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April 9 - Faith That Admits Its Need · Bible Chat Devotional

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  Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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  rooted in Scripture and relevant for today, April 9th.
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  Voices you can trust We live surrounded by voices.
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  Some are loud, some are subtle, some sound confident but carry
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  no wisdom at all. Opinions come from everywhere
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  and not every voice deserves your trust.
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  Proverbs chapter 14 verses 5 and seven says that a faithful
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  witness does not lie and that we should leave the presence of a
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  fool because there we do not meet words of knowledge.
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  Then in Mark Chapter 9 verse 7, as Jesus stands in glory, a
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  voice comes from the cloud saying, this is my beloved son,
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  listen to him. That command is just as needed
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  now as it was then. Listen to Him, not just admire
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  him, not just quote him when it is convenient.
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  Listen to Him in a noisy world. The voice of Jesus is the one
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  voice that is always true, always pure, and always leading
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  toward life. There are voices that stir fear
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  in you, voices that pressure you to compromise, voices that
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  normalize sin and make you feel foolish for wanting to honor
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  God. There are also inner voices, the
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  ones that whisper that you are not enough, not loved, or too
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  far gone. And sometimes those are the
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  hardest voices to silence. But the Father points us back to
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  Jesus. Listen to Him.
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  He tells the truth about sin, but also about grace.
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  He calls for surrender, but he also offers rest.
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  He exposes what is false, but he never leads with cruelty.
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  His voice is steady in a world of confusion.
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  Learning to hear Him means staying close to Scripture,
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  making room for prayer, and being humble enough to receive
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  wisdom from mature believers who reflect His heart.
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  It also means being willing to step away from foolish
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  influence, even when it is popular or familiar.
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  The voice you follow will shape the person you become, so do not
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  hand your heart to every opinion.
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  Let Jesus be the loudest voice in your life.
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  His words will never lead you wrong.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for
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  speaking clearly through Your Son in a world full of noise and
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  confusion. Help me recognize Your truth and
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  follow it with courage. Teach me to step away from
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  voices that pull me from You and to tune my heart to the voice of
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  Jesus. Fill me with discernment, peace,
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  and obedience so that my life is shaped by what you say, not by
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  the noise around me. In Jesus name, Amen.
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  What if you could rise up and declare with full spiritual
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  authority, I shall not die, but live?
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  believers who are ready to confront premature death, break
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  demonic cycles, and enforce God's covenant of life over
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  their destiny and household. Book 1.
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  Deliverance from Death breaks chains of premature death and
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  generational attacks. Book 2.
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  dismantles the enemy schemes. Book three.
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  Divine Defense against Death, activates supernatural
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  protection and divine preservation.
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  overthrows deadly assaults and silences the spirit of
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  destruction. Book 5, Dominion over Death,
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  establishes resurrection authority, victorious living,
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  and destiny fulfillment in Christ.
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  prayerscripts.org. Now I invite you to spend time
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  Proverbs chapter 14, verses 5 to 7 World English Bible A truthful
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  witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
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  A scoffer seeks wisdom and doesn't find it.
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  But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
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  Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on
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  his lips. Mark Chapter 9 World English
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  Bible. He said to them, most certainly.
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  I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way
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  taste death until they see God's Kingdom come with power.
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  After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James and John and
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  brought them up onto a high mountain privately by
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  themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of
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  them. His clothing became glistening,
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  exceedingly white like snow, such as no launderer on earth
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  can whiten them. Elijah and Moses appeared to
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  them and they were talking with Jesus.
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  Peter answered. Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us
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  to be here. Let's make 3 tents, one for you,
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  one for Moses, and 1:00 for Elijah.
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  For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
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  A cloud came overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the
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  cloud. This is my beloved son.
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  Listen to him. Suddenly looking around, they
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  saw no one with them anymore except Jesus.
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  Only as they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded
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  them that they should tell no one what things they had seen
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  until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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  They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the
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  rising from the dead meant. They asked him, saying, Why do
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  the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
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  He said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and restores all
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  things. How is it written about the Son
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  of Man that he should suffer many things and be despised?
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  But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to
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  him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him
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  coming to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them,
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  and scribes questioning them. Immediately all the multitude,
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  when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him,
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  greeted him. He asked the scribes, What are
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  you asking them? One of the multitude answered.
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  Teacher, I brought to you my son who has a mute spirit, and
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  wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at
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  the mouth, grinds his teeth and becomes rigid.
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  I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able.
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  He answered him, Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be
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  with you? How long shall I bear with you?
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  Bring him to me. They brought him to him, and
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  when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him and he fell
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  on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
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  He asked his father, How long has it been since this has been
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  happening to him? He said from childhood often it
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  has cast him both into the fire and into the water to destroy
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  him. But if you can do anything, have
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  compassion on us and help us. Jesus said to him, If you can
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  believe, all things are possible to him who believes?
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  Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears.
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  I believe, help my unbelief. When Jesus saw that a multitude
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  came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit,
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  saying to Him, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you come out
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  of him and never enter him again.
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  After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him.
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  The boy became like 1 dead, so much that most of them said He
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  is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand
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  and raised him up, and he arose. When he had come into the house,
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  his disciples asked him privately, Why couldn't we cast
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  it out? He said to them, This kind can
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  come out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
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  They went out from there and passed through Galilee.
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  He didn't want anyone to know it, for He was teaching his
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  disciples and said to them, The Son of Man is being handed over
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  to the hands of men, and they will kill him, and when he is
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  killed on the third day he will rise again.
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  But they didn't understand the saying and were afraid to ask
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  him. He came to Capernaum, and when
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  he was in the house he asked them, What were you arguing
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  among yourselves on the way? But they were silent, for they
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  had disputed with one another on the way about who was the
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  greatest. He sat down and called the 12,
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  and he said to them, If any man wants to be first, he shall be
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  last of all, and servant of all. He took a little child and set
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  him in the middle of them, taking him in his arms.
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  He said to them, Whoever receives one such little child
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  in my name receives me, and whoever receives me doesn't
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  receive me, but him who sent me. John said to him, Teacher, we
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  saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your
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  name, and we forbade him because he doesn't follow us.
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  But Jesus said, don't forbid him.
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  For there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and be
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  able quickly to speak evil of me.
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  For whoever is not against us is on our side.
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  For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name,
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  because you are Christ S most certainly, I tell you, He will
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  in no way lose his reward. Whoever will cause one of these
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  little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for
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  him if you were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around
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  his neck. If your hand causes you to
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  stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter
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  into life maimed rather than having your two hands to go into
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  Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
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  Where their worm doesn't die. And the fire is not quenched.
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  If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off.
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  It is better for you to enter into life lame rather than
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  having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that
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  will never be quenched. Where their worm doesn't die.
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  And the fire is not quenched. If your eye causes you to
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  stumble, throw it out. It is better for you to enter
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  into God's Kingdom with one eye rather than having two eyes to
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  be cast into the Gehenna fire. Where their worm doesn't die.
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  And the fire is not quenched, for everyone will be salted with
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  fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
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  Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with
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  what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves and be
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  at peace with one another. Thanks for joining us on Bible
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