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to<00:17:50.740><c> believe,</c><00:17:51.279><c> and</c><00:17:51.559><c> are</c><00:17:51.920><c> consequently</c>

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saved<00:17:53.140><c> by</c><00:17:53.480><c> that</c><00:17:53.779><c> belief.</c>

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Able.

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greater<00:18:07.059><c> disappointment</c><00:18:07.980><c> than</c><00:18:08.319><c> being</c><00:18:08.859><c> betrayed</c>

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called<00:18:32.619><c> him</c><00:18:32.839><c> out</c><00:18:33.059><c> into</c><00:18:33.440><c> a</c><00:18:33.720><c> field,</c><00:18:34.539><c> and</c><00:18:35.099><c> murdered</c><00:18:35.500><c> him.</c>

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What<00:18:37.579><c> is</c><00:18:37.799><c> it</c><00:18:38.099><c> like</c><00:18:38.440><c> to</c><00:18:38.980><c> deal</c><00:18:39.259><c> with</c><00:18:39.579><c> betrayal?</c>

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Able<00:18:42.339><c> kept</c><00:18:42.819><c> his</c><00:18:43.339><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:18:45.079><c> next</c><00:18:45.339><c> in</c><00:18:45.640><c> verse</c><00:18:45.960><c> 5</c><00:18:46.420><c> is</c><00:18:46.819><c> Enoch.</c>

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Enoch,<00:18:49.759><c> it</c><00:18:50.200><c> says,</c><00:18:52.200><c> was</c><00:18:52.380><c> taken</c><00:18:52.880><c> from</c><00:18:53.200><c> this</c><00:18:53.599><c> life</c><00:18:54.200><c> so</c><00:18:55.019><c> that</c><00:18:55.200><c> he</c>

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did<00:18:55.700><c> not</c><00:18:56.079><c> experience</c><00:18:57.039><c> death.</c>

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He<00:18:58.779><c> could</c><00:18:59.059><c> not</c><00:18:59.279><c> be</c><00:18:59.599><c> found</c><00:18:59.980><c> because</c><00:19:00.480><c> God</c><00:19:00.980><c> had</c><00:19:01.380><c> taken</c><00:19:01.619><c> him</c><00:19:01.940><c> away.</c>

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What<00:19:03.619><c> an</c><00:19:04.059><c> odd</c><00:19:04.420><c> verse,</c><00:19:04.920><c> isn't</c><00:19:05.079><c> it?</c>

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What<00:19:06.200><c> does</c><00:19:06.440><c> it</c><00:19:06.660><c> mean?</c>

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Does<00:19:07.180><c> it</c><00:19:07.400><c> mean</c><00:19:07.619><c> that</c><00:19:07.920><c> Enoch</c><00:19:08.299><c> did</c><00:19:08.700><c> not</c><00:19:09.039><c> die?</c>

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He<00:19:10.980><c> was</c><00:19:11.299><c> taken</c><00:19:11.660><c> away.</c>

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Well,<00:19:14.140><c> brothers</c><00:19:14.200><c> and</c><00:19:14.539><c> sisters,</c><00:19:14.920><c> what</c><00:19:15.180><c> we</c><00:19:15.539><c> find</c><00:19:16.039><c> is</c><00:19:16.319><c> that</c><00:19:16.799><c> Enoch,</c><00:19:17.240><c> when</c>

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we<00:19:17.579><c> go</c><00:19:17.740><c> to</c><00:19:17.980><c> Genesis,</c><00:19:19.319><c> Enoch</c><00:19:19.759><c> was</c>

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in<00:19:20.500><c> the</c><00:19:20.839><c> seventh</c><00:19:21.220><c> generation</c><00:19:22.240><c> from</c><00:19:23.059><c> Adam.</c>

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At<00:19:25.059><c> that</c><00:19:25.460><c> same</c><00:19:25.859><c> period</c><00:19:26.299><c> of</c><00:19:26.660><c> time,</c><00:19:27.619><c> there</c><00:19:27.920><c> was,</c><00:19:28.339><c> in</c><00:19:28.579><c> the</c><00:19:28.859><c> seventh</c><00:19:29.140><c> generation</c><00:19:29.880><c> from</c><00:19:30.339><c> Enoch,</c><00:19:31.640><c> a</c>

