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that<00:12:22.860><c> Paul</c><00:12:23.200><c> told</c><00:12:23.559><c> Timothy</c><00:12:24.000><c> to</c><00:12:24.240><c> pray</c><00:12:24.480><c> for</c><00:12:24.980><c> when</c><00:12:25.559><c> he</c><00:12:25.840><c> told</c><00:12:26.039><c> him,</c>

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I<00:12:27.820><c> exhort</c><00:12:28.139><c> therefore</c><00:12:28.559><c> that</c><00:12:28.899><c> first</c><00:12:29.220><c> of</c><00:12:29.480><c> all,</c><00:12:29.940><c> supplications,</c><00:12:31.179><c> prayers,</c>

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intercessions,<00:12:32.879><c> and</c><00:12:32.980><c> giving</c><00:12:33.179><c> of</c><00:12:33.519><c> thanks</c>

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that<00:12:37.659><c> are</c><00:12:37.779><c> in</c><00:12:37.940><c> authority,</c><00:12:39.080><c> that</c><00:12:39.379><c> we</c><00:12:39.639><c> may</c><00:12:39.940><c> lead</c><00:12:40.200><c> a</c><00:12:40.559><c> quiet</c><00:12:40.899><c> and</c><00:12:41.240><c> peaceful</c>

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life<00:12:42.320><c> in</c><00:12:42.779><c> all</c><00:12:43.179><c> goodliness</c><00:12:43.679><c> and</c><00:12:44.100><c> honesty,</c>

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our<00:12:49.759><c> Savior.</c>

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So<00:12:51.720><c> you</c><00:12:51.960><c> see</c><00:12:52.100><c> that</c><00:12:52.539><c> for</c><00:12:52.940><c> a</c><00:12:53.080><c> prayer</c><00:12:53.259><c> to</c><00:12:53.460><c> be</c><00:12:53.779><c> answered</c><00:12:54.100><c> in</c><00:12:54.279><c> the</c><00:12:54.500><c> positive,</c>

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it<00:12:55.860><c> must</c><00:12:56.139><c> conform</c><00:12:56.659><c> to</c><00:12:56.899><c> God's</c><00:12:57.460><c> will.</c>

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and<00:13:04.360><c> women</c><00:13:04.580><c> of</c><00:13:04.799><c> the</c><00:13:05.019><c> Bible,</c><00:13:05.899><c> instruments</c>

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and<00:13:23.399><c> Abraham</c><00:13:23.919><c> said</c><00:13:24.519><c> or</c><00:13:25.159><c> prayed</c><00:13:25.799><c> unto</c><00:13:27.639><c> God,</c><00:13:28.960><c> oh,</c>

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that<00:13:29.240><c> Ishmael</c><00:13:29.860><c> might</c><00:13:30.139><c> live</c><00:13:30.460><c> before</c><00:13:31.059><c> thee.</c>

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Abraham<00:13:33.159><c> decided</c><00:13:33.659><c> that</c><00:13:33.960><c> Ishmael</c><00:13:34.379><c> might</c>

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to<00:13:37.360><c> fulfill</c><00:13:37.799><c> God's</c><00:13:38.379><c> covenant</c><00:13:38.779><c> in</c><00:13:39.240><c> that</c><00:13:39.360><c> he</c><00:13:39.559><c> had</c><00:13:39.700><c> no</c><00:13:40.019><c> son</c><00:13:40.279><c> but</c><00:13:40.480><c> Ishmael</c>

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and<00:13:46.679><c> Sarah's</c><00:13:47.080><c> age</c><00:13:47.480><c> and</c><00:13:47.740><c> physical</c><00:13:48.159><c> condition,</c>

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they<00:13:49.299><c> would</c><00:13:49.519><c> never</c><00:13:49.740><c> have</c><00:13:49.960><c> a</c><00:13:50.120><c> son</c><00:13:50.340><c> of</c><00:13:50.500><c> their</c><00:13:50.799><c> own.</c>

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And<00:13:51.700><c> therefore,</c><00:13:51.960><c> Abraham</c><00:13:52.480><c> prayed</c><00:13:52.940><c> that</c><00:13:53.200><c> Ishmael</c><00:13:53.639><c> might</c>

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In<00:13:56.620><c> fact,</c><00:13:56.899><c> as</c><00:13:57.279><c> you</c><00:13:57.519><c> recall,</c><00:13:58.740><c> Sarah</c><00:13:58.980><c> actually</c>

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laughed<00:13:59.899><c> at</c><00:14:00.120><c> the</c><00:14:00.340><c> idea</c><00:14:00.580><c> of</c><00:14:00.820><c> bearing</c><00:14:01.019><c> a</c><00:14:01.320><c> child</c><00:14:01.600><c> in</c><00:14:01.779><c> her</c><00:14:01.960><c> old</c><00:14:02.240><c> age.</c>

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But<00:14:04.039><c> she</c><00:14:04.240><c> and</c><00:14:04.399><c> Abraham</c><00:14:04.779><c> were</c><00:14:05.139><c> rebuked</c><00:14:06.539><c> when</c><00:14:06.960><c> God's</c><00:14:07.460><c> answer</c><00:14:07.720><c> was,</c>

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is<00:14:09.019><c> anything</c><00:14:09.480><c> too</c><00:14:09.980><c> hard</c><00:14:10.279><c> for</c><00:14:10.519><c> the</c><00:14:10.779><c> Lord?</c>

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demonstrated<00:14:16.000><c> to</c><00:14:16.220><c> them,</c><00:14:17.059><c> as</c><00:14:17.179><c> it</c><00:14:17.360><c> should</c><00:14:17.460><c> to</c><00:14:19.340><c> us,</c>

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that<00:14:20.679><c> if</c><00:14:20.840><c> it</c><00:14:21.100><c> conforms</c><00:14:21.639><c> to</c><00:14:21.820><c> God's</c><00:14:22.259><c> will,</c>

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then<00:14:23.460><c> nothing</c><00:14:23.820><c> is</c><00:14:24.159><c> too</c><00:14:24.539><c> hard</c><00:14:24.940><c> for</c><00:14:25.220><c> the</c><00:14:25.419><c> Lord.</c>

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Another,<00:14:28.820><c> Moses</c><00:14:29.139><c> asked</c><00:14:29.539><c> that</c><00:14:29.779><c> he</c><00:14:29.980><c> be</c><00:14:30.200><c> allowed</c><00:14:30.639><c> to</c><00:14:30.899><c> cross</c><00:14:31.179><c> the</c><00:14:31.440><c> Jordan</c>

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and<00:14:31.980><c> enter</c><00:14:32.139><c> the</c><00:14:32.480><c> promised</c><00:14:32.740><c> land.</c>

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In<00:14:34.539><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:35.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:35.500><c> 3,</c><00:14:35.899><c> verses</c><00:14:36.240><c> 25</c><00:14:37.019><c> and</c><00:14:37.220><c> 26</c><00:14:37.720><c> says</c><00:14:38.059><c> that,</c>

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Moses<00:14:39.379><c> prayed</c><00:14:39.720><c> to</c><00:14:40.000><c> God,</c><00:14:40.559><c> I</c><00:14:40.740><c> pray</c><00:14:41.080><c> thee,</c>

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let<00:14:41.440><c> me</c><00:14:41.620><c> go</c><00:14:41.940><c> over</c><00:14:42.259><c> and</c><00:14:42.460><c> see</c><00:14:42.679><c> the</c><00:14:42.919><c> good</c><00:14:43.139><c> land</c><00:14:43.519><c> that</c>

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is<00:14:44.000><c> beyond</c><00:14:44.200><c> Jordan,</c><00:14:44.940><c> that</c><00:14:45.179><c> goodly</c><00:14:45.600><c> mountain</c><00:14:46.019><c> in</c><00:14:46.299><c> Lebanon.</c>

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But<00:14:48.440><c> the</c><00:14:48.659><c> Lord</c><00:14:48.860><c> was</c><00:14:49.220><c> wrought</c><00:14:49.500><c> with</c><00:14:49.740><c> me</c><00:14:50.059><c> for</c><00:14:50.279><c> your</c><00:14:50.659><c> sakes</c>

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and<00:14:51.120><c> would</c><00:14:51.340><c> not</c><00:14:51.740><c> hear</c><00:14:52.220><c> me.</c>

