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Speaker 1: Life Audio from the Salvation Army. Welcome to Heartbeat. If

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Speaker 1: you've been in a dark place lately, maybe you feel

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Speaker 1: like you've wandered off spiritually, like you don't quite belong,

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Speaker 1: like you're unseen or forgotten. I want you to hear this.

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Speaker 1: In the Parable of the Lost Sheep from Matthew Chapter eighteen,

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Speaker 1: Jesus describes as shepherd who leaves ninety nine sheep just

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Speaker 1: to go after the one that's missing. One not the strongest,

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Speaker 1: not the loudest, the one that wandered, the one that

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Speaker 1: couldn't find its way back. That's how God sees you,

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Speaker 1: not as a part of the crowd, but as someone

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Speaker 1: worth pursuing. Even in your darkest moments, even when your

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Speaker 1: mind tells you you're too far gone, God is still

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Speaker 1: moving towards you. He doesn't wait for you to fix yourself.

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Speaker 1: He comes to find you. The Shepherd knows your name,

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Speaker 1: and he will go to the ends of the earth

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Speaker 1: just to bring you home. For more episodes of Heartbeat,

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Speaker 1: visit Salvation Army Radio dot org. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for listening to Heartbeat. We want to thank the team

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Speaker 1: at Life Audio for their partnership with us on the show.

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Speaker 1: Visit lifeaudio dot com or you'll find dozens of other

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Speaker 1: faith centered podcasts in their network. They have shows about prayer,

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Speaker 1: Bible studying, parenting, and more. Thanks again for listening, we'll

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