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man<00:19:32.039><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:32.440><c> name</c><00:19:32.640><c> of</c><00:19:33.119><c> Lamech.</c>

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Lamech<00:19:35.440><c> was</c><00:19:35.920><c> a</c><00:19:36.319><c> wicked</c><00:19:36.759><c> man.</c>

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Lamech<00:19:38.640><c> was</c><00:19:38.960><c> a</c><00:19:39.220><c> man</c><00:19:39.599><c> who</c><00:19:40.380><c> counted</c><00:19:41.059><c> anyone</c><00:19:41.980><c> who</c><00:19:42.559><c> would</c><00:19:42.859><c> speak</c>

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evil<00:19:43.680><c> of</c><00:19:43.859><c> him</c><00:19:44.400><c> as</c><00:19:45.039><c> worthy</c><00:19:45.420><c> of</c><00:19:45.720><c> death.</c>

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And<00:19:47.140><c> Enoch</c><00:19:47.160><c> boasted</c><00:19:47.980><c> of</c><00:19:48.240><c> going</c><00:19:48.539><c> out</c><00:19:48.920><c> and</c><00:19:49.480><c> killing</c><00:19:49.880><c> others.</c>

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This<00:19:53.740><c> is</c><00:19:54.000><c> the</c><00:19:54.180><c> sort</c><00:19:54.359><c> of</c><00:19:54.599><c> life</c><00:19:55.359><c> that</c><00:19:56.099><c> Enoch</c><00:19:56.539><c> had</c><00:19:56.880><c> to</c><00:19:57.400><c> experience.</c>

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He<00:19:58.180><c> had</c><00:19:58.400><c> to</c><00:19:58.819><c> experience</c><00:19:59.480><c> living</c><00:20:00.119><c> in</c><00:20:00.599><c> an</c><00:20:00.799><c> environment</c><00:20:01.319><c> where</c>

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there<00:20:02.200><c> were</c><00:20:02.500><c> others</c><00:20:02.940><c> who</c><00:20:03.400><c> would</c><00:20:03.599><c> go</c><00:20:03.940><c> after</c>

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his<00:20:04.539><c> life</c><00:20:05.140><c> because</c><00:20:06.000><c> he</c><00:20:06.420><c> called</c><00:20:06.700><c> out</c><00:20:07.400><c> wickedness</c><00:20:08.099><c> when</c><00:20:08.339><c> he</c><00:20:08.660><c> saw</c><00:20:08.859><c> it.</c>

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That<00:20:11.299><c> was</c><00:20:11.559><c> the</c><00:20:11.819><c> disappointment</c><00:20:12.339><c> of</c><00:20:12.740><c> Enoch,</c><00:20:13.660><c> but</c><00:20:13.819><c> he</c><00:20:14.000><c> did</c><00:20:14.220><c> not</c>

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shrink<00:20:14.819><c> back.</c>

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He<00:20:16.000><c> maintained</c><00:20:16.720><c> the</c><00:20:17.160><c> faith.</c>

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we've<00:20:22.619><c> often</c><00:20:22.920><c> heard</c><00:20:23.180><c> people</c><00:20:23.539><c> talk</c><00:20:23.880><c> about</c>

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the<00:20:24.480><c> ridicule</c><00:20:25.059><c> of</c><00:20:25.359><c> Noah,</c><00:20:25.900><c> how</c><00:20:26.400><c> Noah</c><00:20:26.920><c> was</c><00:20:27.299><c> ridiculed</c><00:20:27.799><c> all</c><00:20:28.079><c> these</c><00:20:28.380><c> years</c><00:20:28.720><c> while</c><00:20:29.000><c> he</c>

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built<00:20:29.559><c> this</c><00:20:30.000><c> ark.</c>

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was<00:20:34.539><c> ridiculed.</c>

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a<00:20:41.920><c> family</c><00:20:42.579><c> in</c><00:20:43.539><c> an</c><00:20:43.859><c> environment</c><00:20:44.519><c> of</c><00:20:45.460><c> evil</c>

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and<00:20:47.200><c> wickedness</c><00:20:48.160><c> and</c><00:20:48.720><c> corruption.</c>

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have<00:21:01.700><c> them</c><00:21:01.859><c> in</c>

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constantly<00:21:05.779><c> being</c><00:21:06.259><c> given</c><00:21:06.559><c> messages</c>