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And<00:14:53.460><c> the</c><00:14:53.620><c> Lord</c><00:14:53.860><c> said</c><00:14:54.139><c> unto</c><00:14:54.320><c> me,</c><00:14:54.860><c> let</c><00:14:55.080><c> it</c><00:14:55.299><c> suffice</c><00:14:55.840><c> thee,</c>

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speak<00:14:56.899><c> no</c><00:14:57.179><c> more</c><00:14:57.379><c> unto</c><00:14:57.580><c> me</c><00:14:57.840><c> of</c><00:14:58.019><c> this</c><00:14:58.299><c> matter.</c>

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So<00:15:00.360><c> even</c><00:15:00.600><c> to</c><00:15:00.840><c> Moses,</c><00:15:02.100><c> whom</c><00:15:02.179><c> God</c><00:15:02.580><c> said</c><00:15:02.820><c> he</c><00:15:03.080><c> spoke</c><00:15:03.360><c> face</c><00:15:03.879><c> to</c><00:15:04.139><c> face,</c>

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the<00:15:05.360><c> answer</c><00:15:05.620><c> to</c><00:15:05.860><c> his</c><00:15:06.100><c> prayer</c><00:15:06.440><c> at</c><00:15:06.940><c> that</c><00:15:07.279><c> time</c><00:15:07.779><c> was</c><00:15:08.419><c> no.</c>

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King<00:15:11.699><c> David,</c><00:15:12.299><c> described</c><00:15:13.519><c> by</c><00:15:13.860><c> God</c><00:15:14.080><c> as</c><00:15:14.340><c> a</c><00:15:14.419><c> man</c><00:15:14.960><c> after</c><00:15:15.440><c> mine</c><00:15:15.720><c> own</c><00:15:16.139><c> heart,</c>

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prayed<00:15:17.860><c> that</c><00:15:18.039><c> the</c><00:15:18.379><c> child</c><00:15:18.720><c> born</c><00:15:19.059><c> to</c><00:15:19.320><c> him</c><00:15:19.539><c> in</c><00:15:19.740><c> Bathsheba</c><00:15:20.299><c> might</c><00:15:20.580><c> live.</c>

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Second<00:15:22.960><c> Samuel</c><00:15:23.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:23.919><c> 12,</c><00:15:24.440><c> verses</c><00:15:24.679><c> 16</c><00:15:25.240><c> and</c><00:15:25.440><c> 17</c><00:15:25.879><c> reads,</c>

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David<00:15:27.679><c> therefore</c><00:15:28.159><c> besought</c><00:15:28.659><c> God</c><00:15:28.960><c> for</c><00:15:29.159><c> the</c><00:15:29.440><c> child.</c>

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And<00:15:30.600><c> David</c><00:15:30.899><c> fasted</c><00:15:31.679><c> and</c><00:15:31.980><c> went</c><00:15:32.179><c> in</c><00:15:32.480><c> and</c><00:15:32.740><c> lay</c><00:15:32.879><c> all</c><00:15:33.240><c> night</c><00:15:33.379><c> upon</c>

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the<00:15:33.960><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:15:35.080><c> the</c><00:15:35.220><c> elders</c><00:15:35.419><c> of</c><00:15:35.580><c> the</c><00:15:35.799><c> house</c><00:15:36.059><c> arose</c><00:15:36.500><c> and</c><00:15:36.759><c> went</c><00:15:37.039><c> to</c><00:15:37.320><c> him</c>

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to<00:15:37.720><c> raise</c><00:15:38.000><c> him</c><00:15:38.220><c> up</c><00:15:38.399><c> from</c><00:15:38.620><c> the</c><00:15:38.860><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:15:39.820><c> he</c><00:15:39.940><c> would</c><00:15:40.179><c> not,</c><00:15:41.139><c> neither</c><00:15:41.379><c> did</c><00:15:41.620><c> he</c><00:15:41.740><c> eat</c><00:15:41.919><c> bread</c><00:15:42.320><c> with</c><00:15:42.659><c> them.</c>

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Despite<00:15:45.279><c> David's</c><00:15:45.879><c> prayer</c><00:15:46.179><c> and</c><00:15:46.559><c> fastings,</c><00:15:47.879><c> the</c><00:15:48.000><c> 18th</c><00:15:48.480><c> verse</c><00:15:48.659><c> says,</c>

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and<00:15:49.899><c> it</c><00:15:50.120><c> came</c><00:15:50.259><c> to</c><00:15:50.580><c> pass</c><00:15:50.820><c> on</c><00:15:51.019><c> the</c><00:15:51.279><c> seventh</c><00:15:51.519><c> day</c>

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that<00:15:52.559><c> the</c><00:15:52.879><c> child</c><00:15:53.259><c> died.</c>

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The<00:15:56.179><c> great</c><00:15:56.399><c> apostle</c><00:15:56.899><c> Paul</c><00:15:57.960><c> had</c><00:15:59.440><c> an</c><00:15:59.659><c> illness</c>

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which<00:16:00.179><c> he</c><00:16:00.440><c> described</c><00:16:00.980><c> as</c><00:16:01.519><c> a</c><00:16:01.860><c> thorn</c><00:16:02.080><c> in</c><00:16:02.279><c> the</c><00:16:02.559><c> flesh.</c>

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2<00:16:04.419><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:05.019><c> chapter</c><00:16:05.480><c> 12,</c><00:16:06.059><c> verse</c><00:16:06.159><c> 8</c><00:16:06.879><c> quotes</c><00:16:07.259><c> Paul</c><00:16:07.700><c> as</c><00:16:07.940><c> follows.</c>

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For<00:16:09.419><c> this</c><00:16:09.740><c> thing</c><00:16:09.919><c> I</c><00:16:10.179><c> besought</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.879><c> Lord</c><00:16:11.320><c> thrice,</c>

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that<00:16:12.179><c> it</c><00:16:12.360><c> might</c><00:16:12.539><c> depart</c><00:16:12.960><c> from</c><00:16:13.379><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:14.620><c> he</c><00:16:14.799><c> said</c><00:16:14.919><c> unto</c><00:16:15.179><c> me,</c><00:16:15.639><c> my</c><00:16:15.919><c> grace</c><00:16:16.340><c> is</c><00:16:16.700><c> sufficient</c><00:16:17.120><c> for</c><00:16:17.580><c> thee,</c>

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for<00:16:18.559><c> my</c><00:16:18.960><c> strength</c><00:16:19.240><c> is</c><00:16:19.500><c> made</c><00:16:19.759><c> perfect</c><00:16:20.200><c> in</c><00:16:20.500><c> weakness.</c>

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Three<00:16:22.580><c> times</c><00:16:23.000><c> Paul</c><00:16:23.340><c> prayed</c><00:16:23.700><c> for</c><00:16:24.039><c> a</c><00:16:24.220><c> cure</c><00:16:24.500><c> for</c><00:16:24.799><c> his</c><00:16:24.960><c> illness.</c>

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And<00:16:26.240><c> three</c><00:16:26.519><c> times</c><00:16:26.960><c> the</c><00:16:27.200><c> answer</c><00:16:27.519><c> came</c><00:16:27.860><c> back,</c><00:16:28.379><c> no.</c>

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There's<00:16:30.360><c> nothing</c><00:16:30.600><c> in</c><00:16:30.799><c> the</c><00:16:30.980><c> record</c><00:16:31.159><c> that</c>

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tells<00:16:31.580><c> us</c><00:16:31.799><c> that</c><00:16:32.019><c> Paul</c><00:16:32.259><c> ever</c><00:16:32.620><c> again</c><00:16:32.899><c> asked</c>

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the<00:16:33.580><c> thorn</c><00:16:33.879><c> in</c><00:16:34.279><c> the</c><00:16:34.500><c> flesh</c><00:16:34.679><c> be</c><00:16:34.860><c> taken</c><00:16:35.120><c> away.</c>

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He<00:16:37.059><c> must</c><00:16:37.320><c> have</c><00:16:37.720><c> come</c><00:16:37.960><c> to</c><00:16:38.139><c> the</c><00:16:38.379><c> realization</c>

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that<00:16:39.200><c> his</c><00:16:39.460><c> desire</c><00:16:39.879><c> was</c><00:16:40.179><c> not</c><00:16:40.480><c> in</c><00:16:40.779><c> accord</c><00:16:41.139><c> with</c><00:16:41.720><c> God's</c><00:16:42.299><c> will.</c>

