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think<00:22:56.349><c> about</c><00:22:56.789><c> the</c><00:22:57.049><c> brothers,</c>

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understand<00:23:15.329><c> slowness.</c>

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why<00:25:04.769><c> Joseph</c><00:25:05.170><c> was</c><00:25:05.430><c> successful.</c>

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and<00:25:17.230><c> he</c><00:25:17.470><c> made</c><00:25:17.589><c> him</c><00:25:17.970><c> overseer</c>

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we<00:25:28.130><c> continue</c><00:25:28.650><c> with</c><00:25:28.890><c> the</c><00:25:29.089><c> story.</c>

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He<00:25:33.509><c> was</c><00:25:33.970><c> well</c><00:25:34.369><c>-favored.</c>

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have<00:25:42.349><c> been</c><00:25:42.670><c> seen</c><00:25:43.309><c> in</c><00:25:44.809><c> front</c><00:25:44.970><c> of</c><00:25:45.369><c> Potiphar.</c>

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And<00:25:47.589><c> second</c><00:25:47.849><c> Timothy</c><00:25:48.269><c> chapter</c><00:25:48.769><c> two,</c><00:25:49.630><c> verse</c><00:25:49.789><c> four</c><00:25:50.069><c> comes</c><00:25:50.390><c> to</c><00:25:50.650><c> mind.</c>

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be<00:25:56.309><c> prepared</c><00:25:56.849><c> to</c><00:25:57.150><c> reprove,</c>

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rebuke,<00:25:59.029><c> exhort</c><00:25:59.410><c> with</c><00:25:59.730><c> all</c><00:26:00.089><c> long</c><00:26:00.309><c> suffering</c><00:26:00.890><c> and</c><00:26:01.269><c> doctrine.</c>

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and<00:26:17.670><c> trials</c><00:26:17.950><c> that</c><00:26:18.190><c> we</c><00:26:18.349><c> deal</c><00:26:18.549><c> with.</c>

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We<00:26:19.910><c> need</c><00:26:20.269><c> to</c><00:26:20.490><c> be</c><00:26:20.730><c> convinced</c><00:26:21.329><c> that</c><00:26:21.589><c> God</c><00:26:21.809><c> is</c><00:26:22.069><c> with</c><00:26:22.289><c> us</c><00:26:22.609><c> and</c><00:26:22.789><c> that</c>

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he<00:26:23.069><c> will</c><00:26:23.269><c> deliver</c><00:26:23.670><c> us</c><00:26:23.990><c> and</c><00:26:24.109><c> that</c><00:26:24.309><c> he</c>

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will<00:26:24.730><c> cause</c><00:26:24.990><c> us</c><00:26:25.230><c> to</c><00:26:25.509><c> prosper</c><00:26:26.029><c> and</c><00:26:27.750><c> ultimately</c><00:26:28.509><c> to</c><00:26:29.609><c> prosper</c><00:26:29.930><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:30.289><c> kingdom</c><00:26:30.490><c> age.</c>

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gospel,<00:26:39.089><c> that</c><00:26:39.230><c> gives</c><00:26:39.430><c> me</c><00:26:39.650><c> no</c>

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do<00:26:43.529><c> it.</c>

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Woe<00:26:45.190><c> is</c><00:26:45.349><c> me</c><00:26:45.490><c> if</c><00:26:45.609><c> I</c><00:26:45.789><c> do</c><00:26:46.069><c> not</c><00:26:46.410><c> preach</c><00:26:46.809><c> the</c><00:26:47.450><c> glad</c><00:26:47.829><c> tidings</c><00:26:48.269><c> of</c><00:26:48.450><c> the</c><00:26:48.609><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:26:49.690><c> this</c><00:26:49.910><c> idea</c><00:26:50.329><c> of</c><00:26:52.750><c> letting</c><00:26:53.369><c> our</c><00:26:53.769><c> light</c><00:26:54.049><c> shine</c><00:26:54.769><c> within</c><00:26:55.750><c> our</c>

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families,<00:26:56.609><c> within</c><00:26:56.890><c> our</c>

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Ecclesias<00:26:57.990><c> and</c><00:26:59.069><c> to</c><00:26:59.269><c> those</c><00:26:59.490><c> around</c><00:26:59.829><c> us.</c>

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There's<00:27:01.589><c> an</c><00:27:01.869><c> interesting</c><00:27:02.349><c> Psalm</c><00:27:03.809><c> 105,</c><00:27:04.910><c> verse</c><00:27:05.130><c> 16</c><00:27:05.630><c> that</c><00:27:05.849><c> recounts</c><00:27:06.630><c> it's</c>

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additional<00:27:07.470><c> information</c>

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that<00:27:08.309><c> we're</c><00:27:08.470><c> not</c><00:27:08.750><c> given</c><00:27:09.789><c> in</c><00:27:10.710><c> Genesis</c><00:27:11.289><c> or</c><00:27:12.009><c> about</c><00:27:12.289><c> Joseph.</c>

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And<00:27:12.950><c> it</c><00:27:13.089><c> says,</c><00:27:13.470><c> when</c><00:27:13.630><c> he,</c><00:27:14.109><c> God</c><00:27:14.250><c> brought</c><00:27:14.509><c> a</c><00:27:14.730><c> famine</c><00:27:14.950><c> on</c><00:27:15.190><c> the</c><00:27:15.390><c> land</c><00:27:15.569><c> and</c>

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broke<00:27:16.009><c> every</c>

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staff<00:27:16.750><c> of</c><00:27:17.089><c> bread,</c><00:27:18.390><c> he</c><00:27:18.690><c> sent</c><00:27:18.890><c> a</c><00:27:19.009><c> man</c><00:27:19.150><c> ahead</c><00:27:19.410><c> of</c><00:27:19.589><c> him,</c><00:27:19.730><c> Joseph,</c><00:27:20.210><c> who</c><00:27:20.430><c> was</c><00:27:20.690><c> sold</c><00:27:20.950><c> as</c><00:27:21.190><c> a</c><00:27:21.369><c> slave.</c>

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And<00:27:23.869><c> just</c><00:27:24.170><c> think</c><00:27:24.369><c> about</c><00:27:24.789><c> when</c><00:27:26.069><c> Joseph</c><00:27:26.589><c> was</c><00:27:26.849><c> put</c><00:27:26.990><c> in</c><00:27:27.369><c> prison</c><00:27:27.910><c> with</c><00:27:28.390><c> part</c><00:27:28.549><c> of</c>

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his<00:27:28.890><c> wife.</c>

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Joseph,<00:27:33.250><c> his</c><00:27:33.690><c> feet</c><00:27:33.930><c> were</c><00:27:34.210><c> hurt</c><00:27:34.410><c> with</c><00:27:34.750><c> fetters.</c>

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His<00:27:35.490><c> neck</c><00:27:35.730><c> was</c><00:27:36.009><c> put</c><00:27:36.250><c> in</c><00:27:36.450><c> a</c><00:27:36.690><c> collar</c><00:27:36.970><c> of</c><00:27:37.349><c> iron</c><00:27:37.769><c> until</c><00:27:38.750><c> what</c><00:27:39.009><c> he</c><00:27:39.390><c> had</c><00:27:39.690><c> said</c><00:27:39.950><c> came</c><00:27:40.269><c> to</c><00:27:40.569><c> pass.</c>

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The<00:27:41.009><c> word</c><00:27:41.210><c> of</c><00:27:41.490><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:41.849><c> tested</c><00:27:42.269><c> him.</c>

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The<00:27:43.390><c> king</c><00:27:43.630><c> sent</c><00:27:43.930><c> and</c><00:27:44.250><c> released</c><00:27:44.609><c> him.</c>

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He<00:27:48.509><c> made</c><00:27:48.710><c> him</c><00:27:48.930><c> Lord</c><00:27:49.109><c> over</c><00:27:49.390><c> his</c><00:27:49.650><c> house</c><00:27:49.930><c> and</c><00:27:50.170><c> ruler</c><00:27:50.390><c> of</c><00:27:50.609><c> his</c><00:27:50.890><c> possessions</c><00:27:51.410><c> to</c>

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instruct<00:27:52.250><c> the</c>

