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Yes,<00:17:20.660><c> brothers</c><00:17:20.880><c> and</c><00:17:21.200><c> sisters,</c><00:17:22.220><c> you</c><00:17:22.500><c> are</c><00:17:22.839><c> chosen.</c>

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Fourthly,<00:17:27.140><c> God</c><00:17:27.519><c> sees</c><00:17:27.980><c> you</c><00:17:28.680><c> as</c><00:17:29.380><c> strong.</c>

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You<00:17:31.220><c> are</c><00:17:31.799><c> strong.</c><00:17:33.380><c> You</c><00:17:33.759><c> can</c><00:17:34.079><c> do</c><00:17:34.420><c> hard</c><00:17:35.200><c> things.</c>

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Life<00:17:38.000><c> can</c><00:17:38.220><c> be</c><00:17:38.480><c> challenging,</c><00:17:39.059><c> as</c><00:17:39.279><c> we</c><00:17:39.480><c> all</c><00:17:39.720><c> know.</c>

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this<00:18:11.819><c> testimony</c><00:18:12.359><c> of</c><00:18:12.519><c> his</c><00:18:12.799><c> life.</c>

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you<00:18:27.799><c> facing</c><00:18:28.259><c> these</c><00:18:28.799><c> difficulties</c><00:18:29.519><c> alone.</c>

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No,<00:18:32.220><c> God</c><00:18:32.640><c> sees</c><00:18:33.079><c> you</c><00:18:34.039><c> with</c><00:18:34.500><c> an</c><00:18:34.859><c> army</c><00:18:35.200><c> of</c><00:18:35.539><c> angels</c><00:18:36.180><c> who</c><00:18:38.980><c> are</c><00:18:39.359><c> commanded</c><00:18:39.920><c> by</c><00:18:40.339><c> Jesus</c><00:18:40.960><c> to</c>

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that<00:19:06.960><c> you</c><00:19:07.220><c> are</c><00:19:07.519><c> loved.</c>

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Hymn<00:19:10.860><c> 132</c><00:19:11.440><c> is</c><00:19:12.420><c> a</c><00:19:12.599><c> hymn</c><00:19:12.960><c> entitled,</c><00:19:14.180><c> Oh</c><00:19:14.180><c> Perfect</c><00:19:14.579><c> Love.</c>

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Now,<00:19:34.099><c> sadly,</c><00:19:35.880><c> even</c><00:19:36.279><c> the</c><00:19:36.579><c> very</c><00:19:36.980><c> best</c><00:19:37.339><c> marriages</c><00:19:37.920><c> end</c><00:19:38.700><c> in</c><00:19:39.400><c> the</c>

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they<00:19:48.160><c> once</c><00:19:48.420><c> enjoyed.</c>

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there<00:19:53.259><c> is</c><00:19:53.680><c> no</c><00:19:54.259><c> end</c><00:19:55.079><c> to</c><00:19:55.660><c> the</c><00:19:55.920><c> love</c><00:19:56.480><c> that</c><00:19:57.279><c> he</c><00:19:57.519><c> has</c><00:19:57.940><c> for</c><00:19:58.180><c> you.</c>

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Brother<00:20:01.079><c> Bill</c><00:20:01.339><c> Kiddell</c><00:20:02.319><c> often</c><00:20:03.079><c> quoted</c><00:20:03.640><c> from</c><00:20:04.619><c> Romans</c><00:20:05.039><c> chapter</c>

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eight<00:20:05.799><c> his</c><00:20:06.059><c> favorite</c><00:20:06.460><c> passage.</c>

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He<00:20:08.960><c> said,</c><00:20:10.599><c> For</c><00:20:10.680><c> I</c><00:20:10.920><c> am</c><00:20:11.140><c> convinced</c><00:20:11.799><c> that</c><00:20:12.240><c> neither</c><00:20:12.500><c> death</c><00:20:13.059><c> nor</c><00:20:13.420><c> life,</c><00:20:14.000><c> neither</c><00:20:14.279><c> angels</c><00:20:14.759><c> or</c><00:20:15.000><c> demons,</c>

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neither<00:20:15.640><c> the</c><00:20:16.000><c> present</c><00:20:16.220><c> or</c><00:20:16.400><c> the</c><00:20:16.579><c> future,</c><00:20:17.279><c> nor</c><00:20:17.460><c> any</c><00:20:17.839><c> powers,</c><00:20:18.460><c> neither</c><00:20:18.740><c> height</c><00:20:19.059><c> nor</c><00:20:19.319><c> death</c><00:20:19.579><c> nor</c><00:20:19.900><c> anything</c><00:20:20.299><c> else</c><00:20:20.619><c> in</c>

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precious<00:21:07.519><c> promises.</c>

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