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I<00:14:26.879><c> want</c><00:14:27.059><c> to</c><00:14:27.220><c> help</c><00:14:27.360><c> her.</c>

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her<00:14:53.200><c> persistence.</c>

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That's<00:17:11.069><c> what</c><00:17:11.210><c> Jesus</c><00:17:11.549><c> is</c><00:17:11.690><c> saying.</c>

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lose<00:17:24.950><c> our</c><00:17:25.230><c> faith?</c>

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as<00:19:41.130><c> well.</c>

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So<00:19:43.009><c> there</c><00:19:43.170><c> is</c><00:19:43.390><c> a</c><00:19:43.569><c> connection</c><00:19:43.809><c> to</c><00:19:44.009><c> the</c><00:19:44.150><c> Old</c><00:19:44.329><c> Testament.</c><00:19:44.890><c> So</c><00:19:44.890><c> let's,</c><00:19:45.710><c> we'll</c><00:19:46.170><c> take</c><00:19:46.390><c> a</c>

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13th<00:19:54.049><c> Psalm.</c>

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How<00:20:16.329><c> long</c><00:20:16.950><c> wilt</c><00:20:17.230><c> thou</c><00:20:17.490><c> hide</c><00:20:17.990><c> thy</c><00:20:18.569><c> face</c><00:20:19.569><c> from</c><00:20:19.970><c> me?</c>

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How<00:20:23.130><c> long</c><00:20:23.509><c> shall</c><00:20:23.750><c> I</c><00:20:24.069><c> take</c><00:20:24.470><c> counsel</c><00:20:25.109><c> in</c><00:20:25.329><c> my</c><00:20:25.769><c> soul,</c><00:20:27.029><c> having</c><00:20:27.390><c> sorrow</c><00:20:28.190><c> in</c>

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going<00:21:48.569><c> through?</c><00:21:48.769><c> You</c><00:21:48.950><c> see</c><00:21:49.130><c> my</c><00:21:49.390><c> troubles?</c>

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You<00:22:57.970><c> ever</c><00:22:58.069><c> been</c><00:22:58.250><c> like</c><00:22:58.589><c> that?</c><00:22:58.970><c> I</c><00:22:59.349><c> have.</c><00:22:59.769><c> It's</c><00:22:59.970><c> not</c><00:23:00.130><c> fun.</c>

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And<00:23:07.509><c> so</c><00:23:07.670><c> David</c><00:23:07.950><c> asked</c><00:23:08.230><c> a</c><00:23:08.450><c> question,</c><00:23:08.750><c> will</c><00:23:08.990><c> you</c><00:23:09.289><c> bring</c><00:23:09.490><c> justice?</c><00:23:10.049><c> Will</c><00:23:10.150><c> you</c><00:23:10.509><c> save</c><00:23:10.930><c> me</c>

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from<00:23:11.490><c> my</c><00:23:11.829><c> adversary?</c>

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And<00:23:15.890><c> so</c><00:23:16.029><c> David</c><00:23:16.329><c> did</c><00:23:16.549><c> what</c><00:23:16.750><c> David</c><00:23:17.089><c> does.</c><00:23:18.430><c> He</c><00:23:18.789><c> prayed.</c>

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There<00:23:24.670><c> was</c><00:23:25.029><c> an</c><00:23:25.690><c> old,</c><00:23:26.690><c> you</c><00:23:26.750><c> know,</c><00:23:28.549><c> the</c><00:23:28.710><c> priests</c><00:23:29.150><c> in</c><00:23:30.029><c> Jewish</c><00:23:30.369><c> tradition</c><00:23:31.029><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:31.650><c> Talmud</c><00:23:31.990><c> said</c><00:23:32.250><c> that,</c><00:23:32.490><c> you</c><00:23:32.630><c> know,</c>

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they<00:23:33.470><c> prayed</c><00:23:33.829><c> three</c><00:23:34.150><c> times</c><00:23:34.509><c> a</c><00:23:34.690><c> day,</c><00:23:34.869><c> a</c><00:23:34.970><c> righteous</c><00:23:35.309><c> Jew</c><00:23:35.529><c> would</c>

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pray<00:23:36.029><c> three</c><00:23:36.569><c> times</c><00:23:36.970><c> a</c><00:23:37.210><c> day.</c>

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Any<00:23:39.210><c> more</c><00:23:39.529><c> of</c><00:23:40.109><c> that</c><00:23:40.670><c> would</c><00:23:41.069><c> weary</c><00:23:41.369><c> God.</c><00:23:41.990><c> That</c><00:23:42.150><c> was</c><00:23:42.329><c> one</c><00:23:42.509><c> of</c><00:23:42.630><c> the</c>

