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Now<00:12:07.460><c> it</c><00:12:07.639><c> came</c><00:12:07.820><c> about</c><00:12:07.980><c> in</c><00:12:08.139><c> the</c><00:12:08.299><c> course</c><00:12:08.440><c> of</c><00:12:08.600><c> those</c><00:12:08.799><c> many</c><00:12:09.059><c> days</c><00:12:09.259><c> that</c><00:12:09.419><c> the</c><00:12:09.559><c> king</c><00:12:09.679><c> of</c>

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and<00:12:13.820><c> they</c><00:12:14.039><c> cried</c><00:12:14.240><c> out,</c><00:12:14.539><c> and</c><00:12:14.639><c> they</c><00:12:14.779><c> cried</c><00:12:15.080><c> for</c><00:12:15.320><c> help</c><00:12:15.480><c> because</c>

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their<00:12:16.039><c> bondage</c><00:12:16.419><c> rose</c><00:12:16.720><c> up</c><00:12:16.940><c> to</c><00:12:17.100><c> God.</c>

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So<00:12:26.940><c> the</c><00:12:27.080><c> way</c><00:12:27.220><c> that</c><00:12:27.580><c> reads</c><00:12:27.879><c> is</c><00:12:28.139><c> that</c><00:12:28.620><c> God</c><00:12:29.139><c> hears</c><00:12:29.480><c> their</c><00:12:29.700><c> groaning,</c>

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And<00:13:12.980><c> then</c><00:13:13.159><c> in</c><00:13:13.279><c> verse</c><00:13:13.460><c> 19,</c><00:13:15.559><c> we</c><00:13:15.700><c> pick</c><00:13:15.860><c> up</c><00:13:15.980><c> the</c><00:13:16.179><c> story</c><00:13:16.360><c> where</c><00:13:16.539><c> the</c>

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midwives<00:13:17.059><c> say</c><00:13:17.279><c> to</c><00:13:17.519><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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That's<00:13:25.059><c> why</c><00:13:25.340><c> the</c><00:13:25.820><c> baby</c><00:13:26.059><c> boys</c><00:13:26.299><c> are</c><00:13:26.480><c> being</c><00:13:27.059><c> left</c><00:13:27.600><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:13:28.200><c> so</c><00:13:28.500><c> verse</c><00:13:28.779><c> 20,</c><00:13:29.559><c> God</c><00:13:29.740><c> was</c><00:13:30.059><c> good</c><00:13:30.320><c> to</c><00:13:30.519><c> the</c><00:13:30.679><c> midwives,</c>

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and<00:13:31.580><c> the</c><00:13:31.759><c> people</c><00:13:31.940><c> multiplied</c><00:13:32.519><c> and</c><00:13:32.720><c> became</c><00:13:32.960><c> very</c><00:13:33.419><c> mighty.</c>

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So<00:13:39.039><c> in</c><00:13:40.299><c> this</c><00:13:40.559><c> meantime,</c><00:13:41.720><c> while</c><00:13:42.000><c> God</c><00:13:42.399><c> was</c><00:13:42.720><c> basically</c><00:13:43.179><c> waiting</c>

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and<00:13:46.980><c> while</c><00:13:47.259><c> he</c><00:13:47.460><c> was</c><00:13:47.659><c> waiting</c><00:13:48.139><c> for</c><00:13:49.440><c> Israel</c><00:13:50.019><c> to</c><00:13:50.419><c> be</c><00:13:50.679><c> in</c><00:13:51.019><c> slavery,</c>

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and<00:14:02.120><c> the</c><00:14:02.639><c> whole</c><00:14:02.980><c> nation</c><00:14:03.679><c> became</c><00:14:04.259><c> very</c><00:14:04.740><c> mighty.</c>

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So<00:14:05.340><c> he</c><00:14:05.460><c> was</c><00:14:05.779><c> very</c><00:14:06.259><c> much</c><00:14:06.879><c> involved</c><00:14:07.700><c> with</c><00:14:09.360><c> them</c><00:14:09.639><c> as</c><00:14:09.919><c> a</c><00:14:10.139><c> nation</c><00:14:10.620><c> and</c><00:14:11.279><c> as</c><00:14:11.580><c> individuals.</c>

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Just<00:14:14.460><c> like</c><00:14:14.679><c> the</c><00:14:14.879><c> vessels</c><00:14:15.259><c> where</c><00:14:16.159><c> he</c><00:14:16.480><c> had</c><00:14:16.679><c> made</c><00:14:16.820><c> a</c><00:14:17.019><c> promise</c><00:14:17.340><c> that</c><00:14:17.460><c> was</c>

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he<00:14:20.080><c> knew</c><00:14:20.200><c> exactly</c><00:14:20.759><c> what</c><00:14:20.940><c> was</c><00:14:21.080><c> going</c><00:14:21.279><c> on</c><00:14:21.419><c> with</c><00:14:21.559><c> these</c><00:14:21.740><c> vessels.</c>

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And<00:14:22.320><c> the</c><00:14:22.419><c> same</c><00:14:22.580><c> applies</c><00:14:22.879><c> to</c><00:14:23.080><c> these</c><00:14:23.279><c> people,</c><00:14:23.559><c> even</c><00:14:23.720><c> though</c><00:14:23.879><c> the</c>

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promise<00:14:24.320><c> was</c><00:14:24.720><c> for</c><00:14:25.240><c> 400</c><00:14:25.519><c> years</c><00:14:25.860><c> later,</c>

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he<00:14:26.679><c> knew</c><00:14:26.940><c> exactly</c><00:14:27.659><c> what</c><00:14:27.860><c> was</c><00:14:28.039><c> going</c><00:14:28.259><c> on</c><00:14:28.419><c> in</c><00:14:28.559><c> their</c><00:14:28.779><c> lives,</c><00:14:29.000><c> and</c>

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And<00:15:25.779><c> in</c><00:15:26.179><c> verse</c><00:15:26.460><c> 37</c><00:15:27.019><c> it</c><00:15:27.200><c> says</c><00:15:27.539><c> that</c><00:15:27.980><c> there</c><00:15:28.179><c> was</c><00:15:28.399><c> about</c><00:15:28.820><c> 600</c><00:15:29.259><c>,000</c><00:15:29.860><c> men,</c>

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leaders<00:15:33.919><c> of</c><00:15:34.120><c> the</c><00:15:34.360><c> tribes,</c><00:15:34.779><c> the</c><00:15:34.860><c> heads</c><00:15:35.019><c> of</c><00:15:35.220><c> the</c><00:15:35.399><c> household,</c>

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number<00:15:46.360><c> and</c><00:15:46.580><c> by</c><00:15:46.840><c> name</c><00:15:47.120><c> is</c><00:15:47.620><c> because</c><00:15:48.019><c> they</c><00:15:48.379><c> all</c><00:15:49.259><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:16:37.480><c> I</c><00:16:37.500><c> think</c><00:16:37.639><c> it's</c><00:16:37.820><c> very</c><00:16:38.080><c> important</c><00:16:38.500><c> for</c><00:16:38.679><c> us</c><00:16:38.779><c> to</c><00:16:38.960><c> keep</c><00:16:39.059><c> that</c>

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But<00:16:52.919><c> during</c><00:16:53.279><c> that</c><00:16:53.620><c> time,</c><00:16:54.580><c> God</c><00:16:54.899><c> cares</c><00:16:55.539><c> about</c><00:16:56.279><c> you.</c>

