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S7 286. A special message - Dr. Laura Sanger - Basil CCR - Vickijoy Anderson - Pete Ohlinger - Scott Mitchell - Dr. Robert Rodich - Holistic Nick Long · Millennial Mustard Seed

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  It looks like I made it. There's many times where I
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  didn't think I'd make it this far.
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  Not that I've arrived to where I hope to be going.
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  Jeez, it's been a bumpy ride. I had a bit of an eye opener and
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  a wake up recently. Well, over the last couple
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  years, I mean, most of my life has actually been pretty
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  difficult. I've had great joys and great
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  tragedies in my short time here, but I almost died a couple days
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  ago and today is the day I celebrate entering into the 7th
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  year of MMS. That's not including the Knot of
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  this World podcast, which is pre show to this and today's the
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  Jubilee. That's what God told me, a
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  season for the Lord to restore the time that is lost for him,
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  to restore what the locust has eaten.
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  And all of this in reflection of Oma's dying again.
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  Yeah, again for the new listeners.
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  Recently I had a tree fall from a freak storm a few days ago.
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  As I sit and record this, it crushed one of my cars.
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  It's just a car. We'll get another one.
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  It crashed into the house right next to where I was sitting as I
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  literally was writing a song unto the Lord.
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  And I wept and I cried because my kids were in the other room,
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  10 feet away from where this happened.
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  I was less than 10 feet away from where this ginormous tree
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  crashed down during a storm and it just shows you.
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  Life is unpredictable. But God, he spared my life in my
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  family's life. The enemy almost got me a couple
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  times in my short time here, but this one included my wife and my
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  two children who were in the house with me.
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  And that's a sobering reality. I don't believe in coincidence
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  or accidents. I think everything happens for a
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  reason and it all goes through God's throne room.
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  And so the Lord has allowed me to continue on.
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  I'm not worthy. He's worthy, that's a fact.
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  I guess it's supposed to be a celebration, although it feels
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  like I'm limping and licking my wounds.
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  It's a wild emotional roller coaster of walking into this
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  Jubilee, the 7th year of MMS. I've decided to keep my intro
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  here short and sweet and get right to the point.
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  I have invited 7 individuals who many of you should know on to
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  give a review for me, I guess whatever you want to call it, a
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  congratulations to celebrate this moment with me and to give
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  a word of encouragement to myself and to you guys as
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  listeners. So you're going to hear from
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  Doctor Laura Sanger. She's got a special word for us.
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  You're going to hear from best buddy Basil at Canary Cry Radio
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  and Canary Cry News Talk. You're going to hear from the
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  one and only Vicky Joy Anderson. You're also going to hear from
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  Pete over at the Days of Noah podcast, Scott Mitchell from
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  Bible Mysteries podcast. He's got a word for us also.
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  And Doctor Robert Rhodich jumps on for a brief moment to share a
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  congratulations. And I saved the best for last
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  because I started episode one with my buddy Nick Holistic
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  Nick, as many of you know, and he chimes in and closes us out
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  with a excellent word of encouragement.
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  And that's my celebration to you guys is I'm running the race.
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  I've put in the time there. I got a long way to go, but I'm
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  here. We did it.
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  We made it to seven years. Lift me up in Prairie, guys.
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  Life is real. Feels like everything has been
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  going wrong, but in a weird way, everything has been going right.
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  So I really hope you guys enjoy these audio messages from my
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  peers, from my friends directly here on the MMS.
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  Thank you for being here to celebrate 7 amazing years with
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  me and Lord willing, seven more to come.
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  Let's hear first from Doctor Laura Sanger.
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  Rod, what a joy it is to celebrate that you have been
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  doing the Millennial Mustard Seed podcast for seven years.
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  I remember, I remember when you first reached out to me, I think
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  it was late 2021. And by time I got back to you, I
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  think it took me a few months. You had taken a sabbatical
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  because you were going through just a real rough patch.
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  And I remember your wife was battling some health issues and
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  the Lord just connected us in such beautiful timing.
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  And you know, given the the health issues that we've faced
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  in our family, the Lord just brought us together so that I
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  could pray for you and your wife.
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  And it just was a beautiful start to a friendship that has
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  been growing over the last five years.
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  And so I just am so excited to be able to celebrate what you
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  have done and what the Lord has done through you.
