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Back-to-School Prayers [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Good morning family guy. Welcome back to the
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Speaker 1: morning Devo. And all I have to say about last
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Speaker 1: night is wow, we had a severe thunderstorm, rained and
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Speaker 1: rained and rain. We lost power overnight. My neighbor still
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Speaker 1: has this generator going on, and so if you hear
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Speaker 1: the rumbling noise in the behind the scenes, my apologies,
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Speaker 1: he might still be out of power right next door
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Speaker 1: to broadcasting. But let's go for it, man. School season
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Speaker 1: is right around the corner. Some regions already started school.
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Speaker 1: If you have a child or children that are attending
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Speaker 1: school coming soon in the Lehigh Valley, the first day
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Speaker 1: is coming, and there's excitement in the air, right, But
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Speaker 1: there has to be preparation beyond the excitement, right, and
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Speaker 1: it has to be prayer. So I'm calling this one
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Speaker 1: back to school prayers, and we get to see how
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Speaker 1: the fruit of the spirit right could help us in
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Speaker 1: a ourage us to engage in prayer for our children.
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Speaker 1: And not only engage in prayer for our children, but
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Speaker 1: to be that parent, be that guardian, be that grandparent,
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Speaker 1: be that aunt uncle, be that person in a child's
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Speaker 1: life that exemplifies the spirit, that exemplifies a true believer
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Speaker 1: in Christ and shows love, kindness, and everything else that
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Speaker 1: we see in Galatians chapter number five, Versus twenty two
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Speaker 1: and twenty three. School season is here, Amen, So I figured,
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Speaker 1: let's jump on the gun. Let's jump right on in
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Speaker 1: and pray for our children, for the kids, for your neighbor,
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Speaker 1: for your the families that you know that are struggling, Amen,
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Speaker 1: and that are struggling to get backpacks and get school supplies,
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Speaker 1: get uniforms or clothes for their child. Amen. It's real
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Speaker 1: out here. A lot of people are struggling financially. Amen.
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Speaker 1: I'm feeling some of the burden of financial issues as
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Speaker 1: well myself. But we move forward because we know that
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Speaker 1: there's a God that we serve, that I serve a
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Speaker 1: man who's my heavenly father, who will always do the
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Speaker 1: very best for us, as we are trying to do
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Speaker 1: our very best in this world according to his word,
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Speaker 1: not according to the world's system, not according to what
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Speaker 1: I want to do, not according to trying to figure
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Speaker 1: things out. According to his word. We're to be in
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Speaker 1: Relations chapter five, Verses twenty two and twenty three. Today
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Speaker 1: in the morning, devo back to school prayers. If you
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Speaker 1: have any questions, comments, concerns, prayer requests or anything along
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Speaker 1: those lines. Amen, don't hesitate to leave it on a
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Speaker 1: live chat. That's what we're here for, a man, and
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Speaker 1: we're here to really go for it. Prayer is powerful.
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Speaker 1: Prayer is a Christian's lifeline. Prayer is the way we
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Speaker 1: communicate with our heavenly Father. Prayer is the way we
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Speaker 1: see God move in our lives when he answers, when
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Speaker 1: he responds. And the amazing thing about the Holy Lord
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Speaker 1: that we serve right, that I serve, at least, I
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Speaker 1: can't assume that everybody serves the Lord on the other
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Speaker 1: side of the screen, on the other side of this mic.
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Speaker 1: The amazing thing about is that when he responds, he
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Speaker 1: responds to your individual need. Amen. What he does for
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Speaker 1: me might not necessarily be exactly what he's doing for you,
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Speaker 1: but he's doing something. He responds, and when he responds,
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Speaker 1: you already know it's the best response. It's a perfect response,
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Speaker 1: perfect timing when you pray to a living, holy, righteous,
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Speaker 1: loving God. Amen, his response is we're eagerly waiting for
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Speaker 1: his response because we know when he moves then we
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Speaker 1: can move forward. Amen. We're never stuck when we have
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Speaker 1: the Lord in prayer. On our side and working through us. Amen.
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Speaker 1: So as you or your loved one heads back to school,
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Speaker 1: it's an opportunity to reflect on the truth of God's
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Speaker 1: presence in our lives. Back to school prayers. I see
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Speaker 1: sister Joway, Good morning, God bless you. Welcome to the morning. Devona.