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princes<00:27:52.990><c> at</c><00:27:53.829><c> his</c><00:27:54.170><c> pleasure</c><00:27:54.470><c> and</c><00:27:54.670><c> to</c><00:27:54.910><c> teach</c><00:27:55.130><c> the</c><00:27:55.450><c> senators</c><00:27:55.710><c> wisdom.</c>

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he<00:28:03.089><c> was</c><00:28:03.930><c> raised</c><00:28:04.509><c> up.</c>

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He<00:28:05.049><c> was</c><00:28:05.349><c> in</c><00:28:05.589><c> kind</c><00:28:05.650><c> of</c><00:28:05.829><c> in</c><00:28:05.970><c> charge</c><00:28:06.190><c> of</c><00:28:06.410><c> things.</c>

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It<00:28:07.230><c> wasn't</c><00:28:07.490><c> all</c><00:28:07.750><c> that</c><00:28:08.069><c> bad.</c>

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But<00:28:08.529><c> I</c><00:28:08.650><c> think</c><00:28:08.869><c> there</c><00:28:09.049><c> was</c><00:28:09.309><c> a</c><00:28:09.549><c> time</c><00:28:09.769><c> period</c><00:28:10.329><c> that</c><00:28:10.630><c> was</c><00:28:10.950><c> quite</c>

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uncomfortable<00:28:12.849><c> for</c><00:28:13.190><c> Joseph.</c>

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He<00:28:18.349><c> had</c><00:28:18.609><c> a</c><00:28:19.269><c> collar</c><00:28:19.589><c> of</c><00:28:19.970><c> iron</c><00:28:20.390><c> and</c><00:28:21.269><c> he</c><00:28:21.369><c> had</c><00:28:21.670><c> fetters</c><00:28:21.970><c> around</c><00:28:22.430><c> his</c><00:28:23.069><c> ankles.</c>

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And<00:28:23.890><c> he</c><00:28:24.190><c> would</c><00:28:24.410><c> have</c><00:28:24.630><c> been</c><00:28:25.309><c> very</c><00:28:25.890><c> uncomfortable.</c>

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He<00:28:26.890><c> would</c><00:28:27.089><c> have</c><00:28:27.369><c> been</c><00:28:28.309><c> hungry.</c>

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put<00:28:36.329><c> in</c><00:28:36.589><c> prison</c><00:28:36.829><c> like</c><00:28:37.170><c> this</c>

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from<00:28:37.970><c> an</c><00:28:38.309><c> elevated</c><00:28:38.769><c> status</c><00:28:39.589><c> and</c><00:28:40.589><c> having</c><00:28:40.930><c> done</c><00:28:41.430><c> nothing</c><00:28:42.210><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:28:45.269><c> we're</c><00:28:45.869><c> told</c><00:28:46.210><c> in</c><00:28:46.450><c> Genesis</c><00:28:46.869><c> 39</c><00:28:47.569><c> verse</c><00:28:47.910><c> 20,</c><00:28:49.190><c> then</c><00:28:49.490><c> Joseph's</c>

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master<00:28:50.369><c> took</c><00:28:50.710><c> him</c><00:28:51.089><c> and</c><00:28:51.349><c> put</c>

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him<00:28:51.769><c> into</c><00:28:52.089><c> the</c><00:28:52.349><c> prison,</c><00:28:54.009><c> a</c><00:28:54.410><c> place</c><00:28:54.609><c> where</c><00:28:54.809><c> the</c><00:28:54.970><c> king's</c><00:28:55.430><c> prisoners</c><00:28:55.650><c> were</c><00:28:56.069><c> confined.</c>

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And<00:28:58.430><c> he</c><00:28:58.589><c> was</c><00:28:58.869><c> there</c><00:28:59.130><c> in</c><00:28:59.390><c> prison,</c><00:29:00.769><c> but</c><00:29:01.130><c> the</c><00:29:01.430><c> Lord</c><00:29:01.789><c> was</c><00:29:02.190><c> with</c><00:29:02.450><c> Joseph</c><00:29:02.849><c> and</c>

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showed<00:29:03.309><c> him</c><00:29:03.529><c> mercy.</c>

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He<00:29:04.630><c> gave</c><00:29:04.869><c> him</c><00:29:05.210><c> favor</c><00:29:05.549><c> in</c><00:29:05.769><c> the</c><00:29:05.950><c> sight</c><00:29:06.069><c> of</c><00:29:06.250><c> the</c><00:29:06.410><c> keeper</c><00:29:06.670><c> of</c><00:29:06.869><c> the</c><00:29:07.049><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:29:08.630><c> the</c><00:29:08.769><c> keeper</c><00:29:09.029><c> of</c><00:29:09.190><c> the</c><00:29:09.369><c> prison</c><00:29:09.650><c> committed</c><00:29:10.150><c> to</c><00:29:10.450><c> Joseph's</c>

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hand,<00:29:11.369><c> all</c><00:29:11.609><c> the</c><00:29:11.890><c> prisoners</c>

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who<00:29:12.410><c> were</c><00:29:12.589><c> in</c><00:29:12.690><c> the</c><00:29:12.890><c> prison,</c><00:29:13.269><c> whatever</c><00:29:13.490><c> they</c><00:29:13.789><c> did</c><00:29:13.990><c> there,</c><00:29:14.309><c> it</c>

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was<00:29:14.890><c> his</c><00:29:15.130><c> doing.</c>

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The<00:29:16.470><c> keeper</c><00:29:16.730><c> of</c><00:29:16.990><c> the</c><00:29:17.150><c> prison</c><00:29:17.630><c> did</c><00:29:18.029><c> not</c><00:29:18.349><c> look</c><00:29:18.589><c> into</c><00:29:18.890><c> anything</c>

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that<00:29:19.509><c> was</c><00:29:19.690><c> under</c><00:29:20.009><c> Joseph's</c>

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authority<00:29:21.170><c> because</c><00:29:22.130><c> the</c><00:29:22.369><c> Lord</c><00:29:22.529><c> was</c><00:29:22.829><c> with</c><00:29:23.049><c> him.</c>

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And<00:29:24.670><c> whatever</c><00:29:24.950><c> he</c><00:29:25.269><c> did,</c><00:29:25.509><c> the</c><00:29:25.730><c> Lord</c><00:29:25.930><c> made</c><00:29:26.210><c> it</c><00:29:26.569><c> prosper.</c>

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So<00:29:28.789><c> Joseph</c><00:29:29.089><c> had</c><00:29:29.390><c> this</c><00:29:30.230><c> wonderful</c><00:29:31.009><c> quality</c><00:29:31.890><c> of</c><00:29:32.890><c> even</c><00:29:33.809><c> though</c><00:29:34.349><c> false</c>

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accusations<00:29:35.630><c> were</c><00:29:35.910><c> brought</c><00:29:36.109><c> against</c><00:29:36.569><c> him.</c>

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And<00:29:37.349><c> he's</c><00:29:37.710><c> thrown</c><00:29:37.910><c> into</c><00:29:38.230><c> prison.</c>

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He<00:29:39.650><c> continues</c><00:29:40.410><c> with</c><00:29:40.730><c> a</c><00:29:40.910><c> positive</c><00:29:41.390><c> attitude,</c><00:29:42.450><c> his</c><00:29:42.789><c> work</c><00:29:43.130><c> ethic.</c>

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what<00:32:04.789><c> leads</c><00:32:05.369><c> to</c><00:32:05.789><c> action.</c>

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this<00:32:37.450><c> idea</c><00:32:37.849><c> of</c><00:32:38.150><c> filling</c>

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he<00:33:09.410><c> would</c><00:33:09.609><c> have</c><00:33:09.910><c> gone</c><00:33:10.230><c> through.</c>

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And<00:33:11.650><c> although</c><00:33:12.029><c> these</c><00:33:12.309><c> are</c><00:33:12.690><c> extreme</c><00:33:13.130><c> examples</c><00:33:13.809><c> of,</c><00:33:14.450><c> of</c><00:33:14.829><c> trials,</c><00:33:15.470><c> perhaps</c><00:33:15.670><c> in</c><00:33:15.849><c> your</c><00:33:16.109><c> own</c><00:33:16.309><c> life,</c>

