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I<00:12:54.899><c> had</c><00:12:55.080><c> one</c><00:12:55.360><c> foot</c><00:12:55.440><c> in</c><00:12:55.580><c> the</c><00:12:55.759><c> truth</c><00:12:56.320><c> and</c><00:12:56.759><c> one</c><00:12:57.039><c> foot</c><00:12:57.139><c> in</c><00:12:57.320><c> man's</c><00:12:57.779><c> world.</c>

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I<00:13:05.159><c> began</c><00:13:05.440><c> to</c><00:13:05.659><c> put</c><00:13:05.759><c> in</c><00:13:05.940><c> a</c><00:13:06.100><c> better</c><00:13:06.259><c> effort</c>

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to<00:13:06.919><c> keep</c><00:13:07.159><c> up</c><00:13:07.340><c> with</c><00:13:07.500><c> my</c><00:13:07.720><c> readings</c>

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and<00:13:08.860><c> when</c><00:13:09.019><c> I</c><00:13:09.240><c> found</c><00:13:09.419><c> I</c><00:13:09.559><c> had</c><00:13:09.679><c> more</c><00:13:09.940><c> questions</c><00:13:10.340><c> than</c><00:13:10.620><c> answered,</c>

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I<00:13:11.779><c> learned</c><00:13:11.940><c> how</c><00:13:12.139><c> to</c><00:13:12.240><c> pray</c><00:13:12.519><c> to</c><00:13:12.700><c> God</c>

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Believing<00:13:18.039><c> that</c><00:13:18.240><c> he</c><00:13:18.340><c> will</c><00:13:18.519><c> help</c><00:13:18.679><c> me</c>

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in<00:13:19.100><c> trying</c><00:13:19.279><c> to</c><00:13:19.559><c> read</c><00:13:19.679><c> with</c><00:13:19.919><c> intent</c><00:13:20.179><c> to</c><00:13:20.419><c> understand</c>

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and<00:13:27.379><c> things</c><00:13:27.620><c> come</c><00:13:27.899><c> together.</c>

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but<00:13:36.000><c> God</c><00:13:36.259><c> showed</c><00:13:36.500><c> me</c><00:13:36.659><c> he</c><00:13:36.659><c> had</c><00:13:36.840><c> better</c><00:13:37.100><c> plans</c><00:13:37.500><c> for</c><00:13:37.740><c> me.</c>

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I<00:13:47.200><c> learned</c><00:13:47.399><c> to</c><00:13:47.679><c> approach</c><00:13:47.919><c> God</c><00:13:48.259><c> before</c><00:13:48.679><c> each</c><00:13:49.019><c> talk</c>

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through<00:14:15.240><c> all</c><00:14:15.419><c> the</c><00:14:15.659><c> challenges</c><00:14:15.980><c> they</c><00:14:16.200><c> were</c><00:14:16.419><c> facing</c>

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living<00:14:17.539><c> a</c><00:14:17.759><c> life</c><00:14:17.899><c> in</c><00:14:18.059><c> the</c><00:14:18.259><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:14:20.639><c> see</c><00:14:20.860><c> now</c><00:14:21.620><c> why</c><00:14:22.000><c> my</c><00:14:22.279><c> life</c><00:14:22.440><c> is</c><00:14:22.620><c> more</c><00:14:22.899><c> important</c><00:14:23.139><c> living</c><00:14:23.440><c> to</c><00:14:23.740><c> God</c>

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It<00:15:21.879><c> will</c><00:15:22.059><c> be</c><00:15:22.320><c> worse</c><00:15:22.600><c> than</c><00:15:22.940><c> that,</c>

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but<00:15:24.899><c> for</c><00:15:25.139><c> the</c><00:15:25.360><c> elect's</c><00:15:25.980><c> sake,</c><00:15:26.519><c> he</c><00:15:26.759><c> will</c><00:15:27.019><c> not</c><00:15:27.179><c> destroy</c><00:15:27.519><c> everyone.</c>

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Yes,<00:15:29.340><c> he</c><00:15:29.639><c> promised</c><00:15:29.940><c> never</c><00:15:30.200><c> to</c><00:15:30.460><c> flood</c><00:15:30.620><c> the</c><00:15:30.820><c> earth</c><00:15:30.960><c> again</c>

