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Speaker 1: Enjoy today's message. Well, God bless you. It's great to

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Speaker 1: of one of our services. I like to talk with

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Speaker 1: In the beginning, God created the earth and rested. Then

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Speaker 1: Garden of Eden, saying like you mean it. This is

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 1: to you today about not counting on people. Sometimes we're

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Speaker 1: problem and with counting on people is people can change.

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