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the<00:16:20.480><c> Greek,</c><00:16:21.139><c> continual</c>

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prayer.<00:16:22.919><c> That's</c><00:16:23.259><c> the</c><00:16:23.419><c> heritage</c><00:16:23.720><c> of</c><00:16:23.919><c> the</c><00:16:24.080><c> apostles.</c><00:16:25.480><c> Prayer</c>

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couple<00:28:50.730><c> of</c><00:28:51.009><c> interesting</c><00:28:51.289><c> examples.</c><00:28:52.150><c> One</c><00:28:52.430><c> of</c><00:28:52.549><c> them</c><00:28:52.690><c> is</c><00:28:52.849><c> in</c><00:28:53.029><c> Romans</c><00:28:53.309><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.730><c> 15</c>

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brothers<00:33:46.869><c> and</c><00:33:47.130><c> sisters</c>

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he<00:33:53.450><c> smote</c><00:33:53.670><c> Peter</c><00:33:53.849><c> on</c><00:33:54.049><c> the</c><00:33:54.170><c> side</c>

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he<00:33:54.369><c> said</c><00:33:54.450><c> get</c><00:33:54.630><c> up</c><00:33:54.789><c> Peter</c><00:33:54.990><c> wake</c><00:33:55.269><c> up.</c><00:33:55.769><c> It</c><00:33:55.970><c> must</c><00:33:56.190><c> have</c><00:33:56.329><c> been</c><00:33:56.430><c> in</c><00:33:56.609><c> the</c><00:33:56.789><c> black</c><00:33:56.910><c> of</c>

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night.<00:33:57.369><c> Peter</c>

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teenagers<00:34:04.609><c> has</c><00:34:04.829><c> an</c><00:34:05.029><c> experience</c><00:34:05.390><c> of</c><00:34:05.509><c> what</c><00:34:05.630><c> it's</c><00:34:05.910><c> like</c><00:34:06.009><c> to</c><00:34:06.230><c> try</c>

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and<00:34:06.509><c> do</c><00:34:06.710><c> this.</c><00:34:09.150><c> And</c><00:34:09.269><c> you</c><00:34:09.389><c> notice</c>

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what<00:34:09.750><c> the</c><00:34:09.949><c> angel</c><00:34:10.150><c> said</c><00:34:10.429><c> verse</c><00:34:10.730><c> 8.</c><00:34:11.010><c> The</c><00:34:11.070><c> angel</c><00:34:11.349><c> said</c><00:34:11.590><c> unto</c><00:34:11.769><c> him</c>

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gird<00:34:12.349><c> thyself</c><00:34:12.969><c> and</c><00:34:13.449><c> bind</c><00:34:13.670><c> on</c>

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thy<00:34:14.130><c> sandals.</c><00:34:14.969><c> Funny</c><00:34:15.130><c> thing</c><00:34:15.369><c> you</c><00:34:15.510><c> know</c><00:34:15.630><c> brothers</c><00:34:15.829><c> and</c><00:34:15.949><c> sisters</c><00:34:16.070><c> but</c><00:34:16.289><c> remember</c>

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won't<00:34:20.489><c> digress</c>

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we<00:34:21.210><c> shan't</c><00:34:21.530><c> digress</c><00:34:22.110><c> but</c><00:34:22.449><c> gird</c><00:34:22.789><c> thyself.</c><00:34:24.409><c> That's</c><00:34:24.750><c> a</c><00:34:24.869><c> Bible</c><00:34:25.090><c> echo</c><00:34:25.329><c> isn't</c><00:34:25.530><c> it?</c><00:34:25.949><c> Do</c><00:34:26.070><c> you</c>

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Peter<00:34:30.530><c> he</c><00:34:30.829><c> said</c><00:34:31.150><c> when</c><00:34:31.829><c> thou</c><00:34:32.210><c> wast</c><00:34:32.590><c> young</c><00:34:33.070><c> thou</c><00:34:33.590><c> girdest</c><00:34:34.170><c> thyself</c><00:34:35.269><c> and</c><00:34:35.750><c> walkest</c><00:34:36.130><c> with</c><00:34:36.269><c> a</c>

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thou<00:34:36.590><c> wouldest</c><00:34:36.909><c> but</c><00:34:37.070><c> when</c><00:34:37.309><c> thou</c><00:34:37.469><c> shalt</c><00:34:37.650><c> be</c><00:34:37.889><c> old</c><00:34:38.030><c> thou</c><00:34:38.250><c> shalt</c>

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stretch<00:34:38.730><c> forth</c><00:34:39.070><c> thine</c><00:34:39.230><c> hands</c>

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and<00:34:39.949><c> another</c><00:34:40.269><c> shall</c><00:34:40.869><c> gird</c><00:34:41.269><c> thee</c><00:34:41.750><c> and</c><00:34:42.389><c> carry</c><00:34:42.670><c> thee</c><00:34:43.150><c> with</c><00:34:43.369><c> a</c><00:34:43.510><c> thou</c><00:34:43.650><c> wouldest</c><00:34:44.050><c> not</c>

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verse<00:34:56.590><c> 8</c><00:34:56.829><c> is</c><00:34:58.289><c> gird</c>

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thyself<00:34:59.889><c> Peter.</c><00:35:01.969><c> In</c><00:35:02.130><c> other</c><00:35:02.369><c> words</c><00:35:03.030><c> you're</c><00:35:04.349><c> not</c><00:35:04.510><c> going</c><00:35:04.650><c> to</c><00:35:04.769><c> die</c>