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If<00:16:59.139><c> we</c><00:16:59.139><c> turn</c><00:16:59.259><c> to</c><00:16:59.419><c> Romans</c><00:16:59.740><c> chapter</c><00:17:00.120><c> 9,</c>

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I'm<00:17:01.679><c> just</c><00:17:01.799><c> going</c><00:17:02.000><c> to</c><00:17:02.220><c> again</c><00:17:03.279><c> skip</c><00:17:03.899><c> through</c><00:17:05.059><c> a</c><00:17:05.339><c> few</c><00:17:05.480><c> verses</c><00:17:05.839><c> here.</c>

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Romans<00:17:09.339><c> chapter</c><00:17:09.839><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:17:15.380><c> this</c><00:17:15.500><c> is</c><00:17:15.680><c> where</c><00:17:15.779><c> we</c><00:17:16.079><c> too</c><00:17:16.259><c> are</c><00:17:16.579><c> compared</c><00:17:16.819><c> to</c><00:17:17.019><c> vessels.</c>

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So<00:17:20.119><c> Romans</c><00:17:20.319><c> chapter</c><00:17:20.619><c> 9</c><00:17:20.920><c> and</c><00:17:21.180><c> starting</c><00:17:21.359><c> in</c><00:17:21.559><c> verse</c><00:17:21.779><c> 20.</c>

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You<00:17:31.859><c> will</c><00:17:32.099><c> see,</c><00:17:32.299><c> so</c><00:17:32.460><c> this</c><00:17:32.599><c> is,</c><00:17:32.880><c> there's</c><00:17:33.099><c> basically</c><00:17:33.339><c> an</c><00:17:33.539><c> argument</c><00:17:33.839><c> that</c>

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Paul,<00:17:34.940><c> or</c><00:17:35.059><c> yeah,</c><00:17:35.180><c> Paul</c><00:17:35.420><c> is</c><00:17:35.579><c> having</c><00:17:35.720><c> here,</c>

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about,<00:17:36.759><c> it</c><00:17:36.880><c> comes</c><00:17:37.099><c> down</c><00:17:37.200><c> to</c><00:17:37.420><c> free</c><00:17:37.740><c> will,</c><00:17:38.119><c> right?</c>

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So<00:17:38.500><c> some</c><00:17:38.640><c> are</c><00:17:38.779><c> raised</c><00:17:39.039><c> up</c><00:17:39.500><c> for</c><00:17:39.740><c> a</c><00:17:39.880><c> specific</c><00:17:40.220><c> purpose,</c><00:17:40.759><c> and</c><00:17:40.960><c> there's</c><00:17:41.279><c> the</c>

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question,<00:17:41.720><c> do</c><00:17:41.859><c> those</c><00:17:42.079><c> people</c><00:17:42.339><c> have</c><00:17:42.660><c> free</c><00:17:42.960><c> will?</c>

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Who<00:17:44.420><c> does</c><00:17:44.599><c> God</c><00:17:45.099><c> does</c><00:17:45.700><c> and</c><00:17:45.859><c> does</c><00:17:46.119><c> not</c><00:17:46.319><c> show</c><00:17:46.519><c> mercy</c><00:17:46.880><c> to?</c>

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And<00:17:48.140><c> there's</c><00:17:48.539><c> an</c><00:17:48.720><c> argument</c><00:17:49.019><c> there</c><00:17:49.279><c> that</c><00:17:49.460><c> we're</c><00:17:49.720><c> kind</c><00:17:49.859><c> of</c><00:17:50.039><c> jumping</c><00:17:50.240><c> into</c>

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the<00:17:50.539><c> middle</c><00:17:50.640><c> of.</c>

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And<00:17:51.359><c> in</c><00:17:51.400><c> verse</c><00:17:51.559><c> 19,</c><00:17:52.660><c> you</c><00:17:52.819><c> will</c><00:17:53.000><c> see</c><00:17:53.119><c> then,</c>

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So<00:18:38.360><c> there's</c><00:18:38.880><c> a</c><00:18:39.000><c> few</c><00:18:39.099><c> things</c><00:18:39.339><c> that</c><00:18:39.480><c> are</c><00:18:39.599><c> really</c><00:18:39.779><c> interesting</c>

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to<00:18:40.299><c> note</c><00:18:40.480><c> here.</c>

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So<00:18:41.799><c> he</c><00:18:42.599><c> was</c><00:18:43.000><c> willing</c><00:18:43.359><c> to</c><00:18:43.960><c> demonstrate</c><00:18:44.380><c> his</c><00:18:44.640><c> wrath</c><00:18:45.039><c> and</c><00:18:45.519><c> to</c><00:18:45.700><c> make</c><00:18:45.880><c> known</c><00:18:46.019><c> his</c><00:18:46.240><c> power,</c>

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but<00:18:47.700><c> he</c><00:18:47.940><c> endured</c><00:18:48.160><c> with</c><00:18:48.420><c> much</c><00:18:48.640><c> patience</c><00:18:49.079><c> towards</c><00:18:49.420><c> the</c><00:18:49.619><c> vessels</c>

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of<00:18:50.200><c> wrath.</c>

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So<00:18:51.759><c> he</c><00:18:52.079><c> had</c><00:18:52.519><c> patience</c><00:18:52.980><c> on</c><00:18:53.299><c> them,</c><00:18:53.480><c> even</c><00:18:53.700><c> though</c><00:18:53.920><c> he</c><00:18:54.079><c> knew</c><00:18:54.220><c> what</c>

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Verse<00:18:57.579><c> 23,</c><00:18:58.460><c> he</c><00:18:59.640><c> did</c><00:18:59.880><c> that</c><00:19:00.180><c> so</c><00:19:01.319><c> that</c><00:19:01.480><c> he</c><00:19:01.519><c> could</c><00:19:01.720><c> make</c><00:19:01.980><c> known</c><00:19:02.140><c> the</c>

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riches<00:19:02.519><c> of</c><00:19:02.660><c> his</c><00:19:02.880><c> glory</c><00:19:03.099><c> upon</c><00:19:03.319><c> the</c><00:19:03.500><c> vessels</c><00:19:03.680><c> of</c><00:19:04.000><c> mercy.</c>

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And<00:19:05.160><c> then</c><00:19:05.279><c> it</c><00:19:05.480><c> says,</c><00:19:05.900><c> even</c><00:19:06.019><c> us.</c>

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How<00:19:06.880><c> are</c><00:19:07.119><c> we</c><00:19:07.339><c> vessels</c><00:19:07.720><c> of</c><00:19:08.039><c> mercy?</c>

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So<00:19:25.720><c> we</c><00:19:25.839><c> are</c><00:19:26.119><c> those</c><00:19:26.420><c> vessels</c><00:19:26.900><c> that</c><00:19:27.180><c> God</c><00:19:27.380><c> uses,</c><00:19:28.299><c> and</c><00:19:28.500><c> he's</c><00:19:28.799><c> poured</c><00:19:28.920><c> into</c>

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us<00:19:30.059><c> his</c><00:19:31.299><c> mercy.</c>

