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And<00:16:46.559><c> now</c><00:16:47.279><c> Jacob</c><00:16:47.840><c> has</c><00:16:48.320><c> inconsolable</c><00:16:49.299><c> sorrow.</c>

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Joy<00:16:58.019><c> replaces</c><00:16:58.539><c> that</c><00:16:58.820><c> sorrow</c><00:16:59.039><c> when</c><00:16:59.179><c> he</c><00:16:59.360><c> holds</c><00:17:00.159><c> the</c><00:17:00.820><c> sheaves</c><00:17:01.379><c> in</c>

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his<00:17:02.259><c> arms.</c>

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in<00:17:15.240><c> Egypt.</c>

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are<00:17:36.359><c> reunited.</c>

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bag,<00:18:58.259><c> a</c><00:18:58.460><c> seed</c><00:18:58.619><c> bag</c><00:18:58.940><c> basically.</c>

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Joseph<00:19:16.859><c> story.</c>

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be<00:20:13.460><c> dry.</c>

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no<00:20:31.099><c> water,</c><00:20:31.339><c> where</c><00:20:31.539><c> he</c><00:20:31.700><c> couldn't</c>

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purpose.

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the<00:21:27.859><c> region.</c>

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was<00:21:41.319><c> watered.</c>

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sense,<00:22:01.240><c> there</c><00:22:01.420><c> with</c><00:22:01.740><c> him,</c><00:22:03.140><c> comforting</c>

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Well,<00:22:08.640><c> another</c><00:22:08.940><c> thought.</c>

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It<00:22:25.839><c> makes</c><00:22:26.019><c> me</c><00:22:26.339><c> think</c><00:22:26.940><c> that</c><00:22:28.579><c> God's</c><00:22:29.339><c> people</c><00:22:29.619><c> being</c><00:22:30.039><c> reconnected</c>

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emotional<00:22:33.440><c> force</c><00:22:34.059><c> of</c><00:22:34.839><c> Joseph</c><00:22:35.200><c> being</c><00:22:35.579><c> reconnected</c><00:22:36.140><c> to</c><00:22:36.299><c> his</c><00:22:36.519><c> family.</c>

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One<00:22:37.019><c> of</c><00:22:37.099><c> the</c><00:22:37.220><c> most</c><00:22:37.420><c> poignant</c><00:22:37.700><c> events</c><00:22:38.140><c> in</c><00:22:38.859><c> all</c><00:22:39.059><c> the</c><00:22:39.279><c> scriptures,</c><00:22:41.039><c> the</c><00:22:41.299><c> land</c><00:22:41.960><c> of</c><00:22:42.539><c> promise</c><00:22:43.039><c> is</c><00:22:44.059><c> like</c><00:22:44.240><c> a</c><00:22:44.519><c> family</c>

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member.

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But<00:22:57.180><c> unlike</c><00:22:57.420><c> the</c><00:22:57.680><c> partial</c><00:22:57.960><c> regathering</c><00:22:58.579><c> that's</c><00:22:58.839><c> occurred</c><00:22:59.059><c> thus</c><00:22:59.380><c> far,</c><00:22:59.900><c> which</c><00:22:59.960><c> is</c>

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mired<00:23:00.599><c> in</c><00:23:01.039><c> conflict</c><00:23:01.660><c> and</c><00:23:02.039><c> sorrow</c>

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when<00:23:09.900><c> the</c><00:23:10.160><c> Messiah</c><00:23:10.519><c> rules</c><00:23:11.200><c> in</c><00:23:11.700><c> peace</c><00:23:12.339><c> and</c><00:23:12.759><c> justice,</c>

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it<00:23:14.140><c> will</c><00:23:14.279><c> be</c><00:23:14.440><c> a</c><00:23:14.640><c> time</c><00:23:14.859><c> of</c><00:23:15.119><c> blessing</c><00:23:15.420><c> for</c><00:23:15.779><c> all</c><00:23:16.079><c> nations.</c>

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The<00:23:19.940><c> psalmist</c><00:23:20.099><c> reflects</c><00:23:20.480><c> on</c><00:23:20.700><c> how</c><00:23:20.819><c> God</c><00:23:21.140><c> used</c><00:23:21.940><c> the</c><00:23:22.740><c> suffering</c>

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in<00:23:24.099><c> Joseph</c><00:23:24.700><c> and</c><00:23:24.940><c> Jacob's</c><00:23:25.500><c> lives</c><00:23:25.759><c> to</c><00:23:26.000><c> bring</c>

