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Speaker 1: Acts nineteen seventeen. Through the power of the Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: In Ephesus story, Paul established the Corinthian Church. The wicked

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Speaker 2: Ephesus begins with Paul and just twelve men willing to

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Speaker 3: previous time together, we heard how Paul journeyed to Corinth

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Speaker 3: with Paul to Ephesus as he begins yet another church

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Speaker 4: The cool breeze and the Corinthian shore faded. As Paul

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Speaker 3: With faith, we can win our spiritual battles with spiritual weapons.

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Speaker 3: Dear God, thank you for the Word of God and

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Speaker 3: change lives. We remember that we face spiritual battles every day,

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Speaker 3: of God and the testimony of Jesus, in whose name

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