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So<00:19:51.819><c> God</c><00:19:52.000><c> had</c><00:19:52.200><c> already</c><00:19:52.480><c> made</c><00:19:52.779><c> arrangements</c><00:19:53.240><c> in</c><00:19:53.559><c> advance</c><00:19:54.240><c> for</c>

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glory,<00:19:58.700><c> for</c><00:19:58.960><c> his</c><00:19:59.240><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:20:00.940><c> it's</c><00:20:01.160><c> important</c><00:20:01.440><c> to</c><00:20:01.640><c> know</c><00:20:01.779><c> that,</c><00:20:02.599><c> as</c><00:20:03.900><c> we</c><00:20:04.099><c> see</c><00:20:04.200><c> in</c><00:20:04.299><c> this</c><00:20:04.519><c> pattern,</c><00:20:05.000><c> that</c><00:20:05.160><c> God</c>

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cares<00:20:06.119><c> for</c><00:20:06.420><c> us,</c>

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Now<00:20:46.980><c> in</c><00:20:47.099><c> a</c><00:20:47.299><c> large</c><00:20:47.559><c> house</c><00:20:48.140><c> there</c><00:20:48.740><c> are</c><00:20:48.740><c> not</c><00:20:48.940><c> only</c><00:20:49.240><c> gold</c><00:20:49.500><c> and</c>

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And<00:20:55.619><c> therefore</c><00:20:55.880><c> if</c><00:20:56.039><c> anyone</c><00:20:56.319><c> cleanses</c><00:20:56.779><c> himself</c><00:20:57.240><c> from</c><00:20:57.559><c> these</c><00:20:57.819><c> things,</c><00:20:58.119><c> he</c><00:20:58.240><c> will</c><00:20:58.359><c> be</c><00:20:58.500><c> a</c>

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be<00:21:14.640><c> done.</c>

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be<00:21:20.660><c> a</c><00:21:20.859><c> vessel</c><00:21:21.240><c> for</c><00:21:22.200><c> honor,</c>

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So<00:21:26.839><c> that</c><00:21:27.220><c> requires</c><00:21:27.680><c> action.</c>

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There's<00:21:29.019><c> something</c><00:21:29.259><c> that</c><00:21:29.460><c> we</c><00:21:29.640><c> need</c><00:21:29.839><c> to</c><00:21:30.039><c> do</c><00:21:30.220><c> in</c><00:21:30.400><c> order</c><00:21:30.519><c> to</c><00:21:30.720><c> be</c><00:21:30.960><c> prepared.</c>

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these<00:21:38.539><c> fantastic</c><00:21:39.819><c> vessels,</c>

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these<00:21:40.779><c> beautiful</c><00:21:41.400><c> vessels</c><00:21:41.880><c> that</c><00:21:42.079><c> are</c><00:21:42.279><c> something</c><00:21:42.579><c> to</c><00:21:43.119><c> look</c><00:21:43.359><c> upon.</c>

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definitely<00:21:49.240><c> need</c><00:21:49.420><c> some</c><00:21:49.700><c> cleaning.</c>

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God<00:21:56.900><c> will</c><00:21:57.259><c> fill</c><00:21:57.460><c> us</c><00:21:57.660><c> with</c><00:21:57.880><c> mercy.</c>

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that's<00:22:01.180><c> garbage,</c><00:22:02.000><c> God</c><00:22:02.299><c> will</c><00:22:02.680><c> fill</c><00:22:02.880><c> it.</c>

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God<00:22:04.000><c> will</c><00:22:04.299><c> fill</c><00:22:04.380><c> us</c><00:22:04.539><c> with</c><00:22:04.779><c> mercy</c><00:22:05.319><c> and</c><00:22:05.819><c> he</c><00:22:06.019><c> will</c><00:22:06.799><c> allow</c><00:22:07.559><c> us</c><00:22:07.920><c> to</c>

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contain<00:22:09.099><c> his</c><00:22:09.500><c> glory</c><00:22:09.900><c> basically.</c>

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And<00:22:11.779><c> that's</c><00:22:11.980><c> very,</c><00:22:12.319><c> very</c><00:22:12.519><c> important</c><00:22:12.920><c> to</c><00:22:13.079><c> keep</c><00:22:13.180><c> in</c><00:22:13.420><c> mind.</c>

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Now<00:22:15.460><c> God</c><00:22:15.680><c> has</c><00:22:15.920><c> made</c><00:22:16.119><c> his</c><00:22:16.400><c> promises</c><00:22:16.720><c> a</c><00:22:17.039><c> long,</c><00:22:17.420><c> long</c><00:22:17.680><c> time</c><00:22:17.980><c> ago.</c>

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God<00:22:19.559><c> made,</c><00:22:20.160><c> I</c><00:22:20.380><c> mean</c><00:22:20.380><c> he</c><00:22:20.500><c> made</c><00:22:20.599><c> the</c><00:22:20.859><c> promise</c><00:22:21.059><c> when</c><00:22:21.200><c> he</c><00:22:21.299><c> was</c><00:22:21.460><c> talking</c><00:22:21.759><c> to</c>

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The<00:22:25.920><c> disciples</c><00:22:26.200><c> asked</c><00:22:26.500><c> me,</c><00:22:26.859><c> will</c><00:22:26.880><c> you</c><00:22:27.119><c> restore</c><00:22:27.339><c> the</c><00:22:27.579><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:22:28.380><c> Israel</c><00:22:28.640><c> at</c><00:22:28.819><c> this</c><00:22:28.980><c> point?</c>

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And<00:22:31.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:31.640><c> said</c><00:22:31.859><c> to</c><00:22:32.000><c> them,</c><00:22:32.180><c> it's</c><00:22:32.440><c> not</c><00:22:32.619><c> up</c><00:22:33.019><c> to</c><00:22:33.099><c> you</c><00:22:33.359><c> to</c><00:22:33.619><c> know</c>

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notice,<00:23:58.319><c> beloved,</c>

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count<00:24:06.640><c> slowness,</c>

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patience<00:24:10.099><c> again.</c>

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have<00:24:31.519><c> with</c><00:24:31.619><c> those</c><00:24:31.819><c> around</c><00:24:32.160><c> us,</c>

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is<00:24:38.400><c> slow.</c>

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knowing<00:24:42.200><c> that</c><00:24:42.700><c> there</c><00:24:42.859><c> would</c><00:24:43.119><c> still</c><00:24:43.339><c> be</c><00:24:43.559><c> people</c><00:24:43.940><c> in</c><00:24:44.220><c> 2018</c><00:24:44.799><c> and</c>

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And<00:24:49.220><c> it's</c><00:24:49.420><c> up</c><00:24:49.460><c> to</c><00:24:49.640><c> us</c><00:24:49.920><c> to</c><00:24:51.119><c> share</c><00:24:51.460><c> the</c><00:24:51.660><c> gospel</c><00:24:51.940><c> that</c><00:24:52.140><c> we</c><00:24:52.380><c> have.</c>

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That<00:25:23.519><c> God</c><00:25:23.819><c> is</c><00:25:24.059><c> very</c><00:25:24.980><c> involved</c><00:25:25.839><c> in</c><00:25:26.019><c> our</c><00:25:26.279><c> lives.</c>

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Okay,<00:25:55.059><c> well,</c><00:25:56.539><c> choose</c><00:25:56.660><c> death</c><00:25:56.920><c> or</c><00:25:57.099><c> life.</c>

