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the<00:17:16.900><c> Lord,</c><00:17:17.559><c> but</c><00:17:17.720><c> allows</c><00:17:18.059><c> the</c><00:17:18.319><c> servant</c><00:17:18.519><c> of</c><00:17:18.759><c> the</c><00:17:18.779><c> Lord</c><00:17:18.920><c> to</c><00:17:19.279><c> encourage</c><00:17:19.720><c> others</c><00:17:20.220><c> to</c>

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lift<00:17:20.900><c> them</c><00:17:21.099><c> up,</c><00:17:23.640><c> with</c>

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him<00:17:24.299><c> is</c><00:17:24.619><c> an</c><00:17:24.859><c> arm</c><00:17:25.059><c> of</c><00:17:25.420><c> flesh,</c><00:17:26.180><c> but</c><00:17:26.220><c> with</c><00:17:26.500><c> us</c><00:17:27.000><c> is</c><00:17:27.619><c> the</c><00:17:27.920><c> Lord.</c>

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Now<00:17:31.539><c> Hezekiah</c><00:17:32.000><c> isn't</c><00:17:32.279><c> saying</c><00:17:32.720><c> that</c><00:17:33.180><c> 185</c><00:17:33.859><c>,000</c><00:17:34.220><c> Syrians</c><00:17:35.019><c> isn't</c>

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a<00:17:36.259><c> cause</c><00:17:36.460><c> for</c><00:17:36.700><c> concern,</c><00:17:37.380><c> he's</c><00:17:37.720><c> not</c><00:17:37.940><c> dismissing</c>

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that<00:17:44.440><c> those</c><00:17:44.700><c> concerns</c><00:17:45.019><c> are</c><00:17:45.220><c> not</c><00:17:45.460><c> valid,</c>

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fear,<00:17:51.039><c> we're</c><00:17:51.400><c> not</c><00:17:51.599><c> saying</c><00:17:51.779><c> that</c>

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it<00:17:53.380><c> ceased</c><00:17:53.700><c> to</c><00:17:54.039><c> exist,</c><00:17:54.799><c> or</c><00:17:54.980><c> that</c><00:17:55.400><c> you</c><00:17:55.720><c> can't</c><00:17:56.019><c> acknowledge</c><00:17:56.500><c> that,</c><00:17:58.579><c> it's</c><00:17:59.299><c> again</c><00:17:59.559><c> about</c><00:18:00.039><c> how</c>

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it<00:18:08.740><c> does</c><00:18:08.960><c> look</c><00:18:09.220><c> scary</c><00:18:09.660><c> at</c><00:18:09.940><c> times,</c><00:18:10.579><c> the</c><00:18:10.759><c> mob</c><00:18:11.180><c> that</c><00:18:11.500><c> led,</c><00:18:12.680><c> sorry,</c>

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that<00:18:13.059><c> Judas</c><00:18:13.539><c> brought</c><00:18:14.539><c> to</c><00:18:14.859><c> Gethsemane,</c>

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all<00:18:18.839><c> ran.</c>

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evil<00:18:40.640><c> in</c><00:18:40.819><c> the</c><00:18:41.000><c> world,</c><00:18:41.400><c> they're</c>

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consistently<00:18:42.359><c> sending</c><00:18:42.779><c> this</c><00:18:43.119><c> message</c><00:18:43.799><c> designed</c><00:18:44.380><c> to</c><00:18:44.759><c> oppose</c>

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Emmanuel,<00:18:46.259><c> to</c><00:18:46.500><c> rob</c><00:18:46.799><c> us</c><00:18:47.140><c> of</c><00:18:47.319><c> the</c><00:18:47.559><c> peace</c>

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that<00:18:47.940><c> we</c><00:18:48.140><c> have</c><00:18:48.380><c> in</c><00:18:48.599><c> Christ,</c><00:18:49.660><c> the</c><00:18:49.880><c> world</c><00:18:50.099><c> says</c><00:18:50.400><c> I</c><00:18:50.720><c> will</c><00:18:50.980><c> chew</c><00:18:51.200><c> you</c><00:18:51.420><c> up</c>

