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man.<00:14:31.220><c> Brother</c><00:14:31.460><c> Richard</c><00:14:31.840><c> quoted</c><00:14:32.139><c> this.</c>

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that<00:14:38.899><c> which</c><00:14:39.080><c> you</c><00:14:39.259><c> are</c><00:14:39.480><c> able,</c><00:14:40.320><c> but</c><00:14:40.519><c> will</c><00:14:40.759><c> with</c><00:14:40.960><c> the</c><00:14:41.220><c> temptation</c>

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that<00:14:53.419><c> fits</c><00:14:53.679><c> right</c><00:14:53.960><c> into</c><00:14:54.240><c> this</c><00:14:55.460><c> verse</c><00:14:55.799><c> here,</c><00:14:56.220><c> brothers</c><00:14:56.340><c> and</c><00:14:56.620><c> sisters.</c><00:14:57.639><c> We</c>

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all<00:14:58.100><c> have</c><00:14:58.200><c> been</c><00:14:58.340><c> through</c><00:14:58.840><c> temptations</c><00:14:59.779><c> and</c>

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struggles,<00:15:01.080><c> and</c><00:15:01.399><c> God</c><00:15:01.539><c> has</c><00:15:01.779><c> provided</c><00:15:02.200><c> some</c><00:15:02.480><c> type</c><00:15:02.779><c> of</c><00:15:02.899><c> way</c><00:15:03.120><c> out.</c>

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God<00:15:08.379><c> gives</c><00:15:08.820><c> us</c><00:15:09.100><c> a</c><00:15:09.220><c> way</c><00:15:09.399><c> out</c><00:15:09.620><c> and</c><00:15:09.659><c> sometimes</c><00:15:10.039><c> we</c><00:15:10.179><c> don't</c><00:15:10.419><c> take</c><00:15:10.720><c> it.</c><00:15:11.419><c> He's</c><00:15:11.559><c> like,</c><00:15:11.899><c> this</c><00:15:12.179><c> is</c>

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No,<00:15:14.139><c> I</c><00:15:14.399><c> don't</c><00:15:14.720><c> want</c><00:15:14.919><c> to</c><00:15:15.059><c> do</c><00:15:15.259><c> that,</c><00:15:15.899><c> but</c><00:15:16.259><c> this</c><00:15:16.740><c> is</c><00:15:16.960><c> how</c><00:15:17.080><c> you</c><00:15:17.259><c> get</c>

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out<00:15:17.639><c> of</c><00:15:17.740><c> this</c><00:15:18.019><c> mess.</c><00:15:18.720><c> No.</c><00:15:19.200><c> And</c><00:15:19.360><c> we</c><00:15:19.500><c> continue</c><00:15:19.840><c> to</c><00:15:20.100><c> do</c>

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really.<00:15:41.379><c> Not</c><00:15:41.600><c> the</c><00:15:41.860><c> fundamental</c>

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chapter,<00:15:56.440><c> sorry.</c>

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we<00:16:06.200><c> go.</c><00:16:07.600><c> All</c><00:16:07.600><c> right.</c>

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Yeah,<00:16:17.840><c> my</c><00:16:18.059><c> brethren,</c><00:16:18.759><c> count</c><00:16:18.779><c> it</c><00:16:19.039><c> all</c><00:16:19.419><c> joy</c><00:16:20.000><c> when</c><00:16:20.700><c> you</c><00:16:21.019><c> fall</c>

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know,<00:16:40.659><c> count</c><00:16:40.879><c> it</c><00:16:41.100><c> all</c><00:16:41.539><c> joy.</c>

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tribulations.<00:16:52.600><c> It's</c><00:16:53.120><c> hard</c><00:16:53.379><c> to</c><00:16:53.659><c> do,</c><00:16:54.399><c> brothers</c><00:16:54.440><c> and</c><00:16:54.759><c> sisters,</c>

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isn't<00:16:55.360><c> it?</c><00:16:55.600><c> Count</c><00:16:55.919><c> it</c><00:16:56.120><c> all</c><00:16:56.320><c> joy.</c><00:16:56.580><c> Like,</c>

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It's<00:17:04.859><c> a</c><00:17:05.000><c> high</c><00:17:05.299><c> standard,</c><00:17:05.980><c> right,</c><00:17:06.359><c> to</c><00:17:06.480><c> be</c><00:17:06.779><c> joyful</c><00:17:07.200><c> through</c><00:17:07.859><c> tribulation.</c><00:17:08.960><c> But</c>