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I'll<00:26:01.460><c> get</c><00:26:01.680><c> back</c><00:26:01.900><c> to</c><00:26:02.000><c> you</c><00:26:02.119><c> once</c><00:26:02.380><c> you've</c><00:26:02.599><c> made</c><00:26:02.759><c> your</c><00:26:03.000><c> decision.</c>

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In<00:26:04.160><c> 2</c><00:26:04.400><c>,000</c><00:26:04.680><c> years</c><00:26:04.960><c> from</c><00:26:05.160><c> now,</c><00:26:05.539><c> or</c><00:26:05.599><c> over</c><00:26:05.720><c> the</c><00:26:05.839><c> time</c><00:26:05.980><c> I</c><00:26:06.220><c> be,</c>

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I'll<00:26:06.920><c> come</c><00:26:07.119><c> back</c><00:26:07.359><c> and</c><00:26:07.480><c> I'll</c><00:26:07.680><c> see</c><00:26:07.880><c> you</c><00:26:08.079><c> where</c><00:26:08.180><c> the</c><00:26:08.359><c> chips</c><00:26:08.500><c> have</c><00:26:08.799><c> fallen.</c>

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That<00:26:09.720><c> is</c><00:26:09.980><c> not</c><00:26:10.259><c> God.</c>

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God<00:26:11.359><c> is</c><00:26:11.880><c> intimately</c><00:26:12.519><c> acquainted</c><00:26:13.339><c> with</c><00:26:14.200><c> all</c><00:26:14.700><c> of</c><00:26:14.960><c> our</c><00:26:15.220><c> ways.</c>

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He<00:26:16.680><c> knows</c><00:26:16.960><c> exactly</c><00:26:17.640><c> what's</c><00:26:17.980><c> going</c><00:26:18.220><c> on</c><00:26:18.380><c> in</c><00:26:18.539><c> your</c><00:26:18.779><c> life.</c>

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x
Even<00:26:20.579><c> before</c><00:26:21.000><c> there's</c><00:26:21.380><c> a</c><00:26:21.619><c> word</c><00:26:21.799><c> on</c><00:26:21.960><c> my</c><00:26:22.259><c> tongue</c><00:26:22.480><c> in</c><00:26:22.660><c> verse</c><00:26:22.920><c> 4,</c>

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You<00:26:24.599><c> know</c><00:26:24.740><c> it</c><00:26:24.980><c> all.</c>

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You<00:26:25.400><c> even</c><00:26:25.720><c> closed</c><00:26:25.960><c> me</c><00:26:26.220><c> behind</c><00:26:26.619><c> and</c><00:26:26.859><c> before</c><00:26:27.259><c> and</c><00:26:27.799><c> you</c><00:26:28.039><c> laid</c><00:26:28.160><c> your</c><00:26:28.400><c> hand</c><00:26:28.619><c> upon</c><00:26:28.920><c> me.</c>

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x
And<00:26:29.940><c> this,</c><00:26:30.240><c> brothers</c><00:26:30.380><c> and</c><00:26:30.539><c> sisters,</c><00:26:30.819><c> means</c><00:26:31.119><c> so</c><00:26:31.440><c> much</c><00:26:31.619><c> to</c><00:26:31.799><c> me</c>

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because<00:26:33.119><c> I</c><00:26:33.319><c> am</c><00:26:33.480><c> not</c><00:26:33.759><c> worthy</c><00:26:34.019><c> of</c><00:26:34.279><c> anything</c><00:26:34.720><c> that</c><00:26:35.000><c> God</c><00:26:35.180><c> has</c><00:26:35.380><c> done</c>

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for<00:26:35.740><c> me.</c>

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And<00:26:36.920><c> in</c><00:26:37.099><c> verse</c><00:26:37.259><c> 6,</c><00:26:37.700><c> such</c><00:26:37.759><c> knowledge</c><00:26:38.079><c> is</c><00:26:38.299><c> too</c><00:26:38.579><c> wonderful</c><00:26:38.960><c> for</c><00:26:39.160><c> me.</c>

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The<00:26:39.500><c> fact</c><00:26:39.680><c> that</c><00:26:39.880><c> God</c><00:26:40.160><c> cares</c><00:26:40.599><c> about</c><00:26:40.940><c> me</c><00:26:41.160><c> and</c><00:26:41.240><c> is</c><00:26:41.440><c> involved</c><00:26:41.779><c> in</c>

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my<00:26:42.160><c> life,</c>

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it's<00:26:43.700><c> too</c><00:26:44.059><c> high.</c>

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I<00:26:44.440><c> cannot</c><00:26:44.680><c> attain</c><00:26:45.059><c> it.</c>

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I<00:26:45.319><c> cannot</c><00:26:45.500><c> understand</c><00:26:46.079><c> why</c><00:26:46.420><c> God</c><00:26:46.680><c> is</c><00:26:46.920><c> willing</c><00:26:47.099><c> to</c><00:26:47.339><c> do</c><00:26:47.500><c> that.</c>

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x
Why<00:26:48.599><c> he</c><00:26:48.839><c> cares</c><00:26:49.119><c> about</c><00:26:49.380><c> me.</c>

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x
Verse<00:26:52.160><c> 7,</c><00:26:52.539><c> where</c><00:26:52.640><c> can</c><00:26:52.839><c> I</c><00:26:52.980><c> go</c><00:26:53.079><c> from</c><00:26:53.240><c> your</c><00:26:53.480><c> spirit?</c>

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x
Where<00:26:54.000><c> can</c><00:26:54.180><c> I</c><00:26:54.380><c> flee</c><00:26:54.559><c> from</c><00:26:54.779><c> your</c><00:26:55.019><c> presence?</c>

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If<00:26:55.980><c> I</c><00:26:56.220><c> ascend</c><00:26:56.519><c> to</c><00:26:56.720><c> heaven,</c><00:26:57.059><c> you</c><00:26:57.180><c> are</c><00:26:57.359><c> there.</c>

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If<00:26:57.619><c> I</c><00:26:57.759><c> make</c><00:26:57.859><c> my</c><00:26:58.140><c> bed</c><00:26:58.319><c> in</c><00:26:58.539><c> shale,</c><00:26:58.900><c> behold,</c><00:26:59.160><c> you</c><00:26:59.339><c> are</c><00:26:59.460><c> there.</c>

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If<00:27:00.519><c> I</c><00:27:00.680><c> take</c><00:27:00.819><c> the</c><00:27:01.039><c> wings</c><00:27:01.180><c> of</c><00:27:01.460><c> dawn,</c><00:27:01.759><c> if</c><00:27:01.900><c> I</c><00:27:02.119><c> dwell</c><00:27:02.279><c> in</c><00:27:02.420><c> the</c><00:27:02.519><c> remotest</c><00:27:03.140><c> parts</c>

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of<00:27:03.579><c> the</c><00:27:03.759><c> sea.</c>

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Now,<00:27:06.299><c> I've</c><00:27:06.559><c> never...</c>

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I've<00:27:09.539><c> never</c><00:27:09.819><c> fled</c><00:27:10.359><c> from</c><00:27:10.700><c> God.</c>