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uh,<00:33:17.369><c> you've</c><00:33:17.730><c> been</c><00:33:17.869><c> passed</c><00:33:18.250><c> over</c><00:33:18.529><c> for</c><00:33:18.789><c> a</c><00:33:18.950><c> promotion</c><00:33:19.309><c> for</c><00:33:19.650><c> work</c>

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or<00:33:20.369><c> treated</c><00:33:20.750><c> unfairly</c><00:33:21.329><c> at</c><00:33:21.549><c> school.</c>

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Uh,<00:33:23.150><c> you're</c><00:33:23.529><c> trying</c><00:33:23.750><c> to</c><00:33:23.990><c> make</c><00:33:24.109><c> the</c><00:33:24.369><c> right,</c><00:33:24.630><c> uh,</c><00:33:25.250><c> choices</c><00:33:25.670><c> for</c>

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the<00:33:26.109><c> truth,</c><00:33:26.490><c> like</c><00:33:26.609><c> Joseph</c><00:33:26.990><c> was</c>

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Uh,<00:33:33.990><c> maybe</c><00:33:34.349><c> it's</c><00:33:34.630><c> a</c><00:33:34.789><c> struggle,</c><00:33:35.250><c> um,</c><00:33:36.009><c> with</c><00:33:36.289><c> your</c><00:33:36.509><c> children,</c><00:33:36.970><c> your</c><00:33:37.230><c> spouse</c><00:33:37.509><c> or</c>

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your<00:33:37.970><c> friends.</c>

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Um,<00:33:40.410><c> or</c><00:33:40.609><c> just</c><00:33:40.869><c> an</c><00:33:41.150><c> overall</c><00:33:41.589><c> sense</c><00:33:42.170><c> of</c><00:33:42.869><c> the</c><00:33:43.309><c> direction</c><00:33:43.710><c> of</c><00:33:44.009><c> your</c><00:33:44.230><c> life.</c>

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I<00:33:44.630><c> think</c><00:33:44.849><c> Joseph</c><00:33:45.289><c> would</c><00:33:45.490><c> have</c><00:33:45.730><c> shared</c><00:33:46.130><c> some</c><00:33:46.890><c> of</c><00:33:47.089><c> these</c><00:33:47.269><c> doubts</c>

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as<00:33:47.910><c> well.</c>

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And<00:33:49.170><c> he</c><00:33:49.390><c> would</c><00:33:49.609><c> have</c><00:33:49.789><c> been</c><00:33:50.049><c> encouraged</c><00:33:50.869><c> in</c><00:33:51.730><c> the</c><00:33:51.950><c> mindset</c><00:33:52.410><c> that</c>

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these<00:33:53.049><c> verses</c><00:33:53.470><c> here</c><00:33:53.829><c> promote.</c>

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And<00:33:55.150><c> I</c><00:33:55.369><c> think,</c><00:33:56.190><c> uh,</c><00:33:56.190><c> in,</c><00:33:56.789><c> in</c><00:33:56.789><c> Psalm</c><00:33:57.069><c> 16,</c><00:33:59.089><c> therefore</c><00:33:59.329><c> my</c><00:33:59.650><c> heart</c>

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is<00:34:00.150><c> glad</c><00:34:00.329><c> and</c><00:34:00.529><c> my</c><00:34:00.769><c> tongue</c>

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rejoices,<00:34:01.910><c> my</c><00:34:02.210><c> body</c><00:34:02.509><c> also</c><00:34:02.990><c> will</c><00:34:03.269><c> rest</c><00:34:03.569><c> secure.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:34:05.710><c> of</c><00:34:06.329><c> the</c><00:34:06.650><c> promise</c><00:34:07.190><c> of</c><00:34:08.090><c> God's</c><00:34:08.929><c> loving</c><00:34:09.090><c> hand</c><00:34:09.429><c> in</c><00:34:09.670><c> our</c><00:34:09.869><c> lives.</c>

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Uh,<00:34:11.389><c> Psalm</c><00:34:11.550><c> 42,</c><00:34:12.269><c> why</c><00:34:12.550><c> my</c><00:34:12.909><c> soul</c><00:34:13.170><c> are</c><00:34:13.349><c> you</c><00:34:13.550><c> downcast?</c>

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Why<00:34:14.469><c> so</c><00:34:14.869><c> disturbed</c><00:34:15.389><c> within</c><00:34:15.690><c> me?</c>

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Put<00:34:16.650><c> your</c><00:34:16.929><c> hope</c><00:34:17.170><c> in</c><00:34:17.409><c> God</c><00:34:17.750><c> for</c><00:34:18.090><c> I</c><00:34:18.369><c> will</c><00:34:18.650><c> yet</c><00:34:18.889><c> praise</c><00:34:19.269><c> him.</c>

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My<00:34:19.849><c> savior</c><00:34:20.309><c> and</c><00:34:20.630><c> my</c><00:34:20.889><c> God</c><00:34:21.630><c> waiting</c><00:34:22.190><c> on</c><00:34:22.550><c> the</c><00:34:22.750><c> Lord</c><00:34:23.289><c> that</c><00:34:23.909><c> God</c><00:34:24.309><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:34:24.969><c> 62,</c><00:34:25.730><c> truly</c>

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he<00:34:26.329><c> is</c><00:34:26.590><c> my</c><00:34:26.849><c> rock</c><00:34:27.150><c> and</c><00:34:27.489><c> my</c><00:34:27.989><c> salvation.</c>

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I<00:34:28.769><c> will</c><00:34:29.030><c> not</c><00:34:29.250><c> be</c><00:34:29.550><c> shaken.</c>

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And<00:34:32.389><c> in</c><00:34:32.610><c> Micah,</c><00:34:32.969><c> but</c><00:34:33.090><c> as</c><00:34:33.449><c> for</c><00:34:33.610><c> me,</c><00:34:33.909><c> I</c><00:34:34.250><c> watch</c><00:34:34.489><c> and</c><00:34:34.769><c> hope</c><00:34:34.889><c> for</c><00:34:35.090><c> the</c><00:34:35.269><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:34:35.869><c> wait</c><00:34:36.190><c> for</c><00:34:36.469><c> God,</c><00:34:36.829><c> my</c><00:34:37.050><c> savior,</c><00:34:37.869><c> my</c><00:34:38.070><c> God</c><00:34:38.409><c> will</c><00:34:38.769><c> hear</c><00:34:38.969><c> me.</c>

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This<00:34:39.710><c> idea</c><00:34:40.210><c> of,</c><00:34:40.730><c> of</c><00:34:41.010><c> prayer,</c><00:34:42.090><c> of</c><00:34:42.590><c> continual</c><00:34:43.449><c> association</c><00:34:44.250><c> with</c><00:34:44.489><c> the</c>

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believers,<00:34:45.170><c> trying</c>

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to<00:34:45.869><c> keep</c><00:34:46.050><c> a</c><00:34:46.349><c> positive</c><00:34:46.750><c> mind</c><00:34:47.190><c> in</c><00:34:47.449><c> the</c><00:34:47.650><c> face</c><00:34:47.929><c> of</c><00:34:48.250><c> trial</c><00:34:48.489><c> and</c><00:34:48.730><c> temptation,</c><00:34:50.090><c> we</c>

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can<00:34:50.769><c> do</c><00:34:50.969><c> this</c>

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together<00:34:51.730><c> when</c><00:34:51.949><c> we</c><00:34:52.170><c> work</c><00:34:52.389><c> together,</c><00:34:53.369><c> we</c><00:34:53.650><c> have</c><00:34:53.889><c> strength</c><00:34:54.469><c> when</c>

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we<00:34:55.929><c> rely</c><00:34:56.389><c> on</c><00:34:56.610><c> each</c><00:34:56.909><c> other.</c>

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When<00:34:57.510><c> we</c><00:34:57.809><c> use</c><00:34:58.110><c> the</c><00:34:58.349><c> word</c><00:34:58.469><c> of</c><00:34:58.750><c> God</c><00:34:59.110><c> for</c><00:34:59.690><c> our</c><00:35:00.050><c> encouragement.</c>