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about<00:23:26.539><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:23:28.359><c> the</c><00:23:28.480><c> psalmist</c><00:23:28.740><c> holds</c><00:23:29.140><c> on</c><00:23:29.400><c> to</c><00:23:29.559><c> that</c><00:23:29.759><c> blessing</c><00:23:30.579><c> while</c><00:23:31.119><c> praying</c><00:23:31.720><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:32.680><c> current</c><00:23:32.880><c> situation</c><00:23:33.579><c> that</c><00:23:33.799><c> the</c>

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people<00:23:34.180><c> of</c><00:23:34.380><c> God</c><00:23:34.640><c> were</c><00:23:35.200><c> suffering</c><00:23:35.579><c> in,</c><00:23:36.180><c> holding</c><00:23:36.559><c> on</c><00:23:37.019><c> to</c><00:23:37.259><c> hope,</c>

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in<00:23:45.279><c> tears</c><00:23:45.539><c> will</c><00:23:45.940><c> reap</c><00:23:46.339><c> with</c><00:23:46.799><c> songs</c><00:23:47.259><c> of</c><00:23:47.559><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:23:49.960><c> this</c><00:23:50.140><c> psalm</c><00:23:50.359><c> shows</c><00:23:50.680><c> that</c><00:23:50.900><c> that</c><00:23:51.140><c> principle</c><00:23:51.500><c> applies</c><00:23:52.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:53.240><c> lives</c><00:23:53.519><c> of</c><00:23:53.740><c> many.</c>

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Now,<00:23:56.599><c> the</c><00:23:56.799><c> imagery</c><00:23:57.039><c> in</c><00:23:57.200><c> verse</c><00:23:57.440><c> 6</c><00:23:58.319><c> isn't</c><00:23:59.539><c> just</c><00:24:00.400><c> looking</c><00:24:00.880><c> back</c>

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at<00:24:01.480><c> Jacob.</c>

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There's<00:24:03.759><c> a</c><00:24:03.920><c> future</c><00:24:04.240><c> tense</c><00:24:04.559><c> to</c><00:24:04.799><c> it,</c><00:24:04.980><c> a</c><00:24:05.079><c> future</c><00:24:05.720><c> aspect.</c>

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The<00:24:12.339><c> psalm</c><00:24:12.720><c> inspires</c><00:24:13.180><c> a</c><00:24:13.599><c> confidence</c><00:24:14.279><c> in</c><00:24:14.799><c> God's</c><00:24:15.259><c> deliverance.</c>

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our<00:24:21.859><c> English</c><00:24:22.119><c> translations,</c><00:24:23.140><c> at</c><00:24:23.200><c> least</c><00:24:23.440><c> in</c><00:24:23.680><c> my</c>

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English<00:24:24.160><c> translation,</c><00:24:24.759><c> it's</c><00:24:24.819><c> not</c><00:24:26.279><c> coming</c><00:24:27.460><c> through</c><00:24:27.680><c> as</c><00:24:27.920><c> clearly</c><00:24:28.160><c> as</c><00:24:28.380><c> I</c>

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think<00:24:28.599><c> it</c><00:24:28.839><c> should.</c>

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think,<00:24:35.720><c> did</c><00:24:35.859><c> a</c><00:24:36.000><c> better</c>

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it<00:24:43.319><c> the</c><00:24:43.660><c> emphasis</c><00:24:44.259><c> that's</c><00:24:44.619><c> there</c><00:24:44.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:50.940><c> verb</c><00:24:51.079><c> before.</c>

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The<00:24:52.539><c> NET</c><00:24:53.259><c> says,</c><00:24:54.200><c> will</c><00:24:54.200><c> certainly</c><00:24:54.960><c> come</c><00:24:55.559><c> with</c><00:24:56.160><c> a</c><00:24:56.359><c> shout</c><00:24:56.500><c> of</c><00:24:56.759><c> joy.</c>

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I'm<00:24:57.680><c> sorry,</c><00:24:58.440><c> but</c><00:24:59.079><c> I</c><00:25:00.099><c> don't</c><00:25:00.400><c> know</c><00:25:00.500><c> if</c><00:25:00.660><c> any</c><00:25:00.880><c> version</c><00:25:01.220><c> actually</c>

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carries<00:25:01.859><c> the</c><00:25:02.720><c> surety</c><00:25:03.220><c> that</c><00:25:04.019><c> he</c><00:25:04.559><c> surely</c>

