Who Is Your Commander?

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Welcome to Reflective Hour with Tammy Toney-

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Butler.

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I'm your host and evangelist.

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Well,

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we all know who the host of this

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show is, and that's Christ.

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By way of the Holy Spirit,

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the Spirit of truth that lives in us,

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that works in and through us to spread

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light and love out to others.

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Holy Spirit,

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have your way in this time that we

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have together.

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May they hear with spiritual ears.

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And have spiritual eyes to see what it

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is that you want them to glean during

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this time that we have together.

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Guide us.

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Direct us.

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Guide my words.

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Bring clarity where there's confusion.

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Strength where there's weakness.

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Encourage.

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Encourage.

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Remembering.

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We don't have a spirit of fear,

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but of power, love, and a sound mind.

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And we're going to get into the teaching

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that Father has for us today.

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And the title is, who is your commander?

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Who are you obeying?

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Are you obeying the kingdom of God or

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the kingdom of darkness?

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Who's leading you?

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Where are you headed?

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What path are you choosing?

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Choose wisely this season to where you're

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all about the harvest.

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You're all about obeying God's will.

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You're all about being led by the spirit

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of the almighty God.

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Not your will, but his be done.

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Not your will, but his be done.

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Not your will, but his be done.

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Who is your commander in chief?

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Who are you obeying?

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You can only have one master, one God.

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A time is coming where everyone must give

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account of all they've done for the

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kingdom of God.

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So I ask you this,

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are you building your own kingdom or

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God's?

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What do your works say?

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Your life, your words, your actions.

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What did Jesus tell us to do in

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Matthew nine?

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Are you doing that?

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Or are you building your own version of

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heaven on earth by choosing religious acts

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over kingdom obedience?

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Are you growing in relationship, power,

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authority?

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Or are you growing in the ways of

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religion?

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We must stop, pause,

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and pray and see where we measure up.

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When is the last time you asked God

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what he wanted you to do?

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On a Sunday, a Saturday, or a Monday?

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If worldly possessions keep you chained to

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a paycheck,

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then you are making that an idol in

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your life and letting it dictate what you

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do.

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Are you following God or mammon?

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Can you come out of the world

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sell it all, trim down and follow God,

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truly putting the kingdom first?

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Father wants to know the condition of your

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heart towards him.

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Is he your first love?

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Or is your job, your boat, your house,

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your car, your relationships?

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If he stripped it all away,

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would you love him?

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A time is coming very soon

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Will you need to choose the world or

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Jesus and the kingdom of God?

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Will you be ready to choose?

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Should you prepare now for what's coming?

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Let this be a year you decide to

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get rid of the things of this world

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that do not matter and that draw you

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to them instead of to the well of

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living water.

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It's time to truly be sold out for

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Jesus and build his kingdom on earth as

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it is in heaven.

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Will you?

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Will you come out of the financial

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oppression of the world systems and walk

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in the light of the truth?

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Will you downsize for Jesus?

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He's waiting for an answer.

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He's waiting for an answer.

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And we go back.

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to Ephesians two out of the NLT,

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made alive with Christ

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Once you were dead because of your

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disobedience and your many sins,

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you used to live in sin just like

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the rest of the world, obeying the devil,

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the commander of the powers in the unseen

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world.

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He is the spirit at work in the

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hearts of those who refuse to obey God,

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who refuse to obey God.

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So I'm going to ask you again,

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Who is your commander?

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Who are you obeying?

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Are you obeying the kingdom of God or

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the kingdom of darkness?

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It's all about being led this season.

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It's all about the kingdom of God and

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who we're serving.

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Remembering the Garden of Gethsemane

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moment.

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to where Jesus is saying, nevertheless,

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not my will, but yours be done,

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oh God.

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Are we surrendering?

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Are we being led by God?

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Are we being led by the things of

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this world and things that don't matter in

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world systems?

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It's time for us as believers to walk

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as children of the light,

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sold out and obedient and all about the

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harvest as it says in Matthew.

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Then saith he unto his disciples,

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the harvest truly is plenteous,

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but the laborers are few.

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That's Matthew nine,

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thirty seven and then thirty eight.

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Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest

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that he will send forth laborers into his

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harvest.

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Are we about that?

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Are we about the harvest?

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Are we obeying and building the kingdom of

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God?

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of God on earth as it is in

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heaven, recognizing heaven is within us.

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And we as believers get to bind,

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get to loose, get to manifest,

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get to walk in kingdom power and authority

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and take dominion in this world.

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Do we recognize what God placed inside of

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us?

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That the Holy Spirit,

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the spirit of Christ is in us and

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we get to do the works that Christ

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did when he walked the earth,

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like it says in Matthew nine, thirty five.

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And Jesus went about all the cities and

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villages teaching in their synagogues and

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preaching the gospel of the kingdom and

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healing every sickness and every disease

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among the people.

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Are we about the Father's business?

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Are we about our own?

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It's time to stop, pause, pray,

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and reflect.

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And that's today's episode of Reflective

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Hour.

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Father wants me to remind you of this

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Holy Spirit downloaded creative work.

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It's large, ridiculously large print.

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Ridiculously large.

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It's only probably about fifty-four pages.

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true reading large print pages and he

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wants you to read this and it's the

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rest of god obedience is the key to

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spiritual rest you can find it on amazon

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and you can find i'm going to put

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the barcode up now you can scan this

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barcode and it can lead you to all

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the books that he has downloaded to me

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and had me author and this is the

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one that he really wants you to look

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at this season

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Because it is all about being obedient.

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It's all about being obedient.

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And who is your commander?

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Who are you obeying?

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And that's today's episode of Reflective

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Hour.

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I'm Tammy Toney-Butler.

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God bless you.

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God keep you.

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May his light shine upon you this day

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and every day.

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Glory be to Jesus.

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Glory be to Jesus.

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Glory be to Jesus.