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Speaker 1: Know if you lost power in your area, but we
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Speaker 1: lost power in our area last night because that severe
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Speaker 1: thunderstorm that was in our region. So hopefully you're okay overnight.
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Speaker 1: As we lost power through the night and I think
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Speaker 1: it was one two in the morning or whatever it was,
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Speaker 1: I've seen everything turn back on all glory to God. Right,
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Speaker 1: it feels like different now in my region. It seems
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Speaker 1: like when it's heavy rain, when it's snow, when it's winds,
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Speaker 1: and we lose power. So I don't know what's going
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Speaker 1: on with the electric lines or whatever the case may be.
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Speaker 1: We're losing power often now, so keep us in prayer.
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Speaker 1: I'll keep you and your family in prayer as we
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Speaker 1: move into this school season. And even if you don't
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Speaker 1: have children in school, or you're past that a man
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Speaker 1: and your kids are grown or whatever, there was one
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Speaker 1: point in life that they were in school. If you
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Speaker 1: have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, family members, somebody that you know,
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Speaker 1: your neighbors, friends that have children, go to school. Please
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Speaker 1: stay on with us and help us pray for them
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Speaker 1: as well. Right, so let's pray first. After we pray,
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Speaker 1: we'll shut this out for like sixty seconds, and on
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Speaker 1: the other side of the sixty seconds, we'll make sure
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Speaker 1: that we start right away. In Galatians chopping number five
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Speaker 1: versus twenty two to twenty three. All right, are you ready? So,
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Speaker 1: Father guy, I thank you Lord God that your timing
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Speaker 1: is perfect, and whatever you allow for us to go through,
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Speaker 1: you allow for a purpose and a plan. You don't
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Speaker 1: waste any time with us. You don't waste all the time.
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Speaker 1: You are purposeful, you are faithful, you are loving, you
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Speaker 1: are kind, you are full of grace and mercy. You're
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Speaker 1: all powerful, yet you have a gentle spirit. Thank you,
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Speaker 1: Lord God for showing us in your word about the
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Speaker 1: fruit of the spirit. Thank you, Lord God that we
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Speaker 1: can can sinue walking and victory knowing that you are
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Speaker 1: able and you are ready to engage in the things
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Speaker 1: that we engage in. That you are concerned with our concerns,
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Speaker 1: and that you know Logod Before we know anything, You
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Speaker 1: know all things. Thank you LogD for allowing us to
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Speaker 1: experience your presence and your mercy and your grace. Thank you,
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Speaker 1: Lor God for covering our children and that you have
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Speaker 1: done that for our neighbors, and you have done the
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Speaker 1: same for our family members that are going back to school,
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Speaker 1: maybe for the first time, maybe in their last years
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Speaker 1: of college or grad school, whatever the case may be.
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Speaker 1: Lo God, I pray Lo God, that they will be covered,
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Speaker 1: they will be guided and protected going into the school
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Speaker 1: system and coming out, whether they're teachers, faculty members, whether
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Speaker 1: they're custodians, whatever the case may be. Lo God, Please, please,
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Speaker 1: lor God, help us to join in this prayer and
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Speaker 1: help us and show us in your word what it
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Speaker 1: means to be praying for people who are going back
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Speaker 1: to school, and what we can do and what we
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Speaker 1: could be a part of. In your name, So I pray,
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Speaker 1: Lord God, that you would unify the body tightly, that
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Speaker 1: the churches will respond to their communities in a loving
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Speaker 1: and kind way, and that no child will be left out,
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Speaker 1: regardless of what they believe, who they are, their status,
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Speaker 1: No child will be left behind, No young adult you know,
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Speaker 1: teen will be left behind when it comes to going
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Speaker 1: back to school, I pray it's by faith. I pray
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Speaker 1: Head of protection of myself, Pray strength to our bones,
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Speaker 1: health to our bodies, protection to our households, protection at
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Speaker 1: work at wherever we are. R God, that you will
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Speaker 1: set forth and dispatch your archmy and angels to God
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Speaker 1: and guard us. In Jesus name. I pray it's by faith,
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Speaker 1: and all those who believe, we say amen and amen,
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Speaker 1: because we know God is faithful to his word and
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Speaker 1: he's faithful to these prayers that he responds to in
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Speaker 1: Jesus Name. Amen and amen. Let's go forward sixty seconds.