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to<00:15:31.500><c> destroy</c><00:15:31.879><c> mankind.</c>

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He<00:15:33.460><c> will</c><00:15:33.720><c> not</c><00:15:33.919><c> destroy</c><00:15:34.299><c> all</c>

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because<00:15:34.919><c> there</c><00:15:35.100><c> will</c><00:15:35.240><c> be</c><00:15:35.360><c> people</c><00:15:35.600><c> like</c><00:15:35.919><c> us</c><00:15:36.539><c> never</c><00:15:37.080><c> giving</c><00:15:37.360><c> up.</c>

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So<00:15:38.779><c> we</c><00:15:39.559><c> are</c><00:15:40.159><c> the</c><00:15:40.419><c> elect's</c><00:15:41.120><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:15:42.379><c> during</c><00:15:42.539><c> all</c><00:15:43.000><c> that</c><00:15:43.220><c> comes,</c>

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it<00:15:43.679><c> shows</c><00:15:43.799><c> us</c><00:15:44.080><c> our</c><00:15:44.259><c> love</c><00:15:44.480><c> for</c><00:15:44.679><c> him</c><00:15:44.940><c> and</c><00:15:45.159><c> his</c><00:15:45.340><c> love</c><00:15:45.480><c> for</c><00:15:45.700><c> us.</c>

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That<00:15:46.639><c> he's</c><00:15:46.980><c> confident</c><00:15:47.320><c> that</c><00:15:47.559><c> if</c><00:15:47.860><c> we</c><00:15:48.100><c> are</c><00:15:48.279><c> alive</c>

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when<00:15:48.720><c> Jesus</c><00:15:49.019><c> is</c><00:15:49.320><c> coming,</c><00:15:50.000><c> the</c><00:15:50.220><c> elect's</c><00:15:50.740><c> sake,</c><00:15:51.379><c> us,</c>

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will<00:15:52.440><c> be</c><00:15:52.620><c> there</c><00:15:52.820><c> to</c><00:15:53.139><c> cheer</c><00:15:53.419><c> on</c><00:15:53.700><c> our</c><00:15:53.960><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:15:54.820><c> greet</c><00:15:55.019><c> him</c><00:15:55.179><c> with</c><00:15:55.379><c> joyful</c><00:15:55.679><c> hearts</c><00:15:56.100><c> and</c><00:15:56.340><c> open</c><00:15:56.519><c> arms.</c>

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The<00:15:58.379><c> calling</c><00:15:58.480><c> we</c><00:15:58.679><c> have</c><00:15:58.879><c> received</c><00:15:59.120><c> from</c><00:15:59.379><c> God</c><00:15:59.600><c> is</c><00:15:59.799><c> a</c><00:16:00.019><c> precious</c><00:16:00.279><c> thing</c>

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and<00:16:01.279><c> we</c><00:16:01.460><c> cannot</c><00:16:01.740><c> take</c><00:16:02.039><c> it</c><00:16:02.179><c> for</c><00:16:02.379><c> granted.</c>

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Nothing<00:16:04.139><c> in</c><00:16:04.340><c> this</c><00:16:04.559><c> world</c><00:16:04.720><c> can</c><00:16:04.919><c> take</c><00:16:05.100><c> it</c><00:16:05.259><c> from</c><00:16:05.460><c> us.</c>

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So<00:16:06.720><c> please,</c><00:16:07.679><c> let's</c><00:16:07.899><c> not</c><00:16:08.120><c> give</c><00:16:08.299><c> it</c><00:16:08.480><c> away</c>

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or<00:16:09.179><c> go</c><00:16:09.360><c> back</c><00:16:09.620><c> into</c><00:16:09.879><c> man's</c><00:16:10.279><c> world.</c>

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Endurance<00:16:12.299><c> can</c><00:16:12.759><c> be</c><00:16:12.980><c> a</c><00:16:13.120><c> difficult</c><00:16:13.480><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:16:14.980><c> the</c><00:16:15.299><c> longer</c><00:16:15.559><c> we</c><00:16:15.860><c> endure,</c><00:16:17.019><c> the</c><00:16:17.220><c> stronger</c><00:16:17.700><c> we</c><00:16:18.059><c> get.</c>

