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What is your Relationship with Jesus Christ · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith, let it begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah! Okay then. I'm so busy. That's what does that happen.
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  No. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. So, yeah.
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  Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question. What's your question?
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  I'm going to be a pastor or a minister.
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith Love Again, and it starts right now.
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  Have Faith Love Again, and it starts right now.
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  Good morning, everyone, and happy Tuesday. That's right. Today is Tuesday, February 18th, 2025.
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  I want to start off with a scripture.
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  It's from Galatians 3, verse 26.
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  For in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith.
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  In Romans 8, chapter 8, I should say, verse 1, therefore, there is now no condemnation
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  for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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  And finally, Ephesians chapter 2, 8 through 9, for it is by grace you have been
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  saved through faith, and it is not from yourselves.
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  It is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. The word of the Lord.
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  What is your relationship with Jesus Christ?
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  How would you describe your relationship with Jesus Christ?
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  In John chapter 15, verse 15, it says, No longer do I call you servants,
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  because a servant does not know his master's business.
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  Instead, I have called you friends because everything that I learned from my
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  father, I have made known to you.
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  This verse highlights the idea of a personal, intimate connection with Jesus,
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  where believers are considered his friends, not just his servants.
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  Where is your relationship with Jesus Christ?
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  Would you say that you are best friends? Would you say that you have that same
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  relationship as he described to his disciples?
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  When we say, Heavenly Father, thank you for this amazing day,
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  do we consider Jesus, the Son of God, with the one in all, to be our Heavenly Father?
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  Think about that for just a second as I tell you a story.
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  In my early 20s, I would hang out with tons of friends. I would go out to a
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  club, maybe on a Thursday, sometimes Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, have a great time.
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  Just listening to music, having laughs, creating new memories,
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  reminiscing on old times.
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  How would you feel if you were one of those disciples?
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  And since we're
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  living on on earth today and
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  we're constantly talking about the past on
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  the days where the disciples followed jesus doubted
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  was unsure same thing right but saw miracles witness his death his resurrection
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  still was not clear or sure what they should do how they should react?
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  On previous episodes, I asked you, if you were Peter, would you have denied
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  Christ or have you denied Christ once, twice, three times, maybe even more?
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  I've thrown a lot at you this morning, and I did that for a reason.
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  It wasn't to confuse you.
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  It was to make you think. It was to make you wonder.
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  This is how my mind works. I'm constantly, right now, because I'm in ministry
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  school, I'm reading so many parts of the Bible. I'm currently in Acts.
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  I've been engulfed.
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  I have been inspired. I have been educated on the journey.
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  Of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
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  And every time I finish a chapter or read a verse, I'm constantly torn at times with how I live my life,
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  how I try to be more Christ-like.
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  And yet I feel as if I fail.
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  So yes, I have a podcast.
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  And yes, I do my part to try to spread the word and to try to show people what God has done for me.
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  But in the same breath, have I truly lived the way God wanted me to live or
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  wants me to live? I have failed.
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  I'm trying to get better. I am not perfect.
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  And I'm more grateful. And I am blessed.
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  And I'm not embarrassed to admit that. we all at times fail.
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  We're not as perfect as we'd like to be. We try our very best to seek God's
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  love, which by the way, never fails. He always loves us.
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  What is your relationship with Jesus Christ?
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  And I was in my 13, 14 or 15 years of age, I was diagnosed with scoliosis,
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  the curvature of the spine.
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  At the age of 15, I was given a back brace that I had to wear 23 three hours a day.
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  And I hid that. I didn't wear it.
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  I'd find a way to stuff it in my locker at school.
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  I found a way to store it in the guidance counselor's office,
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  saying that I didn't have to wear it for so long. Yeah, I lied.
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  And the consequences for me was that I eventually needed to have back surgery.
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  Who knows what would have happened if I wore that back brace the way I was told to wear it.
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  I remember saying to God, even at the age of 15, why me?
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  Why does other people get to play gym?
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  Why do other people get to play sports, but not me? Why would you take this from me?
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  As you get older and you get wiser and you realize things are done for a reason.
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  I'm not saying by any means that God punished me.
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  Absolutely not. If I didn't have the diagnosis, if I didn't have things limited
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  to me, I wouldn't, in my opinion,
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  go down the path that I've gone and I wouldn't have the stories that I have
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  today that blend in with the blend in with the way that God has come into my heart.