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  And it's been an absolute joy for me to contribute over the
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  years. I think maybe we've done, I
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  don't know if maybe 5 interviews together and each time the Holy
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  Spirit just moves in our midst and it is just a, a wonderful
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  sight to behold. I think one of the things that
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  I've really appreciated about you and just over the years is
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  watching you grow and develop and mature in your relationship
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  with the Lord and it's, it's truly been beautiful.
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  I, I really see you as a man of integrity and you walk in the
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  fear of the Lord. So, you know, you've gone
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  through these seasons with the podcast where you've just laid
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  the, laid it down, you know, a sabbatical season where you,
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  you've put the, the podcast on the altar of the Lord and, you
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  know, as an offering to him, just really recognizing that
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  it's his work, not yours. And I appreciate that so much
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  about you. You know, you're not a person
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  who is chasing after the top of the charts.
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  You know, you are walking with integrity.
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  You're holding the podcast loosely in your hands with the
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  heart of obedience to do just what the Lord wants you to do.
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  And I just, I cherish that because, you know, there's not a
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  lot of people in this podcast space that have a similar heart
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  posture. And so it is a joy, like I said,
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  just to watch you mature in the Lord over the past five years
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  that we've known each other. And so I just want to speak a
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  blessing over your podcast. May the Lord breathe upon it so
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  that your audience will be transformed as they listen.
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  Bless you, Rod. Razzle dazzle, it's me, your
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  best buddy Basil from Canary Cry Radio and Canary Cry News Talk.
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  And I wanted to give some congratulations and
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  encouragement to you, Rod, but also to you, dear listener of
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  Millennial Mustard Seed podcast. Podcasting, especially fringe
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  weirdo Christian podcasting is important.
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  Weird fringe Christian podcasting is is sort of an
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  extension of a millennia's long tradition of asking questions.
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  The world, the earthly authorities, even the earthly
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  church, they strive to create for us a culture or like a
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  scaffolding or a structure for which inside the structure we're
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  safe, we belong, we're accepted, we know what's expected of us
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  and we know what to expect. But inside the structure there's
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  also many rules. And often the most important
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  rule is don't ask questions. Seven years ago, Rod, you joined
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  an age-old tradition of asking questions.
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  But asking questions for questions sake isn't a virtue in
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  itself. The serpent in the Garden had a
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  lot of questions, after all. But asking questions,
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  challenging assumptions and thinking dangerous thoughts
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  while doing so in the service of the Most High?
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  That's what connects today's weird Christian fringe
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  podcasters to a long spiritual lineage of advancing the
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  Kingdom. And I say it's dangerous because
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  it is. I mean, Lord willing, you won't
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  be burned at the stake or anything, but daring to speak
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  and think out loud in public and daring to be wrong and let the
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  Holy Spirit correct you. And daring to venture outside of
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  that safety zone in search of what God is really up to, of
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  what God really has for his people.
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  And what in the world happened in Genesis 6?
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  All of this while constantly being reminded and reminding
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  others that Christ's sacrifice is really the only mystery worth
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  seeking out. That is a mission that takes
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  guts and humility and a firm focus on the Father.
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  It isn't easy and it's not always fun, but the fact that
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  God has brought you back to the microphone for seven years now
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  displays an obedience and a love for what God is doing in the
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  heavenlies and on this earth. So I want to congratulate you
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  Rod and everyone who's contributed to the Millennial
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  Mustard Seed podcast in whatever way you have.
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  And of course, to the listeners, Millennial Mustard Seed podcast,
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  because without you, Rod would just be a guy shouting on the
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  Internet asking questions for who's voice in the wilderness
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  type, you know the type. And he'd be doing it for seven
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  years now. But thank God all of us,
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  including you dear listeners, only want one thing and that's
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  to seek God's truth. I pray God's will and God's will
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  alone be accomplished through MMS for another seven years.
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  And I encourage everyone listening.
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  God has a plan for you in this time, but this time is running
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  out. So get to it.
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  But until then, keep podcasting, Rod.
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  Keep the Truth going, Millennial Mustard Seed Podcast and don't
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  forget to think outside the cage.
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  Congratulations Rodney hey 7 faithful years of torch bearing,
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  delivering God, glorifying Christ, exalting biblical
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  theological thought provoking research to the online
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  community. The millennial mustard seed.
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  It doesn't just focus on unbiblical diversions or
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  theological fads or conspiratorial trends, merch or
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  gimmicks, but it aims to provide solid theological food to its
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  hungry listeners. Rodney, in a world full of
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  Hollywood esque style ChatGPT driven talking points,
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  Millennial Mustard Seed appeals not to the masses but to the
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  remnant starving to death on their quest for true biblical
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  fruit bearing nutrition. Food for the soul.