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and<00:18:51.759><c> spit</c><00:18:51.940><c> you</c><00:18:52.180><c> out,</c><00:18:53.500><c> the</c><00:18:53.640><c> world</c><00:18:53.779><c> says</c>

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threatens<00:19:00.880><c> us</c><00:19:01.180><c> in</c><00:19:01.380><c> so</c><00:19:01.539><c> many</c>

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ways,<00:19:02.119><c> but</c><00:19:02.319><c> Jesus</c><00:19:02.619><c> says</c><00:19:02.940><c> in</c><00:19:03.279><c> me</c><00:19:03.619><c> you</c><00:19:03.759><c> will</c><00:19:04.059><c> have</c><00:19:04.319><c> peace,</c><00:19:05.500><c> he</c><00:19:05.700><c> says</c><00:19:06.259><c> peace</c><00:19:07.099><c> I</c>

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leave<00:19:07.539><c> with</c><00:19:07.819><c> you,</c><00:19:08.960><c> my</c><00:19:09.200><c> peace</c><00:19:09.480><c> I</c>

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give,<00:19:10.819><c> let</c><00:19:11.099><c> not</c><00:19:11.319><c> your</c><00:19:11.500><c> heart</c><00:19:11.740><c> be</c><00:19:11.980><c> troubled,</c><00:19:12.440><c> neither</c><00:19:12.619><c> let</c><00:19:12.859><c> it</c>

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world<00:19:20.299><c> tries</c><00:19:20.700><c> to</c><00:19:21.019><c> disturb</c><00:19:21.299><c> us,</c><00:19:23.460><c> and</c><00:19:23.599><c> I</c>

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don't<00:19:24.200><c> know</c><00:19:24.579><c> your</c><00:19:25.000><c> private</c><00:19:25.420><c> fears,</c><00:19:25.799><c> I</c><00:19:25.940><c> don't</c><00:19:26.119><c> know</c><00:19:26.279><c> the</c><00:19:26.460><c> things</c><00:19:26.680><c> that</c>

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you're<00:19:27.660><c> encountering</c><00:19:28.180><c> in</c><00:19:28.299><c> your</c>

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life<00:19:28.960><c> that</c><00:19:29.880><c> cause</c><00:19:30.299><c> fear,</c><00:19:31.700><c> but</c><00:19:33.220><c> our</c><00:19:33.579><c> Emmanuel</c><00:19:33.980><c> does,</c><00:19:35.259><c> and</c><00:19:35.460><c> the</c>

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comfort<00:19:36.299><c> and</c><00:19:37.180><c> encouragement</c><00:19:37.700><c> that</c><00:19:37.960><c> he</c>

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provides<00:19:38.640><c> is</c><00:19:39.119><c> so</c><00:19:39.319><c> much</c><00:19:39.460><c> greater</c><00:19:39.700><c> than</c><00:19:39.880><c> any</c><00:19:40.099><c> threat</c><00:19:40.299><c> the</c><00:19:40.500><c> world</c>

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can<00:19:40.960><c> make</c><00:19:41.099><c> against</c><00:19:41.420><c> us.</c>

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I<00:19:46.519><c> mentioned</c><00:19:47.059><c> bringing</c><00:19:49.740><c> kids</c><00:19:50.099><c> into</c><00:19:50.299><c> the</c><00:19:50.460><c> world</c><00:19:50.579><c> as</c><00:19:50.799><c> being</c><00:19:51.319><c> in</c>

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ways<00:19:55.240><c> an</c><00:19:55.380><c> act</c><00:19:55.559><c> of</c><00:19:55.819><c> faith,</c><00:19:57.160><c> trusting</c><00:19:57.480><c> that</c><00:19:57.740><c> God</c><00:19:58.079><c> will</c><00:19:59.259><c> take</c><00:19:59.519><c> these</c><00:19:59.839><c> charges,</c><00:20:00.839><c> realizing</c><00:20:01.299><c> my</c>

