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 Christine is going to come and read for us now, thanks.

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 Okay, that's 2 Corinthians chapter 12 on page 1166, beginning at verse 1.

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 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

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 I know a man in Christ who 14 years ago was caught up to the third heaven.

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 Whether it was in the body or out of the body, I do not know. God knows.

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 And I know that this man, whether in the body or apart from the body, I do not know, but God knows,

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 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.

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 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.

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 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth.

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 But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warrantied by what I do or say,

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 or because of these surpassingly great revelations.

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 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,

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 a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

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 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me, but he said to me,

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 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

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 Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,

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 so that Christ's power may rest on me.

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 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses,

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 in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

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 For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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 Thanks very much, Chris.

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 So keep your Bibles open, please, to 2 Corinthians 12.

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 There's pens and notes being passed around,

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 if you find that helpful to follow along,

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 or write down any questions you'd like to ask afterwards,

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 or chat through.

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 They're available.

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 Just put your hand up and one will be given to you.

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 As they're doing that, there's a little sheet at the back on the table.

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 Connor is going to be doing something rather strange.

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 Connor O'Neill.

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 Maybe that's not surprising, is it?

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 You can ask Connor what that is.

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 Really exciting.

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 And it's for compassion,

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 so you can just have a chat to Connor about that afterwards.

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 He'll be here next week as well,

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 if you don't get talking to him.

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 So, just to keep everybody together on the same page,

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 we've been going through a series

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 entitled Healing Through Suffering.

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 And this is the last in that series.

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 And I trust that this talk,

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 what we look at today,

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 is in some ways a summary.

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 It's bringing together all the different elements

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 that we've looked at over the last number of weeks

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 and bringing it together to conclusion.

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 So, a wonderful passage.

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 2 Corinthians 12.

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 Let's ask for God's help

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 as we look at it together.

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 Amen.

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 And God is able to bless you abundantly

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 so that in all things,

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 at all times,

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 having all that you need,

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 you will abound in every good work.

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 Father, we need you to bless us now

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 with your Holy Spirit

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 so that we may abound

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 in life

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 and in all that we do.

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 We need your grace.

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 We need your help.

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 So, help us.

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 Amen.

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 So, paradise

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 or thorns?

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 What would you prefer?

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 Enjoying an experience of heaven

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 or walking through the realities of suffering?

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 Well, I know what I would choose.

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 It's a bit of a no-brainer, isn't it?

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 Well, Paul, it seems,

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 the writer of this text,

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 has tasted both.

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 He had an experience of heaven.

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 Have a look at verse 2.

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 He says,

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 I know a man in Christ

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 who 14 years ago

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 was caught up

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 to the third heaven.

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 Well, it seems like

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 he's actually talking about

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 someone else.

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 He starts off by saying,

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 I know a man in Christ.

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 I know this guy.

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 But,

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 as we read on,

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 it becomes clear

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 that he's actually talking about

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 his own experience.

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 So, have a look down in verse 6.

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 He says,

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 even if I should choose to boast,

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 even if I should boast

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 about my experience of heaven,

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 I would not be a fool

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 because I would be speaking the truth.

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 But I refrain.

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 I'm not going to do it.

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 So, no one will think more of me

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 than is warranted

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 by what I do or say

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 or because of these

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 surpassingly great revelations.

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 So, this is Paul's experience.

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 But what's he actually experienced?

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 Well, look at the rest of verse 2.

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 He's talking about the third heaven.

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 We'll get to that in a minute.

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 He says,

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 whether it was in the body,

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 an out-of-body experience almost,

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 or of the body,

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 was it a vision in his mind?

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 He says,

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 I do not know.

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 It was so amazing.

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 I couldn't quite comprehend it all.

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 But God knows.

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 It was real.

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 It was tangible.

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 Verse 4.

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 I was caught up to paradise

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 and heard inexpressible things,

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 things that no one is permitted to tell.

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 It's as if God has taken the Apostle Paul

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 and given him a tour of paradise itself.

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 An experience of being in God's presence.

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 No words could describe the wonder

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 of all that he saw.

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 Can you imagine this?

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 Wouldn't you want to experience this?

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 taken into paradise

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 just for a moment of time,

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 escaping this world of all its struggles

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 and all its hardships.

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 How amazing that would be

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 to be basking in the beauty

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 and the brilliance of God.

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 Wouldn't you want that?

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 Well, paradise

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 was not his only experience.

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 There was also the reality

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 of thorns

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 or suffering.

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 Have a look down at verse 7,

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 the middle of verse 7.

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 Therefore,

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 in order to keep me from being conceited,

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 I was given a thorn

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 in my flesh.

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 I was given suffering.

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 A messenger of Satan

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 to torment me.

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 From paradise

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 to thorns.

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 From heaven

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 to suffering.

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 Paul faced the reality,

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 jump down to verse 10.

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 He describes what it was like.

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 Weaknesses,

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 insults,

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 hardships,

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 persecutions,

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 difficulties.

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 Now here's the surprise

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 as he kind of shows us

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 these two experiences.

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 He's telling us

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 that the thorns

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 were of greater value

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 than the vision of paradise.

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 How could that be?

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 How could the daily grind

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 of suffering

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 be of more value,

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 be worth to him

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 something far greater

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 than a moment's glimpse

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 of heaven?

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 Well, he tells us

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 in verse 9.

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 He said to me,

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 God said to me,

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 my grace

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 is sufficient for you

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 for my power

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 is made perfect

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 in weakness.

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 Therefore,

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 I will boast

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 all the more gladly

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 about my weaknesses.

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 I'm not going to boast

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 about the experience

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 of paradise,

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 but I'm going to boast

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 I'm going to tell you

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 all about my weaknesses

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 so that Christ's power

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 may rest

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 on me.

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 You see,

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 a one-off experience

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 of paradise,

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 as great as it may be,

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 lasts,

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 well,

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 just a moment.

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 But the daily pain

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 of thorns

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 leads to a continuous

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 experience of grace

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 and God's perfect power

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 in your life.

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 You see,

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 we learn more

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 and we grow more

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 through the thorns

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 of life.

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 Paul Mallard,

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 that's one of the,

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 the author of one of the books

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 we've been encouraging

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 people to read.

