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See The Harvest, insert and young man, testimony, easter. · Bible Tract Echoes Podcast

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  [SPEAKER_01]: Hey friend, welcome back to Bible Track Decos.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm Mike McCurray, your host.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for taking tuning in today and taking some time to listen in to how God has blessed Bible tracks in court pretty and potentially even have your heart squeezed about the international need for the gospel.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mine I affected mine heart.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Bible tells us that what we see can affect how we feel and our actions.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So if you would, I want you to think about the need worldwide for just a moment.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe, just maybe, at the conclusion of this broadcast, you'd like to go over to our website, bibletranksink.org, and see you with me, the great spiritual need in a place called New Zealand.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: God has given me ample opportunities to see the worldwide necessity for the gospel.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But I believe a part of BTI's mission must be also to help communicate the gospel famine to God's people.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The need is great, but thankfully God's grace is greater.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Much work has gone into our recently released film, and
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  [SPEAKER_01]: featuring the staggering landscapes of New Zealand and the incredible need for truth.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This film is titled a stunning beauty, spiritual darkness.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's an up close and personal look at both saved and lost New Zealanders.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And our prayer is that your heart will be stirred to further pray and even consider giving to reach these folks.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Lord Willing in the coming days, we are going to be sending another 100 or 200, maybe 300,000 tracks to New Zealand.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Realizers 5.5 million people in New Zealand, thereabouts.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And we have the opportunity to send between 5 and 10% of the total population represented by track, I mean, if we send a quarter million tracks, that would be enough to reach about 5% of the entire population of that country.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And our desire is that the Gospel will go even further in this beautiful, beautiful, but spiritually bereft place.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And this film has already reached thousands of views on YouTube, and we would love for you to watch it as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's only about 40 minutes long, it's not an incredible investment of time.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But I believe it's a worthy investment.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I encourage you to do that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Also coming up in the near future is another film that we are currently that it's in production right now, which I realize when God gave the great commission, he did not exempt us from going to hard places.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The gospel is no less needed in difficult mission fields than in comfortable ones.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and remote Alaska is one of those places.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going from New Zealand to Alaska now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Listen now, this July coming up very soon, a young man from Burbanet, Illinois will be joining a team of about a dozen others to travel nearly 800 miles down the Yukon River.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Bring the gospel to villages where many have never heard the life-changing message of Christ.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: At BTI, that's a mission that we can most certainly get behind.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We believe young men need examples worth following, men who are willing to obey God, step into discomfort, and do hard things for His glory.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that's why we are producing a documentary, centered around this young man.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Who knows, God has called him to Alaska, and is taking steps to follow that calling right now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, working at title for this film is Beyond the Bend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going down a river.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Yukon River is 758 hundred miles, are thereabouts to places where you can't get by road.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: A bush plane or river is the only place to get there and we're excited to share more about this.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: film in the coming days, I'd encourage you if you'd like to partner with us and making this film possible, visit bibletracksink.org or beyond the bendfilm.com.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, realize if BTI's goal is the word of God to all the world.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Then we must enlist the help and participation of God's people to make this possible.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This has been kind of the theme for today's broadcast.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Jesus himself encouraged us to pray for laborers.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He said in Matthew 9, the harvest truly is plentyus.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But the laborers are few.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth laborers into His harvest.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: but laborers must understand and acknowledge the need.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Furthermore, to be willing to actually participate in accomplishing this worldwide goal of sharing the gospel to every soul, each Christian will likely need to be confronted with the great need.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's what we did with our New Zealand film.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We want people to understand the need there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that's what we're trying to do again through this documentary based in Alaska with this young man.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Again, Jesus said in John 435, behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields for their white already to harvest.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: For these reasons, we believe we have a responsibility to encourage God's people to truly see the need.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're excited about the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: forthcoming gospel film we are already beginning to produce which will be filmed primarily in Alaska realized though that this production will not be inexpensive.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We believe God will provide and while we continue to print tracks by the millions we haven't stopped that we're not getting away from that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I realized today we're talking a lot about
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Film production things like that, but realize I believe this is because God has opened this door of opportunity for us And I'd ask you to consider Partnering with us to help accomplish our goal of Helping God's people see the need you can actually watch the short intro trailer to Meet Christian Adams a young man that I've been talking about that we're gonna focus this documentary on