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And,<00:35:01.110><c> and</c><00:35:01.349><c> this</c><00:35:01.570><c> is</c><00:35:01.769><c> what</c><00:35:01.989><c> Joseph</c><00:35:02.389><c> would</c><00:35:02.610><c> have</c><00:35:02.730><c> been</c><00:35:02.909><c> doing</c><00:35:03.329><c> when</c><00:35:03.949><c> he</c>

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had<00:35:04.389><c> that</c>

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fetter<00:35:05.610><c> around</c><00:35:05.889><c> his</c><00:35:06.150><c> ankles</c><00:35:06.610><c> and</c><00:35:07.230><c> a,</c><00:35:07.349><c> and</c><00:35:07.349><c> a</c><00:35:10.469><c> iron</c><00:35:10.489><c> cord</c><00:35:11.170><c> around</c><00:35:11.610><c> his</c>

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neck<00:35:12.289><c> while</c><00:35:12.690><c> he</c><00:35:12.889><c> was</c>

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encouragement,<00:35:17.610><c> he</c><00:35:17.909><c> would</c><00:35:18.090><c> have</c>

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had<00:35:18.550><c> to</c><00:35:19.889><c> pull</c><00:35:20.349><c> his</c><00:35:20.610><c> boots</c><00:35:20.809><c> up</c><00:35:21.230><c> and</c><00:35:21.769><c> get</c><00:35:21.929><c> himself</c><00:35:22.369><c> in</c><00:35:22.530><c> the</c><00:35:22.690><c> right</c>

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frame<00:35:23.150><c> of</c><00:35:23.429><c> mind,</c><00:35:23.909><c> knowing</c><00:35:24.010><c> that</c>

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God<00:35:24.570><c> was</c><00:35:24.869><c> going</c><00:35:25.150><c> to</c><00:35:25.610><c> right</c><00:35:25.849><c> the</c><00:35:26.170><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:35:28.929><c> James,</c><00:35:29.469><c> we're</c><00:35:29.710><c> told</c><00:35:30.130><c> blessed</c><00:35:30.670><c> is</c><00:35:30.929><c> the</c><00:35:31.110><c> one</c><00:35:31.289><c> who</c><00:35:31.570><c> perseveres</c><00:35:32.389><c> under</c>

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trial<00:35:33.230><c> because</c><00:35:33.630><c> having</c>

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stood<00:35:34.289><c> the</c><00:35:34.570><c> test,</c><00:35:35.090><c> that</c><00:35:35.130><c> person</c><00:35:35.530><c> will</c><00:35:35.869><c> receive</c><00:35:36.230><c> the</c><00:35:36.429><c> crown</c><00:35:36.690><c> of</c>

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life<00:35:37.329><c> that</c><00:35:38.010><c> the</c><00:35:38.170><c> Lord</c><00:35:38.349><c> has</c>

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promised<00:35:39.070><c> to</c><00:35:39.530><c> those</c><00:35:39.909><c> who</c><00:35:40.190><c> love</c><00:35:40.349><c> him.</c>

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And<00:35:40.789><c> so</c><00:35:40.869><c> the</c><00:35:41.130><c> everyday</c><00:35:41.449><c> trials</c><00:35:41.889><c> of</c><00:35:42.150><c> life,</c><00:35:43.510><c> they</c><00:35:43.510><c> shape</c><00:35:43.750><c> us,</c><00:35:44.030><c> they</c><00:35:44.269><c> mold</c><00:35:44.530><c> us,</c><00:35:44.829><c> they</c><00:35:45.030><c> give</c><00:35:45.210><c> us</c>

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opportunities<00:35:47.570><c> to</c><00:35:48.130><c> show</c><00:35:48.429><c> forth</c><00:35:49.309><c> Christ's</c><00:35:50.289><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:35:52.050><c> we</c><00:35:52.190><c> read</c><00:35:52.349><c> in</c><00:35:52.530><c> Genesis</c><00:35:52.949><c> chapter</c><00:35:53.409><c> 40,</c><00:35:54.190><c> sometime</c><00:35:54.670><c> later,</c>

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Pharaoh's<00:35:56.650><c> chief</c>

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Capirah<00:35:57.610><c> and</c><00:35:57.829><c> chief</c><00:35:58.110><c> Baker</c><00:35:58.550><c> offended</c><00:35:59.349><c> their</c><00:35:59.889><c> royal</c><00:36:00.210><c> master.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:36:01.570><c> became</c><00:36:02.070><c> angry</c><00:36:02.610><c> with</c><00:36:02.829><c> these</c><00:36:03.090><c> two</c><00:36:03.349><c> officials</c><00:36:03.690><c> and</c><00:36:03.869><c> he</c>

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put<00:36:04.190><c> them</c><00:36:04.429><c> in</c><00:36:04.630><c> the</c>

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prison<00:36:05.090><c> where</c><00:36:05.349><c> Joseph</c><00:36:05.730><c> was</c><00:36:06.670><c> and</c><00:36:07.170><c> in</c><00:36:07.469><c> the</c><00:36:07.690><c> palace</c><00:36:08.070><c> of</c><00:36:08.389><c> the</c><00:36:08.570><c> captain</c><00:36:08.849><c> of</c>

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the<00:36:09.230><c> guard.</c>

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They<00:36:10.329><c> remained</c><00:36:10.750><c> in</c><00:36:11.030><c> prison</c><00:36:11.309><c> for</c><00:36:11.570><c> quite</c><00:36:11.789><c> some</c><00:36:12.170><c> time</c><00:36:12.570><c> and</c><00:36:12.789><c> the</c>

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captain<00:36:13.289><c> of</c><00:36:13.449><c> the</c><00:36:13.690><c> guard</c><00:36:13.869><c> assigned</c>

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them<00:36:14.550><c> to</c><00:36:14.849><c> Joseph</c><00:36:15.269><c> who</c><00:36:15.889><c> looked</c><00:36:16.090><c> after</c><00:36:16.429><c> them.</c>

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Joseph<00:36:18.230><c> continued</c><00:36:18.969><c> in</c><00:36:19.230><c> wisdom</c><00:36:19.590><c> and</c><00:36:19.969><c> perseverance.</c>

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He<00:36:22.130><c> interpreted</c><00:36:22.670><c> their</c><00:36:23.030><c> dreams</c><00:36:23.349><c> correctly</c><00:36:24.030><c> and</c><00:36:24.690><c> he</c><00:36:24.989><c> asked</c><00:36:25.469><c> the</c><00:36:25.889><c> cup</c><00:36:26.090><c> bearer</c><00:36:26.429><c> to</c>

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remember<00:36:26.929><c> him</c><00:36:27.690><c> before</c><00:36:28.230><c> Pharaoh.</c>

00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:32.110
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But<00:36:28.869><c> we're</c><00:36:29.250><c> told</c><00:36:29.550><c> the</c><00:36:29.789><c> cup</c><00:36:30.030><c> bearer</c><00:36:30.829><c> forgot</c><00:36:31.190><c> about</c><00:36:31.570><c> Joseph,</c>

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didn't<00:36:32.809><c> even</c><00:36:33.110><c> give</c><00:36:33.210><c> him</c><00:36:33.369><c> another</c>

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thought<00:36:34.190><c> and</c><00:36:35.610><c> Joseph</c><00:36:35.989><c> sat</c><00:36:36.329><c> in</c><00:36:36.570><c> prison</c><00:36:36.829><c> for</c><00:36:37.170><c> another</c><00:36:37.449><c> two</c><00:36:37.869><c> years.</c>

00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:44.090
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And<00:36:39.110><c> we</c><00:36:39.909><c> know</c><00:36:40.110><c> in</c><00:36:40.250><c> our</c><00:36:40.510><c> own</c><00:36:40.789><c> lives,</c><00:36:41.570><c> if</c><00:36:42.929><c> we</c><00:36:43.170><c> want</c><00:36:43.309><c> to</c><00:36:43.429><c> see</c><00:36:43.570><c> God's</c>

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hand<00:36:44.230><c> in</c><00:36:44.429><c> our</c><00:36:44.650><c> life,</c><00:36:44.989><c> we</c><00:36:45.250><c> need</c><00:36:45.429><c> to</c>