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 It was called

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 Invest Your Sufferings.

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 He put it

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 like this.

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 Suffering,

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 he says,

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 is the best

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 commentary

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 on God's character.

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 And pain

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 is the finest

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 exposition

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 of his excellencies.

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 We discover

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 more about

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 God's grace

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 when we come

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 to an end

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 in ourselves.

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 You will never

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 know that

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 God is all

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 you need

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 until God

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 is all

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 you have got.

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 You see,

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 the thorns

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 we experience

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 in life

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 pin us

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 to God

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 so that

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 we know

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 him,

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 love him,

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 and enjoy

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 him,

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 and know

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 in a deeper

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 way

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 the blessings

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 that he has

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 to give us.

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 So let's

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 see how

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 all this

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 is true.

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 We're going

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 to focus

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 our attention

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 on the last

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 few verses

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 of what we

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 read.

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 Okay,

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 how do we

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 know all

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 this is

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 true?

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 First,

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 God is

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 sovereign

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 over

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 our

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 thorns.

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 The thorns

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 that we

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 experience

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 in life

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 are all

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 under

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 God's

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 sovereign

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 loving

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 control.

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 Look at

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 verse 7

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 again.

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 Therefore,

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 in order

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 to keep

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 me from

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 being

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 conceited,

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 I was

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 given a

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 thorn in

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 my flesh,

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 a messenger

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 of Satan,

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 to torment

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 me.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 it's not a

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 literal thorn

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 that he got

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 when he was

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 out picking

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 blackberries.

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 It was a

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 kind of

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 painful

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 suffering.

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 We're not

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 quite sure

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 what it

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 was.

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 It could

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 be physical,

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 it could

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 be an

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 illness or

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 a disability

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 he had.

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 It might

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 be spiritual,

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 a temptation

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 or a

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 struggle in

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 his life.

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 It could

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 have been

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 all the

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 opposition

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 and persecution

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 or a

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 combination

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 of the

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 whole lot.

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 Whatever

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 it was,

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 verse 7,

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 we're told

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 it caused

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 him torment.

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 It was

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 an ongoing

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 painful

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 experience.

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 But this

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 thorn

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 is not

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 a random

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 event

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 which God

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 has no

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 control over.

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 Look again

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 at what he

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 says in

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 verse 7.

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 He says,

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 I was

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 given

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 a thorn.

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 This is

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 something

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 from God.

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 Well,

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 you say,

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 hang on a

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 minute,

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 how can

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 it be

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 from God?

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 Did you

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 not read

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 what it

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 says?

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 Because it

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 says it's

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 a messenger

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 of Satan.

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 But it

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 is something

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 God has

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 allowed and

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 God is

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 in control

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 of.

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 Let's

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 have a look

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 more about

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 that.

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 Keep your

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 finger in

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 1 Corinthians

00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.360
 12 and

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 go back

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 to Job

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 chapter 1.

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 You remember

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 we looked

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 at Job

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 a few

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 weeks ago.

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 Job

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 chapter 1.

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 Job

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 was a

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 good and

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 faithful man

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 who suffered

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 terribly in

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 his life.

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 There were

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 many thorns

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 that he

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 experienced.

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 He lost

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 his financial

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 security.

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 All his

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 animals were

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 slaughtered or

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 taken away.

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 He lost

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 all his

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 children and

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 their wives

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 and husbands

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 in natural

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 disasters.

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 And he

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 lost his

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 health,

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 a terrible

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 skin disease.

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 One thorn

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 after another

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 he experienced.

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 Now the

00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.859
 story or

00:14:20.859 --> 00:14:21.399
 the account

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.919
 of Job

00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.939
 tells us

00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.819
 how all

00:14:23.819 --> 00:14:24.419
 this suffering

00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:25.299
 came about.

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 Chapter 1

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 verse 8.

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 Then the

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.339
 Lord said

00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:32.019
 to Satan

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:33.799
 have you

00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.719
 considered my

00:14:34.719 --> 00:14:35.500
 servant Job?

00:14:35.699 --> 00:14:36.339
 Now isn't

00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:37.059
 that interesting?

00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:39.059
 It's God

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:40.959
 who initiates

00:14:40.959 --> 00:14:42.219
 the conversation.

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 God comes

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.199
 he says

00:14:44.199 --> 00:14:44.759
 Satan

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 you know

00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:45.740
 Job

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:45.939
 have you

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.479
 thought about

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:46.720
 him?

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 There's

00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.100
 no one

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.539
 like him

00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:49.019
 on earth.

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 He's

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.720
 blameless

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:51.420
 and upright

00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.340
 a man

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.840
 who fears

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.240
 God

00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.240
 and shuns

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.620
 evil.

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.360
 Well what's

00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:56.740
 Satan's

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.139
 reply?

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 Well

00:14:57.700 --> 00:14:59.060
 does Job

00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.720
 fear God

00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.379
 for nothing?

00:15:01.060 --> 00:15:01.340
 Satan

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:01.879
 replied

00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:03.200
 have you

00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:03.759
 put a hedge

00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.300
 around him

00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.620
 and his

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.320
 household

00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:05.840
 and everything

00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:06.379
 he has?

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 Well I mean

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.740
 you've blessed

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.220
 him with the

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.720
 works of his

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.440
 hands so that

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:09.960
 his flocks

00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.460
 and herds

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:10.940
 are spread

00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.440
 out throughout

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.019
 the land

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:13.240
 but

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.039
 you stretch

00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.460
 out your

00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:15.960
 hands and

00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.460
 strike every

00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:16.940
 thing he

00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.720
 has and

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.120
 he will

00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.580
 surely

00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.160
 curse you

00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:19.500
 to your

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:19.900
 face.

00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:21.379
 I mean

00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.680
 the only

00:15:21.680 --> 00:15:22.300
 reason why

00:15:22.300 --> 00:15:22.800
 Job is

00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.480
 following you

00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.040
 is because

00:15:24.040 --> 00:15:24.660
 you've

00:15:24.660 --> 00:15:25.120
 blessed him

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.519
 so much

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.340
 you remove

00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:27.180
 those blessings

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:28.879
 and you'll

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.259
 see what

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:29.840
 happens.

