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Encouraged in the Law · Faith-Feed

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  Speaker 1: For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as
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  Speaker 1: unto them.
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  Speaker 2: But the word preached did not profit them, because their
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  Speaker 2: faith did not feed on the word.
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  Speaker 1: The word of God is the life support of our faith.
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  Speaker 1: We live by the word of God. Blessed be God
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  Speaker 1: and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Chronicles 31
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  Speaker 1: verse 4.
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  Speaker 2: Moreover, he commanded, that was the king of Israel, commanded
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  Speaker 2: the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion
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  Speaker 2: of the priests and the Levites that they might be
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  Speaker 2: encouraged in the law of the Lord. That they might
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  Speaker 2: be encouraged in the law. Welcome to Faith Feed episode 200.
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  Speaker 2: Encouraged in the Lord, encouraged in the Lord. The essence
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  Speaker 2: of being encouraged is to find courage. Because in the word,
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  Speaker 2: encourage is courage. And courage is the unit of faith.
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  Speaker 2: That means anytime a man wants to establish authority, he
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  Speaker 2: needs that unit. So the priesthood are tasked with this unit.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever they are encouraged, they fulfill their obligation according
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  Speaker 2: to the will of God. And it pleases God to
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  Speaker 2: ensure that the priests are taken care of so that
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  Speaker 2: their minds are not set aside.
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  Speaker 1: To chase material things.
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  Speaker 2: They do not leave the priesthood duties of administering God's
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  Speaker 2: law that enables the possibility of a better covering over
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  Speaker 2: his people. Jesus said a man is what without honor
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  Speaker 2: in his home. A prophet he referred to encouragement. There
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  Speaker 2: is no encouragement. Now, if we look at it in context,
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  Speaker 2: in the light of the Levites, those in the offices,
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  Speaker 2: we would understand that if by courage these people are
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  Speaker 2: able to do their responsibility, they will do it effectively
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  Speaker 2: and they will do it to the letter. Many times
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  Speaker 2: people fall because they lack the courage, the encouragement. So
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  Speaker 2: whatever is brought into the portion of the Levites, the
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  Speaker 2: portion of the priests, which the king, King Hezekiah commanded,
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  Speaker 2: which we have seen kings who their hearts were after God,
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  Speaker 2: who their hearts were set to seek after God, Josiah,
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  Speaker 2: Solomon and all that. When those kings, the king's heart
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  Speaker 2: is right. The commandment of God can flow in order
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  Speaker 2: to ensure that the courage to keep the law stays
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  Speaker 2: within because God takes interest in the spiritual status of
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  Speaker 2: a nation, of a people. And that's why the priests
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  Speaker 2: have to stay on guard. And the only way they
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  Speaker 2: can stay on guard is that people are responding to
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  Speaker 2: the efforts of the pastors. The prophet, the apostle, the preacher.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible says whosoever honors the prophet receives the prophet,
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  Speaker 2: receives the prophet's reward. Listen to my episode some years
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  Speaker 2: ago on the prophet's reward to understand why it is
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  Speaker 2: important to set your eyes on honoring God's anointed. So
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  Speaker 2: even if your tithes, offerings, first fruits are not only
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  Speaker 2: for the purpose of encouraging, you must endeavor to Not
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  Speaker 2: to forget this aspect in ensuring that the covering over
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  Speaker 2: your life is sustained. Like I said, if their strength
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  Speaker 2: goes down, you won't have their covering. It is symbiotic. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: that's why things don't just happen to people. People fall
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  Speaker 2: into trouble. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because they lack covering.
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  Speaker 2: That word, love, covering us is a powerful thing that
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  Speaker 2: God has distributed through Jesus to enable us to overcome
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  Speaker 2: this world. If not, if there is no covering, you
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  Speaker 2: have to understand that this covering is sustained. If you
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  Speaker 2: need to encourage somebody to stay close to you, pay
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  Speaker 2: your staff first. is a responsibility, but they are encouraged
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  Speaker 2: whenever you take up that responsibility. Tightening is a responsibility,
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  Speaker 2: but the pastors are encouraged whenever you... First fruit is
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  Speaker 2: a responsibility, but they are encouraged. So the disposition of
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  Speaker 2: the pastor is not to force you to pay your tithe,
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  Speaker 2: it's to.
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  Speaker 1: Show you the benefits. Bless the Lord, O my soul,
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  Speaker 1: and forget not all his benefits. There are benefits.
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  Speaker 2: He redeems my life from destruction. Now, that redeem is
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  Speaker 2: because there is a covering. That's why you are redeemed
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  Speaker 2: from this covering. He crowns me with loving kindness and tenderness.
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  Speaker 2: He satisfies my mouth with good things so that my
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  Speaker 2: youth is renewed like the eagle.
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  Speaker 1: It is a covering.
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  Speaker 2: And that covering cannot really happen if you do not
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  Speaker 2: learn to honor, recognize the Lord's anointing. Jesus could do
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  Speaker 2: not many mighty works because of their own. Let's read
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  Speaker 2: Matthew chapter 13. Okay, let's start from verse 55. Is
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  Speaker 2: this not the carpenter's son?