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goes<00:25:05.940><c> as</c><00:25:07.059><c> well</c><00:25:07.240><c> as</c><00:25:07.839><c> he'll</c><00:25:08.240><c> indeed</c><00:25:08.819><c> come</c><00:25:09.319><c> again.</c>

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But<00:25:13.019><c> I'm</c><00:25:13.940><c> convinced</c><00:25:14.619><c> that</c><00:25:15.859><c> Jesus</c><00:25:16.279><c> knew</c><00:25:16.480><c> this</c><00:25:16.759><c> psalm</c><00:25:17.039><c> well</c><00:25:17.519><c> and</c>

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meditated<00:25:18.880><c> on</c><00:25:19.079><c> its</c><00:25:19.299><c> lessons</c><00:25:19.960><c> and</c><00:25:21.119><c> drew</c>

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confidence<00:25:22.200><c> from</c><00:25:23.200><c> the</c><00:25:23.480><c> certainty</c><00:25:23.819><c> that</c><00:25:24.140><c> he</c><00:25:24.480><c> will</c><00:25:25.039><c> certainly</c>

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come<00:25:26.180><c> with</c><00:25:26.680><c> a</c><00:25:26.880><c> shout</c><00:25:27.019><c> of</c><00:25:27.279><c> joy.</c>

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But<00:25:28.220><c> he</c><00:25:28.460><c> also</c><00:25:28.740><c> understood</c><00:25:29.200><c> the</c><00:25:29.500><c> certainty</c><00:25:29.859><c> in</c><00:25:30.960><c> he</c><00:25:32.240><c> surely</c><00:25:32.660><c> goes.</c>

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burying<00:25:43.059><c> the</c><00:25:43.380><c> seed</c><00:25:43.819><c> in</c><00:25:44.500><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> ground</c><00:25:45.160><c> with</c><00:25:46.259><c> weeping.</c>

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But<00:25:48.640><c> he</c><00:25:48.779><c> was</c><00:25:49.059><c> strengthened</c><00:25:49.480><c> in</c><00:25:49.779><c> faith</c><00:25:49.940><c> by</c><00:25:50.160><c> the</c><00:25:50.339><c> words</c><00:25:50.519><c> that</c><00:25:50.720><c> he</c>

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will<00:25:51.400><c> surely</c><00:25:52.099><c> doubtless</c><00:25:52.799><c> come</c><00:25:53.000><c> with</c><00:25:53.220><c> a</c>

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shout<00:25:53.640><c> of</c><00:25:53.920><c> joy.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:54.880><c> had</c><00:25:55.160><c> complete</c><00:25:55.839><c> trust</c><00:25:56.500><c> in</c><00:25:57.880><c> this</c><00:25:58.160><c> promise</c><00:25:58.859><c> that</c><00:25:59.420><c> his</c><00:25:59.640><c> father</c><00:26:00.259><c> was</c>

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communicating<00:26:01.579><c> to</c><00:26:01.819><c> him</c><00:26:02.180><c> in</c><00:26:02.440><c> this</c>

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psalm.

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And<00:26:04.920><c> he</c><00:26:05.779><c> was</c><00:26:06.259><c> able</c><00:26:06.559><c> to</c><00:26:06.839><c> give</c><00:26:07.000><c> his</c><00:26:07.279><c> life</c><00:26:07.839><c> as</c><00:26:08.539><c> a</c><00:26:08.759><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:09.319><c> because</c><00:26:09.740><c> of</c>

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that<00:26:10.220><c> faith.</c>

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If<00:26:13.839><c> we</c><00:26:14.079><c> turn</c><00:26:14.200><c> to</c><00:26:14.319><c> John</c><00:26:14.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.000><c> 12,</c><00:26:16.220><c> you</c><00:26:17.339><c> can</c><00:26:17.599><c> see</c><00:26:18.259><c> maybe</c><00:26:18.980><c> a</c><00:26:19.099><c> little</c><00:26:19.279><c> bit</c><00:26:19.400><c> of</c>

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evidence<00:26:19.920><c> that</c><00:26:20.099><c> I</c><00:26:20.299><c> point</c>

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to,<00:26:21.079><c> that</c><00:26:21.220><c> I'll</c><00:26:21.420><c> point</c><00:26:21.559><c> to</c><00:26:21.799><c> about</c><00:26:22.180><c> my</c><00:26:22.920><c> conviction</c><00:26:23.319><c> that,</c><00:26:23.720><c> that</c>