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I've<00:27:12.759><c> never</c><00:27:12.960><c> been</c><00:27:13.220><c> at</c><00:27:13.400><c> a</c><00:27:13.519><c> point</c><00:27:13.660><c> in</c><00:27:13.819><c> my</c><00:27:14.019><c> life</c><00:27:14.259><c> where</c><00:27:14.599><c> I</c><00:27:16.079><c> knew</c>

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where<00:27:16.640><c> God</c><00:27:16.900><c> was</c>

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and<00:27:18.200><c> I</c><00:27:18.400><c> decided</c><00:27:19.019><c> to</c><00:27:19.319><c> run</c><00:27:19.579><c> the</c><00:27:19.839><c> opposite</c><00:27:20.160><c> way.</c>

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Perhaps<00:27:22.019><c> like</c><00:27:22.319><c> Jonah.</c>

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But<00:27:26.140><c> my</c><00:27:26.339><c> parents</c><00:27:26.579><c> will</c><00:27:26.779><c> probably</c><00:27:26.980><c> not</c><00:27:27.299><c> fondly</c><00:27:27.660><c> remember</c>

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these<00:27:28.160><c> days,</c>

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but<00:27:28.599><c> there</c><00:27:28.740><c> were</c><00:27:28.920><c> times</c><00:27:29.240><c> where</c><00:27:29.539><c> I</c><00:27:30.140><c> steadily</c><00:27:30.480><c> walked</c><00:27:30.900><c> in</c><00:27:31.099><c> the</c>

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opposite<00:27:31.640><c> direction.</c>

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Not<00:27:33.700><c> because</c><00:27:33.980><c> I</c><00:27:34.539><c> didn't</c><00:27:34.859><c> want</c><00:27:35.099><c> to</c><00:27:35.279><c> be</c><00:27:35.400><c> with</c><00:27:35.660><c> God.</c>

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x
It's<00:27:36.140><c> just</c><00:27:36.299><c> that</c><00:27:36.440><c> the</c><00:27:36.559><c> other</c><00:27:36.839><c> side</c><00:27:37.039><c> just</c><00:27:37.299><c> seemed</c><00:27:37.460><c> more</c><00:27:37.759><c> interesting.</c>

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It<00:27:39.180><c> seemed</c><00:27:39.279><c> more</c><00:27:39.619><c> fun.</c>

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It's<00:27:40.059><c> where</c><00:27:40.180><c> all</c><00:27:40.299><c> of</c><00:27:40.420><c> my</c><00:27:40.640><c> friends</c><00:27:40.839><c> were.</c>

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And<00:27:42.279><c> I</c><00:27:42.619><c> steadily</c><00:27:42.920><c> walked</c><00:27:43.359><c> in</c><00:27:43.559><c> the</c><00:27:43.819><c> opposite</c><00:27:44.079><c> direction.</c>

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x
Not<00:27:45.259><c> fleeing</c><00:27:45.720><c> from</c><00:27:46.079><c> God,</c><00:27:47.519><c> but</c><00:27:47.640><c> not</c><00:27:47.920><c> wanting</c><00:27:48.259><c> to</c><00:27:48.480><c> be</c><00:27:48.619><c> with</c><00:27:48.779><c> him</c><00:27:48.960><c> either.</c>

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And,<00:27:50.660><c> brothers</c><00:27:50.660><c> and</c><00:27:50.799><c> sisters,</c><00:27:51.039><c> I</c><00:27:51.200><c> find</c><00:27:51.460><c> this</c><00:27:52.359><c> so</c><00:27:53.099><c> extremely</c><00:27:53.859><c> humbling.</c>

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In<00:27:56.980><c> verse</c><00:27:57.279><c> 11,</c><00:27:57.779><c> sorry,</c><00:27:58.019><c> in</c><00:27:58.200><c> verse</c><00:27:58.799><c> 10,</c>

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if<00:28:00.980><c> we</c><00:28:01.180><c> can</c><00:28:01.339><c> go</c><00:28:01.519><c> as</c><00:28:01.900><c> far</c><00:28:02.160><c> away</c><00:28:02.319><c> as</c><00:28:02.440><c> we</c><00:28:02.640><c> want</c><00:28:02.819><c> from</c><00:28:03.039><c> God,</c>

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x
even<00:28:05.059><c> there</c><00:28:05.440><c> your</c><00:28:05.700><c> hand</c><00:28:06.279><c> will</c><00:28:07.000><c> lead</c><00:28:07.660><c> me.</c>

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x
And<00:28:10.720><c> your</c><00:28:10.980><c> right</c><00:28:11.339><c> hand</c><00:28:11.599><c> will</c><00:28:11.859><c> lay</c><00:28:12.079><c> hold</c><00:28:12.319><c> of</c><00:28:12.480><c> me.</c>

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x
It's<00:28:13.200><c> not</c><00:28:13.359><c> as</c><00:28:13.599><c> if</c><00:28:13.700><c> God</c><00:28:14.140><c> is</c><00:28:14.900><c> aware</c><00:28:15.299><c> of</c><00:28:15.500><c> what's</c><00:28:15.799><c> going</c><00:28:16.019><c> on,</c><00:28:17.720><c> right?</c>

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x
Where<00:28:18.039><c> I</c><00:28:18.200><c> was</c><00:28:18.500><c> in</c><00:28:18.819><c> my</c><00:28:19.039><c> life.</c>

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x
It's<00:28:20.640><c> not</c><00:28:20.740><c> as</c><00:28:20.880><c> if</c><00:28:20.960><c> God</c><00:28:22.079><c> saw</c><00:28:22.640><c> what</c><00:28:22.839><c> I</c><00:28:22.960><c> was</c><00:28:23.140><c> doing,</c><00:28:24.500><c> knew</c><00:28:24.619><c> of</c><00:28:24.900><c> it,</c>

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and<00:28:26.119><c> hoped</c><00:28:26.319><c> that</c><00:28:26.579><c> one</c><00:28:26.759><c> day</c><00:28:26.980><c> I</c><00:28:27.059><c> would</c><00:28:27.259><c> change</c><00:28:27.519><c> my</c><00:28:27.779><c> mind.</c>

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God<00:28:30.860><c> leads</c><00:28:31.380><c> us.</c>

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God<00:28:33.339><c> holds</c><00:28:33.779><c> our</c><00:28:34.119><c> hand.</c>

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If<00:28:36.059><c> we're</c><00:28:36.299><c> deciding</c><00:28:36.720><c> to</c><00:28:37.019><c> walk</c><00:28:37.279><c> away</c><00:28:37.500><c> from</c><00:28:37.720><c> God,</c>

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x
if<00:28:38.000><c> we're</c><00:28:38.259><c> deciding</c><00:28:38.599><c> to</c><00:28:39.220><c> head</c><00:28:39.359><c> in</c><00:28:39.500><c> a</c><00:28:39.680><c> different</c><00:28:39.880><c> direction,</c>

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x
God<00:28:41.140><c> is</c><00:28:41.440><c> still</c><00:28:41.660><c> there</c><00:28:41.980><c> holding</c><00:28:42.339><c> our</c><00:28:42.700><c> hand.</c>

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It's<00:28:43.779><c> so</c><00:28:44.160><c> important</c><00:28:44.519><c> to</c><00:28:44.720><c> know</c><00:28:44.920><c> that.</c>

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x
And<00:28:46.119><c> it's</c><00:28:46.380><c> so</c><00:28:46.619><c> important</c><00:28:46.859><c> to</c><00:28:47.019><c> keep</c><00:28:47.119><c> in</c><00:28:47.299><c> mind</c>

