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Speaker 4: out with my backpack. Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 4: to you today about pulled strings. It's easy to go

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Speaker 4: your future. Your life has been divinely orchestrated. God has

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Speaker 4: determined the end from the beginning. He's already laid out

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Speaker 4: people you need. He's just in control of you. He's

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Speaker 4: dream for your life is bigger than your own. That

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Speaker 4: When you know your life is divinely orchestrated, that nothing

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Speaker 4: It's on the blueprint. Jeremiah said. God's plans for you

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Speaker 4: things haven't worked out. You're still connected. God has a

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Speaker 4: Just imagine God's hand outstretched above you, pulling strings, directing

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