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look<00:36:45.829><c> back</c><00:36:46.150><c> a</c><00:36:46.269><c> number</c><00:36:46.489><c> of</c><00:36:46.730><c> years</c><00:36:46.889><c> and</c><00:36:47.030><c> we</c><00:36:47.210><c> can</c><00:36:47.409><c> see,</c><00:36:47.730><c> we</c><00:36:47.769><c> can</c><00:36:47.989><c> say,</c><00:36:48.349><c> oh</c>

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yeah,<00:36:48.449><c> in</c><00:36:48.630><c> that</c><00:36:48.829><c> situation</c>

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there,<00:36:50.829><c> sometimes</c><00:36:51.289><c> it's</c><00:36:51.570><c> hard</c><00:36:51.889><c> to</c><00:36:52.150><c> see</c><00:36:52.349><c> it</c><00:36:52.530><c> when</c><00:36:52.730><c> we're</c><00:36:53.210><c> in</c><00:36:53.389><c> the</c><00:36:53.650><c> thick</c><00:36:53.789><c> of</c><00:36:53.989><c> it.</c>

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And<00:36:56.510><c> second,</c><00:36:56.869><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:57.750><c> chapter</c><00:36:58.110><c> three</c><00:36:59.210><c> gives</c><00:36:59.570><c> us</c><00:36:59.849><c> this</c>

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principle<00:37:00.530><c> that</c><00:37:00.869><c> Joseph</c><00:37:01.750><c> was</c>

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it<00:37:03.809><c> pervaded</c><00:37:04.250><c> his</c><00:37:04.570><c> life.</c>

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And<00:37:05.710><c> as</c><00:37:06.030><c> for</c><00:37:06.210><c> you,</c><00:37:06.570><c> brothers</c><00:37:06.650><c> and</c><00:37:06.969><c> sisters,</c><00:37:07.349><c> never</c><00:37:07.670><c> tire</c><00:37:08.250><c> of</c>

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doing<00:37:09.349><c> what</c><00:37:09.710><c> is</c><00:37:10.090><c> good.</c>

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And<00:37:11.869><c> this,</c><00:37:12.250><c> this</c><00:37:12.489><c> idea</c><00:37:12.989><c> of</c><00:37:14.710><c> action,</c><00:37:16.250><c> it's</c><00:37:16.909><c> one</c><00:37:17.170><c> thing</c><00:37:17.409><c> to,</c><00:37:17.869><c> for</c>

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us<00:37:18.110><c> to</c><00:37:18.329><c> read</c><00:37:18.489><c> these</c><00:37:18.809><c> verses,</c>

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but<00:37:20.769><c> Joseph</c><00:37:21.329><c> must've</c><00:37:22.550><c> been</c><00:37:23.690><c> struggling</c><00:37:24.469><c> with,</c><00:37:25.170><c> you</c><00:37:25.170><c> know,</c><00:37:25.289><c> what</c><00:37:25.429><c> am</c>

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I<00:37:25.650><c> going</c><00:37:25.789><c> to</c><00:37:25.949><c> do</c><00:37:26.090><c> here?</c>

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I'm<00:37:26.510><c> in</c><00:37:26.769><c> prison,</c><00:37:27.610><c> but</c><00:37:28.250><c> he,</c><00:37:28.630><c> he</c><00:37:28.789><c> took</c><00:37:29.050><c> action</c><00:37:29.789><c> and</c><00:37:30.670><c> he</c><00:37:30.949><c> made</c><00:37:31.150><c> the</c>

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best<00:37:31.670><c> of</c><00:37:31.849><c> the</c>

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situation<00:37:33.030><c> that</c><00:37:33.929><c> he</c><00:37:34.170><c> was</c><00:37:34.409><c> in.</c>

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And<00:37:37.809><c> we're</c><00:37:38.070><c> told</c><00:37:38.210><c> in</c><00:37:38.469><c> Galatians,</c><00:37:39.670><c> therefore,</c><00:37:40.010><c> as</c><00:37:40.289><c> we</c><00:37:40.510><c> have</c><00:37:40.769><c> opportunity,</c><00:37:41.690><c> let</c><00:37:41.809><c> us</c>

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do<00:37:42.510><c> good</c><00:37:42.750><c> to</c>

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all<00:37:43.329><c> people,</c><00:37:44.449><c> especially</c><00:37:44.829><c> to</c><00:37:45.190><c> those</c><00:37:45.510><c> who</c><00:37:45.829><c> belong</c><00:37:46.130><c> to</c><00:37:46.349><c> the</c><00:37:46.550><c> family</c><00:37:46.869><c> of</c><00:37:47.210><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:37:47.690><c> Joseph</c><00:37:48.010><c> had</c><00:37:48.269><c> this</c><00:37:49.650><c> outworked</c><00:37:50.829><c> in</c><00:37:50.929><c> his</c><00:37:51.210><c> life.</c>

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For<00:37:56.090><c> two</c><00:37:56.590><c> long</c><00:37:56.849><c> years,</c><00:37:57.170><c> he</c><00:37:57.369><c> sat</c><00:37:57.610><c> there</c><00:37:57.869><c> in</c><00:37:58.070><c> prison,</c><00:37:58.690><c> waiting,</c>

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waiting,<00:38:00.349><c> waiting,</c><00:38:00.650><c> and</c>

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we're<00:38:00.969><c> told</c><00:38:01.150><c> in</c><00:38:01.349><c> Genesis</c><00:38:01.670><c> 41,</c><00:38:02.989><c> then</c><00:38:03.250><c> Pharaoh</c><00:38:03.550><c> sent</c><00:38:03.849><c> and</c><00:38:04.110><c> called</c><00:38:04.289><c> Joseph</c><00:38:04.769><c> and</c>

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they<00:38:05.230><c> brought</c>

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him<00:38:05.610><c> hastily</c><00:38:06.150><c> out</c><00:38:06.489><c> of</c><00:38:06.650><c> the</c><00:38:06.829><c> dungeon.</c>

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And<00:38:08.550><c> he</c><00:38:08.769><c> shaved</c><00:38:09.030><c> himself</c><00:38:09.489><c> and</c><00:38:09.789><c> changed</c><00:38:10.130><c> his</c><00:38:10.409><c> raiment</c><00:38:10.730><c> and</c><00:38:10.989><c> came</c><00:38:11.269><c> in</c>

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unto<00:38:11.610><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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Now,<00:38:12.670><c> if</c><00:38:12.969><c> you</c><00:38:13.190><c> were</c><00:38:13.469><c> on</c><00:38:13.750><c> for</c><00:38:15.670><c> Mark's</c><00:38:16.309><c> class</c><00:38:16.550><c> on</c><00:38:16.889><c> Sunday,</c><00:38:17.190><c> I</c>

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actually<00:38:17.710><c> found</c><00:38:17.929><c> this</c><00:38:18.230><c> humorous</c>

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when<00:38:18.710><c> I</c><00:38:18.869><c> was</c><00:38:18.989><c> putting</c><00:38:19.150><c> this</c><00:38:19.429><c> class</c><00:38:19.610><c> together.</c>

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You<00:38:21.010><c> know,</c><00:38:21.210><c> maybe</c><00:38:21.530><c> there</c><00:38:21.769><c> is</c><00:38:22.010><c> something</c><00:38:22.269><c> to</c><00:38:22.530><c> shaving</c><00:38:22.750><c> yourself</c><00:38:23.409><c> and</c><00:38:24.510><c> ideas</c><00:38:24.969><c> come</c><00:38:25.250><c> to</c><00:38:25.389><c> you.</c>

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I<00:38:25.690><c> mean,</c><00:38:25.690><c> Joseph</c><00:38:26.050><c> shaves</c><00:38:26.389><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:38:27.050><c> comes</c><00:38:27.389><c> before</c><00:38:27.849><c> the</c><00:38:28.110><c> presence</c><00:38:28.329><c> of</c><00:38:28.610><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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So<00:38:29.030><c> I'm</c><00:38:29.170><c> going</c><00:38:29.170><c> to</c><00:38:29.230><c> have</c><00:38:29.329><c> to</c><00:38:29.469><c> keep</c><00:38:29.570><c> that</c><00:38:29.809><c> in</c><00:38:29.989><c> mind,</c><00:38:31.110><c> but</c><00:38:32.070><c> Mark</c>