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  And when you read the Bible, as I'm reading, and you watch these disciples,
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  you realize that there is a lot of us in them and a lot of them in us.
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  We are not perfect, but all that God has ever wanted was a good,
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  healthy relationship with each other.
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  God has called upon you this morning to tell you he hasn't forgotten you.
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  He has not even begun to think of punishing you.
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  He wants to be a part of your life. He wants a relationship with you.
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  Are you ready to precipitate that relationship back?
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  Think about that as you go about your day. And let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, this morning, we lift up in prayer all of those victims in
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  the horrific airplane crash it while trying to take off flipped over upside down.
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  And to my understanding, in early reports, a pediatric patient and a middle-aged gentleman.
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  Hospitalized due to this. We lift up everyone in prayer and praise the first
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  responders that arrived at the scene.
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  We lift you up, Gigi, and we ask you, Lord, to continue to bless her and keep her.
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  Gigi, I want you to remember that there's strength in you and there's strength
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  in the relationship that you have with Jesus Christ.
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  We pray for your family. We pray for Joanne. We pray for Rochelle,
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  another person who is doing their part daily on Facebook to spread amazing words and wisdom.
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  We ask you to strengthen her. We pray for forgiveness as I too still struggle.
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  And I'm sure many of you do too.
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  If you know what I'm talking about, check out yesterday's episode.
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  We lift up in prayer, Kenneth.
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  We pray for Douglas.
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  We pray for all those that have been diagnosed with cancer, diagnosed with diseases,
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  are hospitalized because of COVID, respiratory issues, car accidents.
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  We lift up in prayer a friend of our family's named Cynthia,
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  who had an accident recently. We lift her up in prayer.
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  We pray for good fortune and new beginnings.
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  As yesterday, my father received, not received, went and purchased a new vehicle.
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  And we thank you, Lord, for allowing my aunt to be here to help assist him in
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  that and to allow him the opportunity to feel good in his decisions.
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  And finally, Lord, we ask you
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  to continue to watch over us as we pray for our good friends like Carol.
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  And all of our friends that have been there for her as her good and beautiful
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  husband, Dennis, went on to be with the Lord. We continue to lift them up in prayer.
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  We pray for Dr. E who lost his,
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  friend. We pray for him and Denise, his wife, who lost their pet dog, a great Dane.
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  We ask you to give them healing mercies. We pray for those that are traveling in this cold weather.
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  And we ask you, Lord, to continue to watch over good and amazing people like
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  Vic, who have patience to cut hair for the little three-year-old Noah,
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  but who has the spiritual guidance and amazing amazing resilience and has a
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  personal testimony that I hope and pray will come on to this show and share
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  with you what God has done in his life.
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  But we also lift him up as he seeks out further education with the Bible and ministry.
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  I will help and assist in that as well.
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  And finally, we pray for all of you, the Have Faith Let It Begin family,
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  people like Nick and Diane.
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  We pray for Yesenia and Mansa.
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  For Dylan, we lift up in prayer Sigfredo, Selenia, Savannah.
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  We pray for Chip and Addison.
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  We continue to pray for Brian, for John and Liz, and lift up John,
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  who had a fire in his apartment and now is displaced into a hotel until that gets better.
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  We pray these words as we pray for Dennis and Dorothy, Eloise,
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  for Joe and Pastor Jim and our churches.
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  We thank you, Lord, as we pray the words that you taught us.
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  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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  For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.
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  God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every single
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  one of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin. Have a blessed day.
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  God loves you. God believes in you. God trusts you. And God will never,
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  ever leave your side. See you tomorrow.
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  Thank you for listening to Have Faith Let It Begin. We'll be back tomorrow.
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  Thank you for listening to another episode of Have Faith Let It Begin.
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  That's right, Ariel. We're done with another show. And it's always great to
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  have this show with you, my love.
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  You know, we're going to encourage each and every person to listen to our show
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  every single weekday. That's right. You and I are going to help change the world.
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  Do you think that you can do that for me? Huh? Yeah. You know you can.
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  you a new topic, a new story, each and every day, right? Isn't that right, Ariel? Yeah.
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  And we are... She's smiling at me. Guys, enjoy your day.
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  Thank you for listening to How Faithful Begins. We'll be back tomorrow.