18:20.440><c> because</c>

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In<00:18:30.420><c> closing,</c><00:18:31.400><c> let</c><00:18:31.640><c> us</c><00:18:31.940><c> heed</c><00:18:32.140><c> the</c><00:18:32.500><c> words</c><00:18:32.799><c> of</c><00:18:33.000><c> the</c><00:18:33.200><c> Apostle</c><00:18:33.700><c> Peter,</c><00:18:34.920><c> the</c>

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author<00:18:35.440><c> of</c><00:18:35.700><c> today's</c><00:18:36.259><c> New</c><00:18:36.460><c> Testament</c>

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reading,<00:18:38.960><c> that</c><00:18:39.059><c> you</c><00:18:39.259><c> may</c><00:18:39.460><c> be</c><00:18:39.720><c> mindful</c><00:18:40.160><c> of</c><00:18:40.400><c> the</c><00:18:40.640><c> words</c><00:18:41.079><c> which</c>

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were<00:18:41.700><c> spoken</c><00:18:42.099><c> before</c><00:18:42.740><c> the</c><00:18:43.119><c> prophets</c><00:18:43.640><c> and</c>

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of<00:18:45.180><c> the</c><00:18:45.359><c> commandment</c><00:18:46.160><c> of</c><00:18:46.420><c> us,</c><00:18:46.980><c> the</c><00:18:47.200><c> apostles</c><00:18:47.799><c> of</c><00:18:48.279><c> the</c><00:18:48.440><c> Lord</c><00:18:48.619><c> and</c><00:18:48.920><c> Savior,</c><00:18:50.759><c> but</c><00:18:50.980><c> grow</c><00:18:51.180><c> in</c>

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grace<00:18:51.980><c> and</c>

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in<00:18:53.059><c> the</c><00:18:53.319><c> knowledge</c><00:18:53.759><c> of</c><00:18:54.059><c> our</c><00:18:54.240><c> Lord</c><00:18:54.480><c> and</c><00:18:54.779><c> Savior</c><00:18:55.039><c> Jesus</c><00:18:55.519><c> Christ.</c>

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To<00:18:57.480><c> him</c><00:18:58.000><c> be</c><00:18:58.440><c> the</c><00:18:58.740><c> glory</c><00:18:59.039><c> both</c><00:18:59.380><c> now</c><00:18:59.779><c> and</c><00:19:00.099><c> forever.</c>

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Amen.

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Even<00:19:03.359><c> so</c><00:19:03.799><c> come,</c><00:19:04.680><c> Lord</c><00:19:04.880><c> Jesus.</c>

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Amen.