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The<00:16:37.820><c> funny</c><00:16:38.480><c> thing</c><00:16:38.700><c> about</c><00:16:38.940><c> exhortations</c><00:16:39.659><c> is</c><00:16:40.360><c> a</c><00:16:40.799><c> brother</c><00:16:41.019><c> may</c>

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us<00:16:58.039><c> and</c><00:16:58.259><c> stick</c><00:16:58.480><c> with</c><00:16:58.679><c> us.</c>

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So<00:17:00.399><c> please,</c><00:17:01.039><c> if</c><00:17:01.159><c> you</c><00:17:01.360><c> take</c><00:17:01.539><c> one</c><00:17:01.899><c> thing</c><00:17:02.059><c> from</c><00:17:02.259><c> my</c><00:17:02.500><c> talk</c><00:17:02.620><c> this</c><00:17:02.919><c> morning,</c><00:17:04.779><c> take</c><00:17:05.059><c> comfort</c><00:17:05.460><c> in</c>

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your<00:17:05.880><c> faith</c><00:17:06.059><c> in</c><00:17:06.240><c> God</c><00:17:06.960><c> and</c><00:17:07.559><c> his</c><00:17:07.720><c> son</c><00:17:07.920><c> Jesus.</c>

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important<00:17:18.339><c> words</c><00:17:18.640><c> from</c><00:17:18.819><c> the</c><00:17:18.960><c> books</c><00:17:19.119><c> of</c><00:17:19.259><c> Matthew</c><00:17:19.680><c> and</c><00:17:19.940><c> 2</c><00:17:20.099><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Blessed<00:17:22.259><c> are</c><00:17:22.480><c> those</c><00:17:22.779><c> who</c><00:17:23.059><c> mourn,</c><00:17:23.900><c> for</c><00:17:24.019><c> they</c><00:17:24.259><c> shall</c><00:17:24.420><c> be</c><00:17:24.680><c> comforted.</c>

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Blessed<00:17:26.839><c> be</c><00:17:27.160><c> God,</c><00:17:27.859><c> even</c><00:17:27.920><c> the</c><00:17:28.339><c> father</c><00:17:28.700><c> of</c><00:17:28.920><c> our</c><00:17:29.059><c> Lord</c><00:17:29.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.640><c> Christ,</c><00:17:30.799><c> father</c><00:17:31.140><c> of</c>

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mercies,<00:17:31.900><c> the</c><00:17:32.059><c> God</c><00:17:32.240><c> of</c><00:17:32.420><c> all</c><00:17:32.700><c> comfort,</c><00:17:33.740><c> who</c><00:17:33.960><c> comforted</c><00:17:34.299><c> us</c><00:17:34.880><c> in</c>

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all<00:17:35.400><c> our</c><00:17:35.619><c> tribulation,</c>

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comfort,<00:17:42.500><c> wherewith</c><00:17:42.859><c> we</c><00:17:43.099><c> ourselves</c><00:17:43.500><c> are</c><00:17:43.880><c> comforted</c><00:17:44.599><c> of</c><00:17:44.799><c> God.</c>

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Just<00:17:46.279><c> as</c><00:17:46.440><c> the</c><00:17:46.640><c> young</c><00:17:46.779><c> woman</c><00:17:47.039><c> found</c><00:17:47.339><c> comfort</c><00:17:47.740><c> in</c><00:17:47.940><c> my</c><00:17:48.119><c> presence,</c>

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may<00:17:49.480><c> we</c><00:17:49.680><c> all</c><00:17:49.900><c> find</c><00:17:50.099><c> comfort</c><00:17:50.460><c> in</c><00:17:50.700><c> God</c><00:17:51.039><c> and</c><00:17:52.200><c> find</c><00:17:52.460><c> comfort</c><00:17:52.859><c> in</c><00:17:53.059><c> the</c><00:17:53.240><c> love</c><00:17:53.420><c> that</c><00:17:53.640><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:54.460><c> for</c><00:17:54.660><c> each</c><00:17:54.839><c> other.</c>

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Amen.