00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.340
 Verse 12

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:32.540
 the Lord

00:15:32.540 --> 00:15:32.980
 said to

00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:33.400
 Satan

00:15:33.400 --> 00:15:35.180
 very well

00:15:35.180 --> 00:15:35.500
 then

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.259
 everything

00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.100
 he has

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.540
 is in

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:38.900
 your

00:15:38.900 --> 00:15:39.440
 power

00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:40.480
 but

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.180
 there's

00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:42.700
 limits

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:44.920
 on the

00:15:44.920 --> 00:15:45.660
 man himself

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.259
 do not

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.600
 lay

00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.759
 a finger

00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.399
 then

00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:49.860
 Satan

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.399
 went out

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:50.759
 from the

00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.279
 presence

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.339
 of the

00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:52.600
 Lord

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.419
 and if

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:53.919
 we read

00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:54.419
 on we

00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:54.879
 see

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.500
 there's

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:55.919
 where the

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.259
 suffering

00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:56.959
 starts

00:15:56.959 --> 00:15:59.620
 but let's

00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.219
 be clear

00:16:00.219 --> 00:16:01.759
 Satan

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.519
 may bring

00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.159
 terrible

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.100
 affliction

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:05.659
 God

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:05.680
 God

00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.300
 may allow

00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:06.759
 Satan

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.159
 and give

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.420
 him

00:16:07.420 --> 00:16:07.779
 permission

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.379
 but it's

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:08.840
 God

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.779
 who is

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:09.980
 in

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.440
 control

00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.340
 Satan

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.320
 needs

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:13.240
 God's

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.600
 permission

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.540
 he can't

00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:15.320
 do anything

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:15.659
 without

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.139
 God

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.840
 say so

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.320
 in fact

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:18.940
 the author

00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:19.500
 of Job

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.120
 wants us

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.540
 to see

00:16:20.540 --> 00:16:21.019
 that the

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.600
 suffering

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.500
 that Job

00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.379
 experienced

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:24.220
 is

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.420
 ultimately

00:16:25.420 --> 00:16:27.200
 from

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.160
 God

00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:29.379
 go to

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:29.699
 the very

00:16:29.699 --> 00:16:30.120
 end of

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.519
 the book

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.279
 of Job

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.360
 chapter 42

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.279
 right to

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.600
 the very

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.019
 end

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:37.740
 where we

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.079
 have a

00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:38.699
 conclusion

00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:41.079
 chapter 42

00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:42.600
 verse 11

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:52.399
 have you got

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.300
 it chapter 42

00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:53.940
 verse 11

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.500
 all

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.680
 Job's

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:56.120
 brothers

00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:57.000
 and sisters

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.840
 and everyone

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.300
 who had

00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:58.980
 known him

00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:00.399
 before

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.320
 came and

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.740
 ate with

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.040
 him in

00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:02.500
 his house

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.800
 they

00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:03.740
 comforted

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.480
 and

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.220
 consoled

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.559
 him

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.960
 over

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.140
 all the

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.579
 trouble

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:10.599
 the

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.220
 Lord

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.400
 had

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.720
 brought

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.000
 on

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.300
 him

00:17:13.300 --> 00:17:17.620
 let's

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.100
 go back

00:17:18.100 --> 00:17:18.360
 to

00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:18.840
 2nd

00:17:18.840 --> 00:17:19.420
 Corinthians

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.920
 now I

00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.340
 think

00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:22.200
 what we've

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.640
 just seen

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.340
 in Job's

00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:23.740
 life

00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:26.140
 is what

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.700
 we're seeing

00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.820
 in Paul's

00:17:27.820 --> 00:17:28.220
 life

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:29.580
 God

00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:29.980
 is the

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.259
 one

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.780
 who is

00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:31.600
 ultimately

00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:32.180
 in

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.900
 control

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:34.960
 that

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.519
 means

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.700
 for us

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.820
 nothing

00:17:37.820 --> 00:17:38.420
 happens

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:39.120
 in your

00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:39.680
 life

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.840
 without

00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:41.320
 God

00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:41.980
 say so

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:43.460
 the

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.019
 thorns

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.579
 that you

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.259
 experience

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.120
 in life

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.799
 the

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.200
 illness

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.680
 you may

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.160
 struggle

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.539
 with

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.180
 the

00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:49.759
 heartache

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.099
 of a

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.360
 loss

00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:50.680
 of a

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 loved

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 one

00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:51.960
 the

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.420
 pain

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:52.779
 of our

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 disappointments

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:55.220
 they're not

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.400
 random chance

00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.000
 events

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.160
 your life

00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:00.819
 is in the

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.460
 sovereign

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:02.120
 hands

00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:02.779
 of God

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:04.039
 and

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.579
 nothing

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.579
 happens

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.839
 without

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.240
 his

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 say so

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:12.279
 and if

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.740
 God is

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.379
 in supreme

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.079
 control of

00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.619
 our life

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.019
 and our

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.399
 world

00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:15.839
 and all

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 that goes

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 on

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 then it

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 means he

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.859
 is a

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.160
 God

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.559
 who not

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:19.799
 only

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.259
 helps

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 us

00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:21.799
 but

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 uses

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 it

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.000
 all

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 for

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 good

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:25.019
 purposes

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:27.619
 so

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.000
 second

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.500
 God

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.139
 uses

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.539
 our

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.119
 thorns

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:31.220
 for

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.680
 good

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.940
 God

00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.119
 had

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 given to

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 Paul

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.180
 an

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.099
 experience

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.799
 of

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.319
 paradise

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.819
 he had

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.240
 had that

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 vision

00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:40.480
 but here

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.819
 was the

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 danger

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.000
 his

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.059
 experience

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.180
 the

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.619
 visions

00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:45.900
 the

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.599
 revelations

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.119
 he had

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.920
 could make

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.819
 Paul proud

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 in other words

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.559
 it could make

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 him self

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.000
 reliant

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:53.339
 where he

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.599
 could

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 kind of

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.740
 boast

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.180
 about

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.559
 himself

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:55.960
 and go

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.259
 well

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.140
 because of

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.440
 this

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.079
 well I

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 don't

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.539
 need

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:58.839
 God

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.299
 anymore

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 so he

00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:01.460
 tells us

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.900
 in verse

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 seven

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.539
 the middle

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:02.859
 of verse

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 seven

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.579
 therefore

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.839
 in order

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.420
 to keep

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.640
 me

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:06.339
 from being

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.640
 conceited

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.839
 to stop

00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.299
 me from

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.779
 becoming

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.440
 proud

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.200
 I was

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.640
 given

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.960
 a thorn

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.400
 in my

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.019
 flesh

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:17.180
 it's like

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.640
 he's telling

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.119
 us I

00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:18.480
 don't want

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.900
 to become

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.859
 so proud

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.299
 in my

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.759
 life

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.900
 that I

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.359
 think

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.740
 that I

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.259
 can go

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.720
 through

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.160
 life

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.480
 without

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.099
 God

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:28.460
 so God

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.059
 gives

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.759
 to Paul

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.240
 a thorn

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.640
 in his

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.119
 flesh

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.640
 to keep

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.019
 him from

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.579
 becoming