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Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll get right into it. Back
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Speaker 1: to school prayers to day on morning Devo. I'll be
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Speaker 1: read back. Amen. Amen, we're back. I just had to
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Speaker 1: go on the other side of my studio and get
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Speaker 1: this list. Here is a way when we could cover
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Speaker 1: these things in prayer yesterday if you were with us
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Speaker 1: on the Kingdom call. I try to do Kingdom Calls
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Speaker 1: every Sunday six pm to a pm Easter to stay
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Speaker 1: at the time a soone is going to see. The
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Speaker 1: ORG is not a video like this, it's not a
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Speaker 1: live stream like this, but it's a radio show for sure,
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Speaker 1: and I try to stream the audio on the social
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Speaker 1: media platforms as well. So if you were with me
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Speaker 1: last night, thank you so much for coming through. We
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Speaker 1: had a lot of callers. We had eight callers to
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Speaker 1: be exact, that called in and we prayed over their situation.
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Speaker 1: We prayed even after the show. Some people had called
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Speaker 1: in requesting prayer who were struck with illness, sickness, COVID
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Speaker 1: and things like that in the region. And they're about
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Speaker 1: to go back into school. So we continue to pray
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Speaker 1: for all those who were ill. Continue to believe God
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Speaker 1: for them in this school year, Amen, that it would
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Speaker 1: be successful, that they will be safe and that there
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Speaker 1: would be no attacks in their school district and there
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Speaker 1: will be no you know, no harm and foul. I
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Speaker 1: believe that God wants peace and he's the Prince of peace. Amen,
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Speaker 1: So we pray peace over the school systems. Amen, as
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Speaker 1: we moved forward and this school year coming. So thank
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Speaker 1: you so much for joining and off joining in faith,
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Speaker 1: you know, and joining in prayer today and moving forward
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Speaker 1: for these children. They need us, Their children need followers
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Speaker 1: of Christ to step up to the plate. They might
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Speaker 1: not have a situation at their own home, at their
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Speaker 1: own community and their own church, even that they're being
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Speaker 1: listened to. Amen, we need to be a listening here.
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Speaker 1: We need to listen to their story. It's very important
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Speaker 1: to listen to what people are going through. And I
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Speaker 1: assume that everybody's okay because so and so is a
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Speaker 1: pastor's kid, or so and so goes to church, or
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Speaker 1: so and so is involved in ministry. That doesn't mean
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Speaker 1: that you're okay. What it means is that you have
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Speaker 1: the ability to experience the presence of a mighty, holy,
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Speaker 1: righteous guy. But if you could have run away and
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Speaker 1: run the other way and ignore this and ignore that
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Speaker 1: and be ignored. Amen, we have to keep you covered
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Speaker 1: in prayer, just like we keep me covered in prayer.
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Speaker 1: I will continue to keep you covered in prayer. It's powerful,
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Speaker 1: a man. I will always I will always request people
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Speaker 1: to pray for this ministry, to pray for my family, Amen,
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Speaker 1: because it's powerful. And I I like the results of
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Speaker 1: a praying family. I like the results of a praying community.
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Speaker 1: I like the results of a praying body. Right that
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Speaker 1: we stay connected to one another in prayer, knowing that
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Speaker 1: prayer is powerful and prayer, prayer matters. Amen. Prayer really matters,
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Speaker 1: So don't give up on any person. Pray for the person,
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Speaker 1: Pray for the families. Pray for the school districts around
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Speaker 1: our nation, because a lot of school districts right now
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Speaker 1: acting real weird, right, all these agendas and trying to
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Speaker 1: show our young kids this and that before they should
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Speaker 1: even be exposed to certain things. So if you're not praying, Amen,
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Speaker 1: what are you doing? Hopefully you're not worrying. Hopefully you're
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Speaker 1: not complaining without praying, Amen, Pray first, you have to complain. Amen.
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Speaker 1: Go to the city councils of your city or state. Amen.
