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 12, James chapter 5, reading again at verse 7.

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 Be patient, therefore, brother Shanda, until the coming of the Lord.

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! See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,

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 being patient about it until it receives the early and the late rains.

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 You also be patient.

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 Are you a patient person?

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 I guess that's the obvious question.

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 When we look at these words, are you a patient person?

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 Or do you find at times your patience tested

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 and you often just want to hurry things along

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 and get things done in your own time?

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 I'm sure there's always situations where we find our patience put to the test.

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 For example, you might get a phone call that says,

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 I'll just take two or three minutes of your time

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 and 15 minutes later you're still on the phone

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 just trying to get out of this conversation

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 and your patience is waiting out.

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 Or patience when you're driving.

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 Maybe you're stuck behind a car that's just not going above 30 miles an hour

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 and you're just in a rush and you're like,

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 come on, get a move on.

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 Your patience is running out.

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 There's so many situations where our patience can be tested

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 and we see ourselves in a new light sometimes.

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 But what about when it comes to waiting patiently upon the Lord?

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 Can you sing Psalm 40 and have these words as your words

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 that you're waiting patiently on the Lord?

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 You're waiting for him in prayer.

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 You're waiting on him for something that's going on in your life

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 or just your desires for people around you or the church

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 and you're able just to wait patiently on the Lord.

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 It's a hard thing to do at times

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 because we all want things done in our own time.

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 But God's work is in his time

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 and his purposes work out in his ways.

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 His plans are not hurried

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 in the same way that maybe we want things hurried along.

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 There was a famous preacher in America called Philip Brooks

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 and he was noted for patience

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 and just his calm demeanor so often.

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 He was a very gentle man in so many ways

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 and yet at times he too suffered that frustration

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 of wanting things done quickly.

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 And there was one day when a friend was watching him

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 and he had started pacing back and forth on the floor

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 and his friend was wondering what was going on.

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 And so he asked him,

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 what troubles you, Mr. Brooks?

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 And Philip Brooks replied by saying,

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 the trouble is that I'm in a hurry but God isn't.

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 He was wanting things done in his time.

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 And so our patience is often tested

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 even when it comes to the things of the Lord.

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 We want things done.

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 We want things to happen.

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 We want people to be saved that we've been praying for.

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 We want to see the church grow.

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 We want to see things in our community changing.

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 But much of it has this idea of just patiently waiting on God

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 and waiting for him to work out his will and his purposes.

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 And as James is writing here to the people,

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 he's writing to them in a world and in a time

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 when their patience was being tested.

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 You see the heading in the ESV Bible is patience and suffering.

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 They were suffering for their faith.

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 They were seeing so many things going on around them

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 in their community and their patience,

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 their faith was being tested.

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 But James is writing to them

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 to be patiently waiting on God.

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 And they were being tested in so many different ways.

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 As you read through the book of James,

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 you see there was a lot of people around them

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 who were rich and prosperous

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 and seeming to get on well in life.

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 And this was testing the patience of God's people.

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 And yet as James writes,

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 he writes in this wisdom, in his wise ways,

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 and he's warning people

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 who are living their lives in that way,

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 boasting about tomorrow.

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 You see that at the end of chapter four,

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 where we read that they're going to do this,

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 that they're going to do that.

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 And the next thing,

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 they've got all their plans laid out

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 instead of waiting patiently on the Lord.

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 You see at the beginning of chapter five,

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 that warning to the rich,

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 where the Lord is saying to them,

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 look at what you have.

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 You've gathered up this wealth,

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 but it's all going to waste away.

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 You're putting your trust in the wrong things

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 because the day of the Lord is coming.

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 And that's going to be of no help to you.

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 And so after saying these things

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 to the people around them

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 who are not trusting in God,

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 he turns back to those who are.

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 When you see him,

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 they're calling them brothers.

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 In verse seven,

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 he's saying,

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 be patient,

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 therefore,

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 brothers.

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 He's saying,

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 as you look around you,

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 as you are Christians,

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 as you are trusting in the Lord,

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 and you're becoming impatient,

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 and you're wondering

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 why all these things are happening,

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 he's saying to them,

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 brothers,

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 be patient.

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 Be patient until the coming of the Lord.

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 Don't lose sight of the Lord himself.

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 And so this patience

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 is highlighted for us here

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 by James in verse seven to 12.

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 And I want us to see this patience

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 in three different ways.

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 He says,

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 first of all,

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 why patience is required,

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 why it's such a necessary thing.