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All<00:16:19.480><c> our</c><00:16:19.820><c> hopes,</c><00:16:20.500><c> dreams,</c><00:16:21.159><c> and</c><00:16:21.399><c> answers</c><00:16:21.620><c> we</c><00:16:21.960><c> seek</c>

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are<00:16:23.100><c> contained</c><00:16:23.639><c> in</c><00:16:24.179><c> the</c><00:16:24.419><c> scriptures</c><00:16:24.720><c> we</c><00:16:25.039><c> read</c><00:16:25.419><c> each</c><00:16:25.779><c> day.</c>

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It's<00:16:27.519><c> time</c><00:16:27.779><c> to</c><00:16:28.019><c> dust</c><00:16:28.279><c> off</c><00:16:28.539><c> our</c><00:16:28.779><c> Bibles</c><00:16:29.019><c> and</c><00:16:29.279><c> challenge</c><00:16:29.620><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:16:30.320><c> find</c><00:16:30.539><c> a</c><00:16:30.700><c> way</c><00:16:31.039><c> to</c><00:16:31.480><c> read</c><00:16:31.720><c> them</c><00:16:31.919><c> each</c><00:16:32.179><c> day</c>

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and<00:16:32.700><c> pray</c><00:16:32.960><c> for</c><00:16:33.240><c> understanding.</c>

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The<00:16:35.080><c> more</c><00:16:35.299><c> we</c><00:16:35.620><c> pray,</c><00:16:36.559><c> the</c><00:16:36.759><c> more</c><00:16:36.980><c> we</c><00:16:37.179><c> show</c><00:16:37.299><c> God</c><00:16:37.600><c> we</c><00:16:37.879><c> care.</c>

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We<00:16:39.240><c> come</c><00:16:39.440><c> here</c><00:16:39.580><c> each</c><00:16:39.799><c> Sunday</c>

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to<00:16:40.279><c> remember</c><00:16:40.600><c> the</c><00:16:40.899><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:41.360><c> of</c><00:16:41.539><c> Jesus.</c>

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During<00:16:42.740><c> his</c><00:16:43.019><c> time</c><00:16:43.220><c> on</c><00:16:43.460><c> earth,</c><00:16:43.620><c> he</c><00:16:43.740><c> was</c><00:16:43.919><c> tested</c><00:16:44.259><c> by</c><00:16:44.559><c> God</c><00:16:44.740><c> as</c><00:16:44.919><c> we</c><00:16:45.179><c> are,</c>

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learning<00:16:46.220><c> from</c><00:16:46.460><c> the</c><00:16:46.679><c> scriptures</c><00:16:46.960><c> of</c><00:16:47.159><c> God's</c><00:16:47.620><c> plan</c>

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and<00:16:48.600><c> the</c><00:16:48.779><c> part</c><00:16:48.879><c> he</c><00:16:49.179><c> was</c><00:16:49.399><c> asked</c><00:16:49.620><c> to</c><00:16:49.799><c> play</c><00:16:49.899><c> in</c><00:16:50.059><c> that</c><00:16:50.279><c> plan</c>

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to<00:16:51.200><c> please</c><00:16:51.480><c> his</c><00:16:51.679><c> heavenly</c><00:16:52.019><c> Father.</c>

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Our<00:16:53.960><c> Lord</c><00:16:54.159><c> was</c><00:16:54.419><c> asked</c><00:16:54.639><c> to</c><00:16:54.840><c> preach</c><00:16:55.100><c> God's</c><00:16:55.659><c> word,</c><00:16:56.440><c> gather</c><00:16:56.799><c> the</c><00:16:57.120><c> lost,</c>

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heal<00:16:57.980><c> the</c><00:16:58.279><c> sick,</c><00:16:59.039><c> and</c><00:16:59.179><c> show</c><00:16:59.379><c> us</c><00:16:59.639><c> God</c><00:16:59.960><c> can</c><00:17:00.259><c> raise</c><00:17:00.580><c> the</c><00:17:00.840><c> dead</c>

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to<00:17:01.179><c> an</c><00:17:01.340><c> everlasting</c><00:17:01.720><c> life</c><00:17:02.320><c> if</c><00:17:02.740><c> we</c><00:17:03.059><c> follow</c><00:17:03.480><c> that</c><00:17:03.840><c> word.</c>