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Speaker 1: Go to the board teachers meetings, parents teachers meetings, go
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Speaker 1: to the city hall. Make a difference, amen, and let
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Speaker 1: your voice be heard. That's what it's all about. For
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Speaker 1: our children's worth it. Amen. Your neighbors probably won't like
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Speaker 1: you afterwards, the school district might not like it afterwards,
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Speaker 1: but at least you're showing the kids that you care
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Speaker 1: and you're doing something for them, Amen. And you're relying
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Speaker 1: on and trusting in the Lord for it all. So
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Speaker 1: back to school prayers today on the morning Devo, Let's
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Speaker 1: see what it's all about here, Amen. Relatians, shop, the
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Speaker 1: five are gonna be there, Amen, Verses twenty two and
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Speaker 1: twenty three. Bible says, but the Holy Spirit produces this
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Speaker 1: kind of fruit in our lives. Love, joy, peace, count
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Speaker 1: them should be nine, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
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Speaker 1: self control. So we have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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Speaker 1: and self control to nine. Fruit of the Spirit produces
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Speaker 1: this kind of There is no law against these things.
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Speaker 1: So when we pray and we're already engaged in the
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Speaker 1: food of the Spirit, we're gonna be moving in love.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna experience joy, We're gonna have peace, we gotta
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Speaker 1: have patience, we're gonna have kindness, We're gonna have goodness,
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Speaker 1: And Bible says the goodness will always follow us as
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Speaker 1: children of the Lord. Faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Self
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Speaker 1: control is huge, especially when we're praying for our children. Right,
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Speaker 1: for them to have self control in school surrounded by people, friends,
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Speaker 1: or you know, bad influences. And if they have self control,
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Speaker 1: I believe they'll be able to go through anything, Amen,
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Speaker 1: and get past anything. And God will help them through
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Speaker 1: those things. Those situations called peer pressure. Right, Remember that
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Speaker 1: peer pressure when you was in school, or maybe you're
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Speaker 1: in school right now and you're experiencing peer pressure. And
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Speaker 1: I don't believe peer pressure expires even at my age, Amen,
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Speaker 1: there's still some kind of peer pressure among my generation.
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Speaker 1: Going on. Good morning, God bless you, Carlos, good morning.
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Speaker 1: It's good to see you in the morning. Devo, welcome.
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Speaker 1: So listen, I'm not going to front school. Time is
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Speaker 1: concerning to me every year. You know, we have a
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Speaker 1: young daughter nine years old. I believe she's going to
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Speaker 1: fourth grade, Amen, third or fourth grade? Fourth grade? Time
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Speaker 1: is flying by. Excuse me for not remembering which grade
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Speaker 1: it is, but she's still in grade school. And every
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Speaker 1: time school system and school year starts, I get really concerned. Amen.
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Speaker 1: Am I worried? Not really, I'm just concerned, but not
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Speaker 1: only my daughter, our protection, our friends. Amen. I don't
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Speaker 1: know what happened in the summer with all her friends.
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Speaker 1: I don't know. I could only speak for what happened
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Speaker 1: in our home and our household, Amen, with our daughters,
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Speaker 1: because we know, me and my wife know, we pretty
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Speaker 1: much know what she was doing. But I don't know
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Speaker 1: about our friends. I don't know about parents, friends, friends
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Speaker 1: of her parents, friends, parents, friends, whatever we don't know,
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Speaker 1: So we have to trust in God to keep her
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Speaker 1: focused on what she needs to be focused on. And
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Speaker 1: when she's pressured to do this time and the third
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Speaker 1: by friends, we ask God to help her through it all. Well.
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Speaker 1: She makes mistakes, absolutely, we all make mistakes, right, But
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Speaker 1: I'm praying consistently for her friends and for my daughter
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Speaker 1: that they won't make ultimate mistakes that will read consequences
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Speaker 1: for the rest of their lives. You might think I'm exaggerating.
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Speaker 1: There's certain things a kid could do at a young
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Speaker 1: age that will bring lifetime consequences. Amen, so be mindful
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Speaker 1: of that. None of us get a pass of life. Man.
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Speaker 1: There's evil people, evil systems, evil agendas in our school
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Speaker 1: systems that we really need to pray against for our
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Speaker 1: children's sake and for the nation's sake, not only for
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Speaker 1: our communities, but for communities all around the world. We
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Speaker 1: have a father in heaven who wants what is good
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Speaker 1: for us. He wants what's good for us in our children.