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 Then we see him showing

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 the examples of patience.

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 He speaks about the prophets and Job.

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 So he gives us examples of patience.

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 And then thirdly,

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 we'll see just how this shows itself

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 in our lives,

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 how we should apply

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 this patience in our lives.

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 So the first thing is

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 the call to patience.

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 Be patient,

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 therefore,

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 brothers,

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 until the coming of the Lord.

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 As I said,

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 this is in light of the warnings

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 that he's given to those

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 who are boasting

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 in their plans

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 and their purposes,

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 those who are boasting

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 in their riches

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 and what they have materially.

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 In that,

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 he turns back

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 to God's people

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 and focus on

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 how they should live

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 and why.

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 And that phrase,

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 brothers,

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 he shows there

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 who he is speaking to.

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 He's reminding them

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 that they belong,

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 that they have a belonging

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 and that their belonging

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 is in Christ.

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 That they are brothers

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 and sisters

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 in Christ.

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 That they are the ones

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 who are looking

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 to the Lord

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 and are waiting

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 until the coming

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 of the Lord.

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 And what kind of people

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 are they?

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 Well,

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 they're just like us.

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 As we put our trust

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 in the Lord,

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 they are people

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 who could say,

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 just like Psalm 73,

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 that confidence in God,

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 the God who is patient

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 towards them,

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 they could say,

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 whom have I in the heaven

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 but you?

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 Nobody else but you.

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 And earth has nothing

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 I desire besides you.

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 My flesh and my heart

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 may fail,

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 but God is the strength

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 of my heart

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 and my portion

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 forever.

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 Isn't it a blessing

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 and a privilege

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 to be able to sing

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 these words ourselves

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 and to sing them

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 in a way

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 where we know

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 that is our portion too.

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 Who do we have

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 in the heaven

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 but you,

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 oh Lord?

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 And in the earth

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 there's no one

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 I desire besides you.

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 We have God

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 with us.

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 God who is

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 patient

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 with us

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 and God

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 who gives

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 us

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 patience too.

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 For it is to him

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 we are to look

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 to

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 and to put our

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 trust in.

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 In the beginning

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 of this book

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 we see James

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 in chapter 1.

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 He's already made

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 the point

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 of calling the people

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 to be patient

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 under trial.

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 In chapter 1

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 verse 12

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 he says this

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 blessed is the man

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 who perseveres

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 under trial

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 because when he

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 has stood the test

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 he will receive

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 the crown of life

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 that God has promised

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 to those

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 who love him.

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 To be patient

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 under trial

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 and that there is

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 this reward.

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 He will receive

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 the crown of life

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 that God has promised

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 to those

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 who love him.

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 So again

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 he's reminding them

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 there

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 of the Lord's

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 great patience

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 towards them

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 and for them

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 to wait patiently

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 and for us

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 to wait patiently

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 on him

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 in that knowledge

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 of receiving

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 the crown of life

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 that God has promised

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 to those

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 who love him.

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 So he's reminding them

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 again

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 of this great need.

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 A need that's seen

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 throughout scripture

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 and throughout history.

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 when you think

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 of God's people

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 throughout the scriptures

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 as we'll see

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 in a few moments

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 examples of it

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 we think of just

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 that need

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 for patience

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 among God's people

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 down through

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 every generation

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 these words

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 have spoken

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 be patient

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 therefore brothers

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 until the coming

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 of the Lord.

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 So often you see

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 people in scripture

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 their patience

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 has gone

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 if it was ever there

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 when they're saying

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 where is this God

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 of yours?

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 You know if he was

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 going to come

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 he'd have come

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 by now.

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 Their patience

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 either was never there

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 or they've lost it.

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 The coming of the Lord

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 means absolutely nothing

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 and we see that

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 today

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 there's no interest

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 in God

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 there's no thought

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 that God

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 is coming again

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 that has gone

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 but we are told

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 to be different

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 to wait patiently

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 on the Lord.

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 John Piper

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 in his book

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 The Roots of Endurance

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 in that book

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 he highlights

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 the endurance

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 of Christians

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 in the past

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 such as

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 John Newton

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 Charles Simeon

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 William Wilberforce

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 he speaks about them

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 and their patience

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 and their waiting

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 on the Lord

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 their endurance

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 and he says this

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 the aim of all

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 our endurance

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 is that Christ

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 be seen

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 and savoured

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 in the world

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 as our glorious

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 God.

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 Isn't that a great way

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 of thinking of

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 our patience?