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said<00:38:33.670><c> he</c><00:38:33.989><c> got</c><00:38:34.289><c> lots</c><00:38:34.650><c> of</c><00:38:35.329><c> good</c>

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ideas<00:38:36.170><c> when</c><00:38:36.309><c> he</c><00:38:36.449><c> was</c><00:38:36.630><c> shaving</c><00:38:36.949><c> on</c><00:38:37.250><c> Sunday</c><00:38:37.510><c> morning,</c><00:38:38.809><c> but</c><00:38:39.150><c> almost</c><00:38:39.489><c> in</c>

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the<00:38:39.849><c> blink</c><00:38:39.969><c> of</c><00:38:40.130><c> an</c>

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eye,<00:38:40.570><c> Joseph</c><00:38:40.889><c> was</c><00:38:41.289><c> removed</c><00:38:41.769><c> from</c><00:38:42.010><c> the</c><00:38:42.269><c> gloom</c><00:38:42.730><c> of</c><00:38:42.909><c> the</c><00:38:43.110><c> dungeon</c>

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and<00:38:44.190><c> he</c><00:38:44.489><c> stood</c><00:38:44.769><c> in</c><00:38:45.170><c> the</c><00:38:45.469><c> presence</c>

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of<00:38:46.269><c> Egypt's</c><00:38:46.949><c> powerful</c><00:38:47.269><c> monarch</c><00:38:47.750><c> and</c><00:38:49.489><c> Pharaoh</c><00:38:49.989><c> didn't</c><00:38:50.449><c> mince</c><00:38:50.769><c> words.</c>

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He<00:38:51.269><c> made</c><00:38:51.489><c> his</c><00:38:51.769><c> business</c><00:38:52.090><c> known.</c>

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He<00:38:53.210><c> had</c><00:38:53.489><c> called</c><00:38:53.670><c> Joseph</c><00:38:54.110><c> to</c><00:38:54.449><c> interpret</c><00:38:55.070><c> dreams</c><00:38:55.849><c> and</c><00:38:57.590><c> Joseph,</c>

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he<00:38:59.210><c> would</c><00:38:59.369><c> have</c><00:38:59.530><c> been</c><00:38:59.769><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:39:00.409><c> the</c><00:39:00.650><c> Egyptian</c><00:39:00.989><c> customs.</c>

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He<00:39:02.409><c> would</c><00:39:02.730><c> have,</c><00:39:04.570><c> as</c><00:39:05.130><c> this</c><00:39:05.570><c> picture</c><00:39:05.829><c> depicts,</c><00:39:07.170><c> had</c><00:39:07.289><c> humility.</c>

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He<00:39:09.030><c> would</c><00:39:09.429><c> have,</c><00:39:09.650><c> would</c><00:39:09.889><c> not</c><00:39:10.210><c> have</c><00:39:10.710><c> taken</c><00:39:11.210><c> any</c><00:39:12.110><c> credit</c><00:39:12.429><c> for</c><00:39:12.750><c> himself.</c>

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It's<00:39:13.630><c> mentioned</c><00:39:13.929><c> many</c><00:39:14.309><c> times</c><00:39:14.989><c> that</c><00:39:15.489><c> it's</c><00:39:15.789><c> God</c><00:39:16.309><c> who</c><00:39:17.510><c> is</c><00:39:18.150><c> the</c><00:39:18.429><c> revealer</c><00:39:18.889><c> of</c><00:39:19.070><c> dreams.</c>

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It's<00:39:19.670><c> God</c><00:39:19.989><c> who's</c><00:39:20.230><c> doing</c><00:39:20.510><c> this</c><00:39:20.889><c> for</c><00:39:21.010><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:39:21.469><c> God</c><00:39:21.869><c> who</c><00:39:22.510><c> is</c><00:39:22.929><c> the,</c><00:39:23.269><c> is</c><00:39:23.510><c> the</c><00:39:23.730><c> person</c><00:39:24.030><c> who</c><00:39:24.289><c> should</c><00:39:24.429><c> get</c><00:39:24.630><c> the</c><00:39:24.869><c> credit.</c>

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1st<00:39:30.829><c> Peter</c><00:39:31.230><c> 5</c><00:39:32.150><c> verse</c><00:39:32.389><c> 5</c><00:39:32.789><c> tells</c><00:39:33.090><c> us,</c><00:39:33.469><c> all</c><00:39:33.750><c> of</c><00:39:34.010><c> you</c><00:39:34.250><c> clothe</c><00:39:34.690><c> yourselves</c><00:39:35.289><c> with</c>

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humility<00:39:36.329><c> toward</c><00:39:36.809><c> one</c><00:39:37.250><c> another.</c>

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Because<00:39:38.730><c> God</c><00:39:39.369><c> opposes</c><00:39:40.090><c> the</c><00:39:40.449><c> proud,</c><00:39:42.150><c> but</c><00:39:42.329><c> shows</c><00:39:42.769><c> favor</c><00:39:43.530><c> to</c><00:39:43.869><c> the</c><00:39:44.050><c> humble.</c>

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Humble<00:39:45.630><c> yourselves</c><00:39:46.250><c> therefore</c><00:39:46.750><c> under</c><00:39:47.030><c> God's</c><00:39:47.469><c> mighty</c><00:39:47.730><c> hand</c>

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that<00:39:48.889><c> he</c><00:39:49.070><c> may</c><00:39:49.289><c> lift</c><00:39:49.530><c> you</c><00:39:49.789><c> up</c><00:39:49.969><c> in</c>

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due<00:39:50.409><c> time,</c><00:39:51.869><c> cast</c><00:39:52.190><c> all</c><00:39:52.409><c> your</c><00:39:52.710><c> anxiety</c><00:39:53.230><c> on</c><00:39:53.530><c> him</c><00:39:54.110><c> because</c><00:39:54.650><c> he</c><00:39:54.909><c> cares</c><00:39:55.210><c> for</c><00:39:55.449><c> you.</c>

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And<00:39:56.369><c> I</c><00:39:56.630><c> think</c><00:39:56.769><c> this</c><00:39:56.969><c> was</c><00:39:57.210><c> a</c><00:39:57.349><c> principle</c><00:39:57.650><c> that</c><00:39:57.969><c> Joseph</c><00:39:58.349><c> had</c><00:39:58.610><c> in</c>

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mind,<00:39:59.650><c> even</c><00:39:59.989><c> when</c><00:40:00.170><c> he</c><00:40:00.309><c> was</c>

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second<00:40:01.550><c> in</c><00:40:01.929><c> command</c><00:40:02.590><c> to</c><00:40:03.989><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:40:04.590><c> he</c><00:40:04.949><c> had</c><00:40:05.349><c> a</c><00:40:05.769><c> humility</c><00:40:06.429><c> that</c>

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endeared<00:40:08.010><c> people</c><00:40:08.429><c> to</c><00:40:08.730><c> him.</c>

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He<00:40:09.170><c> knew</c><00:40:09.469><c> that</c><00:40:09.750><c> his</c><00:40:10.050><c> life</c><00:40:10.389><c> was</c><00:40:10.690><c> not</c><00:40:10.889><c> his</c><00:40:11.150><c> own.</c>

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He<00:40:12.030><c> had</c><00:40:12.630><c> suffered</c><00:40:12.909><c> in</c><00:40:13.230><c> prison.</c>

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He<00:40:14.010><c> had</c><00:40:14.190><c> been</c><00:40:14.429><c> sold</c><00:40:14.670><c> as</c><00:40:14.929><c> a</c><00:40:15.110><c> slave.</c>

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His<00:40:15.650><c> brothers</c><00:40:16.070><c> hated</c><00:40:16.429><c> him.</c>

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And<00:40:17.969><c> through</c><00:40:18.210><c> all</c><00:40:18.690><c> this,</c><00:40:18.989><c> he</c><00:40:19.150><c> kept</c><00:40:19.429><c> God</c><00:40:19.730><c> in</c><00:40:20.010><c> mind,</c><00:40:20.909><c> but</c><00:40:21.349><c> he</c><00:40:21.570><c> was</c>

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humble<00:40:22.230><c> in</c><00:40:22.449><c> the</c><00:40:22.809><c> experience</c>

