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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture, a calming

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Speaker 1: scripture-centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each day

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Speaker 1: with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 1: Right after this short word from our sponsors, we'll reflect

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Speaker 1: on tonight's scripture and Luke chapter 6. Tonight's scripture reflection

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Speaker 1: is written by Amanda Eidelman and read by Carrie Eichberger.

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Speaker 2: Luke chapter 6.

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Speaker 1: One Sabbath, Jesus was going through the grain fields, and

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Speaker 1: his disciples began to pick some heads of grain. rub

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Speaker 1: them in their hands, and eat the kernels. Some of

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Speaker 1: the Pharisees asked, Why are you doing what is unlawful

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Speaker 1: on the Sabbath? Jesus answered, Have you never read what

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Speaker 1: David did when he and his companions were hungry? He

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Speaker 1: entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread,

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Speaker 1: he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat.

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Speaker 2: And he also gave some to his companions. Then Jesus said.

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Speaker 1: To them, The Son of Man is the Lord of

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Speaker 1: the Sabbath. On another Sabbath, he went into the synagogue

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Speaker 1: and was teaching, and a man was there whose right

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Speaker 1: hand was shriveled. The Pharisees and the teachers of the

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Speaker 1: law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so

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Speaker 1: they watched him closely to see if he would heal

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Speaker 1: on the Sabbath. But Jesus knew what they were thinking

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Speaker 1: and said to the man with the shriveled hand, Get

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Speaker 1: up and stand in front of everyone.

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Speaker 2: So he got up and stood there.

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Speaker 1: Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, which is

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Speaker 1: lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil,

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Speaker 1: to save life, or to destroy it. He looked around

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Speaker 1: at them all, and then said to the men, Stretch

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Speaker 1: out your hand. He did so, and his hand was

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Speaker 1: completely restored. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the

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Speaker 1: law were furious and began to discuss with one another

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Speaker 1: what they might do to Jesus.

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Speaker 2: One of those days, Jesus.

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Speaker 1: Went out to a mountainside to pray and spent the

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Speaker 1: night praying to God. When morning came, he called his

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Speaker 1: disciples to him. and chose twelve of them, whom he

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Speaker 1: also designated apostles, Simon, whom he named Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James,

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Speaker 1: son of Alphaeus, Simon, who was called the Zealot, Judas,

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Speaker 1: son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Speaker 1: He went down with them and stood on a level place.

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Speaker 1: A large crowd of his disciples was there, and a

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Speaker 1: great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem,

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Speaker 1: and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, who

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Speaker 1: had come to hear him and to be healed of

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Speaker 1: their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, and

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Speaker 1: the people all tried to touch him, because power was

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Speaker 1: coming from him and healing them all. Looking at his disciples,

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Speaker 1: he said, Blessed are you who are poor, for yours

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Speaker 1: is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now,

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Speaker 1: for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now,

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Speaker 1: for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you,

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Speaker 1: when they exclude you and insult you and reject your

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Speaker 1: name as evil because of the sin of man.

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Speaker 2: Rejoice in that.

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Speaker 1: Day and leap for joy, because great is your reward

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Speaker 1: in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

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Speaker 1: But woe to you who are rich, for you have

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Speaker 1: already received your comfort Woe to you who are well

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Speaker 1: fed now, for you will go hungry.

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Speaker 2: Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn

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Speaker 2: and weep.

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Speaker 1: Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for

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Speaker 1: that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

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Speaker 2: But to you who are listening, I say, love your enemies.

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Speaker 1: Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who

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Speaker 1: curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. If someone

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Speaker 1: slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also.

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Speaker 1: If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt

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Speaker 1: from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if

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Speaker 1: anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

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Speaker 1: Do to others as you would have them do to you.

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Speaker 1: If you love those who love you, what credit is

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Speaker 1: that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

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Speaker 1: And if you do good to those who are good

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Speaker 1: to you, what credit is that to you?

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Speaker 2: Even sinners do that.

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Speaker 1: And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment,

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Speaker 1: what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners,

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Speaker 1: expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies,

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Speaker 1: do good to them, and lend to them without expecting

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Speaker 1: to get anything back. Then your reward will be great,

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Speaker 1: and you will be children of the Most High, because

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Speaker 1: He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful,

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Speaker 1: just as your Father is merciful. Do not judge. and

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Speaker 1: you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you

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Speaker 1: will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give,

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Speaker 1: and it will be given to you. A good measure,

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Speaker 1: pressed down, shaken together and.