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Speaker 1: Matthew chapter seven, verses seven through eleven. Asks, and it
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Speaker 1: will be given to you. Seek and you will find Knock,
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Speaker 1: and the door will be open to you. For everyone
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Speaker 1: who asks receives. He he who seeks finds, and to
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Speaker 1: him who knocks, the door will be open. Which of you,
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Speaker 1: if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
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Speaker 1: Will you give your child a stone if they're asking
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Speaker 1: for bread, that's a question. Or if he asks for
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Speaker 1: a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then,
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Speaker 1: though you are evil, speaking to the parent, speaking to
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Speaker 1: the father, know how to give good gifts to your children?
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Speaker 1: How much more will your father in heaven give good
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Speaker 1: gifts to those who asks him? Think about it. We're
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Speaker 1: not asking an idol. We're not asking a false god.
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Speaker 1: When not asking unreal phantom or ghosts. We're asking and
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Speaker 1: approaching a holy, loving, righteous God, of real God, the
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Speaker 1: God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob yahweh elohean right else
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Speaker 1: should die, the King of kings and the Lord of lords,
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Speaker 1: princip Peace, wonderful counselor almighty God. We're approaching an almighty God.
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Speaker 1: Amen and faith, knowing and believing that he will answer
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Speaker 1: our prayers according to his will and purpose for our
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Speaker 1: children and for our lives and for the school systems.
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Speaker 1: There's no demon from hell or nothing, no devil in
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Speaker 1: your community. And that could take down the promises of
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Speaker 1: God that could remove the prayers of a righteous of
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Speaker 1: the righteous. The Bible says, the prayers are the righteous
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Speaker 1: a veileth much knocking down things that were put up
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Speaker 1: by the enemy. Amen. And we recognize where that comes from.
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Speaker 1: At least we should recognize that Jesus is Lord, sovereign
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Speaker 1: and controlled, savior, creative all things unseen and seeing. Amen.
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Speaker 1: And when we speak his word, this power going through
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Speaker 1: the air, and we're coming against the prince of the air,
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Speaker 1: the one who is ruling this world system. Which, by
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Speaker 1: the way, if you think it's God looking around, think
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Speaker 1: about that. Clearly God's not running this world systems obvious.
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Speaker 1: If God was running the world system, if the Lord
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Speaker 1: Jesus was running this world system, then it would be
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Speaker 1: a better system. But since the system that is being
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Speaker 1: run by the devil, and this world system is broken,
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Speaker 1: it's corrupt, it's selfish, it's self seeking, it has a
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Speaker 1: gendas of satan right doctrines of devils, it has deceptive
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Speaker 1: ways trying to force our kids and expose our kids
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Speaker 1: to things that I think is not age appropriate at all.
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Speaker 1: And you're seeing parents all over the country and you know,
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Speaker 1: really telling the school districts. Listen, why are you forcing
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Speaker 1: our kids to watch this or to read this book?
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Speaker 1: And why is this literature here? Why are these books
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Speaker 1: in the children's libraries? And you think about it, You're like, yeah,
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Speaker 1: why are those books in the children's libraries Because there's
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Speaker 1: this agenda. There's an agenda, a man. It reminds me
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Speaker 1: of when Jesus was born and they sent out a
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Speaker 1: decree a ruling to knock out or to really kill
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Speaker 1: the babies think two years and below. Why because they
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Speaker 1: were trying to kill our messiah. They were trying to
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Speaker 1: kill this king of kings that was born. And when
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Speaker 1: the ruler heard that there was someone with that kind
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Speaker 1: of authority and a prophecy that he heard, he didn't
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Speaker 1: want that to go forth. But guess what Jesus escaped
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Speaker 1: at his parents got worried from an angel his parents.
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Speaker 1: His parents were directed to go somewhere else so that
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Speaker 1: when it happened they men happened in old covenant and
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Speaker 1: happen in a new Covenant. That there was this ruling
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Speaker 1: to eliminate babies, right male babies at an infant stage.