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x
that<00:28:47.619><c> there</c><00:28:47.880><c> are</c><00:28:47.980><c> perhaps</c><00:28:48.200><c> people</c><00:28:48.539><c> in</c><00:28:48.700><c> our</c><00:28:48.920><c> lives.</c>

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x
Maybe<00:28:49.779><c> there's</c><00:28:49.960><c> our</c><00:28:50.160><c> own</c><00:28:50.359><c> children.</c>

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x
Maybe<00:28:51.000><c> it's</c><00:28:51.200><c> our</c><00:28:51.420><c> parents.</c>

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x
Maybe<00:28:51.960><c> it's</c><00:28:52.220><c> a</c><00:28:52.319><c> sibling.</c>

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x
Maybe<00:28:53.359><c> it's</c><00:28:53.579><c> someone</c><00:28:53.720><c> in</c><00:28:53.920><c> our</c><00:28:54.119><c> ecclesia.</c>

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x
Whoever<00:28:55.259><c> it</c><00:28:55.460><c> might</c><00:28:55.579><c> be,</c><00:28:55.880><c> they're</c><00:28:56.119><c> wandering</c><00:28:56.519><c> away.</c>

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It's<00:28:57.740><c> not</c><00:28:57.920><c> up</c><00:28:58.160><c> to</c><00:28:58.240><c> us</c><00:28:58.460><c> to</c><00:28:58.700><c> decide.</c>

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That's<00:29:00.619><c> a</c><00:29:00.619><c> decision</c><00:29:00.740><c> they've</c><00:29:01.000><c> made</c><00:29:01.160><c> in</c><00:29:01.359><c> their</c><00:29:01.519><c> lives.</c>

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x
We<00:29:02.539><c> need</c><00:29:02.859><c> to</c><00:29:03.079><c> be</c><00:29:03.339><c> there</c><00:29:03.640><c> for</c><00:29:03.920><c> them.</c>

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x
We,<00:29:04.660><c> too,</c><00:29:04.819><c> need</c><00:29:05.099><c> to</c><00:29:05.339><c> try</c><00:29:05.500><c> and</c><00:29:05.640><c> lay</c><00:29:05.759><c> a</c><00:29:05.900><c> hold</c><00:29:06.019><c> of</c><00:29:06.180><c> their</c><00:29:06.400><c> hand</c>

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x
and<00:29:07.099><c> bring</c><00:29:07.359><c> them</c><00:29:07.579><c> back.</c>

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Just<00:29:09.160><c> like</c><00:29:09.420><c> God</c><00:29:09.660><c> does</c><00:29:09.900><c> in</c><00:29:10.039><c> our</c><00:29:10.279><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:29:11.140><c> some</c><00:29:11.299><c> people</c><00:29:11.579><c> have</c><00:29:11.819><c> to</c><00:29:12.059><c> travel</c><00:29:12.259><c> a</c><00:29:12.539><c> very</c><00:29:12.980><c> rough</c><00:29:13.200><c> path.</c>

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There<00:29:14.640><c> are</c><00:29:14.720><c> some</c><00:29:14.900><c> wonderful</c><00:29:15.200><c> examples</c><00:29:15.660><c> in</c><00:29:15.880><c> Scripture,</c>

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and<00:29:16.440><c> Judah</c><00:29:16.680><c> is</c><00:29:16.920><c> perhaps</c><00:29:17.480><c> a</c><00:29:17.920><c> well</c><00:29:18.160><c>-known</c><00:29:18.380><c> one</c>

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who<00:29:18.839><c> has</c><00:29:19.119><c> made</c><00:29:19.259><c> some</c><00:29:19.619><c> terrible</c><00:29:20.240><c> decisions</c><00:29:20.700><c> in</c><00:29:20.859><c> his</c><00:29:21.099><c> life.</c>

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But<00:29:23.420><c> eventually</c><00:29:23.859><c> he</c><00:29:24.039><c> turned</c><00:29:24.339><c> to</c><00:29:24.500><c> God,</c>

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and<00:29:25.099><c> God</c><00:29:25.380><c> was</c><00:29:25.619><c> with</c><00:29:25.819><c> him</c><00:29:26.099><c> all</c><00:29:26.619><c> along,</c><00:29:27.240><c> leading</c><00:29:27.619><c> him,</c>

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holding<00:29:28.619><c> him</c><00:29:28.799><c> by</c><00:29:29.000><c> the</c><00:29:29.200><c> hand,</c>

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caring<00:29:30.160><c> about</c><00:29:30.539><c> what</c><00:29:30.740><c> was</c><00:29:30.980><c> going</c><00:29:31.200><c> on</c><00:29:31.380><c> in</c><00:29:31.539><c> his</c><00:29:31.740><c> life,</c>

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knowing<00:29:32.619><c> that</c><00:29:32.799><c> he</c><00:29:32.940><c> had</c><00:29:33.160><c> to</c><00:29:33.259><c> go</c><00:29:33.519><c> through</c><00:29:33.759><c> a</c><00:29:33.980><c> few</c><00:29:34.119><c> struggles</c>

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to<00:29:35.099><c> understand</c><00:29:35.819><c> that</c><00:29:36.200><c> God</c><00:29:36.579><c> wanted</c><00:29:37.019><c> him</c><00:29:37.519><c> to</c><00:29:37.920><c> be</c><00:29:38.019><c> in</c><00:29:38.200><c> the</c><00:29:38.299><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:29:40.740><c> it's</c><00:29:40.900><c> so</c><00:29:41.220><c> humbling</c><00:29:41.500><c> that</c><00:29:41.720><c> God</c><00:29:41.960><c> is</c><00:29:42.180><c> willing</c><00:29:42.339><c> to</c><00:29:42.539><c> do</c><00:29:42.619><c> the</c>

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same<00:29:43.039><c> for</c><00:29:43.220><c> us.</c>

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In<00:29:46.240><c> verse</c><00:29:46.420><c> 15,</c><00:29:48.400><c> God</c><00:29:48.740><c> said,</c><00:29:49.059><c> actually</c><00:29:49.359><c> in</c><00:29:49.480><c> verse</c><00:29:49.640><c> 13,</c>

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You<00:29:50.200><c> formed</c><00:29:50.539><c> my</c><00:29:50.779><c> inward</c><00:29:51.099><c> parts.</c>

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You<00:29:51.700><c> wove</c><00:29:52.000><c> me</c><00:29:52.079><c> in</c><00:29:52.220><c> my</c><00:29:52.339><c> mother's</c><00:29:52.779><c> womb,</c>

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and<00:29:53.039><c> I</c><00:29:53.200><c> will</c><00:29:53.319><c> give</c><00:29:53.519><c> thanks</c><00:29:53.799><c> to</c><00:29:53.960><c> you,</c>

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for<00:29:54.240><c> I</c><00:29:54.319><c> am</c><00:29:54.559><c> fearfully</c><00:29:55.000><c> and</c><00:29:55.279><c> wonderfully</c><00:29:55.640><c> made.</c>

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x
Wonderful<00:29:57.299><c> are</c><00:29:57.599><c> your</c><00:29:57.920><c> works.</c>