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  The kind of food that turns into muscle and energy and fuel to
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  spur us into action. Rodney, you aren't about
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  building a platform or a following.
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  Your heart is truly behind wanting to build an army, a
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  warrior class of believers who want to see Jesus Christ come.
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  We want to see sin, evil, wickedness and unrighteousness
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  judged and eradicated from the earth.
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  We want to see Jesus's Kingdom established.
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  To do that, we have to clean up the dung and the spilled blood
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  that has soiled our land. We have to purify the land.
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  We have to prepare the King's Hwy.
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  We have to make straight the way of the Lord so our King can
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  come, but he isn't going to get his sandaled feet muddied with
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  the spilled blood of the innocents or the dung of the
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  elites. Rodney, I know you are but a
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  man, but you're a man of God and I believe you were chosen for a
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  high calling, something much higher than being an online
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  influencer or hosting a podcast. You have a calling.
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  You have courage. You upset your face like Flint
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  and I believe that God is going to use you mightily for His
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  Kingdom. These last seven years have been
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  groundwork, weed pulling, seed planting, clearing the fields
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  that will soon be ripe for harvest.
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  He who reaps is he who sows. What that means, Rodney, is that
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  all of your toiling in the fields will not go unnoticed by
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  God or left for some other farmer to reap the benefits of.
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  And even if an enemy comes and sows terrors in in your ministry
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  or burns down your crops, there will still be an inn gathering,
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  There will be fruit, and the name of Jesus Christ will be
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  magnified. Rodney, press on toward the
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  prize, my friend. Do not weary in doing good, for
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  at the proper time you will reap a harvest.
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  Glory to God, Maranatha, no king, but King Jesus.
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  Hey, what's up, Pete from the Days of Noah podcast here.
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  And I wanted to take a few minutes to share a bit about my
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  good friend Rod Smith from the Millennial Mustard Seed podcast
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  and what a good friend he's become over these last few years
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  since we've gotten connected. And I actually discovered Rod a
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  few years ago when I was looking for more episodes in which
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  Doctor Laura Sanger appeared and came across his show Millennial
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  Mustard Seed. And we got connected thereafter
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  as I invited him on our show, our small channel very slowly
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  growing at the time that my brother Luke and I hosted
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  together in those early days and invited Rod on the show to be
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  interviewed by Luke and I. And just really being able to
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  connect our shows together, our audiences together.
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  And that overlap that we have in dovetailing together in these
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  ministries. You know, not even really
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  setting out personally to have this be a ministry, but
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  something that God has used in that direction.
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  And I know that people are strengthened in their faith and
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  increasing in knowledge, hopefully as Rod and I do our
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  best to present ideas that are important.
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  Many of the guests that I have brought on to the day's and all
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  podcast, I have discovered through Rod's show and we've
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  done quite a few round tables discussions from guests that he
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  has had on that I've done with them and with Rod included that
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  never would have come about otherwise.
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  Rod has been such a genuine guy over the years and as he is
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  approaching his seventh year in the podcast game, more than
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  double what I've been doing it for the connections that he has
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  made, the relationships go far and wide and really speak to his
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  integrity and his heart for the Lord.
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  And for helping people to be aware of this deceptive and
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  dangerous time spiritually that we are living in and what is yet
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  to come and how to have our hearts steadfast and firm on the
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  solid truth of God's word. Rod has been such a blessing to
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  me in sharing ideas and collaborating and working
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  together. And whenever each other has an
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  idea for a show, just to be able to put those things together and
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  bounce these ideas off of one another has been a great
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  blessing as well. So praying for much bigger and
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  better things to come for Rod and his show.
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  And we're excited for where the Lord takes us in the future.
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  Thanks for being out there, Rod. Thanks for being the friend and
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  ally that you are. Rodney Smith and Millennial
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  Mustard Seed Podcast. Congratulations my brother on
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  seven years. This is Scott Mitchell with
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  Bible Mysteries Podcast and Rod, I could not be happier for you,
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  brother. Praising God for your ministry,
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  for the impact that MMS is having on others.
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  I got to tell you, since we met and we've been collaborating on
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  a few duo casts and other episodes, you've been such a
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  blessing to me. Iron sharpening iron.