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He<00:17:05.519><c> endured</c><00:17:05.900><c> a</c><00:17:06.140><c> lot</c><00:17:06.380><c> more</c><00:17:06.740><c> physically</c><00:17:07.180><c> and</c><00:17:07.539><c> spiritually</c>

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than<00:17:08.660><c> any</c><00:17:09.019><c> of</c><00:17:09.220><c> us</c><00:17:09.480><c> has</c><00:17:09.980><c> or</c><00:17:10.259><c> ever</c><00:17:10.440><c> will</c><00:17:10.660><c> go</c><00:17:10.940><c> through</c><00:17:11.119><c> in</c><00:17:11.319><c> our</c><00:17:11.500><c> life</c>

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because<00:17:12.859><c> he</c><00:17:13.200><c> learned</c><00:17:13.420><c> God's</c><00:17:14.000><c> plan</c>

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and<00:17:14.640><c> followed</c><00:17:14.799><c> what</c><00:17:14.980><c> he</c><00:17:15.119><c> was</c><00:17:15.279><c> asked</c><00:17:15.480><c> to</c><00:17:15.640><c> do</c>

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is<00:17:16.000><c> why</c><00:17:16.619><c> we</c><00:17:16.960><c> have</c><00:17:17.119><c> this</c><00:17:17.420><c> bread</c><00:17:17.559><c> and</c><00:17:17.839><c> wine</c><00:17:18.259><c> here</c><00:17:18.539><c> before</c><00:17:18.920><c> us</c><00:17:19.240><c> today.</c>

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I<00:17:20.920><c> can't</c><00:17:21.279><c> imagine</c><00:17:21.859><c> what</c><00:17:22.220><c> this</c><00:17:22.539><c> world</c><00:17:22.680><c> would</c><00:17:22.839><c> be</c><00:17:23.000><c> like</c>

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if<00:17:23.380><c> Jesus</c><00:17:23.720><c> put</c><00:17:23.960><c> in</c><00:17:24.119><c> only</c><00:17:24.420><c> half</c><00:17:24.720><c> the</c><00:17:24.960><c> effort</c><00:17:25.180><c> God</c><00:17:25.460><c> asked</c><00:17:25.720><c> him</c><00:17:25.900><c> to</c><00:17:26.079><c> do.</c>

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He<00:17:28.039><c> could</c><00:17:28.160><c> have</c><00:17:28.480><c> failed</c><00:17:28.759><c> just</c><00:17:29.039><c> as</c><00:17:29.220><c> we</c><00:17:29.420><c> can</c>

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if<00:17:29.779><c> we</c><00:17:29.980><c> don't</c><00:17:30.200><c> take</c><00:17:30.420><c> the</c><00:17:30.660><c> blessings</c><00:17:31.000><c> of</c><00:17:31.180><c> being</c><00:17:31.519><c> called</c>

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and<00:17:32.599><c> strive</c><00:17:32.920><c> for</c><00:17:33.119><c> that</c><00:17:33.299><c> everlasting</c><00:17:33.799><c> life</c><00:17:34.240><c> offered</c><00:17:34.500><c> before</c><00:17:34.920><c> us.</c>

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These<00:17:36.519><c> emblems</c><00:17:36.920><c> before</c><00:17:37.240><c> us</c><00:17:37.640><c> show</c><00:17:37.859><c> us</c>

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how<00:17:38.400><c> important</c><00:17:38.819><c> endurance</c><00:17:39.220><c> is</c><00:17:39.559><c> in</c><00:17:39.740><c> our</c><00:17:39.920><c> life</c>

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and<00:17:40.680><c> that</c><00:17:40.839><c> Jesus</c><00:17:41.119><c> laying</c><00:17:41.420><c> down</c><00:17:41.680><c> his</c><00:17:41.900><c> life</c>

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for<00:17:42.220><c> our</c><00:17:42.599><c> sins</c><00:17:42.980><c> to</c><00:17:43.220><c> be</c><00:17:43.440><c> forgiven</c><00:17:43.920><c> is</c><00:17:44.680><c> the</c><00:17:44.839><c> result</c><00:17:45.259><c> of</c><00:17:45.599><c> that</c><00:17:45.799><c> endurance.</c>