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Speaker 2: Running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the.

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Speaker 1: Measure you use, it will be measured to you. He

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Speaker 1: also told them this parable. Can the blind lead the blind?

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Speaker 1: Will they not both fall into a pit? The student

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Speaker 1: is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully

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Speaker 1: trained will be like their teacher. Why do you look

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Speaker 1: at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and

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Speaker 1: pay no.

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Speaker 2: Attention to the plank in your own eye?

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Speaker 1: How can you say to your brother, Brother, let me

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Speaker 1: take the speck out of your eye, when you yourself

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Speaker 1: fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite,

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Speaker 1: first take the plank out of your eye, and then

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Speaker 1: you will see clearly to remove the speck from your

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Speaker 1: brother's eye. No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does

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Speaker 1: a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized

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Speaker 1: by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from

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Speaker 1: thorn bushes or grapes from briars. A good man brings

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Speaker 1: good things out of the good stored up in his heart,

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Speaker 1: and an evil man brings evil things out of the

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Speaker 1: evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks

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Speaker 1: what the heart is full of. Why do you call me, Lord, Lord,

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Speaker 1: and do not do what I say? As for everyone

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Speaker 1: who comes to me and hears my words and puts

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Speaker 1: them into practice, I will show you what they are like.

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Speaker 1: They are like a man building a house who.

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Speaker 2: Dug down deep and laid foundation on rock.

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Speaker 1: When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but

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Speaker 1: could not shake it, because it.

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Speaker 2: Was well built.

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Speaker 1: But the one who hears my words and does not

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Speaker 1: put them into practice is like a man who built

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Speaker 1: a house on the.

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Speaker 2: Ground without a foundation.

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Speaker 1: The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed, and

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Speaker 1: its destruction was complete. Oftentimes, as American Christians, we read

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Speaker 1: the Bible and consume Christian content, but still can miss

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Speaker 1: out on the power that these things should have on

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Speaker 1: how we live our lives.

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Speaker 2: Our Christian life can feel more like checking.

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Speaker 1: Extra items on a very full to-do list than something

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Speaker 1: we are compelled to embody because of the love of

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Speaker 1: Christ that lives in us. We have to be careful

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Speaker 1: not to just go through the motions, but to allow

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Speaker 1: the truth of the gospel to truly define how we live.

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Speaker 1: When we live with a joyful salvation, our lives begin

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Speaker 1: to stand out. When the world is filled with despair,

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Speaker 1: we can shout out confidently that the best is yet

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Speaker 1: to come. When trials enter our stories, we can rely

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Speaker 1: on the peace that surpasses understanding. When the world says

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Speaker 1: anything goes, we can find comfort in the guardrails the

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Speaker 1: Bible lays out for our lives. When the world wants

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Speaker 1: to push us down, we can turn the other cheek.

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Speaker 1: None of the ways we live differently is due to

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Speaker 1: our strength.

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Speaker 2: Every choice to.

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Speaker 1: Show our enemy the love of Christ is empowered by

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Speaker 1: God's life-giving spirit. Power is the thing we miss out

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Speaker 1: on when we see faith as.

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Speaker 2: More of a chore than a joy. Power of the.

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is what helps us live differently in this

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Speaker 1: dark and chaotic world. As you seek to live as

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Speaker 1: Christ instructs us to do in Luke 6, as a

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Speaker 1: person who loves their enemies, that doesn't judge others, that

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Speaker 1: is filled with wisdom, is humble, and honors God, remember

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit is there to empower you even when

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Speaker 1: the world pushes back. He gently leads us closer to Christ.

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Speaker 1: The Spirit teaches us God's better way. Dial into the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit so you don't miss what He's doing in

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Speaker 1: your life right now. Father, I thank you that your

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Speaker 1: way is better. Help me to do more than go

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Speaker 1: through the motions of my faith. Let your love be

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Speaker 1: what compels me to be different. Help me to be

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Speaker 1: sensitive to your Holy Spirit. relying on the Spirit's gentle

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Speaker 1: leadership as I seek to follow you. Renew in my

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Speaker 1: heart the joy of my salvation. Give me the strength

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Speaker 1: I need to stand strong when the world pushes back.

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Speaker 2: Amen. How did tonight's scripture speak to you?

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