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man's<00:32:34.380><c> life</c><00:32:34.380><c> now</c><00:32:35.680><c> I</c><00:32:36.000><c> find</c><00:32:36.299><c> this</c><00:32:36.980><c> little</c><00:32:37.299><c> account</c><00:32:37.819><c> that</c><00:32:38.480><c> we</c><00:32:38.700><c> we</c>

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that<00:33:01.680><c> the</c><00:33:01.859><c> Lord</c><00:33:02.039><c> said</c><00:33:02.220><c> unto</c><00:33:02.460><c> him</c><00:33:02.839><c> arise</c><00:33:03.339><c> get</c><00:33:03.700><c> thee</c><00:33:03.940><c> down</c><00:33:04.200><c> unto</c>

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people<00:33:40.640><c> and</c><00:33:40.799><c> you</c><00:33:40.960><c> didn't</c><00:33:41.099><c> even</c><00:33:41.299><c> have</c><00:33:41.400><c> a</c><00:33:41.500><c> weapon</c><00:33:41.819><c> in</c><00:33:41.980><c> your</c><00:33:42.240><c> hand</c>

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a<00:33:43.240><c> trumpet</c><00:33:43.539><c> and</c><00:33:43.720><c> a</c>

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and<00:33:45.140><c> a</c><00:33:45.319><c> torch</c><00:33:45.759><c> that's</c><00:33:48.640><c> our</c><00:33:48.799><c> God</c><00:33:49.319><c> merciful</c><00:33:50.559><c> gracious</c><00:33:51.779><c> long</c><00:33:52.480><c>-suffering</c><00:33:54.160><c> God</c>

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gives<00:33:54.920><c> us</c>

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them<00:33:58.480><c> recognize</c><00:33:59.160><c> them</c><00:33:59.339><c> for</c><00:33:59.519><c> what</c>

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they<00:33:59.960><c> are</c><00:34:01.039><c> Gideon</c><00:34:01.420><c> was</c><00:34:01.640><c> a</c><00:34:01.900><c> wonderful</c><00:34:02.380><c> character</c><00:34:02.779><c> I</c><00:34:02.960><c> mean</c><00:34:02.960><c> you</c>

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could<00:34:03.259><c> grow</c><00:34:03.460><c> to</c><00:34:03.660><c> love</c>

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him<00:34:03.940><c> just</c><00:34:04.119><c> like</c><00:34:04.319><c> our</c><00:34:04.500><c> brother</c><00:34:04.700><c> Dave</c><00:34:04.980><c> was</c><00:34:05.240><c> saying</c><00:34:05.359><c> this</c><00:34:05.680><c> morning</c><00:34:05.940><c> as</c><00:34:06.119><c> we</c>

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started<00:34:06.619><c> off</c>

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about<00:34:07.980><c> people</c><00:34:08.619><c> being</c><00:34:09.019><c> thankful</c><00:34:09.500><c> what</c><00:34:09.780><c> did</c><00:34:10.000><c> Gideon</c><00:34:10.400><c> do</c><00:34:10.820><c> when</c>

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he<00:34:11.860><c> heard</c><00:34:12.099><c> he</c><00:34:12.440><c> went</c><00:34:12.639><c> down</c>

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when<00:34:13.139><c> he</c><00:34:13.239><c> heard</c><00:34:13.559><c> it</c><00:34:14.780><c> verse</c><00:34:15.219><c> 15</c><00:34:15.940><c> it</c><00:34:16.619><c> was</c><00:34:16.840><c> so</c><00:34:17.320><c> when</c><00:34:17.619><c> Gideon</c><00:34:18.059><c> heard</c>

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dream<00:34:19.639><c> and</c><00:34:20.059><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> interpretation</c><00:34:20.960><c> thereof</c><00:34:21.760><c> that</c><00:34:22.599><c> he</c><00:34:22.860><c> worshiped</c><00:34:24.860><c> and</c><00:34:25.139><c> returned</c><00:34:25.480><c> into</c><00:34:25.699><c> the</c>

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host<00:34:26.079><c> of</c><00:34:26.239><c> Israel</c><00:34:26.579><c> and</c><00:34:26.920><c> said</c><00:34:27.119><c> arise</c><00:34:27.780><c> for</c><00:34:28.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:28.460><c> hath</c><00:34:28.719><c> delivered</c><00:34:29.019><c> into</c>

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your<00:34:29.480><c> hand</c><00:34:29.699><c> the</c><00:34:29.860><c> host</c>

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that<00:34:35.119><c> doesn't</c>

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there<00:34:38.840><c> isn't</c><00:34:39.179><c> anything</c><00:34:39.559><c> that</c>

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stimulate<00:34:40.440><c> faith</c><00:34:40.980><c> that's</c><00:34:42.760><c> our</c><00:34:43.000><c> God</c><00:34:43.219><c> at</c><00:34:43.460><c> work</c><00:34:43.860><c> who</c><00:34:44.219><c> knows</c><00:34:44.539><c> we're</c><00:34:44.940><c> fearful</c><00:34:45.480><c> and</c>

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is<00:34:46.260><c> prepared</c>

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if<00:34:49.480><c> you're</c><00:34:49.699><c> still</c><00:34:49.940><c> fearful</c>

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strength<00:34:56.280><c> and</c>

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bolstering<00:34:56.860><c> for</c><00:34:57.079><c> him</c><00:34:57.219><c> and</c><00:34:57.380><c> then</c><00:34:57.719><c> Gideon</c><00:34:58.559><c> understanding</c><00:34:59.179><c> his</c>

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God<00:34:59.780><c> now</c><00:35:00.179><c> having</c><00:35:00.480><c> worked</c>

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