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Episode 12-Purpose in the Pain (Romans 8:28) · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: Good morning, sisters.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: This is a new day, and we have every reason to be glad and rejoice.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rose, your host, and I thank you for joining me here at the well for a time of rejoicing.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: God has allowed us one more day.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: I want to stop and make this personal.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: God has given me one more year, and I'm so grateful.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: I give him all the praise and glory for keeping me thus far.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, Lord, for keeping me.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: We gotta tell God, thank you more.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Sister, I was thinking about the lyrics from the late Benny Wright, where she says, in order to get something, you got to give something.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: She was singing about no pain, no gain.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: And isn't that the truth in our walk with Christ?
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Today's episode is entitled Purpose in the Pain.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: There are times we want to win, but not put in the work.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: Then there are times we put in the work but did not see the win.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: Today, I want to express whether you win or lose.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a purpose in the pain because God uses everything for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're gonna look at Esther chapter 4, verses 13 through 14, Romans chapter 8, verse 28, and John chapter 10, verse 10.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: So, ladies, get your coffee, your tea, your lemon water, or whatever water you like to indulge in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And don't forget your Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's dive into the word and see Esther's risk versus the Romans 828 comes.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Let's pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, we thank you for this time and your word.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thank you for meeting us here at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, open our hearts and minds to understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to lean and depend on you in times of struggle and times of pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: And help us to understand that all pain has a purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it is through your divine power that we will see the gain of that purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is something good in our pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, Heavenly Father, help us understand this, and then give us the strength to go through and believe and have faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name I pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's begin reading from Esther chapter 4, verses 13 through 14.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Malachi told them to answer Esther, Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king palace any more than all the other Jews.
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  SPEAKER_00: For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you and your father's house will perish.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet, who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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  SPEAKER_00: Malachi was Esther's oldest cousin.
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  SPEAKER_00: Older cousin.
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  SPEAKER_00: Scripture says in Esther chapter 2, verse 7, When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
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  SPEAKER_00: In this biblical story, Esther became the king's wife.
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  SPEAKER_00: The story goes on that a man named Haman was plotting to kill all Jews throughout the Persian Empire.
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  SPEAKER_00: Haman had manipulated the king to give a decree for this plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now again, let's remember, Esther was the queen.
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  SPEAKER_00: But there's another important fact.
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  SPEAKER_00: She was Jewish.
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  SPEAKER_00: A fact that she kept a secret.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mordecai sent word to Esther about this plan, persuading her to help.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, of course, Esther was put into a situation that was complicated.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was painful.
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  SPEAKER_00: But again, no pain, no game.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, Esther could be punished for approaching the king when he had not called for her.
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  SPEAKER_00: She also could be killed because she was a Jew as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Esther was in the position to do the work, even though it was terrifying work.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mordecai helped her to see that her position wasn't an accident.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was for such a time as this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Esther's position of influence may not have been accidental.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because, see, you understand?
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  SPEAKER_00: God will place you where he needs you to be for his purpose and for his time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, by chapter 8 of the book of Esther, the Jews are saved.
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  SPEAKER_00: Haman, who plotted, was hung on the very gallows he planned for another.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's the lesson.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mordecai had the signet ring, which Haman once worn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Esther had appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a new decree was issued so that the Jews could protect themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Esther received the house of Haman, and guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: Remained the favorite of the king's eye, all because she chose the pain to gain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen, because Esther chose to face the pain of the risk, an entire nation was saved.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let that settle in your spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because she chose the pain, she chose to go through, she chose to put herself on their front line.
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  SPEAKER_00: A whole entire nation was saved.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's go to Romans 8 28.
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  SPEAKER_00: To those who love God, to those who are the call according to his purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: That scripture is verified all throughout the Bible.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_00: But if you look back through your life, it is also verified in all of our lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: So whether it's the exhaustion of college, the physical toll of chemo, the weight of caregiving, or a battle with mental illness, or a struggle with your finances, Paul assures us that God is weaving it all together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me read Romans 8.28 one more time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we know that all things work together for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: To those who love God, to those who are the call according to his purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: It didn't say some things, a few things, a couple of things.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said all things work together for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: For those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, I do not know what your struggle may be today, but what I do know, God works it out for our good.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is growth in every pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there is an answer in every pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pain can work for our good.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may seem dark, but if you can keep remembering, just keep it on your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is working it out for my good.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't see it, it doesn't feel like it, but God is working it out for my good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, in the closing reflections, I want you to think about this.
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  SPEAKER_00: God uses everything for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this doesn't sound too good, but God uses everything for good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Things that hurt you, your sorrow, just things, loss of a job.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have no idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: Loss of your job may be for you to start your own business.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have no idea what God is working it out for.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you can remember, God is working it out for my good.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_00: See, God has no desire to harm you.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_00: In John 10, 10, Jesus tells us the thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_00: Catch that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus said, God wants the best for us, ladies.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is important to know when we are in the midst of whatever the pain may be, whatever's causing us pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also, remember this too shall pass.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep praying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep reading your Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep crying out to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: He hears you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sister, before we close today, and we're coming to a close, I want to invite you into a rejoice moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we leave the world today, let's take a moment to really let this word sink in.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_00: We've talked about purpose in the pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want to give you three things to remember when the road gets rough.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pain is not the end of your story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just like Esther, the very situation that looks like a threat, my answer would be for your time and good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh my god, it's in the good.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says dog white and fogging.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the body threads of our dogs.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are about to be a masterpiece.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lastly, abundance in your damage.
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  SPEAKER_00: John Tanton reminds us that while everybody wants to steal your peace, your joy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus came so you can have life and have it more abundantly.
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  SPEAKER_00: That abundance is available to you right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even in the middle of your work, even in the middle of your pain, the abundance is available.
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  SPEAKER_00: But God's purpose is eternal every.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you praise him for the work and you can praise him for the women because it's coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's coming for your good.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it's coming for his purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in his time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can you remember that God works it out for your good?
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, we thank you for this time at the will.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thank you for every sister listening today who may be feeling the weight of the work without seeing the wind just yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we ask that you would settle our hearts in the truth of Romans 28.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to hold on to that in the midnight hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the nights are long and the pain feels heavy, Father God, remind us that you are already in our future.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're working it all out for our good.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't mean us any harm.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are there for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us us this courage to stand our ground and pause perspective to trust your plan, even when we can't see, even when it's dark.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: Help us to trust you.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_00: I pray for a special blessing over my sisters who are battling sickness, mental illness, family struggles, financial struggles.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father God, I ask you to strengthen them, remind them that they are called according to your purpose.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: Lord, we just thank you for one more day.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I thank you for one more year to see your goodness in the land of the living.
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  SPEAKER_00: As we leave the well today, not in our own strength, God, but let us go in your strength.
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  SPEAKER_00: We claim by faith God's victory in this prayer, believing that the gain is already on the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the mighty and matchless name of Jesus Christ, sisters, thank you for meeting me here at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen and amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you, sisters, for meeting me here.
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  SPEAKER_00: As you go about your day, I want you to carry this truth in your spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your pain is not a permanent residence.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not a winner, it's just a passageway to the post.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't let the world discourage you from the winking in the wind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, God is winding everything on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not a name.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it will be fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: And blah blah blah.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_00: I'll see you next time at the world with Godstone.
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  SPEAKER_00: God bless you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And have a beautiful abundant day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this water is the living water.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the world is deep.
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  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be blessed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining me.