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And<00:16:44.960><c> that</c><00:16:45.179><c> is</c><00:16:45.379><c> the</c><00:16:45.539><c> case</c><00:16:45.759><c> in</c><00:16:45.919><c> each</c><00:16:46.139><c> of</c><00:16:46.299><c> the</c><00:16:46.539><c> examples</c><00:16:46.940><c> just</c><00:16:47.279><c> mentioned.</c>

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The<00:16:48.659><c> reality</c><00:16:49.200><c> was</c><00:16:49.559><c> that</c><00:16:51.259><c> what</c><00:16:51.519><c> they</c><00:16:51.799><c> asked</c><00:16:52.059><c> for</c>

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was<00:16:53.100><c> not</c><00:16:53.360><c> in</c><00:16:53.600><c> accord</c><00:16:53.779><c> with</c><00:16:53.980><c> the</c><00:16:54.120><c> will</c><00:16:54.220><c> of</c><00:16:54.519><c> God.</c>

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Their<00:16:55.940><c> prayers</c><00:16:56.259><c> were</c><00:16:56.580><c> heard</c><00:16:57.519><c> by</c><00:17:00.539><c> God.</c>

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But<00:17:01.279><c> the</c><00:17:01.600><c> outcome</c><00:17:01.879><c> was</c><00:17:02.220><c> not</c><00:17:02.500><c> what</c><00:17:02.700><c> they</c><00:17:03.120><c> sought.</c>

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Each<00:17:05.140><c> of</c><00:17:05.299><c> the</c><00:17:05.559><c> examples</c><00:17:05.940><c> cited</c><00:17:06.339><c> made</c><00:17:07.019><c> prayers</c><00:17:07.480><c> in</c><00:17:07.859><c> good</c><00:17:08.200><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:17:08.900><c> they</c><00:17:09.299><c> were</c><00:17:09.500><c> not</c><00:17:09.779><c> granted.</c>

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And<00:17:11.400><c> we</c><00:17:11.619><c> make</c><00:17:11.819><c> prayers</c><00:17:12.240><c> in</c><00:17:12.619><c> faith,</c><00:17:12.920><c> and</c><00:17:13.279><c> they</c><00:17:13.660><c> are</c><00:17:13.839><c> not</c><00:17:14.099><c> granted.</c>

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Could<00:17:15.779><c> it</c><00:17:15.940><c> be,</c><00:17:16.440><c> at</c><00:17:16.539><c> least</c><00:17:16.779><c> in</c><00:17:17.000><c> our</c><00:17:17.279><c> cases,</c>

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that<00:17:18.859><c> if</c><00:17:19.119><c> granted</c><00:17:19.500><c> it</c><00:17:19.660><c> would</c><00:17:19.859><c> not</c><00:17:20.099><c> be</c><00:17:20.299><c> good</c><00:17:20.440><c> for</c><00:17:20.720><c> us,</c>

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or<00:17:21.920><c> that</c><00:17:22.019><c> we</c><00:17:22.200><c> couldn't</c><00:17:22.460><c> cope</c><00:17:22.799><c> with</c><00:17:23.240><c> what</c><00:17:23.480><c> we</c><00:17:23.779><c> asked</c><00:17:23.940><c> for?</c>

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Well,<00:17:26.500><c> only</c><00:17:26.859><c> an</c><00:17:27.099><c> all</c><00:17:27.380><c>-knowing</c><00:17:27.819><c> Father</c><00:17:28.220><c> in</c><00:17:28.480><c> heaven</c><00:17:29.119><c> knows</c><00:17:29.579><c> that.</c>

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appears<00:17:35.059><c> to</c><00:17:35.299><c> be</c><00:17:35.539><c> not</c><00:17:35.799><c> now.</c>

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We<00:17:37.720><c> pray</c><00:17:38.019><c> and</c><00:17:38.299><c> pray,</c><00:17:38.559><c> and</c><00:17:38.640><c> there</c><00:17:38.839><c> seems</c><00:17:39.099><c> to</c><00:17:39.279><c> be</c><00:17:39.440><c> no</c><00:17:39.700><c> answer.</c>

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Since<00:17:41.359><c> we</c><00:17:41.680><c> receive</c><00:17:41.880><c> no</c><00:17:42.160><c> direct</c><00:17:42.559><c> answer,</c>

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as<00:17:43.220><c> did</c><00:17:43.400><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:44.140><c> or</c><00:17:44.519><c> Moses,</c><00:17:45.019><c> or</c><00:17:45.220><c> the</c><00:17:45.420><c> Apostle</c><00:17:45.859><c> Paul,</c>

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we<00:17:46.900><c> can</c><00:17:47.099><c> only</c><00:17:47.460><c> assume</c><00:17:48.220><c> that</c><00:17:48.519><c> the</c><00:17:48.779><c> time</c><00:17:48.940><c> is</c><00:17:49.180><c> not</c><00:17:49.480><c> right</c><00:17:49.720><c> for</c><00:17:49.940><c> the</c><00:17:50.180><c> prayers</c>

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to<00:17:50.619><c> be</c><00:17:50.880><c> granted.</c>

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Usually<00:17:53.380><c> these</c><00:17:53.759><c> prayers</c><00:17:54.000><c> are</c><00:17:54.200><c> not</c><00:17:54.339><c> for</c><00:17:54.640><c> ourselves</c><00:17:55.460><c> directly,</c>

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but<00:17:57.240><c> only</c><00:17:57.500><c> indirectly,</c><00:17:58.160><c> in</c><00:17:58.359><c> that</c><00:17:58.539><c> it</c><00:17:59.039><c> may</c><00:17:59.240><c> benefit</c><00:17:59.660><c> us</c>

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by<00:18:00.339><c> God</c><00:18:00.640><c> granting</c><00:18:01.019><c> our</c><00:18:01.440><c> request</c><00:18:01.880><c> for</c><00:18:02.880><c> a</c><00:18:03.160><c> blessing</c><00:18:03.420><c> on</c><00:18:03.720><c> another</c><00:18:04.000><c> person.</c>

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And<00:18:05.500><c> we</c><00:18:05.599><c> don't</c><00:18:05.759><c> see</c><00:18:05.960><c> any</c><00:18:06.259><c> evidence</c><00:18:06.640><c> of</c><00:18:06.819><c> it</c><00:18:07.000><c> being</c><00:18:07.259><c> answered.</c>

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Like<00:18:09.539><c> the</c><00:18:10.279><c> persistent</c><00:18:10.960><c> widow</c><00:18:11.559><c> in</c><00:18:12.579><c> the</c><00:18:12.900><c> parallel,</c>

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we<00:18:13.920><c> are</c><00:18:14.000><c> told</c><00:18:14.180><c> to</c><00:18:14.460><c> pray</c><00:18:14.619><c> without</c><00:18:15.019><c> ceasing.</c>

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So<00:18:16.759><c> we</c><00:18:16.940><c> continue</c><00:18:17.380><c> to</c><00:18:17.720><c> pray</c><00:18:17.920><c> until</c><00:18:18.299><c> there</c>

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is<00:18:18.740><c> evidence</c><00:18:19.259><c> of</c><00:18:19.480><c> an</c><00:18:19.740><c> answer.</c>

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Luke<00:18:23.000><c> describes</c><00:18:23.700><c> two</c><00:18:24.059><c> people</c><00:18:24.700><c> who</c><00:18:25.180><c> prayed</c><00:18:25.359><c> for</c><00:18:25.680><c> a</c><00:18:25.700><c> long</c><00:18:26.059><c> time</c>

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before<00:18:26.720><c> receiving</c><00:18:27.140><c> an</c><00:18:27.420><c> answer</c><00:18:27.680><c> to</c><00:18:27.900><c> their</c><00:18:28.099><c> prayers.</c>

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He<00:18:29.900><c> speaks</c><00:18:30.119><c> of</c><00:18:30.299><c> a</c><00:18:30.480><c> man</c><00:18:30.740><c> named</c><00:18:31.119><c> Simeon,</c><00:18:32.720><c> who</c>

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prayed<00:18:33.099><c> that</c><00:18:33.299><c> he</c><00:18:33.480><c> might</c><00:18:33.799><c> see</c><00:18:34.079><c> the</c><00:18:34.200><c> Messiah</c><00:18:34.700><c> before</c><00:18:35.119><c> he</c><00:18:35.400><c> died.</c>