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things,<00:23:43.009><c> you</c><00:23:43.109><c> know.</c>

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So<00:23:43.509><c> three</c><00:23:43.690><c> times</c><00:23:44.009><c> a</c><00:23:44.210><c> day,</c><00:23:44.430><c> anything</c><00:23:44.769><c> after</c><00:23:45.170><c> that,</c><00:23:45.430><c> you</c><00:23:45.730><c> know,</c>

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you're<00:23:45.990><c> wearying</c><00:23:46.309><c> God,</c><00:23:46.569><c> you</c><00:23:46.630><c> just</c><00:23:46.750><c> want</c><00:23:46.869><c> to</c><00:23:46.970><c> hear</c><00:23:47.170><c> him.</c>

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Pray<00:23:51.430><c> without</c><00:23:51.829><c> ceasing.</c><00:23:52.609><c> Paul</c><00:23:52.809><c> tells</c><00:23:53.109><c> us</c><00:23:53.369><c> that.</c>

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But<00:23:54.190><c> he's,</c><00:23:54.869><c> you</c><00:23:54.910><c> know,</c><00:23:55.150><c> Jesus</c><00:23:55.430><c> is</c><00:23:55.750><c> telling</c><00:23:55.869><c> us</c><00:23:56.150><c> this</c><00:23:56.369><c> in</c><00:23:56.470><c> his</c>

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parable,<00:23:57.250><c> isn't</c><00:23:57.369><c> he?</c>

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Pray<00:24:00.109><c> without</c><00:24:00.650><c> ceasing.</c>

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It's<00:24:02.289><c> the</c><00:24:02.589><c> one</c><00:24:02.910><c> power</c><00:24:03.369><c> that</c><00:24:03.589><c> we</c><00:24:03.849><c> have,</c><00:24:04.289><c> brothers</c><00:24:04.450><c> and</c><00:24:04.710><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:24:06.009><c> I</c><00:24:06.210><c> think</c><00:24:06.349><c> sometimes</c><00:24:06.869><c> in</c><00:24:07.049><c> our</c><00:24:07.250><c> lives</c><00:24:07.450><c> it</c><00:24:07.609><c> is</c><00:24:08.210><c> underutilized.</c>

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worry,<00:24:17.289><c> worry.</c>

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Right?<00:24:20.769><c> Just</c><00:24:20.990><c> say,</c><00:24:21.230><c> hey,</c><00:24:21.509><c> there's</c><00:24:21.730><c> nothing</c><00:24:21.890><c> I</c><00:24:22.029><c> can</c><00:24:22.269><c> do</c><00:24:22.450><c> about</c><00:24:22.670><c> this.</c>

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But<00:24:25.990><c> she</c><00:24:26.170><c> didn't.</c><00:24:26.789><c> She</c><00:24:26.970><c> got</c><00:24:27.190><c> up</c><00:24:27.470><c> every</c><00:24:27.869><c> day</c><00:24:28.569><c> and</c><00:24:28.849><c> met</c><00:24:29.150><c> this</c><00:24:29.569><c> guy.</c>

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Every<00:24:32.150><c> day</c><00:24:32.670><c> avenged</c><00:24:33.349><c> me</c><00:24:33.549><c> of</c><00:24:33.730><c> my</c><00:24:34.029><c> adversaries.</c><00:24:34.890><c> Persistent.</c>

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It<00:24:36.450><c> was</c><00:24:36.609><c> a</c><00:24:36.890><c> combination</c><00:24:37.329><c> of</c><00:24:37.670><c> prayer</c><00:24:37.950><c> and</c><00:24:38.230><c> action,</c><00:24:38.769><c> wasn't</c><00:24:38.869><c> it?</c>

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The<00:24:39.309><c> best</c><00:24:39.490><c> that</c><00:24:39.670><c> she</c><00:24:39.829><c> could</c><00:24:40.009><c> do.</c><00:24:40.549><c> I</c><00:24:40.750><c> can</c><00:24:40.990><c> pray</c><00:24:41.250><c> and</c><00:24:41.410><c> I</c><00:24:41.490><c> can</c><00:24:41.730><c> go</c>

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physically<00:24:42.609><c> to</c><00:24:42.869><c> this</c><00:24:43.130><c> guy.</c>

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And<00:24:43.769><c> that's</c><00:24:44.029><c> exactly</c><00:24:44.369><c> what</c><00:24:44.589><c> he</c><00:24:44.849><c> did.</c>

