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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victorium. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to have you with us today,

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Speaker 1: with us during the week. We have a daily podcast.

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Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start with something funny

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Speaker 1: and I heard about this elderly pastor. He was close

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Speaker 1: to death. He sent word for two of his members,

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Speaker 1: an ours agent and a lawyer to come to his house.

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Speaker 1: Upon arrival, he motioned for them to sit on each

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Speaker 1: side of the bed. The men were very moved that

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Speaker 1: they could be with the minister in his final moments.

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Speaker 1: Point the lawyer asked, Sir, why did you choose both

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Speaker 1: of us? The minister mustered up some strength and said

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Speaker 1: Jesus died between two sinners, and that's the way I

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Speaker 1: want to go. All right, say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about abiding, not striving. It's

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Speaker 1: easy to go through life thinking we have to make

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Speaker 1: make our child do right. There's this constant pressure, always

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Speaker 1: something we need to fix, some area we need to

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Speaker 1: improve in. So we live striving, trying to force a

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Speaker 1: door to open. Do better then will gain approval. Work harder,

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Speaker 1: then we'll get the good break. It's like there's a

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Speaker 1: war going on inside. No rest, no peace. You weren't

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Speaker 1: created to live that way. Psalm forty six says be

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Speaker 1: still and know that I am God. One translation says,

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Speaker 1: stop your striving and know that I am God. As

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Speaker 1: long as you're in this striving mode trying to fix everything,

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Speaker 1: thinking that it's all up to you. Then you're not

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Speaker 1: going to know he's God. You're not going to see

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Speaker 1: his favor and his goodness like you should. It's very

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Speaker 1: freeing when you realize you don't have to make everything happen.

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Speaker 1: If you'll keep God first place, he'll bring the good

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Speaker 1: breaks to you. He'll cause the right doors to open.

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Speaker 1: He'll send the healing. All striving is doing is wearing

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Speaker 1: you out, causing you to feel overwhelmed, can't sleep at night,

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Speaker 1: have digestive problems. Take the pressure off. It's not your

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Speaker 1: job to fix everything. You can't make people do what's right,

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Speaker 1: make your coworker like you, make your business grow. Your

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Speaker 1: job is to be your best each day. Honor God

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Speaker 1: and he will bring dreams to past He'll turn negative

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Speaker 1: situations around, even areas you need to improve in. Don't

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Speaker 1: be down on yourself because you're not where you want

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Speaker 1: to be. God is the potter you were the claim.

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Speaker 1: He's changing you from glory to glory. You can't make

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Speaker 1: yourself grow any faster than He has planned. You may

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Speaker 1: not be where you want to be, but learn to

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Speaker 1: enjoy the glory that you're in right now. How much

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Speaker 1: more peace could you have if you got out of

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Speaker 1: the striving mode. How much more would you enjoy your

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Speaker 1: Quit trying to do what only he can do. It's

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Speaker 1: not work harder, perform better, then it will happen. Live

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Speaker 1: from a place of peace, do your best, and then rest.

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Speaker 1: When you stop striving, you'll know He's God. He'll make

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Speaker 1: things happen that you couldn't make happen. John chapter fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Jesus was talking to his disciples. This was one of

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Speaker 1: the last times they would be together before he was crucified.

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Speaker 1: He said in verse five, I am divine. You are

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Speaker 1: the branches. If you abide in Me, you will bear

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Speaker 1: much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

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Speaker 1: Imagine how important these words were. He could have talked

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Speaker 1: to them about performing miracles, being strong, starting new churches,

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Speaker 1: but when he was about to leave, he told them,

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Speaker 1: fulfill your destiny. Abide in Me and you will bear

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Speaker 1: much fruit. The word abide in the original language means

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Speaker 1: to depend, to relate on, to relax. He was saying,

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Speaker 1: the opposite. If you'll work harder, put in more effort,

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Speaker 1: strive you'll bear much fruit. But if you'll abide, you'll

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Speaker 1: see increase, you'll see favor. See. Faith has a rest

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Speaker 1: when you don't see how something can work out. The

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Speaker 1: start abiding, Stay in peace. God, I know you're still

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Speaker 1: As long as you're striving, you're limited to what you

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Speaker 1: can accomplish. The problem is we all face giants that

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Speaker 1: can do nothing. You can't overcome that challenge. You can't

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Speaker 1: When you're abiding, there's a force that breathes in your direction,

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Speaker 1: a favor that opens doors that you couldn't open, that

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Speaker 1: increase that will catapult you into your destiny. One of

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Speaker 1: the best prayers we can pray every morning is God,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to relax in you. I believe because I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that we sit back and do nothing.