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In<00:26:31.700><c> John</c><00:26:31.880><c> chapter</c><00:26:32.160><c> 12,</c><00:26:32.700><c> beginning</c><00:26:32.799><c> in</c><00:26:32.940><c> verse</c><00:26:33.119><c> 23,</c><00:26:34.079><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.539><c> says,</c><00:26:36.559><c> the</c>

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remains<00:26:52.460><c> alone.</c>

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Whoever<00:26:59.940><c> loves</c><00:27:00.339><c> his</c><00:27:00.619><c> life</c><00:27:00.839><c> loses</c><00:27:01.200><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:01.920><c> whoever</c><00:27:02.160><c> hates</c><00:27:02.539><c> his</c><00:27:02.799><c> life</c><00:27:02.960><c> in</c><00:27:03.160><c> this</c><00:27:03.480><c> world</c><00:27:03.700><c> will</c><00:27:04.119><c> keep</c><00:27:04.559><c> it</c>

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weeping.

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Now,<00:27:35.779><c> is</c><00:27:35.819><c> my</c><00:27:36.140><c> soul</c><00:27:36.440><c> troubled.</c>

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Father,<00:27:41.220><c> save</c><00:27:41.539><c> me</c><00:27:41.720><c> from</c><00:27:41.900><c> this</c><00:27:42.180><c> hour.</c>

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Father,<00:27:48.299><c> glorify</c><00:27:49.200><c> your</c><00:27:49.799><c> name.</c>

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this<00:27:55.380><c> psalm.</c>

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harvest<00:28:11.299><c> of</c><00:28:11.519><c> the</c><00:28:11.759><c> sheaves</c><00:28:12.240><c> of</c><00:28:12.460><c> his</c><00:28:12.720><c> brethren</c>

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whom<00:28:14.180><c> he</c><00:28:14.480><c> will</c><00:28:14.700><c> gather</c><00:28:15.160><c> in</c><00:28:15.720><c> joy</c><00:28:15.880><c> at</c><00:28:16.059><c> the</c><00:28:16.279><c> resurrection</c><00:28:16.740><c> when</c>

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his<00:28:25.980><c> father's</c>

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would<00:28:45.559><c> cooperate</c><00:28:46.119><c> with</c><00:28:46.900><c> the</c>

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Gentiles<00:28:48.299><c> in</c><00:28:48.900><c> killing</c><00:28:49.099><c> him.</c>

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he<00:28:55.460><c> also</c><00:28:55.759><c> knew</c><00:28:56.839><c> his</c><00:28:58.619><c> suffering</c><00:28:59.140><c> would</c>

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The<00:29:05.319><c> grain</c><00:29:05.500><c> of</c><00:29:05.720><c> wheat,</c><00:29:05.920><c> the</c><00:29:06.140><c> seed</c><00:29:06.259><c> of</c><00:29:06.400><c> his</c><00:29:06.599><c> life,</c><00:29:07.559><c> would</c><00:29:07.720><c> be</c><00:29:08.000><c> watered</c><00:29:08.299><c> by</c>

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his<00:29:08.680><c> father's</c><00:29:09.259><c> tears</c><00:29:09.680><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:29:16.339><c> calls</c><00:29:16.720><c> us</c><00:29:17.019><c> to</c><00:29:17.240><c> view</c><00:29:17.460><c> our</c><00:29:17.859><c> lives</c><00:29:18.240><c> in</c><00:29:18.440><c> the</c><00:29:18.680><c> same</c><00:29:18.940><c> way.</c>

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If<00:29:19.799><c> anyone</c><00:29:20.299><c> serves</c><00:29:20.799><c> me,</c><00:29:21.039><c> he</c><00:29:21.180><c> must</c><00:29:21.539><c> follow</c><00:29:22.119><c> me.</c>

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Where<00:29:23.000><c> I</c><00:29:23.359><c> am,</c><00:29:24.220><c> where</c><00:29:24.420><c> Jesus</c><00:29:24.799><c> was</c><00:29:25.099><c> in</c><00:29:25.279><c> that</c><00:29:25.619><c> troubled</c><00:29:26.039><c> state,</c>

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sorrowful<00:29:27.539><c> state,</c><00:29:27.859><c> knowing</c><00:29:28.160><c> he</c><00:29:28.319><c> was</c><00:29:28.519><c> about</c>