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He<00:18:38.500><c> was</c><00:18:38.759><c> in</c><00:18:38.960><c> the</c><00:18:39.180><c> temple</c><00:18:39.480><c> when</c><00:18:39.720><c> Joseph</c><00:18:40.240><c> and</c><00:18:40.500><c> Mary</c><00:18:40.759><c> brought</c><00:18:41.039><c> the</c><00:18:41.359><c> child</c>

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to<00:18:42.680><c> do</c><00:18:43.019><c> for</c><00:18:43.359><c> him</c><00:18:43.599><c> after</c><00:18:43.900><c> the</c><00:18:44.200><c> custom</c><00:18:44.519><c> of</c><00:18:44.759><c> the</c><00:18:44.980><c> law,</c>

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as<00:18:46.039><c> Luke</c><00:18:46.460><c> describes</c><00:18:47.079><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:48.519><c> finally,</c><00:18:48.859><c> after</c><00:18:49.140><c> years</c><00:18:49.400><c> of</c><00:18:49.740><c> praying,</c>

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his<00:18:51.319><c> prayer</c><00:18:51.779><c> to</c><00:18:52.099><c> see</c><00:18:52.339><c> the</c><00:18:52.480><c> Messiah</c><00:18:52.839><c> before</c><00:18:53.200><c> he</c><00:18:53.440><c> died</c><00:18:53.779><c> was</c><00:18:54.299><c> answered.</c>

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And<00:18:56.380><c> there</c><00:18:56.539><c> was</c><00:18:56.740><c> an</c><00:18:56.980><c> 84</c><00:18:57.339><c>-year</c><00:18:57.799><c>-old</c><00:18:58.039><c> Anna</c><00:18:58.660><c> that</c><00:19:00.039><c> Luke</c><00:19:00.359><c> says</c><00:19:00.720><c> departed</c><00:19:01.440><c> not</c>

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from<00:19:02.140><c> the</c><00:19:02.380><c> temple,</c><00:19:02.680><c> but</c><00:19:02.940><c> served</c><00:19:03.279><c> God</c><00:19:03.640><c> with</c><00:19:04.359><c> fastings</c><00:19:04.859><c> and</c><00:19:05.160><c> prayers</c>

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night<00:19:05.700><c> and</c><00:19:05.960><c> day.</c>

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And<00:19:07.359><c> she</c><00:19:07.500><c> was</c><00:19:07.640><c> in</c><00:19:07.839><c> the</c><00:19:08.039><c> temple</c><00:19:08.279><c> on</c><00:19:08.440><c> the</c><00:19:08.680><c> same</c><00:19:08.920><c> day</c><00:19:09.220><c> as</c><00:19:09.480><c> Simeon,</c>

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and<00:19:10.799><c> both</c><00:19:11.059><c> their</c><00:19:11.359><c> prayers</c><00:19:11.779><c> were</c><00:19:12.140><c> answered.</c>

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Take<00:19:16.200><c> the</c><00:19:16.400><c> prophet</c><00:19:16.640><c> Daniel,</c><00:19:17.160><c> for</c><00:19:17.440><c> example.</c>

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We<00:19:18.980><c> are</c><00:19:19.059><c> told</c><00:19:19.180><c> he</c><00:19:19.420><c> prayed</c><00:19:19.720><c> three</c><00:19:20.160><c> times</c><00:19:20.619><c> a</c><00:19:20.880><c> day.</c>

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And<00:19:22.440><c> if</c><00:19:22.539><c> he</c><00:19:22.700><c> were</c><00:19:22.880><c> captive</c><00:19:23.279><c> during</c><00:19:23.579><c> the</c><00:19:23.839><c> 70</c><00:19:24.119><c> years</c>

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of<00:19:24.579><c> the</c><00:19:24.819><c> Babylonian</c><00:19:25.440><c> captivity</c><00:19:25.980><c> and</c><00:19:26.259><c> prayed</c><00:19:26.500><c> three</c><00:19:26.819><c> times</c><00:19:27.279><c> a</c><00:19:27.500><c> day</c>

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every<00:19:28.759><c> day,</c><00:19:29.319><c> he</c><00:19:29.480><c> would</c><00:19:29.700><c> have</c><00:19:29.960><c> prayed</c><00:19:30.119><c> almost</c><00:19:30.559><c> 70</c><00:19:31.059><c>,000</c><00:19:31.759><c> times.</c>

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In<00:19:34.660><c> the</c><00:19:34.859><c> ninth</c><00:19:35.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:35.500><c> of</c><00:19:35.660><c> his</c><00:19:35.920><c> prophecy,</c>

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Daniel<00:19:36.779><c> is</c><00:19:37.119><c> praying</c><00:19:37.680><c> for</c><00:19:38.019><c> the</c><00:19:38.200><c> city</c><00:19:38.420><c> of</c><00:19:38.720><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:39.819><c> for</c><00:19:39.980><c> which</c><00:19:40.140><c> he</c>

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had<00:19:40.539><c> been</c><00:19:40.839><c> gone</c><00:19:41.259><c> 68</c><00:19:41.980><c> years.</c>

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Before<00:19:44.059><c> he</c><00:19:44.259><c> has</c><00:19:44.519><c> finished</c><00:19:44.799><c> his</c><00:19:45.119><c> prayer,</c><00:19:45.460><c> he</c><00:19:45.640><c> receives</c><00:19:46.019><c> an</c><00:19:46.279><c> answer.</c>

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Verse<00:19:48.000><c> 21</c><00:19:48.460><c> quotes</c><00:19:48.819><c> Daniel</c><00:19:49.319><c> as</c><00:19:49.619><c> saying,</c>

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yea,<00:19:50.859><c> while</c><00:19:51.059><c> I</c><00:19:51.259><c> was</c><00:19:51.480><c> speaking</c><00:19:51.880><c> in</c><00:19:52.279><c> prayer,</c>

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even<00:19:53.079><c> the</c><00:19:53.279><c> man</c><00:19:53.480><c> Gabriel,</c><00:19:54.279><c> whom</c><00:19:54.339><c> I</c><00:19:54.660><c> saw</c><00:19:54.839><c> in</c><00:19:55.019><c> the</c><00:19:55.259><c> vision</c>

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at<00:19:55.759><c> the</c><00:19:56.039><c> beginning,</c><00:19:56.799><c> being</c><00:19:56.980><c> caused</c><00:19:57.339><c> to</c><00:19:57.579><c> fly</c><00:19:57.839><c> swiftly,</c>

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touched<00:19:58.819><c> me</c><00:19:59.099><c> about</c><00:19:59.299><c> the</c><00:19:59.640><c> time</c><00:19:59.839><c> of</c><00:20:00.059><c> the</c><00:20:00.220><c> evening</c><00:20:00.640><c> oblation.</c>

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And<00:20:03.180><c> the</c><00:20:03.339><c> angel</c><00:20:03.539><c> Gabriel</c><00:20:04.059><c> addresses</c><00:20:04.740><c> Daniel</c><00:20:05.240><c> and</c><00:20:05.559><c> says,</c>

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at<00:20:06.480><c> the</c><00:20:06.779><c> beginning</c><00:20:07.019><c> of</c><00:20:07.279><c> thy</c><00:20:07.500><c> supplications,</c>

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the<00:20:08.599><c> commandment</c><00:20:09.039><c> came</c><00:20:09.299><c> forth,</c><00:20:10.160><c> and</c><00:20:10.480><c> I</c>

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come<00:20:11.059><c> to</c><00:20:11.420><c> show</c><00:20:11.700><c> thee,</c><00:20:12.660><c> for</c><00:20:12.799><c> thou</c><00:20:13.019><c> art</c><00:20:13.200><c> greatly</c><00:20:13.680><c> beloved.</c>

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Daniel's<00:20:16.619><c> prayer</c><00:20:16.779><c> is</c><00:20:17.099><c> answered.</c>

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In<00:20:18.420><c> fact,</c><00:20:18.579><c> he</c><00:20:18.880><c> hadn't</c><00:20:19.079><c> even</c><00:20:19.400><c> finished</c><00:20:19.640><c> his</c><00:20:19.940><c> prayer,</c>

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and<00:20:20.700><c> the</c><00:20:20.880><c> angel</c><00:20:21.099><c> Gabriel</c><00:20:21.519><c> was</c><00:20:21.799><c> standing</c><00:20:22.079><c> before</c><00:20:22.539><c> him</c>