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  Speaker 1: Is not his.
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  Speaker 2: Mother called Mary? And his brethren, James, Joseph, Simon, Judas,
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  Speaker 2: and his sisters, are they not with all with us? Say,
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  Speaker 2: where has this man had.
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  Speaker 1: All these things? And they were offended. Offended.
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  Speaker 2: Offended the reason why many people struggle with tithe the
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  Speaker 2: doctrines of tithe faithful they are offended if you are
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  Speaker 2: not offended you will honor the anointed of the lord
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  Speaker 2: it will be a delight to do it because you
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  Speaker 2: know that you are doing it unto us unto remember
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  Speaker 2: the scripture says we should whatever servants do it as
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  Speaker 2: unto the lord if you're serving masters as unto the
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  Speaker 2: lord So if we remove the Lord from the equation,
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  Speaker 2: then we can talk about the fact that it has
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  Speaker 2: become a form of what?
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  Speaker 1: Entitlement mentality. Why?
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  Speaker 2: Because the prophets, the priests are meant to have the
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  Speaker 2: mindset that the portion that is kept for them, the inheritance,
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  Speaker 2: whatever they get from what is given, is unto the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: That means they have to find a way to even
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  Speaker 1: tithe back. Exactly. If you look at the Old Testament,
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  Speaker 1: you will notice.
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  Speaker 2: That the Levites, they also tithe the tithe that has
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  Speaker 2: been given to them. They tithe it to the line
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  Speaker 2: of Aaron. So it is a continuous understanding of spiritual law.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't just stop. The flow doesn't just stop. It
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  Speaker 2: goes to where?
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  Speaker 1: The will of God. Yes, God wants us to have abundance.
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  Speaker 2: But in that abundance, he wants us to be committed
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  Speaker 2: with our resources to his kingdom. That means in as
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  Speaker 2: much as we believers have duty to the priests, to
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  Speaker 2: the prophets, to the pastors, the pastors who also have
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  Speaker 2: duties as unto the Lord to us. And that is
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  Speaker 2: why the blessings of God will be made manifest, what?
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  Speaker 2: In the nation among the peoples. So if you notice,
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  Speaker 2: after King Hezekiah had commanded that the people bring the
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  Speaker 2: portion for the Levites and the priests so that they
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  Speaker 2: would be encouraged in the Lord, the next verse you
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  Speaker 2: discover that Hezekiah and I came back and said, how
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  Speaker 2: come they... You know, what's happening here? There are so
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  Speaker 2: many heaps. That's in verse 5 to 10. And the
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  Speaker 2: priest explained.
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  Speaker 1: That since the.
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  Speaker 2: People started bringing and contributing, they have had more than enough. Plenty. Plenty.
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  Speaker 2: Because the Lord had blessed the people. Immediately, listen to this. Immediately,
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  Speaker 2: the people have set in their hearts. To encourage, to
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  Speaker 2: honor what the priest, to bring what all they are.
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  Speaker 2: Because it's a mind. When you know that there is
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  Speaker 2: an eye, you will find the beauty of titan is
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  Speaker 2: not the titan. It's the joy in titan. The beauty
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  Speaker 2: of first fruit is not the first fruit. It's the
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  Speaker 2: joy of the... It is that joy that God blesses,
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  Speaker 2: that God looks for, so that it will continue.
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  Speaker 1: See it. He said that, and the sins they have.
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  Speaker 1: Stop arguing this.
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  Speaker 2: Spiritual covering is more important than buying an armored vehicle,
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  Speaker 2: than buying safety, than buying material protection. Spiritual covering, it
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  Speaker 2: is much more important. Any man who understands the importance
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  Speaker 2: of spiritual covering does not joke with tithes and first fruits. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: they say give as you are led, but give as
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  Speaker 2: you are commanded. Because the commanded giver receives the commanded blessing.
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  Speaker 2: The essence of this episode is to open your eyes
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  Speaker 2: to understand the secret behind giving freely.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says, honor your parents. Honor your parents.
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  Speaker 2: In the Lord. Parents may not be perfect, but you
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  Speaker 2: must recognize that that honor is an encouragement. And that
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  Speaker 2: encouragement stands as a testament, a covering.
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  Speaker 1: Over your life. Speaking for you wherever you go.
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  Speaker 2: King Hezekiah knew that it would please the Lord to
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  Speaker 2: be a source of encouragement to all those who minister
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  Speaker 2: unto you, who are a covering. whether in industry or
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  Speaker 2: whether in the marketplace or any who are covering over you.
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  Speaker 1: Honor them.
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  Speaker 2: Learn to honor them. I remain the faith campaigner of Christ. Remember,
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  Speaker 2: be God-fearing. Be God-fearing. The Lord commands the angels of
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  Speaker 2: your waters to be stirred. The Lord lift up the
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  Speaker 2: light of his countenance upon you. Blessed be God and
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  Speaker 2: Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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