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it<00:25:31.230><c> happens.</c>

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it's<00:25:49.589><c> just</c><00:25:49.789><c> wrong.</c><00:25:54.250><c> But</c><00:25:54.809><c> I</c><00:25:54.910><c> need</c><00:25:55.029><c> to</c><00:25:55.190><c> be</c><00:25:55.430><c> mindful</c><00:25:55.990><c> of</c><00:25:58.190><c> where</c><00:26:00.450><c> I'm</c><00:26:00.630><c> casting</c><00:26:00.950><c> my</c><00:26:01.230><c> judgments.</c>

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loving<00:26:16.829><c> others.</c>

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and<00:26:26.170><c> focus</c><00:26:26.549><c> more</c><00:26:26.789><c> on</c><00:26:26.970><c> abiding</c><00:26:27.289><c> in</c><00:26:27.609><c> love,</c>

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that<00:26:29.029><c> in</c><00:26:29.210><c> and</c><00:26:29.309><c> of</c><00:26:29.450><c> itself</c><00:26:30.269><c> will</c><00:26:32.589><c> bring</c><00:26:32.769><c> them</c><00:26:32.950><c> to</c><00:26:33.109><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:35.049><c> It</c><00:26:35.490><c> will</c><00:26:35.710><c> bring</c><00:26:35.910><c> them</c><00:26:36.089><c> to</c>

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you<00:26:49.690><c> becoming</c><00:26:50.029><c> that</c><00:26:50.349><c> light</c><00:26:50.670><c> stand,</c>

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What<00:26:59.730><c> is</c><00:26:59.930><c> driving</c><00:27:00.289><c> you?</c><00:27:01.269><c> What</c><00:27:01.450><c> is</c><00:27:01.589><c> so</c><00:27:01.730><c> atypical?</c>

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become<00:27:12.589><c> their</c><00:27:12.890><c> own</c>

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manifestors<00:27:16.470><c> of</c><00:27:17.210><c> Yahweh's</c><00:27:17.690><c> name</c><00:27:18.210><c> and</c><00:27:18.529><c> his</c><00:27:18.750><c> love.</c>

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