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have<00:20:18.140><c> all</c><00:20:18.339><c> the</c><00:20:18.460><c> answers</c><00:20:18.680><c> and</c><00:20:18.839><c> I</c><00:20:18.940><c> can't</c><00:20:19.240><c> protect</c><00:20:19.559><c> her</c><00:20:19.740><c> from</c><00:20:19.960><c> every</c><00:20:20.339><c> evil</c><00:20:20.579><c> in</c>

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she'll<00:20:24.059><c> realize</c><00:20:24.460><c> that</c><00:20:25.140><c> only</c><00:20:25.559><c> the</c><00:20:25.759><c> Heavenly</c><00:20:26.079><c> Father</c><00:20:26.519><c> can</c><00:20:27.019><c> perfectly</c><00:20:27.500><c> fulfill</c><00:20:27.859><c> this</c>

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role,<00:20:29.819><c> that</c><00:20:30.140><c> not</c>

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me<00:20:30.640><c> or</c><00:20:31.079><c> anybody</c><00:20:31.539><c> else</c><00:20:32.440><c> that</c><00:20:33.359><c> comes</c><00:20:33.579><c> into</c><00:20:33.819><c> her</c><00:20:34.000><c> life</c><00:20:34.259><c> can</c><00:20:34.720><c> protect</c><00:20:35.240><c> her</c>

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us<00:20:42.180><c> his</c><00:20:42.400><c> son</c><00:20:43.019><c> who</c><00:20:43.779><c> promised</c><00:20:44.099><c> to</c><00:20:44.339><c> never</c>

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leave<00:20:44.799><c> us,</c><00:20:46.380><c> and</c><00:20:47.539><c> through</c><00:20:48.359><c> Christ</c><00:20:48.700><c> we've</c><00:20:48.940><c> been</c><00:20:49.180><c> sanctified</c><00:20:49.720><c> as</c>

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enters<00:20:52.980><c> into</c><00:20:53.299><c> our</c><00:20:53.460><c> hearts</c><00:20:53.700><c> and</c><00:20:53.920><c> gives</c><00:20:54.059><c> us</c><00:20:54.759><c> courage</c><00:20:55.200><c> and</c><00:20:55.500><c> perfect</c><00:20:55.839><c> love,</c>

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him<00:21:08.819><c> and</c><00:21:09.200><c> he</c><00:21:09.380><c> in</c><00:21:09.640><c> God.</c><00:21:11.180><c> So</c><00:21:11.539><c> we</c><00:21:11.819><c> have</c><00:21:12.019><c> come</c><00:21:12.200><c> to</c><00:21:12.420><c> know</c><00:21:12.759><c> and</c><00:21:13.119><c> to</c><00:21:13.380><c> believe</c><00:21:13.720><c> the</c>

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the<00:21:25.839><c> sense</c><00:21:26.079><c> of</c><00:21:26.319><c> God</c><00:21:26.599><c> dwelling</c><00:21:26.920><c> with</c><00:21:27.220><c> us,</c><00:21:27.640><c> us</c><00:21:28.140><c> dwelling</c><00:21:28.480><c> with</c>

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God's<00:21:31.319><c> presence</c><00:21:31.599><c> in</c><00:21:31.759><c> our</c><00:21:31.940><c> lives</c><00:21:32.119><c> so</c><00:21:32.339><c> that</c><00:21:32.460><c> we</c><00:21:32.559><c> might</c><00:21:32.759><c> take</c><00:21:33.019><c> courage</c><00:21:33.380><c> and</c>

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encourage<00:21:33.880><c> others.</c><00:21:35.039><c> By</c><00:21:35.200><c> this</c>

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is<00:21:35.660><c> love</c><00:21:35.839><c> perfected</c><00:21:36.400><c> with</c><00:21:36.579><c> us</c><00:21:37.039><c> so</c><00:21:37.200><c> that</c><00:21:37.400><c> we</c><00:21:37.539><c> may</c><00:21:37.700><c> have</c><00:21:38.079><c> confidence</c><00:21:38.720><c> for</c><00:21:38.960><c> the</c>

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day<00:21:39.220><c> of</c><00:21:39.420><c> judgment.</c><00:21:40.599><c> We're</c>

