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Speaker 5: She saw this little old man sitting on his front porch,

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Speaker 5: your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is

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Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 5: to you today about defining moments. We all make hundreds

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Speaker 5: I know it's not very macho to run from a woman,

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Speaker 5: for you today. Run and joel, I'm not gonna do anything.

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Speaker 5: Let me make it more practical. Maybe you're trying to

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Speaker 5: give you the grace to overcome what you can't get

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Speaker 5: Instead of running from the temptation, he said, thank you Jesus.

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Speaker 5: When we let our feelings rule us, we never make

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Speaker 5: skillful hunter. It was just a matter of time before

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Speaker 5: cost him a lifetime blessing. He gave away something extremely

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