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And<00:24:49.049><c> so</c><00:24:49.289><c> David</c><00:24:49.670><c> in</c><00:24:49.849><c> this</c><00:24:50.069><c> Psalm,</c><00:24:50.450><c> the</c><00:24:50.509><c> 13th</c><00:24:51.170><c> Psalm,</c><00:24:51.789><c> and</c><00:24:51.990><c> most</c>

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likely<00:24:52.589><c> this</c><00:24:52.950><c> widow,</c><00:24:53.630><c> you</c><00:24:53.710><c> know,</c><00:24:54.069><c> they</c><00:24:54.470><c> turn</c><00:24:54.869><c> their</c><00:24:55.309><c> doubts</c>

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into<00:24:57.589><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:25:02.009><c> we</c><00:25:02.170><c> know</c><00:25:02.390><c> that</c><00:25:02.609><c> God</c><00:25:02.869><c> will</c><00:25:03.109><c> not</c><00:25:03.269><c> only</c><00:25:03.549><c> grant</c><00:25:03.750><c> what</c><00:25:03.950><c> we</c><00:25:04.250><c> need,</c><00:25:05.049><c> he</c><00:25:05.230><c> will</c><00:25:05.450><c> do</c><00:25:05.730><c> so</c><00:25:05.990><c> in</c><00:25:06.130><c> a</c>

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We're<00:25:12.150><c> not</c><00:25:12.309><c> on</c><00:25:12.569><c> God's</c><00:25:13.089><c> timetable.</c>

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We<00:25:15.689><c> don't</c><00:25:16.329><c> do,</c><00:25:16.730><c> God</c><00:25:16.970><c> doesn't</c><00:25:17.309><c> do</c><00:25:17.569><c> things</c><00:25:17.869><c> according</c><00:25:18.230><c> to</c><00:25:18.450><c> what</c>

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we<00:25:19.269><c> want</c><00:25:19.609><c> when</c><00:25:19.890><c> we</c><00:25:20.210><c> want.</c>

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That<00:25:21.029><c> has</c><00:25:21.349><c> never</c><00:25:21.670><c> been</c><00:25:21.970><c> the</c><00:25:22.170><c> case,</c><00:25:22.470><c> certainly</c><00:25:22.849><c> not</c><00:25:23.190><c> in</c><00:25:23.250><c> my</c><00:25:23.549><c> life.</c>

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But<00:25:25.269><c> he</c><00:25:25.470><c> is</c><00:25:25.890><c> active</c><00:25:26.329><c> in</c><00:25:26.529><c> all</c><00:25:26.809><c> of</c><00:25:27.029><c> our</c><00:25:27.230><c> lives.</c>

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He<00:25:29.869><c> loves</c><00:25:30.269><c> us</c><00:25:30.630><c> all,</c><00:25:31.410><c> wants</c><00:25:31.769><c> us</c><00:25:32.069><c> to</c><00:25:32.230><c> be</c><00:25:32.369><c> in</c><00:25:32.529><c> the</c><00:25:32.730><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:25:34.549><c> so</c><00:25:34.690><c> are</c><00:25:34.869><c> we</c><00:25:35.230><c> turning</c><00:25:35.670><c> to</c><00:25:36.049><c> him</c><00:25:36.369><c> in</c><00:25:36.650><c> prayer?</c>

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Asking<00:25:39.089><c> that</c><00:25:39.289><c> our</c><00:25:39.549><c> faith</c><00:25:39.910><c> is</c><00:25:40.650><c> strengthened.</c>

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That<00:25:41.809><c> we</c><00:25:43.809><c> see</c><00:25:44.269><c> the</c><00:25:44.549><c> kingdom</c><00:25:44.930><c> in</c><00:25:45.150><c> all</c><00:25:45.329><c> its</c><00:25:45.589><c> glory</c><00:25:45.950><c> coming.</c>

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In<00:25:52.769><c> Revelations,</c><00:25:53.849><c> the</c><00:25:54.029><c> sixth</c><00:25:54.329><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:26:07.529><c> verse</c><00:26:07.789><c> 6,</c><00:26:08.130><c> And</c><00:26:08.190><c> when</c><00:26:08.309><c> he</c><00:26:08.470><c> had</c><00:26:08.609><c> opened</c><00:26:08.829><c> the</c><00:26:09.069><c> fifth</c><00:26:09.369><c> seal,</c><00:26:09.930><c> I</c>

