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Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 3: about this burglar that broke into a home one night.

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Speaker 3: As he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice saying,

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Speaker 3: Jesus is watching you. He froze in his tracks, shined

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Speaker 3: He said, my name is Moses. The burglar laughed, said

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Speaker 3: He said, the same kind of people that would name

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Speaker 3: a one hundred and fifty pounds Rotweller, Jesus, say you

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Speaker 3: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am

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Speaker 3: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 3: Jesus said, if you believe, all things are possible. The

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Speaker 3: You are forgiven, you are redeemed. When the accuser whispers

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