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yet.<00:35:07.230><c> Your</c><00:35:07.449><c> time</c><00:35:07.710><c> of</c><00:35:08.030><c> death</c><00:35:08.190><c> is</c>

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not<00:35:08.650><c> yet.</c><00:35:10.829><c> Gird</c><00:35:10.889><c> thyself</c><00:35:11.769><c> and</c><00:35:12.750><c> come</c><00:35:12.829><c> with</c><00:35:13.010><c> me</c><00:35:13.170><c> he</c><00:35:13.389><c> says.</c><00:35:14.070><c> Interesting</c><00:35:14.530><c> isn't</c>

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it<00:35:14.809><c> with</c><00:35:14.949><c> that</c>

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see<00:35:23.570><c> the</c><00:35:23.710><c> whole</c><00:35:23.969><c> thing</c><00:35:24.130><c> is</c><00:35:24.269><c> a</c>

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at<00:35:27.269><c> Passover</c><00:35:27.630><c> time</c><00:35:28.170><c> just</c><00:35:28.690><c> like</c>

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his<00:35:32.130><c> Lord</c><00:35:32.429><c> is</c><00:35:32.809><c> going</c><00:35:32.929><c> to</c>

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experience<00:35:33.610><c> a</c><00:35:34.030><c> miraculous</c><00:35:34.630><c> deliverance</c><00:35:35.190><c> just</c><00:35:35.550><c> like</c><00:35:35.769><c> his</c><00:35:36.030><c> Lord</c><00:35:36.329><c> and</c>

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what<00:35:36.929><c> sort</c><00:35:37.070><c> of</c>

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deliverance<00:35:37.610><c> brothers</c><00:35:37.849><c> and</c><00:35:38.130><c> sisters?</c><00:35:38.409><c> Not</c><00:35:38.929><c> just</c><00:35:39.269><c> deliverance</c><00:35:39.789><c> back</c><00:35:40.090><c> to</c>

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mortality<00:35:40.909><c> like</c><00:35:41.309><c> Lazarus</c>

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who<00:35:41.989><c> comes</c><00:35:42.289><c> forth</c><00:35:42.630><c> from</c><00:35:42.849><c> the</c><00:35:43.070><c> grave</c><00:35:43.369><c> but</c><00:35:43.690><c> is</c><00:35:43.949><c> still</c><00:35:44.230><c> bound</c><00:35:44.690><c> with</c><00:35:45.130><c> mortality</c><00:35:45.670><c> upon</c><00:35:46.030><c> him.</c><00:35:46.670><c> No</c>

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this<00:35:47.170><c> man</c><00:35:47.389><c> is</c><00:35:47.570><c> going</c><00:35:47.690><c> to</c><00:35:47.849><c> come</c><00:35:48.090><c> verse</c><00:35:48.469><c> 10</c><00:35:48.809><c> beyond</c><00:35:49.469><c> both</c><00:35:50.070><c> the</c>

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first<00:35:50.909><c> and</c><00:35:51.429><c> the</c><00:35:51.849><c> second.</c>

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a<00:35:58.150><c> type</c><00:35:58.269><c> of</c><00:35:58.449><c> our</c><00:35:58.570><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:35:59.130><c> Christ</c><00:35:59.710><c> and</c><00:36:00.489><c> verse</c><00:36:00.750><c> 11</c><00:36:01.050><c> says</c><00:36:01.349><c> in</c><00:36:01.510><c> an</c><00:36:01.710><c> expression</c><00:36:02.010><c> that</c>

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I've<00:36:02.389><c> always</c><00:36:02.630><c> loved</c><00:36:03.130><c> when</c>

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Peter<00:36:04.889><c> was</c><00:36:05.130><c> come</c><00:36:05.250><c> to</c><00:36:05.429><c> himself</c><00:36:05.829><c> and</c><00:36:06.030><c> that</c><00:36:06.110><c> lovely</c><00:36:06.389><c> phrase</c><00:36:06.690><c> when</c>

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we've<00:36:07.150><c> all</c><00:36:07.429><c> got</c><00:36:07.530><c> to</c><00:36:07.650><c> do</c>

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that<00:36:07.949><c> in</c><00:36:08.050><c> our</c><00:36:08.190><c> lives</c><00:36:08.449><c> at</c><00:36:08.650><c> some</c><00:36:08.909><c> stage</c><00:36:09.170><c> we've</c><00:36:09.289><c> got</c><00:36:09.349><c> to</c><00:36:09.469><c> come</c><00:36:09.570><c> to</c>

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ourselves<00:36:10.550><c> and</c><00:36:12.590><c> when</c><00:36:12.730><c> he</c>

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Mary<00:36:15.769><c> the</c><00:36:15.929><c> mother</c><00:36:16.070><c> of</c><00:36:16.210><c> John</c>

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whose<00:36:17.010><c> surname</c><00:36:17.309><c> was</c><00:36:17.610><c> Mark</c><00:36:17.849><c> where</c><00:36:18.230><c> many</c><00:36:18.510><c> were</c><00:36:18.730><c> gathered</c><00:36:18.929><c> together</c><00:36:19.349><c> praying</c><00:36:19.769><c> and</c><00:36:20.250><c> you</c>

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remember<00:36:20.530><c> that</c><00:36:20.730><c> Peter</c><00:36:20.849><c> knocks</c><00:36:21.130><c> at</c><00:36:21.289><c> the</c><00:36:21.409><c> door</c><00:36:21.489><c> we</c><00:36:21.610><c> have</c><00:36:21.690><c> that</c>

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lovely<00:36:22.190><c> story</c><00:36:22.449><c> of</c><00:36:22.650><c> Rhoda</c><00:36:22.829><c> who's</c>

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