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It<00:17:47.279><c> is</c><00:17:47.519><c> time</c><00:17:47.740><c> to</c><00:17:48.019><c> examine</c><00:17:48.279><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:17:48.900><c> see</c><00:17:48.980><c> if</c><00:17:49.079><c> we</c><00:17:49.259><c> are</c><00:17:49.480><c> truly</c><00:17:49.759><c> trying</c><00:17:50.160><c> to</c><00:17:50.480><c> live</c>

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and<00:17:51.160><c> focus</c><00:17:51.460><c> on</c><00:17:51.640><c> the</c><00:17:51.900><c> spiritual</c><00:17:52.220><c> life</c>

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instead<00:17:53.500><c> of</c><00:17:53.740><c> trying</c><00:17:53.940><c> to</c><00:17:54.180><c> keep</c><00:17:54.380><c> one</c><00:17:54.700><c> foot</c><00:17:54.859><c> in</c><00:17:55.000><c> each</c><00:17:55.319><c> world.</c>

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We<00:17:56.839><c> are</c><00:17:57.000><c> all</c><00:17:57.160><c> here</c><00:17:57.319><c> because</c><00:17:57.640><c> God</c><00:17:58.039><c> has</c><00:17:58.279><c> a</c><00:17:58.480><c> mission</c><00:17:58.720><c> for</c><00:17:59.000><c> all</c><00:17:59.259><c> of</c><00:17:59.359><c> us</c>

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and<00:18:00.160><c> by</c><00:18:00.380><c> reading</c><00:18:00.619><c> his</c><00:18:00.920><c> word,</c><00:18:01.680><c> getting</c><00:18:02.000><c> involved,</c>

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and<00:18:03.200><c> sharing</c><00:18:03.460><c> our</c><00:18:03.700><c> lives</c><00:18:03.819><c> with</c><00:18:04.019><c> each</c><00:18:04.279><c> other</c>

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helps<00:18:05.119><c> us</c><00:18:05.359><c> to</c><00:18:05.599><c> see</c><00:18:06.019><c> what</c><00:18:06.240><c> that</c><00:18:06.519><c> mission</c><00:18:06.819><c> could</c><00:18:07.079><c> be.</c>

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We<00:18:08.640><c> show</c><00:18:08.960><c> our</c><00:18:09.200><c> love</c><00:18:09.400><c> for</c><00:18:09.599><c> God</c><00:18:09.880><c> by</c><00:18:10.160><c> coming</c><00:18:10.420><c> here</c><00:18:10.579><c> each</c><00:18:10.880><c> week</c>

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and<00:18:11.779><c> singing,</c><00:18:12.539><c> praising,</c><00:18:13.599><c> enduring</c><00:18:13.920><c> through</c><00:18:14.220><c> the</c><00:18:14.460><c> challenges,</c>

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and<00:18:15.440><c> most</c><00:18:15.700><c> importantly,</c><00:18:16.140><c> remembering</c><00:18:16.900><c> the</c><00:18:17.339><c> Lord's</c><00:18:17.920><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:18:18.839><c> we</c><00:18:18.960><c> are</c><00:18:19.119><c> never</c><00:18:19.359><c> alone</c><00:18:20.039><c> as</c><00:18:20.579><c> Lord</c><00:18:20.799><c> as</c><00:18:21.019><c> God</c><00:18:21.559><c> is</c><00:18:21.859><c> in</c><00:18:22.019><c> our</c><00:18:22.180><c> lives,</c>

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So<00:18:24.559><c> in</c><00:18:24.720><c> closing,</c><00:18:25.299><c> I</c><00:18:25.339><c> would</c><00:18:25.420><c> just</c><00:18:25.599><c> like</c><00:18:25.720><c> to</c><00:18:25.960><c> say</c><00:18:26.319><c> thank</c><00:18:26.980><c> you,</c><00:18:27.240><c> Lord,</c>

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for<00:18:28.019><c> being</c><00:18:28.240><c> with</c><00:18:28.460><c> us</c><00:18:28.819><c> each</c><00:18:29.180><c> day</c><00:18:29.339><c> of</c><00:18:29.519><c> our</c><00:18:29.660><c> life.</c>