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in<00:20:22.920><c> answer</c><00:20:23.240><c> to</c><00:20:23.579><c> his</c><00:20:23.900><c> prayer.</c>

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But<00:20:25.640><c> it</c><00:20:25.740><c> was</c><00:20:25.900><c> not</c><00:20:26.059><c> the</c><00:20:26.259><c> answer</c><00:20:26.519><c> Daniel</c><00:20:26.900><c> was</c><00:20:27.140><c> looking</c><00:20:27.420><c> for.</c>

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He<00:20:29.420><c> was</c><00:20:29.640><c> praying</c><00:20:29.900><c> for</c><00:20:30.200><c> the</c><00:20:30.660><c> soon</c><00:20:31.019><c> restoration</c><00:20:31.680><c> of</c><00:20:31.920><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:20:34.019><c> answer</c><00:20:34.259><c> he</c><00:20:34.500><c> received</c><00:20:35.259><c> probably</c><00:20:35.859><c> falls</c><00:20:36.140><c> into</c><00:20:36.440><c> the</c><00:20:36.740><c> category</c>

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of<00:20:37.720><c> not</c><00:20:38.099><c> now.</c>

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Daniel<00:20:40.700><c> is</c><00:20:41.000><c> aware</c><00:20:41.240><c> from</c><00:20:41.500><c> the</c><00:20:41.740><c> prophet</c><00:20:42.019><c> Jeremiah</c>

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that<00:20:42.880><c> the</c><00:20:43.180><c> Babylonian</c><00:20:43.779><c> captivity</c><00:20:44.299><c> would</c><00:20:44.559><c> last</c><00:20:44.799><c> 70</c><00:20:45.160><c> years,</c>

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and<00:20:46.539><c> it</c><00:20:46.700><c> is</c><00:20:46.900><c> now</c><00:20:47.160><c> the</c><00:20:47.380><c> 68th</c><00:20:48.160><c> year</c><00:20:48.519><c> of</c><00:20:48.839><c> the</c><00:20:49.059><c> captivity.</c>

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Daniel<00:20:51.359><c> has</c><00:20:51.579><c> been</c><00:20:51.799><c> praying</c><00:20:52.079><c> to</c><00:20:52.299><c> God</c><00:20:52.559><c> regarding</c>

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the<00:20:53.319><c> end</c><00:20:53.519><c> of</c><00:20:54.039><c> the</c><00:20:54.259><c> captivity</c><00:20:54.779><c> and</c><00:20:55.279><c> the</c><00:20:55.700><c> return</c><00:20:55.980><c> of</c><00:20:56.140><c> his</c><00:20:56.359><c> people</c>

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to<00:20:56.839><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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His<00:20:59.180><c> prayer</c><00:20:59.380><c> is</c><00:20:59.660><c> heard,</c><00:21:00.099><c> and</c><00:21:00.859><c> the</c><00:21:01.059><c> angel</c><00:21:01.319><c> Gabriel</c>

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was<00:21:02.259><c> sent</c><00:21:02.519><c> to</c><00:21:02.859><c> give</c><00:21:03.000><c> him</c><00:21:03.619><c> skill</c><00:21:04.140><c> and</c><00:21:04.700><c> understanding.</c>

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But<00:21:07.140><c> what</c><00:21:07.359><c> he</c><00:21:07.539><c> tells</c><00:21:07.720><c> Daniel</c><00:21:08.279><c> does</c><00:21:08.599><c> not</c>

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refer<00:21:09.299><c> to</c><00:21:09.519><c> the</c><00:21:09.799><c> 70</c><00:21:10.059><c>-year</c><00:21:10.339><c> captivity,</c><00:21:11.980><c> but</c><00:21:12.200><c> speaks</c>

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of<00:21:12.660><c> a</c><00:21:12.880><c> period</c><00:21:13.039><c> of</c><00:21:13.400><c> time</c><00:21:13.940><c> 490</c><00:21:15.099><c> years</c><00:21:15.619><c> away.</c>

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Daniel<00:21:18.119><c> is</c><00:21:18.400><c> looking</c><00:21:18.619><c> for</c><00:21:18.880><c> the</c><00:21:19.140><c> release</c><00:21:19.400><c> of</c><00:21:19.559><c> his</c><00:21:19.799><c> people,</c>

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but<00:21:21.000><c> God</c><00:21:21.299><c> tells</c><00:21:21.660><c> him</c><00:21:21.920><c> of</c><00:21:22.059><c> a</c><00:21:22.220><c> much</c><00:21:22.500><c> greater</c><00:21:22.839><c> release</c>

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from<00:21:23.559><c> captivity</c><00:21:24.119><c> that</c><00:21:24.440><c> is</c><00:21:25.160><c> in</c><00:21:25.460><c> store</c><00:21:25.640><c> for</c><00:21:25.920><c> his</c><00:21:26.240><c> people.</c>

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It<00:21:27.640><c> is</c><00:21:27.839><c> the</c><00:21:28.039><c> release</c><00:21:28.460><c> from</c><00:21:28.720><c> the</c><00:21:28.940><c> bondage</c><00:21:29.319><c> of</c><00:21:29.599><c> sin</c><00:21:29.980><c> and</c><00:21:30.720><c> death</c>

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in<00:21:31.900><c> what</c><00:21:32.099><c> is</c><00:21:32.339><c> termed</c><00:21:33.160><c> the</c><00:21:33.279><c> prophecy</c><00:21:33.839><c> of</c><00:21:34.160><c> 70</c><00:21:34.559><c> weeks.</c>

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In<00:21:36.660><c> this,</c><00:21:36.900><c> he</c><00:21:37.019><c> is</c><00:21:37.220><c> informed</c><00:21:37.599><c> that</c><00:21:37.900><c> a</c><00:21:38.279><c> decree</c>

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would<00:21:38.799><c> be</c><00:21:39.079><c> made</c><00:21:39.319><c> for</c><00:21:39.579><c> the</c><00:21:39.799><c> restoration</c><00:21:40.240><c> of</c><00:21:40.480><c> the</c><00:21:40.619><c> Jewish</c><00:21:40.839><c> state.</c>

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But<00:21:42.039><c> at</c><00:21:42.299><c> a</c><00:21:42.400><c> later</c><00:21:42.559><c> period,</c><00:21:43.359><c> the</c><00:21:43.579><c> city</c><00:21:43.839><c> and</c><00:21:44.059><c> the</c><00:21:44.319><c> temple</c>

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would<00:21:44.759><c> be</c><00:21:45.220><c> destroyed</c><00:21:45.500><c> once</c><00:21:45.819><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:47.279><c> this</c><00:21:47.480><c> second</c><00:21:47.779><c> destruction</c><00:21:48.359><c> would</c>

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be<00:21:48.839><c> followed</c><00:21:49.039><c> by</c><00:21:49.819><c> a</c><00:21:50.259><c> desolation</c><00:21:50.819><c> of</c><00:21:51.000><c> the</c><00:21:51.200><c> country.</c>

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And<00:21:52.700><c> that,</c><00:21:52.920><c> as</c><00:21:53.160><c> we</c><00:21:53.339><c> know,</c><00:21:53.640><c> would</c><00:21:53.799><c> continue</c><00:21:54.359><c> for</c><00:21:54.779><c> centuries.</c>

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Now,<00:21:58.099><c> we've</c><00:21:58.599><c> taken</c><00:21:58.859><c> up</c><00:21:59.180><c> where</c><00:21:59.619><c> Daniel</c><00:22:00.079><c> left</c><00:22:00.420><c> off,</c>

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but<00:22:02.099><c> the</c><00:22:02.319><c> words</c><00:22:02.519><c> are</c><00:22:02.900><c> different.</c>

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Now<00:22:04.960><c> it</c><00:22:05.160><c> is,</c><00:22:06.220><c> thy</c><00:22:06.420><c> kingdom</c><00:22:06.839><c> come,</c><00:22:07.880><c> thy</c><00:22:07.980><c> will</c><00:22:08.200><c> be</c><00:22:08.500><c> done</c><00:22:08.799><c> on</c><00:22:09.319><c> earth</c>

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as<00:22:10.319><c> it</c><00:22:10.500><c> is</c><00:22:10.660><c> in</c><00:22:10.900><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:22:12.819><c> for</c><00:22:12.980><c> the</c><00:22:13.079><c> last</c><00:22:13.319><c> 100</c><00:22:13.640><c> years,</c><00:22:14.279><c> faithful</c><00:22:14.420><c> brothers</c><00:22:14.880><c> and</c><00:22:15.220><c> sisters</c>