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 The aim of our endurance

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 our patience

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 is that Christ

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 may be seen

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 and savoured

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 in the world

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 as our glorious

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 God.

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 But there is

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 something different

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 in the Lord's

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 people.

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 that's why

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 James is here

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 showing them

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 this great need

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 of patience

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 because it is

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 such a powerful

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 witness

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 it is such a

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 powerful

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 example

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 and he's talking

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 here

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 about this

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 patience

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 this call

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 to patience

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 in a twofold

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 way

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 it's both

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 a patience

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 in the midst

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 of suffering

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 and adversity

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 but it's also

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 patience

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 knowing

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 that the Lord

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 is going

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 to deal

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 with all

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 things

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 again

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 Psalm 73

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 speaks about

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 that

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 and the Psalms

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 that we've sung

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 remind us

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 of the

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 greatness

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 of God

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 that he will

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 take all

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 things

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 in charge

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 that he's

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 in control

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 of all

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 things

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 that the Lord

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 is going

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 to return

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 and that

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 the blessing

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 of God's

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 people

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 will be

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 finally

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 fulfilled

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 you see

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 there how

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 he says

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 in verse 7

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 see how

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 the farmer

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 waits

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 for the

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 precious

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 fruit

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 of the

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 earth

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 being

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 patient

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 about it

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 until he

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 receives

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 the early

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 and the

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 late

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 rains

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 the temptation

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 would be

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 after the

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 early rains

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 to think

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 that's it

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 it's done

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 we can

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 take our

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 harvest up

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 now

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 but

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 it needs

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 patience

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 to wait

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 for the

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 late rains

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 to come

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 and again

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 that's the

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 way we

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 are to

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 live

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 to

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 waiting

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 patiently

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 on the

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 harvest

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 waiting

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 patiently

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 on the

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 Lord

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 of the

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 harvest

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 remembering

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 the

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 Lord

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 will

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 come

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 until

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 the

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 coming

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 and so

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 we need

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 patience

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 that's what

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 he was

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 teaching

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 here

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 that's

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 what we

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 see for

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 ourselves

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 today

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 we need

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 patience

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 we need

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 patience

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 in our

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 lives

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 whether it's

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 individually

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 or collectively

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 in our

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 community

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 in our

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 world

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 everything's

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 so rushed

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 everything needs

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 to be done

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 instantly

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 everything's

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 demands

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 demands

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 demands

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 but as we

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 look to

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 God he

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 teaches us

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 to be more

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 patient

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 to stand

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 firm

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 here as he

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 says to

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 establish

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 these things

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 in your

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 heart

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 he's talking

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 there about

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 standing

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 firm

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 on the

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 truth

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 standing

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 firm

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 on the

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 truth

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 of

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 God

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 to be

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 patient

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 in verse

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 8 there

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 to establish

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 your hearts

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 for the

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 coming of

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 the Lord

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 is at

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 hand

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 to stand

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 firm

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 on the

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 truth

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 of

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 God

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 so we

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 have

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 this

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 word

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 to us

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 our need

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 for

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 patience

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 patience

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 the second

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 thing we

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 see here

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 is how

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 he gives

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 examples

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 of

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 patience

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 and he

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 looks

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 examples

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 that are

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 found

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 in scripture

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 of what

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 endurance

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 means

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 for the

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 Lord's

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 people

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 and in

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 verse 10

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 he says

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 there

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 as an

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 example

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 of

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 suffering

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 and

00:14:15.839 --> 00:14:16.500
 patience

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.000
 brothers

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 take

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 the

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 prophets

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 who

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 spoke

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 in the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 behold

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 we

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 consider

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 those

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 blessed

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 who

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 remain

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 steadfast

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 you

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 have

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 heard

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 of the

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 steadfastness

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 of

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 Job

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 and

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 how

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 you

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 have

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 seen

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 the

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 purpose

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 how

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 the

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 Lord

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 is

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 compassionate

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 and

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 merciful

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 wonderful

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 examples

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 there

00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:39.820
 for us

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.519
 of

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 patience

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 what you

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.000
 notice in

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.320
 the New

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 Testament

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.300
 is

00:14:44.300 --> 00:14:45.320
 the

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 Old

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.060
 Testament

00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:46.360
 is

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 never

00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.420
 forgotten

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 constantly

00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.360
 you see

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.480
 looking back

00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:50.800
 to the

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 Old

00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.539
 Testament

00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:51.960
 to the

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 prophets

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 to the

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 fathers

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 Abraham

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 Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 you see