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that<00:21:07.619><c> are</c><00:21:07.960><c> contrary</c><00:21:08.460><c> to</c><00:21:08.720><c> the</c><00:21:08.900><c> ones</c><00:21:09.079><c> that</c><00:21:09.319><c> you</c><00:21:09.579><c> teach?</c>

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They're<00:21:11.519><c> disappointed,</c><00:21:12.660><c> clearly,</c><00:21:13.680><c> and</c><00:21:13.940><c> yet</c><00:21:14.279><c> Noah</c><00:21:14.559><c> didn't</c>

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shrink<00:21:15.339><c> back.</c>

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He<00:21:16.460><c> persevered.</c>

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Abraham<00:21:18.960><c> is</c><00:21:19.240><c> listed</c><00:21:19.599><c> next,</c><00:21:20.779><c> and</c><00:21:21.079><c> it</c><00:21:21.299><c> says</c><00:21:21.460><c> that</c><00:21:21.799><c> Abraham</c><00:21:22.500><c> lived</c><00:21:23.099><c> in</c><00:21:24.000><c> tents.</c>

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Have<00:21:25.180><c> you</c><00:21:25.180><c> ever</c><00:21:25.380><c> thought</c><00:21:25.660><c> about</c><00:21:25.940><c> that?</c>

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Abraham<00:21:28.099><c> was</c><00:21:28.339><c> this</c><00:21:28.660><c> man</c><00:21:28.940><c> that</c><00:21:29.220><c> came</c><00:21:29.460><c> from</c><00:21:29.740><c> such</c><00:21:30.039><c> incredible</c>

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wealth,<00:21:31.220><c> and</c><00:21:31.559><c> yet</c><00:21:32.200><c> he</c><00:21:33.579><c> had</c><00:21:34.099><c> no</c><00:21:34.579><c> place</c><00:21:34.940><c> to</c><00:21:35.259><c> lay</c><00:21:35.440><c> his</c>

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head,<00:21:36.319><c> no</c><00:21:36.759><c> permanence</c><00:21:37.420><c> of</c><00:21:37.660><c> life.</c>

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He<00:21:38.700><c> was</c><00:21:39.119><c> a</c><00:21:39.339><c> vagamond</c><00:21:40.119><c> traveling</c><00:21:40.779><c> from</c><00:21:41.240><c> place</c><00:21:41.619><c> to</c><00:21:41.859><c> place,</c><00:21:42.680><c> and</c>

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we<00:21:43.359><c> might</c><00:21:43.559><c> look</c><00:21:43.799><c> at</c><00:21:43.900><c> that</c><00:21:44.220><c> today</c><00:21:44.599><c> and</c>

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think,<00:21:45.059><c> what</c><00:21:45.220><c> a</c><00:21:45.559><c> disappointing</c><00:21:46.119><c> life.</c>

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Abraham<00:21:48.480><c> did</c><00:21:48.779><c> not</c><00:21:49.019><c> shrink</c><00:21:49.319><c> back.</c>

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Sarah,<00:21:52.359><c> disappointed</c><00:21:53.079><c> with</c><00:21:53.359><c> her</c><00:21:53.700><c> barrenness.</c>

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Isaac<00:21:55.539><c> was</c><00:21:56.319><c> disappointed</c><00:21:57.059><c> in</c><00:21:57.279><c> his</c><00:21:57.720><c> children.</c>

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Can<00:21:59.400><c> you</c><00:21:59.460><c> imagine</c><00:21:59.799><c> Isaac,</c><00:22:00.500><c> an</c><00:22:00.740><c> old</c><00:22:01.039><c> man,</c><00:22:01.720><c> unable</c><00:22:02.160><c> to</c><00:22:02.559><c> see</c><00:22:02.940><c> and</c>

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Gideon,<00:22:27.500><c> he</c><00:22:27.720><c> was</c><00:22:27.940><c> under</c><00:22:28.220><c> oppression</c><00:22:28.680><c> from</c><00:22:28.960><c> the</c><00:22:29.180><c> Midianites.</c>

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I<00:22:30.380><c> mean,</c><00:22:30.779><c> all</c><00:22:31.119><c> of</c><00:22:31.259><c> these</c><00:22:31.519><c> people</c><00:22:32.119><c> lived</c><00:22:32.460><c> lives</c><00:22:33.180><c> of</c><00:22:33.720><c> disappointment.</c>