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have<00:22:15.779><c> prayed</c><00:22:16.079><c> for</c><00:22:16.599><c> Jesus</c><00:22:17.019><c> to</c><00:22:17.339><c> return</c><00:22:17.700><c> and</c><00:22:18.019><c> establish</c><00:22:18.420><c> the</c><00:22:18.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:22:20.420><c> as</c><00:22:20.799><c> with</c><00:22:21.019><c> Daniel,</c><00:22:22.200><c> so</c><00:22:22.420><c> it</c><00:22:22.579><c> is</c><00:22:22.720><c> with</c><00:22:22.920><c> us,</c><00:22:24.240><c> not</c><00:22:24.640><c> now.</c>

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Although<00:22:26.279><c> that</c><00:22:26.500><c> could</c><00:22:26.779><c> change</c><00:22:27.099><c> even</c><00:22:27.400><c> today</c><00:22:28.099><c> or</c><00:22:28.519><c> tomorrow.</c>

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But<00:22:32.099><c> let</c><00:22:32.299><c> us</c><00:22:32.700><c> fast</c><00:22:33.119><c> forward</c><00:22:33.680><c> from</c><00:22:34.119><c> Daniel's</c><00:22:34.859><c> 70</c><00:22:35.099><c> weeks</c><00:22:35.480><c> prophecy</c>

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to<00:22:37.099><c> the</c><00:22:37.339><c> middle</c><00:22:37.599><c> of</c><00:22:37.940><c> the</c><00:22:38.220><c> 70th</c><00:22:38.819><c> week,</c><00:22:40.279><c> to</c><00:22:40.400><c> the</c><00:22:40.579><c> night</c>

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before<00:22:41.279><c> the</c><00:22:41.619><c> cutting</c><00:22:41.799><c> off</c><00:22:42.079><c> of</c><00:22:42.339><c> Messiah,</c>

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to<00:22:43.960><c> a</c><00:22:44.200><c> garden</c><00:22:44.480><c> where</c><00:22:45.019><c> we</c><00:22:45.579><c> find</c><00:22:45.839><c> the</c><00:22:46.039><c> Lord</c><00:22:46.299><c> Jesus</c>

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with<00:22:47.079><c> 11</c><00:22:47.460><c> of</c><00:22:47.819><c> the</c><00:22:48.079><c> apostles</c><00:22:48.579><c> following</c><00:22:49.059><c> the</c><00:22:49.480><c> institution</c>

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of<00:22:50.220><c> the</c><00:22:50.380><c> Last</c><00:22:50.660><c> Supper.</c>

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It<00:22:52.200><c> is</c><00:22:52.420><c> the</c><00:22:52.619><c> garden</c><00:22:52.900><c> of</c><00:22:53.180><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:56.440><c> asks</c><00:22:56.799><c> eight</c><00:22:57.059><c> of</c><00:22:57.180><c> the</c><00:22:57.380><c> apostles</c><00:22:57.759><c> to</c><00:22:58.039><c> sit</c><00:22:58.200><c> down</c>

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while<00:22:58.940><c> he,</c><00:22:59.599><c> Peter,</c><00:22:59.940><c> James,</c><00:23:00.460><c> and</c><00:23:00.660><c> John</c><00:23:00.960><c> go</c><00:23:01.380><c> deeper</c><00:23:01.779><c> into</c><00:23:02.059><c> the</c><00:23:02.319><c> garden.</c>

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He<00:23:04.559><c> then</c><00:23:04.920><c> leaves</c><00:23:05.220><c> the</c><00:23:05.599><c> three</c><00:23:05.819><c> and</c><00:23:06.000><c> goes</c><00:23:06.359><c> on</c><00:23:06.900><c> further</c><00:23:07.359><c> alone</c>

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about<00:23:08.380><c> a</c><00:23:08.640><c> stone's</c><00:23:09.180><c> throw,</c><00:23:10.480><c> as</c><00:23:10.720><c> Luke</c><00:23:10.920><c> describes</c><00:23:11.460><c> it.</c>

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Mark<00:23:13.019><c> writes,</c><00:23:13.759><c> he</c><00:23:13.880><c> went</c><00:23:14.119><c> forward</c><00:23:14.460><c> a</c><00:23:14.700><c> little</c><00:23:15.119><c> and</c><00:23:15.700><c> fell</c><00:23:15.920><c> on</c><00:23:16.099><c> the</c><00:23:16.339><c> ground</c>

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and<00:23:16.859><c> prayed</c><00:23:17.319><c> that</c><00:23:18.359><c> if</c><00:23:18.559><c> it</c><00:23:18.759><c> were</c><00:23:18.980><c> possible,</c>

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the<00:23:19.859><c> hour</c><00:23:20.059><c> might</c><00:23:20.400><c> pass</c><00:23:20.859><c> from</c><00:23:21.180><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:22.720><c> he</c><00:23:22.880><c> said,</c><00:23:23.980><c> Abba,</c><00:23:24.319><c> Father,</c><00:23:25.599><c> all</c><00:23:25.859><c> things</c><00:23:26.119><c> are</c><00:23:26.420><c> possible</c>

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unto<00:23:27.140><c> thee.</c>

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Take<00:23:28.440><c> away</c><00:23:28.799><c> this</c><00:23:29.140><c> cup</c><00:23:29.400><c> from</c><00:23:29.859><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:23:31.420><c> not</c><00:23:31.740><c> what</c><00:23:31.940><c> I</c><00:23:32.339><c> will,</c><00:23:33.019><c> but</c><00:23:33.119><c> what</c><00:23:33.400><c> thou</c><00:23:33.680><c> wilt.</c>

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After<00:23:36.019><c> this,</c><00:23:36.240><c> he</c><00:23:36.440><c> returned</c><00:23:36.779><c> to</c><00:23:37.019><c> Peter,</c><00:23:37.460><c> James,</c><00:23:37.880><c> and</c><00:23:38.079><c> John,</c>

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but<00:23:38.440><c> he</c><00:23:38.680><c> found</c><00:23:38.920><c> them</c><00:23:39.200><c> asleep.</c>

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Both<00:23:41.160><c> Matthew</c><00:23:41.559><c> and</c><00:23:41.819><c> Mark</c><00:23:42.079><c> say</c><00:23:42.420><c> he</c><00:23:42.920><c> returned</c>

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to<00:23:43.660><c> the</c><00:23:43.680><c> spot</c><00:23:44.079><c> of</c><00:23:44.299><c> the</c><00:23:44.519><c> first</c><00:23:44.779><c> prayer</c><00:23:45.240><c> and</c><00:23:46.079><c> prayed</c><00:23:46.440><c> again,</c>

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making<00:23:47.240><c> the</c><00:23:47.619><c> same</c><00:23:47.900><c> request</c><00:23:48.619><c> that</c><00:23:49.559><c> God</c><00:23:49.859><c> would</c><00:23:50.359><c> take</c><00:23:50.640><c> away</c>

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this<00:23:51.160><c> cup</c><00:23:51.380><c> from</c><00:23:51.740><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:23:53.619><c> not</c><00:23:53.839><c> what</c><00:23:54.019><c> I</c><00:23:54.339><c> will,</c><00:23:55.200><c> but</c><00:23:55.380><c> what</c><00:23:55.680><c> thou</c><00:23:55.980><c> wilt.</c>

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Following<00:24:01.259><c> this</c><00:24:01.660><c> second</c><00:24:02.059><c> prayer,</c><00:24:03.240><c> he</c><00:24:03.420><c> returned</c><00:24:03.839><c> to</c><00:24:04.200><c> the</c>

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three<00:24:04.759><c> apostles,</c>

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but<00:24:06.279><c> they</c><00:24:06.460><c> were</c><00:24:06.680><c> still</c><00:24:06.940><c> asleep.</c>

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x
Matthew<00:24:09.079><c> says</c><00:24:09.319><c> he</c><00:24:09.579><c> left</c><00:24:09.859><c> them</c><00:24:10.180><c> again</c><00:24:10.559><c> and</c><00:24:11.180><c> went</c><00:24:11.539><c> and</c><00:24:11.920><c> prayed</c>