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 looking back

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 always

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:58.660
 the book

00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:58.820
 of

00:14:58.820 --> 00:14:59.440
 Hebrews

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 is full

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 of

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 looking

00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:01.340
 back

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:01.960
 to the

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 Old

00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.640
 Testament

00:15:02.640 --> 00:15:03.180
 Jesus

00:15:03.180 --> 00:15:03.740
 himself

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.140
 taught

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 so much

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.060
 looking

00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:05.840
 back

00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:06.180
 to the

00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:06.500
 Old

00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.120
 Testament

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.460
 and we

00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:07.640
 should

00:15:07.640 --> 00:15:07.960
 never

00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.540
 forget

00:15:08.540 --> 00:15:09.140
 the

00:15:09.140 --> 00:15:09.440
 Old

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.920
 Testament

00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:10.440
 and here's

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 another

00:15:10.760 --> 00:15:11.660
 reminder

00:15:11.660 --> 00:15:12.360
 to us

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.980
 of the

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 great

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 examples

00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:14.320
 the great

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 teaching

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 that we

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 have

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 in the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 as an

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 example

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 of

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 suffering

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 and

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 patience

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 consider

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 the

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 prophets

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 who

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 spoke

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 he

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 doesn't

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 mention

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 any

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 other

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 specific

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 prophets

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 by name

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 there

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 but you

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 can look

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 back to

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 them and

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 you can

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 see for

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 yourself

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 their

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 patience

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 and

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 suffering

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 you can

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 take for

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 example

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 Jeremiah

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 one of

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 the

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 prophets

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 you look

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 at him

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 and you

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 see just

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 how patient

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 he was

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 in the

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 midst

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 of

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 suffering

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 he

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 was

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 rejected

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 by his

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 own

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 people

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 he

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 suffered

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 at the

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 hands

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 of

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 foreign

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 kings

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 but

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 he

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 stood

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 for

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 he

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 knew

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 the

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 coming

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 was

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 in

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 his

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 own

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 mind

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 and

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 his

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 own

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 heart

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 not

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 knowing

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 exactly

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 when

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 it

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 would

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 be

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 but

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 that

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 this

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 was

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 going

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 to

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 come

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 you

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 look

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 at

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 Isaiah

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 and

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 the

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 way

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 that

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 he

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 was

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 able

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 to

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 have

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 this

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 vision

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 coming

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 of

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 Christ

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 the

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 suffering

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 of

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 Christ

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 as

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 you

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 see

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 it

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 in

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 chapter

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 53

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 and

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 he

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 stood

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 up

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 against

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 all

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 those

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 who

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 were

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 outspoken

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 against

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 him

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 who

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 would

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 not

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 listen

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 you

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 think

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 of

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 Habakkuk

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 as

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 we've

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 looked

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 at

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 Habakkuk

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 recently

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 you

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 think

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 of

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 the

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 situation

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 the

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 circumstances

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 that he

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 was

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 writing

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 into

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 it

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 would

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 have

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 been

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 so

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 easy

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 to

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 back

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 off

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 and

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 back

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 down

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 and

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 yet

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 consider

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 the

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 example

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 of

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 suffering

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 and

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 patience

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 and

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 prayer

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 in the

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 midst

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 of it

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 all

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 just

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 waiting

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 on

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 the

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 Lord

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 to

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 work

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 they

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 stood

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 firm

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 the

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 great

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 chapter

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 of

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 Hebrews

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 chapter

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 11

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 is

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 a

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 full

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 list

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 of

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 those

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 in

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 were

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 believers

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 those

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 who

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 suffered

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 in

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 their

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 faith

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 and

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 yet

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 had

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 patience

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 looking

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 so

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 many

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 are

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 named

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 but

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 then

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 later

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 on

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 in

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 Hebrews

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 11

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 chapter

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 verse

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 36

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 and

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 37

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 they're

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 not

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 named

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 but it

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 says

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 this

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 of

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 them

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 others

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 suffered

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 mocking

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 and flogging

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 and even

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 chains

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 and imprisonment

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 they were

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 stoned

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 they were

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 sawn in

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 two

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 they were

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 killed

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 with a

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 sword

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 they went

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 about in

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 skins of

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 sheep

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 and goats

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 destitute

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 afflicted

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 mistreated

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 but they

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 were all

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 commended

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 for their

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 faith

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 it says

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 faith

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 waiting

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 patiently

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 on the

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 Lord

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 patience

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 in the

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 midst

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 of

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 suffering

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 and what

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 is so

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 great

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 about

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 this

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 is it

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 doesn't

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 show us

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 extraordinary

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 people

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 it doesn't

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 show us

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 people who

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 we just

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 look up to

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 and say we

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 can never

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 be like

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 that

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 they were

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 ordinary

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 people

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 but they

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 were ordinary

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 people

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 doing

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 extraordinary

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 things

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 through an

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 extraordinary

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 God

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 and it

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 was God

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 who had

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 given them

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 faith

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 and vision

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 and this

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 looking to

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 God

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 and trusting

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 in him

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 that's where

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 their patience

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 came from

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 they were

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 trusting

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 in the

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 coming

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 of the

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 Lord

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 now can

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 we

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 be spoken

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 of in

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 the same

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 breath

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 as the

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 prophets

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 do you think

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 you can be

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 put in that

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 list of

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 the prophets

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 and commended

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 for patience

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 well Jesus

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 in the

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 Sermon on

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 the Mount

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 includes

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 many people

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 even ourselves

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 in that

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 ceremony

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 says in

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 verse 11

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 and 12

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 of Matthew

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 5

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 blessed are

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 you when

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 others revile

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 you and

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 persecute

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 you and

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 utter all

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 kinds of

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 evil against

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 you falsely

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 on my

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 account

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 rejoice

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 and be

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 glad

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 for your

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 reward is

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 great in

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 heaven

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 for so

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 they persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who were

