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Speaker 4: I heard about this single man. He was sitting on

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Speaker 4: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 4: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 4: about protect your peace. We should get up each morning

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Speaker 4: believing for a good day, expecting favor, knowing that God

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Speaker 4: Well, how do you get your spare tire at the

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Speaker 4: He's entrusted us with life. He could have chosen anyone

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Speaker 4: The way to honor God is to get up each

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Speaker 4: Shake off the offenses, shake off what somebody said, shake

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Speaker 4: He knows what was unfair, He knows how you were treated.

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Speaker 4: I would do this, but these people at work don't

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Speaker 6: But if you don't put your shoes of peace on,

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Speaker 4: Then even though you have all the other armor on,

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