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a<00:24:12.400><c> third</c><00:24:12.640><c> time,</c><00:24:13.079><c> saying</c><00:24:13.319><c> the</c><00:24:13.640><c> same</c><00:24:13.920><c> words.</c>

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While<00:24:16.019><c> Luke</c><00:24:16.240><c> doesn't</c><00:24:16.680><c> say</c><00:24:17.019><c> when</c><00:24:17.279><c> it</c><00:24:17.559><c> happened,</c>

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whether<00:24:19.000><c> between</c><00:24:19.400><c> the</c><00:24:19.680><c> first</c><00:24:20.019><c> and</c><00:24:20.259><c> second</c><00:24:20.779><c> or</c><00:24:20.940><c> the</c><00:24:21.259><c> second</c>

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and<00:24:21.640><c> third</c>

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prayer,<00:24:22.180><c> he</c><00:24:22.460><c> said,</c><00:24:23.480><c> there</c><00:24:23.640><c> appeared</c><00:24:24.119><c> an</c><00:24:24.420><c> angel</c><00:24:24.740><c> unto</c><00:24:25.039><c> him</c>

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from<00:24:25.559><c> heaven</c>

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strengthening<00:24:27.039><c> him.</c>

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Luke<00:24:29.460><c> goes</c><00:24:29.680><c> on</c><00:24:29.920><c> to</c><00:24:30.160><c> describe</c><00:24:30.519><c> the</c><00:24:30.859><c> intensity</c><00:24:31.279><c> of</c><00:24:31.480><c> the</c><00:24:31.640><c> Lord's</c><00:24:32.079><c> prayer.</c>

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For<00:24:33.519><c> he</c><00:24:33.819><c> writes,</c><00:24:34.819><c> and</c><00:24:34.960><c> being</c><00:24:35.259><c> in</c><00:24:35.539><c> agony,</c>

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he<00:24:36.220><c> prayed</c><00:24:36.420><c> more</c><00:24:36.819><c> earnestly,</c><00:24:38.019><c> and</c><00:24:38.180><c> his</c><00:24:38.480><c> sweat</c>

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was<00:24:39.019><c> that</c><00:24:39.140><c> it</c><00:24:39.359><c> were</c><00:24:39.579><c> great</c><00:24:39.940><c> drops</c><00:24:40.259><c> of</c><00:24:40.579><c> blood</c>

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falling<00:24:41.140><c> down</c><00:24:41.559><c> to</c><00:24:41.779><c> the</c><00:24:42.019><c> ground.</c>

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x
Matthew<00:24:44.960><c> says</c><00:24:45.240><c> of</c><00:24:45.420><c> the</c><00:24:45.660><c> third</c><00:24:45.859><c> prayer</c><00:24:46.119><c> that</c><00:24:46.339><c> he</c><00:24:46.920><c> prayed,</c>

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saying<00:24:47.660><c> the</c><00:24:48.000><c> same</c><00:24:48.319><c> words</c><00:24:48.660><c> which</c><00:24:49.180><c> would</c><00:24:49.599><c> have</c><00:24:49.880><c> included</c><00:24:50.539><c> the</c><00:24:51.039><c> words,</c>

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x
oh,<00:24:52.339><c> my</c><00:24:52.559><c> father,</c><00:24:53.579><c> if</c><00:24:53.779><c> this</c><00:24:54.140><c> cup</c><00:24:54.299><c> may</c><00:24:54.599><c> not</c><00:24:54.839><c> pass</c><00:24:55.259><c> from</c><00:24:55.640><c> me,</c>

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except<00:24:56.759><c> I</c><00:24:57.099><c> drink</c><00:24:57.339><c> it,</c><00:24:58.160><c> thy</c><00:24:58.400><c> will</c><00:24:58.700><c> be</c><00:24:59.059><c> done.</c>

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x
Like<00:25:02.099><c> Paul,</c><00:25:02.839><c> praying</c><00:25:03.019><c> three</c><00:25:03.400><c> times</c><00:25:03.779><c> that</c><00:25:04.039><c> his</c><00:25:05.200><c> thorn</c><00:25:05.619><c> in</c><00:25:05.819><c> the</c><00:25:06.059><c> flesh</c>

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be<00:25:06.559><c> removed</c><00:25:07.259><c> and</c><00:25:07.680><c> having</c><00:25:07.880><c> the</c><00:25:08.180><c> answer</c><00:25:08.880><c> be</c><00:25:09.339><c> no,</c>

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x
and<00:25:10.700><c> accepting</c><00:25:10.980><c> it</c><00:25:11.279><c> as</c><00:25:11.480><c> God's</c><00:25:11.940><c> will.</c>

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So<00:25:13.299><c> even</c><00:25:13.579><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.059><c> accepts</c><00:25:14.480><c> that</c><00:25:15.079><c> what</c><00:25:15.539><c> he</c><00:25:15.720><c> is</c><00:25:15.940><c> about</c><00:25:16.160><c> to</c><00:25:16.359><c> go</c><00:25:16.619><c> through</c>

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is<00:25:17.779><c> the</c><00:25:17.940><c> will</c><00:25:18.059><c> of</c><00:25:18.319><c> God,</c><00:25:18.940><c> and</c><00:25:19.220><c> he</c><00:25:19.579><c> accepts</c><00:25:19.819><c> it.</c>

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Paul<00:25:23.759><c> wrote</c><00:25:24.039><c> these</c><00:25:24.420><c> words</c><00:25:24.779><c> to</c><00:25:25.059><c> Timothy.</c>

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Pray<00:25:27.000><c> without</c><00:25:27.440><c> ceasing.</c>

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In<00:25:28.819><c> everything,</c><00:25:29.380><c> give</c><00:25:29.519><c> thanks,</c><00:25:30.779><c> for</c><00:25:30.880><c> this</c>

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is<00:25:31.299><c> the</c><00:25:31.440><c> will</c><00:25:31.559><c> of</c><00:25:31.859><c> God</c><00:25:32.119><c> in</c><00:25:32.500><c> Christ</c><00:25:32.900><c> Jesus</c><00:25:33.480><c> concerning</c><00:25:34.079><c> you.</c>

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To<00:25:37.039><c> pray</c><00:25:37.220><c> without</c><00:25:37.579><c> ceasing</c><00:25:38.019><c> is</c><00:25:38.299><c> not</c><00:25:38.539><c> always</c><00:25:38.839><c> easy,</c>

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especially<00:25:40.279><c> if</c><00:25:40.539><c> it</c><00:25:40.660><c> seems</c><00:25:40.859><c> there</c><00:25:41.079><c> is</c><00:25:41.279><c> no</c><00:25:41.539><c> answer</c><00:25:41.920><c> to</c><00:25:42.319><c> our</c><00:25:42.579><c> prayers.</c>

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Yet<00:25:44.799><c> we</c><00:25:45.079><c> have</c><00:25:45.299><c> the</c><00:25:45.579><c> lesson</c><00:25:45.880><c> of</c><00:25:46.119><c> our</c><00:25:46.339><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:25:46.720><c> the</c><00:25:46.920><c> Garden</c><00:25:47.140><c> of</c><00:25:47.359><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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There<00:25:49.460><c> is</c><00:25:49.660><c> nothing</c><00:25:50.380><c> recorded</c><00:25:51.960><c> of</c><00:25:52.240><c> any</c><00:25:52.559><c> answer</c><00:25:53.160><c> from</c><00:25:53.559><c> his</c><00:25:53.859><c> father,</c>

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only<00:25:55.359><c> that</c><00:25:55.599><c> an</c><00:25:55.960><c> angel</c><00:25:56.440><c> was</c><00:25:57.640><c> sent</c><00:25:57.900><c> to</c><00:25:58.259><c> strengthen</c><00:25:58.680><c> him.</c>

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The<00:26:01.539><c> chances</c><00:26:01.880><c> of</c><00:26:02.099><c> an</c><00:26:02.339><c> angel</c><00:26:02.599><c> coming</c><00:26:02.920><c> to</c><00:26:03.279><c> answer</c><00:26:03.579><c> our</c><00:26:04.000><c> prayers</c>

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seems<00:26:04.599><c> rather</c><00:26:05.119><c> remote.</c>

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Yet<00:26:07.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:07.759><c> tells</c><00:26:08.119><c> us</c><00:26:08.380><c> that</c><00:26:09.079><c> some</c><00:26:09.500><c> have</c><00:26:09.759><c> entertained</c><00:26:10.380><c> angels</c>

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unawares.