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not<00:21:40.799><c> to</c><00:21:41.119><c> fear</c><00:21:41.319><c> the</c><00:21:41.619><c> judgment</c><00:21:41.960><c> seat,</c><00:21:42.720><c> we're</c><00:21:43.079><c> supposed</c><00:21:43.299><c> to</c><00:21:43.500><c> go</c>

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that<00:21:46.299><c> he</c><00:21:46.480><c> has</c><00:21:46.680><c> been</c><00:21:46.839><c> with</c><00:21:47.059><c> us</c><00:21:47.259><c> all</c><00:21:47.460><c> along.</c><00:21:48.599><c> As</c><00:21:48.880><c> he</c><00:21:49.140><c> is,</c><00:21:49.539><c> so</c><00:21:49.720><c> also</c>

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are<00:21:50.220><c> we</c><00:21:50.359><c> in</c><00:21:50.519><c> the</c><00:21:50.700><c> world.</c><00:21:51.920><c> There</c><00:21:52.240><c> is</c>

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no<00:21:52.819><c> fear</c><00:21:53.299><c> in</c><00:21:53.920><c> love,</c><00:21:55.339><c> but</c><00:21:55.519><c> perfect</c><00:21:55.900><c> love</c><00:21:56.259><c> casts</c><00:21:56.619><c> out</c><00:21:57.000><c> fear.</c><00:21:58.180><c> For</c>

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fear<00:21:58.559><c> has</c><00:21:58.859><c> to</c><00:21:59.000><c> do</c><00:21:59.099><c> with</c><00:21:59.259><c> punishment</c><00:21:59.680><c> and</c>

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whoever<00:22:00.319><c> fears</c><00:22:00.700><c> has</c><00:22:00.960><c> not</c><00:22:01.099><c> been</c><00:22:01.460><c> perfected</c><00:22:02.000><c> in</c><00:22:02.200><c> love,</c><00:22:03.640><c> we</c><00:22:03.980><c> love</c>

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because<00:22:04.900><c> he</c><00:22:05.140><c> first</c><00:22:05.400><c> loved</c><00:22:05.599><c> us.</c><00:22:09.039><c> And</c><00:22:09.440><c> few</c>

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of<00:22:10.019><c> us</c><00:22:10.160><c> could</c><00:22:10.359><c> say</c><00:22:10.579><c> that</c><00:22:10.720><c> we've</c><00:22:10.960><c> been</c><00:22:11.160><c> perfected</c><00:22:11.740><c> in</c><00:22:11.799><c> love,</c><00:22:12.220><c> so</c>

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while<00:22:13.640><c> we're</c><00:22:13.859><c> waiting</c><00:22:14.119><c> for</c><00:22:14.440><c> perfect</c>

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love,<00:22:15.380><c> while</c><00:22:15.579><c> we're</c><00:22:15.880><c> growing</c><00:22:16.200><c> and</c><00:22:16.519><c> developing</c><00:22:16.819><c> as</c><00:22:17.119><c> disciples,</c><00:22:19.220><c> we'll</c><00:22:19.700><c> still</c><00:22:19.920><c> have</c><00:22:20.539><c> fears</c><00:22:20.799><c> to</c><00:22:21.099><c> encounter.</c>

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wants<00:22:30.059><c> us</c><00:22:31.160><c> to</c><00:22:31.559><c> have</c><00:22:31.940><c> a</c><00:22:32.160><c> sense</c><00:22:32.319><c> of</c><00:22:33.240><c> his</c><00:22:33.839><c> presence</c><00:22:34.519><c> in</c><00:22:35.000><c> our</c><00:22:35.220><c> lives,</c><00:22:36.339><c> and</c>

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that<00:22:38.079><c> as</c><00:22:38.299><c> we</c><00:22:38.539><c> draw</c><00:22:38.680><c> closer</c><00:22:39.039><c> to</c><00:22:39.160><c> him,</c>

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our<00:22:39.880><c> love</c><00:22:40.140><c> grows</c><00:22:40.539><c> and</c><00:22:41.119><c> our</c><00:22:41.500><c> fearlessness</c><00:22:42.140><c> increases.</c><00:22:43.960><c> So</c><00:22:44.180><c> as</c>