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.480
 self

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.119
 sufficient

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:37.839
 self

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.960
 reliant

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.640
 you see

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.180
 most of

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.640
 the time

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.799
 we see

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.259
 self

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.920
 reliance

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.160
 and

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.960
 independence

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.259
 as a

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.759
 good thing

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.379
 we celebrate

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:48.900
 it

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.980
 in the

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.200
 well

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.500
 known

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.019
 poem

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.580
 Invictus

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.680
 do you

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:53.980
 know that

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.279
 poem

00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.000
 Invictus

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.100
 Invictus

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.539
 is the

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.840
 Latin

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.400
 for

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:59.000
 unconquered

00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.400
 listen to

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.920
 how the

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.400
 last

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.360
 verse

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.940
 goes

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.559
 of that

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.000
 famous

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.420
 poem

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.519
 it goes

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.900
 like this

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.400
 it matters

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.039
 not how

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.539
 straight

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.080
 the gate

00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:09.259
 how

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.019
 charged

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.319
 with

00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:11.080
 punishments

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.660
 the scroll

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:13.279
 I am

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.940
 the master

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.440
 of my

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.960
 fate

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.600
 and I

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:16.980
 am the

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.360
 captain

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:18.660
 of my

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.000
 soul

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.119
 but the

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.559
 reality

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.140
 is

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.519
 we are

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.000
 not

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.019
 invincible

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.359
 or

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.819
 unconquerable

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.940
 we do

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.240
 not

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.680
 control

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:29.940
 our

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.619
 destinies

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.400
 and

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.259
 suffering

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.079
 reminds

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.380
 us

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:34.200
 of that

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.660
 every

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.160
 time

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.400
 we

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.900
 stand

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.299
 around

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.579
 the

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.000
 grave

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.319
 of a

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:38.559
 loved

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:38.779
 one

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.000
 to

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.319
 say

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.740
 goodbye

00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.779
 we're

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.400
 confronted

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.900
 with the

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.160
 fact

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.539
 that I

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.980
 am not

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.200
 the

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.579
 master

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.039
 of my

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.500
 fate

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.680
 I'm

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.039
 not

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.299
 the

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.680
 captain

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.240
 of my

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.559
 soul

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:51.599
 now

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:51.960
 this is

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.519
 not saying

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.180
 that suffering

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.799
 is good

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.720
 in and of

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.220
 itself

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.700
 and that

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:55.960
 God

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.339
 takes

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.859
 pleasure

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.559
 and delight

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.559
 in seeing

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.180
 the struggles

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.700
 we go

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.140
 through

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:01.960
 but God

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.799
 uses

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.819
 the

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.400
 thorns

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.920
 for good

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.539
 purposes

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:08.279
 it

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.240
 makes us

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.259
 humble

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.779
 it

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.220
 helps

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.460
 us

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.660
 to

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.160
 see

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.779
 our

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.299
 desperate

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.879
 need

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.599
 of

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.059
 God

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:18.079
 in

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.339
 some

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.680
 ways

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:18.920
 our

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.579
 thorns

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:19.799
 our

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.279
 suffering

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.200
 make

00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:21.519
 us

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.980
 like

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.379
 a

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.559
 little

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.240
 child

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.359
 dependent

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.700
 on

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:24.879
 their

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.519
 parents

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.460
 just

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.720
 like

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.119
 baby

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.500
 Elodie

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.579
 is

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.200
 dependent

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.460
 on

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.759
 her

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.460
 parents

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.879
 can't

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.059
 do

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.460
 life

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.759
 without

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.180
 them

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.940
 without

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.220
 the

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.700
 parents

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.379
 she

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.700
 won't

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.220
 survive

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.859
 and

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.160
 in a

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.519
 sense

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.460
 that is

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.660
 what

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.180
 happens

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.779
 with

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.059
 us

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.319
 the

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.900
 thorns

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.200
 we

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.819
 experience

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.279
 in

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.639
 life

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.720
 strips

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.339
 away

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.720
 our

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.420
 independence

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:49.200
 undermines

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.680
 our

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.099
 self

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.660
 reliance

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.619
 banishes

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.019
 our

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.680
 pride

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.519
 and

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.160
 drives

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.639
 us

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.559
 humbly

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.579
 to

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:56.799
 our

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.200
 loving

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.119
 saving

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.599
 God

00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:02.940
 so

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.319
 God

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.539
 is

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.900
 sovereign

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.279
 over

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.519
 our

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.000
 thorns

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.940
 God

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.359
 uses

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.799
 our

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.240
 thorns

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.240
 for

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.720
 good

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.920
 and

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.259
 third

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.620
 God

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.859
 is

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.480
 sufficient

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.779
 in

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:14.980
 our

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.519
 thorns

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.660
 our

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.099
 natural

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.680
 reaction

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.299
 when we

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.759
 suffer

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:21.599
 is to

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:21.940
 ask

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.359
 God

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.339
 to

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.620
 take

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:23.740
 it

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.079
 away

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.620
 isn't

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:24.759
 that

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:24.920
 our

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.259
 first

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.859
 response

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.180
 to

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.099
 suffering

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.519
 and

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:28.900
 it's

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.079
 how

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 Paul

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 responded

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 to

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 look at

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 verse

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 eight

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 he

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.000
 says

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 three

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.980
 times

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 I

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.779
 pleaded

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 with

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.180
 the

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 Lord

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 to

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 take

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 it

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 away

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.759
 from

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 me

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.740
 now

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:40.920
 I

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 know

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 many

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.579
 of

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:41.740
 you

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 have

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 been

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.519
 there

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 crying

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.579
 out

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 through

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 your

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 tears

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.240
 shouting

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.599
 in

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.220
 frustration

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.559
 to

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.960
 God

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.500
 groaning

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.740
 in

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:50.900
 your

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 hurts

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 Lord

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 take

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 it

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.660
 away

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:55.000
 please

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.680
 heal

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.079
 me

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.740
 remove

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.440
 this

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.039
 thorn

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.420
 and

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.680