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Some,<00:22:37.460><c> it</c><00:22:37.740><c> says</c><00:22:38.000><c> in</c><00:22:38.180><c> verse</c><00:22:38.480><c> 36,</c><00:22:39.839><c> faced</c><00:22:40.119><c> jeers</c><00:22:40.859><c> and</c><00:22:41.259><c> floggings</c>

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They<00:22:49.660><c> went</c><00:22:49.880><c> about</c><00:22:50.180><c> in</c><00:22:50.519><c> sheepskins</c><00:22:51.200><c> and</c><00:22:51.420><c> goatskins.</c>

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for<00:23:06.839><c> their</c><00:23:07.259><c> faith.</c>

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Why?

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They<00:23:11.099><c> were</c><00:23:11.400><c> commended</c><00:23:11.740><c> for</c><00:23:11.960><c> their</c><00:23:12.299><c> faith</c><00:23:12.599><c> because</c><00:23:13.079><c> they</c>

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didn't<00:23:14.019><c> shrink</c><00:23:14.599><c> back.</c>

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We<00:23:19.099><c> are</c><00:23:19.400><c> not</c><00:23:19.579><c> of</c><00:23:19.799><c> those</c><00:23:20.059><c> who</c><00:23:20.420><c> shrink</c><00:23:20.700><c> back</c><00:23:21.119><c> and</c><00:23:21.359><c> are</c><00:23:21.619><c> destroyed.</c>

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life,<00:23:28.420><c> they</c>

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endured<00:23:29.799><c> to</c><00:23:30.380><c> the</c><00:23:30.700><c> end.</c>

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difficulties<00:23:50.160><c> in</c><00:23:50.460><c> life</c><00:23:50.759><c> and</c><00:23:51.019><c> yet</c><00:23:51.240><c> endured?</c>

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Of<00:23:53.240><c> course</c><00:23:53.480><c> we</c><00:23:53.720><c> can.</c>

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did<00:24:17.519><c> just</c><00:24:17.920><c> that.</c>

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They<00:24:19.039><c> kept</c><00:24:19.319><c> the</c><00:24:19.619><c> faith</c><00:24:19.920><c> despite</c><00:24:20.599><c> the</c><00:24:21.000><c> difficulties.</c>

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And<00:24:22.539><c> then</c><00:24:22.859><c> chapter</c><00:24:23.339><c> 12</c><00:24:23.920><c> ties</c><00:24:24.480><c> it</c><00:24:24.759><c> all</c><00:24:25.000><c> together.</c>

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It<00:24:27.859><c> begins</c><00:24:28.240><c> with</c><00:24:28.700><c> these</c><00:24:28.980><c> words.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:32.480><c> since</c><00:24:32.819><c> we</c><00:24:33.279><c> are</c><00:24:33.680><c> surrounded</c><00:24:34.519><c> by</c><00:24:34.980><c> such</c><00:24:35.480><c> a</c><00:24:35.900><c> great</c><00:24:36.420><c> cloud</c><00:24:36.940><c> of</c>

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witnesses,<00:24:38.900><c> what's</c><00:24:39.140><c> he</c><00:24:39.359><c> talking</c>

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about<00:24:39.980><c> there?</c>

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chapter<00:24:45.759><c> 11.</c>

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chapter<00:24:51.759><c> 11.</c>

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Since<00:24:53.460><c> we've</c><00:24:53.839><c> been</c><00:24:54.140><c> surrounded</c><00:24:54.859><c> by</c><00:24:55.359><c> such</c><00:24:55.660><c> a</c><00:24:56.220><c> great</c><00:24:56.559><c> list</c><00:24:56.859><c> of</c>

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examples,<00:24:59.019><c> let</c><00:24:59.279><c> us</c><00:25:00.880><c> throw</c><00:25:01.500><c> off</c><00:25:02.119><c> everything</c>

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We're<00:25:13.480><c> not</c><00:25:13.779><c> like</c><00:25:14.119><c> those</c><00:25:14.559><c> who</c><00:25:14.940><c> shrink</c><00:25:15.220><c> back</c><00:25:15.680><c> and</c><00:25:16.240><c> are</c><00:25:16.519><c> destroyed.</c>