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we<00:22:44.500><c> take</c><00:22:44.660><c> bread</c><00:22:44.940><c> and</c><00:22:45.059><c> wine</c><00:22:45.180><c> this</c><00:22:45.460><c> morning,</c>

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let's<00:22:47.140><c> remember</c><00:22:47.500><c> that</c><00:22:47.660><c> there</c><00:22:47.839><c> is</c><00:22:48.140><c> no</c><00:22:48.299><c> greater</c><00:22:48.559><c> love</c><00:22:48.920><c> than</c><00:22:49.099><c> a</c>

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man<00:22:49.460><c> lays</c><00:22:49.700><c> down</c><00:22:49.960><c> his</c><00:22:50.160><c> life</c><00:22:50.440><c> for</c><00:22:50.599><c> his</c><00:22:50.839><c> friends.</c>

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This<00:22:51.680><c> was</c><00:22:51.940><c> the</c><00:22:52.119><c> ultimate</c><00:22:52.599><c> act</c><00:22:53.099><c> of</c><00:22:53.420><c> love.</c><00:22:55.519><c> It's</c><00:22:55.700><c> the</c><00:22:55.920><c> perfect</c>

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love<00:22:56.480><c> that</c><00:22:56.680><c> casts</c><00:22:56.960><c> out</c><00:22:57.259><c> fear.</c><00:22:59.299><c> It</c><00:22:59.859><c> inhabits</c>

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our<00:23:00.460><c> heart</c><00:23:00.740><c> and</c><00:23:00.920><c> it</c><00:23:01.059><c> gives</c><00:23:01.200><c> us</c><00:23:01.539><c> courage</c><00:23:01.900><c> and</c><00:23:02.220><c> bravery</c><00:23:02.559><c> when</c><00:23:03.480><c> the</c><00:23:03.680><c> world</c><00:23:03.839><c> wants</c><00:23:04.140><c> to</c>

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beat<00:23:04.440><c> us</c><00:23:04.700><c> down.</c><00:23:07.400><c> So</c><00:23:07.799><c> I</c>

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mentioned<00:23:08.660><c> the</c><00:23:09.099><c> poem</c><00:23:09.480><c> about</c><00:23:09.859><c> the</c><00:23:10.400><c> light</c><00:23:10.579><c> brigade</c><00:23:10.900><c> at</c><00:23:11.099><c> the</c><00:23:11.299><c> beginning.</c><00:23:12.000><c> I</c>

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think<00:23:12.380><c> of</c><00:23:12.539><c> those</c><00:23:12.819><c> 600</c><00:23:13.140><c> men</c>

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that<00:23:13.900><c> rode</c><00:23:14.059><c> into</c><00:23:14.339><c> danger,</c><00:23:15.660><c> the</c><00:23:15.900><c> brave</c><00:23:16.240><c> cavaliers</c><00:23:16.940><c> that</c><00:23:17.839><c> Tennyson</c><00:23:18.180><c> celebrated,</c><00:23:19.819><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:20.059><c> were</c><00:23:20.180><c> absolutely</c>

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cut<00:23:20.900><c> down</c><00:23:21.160><c> by</c><00:23:21.339><c> the</c><00:23:21.519><c> Russian</c><00:23:21.920><c> guns</c><00:23:22.400><c> because</c><00:23:22.839><c> of</c><00:23:23.140><c> this</c><00:23:23.380><c> military</c>

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error,<00:23:25.180><c> this</c><00:23:25.299><c> blunder</c><00:23:25.619><c> that</c><00:23:25.880><c> some</c><00:23:26.359><c> aristocratic</c>

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lord,<00:23:28.460><c> far</c><00:23:29.099><c> from</c><00:23:29.299><c> the</c><00:23:29.500><c> battlefield</c><00:23:29.819><c> himself,</c><00:23:30.539><c> not</c><00:23:30.819><c> willing</c><00:23:31.119><c> to</c><00:23:31.559><c> lift</c><00:23:31.740><c> a</c>