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Speaker 1: Why because there was an evil agenda then and it's
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Speaker 1: still an evil agenda. Now, so if you're not mindful
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Speaker 1: of you not praying and man, you just might be
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Speaker 1: just giving up. Don't give up on yourself as a parent,
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Speaker 1: don't give you up a self as a person. Don't
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Speaker 1: give up on your children. Don't give up on a
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Speaker 1: school system. When we're connected to the Father in prayer,
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Speaker 1: something good is bound to happen. God's working all things
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Speaker 1: for the good for those who what who love Him
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Speaker 1: and put our whole faith and trust in him. But
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Speaker 1: this is a battle or we win. Amen, But we're
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Speaker 1: in the good fight of faith. No one gets a
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Speaker 1: free pass. I wish I could tell you, yeah, once
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Speaker 1: you become a Christian, everything's all gravy a man, life
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Speaker 1: will be just amazing here on this planet. We won't
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Speaker 1: go through trials and tripulations. We won't have issues and
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Speaker 1: problems with our children, with the schools. I wish I
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Speaker 1: could say that, But if I told you that, I'll
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Speaker 1: be lying, because a word doesn't say that. As a
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Speaker 1: matter of fact, Jesus promised trials and tribulations. He promised
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Speaker 1: that was going to happen. And is it happening, ladies
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Speaker 1: and gentlemen. Absolutely, Jesus a prophet. Yes, he's more than
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Speaker 1: a prophet, though he is King of kings, the Lord
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Speaker 1: of lords. Right, he's a great I am the great physician.
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Speaker 1: He's the Almighty God. He is God in the flesh.
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Speaker 1: He came as a man, the form of a man
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Speaker 1: named Jesus the Christ from Nazareth, and look went to
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Speaker 1: a cross, died for our sins, took the punishment of
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Speaker 1: this whole entire planet upon himself. Yet he himself did
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Speaker 1: not sin. He paid off a debt that he did
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Speaker 1: not owe us the gospel right there in a nutshell,
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Speaker 1: died and rose again. So we're presenting our prayer request
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Speaker 1: to a god, a risen God, a god who wrote
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Speaker 1: from the grade, a man who is seated at the
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Speaker 1: right hand of the Father on the throne. See the
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Speaker 1: meaning that it is finished, it's done, it's complete. But
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Speaker 1: he promises that he will make a return, that he
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Speaker 1: is coming back. But in the meantime, as we're eagerly
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Speaker 1: waiting for the return of the Christ, in the meantime,
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Speaker 1: let's stay busy praying, uniting right, taking back territory for
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God, Shining the light brightly on the darkness,
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Speaker 1: listening to the children listening to their families. If you
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Speaker 1: see a kid that's a bully, that's known to be
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Speaker 1: a bully, this is a reason why that kid is
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Speaker 1: bullying by condoning it. And I hope my kid doesn't
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Speaker 1: get bullied. Hope your kid doesn't get bullied, and I
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Speaker 1: hope your kid is not the bullier. But it is
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Speaker 1: a reason for it. If you listen to that kid's story,
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Speaker 1: you'll get to the bottom of it. Not out of
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Speaker 1: ten times is because there's no structuring at home, Not
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Speaker 1: out of ten times. Because they can't afford to put
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Speaker 1: new sneakers on their feet, and all their friends have
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Speaker 1: new sneakers or new shirt, or they probably won't be
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Speaker 1: able to afford the uniform, whatever the case may be.
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Speaker 1: Don't judge anybody about how they're reacting. They're reacting. They're
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Speaker 1: lashing out as a young person, as a child, maybe
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Speaker 1: as a teenager, even a young adult. You don't know
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Speaker 1: this situation. And if you love them, go to them.
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Speaker 1: And the way we see in Galatians, chop the number
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Speaker 1: five right, go to them with the fruit of the spirit,
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Speaker 1: of the spirit. And where's my notes? Amen, Let me
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Speaker 1: get to my notes. Because there was some good stuff
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Speaker 1: here or the fruit of the spirit, and why we
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Speaker 1: should pray knowing that we have the fruit of the spirit. Amen.
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Speaker 1: And I think the scary thing is is going to
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Speaker 1: be gone. Yep, it's going to be gone. So let's
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Speaker 1: see if I could get it back, that would be great.
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Speaker 1: There it goes. So we're heading back to the school
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Speaker 1: right to the school year. It's a great time to
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Speaker 1: remember the truth of God's presence and grace in our lives.
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Speaker 1: This is the type of prayer that aligns. It is
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Speaker 1: beautiful when you pray with the lyning word of God.
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Speaker 1: Listen to this prayer. Father, thank you for the incredible
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Speaker 1: gift of your grace and assurance of your presence with
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Speaker 1: us always. Gods are forever present God. There's never a
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Speaker 1: time that God has not been. There's never a time
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Speaker 1: that He will not be a man. He's here now,
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Speaker 1: he was with us yesterday, and he's with us forevermore.