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 before you

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 so they

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 shall list

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 there of

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 God's people

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 to this

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 very day

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 blessed

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 are you

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 when others

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 revile you

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 and persecute

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 you

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 for they

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 persecuted

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 the prophets

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 who were

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 before you

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 in the same

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 way

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 and so

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 there is

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 that reminder

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 to us

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 to be

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 patient

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 in these

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 things

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 and the

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 example

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 is there

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 for us

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 we have

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 the example

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 of Job

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 as well

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 you have

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 heard of

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 the steadfastness

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 of Job

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 and you have

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 seen the

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 purpose

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 of the

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 Lord

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 how the

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 Lord

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 is

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 compassionate

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 and merciful

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 and yet

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 when you

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 look at

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 the outset

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 of Job

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 and the

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 beginning

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 of that

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 book

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 you think

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 well

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 how could

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 he possibly

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 have that

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 patience

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 in the midst

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 of all

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 his

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 suffering

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 and yet

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 he's able

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 to say

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 the Lord

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 gives

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 the Lord

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 takes away

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 blessed be

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 the name

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 of the

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 Lord

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 because

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 he knows

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 his God

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 he knows

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 who God

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 is

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 and he

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 knows

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 as it

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 goes on

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 to say

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 there

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 Job

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 you have

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 seen

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.859
 the purpose

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 of the

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 Lord

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 how the

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 Lord

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 is

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 compassionate

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 and

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 merciful

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 in the

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 midst

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 of such

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 great

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 suffering

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 God

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 is still

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 compassionate

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.399
 and merciful

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 and therefore

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.519
 Job

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 was patient

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 the prophets

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 were patient

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 they are

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 examples

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 to us

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 of how

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 we are

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 to be

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 patient

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 too

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 reminding

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 ourselves

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 of chapter

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 1

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 verse 12

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 they will

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 receive

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 the crown

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 of life

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 as we

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 look to

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 the Lord's

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 return

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 the reward

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 for patience

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 and faith

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 is there

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 for us

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 and so

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 thirdly

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 and finally

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 we just

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 want to

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 think of

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 the outworking

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 of patience

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 what is it

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 to look

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 like

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 for the

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 people

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 here

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 that

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 James

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 is

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 writing

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 to

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 and for

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 ourselves

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 as well

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 well

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 what we

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 see here

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 is James

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 speak about

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 something he

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 speaks about

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 throughout

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 this book

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 of where

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 patience

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 is so

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 often

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 seen

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 and it

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 works out

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 for us

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 in two

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 ways

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.400
 it works

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 out in

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 how we

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 deal

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 with each

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 other

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 how we

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 deal

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 among

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 ourselves

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 as the

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 Lord's

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 people

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 and also

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 how we

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 deal

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.140
 with those

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 around

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.279
 us

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 patience

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 is being

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 tested

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 often

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 in our

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 lives

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 we see

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 it so

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 often

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 but we

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 see it

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 among

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 the

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 Lord's

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 people

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.620
 we can

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.000
 see it

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 among

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.819
 ourselves

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 at times

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.259
 when we

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 can be

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.720
 impatient

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.039
 when we

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.519
 can start

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 to grumble

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 it's

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.500
 natural

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 because

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.559
 we're

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.960
 sinners

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.799
 and yet

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.079
 what do

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.360
 we do

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.660
 when we

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.079
 start to

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.400
 find

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.940
 ourselves

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.340
 in

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.600
 that

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.320
 well

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.700
 we're

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.120
 going back

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.420
 to that

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.680
 word

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.240
 patience

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.140
 but it

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.380
 also

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.820
 says

00:21:50.820 --> 00:21:51.000
 in

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.259
 verse

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.780
 9

00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:52.759
 do

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.040
 not

00:21:53.040 --> 00:21:53.580
 grumble

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.120
 against

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 one

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.780