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knowing<00:40:23.789><c> that</c><00:40:24.170><c> life</c><00:40:24.630><c> could</c><00:40:25.469><c> change</c><00:40:26.110><c> at</c><00:40:26.389><c> any</c><00:40:26.610><c> minute.</c>

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That<00:40:27.130><c> he</c><00:40:28.050><c> always</c><00:40:28.989><c> had</c><00:40:29.889><c> a</c><00:40:31.789><c> power</c><00:40:32.210><c> outside</c><00:40:32.929><c> of</c><00:40:33.150><c> himself</c><00:40:33.769><c> to</c><00:40:34.349><c> rely</c><00:40:34.690><c> on.</c>

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And<00:40:39.550><c> we</c><00:40:39.670><c> know,</c><00:40:40.010><c> we</c><00:40:40.190><c> know</c><00:40:40.369><c> the</c><00:40:40.570><c> dreams</c><00:40:40.829><c> that</c><00:40:41.090><c> Joseph</c><00:40:41.389><c> had</c><00:40:41.809><c> and</c>

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Joseph<00:40:42.750><c> says,</c><00:40:44.289><c> then</c>

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Joseph<00:40:44.730><c> said</c><00:40:44.989><c> to</c><00:40:45.289><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:40:45.630><c> the</c><00:40:45.789><c> dreams</c><00:40:46.349><c> of</c><00:40:46.769><c> Pharaoh</c><00:40:47.110><c> are</c><00:40:47.510><c> one</c>

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and<00:40:48.690><c> the</c><00:40:48.969><c> same.</c>

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God<00:40:49.750><c> has</c><00:40:50.170><c> revealed</c><00:40:50.570><c> to</c><00:40:50.889><c> Pharaoh</c><00:40:51.090><c> what</c><00:40:51.389><c> he</c><00:40:51.610><c> is</c><00:40:51.829><c> about,</c><00:40:52.369><c> about</c>

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to<00:40:52.989><c> do.</c>

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famine,<00:40:59.289><c> and</c><00:40:59.469><c> Joseph</c><00:40:59.829><c> is</c><00:41:00.250><c> once</c><00:41:00.550><c> again</c><00:41:00.949><c> elevated.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:41:03.110><c> understanding</c><00:41:04.070><c> that</c><00:41:04.730><c> God</c><00:41:05.090><c> showed</c><00:41:05.389><c> these</c><00:41:05.769><c> things</c><00:41:06.030><c> to</c>

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Joseph,<00:41:06.750><c> partly</c><00:41:07.130><c> because</c>

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And<00:41:12.809><c> so</c><00:41:13.070><c> Pharaoh</c><00:41:13.349><c> says,</c><00:41:13.690><c> who</c><00:41:13.949><c> is</c><00:41:14.309><c> more</c><00:41:14.610><c> wise</c><00:41:14.989><c> and</c><00:41:15.230><c> discreet</c>

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than<00:41:15.869><c> thou?</c>

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Thou<00:41:16.409><c> shalt</c><00:41:16.610><c> be</c><00:41:16.829><c> over</c><00:41:17.090><c> my</c><00:41:17.369><c> house.</c>

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And<00:41:17.949><c> according</c><00:41:18.250><c> unto</c><00:41:18.510><c> thy</c><00:41:18.869><c> word,</c><00:41:19.929><c> shall</c><00:41:20.070><c> all</c><00:41:20.429><c> my</c><00:41:20.670><c> people</c><00:41:20.909><c> be</c><00:41:21.269><c> ruled</c>

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only<00:41:22.449><c> in</c><00:41:22.670><c> the</c><00:41:22.949><c> throne</c><00:41:24.010><c> will</c><00:41:24.809><c> thou,</c><00:41:25.630><c> will,</c><00:41:26.429><c> will</c><00:41:26.710><c> I</c><00:41:26.909><c> be</c><00:41:27.110><c> greater</c>

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than<00:41:27.789><c> thou?</c>

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And<00:41:29.369><c> so</c><00:41:29.789><c> Joseph</c><00:41:30.170><c> was,</c><00:41:30.650><c> was</c><00:41:30.869><c> rescued.</c>

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Psalm<00:41:33.230><c> 107</c><00:41:33.789><c> brings</c><00:41:34.210><c> out</c><00:41:34.489><c> this</c><00:41:34.670><c> principle</c><00:41:35.090><c> as</c><00:41:35.429><c> well.</c>

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Then<00:41:36.750><c> they</c><00:41:37.010><c> cried</c><00:41:37.269><c> out</c><00:41:37.530><c> to</c><00:41:37.710><c> the</c><00:41:37.849><c> Lord</c><00:41:38.010><c> in</c><00:41:38.170><c> their</c><00:41:38.369><c> trouble</c><00:41:38.750><c> and</c>

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he<00:41:39.210><c> brought</c>

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them<00:41:39.630><c> out</c><00:41:39.869><c> of</c><00:41:39.989><c> their</c><00:41:40.190><c> distress.</c>

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He<00:41:41.110><c> stilled</c><00:41:41.510><c> the</c><00:41:41.610><c> storm</c><00:41:41.869><c> with</c><00:41:42.130><c> a</c><00:41:42.230><c> whisper.</c>

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They<00:41:45.469><c> were</c><00:41:45.730><c> glad</c><00:41:46.210><c> when</c><00:41:46.489><c> it</c><00:41:46.750><c> grew</c><00:41:46.929><c> calm</c><00:41:47.369><c> and</c><00:41:47.869><c> he</c><00:41:48.110><c> guided</c><00:41:48.369><c> them</c>

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to<00:41:48.989><c> their</c><00:41:49.210><c> desired</c><00:41:49.889><c> haven.</c>

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love<00:41:54.389><c> and</c>

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his<00:41:54.849><c> wondrous</c><00:41:55.469><c> deeds</c><00:41:55.909><c> for</c><00:41:56.190><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:41:58.469><c> I</c><00:41:58.530><c> would</c><00:41:58.690><c> imagine</c><00:41:59.110><c> that</c><00:41:59.409><c> Joseph</c><00:41:59.789><c> with</c><00:42:00.010><c> this</c><00:42:00.329><c> new</c><00:42:00.710><c> responsibility</c><00:42:01.590><c> would</c>

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have<00:42:02.630><c> had</c><00:42:02.989><c> a</c><00:42:03.150><c> lot</c><00:42:03.409><c> of</c><00:42:03.829><c> emotions,</c><00:42:04.489><c> but</c><00:42:05.110><c> he</c><00:42:05.269><c> would</c><00:42:05.429><c> have</c><00:42:05.570><c> had</c><00:42:05.730><c> a</c>

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lot<00:42:06.070><c> of</c><00:42:06.369><c> relief</c><00:42:06.849><c> to</c><00:42:07.250><c> be</c><00:42:07.510><c> out</c><00:42:07.769><c> of</c>

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delivering<00:42:13.909><c> him</c><00:42:14.610><c> and</c><00:42:15.010><c> understanding</c>

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to<00:42:20.230><c> save</c><00:42:20.369><c> a</c><00:42:20.550><c> lot</c><00:42:20.809><c> of</c>

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lives<00:42:21.550><c> during</c><00:42:22.550><c> a</c><00:42:22.949><c> famine</c><00:42:23.309><c> or</c><00:42:25.110><c> getting</c><00:42:25.289><c> towards</c><00:42:25.710><c> the</c><00:42:25.909><c> end</c><00:42:26.070><c> of</c>

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our<00:42:26.449><c> time</c><00:42:26.670><c> here.</c>

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So<00:42:27.090><c> just</c><00:42:27.329><c> a,</c><00:42:27.630><c> just</c><00:42:27.789><c> a</c><00:42:27.949><c> few</c><00:42:28.070><c> more</c><00:42:28.329><c> points</c><00:42:28.670><c> here.</c>

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Preparing<00:42:31.289><c> during</c><00:42:31.849><c> the</c><00:42:32.170><c> seven</c><00:42:32.449><c> years</c><00:42:32.750><c> of</c><00:42:33.030><c> plenty,</c><00:42:33.550><c> we're</c><00:42:34.650><c> told</c><00:42:34.829><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:42:35.449><c> 41</c><00:42:35.989><c> that</c>