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  Every time we meet, your heart shows in every conversation we
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  have. Which is not to say that other
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  conversations I had with people, they don't have heart.
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  But yours really shows, brother. And I appreciate you the way the
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  Spirit leads you, the way you feel compelled to say what you
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  say. Your comments, your
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  encouragement, and your sincere desire for people to know the
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  truth is so evident. Keep up the good work.
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  I hope that the Lord just continues to bless this ministry
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  and reach more and more people as all of our shows grow.
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  Millennial Mustard Seed, my show, and everyone of the others
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  out there that are doing what we're doing, trying to use maybe
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  the unusual things in the Bible to reach people.
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  For Christ's sake, I just pray a special blessing upon all of
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  these ministries, but yours is one of those that was out front
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  a trailblazer. And I thank God for you,
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  brother. So Rodney, Congrats again.
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  Best to you for seven more years, or should the Lord come,
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  we'll see you in the air. This is Doctor Robert Rodich,
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  and I want to send my congratulations on years of
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  broadcasting excellence to Millennial Mustard Seed.
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  I've long been impressed at the level of content and the
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  integrity of the questions that Rod and his team asks.
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  What I especially like is Rod's commitment to keep things
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  relevant to the body of Christ and his focus on the younger
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  crowd that has not seen some of the things that us older folks
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  have seen. Personally, I've been on several
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  broadcast platforms and what I like about Millennial Mustard
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  Seed is Rod's uncanny ability to ask the right questions that
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  bring out the best in each program.
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  Guest, I can tell you. That this is not easy to do,
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  especially when the material is outside of the normal spectrum
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  like most of mine is. So again, I say congratulations
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  on seven years, and may God's blessing and anointing continue
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  to rest upon your ministry. I want to give a huge shout out
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  and say Happy Jubilee to Rod and the Millennial Mustard Seed
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  Podcast. The Bible says to recognize
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  those who labor among you and to esteem them very highly in love
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  for their work sake. I just want to esteem Rod and
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  the labour of love that he has poured into this ministry that
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  the Lord has blessed him with. Truly a mustard seed indeed.
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  This man has gone from so little and now is reaching thousands
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  upon thousands of lives all around the world.
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  Testimony after testimony of reaching out saying, Rod, you
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  have changed the way that I see things.
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  And Rod has always been a man of the word.
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  He he studies the word. I've seen this man study and
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  research and, and talk to some of the most influential and
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  prominent people to your next door neighbor.
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  And there's zero bias. There's no favoritism.
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  He is going to give it as raw and as real as possible.
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  And I respect and highly honor this man.
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  I believe Rod is a chief watchman.
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  I believe he is sounding the alarm and he has said things
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  many, many years ago that was very unpopular at the time and,
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  and he gets these revelations way before the time that most
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  start hearing about. Many years later, things seem to
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  happen to him and then all of a sudden they start happening to
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  other people in the body of Christ.
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  And I believe that he is a forerunner in a lot of ways,
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  paving the way, blazing the trail.
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  And I believe that he is the standard voice for this
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  millennial generation and I'm sure many other generations.
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  The Bible says to whom much is given, much is required.
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  And I believe all that the Lord has given to Rod has required a
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  lot of sacrifice, a lot of loss, being a steward of this podcast.
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  So when you listen to these episodes on this podcast, just
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  know that you're listening to a man that has been put in and out
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  of the fire time after time and has endured much, much
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  affliction and has persevered and pushed through the utmost
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  resistance. I believe he is building a voice
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  foundry and will continue to unify other voices to be in much
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  greater harmony and produce a much greater sound, a sound in
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  the broadcast arena that's going to reverberate and ripple out
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  for many years to come. I believe in a lot of ways Rod
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  is a voice to the voiceless, to those who think about the deep
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  things, the things that people don't want to tell their pastor
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  or don't want to bring up in church for fear of being
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  rejected or looked at a certain way.
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  But Rod is the one that's willing to say the uncomfortable
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  things and to make you feel that you're not alone.
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  And Rod, I just want to say thank you.
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  Thank you for all the counsel. Thank you for all the advice.
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  Thank you for all the love and support and prayers that you
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  have poured into me over the years.
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  I honor you, I bless you, and I pray that this podcast would
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  continue to be fruitful and multiply for generation after
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  generation. And to those of you who stuck
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  around to the end, God bless you guys.
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  Really appreciate you taking this journey with me.
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  And for whatever the future may bring, all the glory be to God.