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that's<00:17:09.519><c> the</c><00:17:09.720><c> standard</c><00:17:10.000><c> that</c><00:17:10.220><c> God</c>

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wants.<00:17:10.900><c> He's</c><00:17:11.319><c> talking</c><00:17:11.519><c> about</c><00:17:11.839><c> our</c><00:17:12.180><c> attitude.</c><00:17:12.680><c> What</c><00:17:12.859><c> type</c><00:17:13.079><c> of</c>

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attitude<00:17:13.660><c> do</c><00:17:13.940><c> we</c><00:17:14.180><c> have</c><00:17:14.299><c> when</c><00:17:14.480><c> we</c><00:17:14.599><c> go</c><00:17:14.779><c> through</c>

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difficult<00:17:15.700><c> times</c><00:17:16.099><c> in</c><00:17:16.319><c> our</c><00:17:16.519><c> lives?</c><00:17:18.539><c> But</c><00:17:18.740><c> what</c><00:17:18.940><c> does</c><00:17:19.079><c> it</c><00:17:19.180><c> bring</c>

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about?<00:17:19.700><c> Well,</c><00:17:19.920><c> it</c><00:17:19.980><c> brings</c><00:17:20.299><c> about</c><00:17:21.279><c> patience.</c>

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And<00:17:22.119><c> I</c><00:17:22.220><c> can</c><00:17:22.440><c> tell</c><00:17:22.619><c> you,</c><00:17:22.859><c> brothers</c><00:17:23.039><c> and</c><00:17:23.319><c> sisters,</c><00:17:23.619><c> that</c><00:17:24.440><c> the</c>

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temptations<00:17:25.640><c> and</c><00:17:25.839><c> the</c><00:17:26.119><c> trials</c><00:17:26.400><c> and</c><00:17:26.619><c> the</c><00:17:26.779><c> ups</c><00:17:26.960><c> and</c>

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downs<00:17:27.240><c> that</c><00:17:27.380><c> I've</c><00:17:27.680><c> gone</c><00:17:27.859><c> through</c><00:17:28.119><c> in</c><00:17:28.319><c> my</c><00:17:28.579><c> life</c><00:17:28.920><c> have</c><00:17:29.839><c> made</c><00:17:30.059><c> me</c>

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more<00:17:30.619><c> patient.</c><00:17:31.799><c> It</c><00:17:31.960><c> doesn't</c><00:17:32.059><c> mean</c><00:17:32.240><c> I'm</c><00:17:32.500><c> a</c><00:17:32.700><c> patient</c>

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person,<00:17:33.579><c> because</c><00:17:33.920><c> as</c><00:17:34.160><c> Sister</c><00:17:34.380><c> Lee</c><00:17:34.539><c> knows,</c><00:17:35.079><c> I</c><00:17:35.319><c> struggle</c><00:17:35.660><c> with</c>

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my<00:17:36.140><c> patience</c><00:17:36.440><c> sometimes,</c><00:17:37.460><c> okay?</c><00:17:38.380><c> But</c><00:17:38.900><c> I'm</c><00:17:39.420><c> more</c>

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patient<00:17:40.299><c> than</c><00:17:40.480><c> I</c><00:17:40.740><c> was</c><00:17:40.900><c> when</c><00:17:41.019><c> I</c><00:17:41.180><c> was</c><00:17:41.380><c> 25</c><00:17:42.940><c> years</c><00:17:43.200><c> old.</c><00:17:44.380><c> I</c><00:17:44.539><c> am.</c><00:17:44.960><c> And</c>

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that<00:17:45.339><c> isn't</c><00:17:45.500><c> because</c><00:17:45.779><c> I've</c><00:17:46.000><c> gone</c><00:17:46.200><c> through,</c>

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it<00:17:51.460><c> is</c><00:17:51.579><c> those</c><00:17:51.859><c> difficult</c><00:17:52.480><c> times</c>

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that<00:17:55.779><c> builds</c><00:17:56.099><c> our</c><00:17:56.779><c> patience.</c><00:17:57.400><c> It</c><00:17:57.539><c> builds</c><00:17:57.900><c> our</c>

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