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to<00:29:28.960><c> die,</c><00:29:29.380><c> where</c><00:29:29.660><c> I</c><00:29:30.059><c> am,</c><00:29:30.539><c> there</c><00:29:30.799><c> will</c><00:29:31.000><c> my</c><00:29:31.319><c> servant</c><00:29:31.519><c> be</c><00:29:31.859><c> also.</c>

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We<00:29:34.000><c> must</c><00:29:34.339><c> follow,</c><00:29:35.480><c> and</c><00:29:35.700><c> we</c><00:29:35.880><c> will</c><00:29:36.140><c> suffer</c><00:29:36.460><c> too.</c>

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But<00:29:38.160><c> like</c><00:29:38.440><c> Jesus</c><00:29:38.960><c> and</c><00:29:39.240><c> like</c><00:29:39.460><c> the</c><00:29:39.660><c> psalmist,</c><00:29:40.200><c> we</c><00:29:40.220><c> can</c><00:29:40.440><c> go</c><00:29:40.900><c> in</c><00:29:41.460><c> faith,</c><00:29:42.900><c> we</c>

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can<00:29:43.619><c> go</c><00:29:43.779><c> to</c><00:29:43.900><c> God</c><00:29:44.180><c> in</c><00:29:44.420><c> faith</c><00:29:44.559><c> in</c>

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our<00:29:44.940><c> suffering,</c><00:29:46.180><c> remembering</c><00:29:46.579><c> back,</c><00:29:46.980><c> looking</c><00:29:47.319><c> back</c><00:29:47.859><c> to</c><00:29:48.500><c> how</c>

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he<00:29:48.980><c> turned</c><00:29:49.279><c> the</c><00:29:49.559><c> captivity</c><00:29:50.019><c> of</c><00:29:50.299><c> the</c><00:29:50.500><c> exile</c>

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into<00:29:51.640><c> joy</c><00:29:52.279><c> in</c><00:29:52.859><c> the</c><00:29:53.059><c> past,</c><00:29:54.559><c> confident</c><00:29:55.079><c> that</c><00:29:55.559><c> he</c><00:29:55.799><c> will</c><00:29:56.119><c> deliver</c>

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us<00:29:56.839><c> from</c><00:29:57.099><c> our</c><00:29:57.700><c> present</c><00:29:58.099><c> suffering.</c>

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Sometimes<00:30:01.000><c> that</c><00:30:01.299><c> suffering</c><00:30:01.680><c> will</c><00:30:01.920><c> have</c><00:30:02.059><c> the</c><00:30:02.299><c> added</c><00:30:02.619><c> sting</c><00:30:03.240><c> of</c>

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but<00:30:07.160><c> we</c><00:30:07.380><c> must</c><00:30:07.619><c> remember,</c><00:30:09.039><c> like</c><00:30:09.279><c> he</c><00:30:09.440><c> did</c><00:30:09.539><c> with</c><00:30:09.779><c> Joseph</c><00:30:10.180><c> and</c><00:30:10.380><c> like</c><00:30:10.599><c> he</c>

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did<00:30:10.819><c> with</c><00:30:11.039><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:11.779><c> God</c><00:30:12.200><c> can</c><00:30:12.480><c> work</c><00:30:12.759><c> these</c>

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things<00:30:13.359><c> for</c><00:30:13.680><c> good</c><00:30:13.900><c> despite</c><00:30:14.500><c> the</c><00:30:15.119><c> evil</c><00:30:15.480><c> intentions</c><00:30:16.019><c> of</c><00:30:16.299><c> others.</c>

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God<00:30:18.579><c> is</c><00:30:18.799><c> molding</c><00:30:19.220><c> our</c><00:30:19.500><c> character,</c><00:30:20.099><c> he's</c><00:30:20.380><c> growing</c><00:30:20.759><c> our</c><00:30:21.099><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:30:22.220><c> he's</c><00:30:22.440><c> allowing</c><00:30:22.700><c> us</c><00:30:22.960><c> to</c><00:30:23.279><c> share</c><00:30:23.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:24.079><c> fellowship</c><00:30:24.440><c> of</c><00:30:24.660><c> Jesus'</c><00:30:25.299><c> suffering.</c>

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presence<00:30:46.339><c> as</c><00:30:47.299><c> he</c><00:30:47.539><c> fulfills</c><00:30:48.039><c> our</c><00:30:48.359><c> longing</c><00:30:48.740><c> to</c><00:30:49.599><c> be</c><00:30:49.859><c> brought</c><00:30:50.359><c> home.</c>