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When<00:26:14.220><c> it</c><00:26:14.539><c> seems</c><00:26:14.720><c> there</c><00:26:14.940><c> is</c><00:26:15.079><c> no</c><00:26:15.319><c> answer,</c>

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x
we<00:26:15.900><c> should</c><00:26:16.119><c> remember</c><00:26:16.579><c> Jesus</c><00:26:17.059><c> Christ,</c><00:26:18.119><c> who</c><00:26:18.180><c> in</c><00:26:18.359><c> the</c><00:26:18.559><c> days</c><00:26:18.779><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:19.299><c> flesh,</c>

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when<00:26:19.740><c> he</c><00:26:19.940><c> had</c><00:26:20.240><c> offered</c><00:26:20.380><c> up</c><00:26:20.680><c> prayers</c><00:26:21.059><c> and</c><00:26:21.380><c> supplications</c>

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with<00:26:22.519><c> strong</c><00:26:23.059><c> crying</c><00:26:23.519><c> and</c><00:26:23.839><c> tears</c><00:26:24.380><c> unto</c><00:26:24.880><c> him</c>

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that<00:26:25.319><c> was</c><00:26:25.579><c> able</c><00:26:25.799><c> to</c><00:26:26.140><c> save</c><00:26:26.279><c> him</c><00:26:26.480><c> from</c><00:26:26.759><c> death,</c>

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and<00:26:28.160><c> was</c><00:26:28.440><c> heard</c><00:26:28.799><c> in</c><00:26:29.059><c> that</c><00:26:29.180><c> he</c><00:26:29.500><c> feared.</c>

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Though<00:26:30.680><c> he</c><00:26:30.900><c> were</c><00:26:31.220><c> a</c><00:26:31.380><c> son,</c><00:26:32.559><c> it</c><00:26:32.700><c> learned</c><00:26:32.920><c> he</c>

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x
obedience<00:26:33.980><c> by</c><00:26:34.319><c> the</c><00:26:34.579><c> things</c><00:26:34.900><c> which</c><00:26:35.160><c> he</c><00:26:35.599><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:26:38.000><c> we</c><00:26:38.119><c> should</c><00:26:38.240><c> take</c><00:26:38.559><c> comfort</c><00:26:39.059><c> and</c><00:26:39.759><c> have</c><00:26:40.000><c> confidence</c><00:26:40.500><c> in</c><00:26:40.720><c> the</c><00:26:40.900><c> fact</c>

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that<00:26:41.440><c> we</c><00:26:41.900><c> have</c><00:26:42.140><c> not</c><00:26:42.400><c> a</c><00:26:42.599><c> high</c><00:26:42.880><c> priest</c><00:26:43.140><c> which</c><00:26:43.440><c> cannot</c><00:26:43.700><c> be</c><00:26:44.079><c> touched</c>

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with<00:26:44.559><c> the</c><00:26:44.799><c> feelings</c><00:26:45.039><c> of</c><00:26:45.299><c> our</c><00:26:45.559><c> infirmities,</c>

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but<00:26:47.240><c> was</c><00:26:47.440><c> in</c><00:26:47.579><c> all</c><00:26:47.859><c> points</c><00:26:48.099><c> tempted</c><00:26:48.559><c> like</c><00:26:48.880><c> as</c><00:26:49.220><c> we</c><00:26:49.519><c> are,</c><00:26:50.259><c> yet</c>

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without<00:26:50.779><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:26:52.799><c> it</c><00:26:52.880><c> goes</c><00:26:53.019><c> on</c><00:26:53.240><c> to</c><00:26:53.500><c> say,</c><00:26:54.400><c> let</c><00:26:54.519><c> us</c><00:26:54.779><c> therefore</c><00:26:55.140><c> come</c><00:26:55.559><c> boldly</c>

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under<00:26:56.579><c> the</c><00:26:56.900><c> throne</c><00:26:57.059><c> of</c><00:26:57.359><c> grace,</c><00:26:58.460><c> that</c><00:26:58.579><c> we</c><00:26:58.779><c> may</c><00:26:59.019><c> obtain</c><00:26:59.380><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:27:00.720><c> find</c><00:27:00.960><c> help</c><00:27:01.359><c> in</c><00:27:01.660><c> time</c><00:27:01.900><c> of</c><00:27:02.200><c> need.</c>

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we<00:27:10.599><c> heard</c><00:27:10.819><c> that</c><00:27:11.079><c> God</c><00:27:11.299><c> established</c><00:27:12.059><c> an</c><00:27:12.900><c> elaborate</c><00:27:13.319><c> ritual</c><00:27:13.900><c> whereby</c>

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man<00:27:14.900><c> approached</c><00:27:15.359><c> God</c><00:27:15.700><c> through</c><00:27:16.000><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:16.740><c> especially</c><00:27:17.180><c> those</c>

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in<00:27:18.099><c> which</c><00:27:18.299><c> blood</c><00:27:18.579><c> was</c><00:27:18.940><c> shed.</c>

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were<00:27:23.359><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:23.920><c> in</c><00:27:24.180><c> the</c><00:27:24.339><c> death</c><00:27:24.500><c> of</c><00:27:24.759><c> our</c><00:27:24.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:25.059><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:27:27.259><c> because</c><00:27:27.599><c> of</c><00:27:27.779><c> his</c><00:27:27.960><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:28.759><c> the</c><00:27:28.859><c> barrier</c>

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has<00:27:33.319><c> been</c><00:27:33.579><c> removed</c><00:27:34.180><c> for</c><00:27:34.460><c> those</c><00:27:34.880><c> who</c><00:27:35.200><c> are</c><00:27:35.680><c> in</c><00:27:36.019><c> Jesus</c>

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by<00:27:37.660><c> belief</c><00:27:38.099><c> and</c><00:27:38.400><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:27:39.819><c> we</c><00:27:40.000><c> now</c><00:27:40.299><c> have</c><00:27:40.880><c> free</c><00:27:41.200><c> access</c><00:27:41.900><c> at</c><00:27:42.480><c> any</c><00:27:42.799><c> time</c><00:27:43.000><c> in</c><00:27:43.240><c> our</c><00:27:43.519><c> prayers</c>

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to<00:27:43.980><c> God</c><00:27:44.579><c> through</c><00:27:45.140><c> our</c><00:27:45.380><c> mediator,</c><00:27:45.920><c> Jesus</c><00:27:46.359><c> Christ.</c>

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that<00:27:52.619><c> mercy</c><00:27:53.000><c> and</c><00:27:53.319><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:53.720><c> is</c><00:27:54.039><c> granted</c><00:27:54.380><c> us,</c>

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and<00:27:55.619><c> the</c><00:27:55.779><c> help</c><00:27:55.940><c> we</c><00:27:56.259><c> seek</c><00:27:56.500><c> in</c><00:27:56.720><c> our</c><00:27:57.000><c> prayers</c>

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is<00:27:57.599><c> provided</c><00:27:58.039><c> through</c><00:27:58.339><c> the</c><00:27:58.579><c> power</c><00:27:58.819><c> God</c><00:27:59.160><c> has</c><00:27:59.460><c> given</c><00:27:59.740><c> him.</c>

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he<00:28:05.420><c> is</c><00:28:05.559><c> able</c><00:28:05.740><c> to</c><00:28:06.059><c> reconcile</c><00:28:06.559><c> us</c><00:28:06.920><c> with</c><00:28:07.079><c> his</c><00:28:07.380><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:28:08.759><c> our</c><00:28:08.960><c> prayers</c><00:28:09.339><c> are</c><00:28:09.740><c> heard.</c>

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and<00:28:15.519><c> the</c><00:28:15.759><c> kingdom</c><00:28:16.099><c> to</c><00:28:16.480><c> come.</c>

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be<00:28:21.319><c> any</c><00:28:21.619><c> need</c><00:28:21.880><c> to</c><00:28:22.140><c> pray</c><00:28:22.400><c> for</c><00:28:22.619><c> the</c><00:28:22.799><c> things</c><00:28:23.019><c> we</c><00:28:23.299><c> pray</c><00:28:23.539><c> for,</c>

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for<00:28:25.059><c> then</c><00:28:25.839><c> all</c><00:28:26.559><c> our</c><00:28:26.859><c> prayers</c><00:28:27.119><c> will</c><00:28:27.420><c> have</c><00:28:27.640><c> been</c><00:28:28.000><c> answered.</c>