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It's<00:29:58.400><c> so</c><00:29:58.759><c> true,</c><00:29:59.000><c> isn't</c><00:29:59.099><c> it,</c><00:29:59.200><c> brothers</c><00:29:59.400><c> and</c><00:29:59.579><c> sisters?</c>

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My<00:30:00.960><c> soul</c><00:30:01.240><c> knows</c><00:30:01.519><c> it</c><00:30:01.779><c> very</c><00:30:02.039><c> well.</c>

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x
My<00:30:02.460><c> frame</c><00:30:02.619><c> was</c><00:30:02.839><c> not</c><00:30:03.059><c> hidden</c><00:30:03.220><c> from</c><00:30:03.480><c> you</c><00:30:03.680><c> when</c><00:30:03.819><c> I</c><00:30:03.940><c> was</c><00:30:04.099><c> made</c><00:30:04.259><c> in</c><00:30:04.559><c> secret</c>

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and<00:30:05.500><c> skillfully</c><00:30:06.019><c> wrought</c><00:30:06.359><c> in</c><00:30:06.579><c> the</c><00:30:06.720><c> depths</c><00:30:06.900><c> of</c><00:30:07.140><c> the</c><00:30:07.240><c> earth.</c>

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That's<00:30:07.779><c> how</c><00:30:07.980><c> intimately</c><00:30:08.339><c> God</c><00:30:08.700><c> knows</c><00:30:09.059><c> each</c><00:30:09.400><c> and</c><00:30:09.579><c> every</c><00:30:09.799><c> one</c><00:30:09.960><c> of</c><00:30:10.079><c> us.</c>

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x
But<00:30:11.700><c> again,</c><00:30:11.839><c> it's</c><00:30:12.000><c> not</c><00:30:12.180><c> about</c><00:30:12.559><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:30:13.140><c> always</c><00:30:13.380><c> about</c><00:30:13.779><c> God.</c>

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But<00:30:15.680><c> he</c><00:30:15.759><c> does</c><00:30:16.079><c> care</c><00:30:16.420><c> about</c><00:30:16.720><c> each</c><00:30:17.059><c> and</c><00:30:17.279><c> every</c><00:30:17.539><c> one</c><00:30:17.700><c> of</c><00:30:17.799><c> us.</c>

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In<00:30:19.259><c> verse</c><00:30:19.420><c> 16,</c><00:30:19.819><c> You</c><00:30:20.059><c> have</c><00:30:20.539><c> seen</c><00:30:20.839><c> my</c><00:30:21.160><c> unformed</c><00:30:21.579><c> substance,</c>

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x
and<00:30:22.680><c> in</c><00:30:22.799><c> your</c><00:30:22.960><c> book</c><00:30:23.180><c> were</c><00:30:23.400><c> all</c><00:30:23.660><c> written</c><00:30:23.900><c> the</c><00:30:24.180><c> days</c><00:30:24.380><c> that</c><00:30:24.579><c> were</c>

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ordained<00:30:25.180><c> for</c><00:30:25.460><c> me.</c>

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x
So<00:30:26.039><c> all</c><00:30:26.339><c> of</c><00:30:26.440><c> us</c><00:30:26.599><c> have</c><00:30:26.759><c> our</c><00:30:27.039><c> fixed</c><00:30:27.259><c> time</c><00:30:27.640><c> frame</c><00:30:27.799><c> as</c><00:30:28.039><c> well.</c>

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God<00:30:29.000><c> knows</c><00:30:29.240><c> exactly</c><00:30:29.779><c> how</c><00:30:30.019><c> long</c><00:30:30.180><c> our</c><00:30:30.339><c> lives</c><00:30:30.559><c> are</c><00:30:30.740><c> going</c><00:30:30.900><c> to</c><00:30:31.099><c> be,</c>

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even<00:30:33.339><c> when</c><00:30:33.779><c> as</c><00:30:33.940><c> yet</c><00:30:34.079><c> there</c><00:30:34.200><c> was</c><00:30:34.420><c> not</c><00:30:34.619><c> one</c><00:30:34.839><c> of</c><00:30:35.000><c> them.</c>

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I<00:30:36.380><c> think</c><00:30:36.539><c> at</c><00:30:36.720><c> that</c><00:30:36.940><c> point,</c><00:30:37.299><c> brothers</c><00:30:37.420><c> and</c><00:30:37.579><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:30:38.259><c> when</c><00:30:38.400><c> we</c><00:30:38.619><c> hadn't</c><00:30:38.759><c> even</c><00:30:39.019><c> taken</c><00:30:39.259><c> a</c><00:30:39.500><c> single</c><00:30:39.799><c> step,</c>

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when<00:30:40.299><c> we</c><00:30:40.460><c> hadn't</c><00:30:40.640><c> taken</c><00:30:40.960><c> a</c><00:30:41.160><c> breath</c><00:30:41.400><c> yet,</c>

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God<00:30:42.440><c> already</c><00:30:42.940><c> knew</c><00:30:43.140><c> exactly</c><00:30:43.619><c> what</c><00:30:43.779><c> was</c><00:30:43.940><c> going</c><00:30:44.119><c> to</c><00:30:44.299><c> happen</c><00:30:44.480><c> in</c>

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our<00:30:44.799><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:30:45.619><c> it's</c><00:30:45.839><c> at</c><00:30:45.980><c> that</c><00:30:46.279><c> time,</c><00:30:47.519><c> in</c><00:30:47.960><c> a</c><00:30:48.140><c> spiritual</c><00:30:48.599><c> sense,</c>

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where<00:30:49.460><c> we</c><00:30:49.599><c> had</c><00:30:49.819><c> perhaps</c><00:30:50.119><c> not</c><00:30:50.299><c> even,</c><00:30:50.559><c> well,</c>

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we<00:30:50.839><c> hadn't</c><00:30:51.059><c> taken</c><00:30:51.339><c> a</c><00:30:51.539><c> single</c><00:30:51.819><c> step</c><00:30:52.079><c> yet.</c>

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x
We<00:30:53.299><c> hadn't</c><00:30:53.519><c> breathed</c><00:30:53.900><c> a</c><00:30:53.960><c> single</c><00:30:54.259><c> breath.</c>

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While<00:30:55.160><c> we</c><00:30:55.380><c> are</c><00:30:55.539><c> yet</c><00:30:55.799><c> sinners,</c><00:30:56.319><c> as</c><00:30:56.680><c> the</c><00:30:56.920><c> word</c><00:30:57.059><c> describes</c><00:30:57.519><c> it,</c>

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Jesus<00:30:58.500><c> had</c><00:30:58.759><c> already</c><00:30:59.140><c> given</c><00:30:59.380><c> his</c><00:30:59.619><c> life</c><00:30:59.819><c> for</c><00:31:00.039><c> us.</c>

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x
Knowing,<00:31:01.099><c> 2</c><00:31:01.339><c>,000</c><00:31:01.559><c> years</c><00:31:01.819><c> ago,</c><00:31:02.299><c> knowing</c><00:31:02.559><c> we</c><00:31:02.859><c> were</c><00:31:03.059><c> going</c><00:31:03.200><c> to</c><00:31:03.440><c> come,</c>

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x
Jesus<00:31:04.700><c> willingly</c><00:31:05.119><c> laid</c><00:31:05.359><c> down</c><00:31:05.640><c> his</c><00:31:05.799><c> life</c><00:31:06.059><c> for</c><00:31:06.240><c> us,</c>

