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Speaker 1: In Jesus's name, Amen, thanks for making prayer a priority

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Speaker 2: Com Faithful in the Prison. Before this story, we learned

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Speaker 2: Joseph had become a great blessing to the prison out

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Speaker 3: as one day two new prisoners are placed in the

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Speaker 3: thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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