 some

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:02.819
 of

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 you

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 pray

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.700
 this

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.019
 very

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.480
 same

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 thing

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 for

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 your

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 loved

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 ones

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 as

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 you

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 watch

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 on

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 and

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 as

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 you

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 look

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 on

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 in

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 their

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 struggle

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.119
 and

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.299
 their

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 heartache

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 and

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 their

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 pain

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 you

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 cry

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 out

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 would

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 you

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 take

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 it

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 away

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.399
 from

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 them

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.819
 well

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 God

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.480
 does

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.839
 hear

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 and

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 God

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.279
 does

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 answer

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 rather

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 than

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 remove

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 the

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.539
 thorn

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:29.019
 he

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.480
 gives

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 grace

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.859
 and

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.399
 power

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 to

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 make

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 us

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.440
 strong

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 if

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 you

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:35.839
 have

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.099
 ever

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.619
 prayed

00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:37.000
 this

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 same

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.720
 kind

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:37.920
 of

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 prayer

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.460
 to

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 God

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.259
 and

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 ask

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 the

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 Lord

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.220
 to

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 remove

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.079
 that

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.559
 thorn

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.819
 in

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.019
 your

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.480
 life

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.039
 and

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.180
 it

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.379
 is

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.819
 still

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.240
 there

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 listen

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.299
 to

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.579
 what

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.899
 God

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.240
 says

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.519
 to

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.879
 you

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.559
 verse

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.960
 nine

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:52.299
 my

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.019
 grace

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.940
 is

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.399
 sufficient

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.720
 for

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.019
 you

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.799
 for

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.099
 my

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.700
 power

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.960
 is

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.200
 made

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 perfect

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.740
 in

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 weakness

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:07.339
 I

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.599
 read

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:07.859
 this

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.079
 week

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.299
 the

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.779
 story

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.039
 of

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.339
 a

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.599
 guy

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.960
 called

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 Daniel

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 Ritchie

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 listen

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 to

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.480
 what

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.619
 he

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.059
 says

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.940
 it

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.279
 goes

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.599
 like

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.839
 this

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:17.980
 he

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.160
 says

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.299
 I

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.519
 was

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.980
 born

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.220
 without

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 arms

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.339
 that

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.519
 is

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:22.700
 the

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 best

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.359
 way

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.639
 to

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.059
 summarize

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.660
 my

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.339
 story

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.339
 I

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.839
 stepped

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.179
 into

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.659
 suffering

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:27.919
 at

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.259
 birth

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.439
 my

00:24:29.439 --> 00:24:29.919
 pain

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.419
 almost

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:30.859
 swallowed

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.199
 me

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:32.419
 but

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.019
 Christ

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.899
 showed

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.199
 me

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.619
 how

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.959
 much

00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:35.399
 greater

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.699
 he

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.179
 was

00:24:36.179 --> 00:24:37.480
 I

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.859
 used

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.099
 to

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.439
 think

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.740
 that

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.000
 being

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.379
 born

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.679
 without

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.220
 arms

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.459
 was

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:40.619
 the

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.859
 most

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.299
 horrible

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.699
 thing

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:41.919
 that

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.079
 could

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.299
 ever

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.619
 happen

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.799
 to

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:42.959
 a

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.339
 person

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:45.179
 in

00:24:45.179 --> 00:24:45.799
 Christ

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.119
 he

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.439
 has

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.779
 helped

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.019
 me

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.240
 to

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.480
 say

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.720
 that

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:48.919
 the

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.319
 worst

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.899
 and

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.039
 the

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.259
 most

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.720
 painful

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.139
 thing

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.359
 that

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.500
 has

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.740
 ever

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.059
 happened

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.279
 to

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.579
 me

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.539
 is

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.839
 also

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.099
 the

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.659
 best

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.139
 thing

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.419
 that

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.579
 has

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.839
 ever

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.179
 happened

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.419
 to

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.619
 me

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.799
 I

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:58.960
 am

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.500
 thankful

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.779
 for

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.019
 my

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.419
 pain

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:02.220
 all

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.399
 of

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.539
 the

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.199
 frustration

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.539
 that

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.699
 has

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.059
 come

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.399
 with

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.619
 it

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:05.139
 has

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.579
 reaped

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:05.819
 a

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.199
 bounty

00:25:06.199 --> 00:25:06.519
 that

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.679
 I

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.119
 never

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.419
 could

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:07.579
 have

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.059
 produced

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.339
 on

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.559
 my

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.859
 own

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.279
 God

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.759
 stepped

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.199
 in

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:12.000
 and

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.659
 carried

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.919
 me

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.279
 along

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.460
 in

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:13.679
 my

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.299
 weakness

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.579
 letting

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:15.899
 me

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.419
 taste

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:16.879
 his

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.480
 grace

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.379
 and

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.579
 his

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.299
 strength

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.839
 and

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.279
 love

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.759
 in

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.019
 new

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.539
 ways

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:23.059
 in

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.339
 my

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.839
 pain

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.980
 he

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.240
 has

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.159
 magnified

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.639
 so

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.079
 many

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.980
 of

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.180
 his

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.920
 attributes

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:33.339
 in

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.500
 a

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.879
 mystery

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.180
 that

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.339
 we

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.539
 will

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.920
 always

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.379
 struggle

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.680
 to

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.460
 understand

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.440
 suffering

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.619
 is

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:39.819
 the

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.379
 channel

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.059
 or

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.279
 the

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.139
 conduit

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.759
 through

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.079
 which

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.799
 grace

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.440
 and

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.879
 power

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.379
 flow

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.819
 to

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.299
 us

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.440
 from

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.879
 God

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.579
 suffering

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:49.960
 is

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.500
 the

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.180
 channel

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.620
 through

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:52.960
 which

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.640
 grace