 another

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.340
 brothers

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.080
 so that

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.320
 you may

00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:56.620
 not

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:56.980
 be

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.440
 judged

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.060
 behold

00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:58.800
 the

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 judge

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.940
 is

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.400
 standing

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.820
 at

00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.060
 the

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.360
 door

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:03.360
 and what

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.080
 James is

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.300
 saying

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:04.519
 here

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.940
 he says

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.120
 it

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.400
 too

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.740
 in

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.040
 verse

00:22:06.040 --> 00:22:06.720
 12

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.420
 but

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.800
 above

00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:08.140
 all

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.700
 brothers

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.580
 do

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:09.960
 not

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.440
 swear

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.740
 either

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.300
 by heaven

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:12.100
 or by

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.460
 earth

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.700
 he's

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.080
 talking

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:13.400
 there

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.700
 about

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.799
 what

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.039
 we

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.600
 say

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.640
 our

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.400
 speech

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.940
 and

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.200
 it's

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.420
 so

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.740
 often

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.200
 something

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.500
 that

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.880
 James

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.620
 highlights

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.920
 in

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.180
 this

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.500
 book

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.440
 seen

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.700
 as a

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:24.840
 book

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:24.980
 of

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.660
 the

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:25.920
 New

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.360
 Testament

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:27.180
 Proverbs

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.420
 the

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.880
 wisdom

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.700
 book

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:28.840
 in

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:28.940
 the

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.160
 New

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.759
 Testament

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.080
 and

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:31.259
 he's

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.620
 talking

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.940
 here

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.259
 about

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:33.319
 our

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.900
 relationship

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.200
 among

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.460
 each

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.779
 other

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.580
 our

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.140
 relationship

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.380
 with

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.620
 those

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.200
 around

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.779
 us

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.460
 and

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.640
 how

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:38.920
 so

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.259
 often

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.819
 boils

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.200
 down

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.460
 to

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.920
 how

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.220
 we

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.960
 speak

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.779
 to

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.059
 each

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.380
 other

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:45.020
 and

00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:45.420
 James

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.960
 he has

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.340
 a whole

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.840
 section

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.280
 on this

00:22:47.280 --> 00:22:47.820
 in chapter

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.280
 3

00:22:48.280 --> 00:22:49.160
 verse 1

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 to verse

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 12

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 I'm sure

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 you've read

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 it

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 I'm sure

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 we've all

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 tried to

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 apply it

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 to our

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 lives

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 taming

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 the tongue

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 where he

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 speaks about

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 the power

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 of the tongue

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 of how

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 our words

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 from such

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 a small

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 thing

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 the tongue

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 of the

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 damage

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 that the

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 tongue

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 can cause

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 and so

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 it

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 goes on

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 it

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 speaks

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 much

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 of

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 the

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 tongue

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 and so

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 as he

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 speaks

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 here

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 of

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 patience

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 it so

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 much

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 boils

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 down

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 to

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 just

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 how

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 we

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 speak

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 with

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 one

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 another

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 do we

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 grumble

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 against

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 one

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 another

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 do we

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 speak

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 ill

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 against

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 each

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 other

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 or

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 against

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 those

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 around

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 us

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 what

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 are we

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 saying

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 about

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 people

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 what

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 are we

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 saying

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 to

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 people

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 how

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 are we

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 dealing

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 with

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 them

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 the

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 tongue

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 can

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 do

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 a lot

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 of

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 damage

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 but

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 in our

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 patience

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 in our

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 patience

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 looking to

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 God

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 the tongue

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 can be

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 used for

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 great things

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 as well

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 it has a

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 healing

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 power

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 and it's

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 far better

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 to use

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 it

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 for that

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 so as we

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 look at

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 number

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 verse 9

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 do not

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 grumble

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 against

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 one another

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 be patient

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 with each

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 other

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 be kind

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 to each

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 other

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 encourage

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 one

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 another

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 so we

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 are to

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 be

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 patient

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 in our

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 fellowship

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 we are

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 also to

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 be

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 patient

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 with

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 those

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 around

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 us

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 you

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 think

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 of

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 another

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 example

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 of

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 that

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 from

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 the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 Daniel

