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in<00:18:26.940><c> life</c><00:18:27.619><c> and</c><00:18:28.480><c> in</c><00:18:28.940><c> eternity.</c>

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how<00:18:44.099><c> many</c><00:18:44.420><c> tomorrows</c><00:18:45.200><c> we</c><00:18:45.380><c> have</c><00:18:45.660><c> left.</c>

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It<00:19:41.839><c> means</c><00:19:42.160><c> making</c><00:19:42.579><c> conscious</c><00:19:43.220><c> effort,</c><00:19:43.880><c> making</c><00:19:44.140><c> a</c><00:19:44.539><c> conscious</c>

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cultivate<00:20:02.819><c> the</c><00:20:03.240><c> awareness.</c>

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square<00:20:21.539><c> of</c><00:20:22.539><c> one's</c><00:20:23.000><c> life.</c>

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He<00:20:24.900><c> writes,</c><00:20:25.559><c> one</c><00:20:25.680><c> of</c><00:20:25.900><c> the</c><00:20:26.240><c> squares</c><00:20:26.799><c> will</c><00:20:27.160><c> be</c><00:20:27.440><c> terminal.</c>

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The<00:20:57.619><c> angel</c><00:20:57.839><c> said,</c><00:20:58.160><c> why</c><00:20:58.559><c> do</c><00:20:58.779><c> you</c><00:20:59.099><c> stand</c><00:20:59.480><c> there</c><00:20:59.859><c> gazing</c><00:21:00.420><c> up</c><00:21:00.700><c> into</c><00:21:00.980><c> heaven?</c>

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This<00:21:02.599><c> same</c><00:21:03.079><c> Jesus</c><00:21:03.740><c> who</c><00:21:04.039><c> has</c><00:21:04.319><c> been</c><00:21:04.640><c> taken</c><00:21:05.059><c> into</c><00:21:05.559><c> heaven</c><00:21:06.119><c> will</c>

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come<00:21:07.319><c> back</c><00:21:07.599><c> the</c><00:21:07.920><c> same</c><00:21:08.200><c> way</c><00:21:08.759><c> you've</c><00:21:09.480><c> seen</c><00:21:09.579><c> him</c><00:21:09.819><c> go</c><00:21:10.079><c> into</c><00:21:10.359><c> heaven.</c>

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friends,<00:21:15.720><c> what</c><00:21:16.019><c> 2023</c><00:21:17.460><c> will</c><00:21:18.119><c> bring.</c>

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Or,<00:21:25.779><c> brothers</c><00:21:25.799><c> and</c><00:21:26.119><c> sisters,</c><00:21:27.599><c> it</c><00:21:27.819><c> could</c><00:21:28.079><c> mark</c><00:21:28.519><c> that</c><00:21:29.039><c> long</c><00:21:29.559><c>-awaited</c><00:21:31.019><c> return</c><00:21:31.660><c> of</c>

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