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.180
 and

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.660
 power

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.160
 flow

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.580
 to

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.120
 us

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:57.440
 from

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.880
 God

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.480
 God

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.160
 allows

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.440
 the

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.880
 thorn

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.180
 to

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.700
 remain

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.519
 so

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.720
 that

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:03.880
 we

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.140
 may

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.480
 know

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.660
 and

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.460
 experience

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.060
 Christ

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:07.279
 in a

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.539
 deeper

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 way

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 far

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 more

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 than a

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 temporary

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 glimpse

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 of

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 paradise

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 could

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 ever

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 give

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 you

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 see

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 the

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.480
 place

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.660
 of

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 healing

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 comes

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 when

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 we

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 no

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 longer

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 demand

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.440
 that

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 God

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 remove

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 the

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 thorn

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 rather

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 we

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 humbly

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 come

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 and

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 ask

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 to

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 receive

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 of

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 his

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 grace

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 one

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 writer

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 put it

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 like

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 this

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 those

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 in

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 Christ

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 are

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 to

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 allow

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 the

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 thorns

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 to

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 pin

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.079
 us

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 to

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 Christ

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 who

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 imparts

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.620
 grace

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.480
 to

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 the

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 sufferer

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.180
 our

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 thorns

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:49.000
 bind

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 us

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 to

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.700
 Christ

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 so

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 we

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 never

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 lose

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 is

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 with

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 us

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 so

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 in

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 your

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 cancer

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 we

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.660
 can

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.000
 say

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.480
 Christ

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.759
 is

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.259
 sufficient

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.019
 in

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 our

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.940
 disability

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.580
 Christ

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:08.600
 is

00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.120
 sufficient

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.560
 in

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:10.740
 our

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 battle

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.380
 with

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.880
 sin

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.620
 Christ

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.500
 is

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 sufficient

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.260
 in

00:27:16.260 --> 00:27:16.460
 our

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.020
 struggle

00:27:17.020 --> 00:27:17.280
 and

00:27:17.280 --> 00:27:17.460
 our

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 fight

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.280
 with

00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:18.860
 suffering

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:20.700
 Christ

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:20.980
 is

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 sufficient

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.780
 in

00:27:22.780 --> 00:27:23.000
 your

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.480
 darkest

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.120
 thoughts

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:25.080
 Christ

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.380
 will

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.880
 sustain

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.160
 you

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.580
 in

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:26.780
 your

00:27:26.780 --> 00:27:27.220
 greatest

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.960
 fears

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.600
 his

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 power

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.820
 will

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 keep

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 you

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 look at

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 the end

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 of verse

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 nine

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 therefore

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 I

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 will

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 boast

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.540
 all

00:27:35.540 --> 00:27:35.740
 the

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 more

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.520
 gladly

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:36.960
 about

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.240
 my

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.780
 weaknesses

00:27:37.780 --> 00:27:40.820
 so

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.080
 that

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.559
 Christ

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.119
 power

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:43.559
 might

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.899
 rest

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.119
 on

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 me

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 so

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 Christ

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.859
 is

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.220
 sovereign

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.579
 over

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.819
 our

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.179
 thorns

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:51.480
 he

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.879
 uses

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.199
 our

00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:52.559
 thorns

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.859
 for

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 good

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:54.579
 he

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:54.819
 is

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.480
 sufficient

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.879
 in

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.099
 our

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.539
 thorns

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:59.379
 and

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.619
 then

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.039
 God

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.699
 exalts

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.480
 Christ

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.220
 through

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.639
 our

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.139
 thorns

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.779
 you

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:04.960
 see

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.379
 as we

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.099
 receive

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.019
 God's

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.500
 grace

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.839
 and

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.019
 are

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.579
 strengthened

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.939
 by

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.259
 his

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.779
 power

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.480
 we

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.079
 display

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.379
 the

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.839
 glory

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.099
 of

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.399
 Christ

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.660
 that's

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 what

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.000
 we've

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.139
 been

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 thinking

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.899
 about

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.180
 this

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.579
 morning

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.160
 we

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.480
 talked

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.759
 about

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.920
 it

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.200
 earlier

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.599
 God

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.299
 blesses

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.480
 you

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.019
 abundantly

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.319
 gives

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.480
 you

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.000
 all

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.200
 that

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.339
 you

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.539
 need

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.700
 in

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:20.960
 all

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.299
 things

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.480
 and

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.619
 at

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.819
 all

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.119
 times

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:22.740
 all

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.940
 that

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.099
 you

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.500
 need

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.639
 but

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:25.839
 we

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.420
 receive

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:26.839
 all

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.000
 that

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.139
 we

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.379
 need

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.579
 we

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.220
 receive

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.759
 God's

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.119
 grace

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.359
 and

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.599
 his

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.099
 power

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.200
 so

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.399
 that

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.599
 we

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.899
 might

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.700
 display

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.599
 the

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:33.940
 glory

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.180
 of

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.519
 Christ

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.779
 look

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:34.899
 at

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.119
 verse

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.480
 10

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:37.759
 he

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.039
 says

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 that is

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.900
 why

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.380
 for

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:41.000
 Christ's

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.420
 sake

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.599
 I

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.200
 delight

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.599
 in the

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.079
 weaknesses

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.460
 the

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:45.079
 insults

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.220
 the

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.700
 hardships

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.019
 the

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.819
 persecutions

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.079
 and

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.700
 difficulties

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:49.120
 for

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:50.180
 Christ's

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.599
 sake

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.500
 you

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.699
 see

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:52.899
 the

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.579
 sufferings

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.779
 that

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.000
 you

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.179
 and

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.379
 I

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.679
 might

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:54.959
 go

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.359
 through

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.319
 are

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.619
 not

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.259
 ultimately

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.719
 about

00:28:57.719 --> 00:28:58.079
 me

00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:00.759
 it's

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.079
 about

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.699
 Christ

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.039
 who