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x
when<00:31:07.480><c> yet</c><00:31:08.000><c> our</c><00:31:08.700><c> life</c><00:31:08.980><c> hadn't</c><00:31:09.240><c> even</c><00:31:09.599><c> started.</c>

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x
While<00:31:10.559><c> we</c><00:31:10.720><c> were</c><00:31:11.059><c> definitely</c><00:31:11.500><c> going</c><00:31:11.779><c> to</c><00:31:11.960><c> be</c><00:31:12.140><c> sinners,</c>

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x
Jesus<00:31:12.920><c> was</c><00:31:13.240><c> already</c><00:31:13.579><c> willing</c><00:31:13.880><c> to</c><00:31:14.140><c> lay</c><00:31:14.279><c> down</c><00:31:14.539><c> his</c><00:31:14.779><c> life</c><00:31:15.000><c> for</c><00:31:15.200><c> us.</c>

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x
And<00:31:17.279><c> as</c><00:31:17.500><c> we</c><00:31:18.720><c> remember</c><00:31:19.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:19.720><c> and</c><00:31:19.880><c> what</c><00:31:20.039><c> he</c><00:31:20.180><c> has</c><00:31:20.339><c> done,</c>

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x
we<00:31:22.160><c> also</c><00:31:22.359><c> come</c><00:31:22.559><c> to</c><00:31:22.759><c> examine</c><00:31:23.019><c> ourselves.</c>

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x
We<00:31:23.920><c> come</c><00:31:24.180><c> to</c><00:31:24.480><c> examine</c><00:31:24.660><c> ourselves</c><00:31:25.079><c> before</c><00:31:25.539><c> God</c>

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to<00:31:26.920><c> see</c><00:31:27.859><c> where</c><00:31:28.119><c> we</c><00:31:28.359><c> are</c><00:31:28.500><c> at</c><00:31:28.900><c> in</c><00:31:29.099><c> our</c><00:31:29.319><c> relationship</c><00:31:29.940><c> with</c><00:31:30.200><c> God,</c>

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x
knowing<00:31:30.880><c> that</c><00:31:31.180><c> we</c><00:31:31.339><c> are</c><00:31:31.700><c> forgiven</c><00:31:32.059><c> through</c><00:31:32.420><c> Jesus</c><00:31:32.839><c> Christ.</c>

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x
In<00:31:34.240><c> verse</c><00:31:34.440><c> 23</c><00:31:35.160><c> of</c><00:31:35.859><c> the</c><00:31:36.059><c> same</c><00:31:36.819><c> Psalm,</c>

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Search<00:31:38.319><c> me,</c><00:31:38.640><c> O</c><00:31:38.700><c> God,</c><00:31:38.940><c> and</c><00:31:39.160><c> know</c><00:31:39.299><c> my</c><00:31:39.579><c> heart.</c>

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Try<00:31:40.299><c> me</c><00:31:40.539><c> and</c><00:31:40.640><c> know</c><00:31:40.839><c> my</c><00:31:41.000><c> anxious</c><00:31:41.319><c> thoughts.</c>

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See<00:31:41.900><c> if</c><00:31:41.960><c> there</c><00:31:42.140><c> be</c><00:31:42.319><c> any</c><00:31:42.640><c> hurtful</c><00:31:43.019><c> way</c><00:31:43.180><c> in</c><00:31:43.400><c> me.</c>

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x
And<00:31:44.359><c> it</c><00:31:44.460><c> won't</c><00:31:44.640><c> take</c><00:31:44.960><c> long</c><00:31:45.259><c> for</c><00:31:45.460><c> God</c><00:31:45.680><c> to</c><00:31:45.960><c> find</c><00:31:46.140><c> a</c><00:31:46.319><c> hurtful</c><00:31:46.640><c> way</c>

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in<00:31:46.960><c> us.</c>

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But<00:31:48.460><c> that's</c><00:31:48.680><c> why</c><00:31:48.859><c> we've</c><00:31:49.079><c> come</c><00:31:49.299><c> here.</c>

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We've<00:31:51.299><c> come</c><00:31:51.480><c> here</c><00:31:52.160><c> to</c><00:31:52.720><c> be</c><00:31:52.920><c> led</c><00:31:53.099><c> away</c><00:31:53.519><c> from</c><00:31:53.779><c> those</c><00:31:54.119><c> hurtful</c><00:31:54.519><c> ways.</c>

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We've<00:31:55.900><c> come</c><00:31:56.039><c> here</c><00:31:56.200><c> to</c><00:31:56.380><c> remember</c><00:31:56.660><c> that</c><00:31:56.900><c> Jesus</c><00:31:57.339><c> did</c><00:31:57.599><c> in</c><00:31:57.859><c> fact</c>

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lay<00:31:58.359><c> down</c><00:31:58.960><c> his</c><00:31:59.200><c> life</c><00:31:59.420><c> for</c><00:31:59.579><c> us.</c>

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We<00:32:00.519><c> come</c><00:32:00.680><c> to</c><00:32:00.880><c> remember</c><00:32:01.380><c> that</c><00:32:01.720><c> he</c><00:32:02.519><c> went</c><00:32:02.960><c> before</c><00:32:03.500><c> us,</c>

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that<00:32:04.099><c> he</c><00:32:04.339><c> is</c><00:32:04.559><c> willing</c><00:32:04.740><c> to</c><00:32:05.119><c> lead</c><00:32:05.259><c> us</c><00:32:05.539><c> as</c><00:32:05.720><c> a</c><00:32:05.880><c> good</c><00:32:06.059><c> shepherd.</c>

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So<00:32:08.480><c> as</c><00:32:08.619><c> this</c><00:32:08.819><c> Psalm</c><00:32:09.059><c> ends,</c>

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See<00:32:10.440><c> if</c><00:32:10.519><c> there</c><00:32:10.700><c> be</c><00:32:10.859><c> any</c><00:32:11.079><c> hurtful</c><00:32:11.460><c> way</c><00:32:11.559><c> in</c><00:32:11.759><c> me,</c>

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and<00:32:12.660><c> lead</c><00:32:12.880><c> me</c><00:32:13.539><c> in</c><00:32:13.920><c> the</c><00:32:14.200><c> everlasting</c><00:32:14.700><c> way.</c>

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And<00:32:15.579><c> that,</c><00:32:16.019><c> brothers</c><00:32:16.019><c> and</c><00:32:16.180><c> sisters,</c><00:32:17.119><c> is</c><00:32:17.339><c> what</c><00:32:17.440><c> our</c><00:32:17.740><c> prayer</c><00:32:17.940><c> is,</c>

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that<00:32:18.279><c> as</c><00:32:18.480><c> we</c><00:32:18.619><c> remember</c><00:32:18.900><c> Jesus</c><00:32:19.279><c> together,</c>

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that<00:32:20.579><c> he</c><00:32:20.819><c> might</c><00:32:21.140><c> continue</c><00:32:21.599><c> to</c><00:32:21.880><c> lead</c><00:32:21.980><c> us</c><00:32:22.400><c> in</c><00:32:22.759><c> the</c><00:32:22.880><c> way</c><00:32:23.099><c> that</c><00:32:23.299><c> leads</c><00:32:23.500><c> to</c>

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everlasting<00:32:24.140><c> life.</c>