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Speaker 1: All eternity, eternal God. As we go into this new
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Speaker 1: school year, remind us of our identity in Christ and
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Speaker 1: the completeness we have in Him. We don't have a
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Speaker 1: half way Christianity. I'm not halfway saved. You're not halfway
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Speaker 1: saved if you've put your whole faith in trust in
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Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus. Your kids are not halfway saved if
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Speaker 1: they did the same, and if they haven't yet put
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Speaker 1: their whole faith in love in Jesus, because maybe the yum,
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Speaker 1: maybe they don't understand what the gospel is. Keep on
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Speaker 1: praying that they will find and understand their identity in
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Speaker 1: Christ and the complete work that He's done for them
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Speaker 1: as well. Help us to rely on your strength and
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Speaker 1: wisdom in every situation, knowing that we are fully equipped
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Speaker 1: through your spirit. Help us to walk in freedom, Help
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Speaker 1: us to walk in joy that comes from being in
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Speaker 1: You and being your children. And may your love. See
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Speaker 1: the first food of the Spirit is love, So we
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Speaker 1: depend on God's love. We experience God's love. We want
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Speaker 1: to share that love to our children, to our family,
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Speaker 1: to the school teachers, to the principal, to the custodians,
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Speaker 1: to the people who are working in the lunch room,
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Speaker 1: to the gym teachers, the coaches, a man to the
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Speaker 1: bus drivers, everybody that has a part to play with
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Speaker 1: our kids getting from A to B. From our kids
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Speaker 1: getting from learning to completing their work amen and to graduating,
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Speaker 1: maybe walking the freedom and joy that comes from being
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Speaker 1: your children. And may your love and truth guide us
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Speaker 1: in all our interactions. Thank you, Lord for the new
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Speaker 1: heart and spirit you've given us, and for the opportunity
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Speaker 1: to grow in grace and knowledge of You in Jesus name. Amen.
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Speaker 1: We see in a new school year coming that we
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Speaker 1: could lie on the Holy Spirit, on the fruit of
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Speaker 1: God's Spirit. Amen. And the fruit of the Spirit. And
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Speaker 1: what happens is when let me go back to the
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Speaker 1: scripture when we were in relationship the five. You notice
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Speaker 1: it's the Holy Spirit that produces all the fruit in us.
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Speaker 1: And when we pray knowing that we have Holy Spirit
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Speaker 1: fruit flowing through us. Amen, We're gonna have no problems
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Speaker 1: praying for people who are unlovable, have no problem playing
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Speaker 1: for people who are angry. We're gonna have no problem
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Speaker 1: praying for people who don't have peace in their heart
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Speaker 1: and peace in their life. We're gonna be patient with
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Speaker 1: people who are hard to be patient with. We're gonna
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Speaker 1: be kind to the unkind. We're gonna be good to
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Speaker 1: those who are doing evil to us. We're gonna be
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Speaker 1: faithful to God. Even though it seems like people who
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Speaker 1: say they're in the faith are unfaithful to us. And
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Speaker 1: we're gonna be gentle when people are harsh with us.
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Speaker 1: And we're gonna have self control when somebody approaches us
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Speaker 1: in the wrong way. Through to the spirit, a man
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Speaker 1: will be our guide, will be our guard. And when
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Speaker 1: we pray knowing these things, our prayers will be to
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Speaker 1: the next level. Because we're operating and aligning ourselves with
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Speaker 1: the Word of God over our schools, over our children,
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Speaker 1: over all, the teachers, the principles, everybody involved, the school
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Speaker 1: district itself, the leaders of the school district, the superintendent
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Speaker 1: of the school districts, whoever a man, keep them all
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Speaker 1: in prayer. Why, Because we have valuable treasure going in
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Speaker 1: and out of those doors. Amen, And there's people out
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Speaker 1: there with different agendas, and they're trying to rehab it
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Speaker 1: in our children's lives. So I think I'm out of
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Speaker 1: time here. My time has stopped. So let's get out
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Speaker 1: of here, amen, and continue about your day. I pray
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Speaker 1: a blessing over you. I speak life over you. God
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Speaker 1: bless you all. Go to Relations chapter five. Read the
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Speaker 1: whole chapter for yourself. God bless you all. Got to
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Speaker 1: keep you all and remember always that God is good.
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