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.559
 supplies

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.219
 all

00:29:03.219 --> 00:29:03.480
 that

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.719
 we

00:29:03.719 --> 00:29:04.240
 need

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.819
 so

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.039
 that

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.399
 all

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.719
 might

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.000
 see

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.240
 that

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.619
 Christ

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.879
 is

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.339
 sufficient

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:09.699
 I'm

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:09.799
 going to

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.119
 say that

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.419
 again

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.719
 because I

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.039
 want us

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.199
 to

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.719
 grasp

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.019
 it

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.599
 the

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.299
 sufferings

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.519
 we

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.819
 go

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.179
 through

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.500
 are

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.799
 not

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.439
 ultimately

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:15.919
 about

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.359
 me

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.919
 and

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.219
 my

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.679
 life

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:19.240
 it's

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.459
 all

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:19.799
 about

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.379
 Christ

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.680
 who

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.200
 supplies

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.540
 all

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:21.680
 that

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:21.860
 we

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.260
 need

00:29:22.260 --> 00:29:22.860
 so

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.140
 that

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.600
 all

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:23.960
 might

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.340
 see

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.640
 that

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.120
 Christ

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.420
 is

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.000
 sufficient

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:30.220
 Derek

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.720
 Redmond

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.460
 you might

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.960
 know him

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.260
 as an

00:29:32.260 --> 00:29:32.720
 athlete

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:34.100
 was

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.420
 running

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.780
 in the

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:35.480
 semifinals

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.880
 of the

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.440
 Barcelona

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.980
 Olympics

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.840
 and

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.180
 as he

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.520
 rounded

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:39.840
 the

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.160
 last

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.600
 bend

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.400
 he

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:42.100
 fell

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.480
 in

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.920
 agony

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.020
 unable

00:29:44.020 --> 00:29:44.340
 to

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.520
 get

00:29:44.520 --> 00:29:44.840
 up

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:46.000
 and

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.340
 from

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.560
 the

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.020
 stands

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:47.340
 this

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.680
 man

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.020
 came

00:29:48.020 --> 00:29:48.380
 running

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.720
 onto

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:48.940
 the

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.360
 track

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.859
 it

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.059
 was

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.699
 Derek's

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.399
 father

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:54.339
 he

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.679
 came

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:54.899
 to

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 his

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 son

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 lifted

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 him

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 to

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 his

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 feet

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 put

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 his

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 arm

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 underneath

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.639
 his

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.079
 son's

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 shoulders

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.639
 and

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:01.759
 they

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.079
 began

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.359
 to

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 walk

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 and

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.819
 as

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.099
 they

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.579
 crossed

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.919
 that

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.419
 line

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:10.099
 65,000

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.639
 people

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.179
 in that

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.779
 stadium

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.839
 rose

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.279
 to their

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 feet

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.000
 to

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 applaud

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.679
 not

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:15.859
 the

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.119
 winner

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 of

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 the

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 race

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 nobody

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 knew

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 who

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 the

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:19.919
 winner

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.279
 was

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.439
 on

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.619
 that

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:20.919
 day

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.879
 not

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 the

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.559
 athlete

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.779
 who

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:22.919
 was

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:23.259
 carried

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.679
 across

00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:23.919
 the

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.219
 line

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:25.439
 but

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.659
 to

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.339
 applaud

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.199
 the

00:30:27.199 --> 00:30:27.679
 father

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.580
 in

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.220
 my

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.960
 weakness

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.299
 in

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.840
 your

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.680
 weakness

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.400
 the

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.080
 grace

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.660
 of

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.259
 Christ

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.240
 comes

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.860
 alongside

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.560
 and

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:41.140
 lifts

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 us

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.860
 up

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 and

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.740
 gets

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.180
 underneath

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.640
 our

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.160
 shoulders

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.920
 and

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.320
 gives

00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:47.620
 us

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:47.960
 his

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.539
 power

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:50.500
 so

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.759
 that

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:50.960
 the

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.460
 grace

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.680
 and

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.839
 the

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.240
 power

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.420
 and

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.579
 the

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.960
 wonder

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.139
 and

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.299
 the

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.639
 beauty

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:53.879
 of

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.339
 Christ

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.920
 would

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.159
 be

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:55.839
 displayed

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.240
 to

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.460
 the

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.960
 world

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.319
 so

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.579
 that

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.019
 all

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.440
 might

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.879
 know

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.460
 that

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.019
 Christ

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.859
 is

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.700
 enough

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.619
 in

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:03.859
 your

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.579
 struggles

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:06.259
 in

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.720
 our

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.639
 sufferings

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.779
 Christ

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.700
 gets

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.960
 the

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.619
 applause

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:12.980
 that

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.159
 is

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.619
 why

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.119
 verse

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.579
 10

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.619
 for

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.700
 Christ's

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.079
 sake

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.119
 for

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.539
 his

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.119
 glory

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.899
 I

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.539
 delight

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.480
 in

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.059
 weakness

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.399
 it's

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.799
 not a

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.159
 forced

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.599
 smile

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:25.839
 or

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.220
 jumping

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.559
 around

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.819
 with

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.199
 joy

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:28.619
 but

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:28.839
 that

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.119
 inner

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.720
 deep

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:31.099
 delight

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.240
 that

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.659
 when

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.099
 I

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.319
 am

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.779
 weak

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.519
 I

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.720
 am

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.259
 strong

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.539
 people

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.879
 will

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.299
 see

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.019
 grace

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.000
 in

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.279
 your

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.720
 life

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.759
 and

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.059
 he

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.339
 will

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.740
 get

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.579
 the

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.039
 glory

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:49.440
 what

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.619
 we're

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:49.960
 saying

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.420
 here

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.639
 is that

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:51.859
 the

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.399
 sufferings

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.859
 we go

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.259
 through

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.859
 are not

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.180
 about

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.539
 me

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.259
 and

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.399
 they're

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.539
 not

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.839
 about

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.139
 you

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:59.539
 in

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.960
 fact

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.980
 the

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.480
 thorns

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.759
 in

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.039
 our

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.619
 flesh

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:04.240
 point

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.799
 beyond

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.420
 us

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.079
 to the

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.500
 crown

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.759
 of

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.200
 thorns

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.500
 that

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.980
 pierced

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.680
 Christ's

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.139
 flesh

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:13.140
 suffering

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.200