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and you can consider giving to help make this production possible.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You can find more info and give to Dahee at beyondthebendfilm.com.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now we're offering donors and partners multiple opportunities for access to and inclusion in this production.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You can view the giving tiers and information about what each tier includes at beyondthebendfilm.com.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're excited about the doors, God's already open, and we are incredibly excited about what God is going to do through this gospel film.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I believe God is at work through the work of Bible tracks and corporate, and we want you to be a part.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Speaking of you being a part, let me share some testimonies from God's people about things God has done for them and through BTI,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I have a desire to share the word, but currently can't afford to buy tracks.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: When I found your website, I was so excited that I now have the opportunity to give outtracks to people everywhere I go.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I just want to thank you, and I thank God for you and all the people who make these tracks accessible for free.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If you partner with BTI, if you give to make our mission possible,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Then that test someone who's for you friend, Kyle, a Randall from Kyle, Texas, he has been able to be outfitted with tracks, he's been able to obtain tracks from us for free.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Even though financially he's not able to give at this moment, he still wants to be a part of the great commission.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Eleanor, from Pennsylvania says this, by God's design, I asked my women's Bible class to pray for God's direction in locating tracks for nursing home Christmas cards.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The next day, I heard you folks on the radio, I learned a BTI, and I ordered the gift.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's one of our gospel tracks when I called.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was asked how many we wanted, and they we sent hundreds to Miss Eleanor.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yesterday, she said I called a nursing home where the 92-year-old father of a friend was recently admitted.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I asked if they would like a card for each of their patients and they welcomed the idea.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They have 180 people and so far we've sent out over 500 cards with gospel treks in them.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And she says, God knew what we needed.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Next we have Jen from Wisconsin.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I wanted to thank you for your message called, what's it going to take?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: She's referencing a message I preached over the radio.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: A little while ago, she said, thank you for starting each day with hello friend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's been a very helpful, it has been very helpful for me to have you as my radio friend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I listened to 107.7WVCY, I love your podcast and I'm blessed by the biblical foundation that you stick to.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Lord is doing a great work in my life in the lives of my five kids.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: His word is alive and amazing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The light for each step.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: In the very beginning of this, the Lord kept giving us Psalm 121.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It was just what I needed for the beginning of the beginning, says, I will lift my eyes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Sometimes this was all we could do, but he was there for me in a mighty way.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He is my rock, my shield, my sanctuary.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for your ministry on the radio.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have a great day for his glory, and that's how I end my broadcast every week, of course.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'd encourage your friend.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If you have a testimony that you'd like to share, I would love to hear from you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, as we end today, I want to share with you a gospel tract that we actually included with our latest newsletter, it's called What's Easter All About.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now we produce gospel tools with themes of all kinds, but we have found that using the right tool at the right time can be incredibly powerful.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's why I would recommend you consider ordering this tracked in coloring book today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So many don't understand the true meaning of Easter or resurrection day, and that's why we've produced these new tools for this time of year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now we actually released these for the first time last year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: What's Easter all about a coloring book for kids?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and a gospel tract, and the tract explains a line by line, what Easter is not about, and then in a careful and scriptural way, explains what Easter is about.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And of course, this tract is undoubtedly appropriate for children.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We endeavored to ensure it wasn't so childish that you couldn't use it in your everyday outreach.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So we'd encourage to get some of these for free.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You can also order them customized for your church.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Sanket, we have created that coloring book I mentioned with it has the same title, same scriptural content and our goal is that this book will introduce many young people to the gospel.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It might be something to consider ordering if you have a giveaway during Easter on Easter maybe a
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe do eggs or you know, egg hunter something like that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe like to give away these gospel tracks.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Maybe like to give away these coloring books as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There is no better way to celebrate a risen savior than to share his love with a lost world.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Deal Moody said this, the opportunity for sewing will not last forever.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It is slipping through our fingers moment by moment, and the future can only reveal the harvest of the seed, sewn now.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I encourage you, friend, be a part of being a gospel witness.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Don't let another day go by without going to Bible Tracks Ink.org that's B.I.B.L.E.T.R.A.C.T.S.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I.N.C.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Dot O.R.G.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You can order some of our gospel tools before free today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to thank you so much for tuning in to tomorrow.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to talk about getting practical.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to give you a few help to actually using gospel tracks, and maybe that's something you're fearful of, maybe if something you've got some traditions about, when I talk about that a little bit more on the broadcast tomorrow, have a great day for his glory.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll talk to you soon.
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  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for tuning in to Bible Tract Echoes, the radio ministry of Bible Tracts Incorporated.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Want to see our gospel tracks and other resources?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks again for listening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May the Lord richly bless you as you live for him.