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saw<00:26:10.210><c> under</c><00:26:10.609><c> the</c><00:26:10.869><c> altar</c><00:26:11.089><c> the</c><00:26:11.430><c> souls</c><00:26:11.849><c> of</c><00:26:12.109><c> them</c><00:26:12.329><c> that</c><00:26:12.490><c> were</c><00:26:12.910><c> slain</c>

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for<00:26:14.289><c> the</c><00:26:14.509><c> word</c><00:26:14.750><c> of</c><00:26:14.950><c> God</c><00:26:15.349><c> and</c><00:26:15.509><c> for</c><00:26:15.710><c> the</c><00:26:15.990><c> testimony</c><00:26:16.569><c> which</c><00:26:16.890><c> they</c><00:26:17.250><c> held.</c>

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And<00:26:18.470><c> they</c><00:26:18.769><c> cried</c><00:26:19.170><c> with</c><00:26:19.490><c> a</c><00:26:19.670><c> loud</c><00:26:19.930><c> voice,</c><00:26:20.269><c> saying,</c><00:26:21.890><c> How</c><00:26:22.470><c> long,</c><00:26:23.309><c> O</c>

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Lord,<00:26:23.930><c> holy</c><00:26:24.170><c> and</c><00:26:24.509><c> true,</c><00:26:25.349><c> dost</c><00:26:25.609><c> thou</c><00:26:25.890><c> not</c><00:26:26.349><c> judge</c><00:26:26.829><c> and</c><00:26:27.289><c> avenge</c>

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our<00:26:28.569><c> blood</c><00:26:29.190><c> on</c><00:26:30.109><c> them</c><00:26:30.390><c> that</c><00:26:30.650><c> dwell</c><00:26:30.910><c> on</c><00:26:31.150><c> the</c><00:26:31.349><c> earth?</c>

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You<00:26:32.670><c> know,</c><00:26:32.789><c> this</c><00:26:32.990><c> certainly</c><00:26:33.329><c> could</c><00:26:33.549><c> have</c><00:26:33.750><c> been</c><00:26:33.910><c> a</c><00:26:34.170><c> prayer</c><00:26:34.369><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:34.710><c> first</c><00:26:34.930><c> century,</c><00:26:35.450><c> couldn't</c><00:26:35.589><c> it,</c><00:26:35.730><c> brothers</c><00:26:35.990><c> and</c><00:26:36.269><c> sisters?</c>

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How<00:26:36.849><c> long?</c><00:26:37.230><c> How</c><00:26:37.509><c> long</c><00:26:37.750><c> is</c><00:26:37.869><c> this</c><00:26:38.109><c> going</c><00:26:38.390><c> to</c><00:26:38.710><c> last?</c>

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Do<00:26:40.589><c> you</c><00:26:40.769><c> see</c><00:26:40.990><c> us,</c><00:26:41.369><c> Lord?</c><00:26:41.490><c> Do</c><00:26:41.690><c> you</c><00:26:41.809><c> see</c><00:26:41.990><c> our</c><00:26:42.190><c> suffering?</c>

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And<00:26:43.750><c> there's</c><00:26:44.069><c> those</c><00:26:44.410><c> words</c><00:26:44.730><c> again,</c><00:26:45.170><c> you</c><00:26:45.210><c> know,</c><00:26:45.470><c> the</c><00:26:45.630><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:26:46.750><c> the</c><00:26:47.069><c> avenging.</c>

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And<00:26:48.569><c> this</c><00:26:48.690><c> goes</c><00:26:48.890><c> back</c><00:26:49.190><c> to</c><00:26:49.369><c> Luke</c><00:26:49.549><c> 18</c><00:26:49.970><c> in</c><00:26:52.170><c> this</c><00:26:52.470><c> parable.</c>

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And<00:26:53.869><c> so</c><00:26:54.049><c> a</c><00:26:54.130><c> couple</c><00:26:54.589><c> more</c><00:26:55.950><c> scripture</c><00:26:56.970><c> quotes</c><00:26:57.710><c> before</c><00:26:58.130><c> we</c><00:26:59.170><c> close</c>

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here,<00:26:59.970><c> brothers</c><00:27:00.089><c> and</c><00:27:00.369><c> sisters,</c><00:27:00.509><c> in</c><00:27:00.730><c> Isaiah.</c>

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And<00:27:09.990><c> I</c><00:27:10.150><c> was</c><00:27:10.589><c> actually</c><00:27:10.990><c> doing</c><00:27:11.269><c> this</c><00:27:11.549><c> with</c><00:27:12.089><c> the</c><00:27:12.250><c> Sunday</c><00:27:12.470><c> school</c>

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