 my

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.800
 suffering

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:15.440
 points

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.780
 to

00:32:15.780 --> 00:32:16.960
 Christ's

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.440
 suffering

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.420
 the

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.700
 one

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.900
 who

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.540
 received

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:19.840
 the

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.220
 thorn

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.420
 of

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.880
 judgment

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.240
 for

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.600
 me

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.800
 so

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.120
 that

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.860
 grace

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.460
 might

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.259
 continually

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.020
 and

00:32:26.020 --> 00:32:26.620
 forever

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.740
 overflow

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.540
 to

00:32:28.540 --> 00:32:28.900
 me

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:32.520
 Christ

00:32:32.520 --> 00:32:33.000
 prayed

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.340
 in the

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.700
 garden

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.080
 three

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.740
 times

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.780
 Lord

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:37.300
 remove

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.620
 this

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.880
 cup

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.140
 from

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.440
 me

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:40.040
 not

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.380
 my

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.740
 will

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.859
 but

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.200
 your

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.460
 will

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.660
 be

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.980
 done

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.519
 and

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.819
 God

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.240
 answered

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.519
 that

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.920
 prayer

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.200
 and

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.740
 grace

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.140
 has

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.779
 flowed

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.579
 from

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:49.900
 him

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.200
 to

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.680
 us

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.940
 all

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.160
 that

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.319
 we

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.759
 need

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.519
 in

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.779
 all

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.359
 times

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.960
 in

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.160
 all

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.339
 of

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.720
 life

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.240
 a

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.819
 grace

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.359
 that

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.539
 is

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.920
 so

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.539
 sufficient

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.460
 a

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.960
 power

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.539
 that

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.740
 is

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.039
 so

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.640
 strong

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.120
 it

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.299
 will

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.779
 keep

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.079
 you

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.519
 in

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.720
 your

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.120
 worst

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.539
 days

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.740
 of

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.420
 sufferings

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.900
 and

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.120
 will

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.599
 bring

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:06.859
 you

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.120
 to

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.700
 paradise

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.380
 itself

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.960
 not

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.299
 just

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.519
 a

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.920
 glimpse

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.180
 or

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.359
 a

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.660
 moment

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.279
 vision

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.540
 of

00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:12.259
 paradise

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.540
 but

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.279
 eternal

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.980
 joy

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.840
 forever

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.620
 and

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.279
 forever

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.440
 and

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.840
 on

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.180
 that

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.620
 day

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.279
 all

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.820
 heaven

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.360
 and

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.660
 all

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.019
 earth

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.519
 will

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.040
 join

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.360
 in

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.980
 unison

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.540
 and

00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:25.320
 applaud

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.620
 the

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.360
 sufficient

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.400
 grace

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.000
 and

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.500
 power

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.740
 of

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.120
 God

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:31.420
 for

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.720
 your

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.240
 life

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.400
 and

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.640
 my

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.180
 life

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.960
 Christ

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:37.420
 gets

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.680
 the

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.120
 glory

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.059
 through

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.079
 through

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.399
 your

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.279
 sufferings

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.899
 and

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.379
 people

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.659
 will

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.059
 see

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.339
 in

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.619
 your

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.059
 life

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.859
 that

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.379
 Christ

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.099
 is

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.599
 sufficient

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.519
 for

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.919
 you

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.759
 and

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:47.979
 for

00:33:47.979 --> 00:33:48.379
 all

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.599
 who

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:48.799
 will

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.059
 turn

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.259
 to

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.619
 him

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:51.679
 applaud

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.079
 him

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.259
 he

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.779
 deserves

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.139
 it

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.500
 let us

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.819
 pray

00:33:55.819 --> 00:34:12.639
 father

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.980
 we feel

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.159
 the

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.699
 tension

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.299
 we

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.679
 feel

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:17.920
 the

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.460
 wrestle

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 in

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 our

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 own

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 hearts

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 and

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 lives

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 to

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 understand

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 these

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 big

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 questions

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 of

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 thorns

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 and

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 suffering

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 that we

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 experience

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 but yet

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 in the

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 midst

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 of our

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 wrestle

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 and

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 struggle

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 we

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 have

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 come

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 to

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 see

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 sufficient

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 Christ

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 is

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 enough

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 we

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 praise

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 you

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 today

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 that

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 you

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 do

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 not

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 leave

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 us

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 or

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 abandon

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 us

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 but

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 will

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 give

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.699
 us

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:55.900
 the

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 power

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 and

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 strength

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 that

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 ensure

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 that

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 we

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.019
 will

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.299
 go

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.659
 from

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 this

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.400
 life

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.539
 into

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.940
 our

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.559
 eternal

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.900
 destiny

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 that

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 can

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 never

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 be

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 changed

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.559
 the

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 new

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.139
 heaven

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.340
 and

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.460
 the

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.639
 new

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.019
 earth

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.779
 we

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.019
 look

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.420
 forward

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.659
 to

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:15.980
 that

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.780
 and

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.059
 right

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.320
 now

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:18.519
 we

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.780
 say

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.139
 thank

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.280
 you

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.480
 for

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.659
 your

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.059
 grace

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.320
 that

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.500
 will

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.980
 sustain

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.400
 us

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.960
 in

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.300
 Jesus

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.699
 name

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:23.920
 we

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.280
 pray

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.920
 amen

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:29.940
 we

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.000
 are

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.119
 going

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.240
 to

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.559
 sing

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:35.440
 and

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.500
 it's

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.840
 a song

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.019
 we

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.180
 can

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.460
 sing

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.639
 in

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.300
 response

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.260
 Christ

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:40.280
 is

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.579
 my

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.139
 reward

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.500
 and

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.000
 all

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.139
 of

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.420
 my

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:44.320
 and

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.639
 things

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:46.280
 of

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:58.000
ity

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.180
 for

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 immediate

00:35:58.340 --> 00:36:00.139
 life

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.380
 to

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.960
 love