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finger<00:23:32.160><c> against</c><00:23:32.400><c> the</c><00:23:32.640><c> enemy</c>

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but<00:23:33.160><c> issuing</c><00:23:33.539><c> orders</c><00:23:33.960><c> from</c><00:23:34.200><c> on</c><00:23:34.400><c> high</c><00:23:34.819><c> and</c><00:23:35.480><c> making</c><00:23:35.779><c> mistakes</c><00:23:36.259><c> that</c><00:23:36.539><c> cost</c><00:23:36.700><c> people's</c><00:23:37.279><c> lives.</c><00:23:39.279><c> I</c><00:23:39.680><c> think</c>

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about<00:23:40.160><c> that.</c><00:23:40.380><c> It's</c><00:23:40.539><c> a</c><00:23:40.660><c> great</c><00:23:40.839><c> tragedy.</c><00:23:42.039><c> But</c><00:23:42.519><c> our</c><00:23:42.880><c> commanding</c>

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officer<00:23:43.799><c> isn't</c><00:23:43.960><c> like</c><00:23:44.200><c> that</c><00:23:44.400><c> at</c><00:23:44.559><c> all.</c>

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He's<00:23:45.819><c> with</c><00:23:46.059><c> us</c><00:23:46.299><c> in</c><00:23:46.460><c> our</c><00:23:46.700><c> trials.</c><00:23:47.940><c> He</c><00:23:48.200><c> doesn't</c><00:23:48.519><c> ask</c><00:23:48.920><c> us</c><00:23:49.140><c> to</c><00:23:49.279><c> go</c>

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through<00:23:49.799><c> anything</c><00:23:50.339><c> that</c><00:23:50.740><c> he</c><00:23:50.880><c> hasn't</c><00:23:51.140><c> done</c>

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himself.<00:23:53.319><c> He's</c><00:23:53.599><c> suffered</c><00:23:53.839><c> the</c><00:23:54.079><c> worst</c><00:23:54.279><c> that</c><00:23:54.460><c> the</c><00:23:54.559><c> world</c><00:23:54.700><c> has</c>

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to<00:23:55.220><c> throw,</c><00:23:55.440><c> and</c><00:23:55.700><c> still</c><00:23:56.299><c> he</c><00:23:56.680><c> is</c><00:23:56.960><c> overcome.</c>

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So<00:23:59.359><c> my</c><00:23:59.880><c> message</c><00:24:00.279><c> today</c><00:24:00.579><c> is</c><00:24:00.839><c> to</c><00:24:01.460><c> not</c><00:24:01.839><c> let</c><00:24:02.039><c> the</c><00:24:02.240><c> world</c><00:24:02.420><c> beat</c><00:24:02.619><c> you</c>

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down,<00:24:03.279><c> brothers</c><00:24:03.299><c> and</c><00:24:03.559><c> sisters.</c><00:24:04.619><c> It</c><00:24:04.900><c> can</c>

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feel<00:24:05.440><c> oppressive.</c><00:24:06.400><c> I</c><00:24:06.579><c> understand</c><00:24:07.059><c> that.</c><00:24:07.660><c> But</c><00:24:07.859><c> we</c><00:24:08.440><c> are</c><00:24:08.759><c> not</c><00:24:08.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:09.420><c> overcome</c><00:24:09.599><c> with</c><00:24:09.859><c> evil</c><00:24:10.119><c> but</c><00:24:10.339><c> to</c><00:24:10.819><c> overcome</c>

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evil<00:24:11.579><c> with</c><00:24:11.980><c> good.</c><00:24:13.539><c> It's</c><00:24:13.779><c> not</c><00:24:13.980><c> by</c><00:24:14.220><c> our</c><00:24:14.460><c> own</c><00:24:14.680><c> power</c><00:24:15.000><c> but</c><00:24:15.299><c> the</c><00:24:15.579><c> strength</c><00:24:15.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:16.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:16.279><c> our</c><00:24:16.519><c> God</c><00:24:16.759><c> who</c><00:24:17.039><c> walks</c>