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Joseph<00:42:36.650><c> collected</c><00:42:37.130><c> all</c><00:42:37.429><c> the</c><00:42:37.650><c> food</c><00:42:37.869><c> produced</c><00:42:38.409><c> in</c><00:42:38.730><c> those</c><00:42:39.050><c> seven</c>

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years<00:42:39.710><c> of</c><00:42:39.989><c> abundance</c>

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and<00:42:40.849><c> stored</c><00:42:41.010><c> in</c><00:42:41.230><c> the</c><00:42:41.449><c> cities</c><00:42:41.710><c> in</c><00:42:41.929><c> each</c><00:42:42.170><c> city.</c>

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He<00:42:42.650><c> put</c><00:42:42.869><c> the</c><00:42:43.230><c> food</c><00:42:44.070><c> grown</c><00:42:44.489><c> in</c><00:42:44.690><c> the</c><00:42:44.869><c> field</c><00:42:45.110><c> surrounding</c><00:42:45.630><c> it.</c>

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Joseph<00:42:46.849><c> stored</c><00:42:47.309><c> huge</c><00:42:47.750><c> quantities</c><00:42:48.329><c> of</c><00:42:48.650><c> grain,</c><00:42:49.130><c> like</c><00:42:49.210><c> the</c><00:42:49.489><c> sand</c>

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of<00:42:50.030><c> the</c><00:42:50.230><c> sea.</c>

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It<00:42:51.610><c> was</c><00:42:51.789><c> so</c><00:42:52.110><c> much</c><00:42:52.349><c> that</c><00:42:52.530><c> he</c><00:42:52.809><c> stopped</c><00:42:53.030><c> keeping</c><00:42:53.469><c> records</c><00:42:53.949><c> because</c><00:42:54.349><c> it</c><00:42:54.550><c> was</c>

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beyond<00:42:55.469><c> measure.</c>

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Of<00:42:59.349><c> note,</c><00:43:00.389><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:00.610><c> changed</c><00:43:01.289><c> Joseph's</c><00:43:01.969><c> name</c><00:43:02.489><c> to</c><00:43:03.570><c> Zaphnath</c><00:43:04.449><c> Pania,</c><00:43:05.050><c> which</c><00:43:05.289><c> in</c><00:43:05.469><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:43:05.889><c> means</c><00:43:06.429><c> the</c><00:43:07.110><c> savior</c><00:43:07.630><c> of</c><00:43:08.010><c> the</c><00:43:08.349><c> age.</c>

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And<00:43:09.409><c> so</c><00:43:09.670><c> Joseph</c><00:43:10.090><c> became</c><00:43:10.750><c> a</c><00:43:11.349><c> symbol</c><00:43:11.630><c> of</c><00:43:11.969><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:43:13.570><c> as</c><00:43:14.190><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:14.610><c> 49</c><00:43:15.250><c> tells</c><00:43:15.570><c> us,</c><00:43:16.349><c> I</c><00:43:16.349><c> will</c><00:43:16.590><c> make</c><00:43:16.789><c> you</c><00:43:17.170><c> a</c><00:43:17.309><c> light</c><00:43:17.489><c> for</c><00:43:17.730><c> the</c><00:43:17.889><c> Gentiles</c><00:43:18.610><c> that</c><00:43:18.829><c> my</c>

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salvation<00:43:19.809><c> may</c><00:43:20.090><c> reach</c><00:43:20.389><c> to</c><00:43:20.610><c> the</c><00:43:20.829><c> end</c><00:43:21.010><c> of</c><00:43:21.190><c> the</c><00:43:21.409><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:43:23.110><c> so</c><00:43:23.329><c> we,</c><00:43:23.690><c> we</c><00:43:23.849><c> know</c><00:43:24.090><c> with</c><00:43:24.309><c> Christ</c><00:43:24.769><c> as</c><00:43:25.170><c> the</c><00:43:25.449><c> savior</c><00:43:25.750><c> of</c><00:43:25.969><c> the</c>

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world,<00:43:26.510><c> this</c><00:43:26.670><c> tie</c><00:43:26.989><c> in,</c>

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um,<00:43:28.469><c> the</c><00:43:28.670><c> anointed</c><00:43:29.369><c> savior,</c><00:43:30.849><c> our</c><00:43:31.150><c> coming</c><00:43:31.489><c> King,</c><00:43:32.630><c> uh,</c><00:43:33.389><c> Amos</c><00:43:33.590><c> tells</c><00:43:33.909><c> us</c>

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in,<00:43:34.630><c> in</c><00:43:34.869><c> chapter</c><00:43:35.170><c> eight,</c>

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famine<00:43:41.210><c> through</c><00:43:41.630><c> the</c><00:43:41.869><c> land,</c><00:43:42.090><c> not</c><00:43:42.349><c> a</c><00:43:42.590><c> famine</c><00:43:42.789><c> of</c><00:43:43.110><c> food</c><00:43:43.550><c> or</c><00:43:44.530><c> of</c><00:43:44.829><c> thirst,</c><00:43:45.329><c> but</c><00:43:45.550><c> a</c>

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famine<00:43:46.050><c> of</c>

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hearing<00:43:46.969><c> the</c><00:43:47.670><c> word</c><00:43:48.050><c> of</c><00:43:48.349><c> the</c><00:43:48.530><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:43:51.630><c> just</c><00:43:52.289><c> as</c><00:43:52.710><c> Joseph</c><00:43:53.150><c> had</c><00:43:53.570><c> time</c><00:43:54.210><c> to</c><00:43:54.809><c> prepare,</c><00:43:55.889><c> we</c><00:43:56.329><c> are</c><00:43:57.210><c> exhorted</c><00:43:57.670><c> by</c><00:43:58.090><c> the</c>

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daily<00:44:00.110><c> events</c>

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that<00:44:00.710><c> we</c><00:44:00.929><c> see</c><00:44:01.230><c> around</c><00:44:01.570><c> us,</c><00:44:02.070><c> whether</c><00:44:02.230><c> it</c><00:44:02.510><c> be</c><00:44:03.090><c> the</c><00:44:03.550><c> events</c><00:44:03.809><c> taking</c><00:44:04.190><c> place</c>

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in<00:44:04.869><c> Israel</c><00:44:05.389><c> or</c><00:44:06.150><c> the</c>

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moral<00:44:07.369><c> decline</c><00:44:07.889><c> in</c><00:44:08.070><c> the</c><00:44:08.289><c> world</c><00:44:08.590><c> or</c><00:44:09.369><c> the</c><00:44:10.469><c> war</c><00:44:10.730><c> with</c><00:44:11.010><c> Russia</c><00:44:11.389><c> in</c>

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Ukraine<00:44:12.409><c> and</c><00:44:13.269><c> so</c><00:44:13.630><c> many</c><00:44:13.929><c> other</c>

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events<00:44:15.550><c> that</c><00:44:15.809><c> are</c><00:44:16.489><c> happening</c><00:44:16.889><c> worldwide</c><00:44:17.449><c> that</c><00:44:17.750><c> it's</c><00:44:17.989><c> hard</c><00:44:18.230><c> to</c>

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keep<00:44:18.610><c> up</c><00:44:18.869><c> on</c><00:44:19.150><c> them.</c>

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We're<00:44:20.409><c> not</c><00:44:20.730><c> left</c><00:44:21.070><c> without</c><00:44:22.469><c> a</c><00:44:23.510><c> encouragement</c><00:44:24.090><c> from</c><00:44:24.429><c> God</c><00:44:24.789><c> that</c>

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our<00:44:25.989><c> savior</c><00:44:26.349><c> is</c><00:44:26.690><c> soon</c><00:44:26.889><c> to</c><00:44:27.170><c> come.</c>

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And<00:44:27.889><c> we're</c><00:44:28.230><c> told</c><00:44:28.429><c> in</c><00:44:28.590><c> Matthew</c><00:44:29.269><c> 24,</c><00:44:31.489><c> therefore</c><00:44:31.769><c> keep</c><00:44:32.250><c> watch</c><00:44:32.829><c> because</c><00:44:33.489><c> you</c><00:44:33.670><c> do</c>

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