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Instead,<00:25:19.599><c> we</c><00:25:20.480><c> persevere</c><00:25:22.140><c> despite</c><00:25:23.839><c> disappointment</c><00:25:24.660><c> in</c><00:25:24.960><c> life.</c>

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We<00:25:26.420><c> persevere</c><00:25:27.420><c> despite</c><00:25:28.140><c> difficulty</c><00:25:29.160><c> in</c><00:25:29.460><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:30.900><c> what</c><00:25:31.119><c> greater</c><00:25:31.720><c> example</c><00:25:32.259><c> do</c><00:25:32.480><c> we</c><00:25:32.779><c> have</c><00:25:33.519><c> than</c><00:25:34.099><c> that</c><00:25:34.299><c> of</c><00:25:34.500><c> Jesus?</c>

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Chapter<00:25:37.720><c> 12</c><00:25:38.000><c> verse</c><00:25:38.319><c> 2,</c><00:25:39.579><c> let</c><00:25:39.759><c> us</c><00:25:40.099><c> fix</c><00:25:40.420><c> our</c><00:25:40.859><c> eyes</c><00:25:41.200><c> on</c><00:25:41.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:43.059><c> the</c>

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author<00:25:44.220><c> and</c><00:25:45.319><c> perfecter</c><00:25:46.259><c> of</c><00:25:46.539><c> faith.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:49.619><c> is</c><00:25:50.000><c> the</c><00:25:50.299><c> perfecter</c><00:25:51.039><c> of</c><00:25:51.319><c> faith,</c><00:25:52.779><c> who</c><00:25:52.880><c> for</c><00:25:53.079><c> the</c><00:25:53.460><c> joy</c><00:25:53.859><c> that</c>

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was<00:25:54.319><c> set</c><00:25:54.539><c> before</c><00:25:55.059><c> him,</c><00:25:56.420><c> endured</c><00:25:56.799><c> the</c><00:25:57.220><c> cross,</c>

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scorning<00:25:59.019><c> at</c><00:25:59.319><c> shame</c><00:25:59.779><c> and</c><00:26:00.720><c> sat</c><00:26:01.000><c> down</c><00:26:01.599><c> on</c><00:26:02.000><c> the</c><00:26:02.240><c> right</c><00:26:02.779><c> hand</c><00:26:03.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:03.720><c> throne</c><00:26:03.920><c> of</c><00:26:04.180><c> God.</c>

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it's<00:26:09.519><c> this.</c>

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When<00:26:11.819><c> we</c><00:26:12.180><c> experience</c><00:26:12.880><c> difficulty</c><00:26:13.680><c> in</c><00:26:13.980><c> life,</c><00:26:14.680><c> when</c><00:26:14.960><c> you</c><00:26:15.319><c> experience</c><00:26:16.160><c> difficulty</c><00:26:17.079><c> or</c><00:26:17.500><c> disappointment,</c>

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don't<00:26:20.140><c> focus</c><00:26:21.160><c> on</c><00:26:22.640><c> only</c><00:26:23.299><c> that</c><00:26:23.819><c> difficulty.</c>

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We<00:26:25.519><c> need</c><00:26:25.720><c> to</c><00:26:26.079><c> change</c><00:26:26.400><c> our</c><00:26:26.759><c> perspective</c><00:26:27.460><c> and</c><00:26:27.859><c> recognize</c><00:26:28.579><c> and</c>

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realize<00:26:29.700><c> that</c><00:26:30.079><c> what</c><00:26:30.480><c> we</c><00:26:30.920><c> see</c><00:26:31.180><c> now</c><00:26:31.700><c> is</c><00:26:32.700><c> temporary</c>

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we<00:26:47.940><c> should</c><00:26:48.140><c> handle</c><00:26:48.700><c> disappointment,</c><00:26:51.240><c> who</c><00:26:51.380><c> for</c><00:26:51.599><c> the</c><00:26:52.059><c> joy</c><00:26:52.839><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:53.839><c> set</c><00:26:54.099><c> before</c><00:26:54.599><c> him,</c><00:26:55.759><c> endured</c><00:26:56.019><c> these</c><00:26:56.420><c> things.</c>

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because<00:27:04.339><c> God,</c><00:27:05.140><c> who</c><00:27:05.440><c> promised,</c><00:27:06.480><c> is</c><00:27:06.720><c> faithful.</c>