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with<00:24:17.480><c> us</c><00:24:17.700><c> every</c><00:24:17.980><c> day.</c><00:24:18.859><c> And</c><00:24:19.039><c> the</c><00:24:19.160><c> person</c><00:24:19.420><c> of</c><00:24:19.920><c> his</c><00:24:20.339><c> son,</c><00:24:20.920><c> our</c><00:24:21.160><c> Immanuel,</c><00:24:22.259><c> we</c>

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are<00:24:22.680><c> strengthened</c><00:24:23.099><c> to</c><00:24:23.579><c> overcome.</c>

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1,<00:24:32.539><c> Moses</c><00:24:32.900><c> had</c><00:24:33.119><c> also</c><00:24:33.460><c> spoken</c><00:24:33.839><c> similar</c>

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words<00:24:34.759><c> to</c><00:24:35.039><c> Joshua</c><00:24:35.279><c> before</c><00:24:35.680><c> his</c><00:24:35.980><c> death.</c><00:24:37.660><c> In</c><00:24:37.660><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:38.119><c> 31,</c>

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verse<00:24:39.019><c> 7,</c><00:24:40.160><c> Moses</c><00:24:40.339><c> had</c><00:24:40.680><c> told</c><00:24:41.019><c> Joshua</c><00:24:41.440><c> to</c><00:24:41.680><c> be</c><00:24:41.900><c> strong</c>

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and<00:24:42.720><c> courageous.</c><00:24:44.279><c> It</c><00:24:44.299><c> is</c><00:24:44.559><c> the</c><00:24:44.779><c> Lord</c><00:24:45.019><c> who</c><00:24:45.200><c> goes</c><00:24:45.519><c> before</c><00:24:45.980><c> you.</c>

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He<00:24:47.440><c> will</c><00:24:47.619><c> be</c><00:24:47.799><c> with</c><00:24:48.059><c> you</c><00:24:48.400><c> and</c><00:24:48.579><c> will</c><00:24:48.799><c> not</c><00:24:48.960><c> leave</c>

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you<00:24:49.480><c> or</c><00:24:49.759><c> forsake</c><00:24:50.259><c> you.</c><00:24:51.500><c> Do</c><00:24:51.660><c> not</c><00:24:51.920><c> fear</c><00:24:52.259><c> or</c><00:24:52.640><c> be</c><00:24:52.839><c> dismayed.</c><00:24:56.200><c> So</c><00:24:56.640><c> let</c><00:24:56.779><c> us</c>

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pray<00:24:57.619><c> together</c><00:24:58.000><c> now</c><00:24:58.400><c> for</c><00:24:58.720><c> an</c><00:24:59.019><c> enduring</c>

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sense<00:25:00.000><c> of</c><00:25:00.319><c> the</c><00:25:00.519><c> presence</c><00:25:00.740><c> of</c><00:25:01.000><c> the</c><00:25:01.119><c> Lord.</c><00:25:03.680><c> Let</c><00:25:03.799><c> us</c><00:25:03.960><c> give</c><00:25:04.119><c> thanks</c>

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for<00:25:04.680><c> the</c><00:25:05.059><c> eternal</c><00:25:05.319><c> security</c><00:25:05.880><c> he</c><00:25:06.220><c> offers</c>

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to<00:25:06.799><c> those</c><00:25:07.079><c> who</c><00:25:07.359><c> love</c><00:25:07.519><c> him</c><00:25:08.160><c> and</c><00:25:08.559><c> call</c><00:25:08.740><c> upon</c><00:25:09.019><c> his</c><00:25:09.299><c> name.</c><00:25:10.380><c> And</c><00:25:10.880><c> may</c>

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we<00:25:11.220><c> take</c><00:25:11.420><c> courage</c><00:25:11.759><c> and</c><00:25:12.019><c> encourage</c><00:25:12.319><c> others</c>

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taking<00:25:13.079><c> heart</c><00:25:13.440><c> for</c><00:25:13.680><c> he</c><00:25:13.900><c> has</c><00:25:14.359><c> overcome</c><00:25:14.859><c> the</c><00:25:15.140><c> world.</c><00:25:15.740><c> Thank</c><00:25:16.200><c> you.</c>