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 you take

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 Daniel

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 as an

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 example

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 of

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 patience

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 and

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 dealing

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 with

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 those

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 around

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 him

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 who

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 did

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 not

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 trust

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 God

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 who

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 did

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 not

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 believe

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 God

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 Daniel

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 chapter

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 6

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 tells

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 us

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 the

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 story

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 of

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 Daniel

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 being

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 thrown

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 into

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 the

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 lion's

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 den

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 because

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 he

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 wouldn't

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 compromise

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 his

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 faith

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 he

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 stood

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 firm

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 and

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 God

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 shielded

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 him

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 God

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 was

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 patient

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 towards

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 was

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 patient

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 towards

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 God

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 he

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 didn't

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 turn

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 against

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 God

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 but

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 he

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 trusted

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 God

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 and

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 what

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 was

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 the

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 outcome

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 King

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 Darius

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 declared

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 that

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 the

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 nation

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 was

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 to

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 worship

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 Daniel's

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 God

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 God

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 his

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 patience

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 his

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 long

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 suffering

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 was

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 seen

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 by

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 those

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 around

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 him

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 the

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 wonder

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 of

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 God

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 protecting

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 him

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 was

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 seen

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 by

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 those

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 around

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 him

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 and

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 King

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 Darius

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 declared

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 that the

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 nation

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 should

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 worship

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 Daniel's

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 God

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 you see

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 there the

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 power

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 of our

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 Christian

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 witness

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 and what

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 kind of

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 Christian

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 witness

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 do we

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 have

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 what do

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 we say

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 to those

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 around

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 us

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 how do

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 we

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 say

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 it

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 there's

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 so much

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 we would

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 maybe

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 long

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 to

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 say

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 there's

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 so much

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 so many

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 arguments

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 we might

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 want to

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 enter

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 into

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 but let

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 us be

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 careful

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 how we

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 speak

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 let us

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 be careful

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 what we

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 say

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 so that

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 we can

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 learn the

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 lessons

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 that we

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 see

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 throughout

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 scripture

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 by showing

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 love

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 and compassion

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 and still

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 being steadfast

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 in the

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 word of

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 God

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 that we

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 might heap

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 burning

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 coals

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 on their

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 head

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 as it

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 says

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 elsewhere

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 and they

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 might see

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 something

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 in us

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 of the

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 wonder

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 of God

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 the

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 patience

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 of God

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 towards

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 us

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 that we

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 have come

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 to know

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 a saviour

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 who has

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 been patient

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 with us

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 a people

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 who are

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 lost

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 and helpless

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 like we

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 sung in

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 psalm 103

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 the wonder

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 of God's

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 patience

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 towards

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 us

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 that he

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 has shown

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 us

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 steadfast

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 love

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 that he

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 has shown

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 us

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 compassion

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 and forgiveness

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 and all

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 of these

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 things

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 let us

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 learn

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 above all

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 from the

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 example

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 of Christ

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 the one

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 who showed

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 patience

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 the one

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 who showed

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 mercy

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 and grace

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 and long

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 suffering

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 the one

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 who endured

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 the cross

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 for our

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 sakes

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 that is above

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 all what

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.859
 James is

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 teaching the

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.339
 people here

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.419
 to keep

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.079
 faith

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 in the

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.119
 Lord

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.579
 Jesus

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 Christ

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 be

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 patient

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 therefore

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 brothers

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 until the