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Speaker 1: We have to use our gifts, be our best, but

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Speaker 1: don't become dependent on just your ability, your efforts, thinking

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Speaker 1: that you have to make it happen. Do what you can,

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Speaker 1: you're abiding in him, you're going to bear not a

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Speaker 1: little fruit, not some fruit, but much fruit. If you'll

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Speaker 1: start abiding and not just striving, you're going to see

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Speaker 1: Someone says, aren't you worried about your child? He's not

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Speaker 1: I'm trusting, I'm believing. I know that God's in control. Well,

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Speaker 1: you lost that big contract, aren't you upset? No? I

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Speaker 1: Are you striving or are you abiding? There are plenty

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Speaker 1: of opportunities to strive. We can all live worried, stressed,

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Speaker 1: your father knows what you need. He knows what you're facing,

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Speaker 1: He knows the dreams he's placed in your heart. He

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Speaker 1: sees the struggles, the unfair situations, the times you were

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Speaker 1: his hand. He hasn't let go of you. You may

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Speaker 1: But if you're going to feel his strength, see his favor,

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Speaker 1: see this problem turn around. It's significant that Jesus used

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Speaker 1: You're not the vine. The vine is where the lemon

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Speaker 1: is getting nutrients. That's what's causing it to develop pulp,

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Speaker 1: how everything is going to work out. God has already

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Speaker 1: planned out all of your days. There's not a problem

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Speaker 1: to bloom like that lemon. He's developing in you what

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Speaker 1: And you shouldn't live with that unrest on the inside,

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Speaker 1: This doesn't happen if you're striving, trying to do it

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Speaker 1: all on your own. It happens if you're abiding, trusting him,

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Speaker 1: not worried, not stressed, but relaxed knowing that He's in

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Speaker 1: I need you today. I'm gonna stay connected to the vine.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be my best, use my talents, work hard.

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Speaker 1: But God, I'm trusting you to bring the increase I know.

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Speaker 1: Apart from you, I can do nothing. You don't have

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Speaker 1: to go through life all worked up on edge. Today

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Speaker 1: can be a turning point. Come out from under that pressure.

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Speaker 1: You can't fix everyone, change everything. That's not your job.

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Speaker 1: God is saying to you what he said to the

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Speaker 1: people thousands of years ago. Stop your striving, be still,

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Speaker 1: and you will know that I am God. If you'll

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Speaker 1: make this decision to abide and not strive, I believe

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Speaker 1: and declare you're not only going to enjoy life more,

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Speaker 1: but you're going to bear much fruit. Like David, promotion

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Speaker 1: is going to come looking for you things you didn't

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Speaker 1: see coming. Healing, restoration, the right people, new levels of

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Speaker 1: your destiny in Jesus' name, And if you receive it,

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Speaker 1: can you say amen, I'd like to give you an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your live. Would

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Speaker 1: you pray with me. Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent

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Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you

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Speaker 1: my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer,

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Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. We'd love to send

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Speaker 1: If you'll just go to the website or text the

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Speaker 2: Three minutes can such a small amount of time make

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Speaker 2: a big difference to your day to turn worry into confidence,

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Speaker 2: frustration to hope, defeat to victory. Maybe you just need

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Speaker 1: When we put God first place and get our thinking

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Speaker 1: My challenge is when you wake up, before you leave

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Speaker 1: the house, take three minutes to speak blessings over your

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Speaker 1: life and to declare God's favor get your mind going

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Speaker 1: in the right direction. When you do that, you're setting

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Speaker 1: yourself up for a blessed, victorious day.

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Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 2: of any size to the ministry. This month, Joel and

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Speaker 2: Victoria would like to send you this just released life

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Speaker 2: giving new daily devotional. Before your feet hit the ground

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Speaker 2: or go out the door, have your heart experience a

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Speaker 2: three hundred and sixty five day devotional, three Minute Mornings,

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Speaker 2: You'll experience God showering down his favor like never before.

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Speaker 2: You'll focus on the better that is coming and fully

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Speaker 2: realize the freedom of not worrying about tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Victoria, I pray for you and your family every day.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support. You're

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Speaker 1: making a difference all over the world. Remember you can

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Speaker 1: watch the services online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast,

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Speaker 1: listen on Sirius XM. But until we meet again, mid

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Speaker 1: the Lord bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Three Minute Mornings today.

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Speaker 1: Joel