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 coming

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.679
 of the

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.039
 Lord

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 that their

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.919
 focus

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 is to be

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 on the

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.639
 Lord

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 and that

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 they are to

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 be patient

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 with him

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 and with

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 those

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 around them

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 so let us

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.059
 endeavor to

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 learn

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 patience

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 the patience

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 that depends

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.980
 on God

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 alone

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 and is secure

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 in Christ

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.779
 as our

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.059
 Lord

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 and as we

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 wait

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 his

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.480
 return

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 let us

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 do so

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 seeing the

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.500
 need

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.899
 for patience

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 the need

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 is there

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.679
 before us

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 it's such

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.179
 a powerful

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 thing

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 to be

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 patient

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 in the

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.559
 midst

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 of

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.359
 everything

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 that comes

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 our way

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 I'm sure

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 we can all

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.319
 as we've

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.599
 heard of

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 examples

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.000
 in the

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.799
 Old Testament

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.759
 as we see

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.339
 examples

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.639
 in the

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.440
 New Testament

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.599
 as we think

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.799
 of the

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.379
 examples

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 that John

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 Piper

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 highlighted

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 William

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 Wilberforce

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 John

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 Newton

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 and others

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 we can all

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.420
 look at

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.940
 examples

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.420
 we see

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.159
 around us

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 too

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.019
 of people

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.819
 who are

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.339
 patient

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.980
 people whose

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.539
 faith

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.700
 and endurance

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 in the

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.399
 midst of

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.220
 great trials

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.920
 and suffering

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.639
 has been

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.079
 such a

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.579
 powerful

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.220
 witness

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.619
 that we

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.220
 would have

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.119
 that patience

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.399
 too

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.960
 and pray

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.139
 for that

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.879
 patience

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:36.019
 ourselves

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.319
 and that we

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.720
 would put

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.639
 that patience

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:40.299
 into practice

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.420
 among ourselves

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.920
 and among

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.480
 all of God's

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.440
 people together

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.580
 and in the

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:45.940
 world

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:45.580
 and in the

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.019
 world

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.880
 in which

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.299
 we live

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.660
 that our

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.420
 patience

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.340
 would be

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.779
 seen

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.180
 and make

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.039
 people wonder

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.120
 how can

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.640
 they be so

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.180
 patient

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.480
 what is it

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.100
 that gives

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:56.080
 them that

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.620
 patience

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.220
 in the midst

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.019
 of everything

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.160
 that's going

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.559
 on

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:01.279
 it is the

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.720
 Lord

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.860
 it's the

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.299
 Lord's

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.860
 wonderful

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.620
 patience

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.620
 and grace

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.080
 and mercy

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:07.080
 towards us

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:08.180
 that gives

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.019
 us patience

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.799
 to endure

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.759
 to go

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.139
 on

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.899
 and to

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.519
 be strong

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.839
 and to

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.159
 stand

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.619
 firm

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:13.940
 in the

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.220
 Lord

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.619
 and to

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.139
 endure

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.559
 waiting

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.500
 on the

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.119
 Lord's

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.059
 return

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.220
 let us

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.480
 pray

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.919
 our

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.619
 father in

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.960
 heaven

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.539
 we thank

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.819
 you that

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.599
 in so many

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.279
 things that

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.879
 we lack

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.980
 that we can

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.779
 pray to you

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.359
 as the one

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.139
 who is able

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.899
 to provide

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:33.039
 you know

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.379
 the book of

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.200
 James we read

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.119
 of a lack

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.720
 of wisdom

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.299
 and when we

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.419
 do we can

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.119
 ask God

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.559
 who gives

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.539
 so graciously

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.819
 and when we

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.159
 think of

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.139
 patience Lord

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.839
 we acknowledge

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.500
 how much we

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.159
 lack it at

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.419
 times and

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.000
 how much we

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.619
 need it more

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.059
 and more

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.659
 and we thank

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.539
 you that as

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.039
 we come in

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.719
 prayer to you

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.119
 that you are

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.759
 able to give

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.519
 it to us

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.579
 that we would

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.319
 learn from your

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.019
 word of the

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.599
 need of it

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.479
 that we would

00:29:55.479 --> 00:29:56.059
 see the great

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.179
 examples given

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.059
 to us and

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.399
 that we would

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.579
 be reminded

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.159
 of the great

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:01.500
 reward that

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.000
 there is for

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.500
 those who

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.079
 wait on the

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.719
 Lord who will

00:30:03.719 --> 00:30:04.859
 receive the

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.839
 crown of life

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:07.159
 and so help

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:08.079
 us to practice

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.019
 patience among

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.500
 ourselves and

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.299
 with those around

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:13.000
 us too that

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.559
 you would help

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.159
 us to be

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.399
 witnesses and

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:16.460
 examples through

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.519
 these things to

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.759
 others that they

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.899
 might see the

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:21.099
 beauty of Christ

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:22.480
 one who endured

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.720
 for us so much

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:25.299
 hear our prayers

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.299
 continue with us

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.179
 Lord go before

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:28.799
 us pardon all

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.759
 our sin as we

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.679
 ask it in Jesus

00:30:30.679 --> 00:30:32.159
 name Amen